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Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:40:45 GMT

candyslexia wrote:

3barconspiracy wrote:

teanah wrote:

Maybe he's talking about lan parties! Boy, I miss those

unreal tournament with family, lot of fun wonder if miracle can happen somehow we will be able to see in future internet connection reaching quality of LAN connections

btw i found myself having most fun doing challenges for Blind Eye, crawling around map with Stinger, and silenced PKP, and shooting down 500 helicopters

well then i switched to Riot shield and i ragequit lol

Tina i have question, do u guys try fix "3bar players shooting bullets from eyes and lighting bolts from butts while sprinting and throwing C4" as whole, or do u try also to look into modes like Team Tactical and Faceoff, where arent so many players, therefore not so much different quality connection/sync issues?

PS- now excuse me, i have to do 200 daily quests in WoW O_o
Oh my, you play WoW yay! I'm glad I'm not alone. Blood elf lock for life . (I hope you are Horde, if not, die! (jk)

Back on topic: We try to fix network performance as a whole. If the largest problem areas are working, then the smaller areas will work as well.

To answer "I wanted to ask whether you find it feedback from customers relavant and secondly, how do you distinguish between a rant and a complaint?"

Honestly, sometimes it is tough to distinguish between "the haters", thus why we add telemetry so we can have concrete data informing us how each experience truly is. Then we can take your feedback as well as the data and determine whether or not the changes we're adding are helping and what steps we need to take from there. We do appreciate every ounce of feedback everyone has provided, so do please keep it coming. In the end you may be upset, but we're still going to work to create a better game experience for you.

Also to give you guys an update on the Dom changes. Next steps have been postponed until next week, we've had a lot on our hands here with the data center problems resulting from hurricane Sandy... Apologies we can't get something out for you as soon as we had hoped, but we're still working on it!

Candy, Thanks for the update. Since I had to have emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder yesterday, I will be playing a lot of MW3 until I have to go to work on Monday. My wife has given me permission to play as much as I want to...(miracles never cease to amaze me...lol) . I am hoping you guys can roll something out this weekend to the TDM, KC, and SND areas as a test. Since I will be playing from the time I wake up until the time my great painkillers will knock me out, I can give you feedback on those modes first hand for all times during the day and night if you would like. Let me know so if I need to, I can get my pad and paper to write times and experiences for those modes. I have nothing else to do because when I move, it hurts like hell!! Best thing I can do is sit on the couch shooting people in the head...lol

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:07:11 GMT

maccabi wrote:

Ss78_ wrote:

but when viewing the killcam it's meant to be a representation of where the player was when he killed you hence giving you an indication not a measurement but indication of how much the game was out of sync. I know it's for entertainment and not a tool I've known this since the black ops recordings being proven as useless proof too.
No its not, the killcam is basically rare server data without the added influence of "lag comp" applied to either player. This is why it will never show exactly what happened on either players screen.

This is what caused the infamous misquote of the "its ll in your heads comment from jd in blackops" people were viewing killcams and theatre and assuming that was the true representation of the game.

Mac, I wish I could have replied to your post earlier, but I had to have emergency surgery yesterday to remove my gallbladder.

To explain in better detail of what I was saying earlier, I can play MW1 and MW2 all day long and the killcam of those 2 installments match what I see live on my screen. Starting with Black Ops and now with MW3, the killcams 90% of the time do not match up with what I see live. In my opinion, the addition of Theater mode is partly to blame. IW and Treyarch have both stated that this does not affect gameplay. But from what I have noticed is that since the introduction of Theater mode, sync and lag are both the biggest problems that these 2 installments have. I'm not a network engineer and can't say for certain this is an issue. But my job requires me to troubleshoot problems and use my mind to find out what is different from start (no issues) to end (issues). And the sync/lag issues started once this mode was introduced. Just sayin....

