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Re: Is this game a joke or what?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:35:52 GMT

OP, you are 100% correct on all of your points, as I have experienced them all first hand.

I live in Canada and 9/10 games that I play are either with Mexicans, Hawaiians, Australians, or from some other country that isn't even close to North America.

As anyone with half a brain can deduce, the amount of lag (the time it takes packets to travel) is increased the further that information has to travel. Thus my gaming experience is greatly reduced because of the crap quality of most of the games I play.

The game itself is fun, and when I get into a good lobby I have a lot of fun playing (even if I don't win or go positive with my k/d). But when the number of good games I have compared to the number of bad games I have is ridiculously low, I begin to question why I play.

And is it just me, or is the game getting worse and worse after each patch they come out with? Over a month ago I would generally have games with a 3.0 kd or higher at least 2 out of every 3... now it's like 1 out of every 10+...

Re: ps3 clan recruiting HARDCORE players over 1.3 kdr

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:14:26 GMT

Well CoB_Easy, I replied to your thread because I've played against plenty of CoB members. My clan has consistantly made your members quit lobbies, and we often refer to the CoB guys as Circle of B!tches.

You guys have a "high" KDR and SPM because you camp and tube and use every cheap tactic you can in order to get kills. Sure, those tactics work when you're put into lobbies with randoms and noobs who aren't organized enough to deal with them, but when it comes to facing organized and strategic clans you guys just don't compare.

And besides that, you guys don't even play in Clan Operations, which is why you have such high stats, because you don't even compete.

Feel free to add me on PSN, Easy. I'll be happy to get some friends together and put you in your place.

Re: ps3 clan recruiting HARDCORE players over 1.3 kdr

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:14:03 GMT

With all these Hardcore players who are supposed to be really good, why is it you guys don't have a single Gold in Clan Ops?

I mean granted, there are barely any Hardcore ops, but why is it the highest medal you guys have earned is silver?

Sounds like you guys aren't as good as you claim to be.... or you have poor clan leadership skills and can't get enough people to participate.

https://elite.callofduty.com/connect/clan/view/714799#clan-challenges <- Young Gunz for life.

Re: Post your BEST Riot Shield Classes!!

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:52:09 GMT

The Riot Shield is by far one of my favorite weapons... the amount of giggles I get when bashing people in the face or the back is crazy. Throwing knife is my 2nd favorite. lol

I suggest that if you're looking for kills with the shield you should play in Hardcore game modes, because the shield only requires one hit to kill someone in HC.. I'm a Run and Gun player, so I tend to stick to hallways and alleys with the shield, avoiding large open areas and places with multiple entrances/exits (to avoid being flanked). I also tend to run with at least one other person behind me, so that I have some backup when I get suppressed by more than one enemy.

As for tactics, the easiest way to nail someone with a shield is to hit their feet while they're moving, so the trick is to keep the shield pointed at a 30-45 degree angle to protect your feet. If you can't seem to find the right position to deflect bullets properly, join a private match with a friend and mess around with angles and stuff, until you figure out the correct way to hold it.

Here's my setup while running a Riot Shield, keep in mind I play a lot of HC TDM so this class works well for it;

Primary = Riot Shield (Speed)

Secondary = MP9 (extended mag)

Lethal = Semtex or C4

Tactical = Smoke Grenade

Perk 1 = Extreme Conditioning

Perk 2 = Assassin

Perk 3 = Dead Silence

Strike Pack = Either Specialist with Blind Eye -Blast Shield - Sitrep OR Support Uav - Vests

Since kills are hard to come by the Support Strike Package is usually the way to go, but once in a while I run specialist for fun. As you can see, by leaving out the 3rd support pack you can cycle through uav and vests quickly.

This class is mostly designed to improve the speed of the riot shield, able to run ahead of most people in order to be the most effective.

Anyways, that's my shield class and some tactics, hope this helps!

Happy bashing and deflecting!

Re: Your Thoughts on the MK14? ~

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:25:05 GMT

WKMMS wrote:

once you have a decent level of accuracy and a good trigger finger it's the best gun in the game

Amen brother. Mk14 with an MP9 as backup... god's gift to CoD. ^_^

Re: Shooting at mirages

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:23:22 GMT

Nice post and that video is bang-on. This is exactly why most people with decent internet are so frustrated with MW3 and the reason why so many people are choosing to choke their connections just to compete.

