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Re: I'm about ready to give up

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:34:57 GMT

Don't fret too much. This happens to everybody. It has nothing to do with skill, or your computer. It's all about lag and the poorly optimized net code. People have been complaining about this almost from day 1 and after so many updates, it really hasn't gotten much better,

There isn't much you can do about it. I will say that since it happens to everyone, you'll gain a few kills this way as well as lose a few. It all evens out in the end. You're not really at a disadvantage because at some point, you'll gain the upper hand the same way. I've seen it over and over again ad nauseum. One second, I'll be getting killed this way and the next second, on the same server, I'll be the one doing the killing.

The only option is to play something else as the developer probably won't be fixing this.

Re: favorite guns and why

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:56:57 GMT

The Galil with a silencer by far. Most people will say the FAMAS or the AK74u but those guns are just too easy.

Re: Attack Dogs Are Hackers O_o

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:18:28 GMT

They wall hack, too.

I think they should be taken out until they are fixed. I feel like I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear every time someone calls them. They seem to make a beeline for me every time. I'm sure I'm imagining it, but I can't even hide since they kill me through the walls.

Re: Does the PC version lag as bad as the xbox?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:00:17 GMT

The lag is pretty bad on PC s well.

I have an almost identical build as you with a really solid RR internet connection and I have lag troubles. The game plays great for the most part (smooth graphics, great framerates, etc.), but often I'll walk into a room and die almost instantly and then realize through the killcam that the guy shot me three times before I saw him. So, I'll switch servers and my kill/death ratio goes up considerably because suddenly I'm the one with the advantage. And ping rates don't mean much. I'll only play on servers with <50ms ping times and will have problems on some servers and not others.

If lag is a problem in XBox, you're not going to be happy in the PC world either.

Re: TREYARCH NERF THE FAMAS

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:05:11 GMT

FAMAS is powerful - there's no denying that. So is the AUG or the AK74U (w/RF). But, I have an FAMAS build that I use sometimes but my primary build uses a Galil. Depending on the map, my scores are almost identical using either build. What screws me up more than anything is the lag in the game. Typically, I'll see the enemy and he shoots me one time and I'm dead before I can get one shot off. I'll look at the KillCam and see that he's actually shot me 4 times before I can even react. Other times, I'll wonder why the enemy is just standing there while I unload on him to kill him and then realize he's suffering the same lag issues as me. Part of the reason the FAMAS (or the AUG or AK74U) seems so overpowered is because that along with it's ROF, the lag allows more of its shots to land before the target has time to react. That's a deadly combination.

No, the real problem is not that one particular gun is overpowered. In every game, there will be one "best" gun. There's nothing any of us can do about that. And I'm OK with that. I can do equally well against players using any weapon, depending on the lag. I don't think Treyarch should do anything with the balance of the weapons. They really need to work on the lag.

Re: Is it me or is this another f****d up control

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:42:03 GMT

Just do what I do and use the mouse left handed. This way the buttons are reversed and dual wield shoots correctly.

Just kidding, I know most people are right handed. I guarantee this would fix the problem, though.

This is what happens when you get a console port to keyboard/mouse controlled machine.

But, keyboard/mouse gives much greater control than a console controller ever will. That's one of the reasons why there isn't cross platform console/pc multiplayer - the PC users would rule.

Re: 'Cheat Detected' message.

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:39:41 GMT

This is by far the funniest post I've seen in a while.

Well done, pist.

Re: tomahawk! waaa

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:19:36 GMT

The Tomahawk is another retarded weapon in COD:BO. Much like the knives (both Balistic and standard) or the wall hacking dogs or a million other things that make no sense.

I was playing DOM in Firing Range. I was defending B in a corner with my back against a wall and all of a sudden I drop dead. No one was anywhere near me. Then I look at the kill cam and someone from the other side of the map launched a blind Tomahawk shot that flew all the way across the map and hit the wall behind me, ricocheted off and hit me in the foot. I died. Completely retarded and not even close to a fair shot.

Tomahawks are completely overpowered (as are the knives) and I refuse to play with others that use them.

Re: gtx560 stutter problems

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:06:03 GMT

TruSkill wrote:

Its not the card, I have the same one and it runs 90+ FPS on highest settings without any stuttering at all. I would have to say it is the processor and graphics card to blame. The game seems to hate the combination of a dual-core processor and a Fermi based Nvidia graphics card. And yeah, 4gb of ram is basically a must these days.

Quad Core helps. 4GB is a definite must. Lack of memory is most likely your biggest problem. Although more people have trouble with nVidia cards, the game can be made to play well with one of those. It's just takes more tweaking to make it work well with nVidia than with an AMD card for some reason. I don't think the game is optimized very well for nVidia.

