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Re: Nuketown 2025 Chaos Moshpit

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:24:18 GMT

I will say this: 3arch isn't making Ghosts, and it's not Modern Warfare.

However, I'm going to respond to RSW1PE's triple comment, Black Ops II and Ghosts at the same time.

I went and got something from Gamestop the other day, and I was asked if I wanted to preorder Ghosts. My response was simply since they have decided to screw PC players over in 3 of the last 4 games, I'm not jumping on the bandwagon for this game until I know quite a bit more about it. Since MW2, the only game that didn't screw over PC players was Black Ops, and even there were some issues with it, but at least we got real dedis from it.

It is all about the bottom dollar, and as with the analogy someone used earlier, they are just simply dangling carrots in from of our face.

We get screwed out of the Elite perks because, well, the majority of them were things PC players already had access to....stats, tutorials, so on....They tried to make up for MW2 by stating there were dedis in MW3 till you find out that they were player ran from their own computers and nonrentable...and unranked....at least till people managed to go through the code and change it to make it to where people were getting 10k+ xp per kill....and the hackers on that game were atrocious.

Then of course BO2 (I refuse to call it by a made up word and use a proper acronym, but that's just me) is coming out and we are told it is going to have dedis in it, and find out that we have no control over any of those, they keep changing the playlist on a whim, there's next to no hardcore modes which is what my friends and I play, the bonus map you got for preordering the game is only available in softcore, and that's when it's even available to play at all.

Suffice it to say, ever since the day these companies (3arc, IW, and just about any of the other ones) decided to swing off the testicles of the console makers, they kind of forgot the players who actually got them to where they could, you know, make the console games in the first place.

But I guess I can't really say much, because I've bought every CoD game since CoD4, so I'm guilty of funding their ripping us off too.

Re: DEDICATED SERVERS! PLEASE!

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:37:18 GMT

I agree...especially all the hype over there being plenty of dedicated servers around the world. I live in the states and yet somehow I keep getting stuck playing with people on the other side of the planet. As with you guys, when that happens, it lags my game out bad. Even if there were dedis, people with high pings still slow the game down, but at least I was able to play Black Ops with no problems. I haven't had too many problems with BO2 yet, other than when I get people from overseas in "servers" that are causing everyone to lag. I have no problem playing with people overseas, but since no one can seem to get a game to where it works for everyone across the board, it really doesn't help anyone out.

And P2P is just a joke anyway.

Re: More Hardcore Modes please...

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:37:43 GMT

I like some of the stuff in HC right now, but I have to agree that only 4 modes is ridiculously short. I mean, MW3 had more mp maps and HC modes when it was released than BO2 does. I'd love to see the multi-team games on HC, or dom, or mercenary, or, well, pretty much everything that is in softcore as well as Nuketown 2025.

You wanted to make this a more objective based game, and yet half the modes in HC aren't objective based. I could live with that except a lot of things you've changed in the game are geared for objective gameplay.

Just my opinion.

Re: Youtube/Steaming

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:33:46 GMT

I'll have to check next time I'm able to play, which most likely won't be till before or after work tomorrow. Thanks.

Re: Youtube/Steaming

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:02:51 GMT

Hmm...I wish PCdev would respond to me with a definitive answer so I'd know. It would be nice not to have to keep going through Xfire or some other screen recording program to get stuff on YouTube...and don't really do League Play.

Re: Game takes 8 hours to download?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:00:54 GMT

Not really, if you're installing from the disc, there's not a lot that it has to get from the internet. Steam will compile the game files and then you get the executables, and whatever patches/downloadable content (e.g. Nuketown 2025 if you preordered) to finish out the install (Theoretically). Unfortunately, it's a 15gb install, so it will take a little while as it is, but 8 hours is kind of insane.

If it keeps taking so long to try and install it, I'd say reboot the computer, actually shutting it down for about 30 seconds to clear the memory, and try it again.

Like I said, since the information is already on the disc (decompiled), then all that it's doing is installing it from the disc and compiling it and then downloading a little information off of Steam.

And hopefully I'm not so tired I'm talking out of my @$$.

Re: Game takes 8 hours to download?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:53:04 GMT

Depends on the speed that the disc drive will read at, and the speed of the PC. I installed on a PC with a DVD drive that is probably 5 years old and it only took about 45 minutes or so to install.

Obviously there are some other factors that may come into play....processor workload, memory workload, so forth. I could probably come up with more, but I'm sure someone else can mention them, and unfortunately I'm a little tired, but I hope your game install speeds up.

Youtube/Steaming

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:48:51 GMT

So, it was stated by PCdev that we would be able to stream and so forth on YouTube. However, I have looked at all the settings I can find in the game and I can't find any of the settings to be able to link the account to be able to do it. So, my question is this: How do we go about setting that stuff up on PC?

Re: where to download nuketown2025 on pc

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:45:38 GMT

Click on Game in the menu bar (or add a game on the lower left hand side of your Steam window), and click activate a product on steam, you should be able to enter the code on there. Not sure exactly, because mine didn't need a code, it automatically downloaded when I installed the game.