Lag-Compensation is a joke, a poor excuse of a band-aid in order to boost sales of their titles.

It's a band-aid to fix the lag issues caused by people with poor quality internet, which is only a problem because we no longer have dedicated servers in first person shooters and rely on this garbage Host system.

Basically it's designed so that even Joe Blow with near-dialup speeds can play their game and not have to deal with lag. Meanwhile players who are fortunate enough to have true high-speed internet are forced to deal with people who float across the map and are next-to impossible to kill. Unless they choke their connection so they aren't "dumbed down" by the Lag Compensation, they are constantly bomb-barded with people who get one or two seconds of lag to hide behind.

Re: VESTS ARE BROKEN!!!

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:44:32 GMT

There is no health regeneration in Hardcore mode...

Re: VESTS ARE BROKEN!!!

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:01:54 GMT

I do play the game! I just came on here to discuss broken vests, got a problem with people b!tching? Then why are you on the forums!?!? lol

Re: Why Did You Ruin Hardcore???

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:57:49 GMT

And darwin67 wins the award for a player who's experience in HC TDM actually makes his reply credible.

Thanks for the input mate, perhaps we should start a petition to remove the vest buff in HC... between your clan and mine that's 70+ people and I'm sure we could get more on board than that easy...

See you on the battlefield!

Re: Why Did You Ruin Hardcore???

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:55:23 GMT

wolverinecm71 wrote:

5 walls of text...wtf...If i wanted to read a book , I'd read a book..

I know I can be long winded, especially when venting.

I also know the attention span of most people is like 3 paragraphs.. so...

To put this in terms you may find easier to digest; Hardcore Broken, me *****... please fix!

Better?

Re: Why Did You Ruin Hardcore???

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:32:08 GMT

NoLifeKing23;

I agree, there is far more tubing and rockets in Hardcore and always have been. Mostly it's because in Core you can't one-shot kill someone with a blast from a tube unless you hit them direct or they're hurt already. To me that makes sense for Hardcore though, an explosion is an explosion, not much armor out there that can help you survive one.

Which to be honest is the way it should work... if someone shoots a rocket beside me I should get blown up. I've never really had a problem with people using tubes and rockets though, in MW3 they only get so many grenades or rockets and they can't scavenge them like they did in MW2 (brilliant move by IW by the way).

Shrydo;

I agree as well, camping has always been around, in every game type in every game. And I also agree Hardcore TDM is a camper's paradise because of the fact that the only objective is to kill people. There is no incentive for people to run around and move to certain points of the map. I personally like that style of gameplay, I like being a ninja and moving around the map as stealthily as possible, not being forced to move out into the open to grab tags or cap a flag.

I also agree vests have always give players and advantage... which is why I ask the question; "Why did vests need a buff in the first place??"

You said it yourself, vests gave you a distinct advantage before, so why all of a sudden did the devs feel that they weren't effective enough? For some reason I think Clan Ops has a lot to do with it, since that's the time the majority of those Core kids come into Hardcore, because they're forced to. *shrugs*

Just pisses me off, that when they go and change something like Vests and Blast Shield, how it completely alters the style of play most people choose to use. I mean, if someone keeps getting killed by corner campers... how long before the adopt the same style of gameplay just to survive?

Re: Why Did You Ruin Hardcore???

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:24:19 GMT

whiteknight1902;

Hardcore players are very innacurate eh? lol. I'm sure the two or three snipers I know with accuracy over 50% would like to prove you wrong, but you can believe whatever you want.

Personally I have a 16% accuracy, and the only reason it's so low is because I'm a run & gunner and spraying is sometimes necessary when you're dealing with 2 or more enemies at a time.

As for Core being harder than Hardcore... that's your opinion mate. There's a reason why the majority of players who are under 18 enjoy Core more than any other game type, and it sure as hell isn't because it's harder...

Hardcore was designed to be played using Tactics, not running around the map like a moron looking for other morons running around. In Core there are far more 50/50 firefights than any other game type, and to me and the people I play with that style of gameplay is for button mashing 12 year olds.

Coordinating with your team, watching angles and corners, moving as a unit, now THAT is what Hardcore mode means to me and the members of my clan.

With ballistic vests as overpowered as they are now, added on top of the now highly efficient blast shield, more and more people are bunkering down in corners and getting away with bullsh1t kills that NEVER would have happened prior to the buffs.