Re: New GTX 460 lag when engaging enemy

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:57:47 GMT

AfflictedMed wrote:

Sorry, should have been more specific. My problems are in multiplayer. Single player is fine.

I have no trouble in multiplayer (except the initial problem due to shader warming) using the tweaks from the link I posted. I had troubles initially when I first got the GTX, but few since I implemented the tweaks.

Re: New GTX 460 lag when engaging enemy

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:11:36 GMT

G915 wrote:

The source of this problem is your GTX460. To be more exact - Treyarch's absolute inability to optimise this game for one of today's most popular GFX cards. You can't fix this problem yourself, sorry.

Yes you can:

http://www.geforce.com/#/Optimize/Guides/blackops-tweak-guide

I run a GTX460 and it works very well. The only issue is turning on Shader Warming as the guide suggests will cause the game to kick you on the larger maps and not having it turned on can cause stuttering for the first few seconds of any game. But after 20 seconds or so, the games works great with 60fps consistently. I just won't engage the enemy until 20 seconds have passed so I don't really notice that issue. And I run it on Windows 7. Windows XP is even better.

Re: Three weeks from now

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:28:34 GMT

bjeil wrote:

Gruul Damage wrote:

Jeez, it's less than $15. I paid more than that for the movie I saw over the weekend and it only lasted 2 hours. I guarantee I'll get more than 2 hours of entertainment out of this.

Actually, its â‚¬15 to me... Goddamn that **** annoys me. $15 /= â‚¬15 !!!

I would agree that this isn't fair. 15 dollars is not the same as 15 euros. You should be more than annoyed about this.

Anyways, have any of you tried the maps? They're ****. There's not a single map in there that i'd like to play. So where the phuck is the mod-tools we were promised? Bah who am i kidding, they probably wont let us make maps anyway. Wouldnt want creative people to make good maps for this bugged out piece of **** of a game. Havent touched BO for about a couple weeks, and i dont see why that'd change. If i ever feel like playing the map-pack ill just pirate it for my console and get the maps for free.

Honestly, unless Activision releases the best game ever, and prevents me from pirating it, im not likely to ever give them another dollar. That fckn company is a disease to the gaming-industry.

Anyways, have fun getting **** in the ass by Activision...

I think the point of the OP is not the quality of the maps or whether or not Activision is justified in charging for substandard content for a buggy game but that it just won't matter either way. People will buy it no matter what because most people won't know any better since most don't read these forums and since others are playing it, most everybody will end up buying the content anyway.

Re: Three weeks from now

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:53:31 GMT

AltMelodium wrote:

Gruul Damage wrote:

Jeez, it's less than $15. I paid more than that for the movie I saw over the weekend and it only lasted 2 hours. I guarantee I'll get more than 2 hours of entertainment out of this.

Typical clueless response. If you actually knew anything about this game you'd know that no one is complaining about the price of the Map Pack.

Sure they are. They want it free because they feel Treyarch should make good on a buggy game by giving the DLC away. They don't feel that they should have to pay any money for it because of the other issues they've had to put up with, the fact that the DLCs in previous COD games for the PC were free and the fact that they're releasing it two months after it came out for XBox. Wanting it for free IS complaining about the price in my book.

Re: Three weeks from now

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:12:57 GMT

Well said.

No amount of boycotting/bellyaching/b****ing and moaning will make them change this to a free DLC. People will end up buying this anyway no matter what they might say now since gradually, others will be playing it and they'll feel like they're missing out.

It's sorta like when you friendly neighborhood cable company raises rates on cable TV. People b***h a lot and complain and threaten to leave, but most end up paying for it anyway and eventually they get used to it and learn to live with it.

Jeez, it's less than $15. I paid more than that for the movie I saw over the weekend and it only lasted 2 hours. I guarantee I'll get more than 2 hours of entertainment out of this.

Re: Petition to remove Second Chance

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:51:50 GMT

Certifiable wrote:

They're not going to remove Second Chance. If I could change any one thing about the gameplay of this game, I'd remove Second Chance. But Treyarch isn't going to do it. It's March! The game was released in November. Do you honestly think they're going to remove an entire perk from the game at this late date? Come on.

The best we can hope for is that no future COD game includes any variation of this God awful, idiotic perk. And even then, don't get your hopes up. Devs are in love with this horrible idea for some bizarre, unnamed reason.

I completely agree. They won't remove it from this game. It's been in previous COD games and will likely be in future ones unless the Devs read these posts (and the subsequent petitions) and decide that too many people don't like it. Unfortunately, as you say, they are in love with it for some dumb reason. The only way we can get rid of it in future games is if we let the Devs know how hated the Perk is with petitions such as this.