Re: what happend to dedi servers

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:37:08 GMT

Not to mention that if there were dedicated servers, there would be no reason to state your nat type in the game.

Just a thought.

I asked PCdev about it, still haven't gotten a response, although I know he's busy, but we'll see if he responds to that one. I keep getting stuck with people in Europe, even when I set my search results to best connection possible....sorry, but someone who has a 125+ ping isn't the best connection I can get with everyone that's playing the game right now.

Re: ELITE 2.0 FOR PC

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:52:45 GMT

Well, as for the anti-hack, they waited till someone else (Xifon) made something to help combat hackers till they decided to work with him on that...downside is, that hasn't helped much. As for the PC version of MW3 (and MW2 for that matter), PC sold 1.46 million units as of 4th of August. The problem isn't that there isn't people playing it, the problem is that since MW2 they have basically tried turning a PC game into a console game, and it doesn't work. If PC players wanted the stupid lobby crap, then they'd play on a console. They have spent all their marketing campaign funds on consoles, thus why they have been making more money on consoles. PC gaming isn't dead, nor is there a lack of people who will buy special edition bundles for PC. Just look at Diablo III and Darksiders II (one of which is a PC exclusive game). Both have PC special editions, and both of them have done rather well (ok, I'm going to say appear to have done really well since one hasn't been released yet as of this posting). When is the last time they released a speical edition CoD game for PC? Or have they ever? IW/Acitivision have forgotten that if it wasn't for PC players, then they wouldn't have made it to the consoles to begin with. I mean, come on, up until CoD 3 (Treyarch's first game), you couldn't even get a CoD game on a console (till they rereleased CoD 1 & 2 on consoles in later years). I also find it funny that people are so worried about ranked servers and such, because, in case you've forgotten, there weren't ranked servers up until MW2 (and I use the term server loosely with referring to that game). Any servers that were "ranked" before that were because the server admins made them that way with mods to the server itself and it had nothing to do with the gameplay or how the game was made. I couldn't care less about the Elite service, other than since Activision was so kind as to extend their agreement with Microsoft, if I ever decide to get DLC for BO2, I'll have to wait at least another 2 months now to get it (yeah, by the time that the last DLC comes out for MW3, BO2 will be out, or damn near coming out). Only reason PC gaming is dying is because these companies are trying to kill it. And if I get screwed as badly with BO2 as I did with MW2 and MW3, then I may eventually be giving Acitivision money again, but it won't be for the CoD series.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:51:16 GMT

Here's what you're not taking into consideration, if laggy players lag, you lag also, regardless. Even with dedicated servers, if someone joins a server in Chicago and they're from India, yes, they're going to lag, but it is going to cause the server to lag too. The problem with have the P2P system is that now, not only is it going to cause you to lag because of playing with people with really high pings, it's going to cause you to lag because of host crap, "lag compensation" (although I've never seen it when I've had a horrible ping), and other such factors.

I'm running a 40mb/s(6mb/s upload) cable connection, and I've done bandwidth and ping tests on my connection. If you hit anything over 150 ping (which is even possible with someone who is host in this country, or your own countr, due to people who don't have great connections), you're pretty much SOL. That 40mb/s connection at 150+ ping drops down to less than 2mb/s.

And don't have to take my word on this, do some research for it, or go look up a ping test on your computer. Also, for anyone that knows anything about networking, you can only go as fast as your slowest connection (but who knows, maybe someone has changed that by now).

Re: Patch 1.7.413 = AKA the Lag Patch

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:38:00 GMT

Let's put it like this, I've been getting lagged out every game since the patch was installed, and I'm running a 40mb/6mb cable internet connection, so you're telling me that is enough to lag me out of every game now?

Re: Hacking- With Felony Charges attached!?

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:29:51 GMT

Well, here's another problem: The majority, although definitely not all, of the players that I've run into that have been cheating aren't from the states. Most of them I have ran into are from Russia or various places in Europe.

As someone has pointed out, you also have the problem of people are now hacking other people's accounts, or in some cases I have seen, spoofing other people's accounts, so then you're not even sure if the person you're playing with is actually the person that needs to be banned.

The main problem I have with hackers now (aside from the obvious of them ruining the game) is that I've been playing the game now since 2 1/2 weeks after it came out, and I can't have a good game anymore without someone accusing me of cheating, and I haven't cheated at any of these games since I started playing FPS games over 15 years ago.

There are some who are trying to help out, e.g. Xifon who made the MW3 Server Admin and Reporting Tool to report and upload demos directly from your theater to BanCandy, but the problem is, unless something has changed, they have basically put one person in charge of policing 3 different systems (PS3, Xbox and PC), and one person can only do so much. This is also where in lies the problem of not having true dedicated servers, and trying to turn a PC game into a console game (using the ranked lobby system as the only means of truly progressing through the game, doing challenges, etc), because now it can take weeks, or even months, for someone to get banned, if they get banned at all, instead of being able to be instabanned, or banned within a day or two.