To say that "85% of players play Core so no one is going to listen to Hardcore players" is pretty f'in ignorant. 90% of the 100+ people on my friends list that plays MW3 plays Hardcore mode, so just because you and your friends play Core does NOT make you the majority, nor does it make the opinions of Hardcore players any less valid. Thanks, nice try tho.

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Sidenote: This was never meant to be a debate about Core vs Hardcore, and to be honest this post has NOTHING to do with Core. Hardcore was the gametype that was affected by these bugged buffs, not Core. So quit telling me how Core takes more skill or whatever the f you think. I'm not talking about Core anymore because this is PURELY a Hardcore issue.

If you want to debate the facts about Core vs Hardcore with me I'll be happy to reply to a seperate post about it.

Re: VESTS ARE BROKEN!!!

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:29:01 GMT

Wow kid, you felt the need to add your two cents to both of my posts eh? Alright, I guess I'll reply to this one too.

First of all, by your elite profile I can tell you are another one of those noob core kids. Yeah 6 hours of Hardcore TDM makes you an expert right? I bet you didn't even start playing HC until they buffed the vests because you couldn't handle real players like those that dominate HC game modes. I've got well over 400 hours of HC TDM experience, a 1.5 kd (in HC TDM), and am ranked 1300 or so in the world of HC TDM. You are an insignificant bug on the CoD windshield kid.

And to reply to your post;

A second must last an eternity for me? No kid, in a fire-fight an extra second or that extra bullet to kill someone usually means the difference between living and dying. And considering it now takes twice the number of bullets to punch through a vest, that means it's now easier for noobs like you to camp in corners and survive an onslaught of bullets from my MK14.

Re: Why Did You Ruin Hardcore???

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:11:26 GMT

First off, I never said anything about HC matches taking longer, I could care less if they take the full 15 mins to complete or if the 7500 point cap is reached.

Second, I ONLY play hardcore mode... so the fact that they "only" patched HC vests and Blast Shield is besides the point (and completely stupid considering Core is already a noob-fest of emptying mags to kill people).

As for vests being useless without the buff, that's just retarded. I've always run with vests when I'm running and gunning, but now that they're so overpowered everyone and their brother runs with vests. 90% of the games I play the entire map is littered with vests, because if you're not running a vest you will succumb to someone who is.

I will admit the blast shield was underpowered... but now... if you have blast shield and a vest you can survive a fricken SMAW landing RIGHT UNDER YOU FEET! I've even see people walk away from direct hits with rockets and tubes... Yeah that's totally hardcore bro.

And sorry kid, save your "protips" for someone who buys into that whole "Can't beat em, join em" bull***t. I will NEVER sit in a corner and camp my *** off just so I can get a few cheap kills, considering how little skill that actually requires.

And the fact that you say you can't get killstreaks in HC just shows that you have no idea wtf you're talking about. I've gotten several MOABs in HC while running and gunning (have one on video in my elite profile if you don't believe me). So give it up, you're a noob camper like the rest of them and you'll do anything to validate your inability to play the game like someone with skills and talent.

VESTS ARE BROKEN!!!

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:34:33 GMT

Please, can someone explain this to me...

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I get 5 kills, I throw down a vest, and I grab one.

I run a few meters and suddenly I encounter an enemy!

I try to get a bead on him, but he is already aiming at me when I turned the corner... crap!

He points his reticle at my head and I think "Dang, I'm a dead man"... He pulls the trigger and BAM his 7,62 NATO round leaves his muzzle and strikes me in the face at full velocity from several yards away...

BUT WHAT'S THIS!!! My vest, the thing that I put over my body to protect my vital organs, has somehow stopped this absolutely beautiful shot to my face and I am still standing! I take this opportunity to line up my shot and unload a on him, making him regret only take one shot at my face instead of the necessary two or three...

Yeah... how many times can a vest that I put over my body stop head shots? Oh I dunno, depends on the gun I guess, but I'd say three....

Yeah... it's totally realistic and doesn't make me think the vest are broken at all... (SARCASM MUCH?)

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Ok and put aside the fact that these vests protect against headshots...

How come it seems that the vests are never the same?

I mean, I'll shoot an MK14 into a guy who just picked up vests and it'll take two or three shots to kill him.

Then I see another guy with vests on somewhere else in the map and it literally takes 5 shots with a MK14 just to get rid of his goddamn vest... he doesn't even die!

Is it just me? Or do these vests need to be f'in fixed!?!?

