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Re: why did they not fix the spawn?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:26:12 GMT

People just don't know how to play this map. When I'm unlucky enough to start a game of Domination behind the security checkpoint I bust my butt to get to A and cap it. I know too well that all the guys on the opposing team are rushing to either A) Cap C or B) snipe into the spawn which will eventually be behind A.

So I rush A and get a cap. Usually I'll get one kill from the idiot who bum rushed into the plane and comes out the gateway looking for an easy kill. These people are easy targets.

Next to my astonishment I'll see guys from my own team try to slow strafe a sniper shot down the hallway to the guys on top of the building, which is the defacto spot to spawn trap A. They almost always die. I laugh as I see 2-3 guys drop from getting hit with a sniper round from the dudes who rushed up the ladder to spawn trap A.

Me, after I cap A I shoot out the window and jump onto the tarmac. I've noticed that almost all guys on top of the building looking to spawn trap are aiming down sights and never seem me jump down. They become easy kills as I pick them off one by one from the ground. A well thrown semtex usually takes out the guy who's camping behind the large box, next to the building, looking down the hallway.

Then I slowly make my way down to the back of the plane, catching 1 or 2 of the guys I just killed trying to rush back up the outside stairs to get to their spawn trap spots. Now I have my Predator.

Many die.

Then comes my chopper. More die.

I make my way to the back of the plane and catch another guy who's busting out of the back window thinking he's going to flank me. He's an easy target as I can hear the glass breaking across the map. He dies. Now I have my Reaper and many more die.

It's the same game every time. I've never been spawn trapped at A. Ever.

Re: SIT REP PRO VS. DEAD SILENCE

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:56:37 GMT

Unfortunately I've found it nearly impossible to get SitRep Pro.

I went about 5 games last night before I came across a claymore. I don't see many bouncing betties either.

I refuse to boost to get it.

Re: What's Your Best + Worst map of MW3?

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:53:46 GMT

Best: Fallen - 1.66KDR
Worst: Downturn - .73KDR

I can't get any momentum with that damn map Downturn. All of the other maps I have a +1.2KDR but that one just destroys me everytime.

My least favorite to play however is Seatown.

Re: Stop making me join games half way through on the losing team!!!!

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:09:41 GMT

lol. Twice last night I joined a game, spawned, took 2 steps and the game was over and I got the loss.

When I first started playing I was proud of my 55%+ W/L, now it's down to 34% or something bismal and I don't even care anymore. Getting dumped into games with seconds left and rage-quitting from lag and/or shotgun rushers, qscopers and what not.

Re: Decrease your KD, Increase your SKILL! Video

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:03:40 GMT

After spending almost the entire game Prestige 0 Level 80 I just went through my first Prestige and I must say I'm actually playing better being forced into other guns.

I've been working with the UMP and M16 and both have really trained me to aim better and pick my targets better.

Also I obviously haven't been able to use Blind Eye or Assassin and have been messing around with SOH and Quickdraw. Wow, I don't get caught with my pants down much anymore (get killed while reloading).

I'm not sure I'll use Assassin again to be honest. I was thinking about it and before I prestiged all my secondaries were the Stinger. The second the enemies air support went up I'd shoot it down... so why was I bothering running Assassin?!? I don't see many people run heartbeat sensors or use portable radar so it was unneccessary if I was shooting everything down overhead.

So basically I've taken your advice the hard way by Prestige and being forced to try new things.

Re: I love strafe run!

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:07:55 GMT

I love it too. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.

I love shooting down all of the helicopters before they even get onto the map. The trick is to take out the second one in from either end, which will spin and take out the two on either side. Then do the same for the other side and wipe out all of them before they hit the map and fire a single bullet. Oh the rage...

Re: Vest suck

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:04:57 GMT

They suck worse if you lag. I don't even bother with them anymore.

Re: there's definately something fishy going during games these days. hacking????

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:01:52 GMT

I posted a thread about this exact topic two days ago.

At first I thought it was lag as I mentioned I came across one of the guys I just couldn't seem to kill piloting a Reaper. I emptied a whole mag point blank (like, the tip of my gun was a foot from his head) from my MK14 into his head and body and never registered a single hit marker. I then stabbed him for an insta kill. How can bullets not register but a stab does if it's really lag?