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:11:24 GMT

Candy, my wife works in the public relations field. I know how marketing people spin things first hand. When IW says they haven't talked with any voice actors yet, that is probably true. With that said, they could be talking with them later this week and that in itself is not a lie. But some good news for me, my Tritton AX720's were replaced by MadCatz and I received them in the mail today. So watch out everyone playing SND tonight...I'll have siterep pro on and can pinpoint where you are so easily....hahahahahahahaha....Trick or Treat *BOOM*!!! LOL

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:49:01 GMT

Mac...they have been collecting data for 4-6 months now. They should know what is going on my friend. To be frank, there are still a lot of things I want to accomplish with MW3 before their next installment comes out. One of those things is learning other languages. All morning I have been matched with people I can't understand.....I should not need a universal translator to play SND. Just sayin....

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:19:22 GMT

I agree. However, if they "are" working on MW4 already, we can guess that any future updates to MW3 will be a placebo. I hope I am wrong. Many of us believe that they need to stop the host disadvantage they introduced in MW3 along with fixing the matchmaking that has plagued us during the past 11 1/2 months. I played some SND last night and was paired up with Italians. I'm not sure how that is possible when I am living in Mississippi now. I'm very glad I moved closer to Mexico, at least with the way the matchmaking works I don't have to hear spanish in every lobby

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:02:08 GMT

They can deny it all they want to>.......http://www.thisisxbox.com/360/captain-price-actor-confirms-modern-warfare-4-from -infinity-ward/#

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:20:42 GMT

I just read an article on N4G.com that said that Bill Murray, the voice of Captain Price, is meeting with the team members at IW for next years MW4.....Does this mean that IW is done with MW3's net code issues? Are you going to use MW2's netcoding? Or MW3's? I can honestly say that MW4 will be a rental before purchase for me.....And please, for the love of god do NOT let Sledgehammer games make your maps again!!! On MW1 and MW2, you could use any weapon on any map. On MW3, the maps are so small and cluttered, you are forced to use an SMG with rapid fire....just sayin.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:14:01 GMT

I have heard that Black Ops 2 will have the option to mute everyone but party members button. This way, you don't have to mute the entire lobby one noob at a time. It's refreshing to have some forward thinking going on...don't you agree?

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:39:35 GMT

You know something...it's really interesting when you shoot someone with a half of a magazine from any gun and have them turn and kill you with one bullet. That's about as much fun as a barrel of monkeys...just sayin

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:03:55 GMT

With all do respect....it can't hurt. As quickly as you guys can revert a hotfix, you can try it for a day or two to try it. Doing nothing is worse than trying.....Just my opinion though.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:09:20 GMT

Candy....I haven't played domination because that is one of the game modes I don't like. To be honest, I shouldn't have to play a game mode I don't like to have a better experience.... I prefer KC, TDM and SND. When IW rolled out the TDM tweaks, I played a lot of TDM during the first weekend and it played a little better.. After that, the game went back to out of whack for me.

When I talk about out of sync, it's when I see my opponent looking away from me, I shoot first, he turns and kills me in one bullet. When I watch my killcam, it shows him turning BEFORE I start shooting and I never fire ONE bullet. To me, that's a sync issue, not a lag issue. But I have been wrong before, this would not be the first time. I am going to put in MW2 in later today and see how that games sync is. I played it a couple months ago and got a nuke in 4 out of 15 games of TDM. The sync of that game compared to one made 2 years later is night and day. Hell, I would rather deal with the hackers than lag/sync issues. At least with the hackers, if I see them first, they do die when I shoot them...just sayin

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:37:07 GMT

candy....when is the next update for the PS3? I can only play SND due to the broken spawn logic and out of sync issues. At least with SND, I can soundwhore and have somewhat of a fighting chance with siterep pro. To be honest, I have always prefered IW's COD titles, but if this next/last update does not work, I will not be purchasing your COD title next year. Thanks for the ear...

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:47:15 GMT

I hated zombies until I played with a group that could teach me the right and wrong things to do. Once I knew what to do...it's beyond addictive.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:37:45 GMT

If you are playing Black Ops on Xbox...you will be fine. I'm honestly scared of the PS3 version though. I can hope that the PS3 version is at least playable. If not, I'll play zombies until they get that fixed. And from the track record of Treyarch, it looks like i'll be playing zombies

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:54:42 GMT

It's their new and improved matchmaking system. I'm moving to Mississippi tomorrow and will have my internet set up Monday morning. It should be interesting to see what lobbies I get to play with there....