Why Did You Ruin Hardcore???

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:21:16 GMT

Disclaimer; This is me venting a bit, whether this falls on deaf ears or not I could honestly care less. I just feel the need to vent and figured others who feel the same way can chime in and add their two cents.

So, if you're like me, you are one of those players that enjoys realism in games. Now don't get me wrong, I don't expect video games to be true to life, especially not the CoD franchise, because it was never designed to be a military simulation game. I do however, expect the dynamics of the game to be as close to real as possible. In a FPS the dynamics would be the interaction between players, i.e. killing eachother.

Personally, I can't stand it when I have to unload an entire magazine into an enemy just to kill him, because let's face it, that isn't even close to realistic. In the Core game modes it literally takes a dozen or more hits on an enemy to kill them, and god-forbid they have a vest on because you'll be unloading that entire magazine in order to put him down. The same goes for Sniper Rifles, if I have to shoot someone in the chest more than once with a Dragonov or a .50 cal in order to finish him off, than why in the hell would I want to use one?

This is why I choose to play in the Hardcore game mode types, because it is much more realistic in my eyes. When I shoot my MK14 into someone's midsection I fully expect them to fall to the ground in a slump and have that be the end of the fight, and for the most part in Hardcore this is true.

Now the reason I decided to write this post is because, as of the latest patches/nerfs/buffs, HC has become a shell of what it used to be. When I first started playing Hardcore and up until a month ago, Hardcore mode wasn't full of campers and tubers. Yes, there were some, but for the most part people moved around and didn't resort to cheap tactics for quick kills. Some people will disagree with this statement and say HC has always had campers, but in all honesty it was NEVER as bad as it is now.

Since they decided to change all this stuff in Hardcore mode (buffing vests, blast shield, etc) it seems to have had a direct correlation with the amount of cheap tactics people pull out in game. Now, I'm not complaining about people's play styles, if you want to sit in your corner and wait for half the game to get a kill, that's your choice, I'll get 30-10 and you can be happy with your 4 and 0.

What does piss me off, is that these noob kids who play Core all day long, come into a Hardcore match and expect to just run around like idiots around the map and cry and whine on the forums when they lose. They cry and cry and cry about weapons being too powerful, or that things like vests don't protect them like they do in Core and they need to be changed.

So what does Activision do? Caters to the Core players and totally F**KS UP Hardcore mode. Now you literally can't play a single match in HC without finding someone with a supervest, sitting in the corner somewhere, waiting for you to stumble into them.

It used to be, when I ran into a kid sitting in a corner, I would blast them with my shotgun or spray them down with an SMG and be on my way. Now I get a hitmarker or two before I'm dead and the kid STILL has some vest left for the next one or two people that make the mistake of moving.

Add to that the lag compensation BS and these kids feel like they actually have some sort of skills when it comes to playing CoD...

Re: Is it worth it?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:01:16 GMT

The subscription is for one year, regardless of when you purchased it or when the next game in the franchise is released. This means if you purchase it now, you will be eligible to download all the of the MW3 dlc, as well as a few months of the BO2 dlc before your subscription runs out.

Elite is seperate from MW3 for a reason, because it is intended to be carried on throughout the franchise. All clans and their respective stats will be carried on until the day they decide to end the Elite service... which I don't think is going to happen anytime soon...

Think about it, not only did people pay $60 for their game, but they created Elite in order to grab another $50 from people every year. Do you really think they're going to end this service when the next game is released? Not a freakin chance...

Re: Elite for BO2?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:55:08 GMT

I really hate to respond to questions with sarcasm, but seriously? Do you think they would create Elite seperately from MW3 and put all of this work into it just for one game? Considering BO2 will be out in November, do you really have to ask this question?

Doesn't it seem more likely that they created Elite to coincide with the franchise... not just one game?

Re: Reset Stats

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:49:36 GMT

Resetting your stats will reset ALL stats and will put you back at Prestige 1 Level 1. You will lose everything; titles, emblems, etc.

To be honest it's dumb as hell, because "Reset Stats" seems to me to refer to your stats (kill death ratio, wins, etc) but in fact it refers to your entire MW3 career.

Might as well be called "Reset Career" ... pretty useless considering anyone who hits Prestige 20 isn't usually willing to do the 1600 levels again afterwards...

Re: Greatest PSN names you've ever seen

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:19:04 GMT

I've always liked my name, use it for just about every game I play (especially FPS games).

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