I've always experienced heavy lag (I have a 40mb down connection) but recently it's been off the charts bad.

People seem to move about the map so much faster, they flicker across the map and are almost impossible to kill.

I've heard guys are doing the ol' BLOPS trick of lag glitching. They intentionaly hose their network and download massive files before each match which gives them a huge advantage during gameplay. True?

Re: Weird stuff happening

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:00:57 GMT

OH!... one last thing I totally forgot to mention...

Those three dudes I couldn't kill... during the last match before I bolted I came round the truck back by B (playing Domination) on Underground and there one of the guys was kneeling down looking at a computer in hand. I assumed he was piloting the Reaper above us. I was no more than 5 feet away and I aimed down sight with my MK14 and shot him square in the head. Or so I thought. No hit marker. Shot 2. Shot 3. Shot 4, 5, 6, 7... no hit makers and I'm now shooting all over his body. I finally ran up and stabbed him which thankfully did him in.

After the match ended I bolted. I reported him for cheating and bolted from the lobby.

Weird stuff happening

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:40:21 GMT

Are there a few hacks out there in play right now? Last night while playing there were a few times during one game where Predator Missiles just rapid fired from above and immediately hit the ground in a second or two, not the typical few seconds it takes where you hear it coming, see the icon on the map and see it track into a spot and blow up. This was almost automatic. It happened in 3 matches before I jumped out of the lobby because coincidentally there were 3 guys on the other team that I just coud, not, kill. Magazines were shot into them and I wasn't even getting hit markers.

I don't think it was lag because I was having no issues killing anyone else, just those guys specifically.

If it's a hack it's a pretty good one.

Re: Stealth Bomber

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:21:54 GMT

Steath IS support. When playing an objection based game you can lay down support directly over an area (capping A, defending C, whatever) to help your team. I don't think I've ever gotten more than a triple kill from it and lets all be honest... they're really easy to avoid. I don't see them as often as I used to and the only people who seem to complain are the guys trying to kill-wh$%^ in Domination and get mad because a bomber ruined their fun.

Re: game is no longer playable. will it be fixed?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:08:34 GMT

Time of day is huge for me. If I play on the weekends mid afternoon I seem to do much better.

If I play after 10pm I'm toast.

I think it's a combination of lag, # of people playing, & quality of people playing at those times.

And I seem to pull host more at night than I do during the day.

Re: what is a good gun to use in domination?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:03:57 GMT

It all depends on your style of play.

Are you a rusher? Go for something like the UMP, MP7 or Striker.

Cap a flag and defend? You'll want med-long range gun like an M-16, Type, MK-14 (which is really fun).

Marathon Man traveling the whole map capping flags? UMP or MP7 for speed and the ability to flank.

Re: My KDR sucks

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:19:37 GMT

slow down your gameplay

reload behind cover

never go through the center of the map. make your way along the outside slowly

listen (if you have a headset). runners on the other team sound like rhinos coming at you.

take your thumb out of your arse. your right thumb that is. strafe when shooting medium to long distances. adjustments should be made with your left thumb back and forth, NOT your right. using your right thumb only means overcompensating and usually missing your target.

under options set your aim speed (or whatever it's called) to 4-5. i have mine on 4 and it really helps. sure if i'm aiming down sight and someone runs past i can't track them to shoot but it only took a few days to learn if someone runs past hip-fire them to death

to help run blind eye, assassin and marksman so it keeps you off the grid. this will help you at least learn the tactics above without having to worry about choppers and uavs and what not.

use meat shields. meaning, let other dumb dumbs run past you, either into buildings or out into cover. watch them get killed and by the tracer fire figure out where the shots came from. counter and kill the enemy. let others tell you where the enemy is at.

switch to the tactical button layout on your controller. at first i couldn't understand how everyone could dropshot me to death so fast until i switched to tactical. now i'm in awe at how many extra kills i get because instead of "panic knifing" the air 20 feet away from an enemy i'll "panic drop" to the ground while returning fire. my percentage of wins for gun battles has gone up significantly. however, my panic knifing wins has gone down. it's ok though because as i said in #1... slow down. i no longer run around corners or run through maps.

know your maps and choke points. watch your green arrows in the mini map. if you see them majority in one section you can guess the other teams spawn and figure out where they'll be coming from via the normal choke points of the map.

get a friend. it helps if you play with a partner, or at the very least a team who calls out "sniper camping in the back corner by the truck on c".

slow down. again... slow down. tactically move through the map.

enjoy.

