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Re: Anyone notice any improvements with Awareness(or footsteps in general) since the update?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:38:59 GMT

I was playing with Awareness last night and it DOES work. You can definitely hear footsteps when it's quiet. Unfortunately, you can only hear them at roughly knife range, so the effective benefit of the perk is that you get a nanosecond's warning that you're about to be knifed but not enough time to do anything about it. Still not worth using from what I've experienced.

With the game so glitchy right now, the probation system for quitting games makes no sense.

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:56:37 GMT

Given all the connection issues and the various glitches (freezes, audio problems, etc.), why has Treyarch implemented the probation system for quitting out of games right at launch?

At present, some matches are completely unplayable for one reason or another -- and that's not the player's fault. Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to wait to implement probation penalties until the game has received a few patches and is on more solid footing?

Anyone else experiencing an audio glitch on XBOX?

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:34:04 GMT

I've been getting some sort of audio glitch where every time I press any input button on the controller (face buttons, sprint, melee, etc.), there's an annoying "BRRMMP" noise. It happens infrequently (maybe 1 in every 7 or 8 games), but once it starts, the only way to make it stop is to turn off the Xbox and turn it on again.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:37:04 GMT

TriggerHappyClown wrote:

We have tested this stuff in detail. We have had tons of shotgun only lobbies and have at no point ever noticed any frame rate issues.

What's with all this empirically testing things instead of making-up "facts" to support our own individual likes and dislikes?

These forums are becoming appallingly rational.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:33:50 GMT

vims1990 wrote:

dedicatedserversplease wrote:

@Vims and Trigger-
Most people already know Trial is an antagonist. Just ignore him and his views.

I know mate.

Trial & I have had some unpleasant encounters on the Black Ops HQ.
Nowadays, I enjoy reading TSD posts. I have a good laugh at his posts & don't them seriously.

He makes a lot more sense if you think of him as a bot programmed to play devil's advocate to absolutely anything.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:07:06 GMT

Zerotick wrote:

I'm asking for a Buff for Blast shield. And if i need to get hard numbers to STATISTICALLY prove to you that it's underpowered. I will do so.

EDIT: So i checked the damage. Assuming Blast shield has a 55% damage reduction

This means that you should (In theory) be capable of surviving a C4, Claymore, and a betty with exactly 5hp left.

In practice however i've been wearing blast shield, spawning in, Walked around a corner and having a claymore trip and dying from it. I check the theater and NOBODY is firing at me. It's simply the claymore instantly killing me.

And 5hp is HORRIBLY small. Anything in the game can one shot you at any range. This means if you take a single bullet/pellet from anything in the game, and then take an explosion from a C4, Semtex(Stuck, not close range), a Bouncing Betty, or a Claymore. You will die.

So if you trip someones claymore or betty they'll be able to hear you coming. And they will only need a single bullet to kill you, assuming you survived the explosion somehow.

And Semtex will take over half your HP even with blast shield (130 base damage halved is 65, -5percent would be around 59-62) so you cannot survive two semtexes with blast shield.

Someone will undoubtedly correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the multiplier is 0.55 for blast shield, i.e. a -45% reduction in damage from explosives -- in other words, it is worse than you think. All 200-damage explosives (betties, claymores, C4 . . . others?) are fully capable of killing a blast shield user with one detonation.

The better approach, IMO, would be for the multiplier to be 0.45 (a -55% reduction). And goodness yes, the pro version ought to be buffed to Blops levels (what was it, a 0.1 multiplier to duration?).

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:44:25 GMT

Those minor weapon balancing items (PM-9, CM901, Dragunov, etc.) strike me as not-the-best-use-of-resources. There are plenty of viable SMGs, ARs, snipers, etc. Having 10 first-rate ARs instead of 8 . . . I can't see that as a huge priority for anyone.

Underpowered weapons only become an issue worth addressing (IMO) when an entire class is underpowered (compare the relatively recent LMG buff).

And the obvious remaining candidate for rebalancing is shotguns -- er, handguns. The MW3 pistols, as pointed-out above, are useless in their present state -- the MPs outclass them in damage and RoF and swap nearly as fast (esp. w/ everyone using sleight of hand pro).

Rebalancing buffs might include (I'd go further than Arcanine's suggestions):

- cut raise time by 50% for all handguns for an extra-fast swap even w/o SoH;

- fix starting ammo count when akimbo'd;

- magnums do 50-35 damage (2-3 HK) / non-magnums do 40-25 damage (3-4 HK);

- to balance among the three magnum handguns, give the MP412 a faster reload and the Deagle a x2.0 headshot multiplier.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:03:58 GMT

G IH A IN ID II wrote:

JBurn244 wrote:

G IH A IN ID II -

Question about something other than lag.