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:38:51 GMT

To whomever may read this: The latest TU has been live for 24 hours now so I am guessing everyone I have played with this morning has had to download and install it. The change I have noticed is nothing has improved. The sync/lag issues are still horrible. Being host is now the worst it has ever been. The spawn logic you are using is beyond flawed. Whomever is in charge of the spawn logic should be fired immediately!! I should NEVER, and I repeat NEVER spawn in front of a claymore or in front of an enemy. I should NEVER watch an enemies killcam in my own damn killcam!! EVER!!!! I will continue to play this version of COD for only one month and 2 days more. From that moment on, I will never purchase another version of IW's COD. You have lost me and my entire clans future disposable money by this BS. The maps from MW1 and MW2 were awesome!!! The maps you guys let FailHammer make for you are horrible with absolutely no flow to them. There is clutter every damn where. The maps in the earlier installments had great flow, great lines of site, and you could use every gun on every map. These maps force you to use SMG's with rapid fire due to how many hallways there are in it. Signed, a BITTER COD player....just sayin.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:11:24 GMT

To put this internet connection into perspective. When I first started playing MW2, I had our "basic" internet connection speed, 3 meg down. I always had 2 or 3 bars. I NEVER had a 4 bar connection to the host. And my overall gameplay experience suffered because of the internet I chose to purchase. To rectify my experience, I upgraded my internet to the fastest I could get and I never had less than a 4 bar connection to the host and always had a great time. GHANDI stated that they tried to make everyone "EVEN" witht the netcoding they put into place with MW3. From what we have experienced with this installment, we can say this is a fail on their part. Most of the free world, except those living in the boondocks, can get access to a premium ISP. IW catered to those that can't get a premium ISP and it backfired. Hopefully they will revert their next installment and not punish those of us who can get a premium ISP. If they don't, the original IW team, Respawn Entertainment will kill their next title next year. I love COD and will always support them, but it's getting old when I have 4 bars and get killed by sync/lag issues.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:16:25 GMT

Since I am moving to Mississippi next week and have to change my internet provider to Cable One (they limit downloads per month to 100gig), I have been downloading as many TV shows as I can at my current house. I can honestly say that it doesn't help me to mess with my connection speed by downloading torrents. Over the last week, I have averaged 20 downloads per day. When I play MW3, I have to stop downloading because I am constantly behind everyone. The lag/sync issues, in my opinion, have a lot to do with how the matchmaking works. Yesterday, I had Elite up when I was playing and was checking where the people were located at when I was behind. What I found out was that they were from other countries, i.e. mexico, the UK, Japan etc....When the game ran the best was when the people I was playing with were within 750 miles. When playing with a lobby that was full of local players, the game ran flawlessly. However, if ONE person was placed into the lobby that was from Mexico, the UK, etc, the game went to crap. Please fix this. There's no reason that ONE persons crappy connection should ruin the gaming experience for 11 others.... Thanks for the ear..

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:53:05 GMT

The best patch for me was 1.19 on the PS3. Since that time, it's a crap shoot on when your not on the bad side of the lag compensation. When we get into a match that we know that we are behind...we back out and a host migration happens about 80% of the time. Hosting still sucks on the PS3. With all of the new bandwidth requirements that BO 2 is introducing, I am hoping that Treyarch implements the reverse of what IW has done, make the host have some type of ping advantage. I would rather one person have an advantage on me than the entire other team....again, this is just my opinion.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:39:05 GMT

I haven't played FFXIII-2 yet. I loved XIII though. But to get back on subject, the frustration level that our party cursed about last night was not having a chance in 1v1 gunfights even when we saw them first. I would have to say about 80% of our kills last night was shooting the opposing team in the ass when we spawned. How horrible is that when the majority of your kills is due to the flawed spawn logic. Just sayin...