Re: LOL Player(s)

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:25:43 GMT

I hate ur kid.

lol

Re: Would you smash a tactical insertion or wait?

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:21:53 GMT

I do one better. I'll place my claymore in front of it and run off. It brings me great joy to get a kill pop up on screen because of it and it pisses people off like nothing else.

Re: SMGs are boring now. Need a suggestion on assault rifles

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:31:03 GMT

I love the Type 95 with silencer/red dot. The rapid fire is unnecessary if you ask me. The ACR has been great this past month. I tried using a couple of the others but if you ask me they're hit n miss. Some nights they dominate other nights it's like I'm shooting nerf pellets.

For fun lately I leveled up the M60 and added silencer/red dot. It's an amazing gun. I love shooting people close-medium range and watching them blow back from the power.

LOL Player(s)

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:27:04 GMT

Last night I'm playing Domination running the Support Killstreaks Turret (which is kind of terrible btw), Stealth Bomber and Airdrop. I was really trying to play to help my team. So anyways I get the Turret and I drop it right on the C flag of Bootleg so I can see down that long alley, up to the doorway and across the back of the map. I'm really trying to own C and help my team.

This noob comes and stands directly in my line of sight and is all like "la di dah doo dee dum look at me" in the headset dancing around like an idiot. It's mildly funny for the first few seconds. He proceeds to do it for the entire time I have the Turret. I'm yelling at him to get out of the way and the kid who must have been mid-teen was just laughing. So then he sees that I was running the Turret from the corner of the map and he boxes me in. So when they finally knife the Turret and I come back into the gameplay I can't escape. Again the dude is being an idiot in my headset. I mute him and after a few seconds jump my way out of the corner. He then makes the mistake of moving into the corner so I get revenge by boxing HIM in... for the entire remainder of the game which had to be 3-5 minutes. He ended up going 1-12, which means he was killed 12 times doing God knows what before he decided to get in front of me. Then, the dude follows me around in the next game shooting his gun into my back giving away my position. I reported him as much as I could. While doing so he sends me not one, not two, not three... but 15 messages to my inbox in rapid fire fashion... so I block him.

WTF is wrong with people like this? If you don't want to play gtfo. I hope to heck he's banned but really, what's COD supposed to do to an incredibly annoying player? It's not like he was cheating or boosting... I hate LIVE.

End rant.

Re: Game deliberatly affecting performance when playing too well

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:17:32 GMT

I'd call B.S. if I didn't just experience this last night and think the same thing. I've been getting thrown into some heavy lobbies (really high prestige) and have been average at best. Yesterday afternoon I get put into a lobby and only 3 people had prestiged, most were Level 1 under 50. I was giddy in anticipation! Shure as sh@t I start off on a 15-0 spree, I can't miss, I can't lose, I'm outsmarting everyone, I'm anticipating their noob moves... then out of no where it all stops. I stop for a moment behind a dumpster cause I hear someone running past. He bolts past me and I unload into his back... he turns and one shots me. OK... must be lag. I spawn and am immediately killed. I spawned right in front of someone shooting. OK... bad luck. I spawn again and lose 4-5 gun battles in a row, it's like I'm shooting marshmellows at them. We were on Mission and I was on the bridge looking down the hill. 3 enemies, 3 run out in front of me shooting at one of my teammates and I unload. This should have been 3 easy kills but instead I don't hit ANY of them. NONE. It's like the system shut me down and gave me a nerf gun.

Day vs. Night play

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:04:56 GMT

I played yesterday afternoon and averaged a 2+ KDR in every match.

I play again last night around 10pm and I'm lucky to break even with a 1.

Is the level of play that much different. It's literally a night-day difference.

Is it the people? My internet provider (40mb down)? MW3 servers?

It's bonkers.