A lot lately, I've been NOT seeing a red name above an enemy's head when it seems I should be. I've seen this at close range, usually without Marksman. If an individual kills me and I didn't really see them, I usually watch the Kill Cam to see if they are running Assassin Pro. In several close (even medium) range deaths lately, I have seen no red name above the enemy, and they are not using Assassin Pro.

The craziest one was today, on Dome. I ran straight into an enemy laying prone and never saw him or a red name. He knifed me in the foot and killed me, haha. But I saw in the Kill Cam he was using Hardline.

Any insight on this? Anyone else notice this?

Thanks!
In these cases have you been viewing the enemy through alpha geometry, such as railings or chain linked fences by chance? The name display relies upon a line of sight check in order to display.

If this is not the case do you please have a video I could see of this occurring?

Cheers,

G IH A IN ID II

I've noticed this. Marksman or no Marksman; Assassin or no Assassin; intervening map geometry or unobstructed line of sight. . . there are generally no red names/titles appearing when I play MW3.

While the appearance (or non-appearance) of names/titles has been "iffy" since launch, they have been more-or-less absent all together for months now.

On the rare occasion that I DO see the name/title pop up, it does so only after I've shot and injured the enemy and/or after he's shot and injured me. (Though note, the latter almost never happens because of insta-death.)

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:32:32 GMT

Ugotstretched wrote:

Same here [ . . . ] theres a number of times i back out and dont see host migration.

For a backing-out host, the host migration screen is now just 15-30 seconds of plain black, as far as I can tell (on Xbox).

Backing-out when not host is just the usual 3-5 seconds of black before swiftly landing in the pre-game screen.

Seems to have been this way for roughly 3 weeks (?) now.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:14:19 GMT

shaktazuki1 wrote:

vims1990 wrote:

Dunno about you, but I don't like 5 host migrations per game, nor the latency from players hopping in and out of lobbies.

Have you considered the host migrations are due to the host lag issues in the game?
The vast majority of host migrations that I suffer through are because a player, who happened to be host, just got killed for the Nth time in a row due to the host lag disadvantage.

Fixed it for you.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:24:45 GMT

Ugotstretched wrote:

Ghandi

I am all for a balanced game and a fair connectivity system but how is it fair that...
....
5. I have no auto aim function working for me...if it does kick in (rarely) it usually pulls off the target not on.

@GHANDI: The above is a good point. The inconsistency of aim-assist is a pretty major issue on my connection (XBL) as well, and I haven't seen it mentioned much in this thread.

Sometimes, aim assist is a helpful presence (as intended); sometimes it's all together absent; and sometimes it seems actively detrimental -- as when it "fights" my efforts to place my sights over an enemy character model (effectively giving the enemy a "force field" that prevents me from aiming @ him).

Call me a scrub, but it's VERY tough to play against opponents who themselves are benefitting from aim-assist when one's own aim-assist is not working (or actively working against one).

ALSO: Has the engineering team had a chance to look-into the reports re Stalker users not making properly audible footstep sounds (or, possibly, that those particular footsteps are not being amplified by Sitrep Pro for some reason)?

Cheers.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:37:55 GMT

nuttin2say wrote:

Death streaks enable players on a bad roll, "when things aren't going [their] way," a one-time bonus meant strictly to accomplish one goal: end the onslaught of kill streak rewards being pummeled onto the death streak user by the KSR user.

That's it.

It's meant to give the "bad" player a chance, and only a chance, at slowing down the other team. Period. End of conversation.

If that means you, the "good" player on a roll, misses out on a MOAB? Then you need to factor into your game style the fact that someone on the other team just might kamikazi you. If you can't do that, then it is YOU that has the problem, not the game.

I hear what you're saying, but it seems to me that you're premising your argument on a hypothetical game mechanic that simply does not exist: Deathstreaks don't help bad players get some payback when being steamrolled by good players.

Instead, they provide a random death to whichever player -- good, bad, or average -- was unlucky enough to run into the deathstreaker.

The key word is "random." Lethal deathstreaks don't discriminate based on the opposing player's talent. They don't just counter good players; they counter everyone. If anything, good players probably are LESS likely to get taken out by the deathstreak than average or bad players.

In other words, deathstreaks in most instances merely help really bad/unlucky players get unjustified kills on somewhat less bad/unlucky players. Imagine if Robin Hood stole from the working class to give to the poor: that's what's happening with most of the deathstreak kills (it's a statistical inevitability, given that most players aren't the 4.0 KDR, 1337 strawmen that pop up so often in these sorts of discussions).