Re: Petition to remove Second Chance

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:25:13 GMT

UFPlagueshadow wrote:

After 24 hours of course not. That doesnt make Second Chance any more useful. I really am glad my clans server auto-kicks people for second chance, but the perk itself needs to go the way of marty and something with some reality and balance needs to take its place.

Edit: As to calling me a kid....I'm probably older than you chief. Age doesnt make the perk anything more than absolute crap.

Second Chance should go the way of the Dodo but not because it's useless but instead because it's unrealistic. Just the fact that the dude is invulnerable for the time it takes him to hit the ground - all of which he can still shoot at you - makes no sense.

Unfortunately, there are many other Perks which are so unrealistic that they border on the ludicrous and should be changed as well. For instance Scavenger is one. "Let me replenish my Galil ammo from the guy I just killed that was wielding a shotgun." Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

Re: almost 3 months behind on the patch

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:25:02 GMT

I think by default the master key to revive someone is the same key that is used to swap weapons (I think it's the "F" key).

So, it's possible you're actually swapping weapons instead of reviving someone when you get close to someone in 2nd Chance and hit the "F" key.

I've never noticed the perk issue and I've picked up hundreds of weapons off the ground.

BTW, people shouldn't revive someone in 2nd Chance as that only encourages the use of that incredibly stupid, overpowered perk.

Re: Need some help please...

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:30:05 GMT

kawz wrote:

BullsEyE101 wrote:

I've been wondering if i should upgrade my CPU..I am Currently using a LGA 775 Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz with a Nvidia GTX 470 EVGA and 3 GBs of RAM....And I play games like Crysis,FarCry 2,Mirror's Edge,Batman Arkham Asylum and of course ALL OF THE CALL OF DUTY'S......I have 10 days till i decide to go to a LGA 1366 i7 930 at 2.8 GHz and memory and motherboard..I go the Money but cant find descent results or benchmarks..Plz Help...And I do plan to go SLI btw...I play at Resolutions at 1680 x 1050....

If you're going to spend that much on an i7 930 and LGA1366, don't.

Go Sandy Bridge. i7 2600K and LGA1155 is the way to go.

Yes, Sandy Bridge is most certainly the way to go. Core i7 2600K is MUCH faster than i7-930. Just make sure you get one without the bugs. There was a recall on Sandy Bridge in late January if I remember right. But I think corrected versions are out now.

Re: Do you think there should be Stopping Power in MW3?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:21:57 GMT

Yes, bring back stopping power - or ditch the retarded instakill knives instead.

I hate shooting some dude four times from 10 feet away while he's running up to knife me and not killing him before he kills me with one swipe of his blade. Stopping power would stop that - but so would getting rid of the heavily overpowered knives.

Re: Let's have a disscussion

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:32:17 GMT

Personally, I enjoy the game but that doesn't mean there aren't problems:

My biggest issue is that the latest patch they released screwed up my performance. I spent many hours tweaking/testing to get my performance acceptable on my rig (Core i7, 8GB, GTX460) and ended up with a very playable 70fps consistently. Then they released the latest patch and I couldn't even get into the game (Steam disconnect error) that I later found out was due to Shader Warming being turned on.   For those that don't know, shader warming pre-caches all map shaders before the game starts to help fix stuttering issues when you visit a new area of the map for the first time. It really made a big difference in performance but with the latest update, if shader warming is turned on, many people have reported Steam Connection errors on the larger maps because loading all shaders now takes a lot more time than it did before for some reason and causes your Steam connection to time out. The solution is to turn off shader warming which works, but adds a significant amount of lag and stuttering. I've never figured out how a company can release an update that obviously wasn't tested well enough and can cause other issues such as this. This game performs poorly enough on Windows 7 anyway, and to have it even worse when updates are supposed to make it better is inexcusable.

That being said, other issues abound. 2nd chance is WAY overpowered. Invulnerability, however brief, should not be part of any FPS. Not to mention the kills I lose because I put someone in 2nd chance, and my teammate gets the last shot and the kill - that drives me nuts.

For the most part, the weapons are well balanced. The problem with the AK74U and the Famas is that they are way too accurate for their respective fire rate (which is too high for both anyway). Heck, the AK74u and rapid fire is godly, but I can live with that as most of the people that use them are noobs anyway.

I love how they did the killstreaks and how they don't stack like they did in previous games.    With the exception of 2nd Chance, the other perks are fine. I do miss Stopping Power, however. I hate it when someone runs up to me and knifes me after I've shot them four times without them dying. Stopping Power used to prevent that. Along that same topic, knives are WAY overpowered. Instakill with a knife is ridiculous but they've been part of the series for a long time so getting rid of them is probably out of the question.

3arc has a chance to make a great game even better if they'd just listen to us and fix the performance issues and some of the weapon and perk imbalances. Just my two cents.