Now if deathstreaks actually worked in the way you describe them, then there might be a justification for them, but, as far as I can tell, that's just not how they work in this game.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:48:03 GMT

nuttin2say wrote:
But yes, what you close with is exactly what I meant. I meant I'm in a lobby were 3 or 4 guys on a team have Italian flags. What's with that? Am I playing members of the Family?

Or are those guys actuall living in Italy and in a lobby with people on the US West Coast???

... you're playing the Jersey Shore cast?

But, yeah, I know what you mean about lobbies having some weird geographical makeups some times. One union jack is probably a Who fan or something, but two union jacks, a tricolore, and a German flag usually means bad matchmaking.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:54:57 GMT

nuttin2say wrote:

Who TF puts an Italian flag in their title??

Italian-Americans? I've been using the IT flag all week.... There are actually a lot of us back east.

Of course, if you see 4-5 foreign flags out of the 6 people in the lobby, you might wisely conclude it's time to back out.....

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:11:21 GMT

markocc wrote:
In MW2 you would watch the kill cam and you would maybe be a foot or 2 away from what really happened. In MW3 it is a complete joke. When the lag comp kicks in you could be laying prone on the ground with akimbo fmgs pointed at the only entrance to a room and still have zero chance of killing the person coming in the door. On the kill cam it will show them walk into the room, look around for you, see you laying on the ground, then they will casually line up thier sites and kill you when it should be damn near impossible for them. I am also constantly getting killed invisible people who magically appear in the kill cam.

^QFT. The other scenario that really gets me is the close-quarters "lag warp" that happens when you get a hitmarker on an enemy in CQ, then he suddenly "teleports" to 10 feet behind you, leading to you getting shot/knifed in the back. Makes using shotguns kind of frustrating.

Is what's going on here is that the host/server is suddenly updating the client on the enemy's location once a hit is registered -- and if that enemy is lagging, then the updated location can be considerably different from where you saw him on YOUR screen?

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:25:39 GMT

Ugotstretched wrote:

I really cant believe we are back to the we cant recreate it bull. Ghandi you said yourself that you experienced it. I mean the more i post here the more i realize that you guys dont have an answer. The fact that you guys cant see that most 3 bar players are a step ahead is crazy. Its not even my job to notice these things and i do. The games good connection players are playing a game totally different then the game the bad connection players are playing. Ive had this advantage a couple times and its the most unrealistic and unfair advantage in any game ive ever played.

I mean theres a million videos on youtube about this issue and we have to send you a video ourselves. So now in order to get a good gaming experience i have to invest more money towards fixing a gm that im not getting paid to fix . Just be honest with us. You know what else is funny i have 20 days game time in and am ranked 50 on xbox even with this nonsense. Is this actually meant to be in the game to cater to these horrible noobs. Im debating buying a pvr since your giving us the run around.

I say this reluctantly, but....streaming Hulu + Netflix + MW3 = easymode (on Xbox w/ 4/25 during prime time anyhow).

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:55:00 GMT

isilentkiller4i wrote:

Nowhere did i say i get host A LOT. I'm mostly second choice, i.e. when it migrates mid game i get host. I am just stating how the game runs for me and you are calling me a liar, pffft ignorant people.
I stay by my statement: When I'm host it's 7th heaven for me and has been the same in Black ops, even though everyone was complaining there about being host too.

Agree w/ that much, at least. Getting host off a migration does not seem to subject the new host to the much-feared-and-loathed "lag comp" / artificial latency gremlins. Being host from the very beginning of the match, however . . . .

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:58:21 GMT

G IH A IN ID II wrote:

dedicatedserversplease describes our current plan perfectly.

Cheers,

G IH A IN ID II

With respect, the current plan is a poor one. Players should be able to turn-off the in-game music entirely as it is profoundly annoying and negatively affects player performance, esp. when using sound-based perks.

Re: Why are you trying to ruin your own game modes?

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:47:52 GMT

What a BEAST.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:55:55 GMT

@GHANDI: What's with the host (dis)advantage lately on Xbox? It has been particularly severe for the last ~4 days or so. I thought you guys were on-track to get this under control? This has coincided with matchmaking's recent tendency to make me host in >50% of lobbies. Can you perhaps consult with one of your engineers and let us know if there is any reliable way for customers NOT to be selected as host? I'd be happy to dashboard matches until your matchmaking algorithms decide I'm an unfit host, but I don't think your other customers would enjoy that very much. Suggestions (or better: a fix) appreciated.

ALSO: Is the apparent problem with Stalker users' footstep sounds something your team can look into?