As was also previously mentioned, when you play these games, or buy a game system to play online, you agree to the code of conduct (or equivelent) of said game/console, which is why if you do cheat/hack/aimbot/whatever, they have a right to ban you from playing, because you have already been made aware of what you are agreeing to to be able to play online, and the rules as such, and therefore, you break the rules, you pay the consequences.

I would like to see cheaters of any type (aimbotters, wall/texture hacks, Liberation/Chaos users) instabanned. Yeah, MW3 Liberation/Chaos are another major problem with this game. I was unaware of what it was till I ran into someone who was calling in uavs every other second, and called one in as soon as a game started. So I looked up to find out how they did it, and this/these program(s) will let you basically have all your killstreaks, not die (god mode), disable the theater of other players, crash other players games, keep people from kicking you, and who knows what else (only looked at it once, so if you want to know more about it than that, you'll have to look it up yourselves).

I know that I'm hoping for too much from this game, but I can dream.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:39:09 GMT

They also did it that way because, if you remember from MW2, people would run Scavenger with the noob tube and/or launchers and just tube spam people because they had an endless supply of ammo for it. And with all the people that spam the tube now, as well as the XM25, SMAW and RPG, can you imagine how bad it would be if they had an endless supply of ammo for those? I mean, come on, the trophy system only takes care of two of them, and that's if you're lucky and it doesn't fail or get you killed because it decides to fire down at you or into one of your teammates. Yay. I don't know who's bright idea it was to make everything HC ricochet, but they should've given us the choice of ricochet or friendly fire. But I didn't exactly have high hopes for this game when it was being released due to the fact they lied to PC players yet again, so I can't really say I'm surprised by much of what has happened since its release. I'll at least give credit to BanCandy for trying to get the hackers out of the game and Xifon for making tools to make it easier to keep hackers out of the game and reporting them. But thanks to the deal with MS and the whole Elite thing, with the current release of DLC, by the time the last collection comes out for PC, it'll be around February (or later) of next year, you know, 4 months after the new COD comes out. But I digress, got a little off topic. Point is, yes, they nerfed Scavenger the way they did so that you couldn't just flash/stun/tube/launcher spam for the entire game, which happens too much as it is IMO.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Notes

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:02:03 GMT

Actually, it's not BS. Have you ever tried talking to the general populous about anything involving computers or networking? Listen to how most people talk in games about things. Like the ever classic bad host being told they need to "stop downloading porn". The thing that is wrong with that (the example) is that it's not downloading that causes people's connection to slow down, it's uploading.

Having been working with computers for over 20 years, I can tell you that, aside from the hardcore PC players (and not even all of them), the majority of the people I've run into (me personally not saying that's how it is for everyone) know next to nothing about these things work.

In saying that, I will say this, they should have an option of whether it shows bars or numbers, and that would solve the problem for both. I've seen pings in games and played games with crappy pings, and playing with anything over 100-150 will pretty much kill your game.

I've done a ping test on my connection to California (I'm in Indiana) and Russia (where the hosts are that I get stuck with alot), and there was a difference to California (obviously), but it was nowhere near as bad as to Russia. Running 40mb/s cable, and it dropped it down to 2mb/s. Obviously no one will ever get to use their bandwidth fully because it's not made to be used that way, but dropping it down to where it is like my net connections from over a decade ago is not going to be very useful.

But, aside from my annoyances with how the PC version of this game have been treated (sorry but a console game on PC doesn't work, thought they would've figured that out with MW2), I will at least give them credit that lately they are at least semitrying to make up for it. Could've saved themselves some time and just did this stuff before the game came out, but as they say, better late than never.

Between Xifon's server admin and reporting tools, and them taking the time to at least try and update PC players, maybe they've finally learned that the PC platform isn't dead yet....maybe.

Re: IW Enforcers group on Steam

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:07 GMT

My guess is that they set this up because reporting things on Steam doesn't report to them, and really doesn't accomplish anything (otherwise a lot of these people would be banned already). Steam reporting doesn't work the same way as reporting players on Xbox (not sure about PS3, don't really play it).

Still will take time for individuals to get banned (not as quick as dedicated servers but I digresss), but at least this way we have a direct line of communication with the people that will (hopefully) do something about the aimbotters/wallhackers/texture hacks.

We'll see. After MW2, my faith in this has waned, but I'm still trying to give them the benefit of the doubt here.

Re: IW Enforcers group on Steam

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:04:22 GMT

Thanks, actually after one response was going to delete my secondary comment, and the mod beat me to it. So, again, thanks and my apologies, I know, I shouldn't feed the trolls.

Re: IW Enforcers group on Steam

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:22:25 GMT

Thanks. I sent you a friend request since it says the group is Invite only. So do I need to send you the videos from my youtube channel again? Some of them I have links for some of them I don't since they're spanning the past couple months.

Re: Hacks

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:40:58 GMT

A) With all the aimbotters and wallhackers I helped get banned from BO servers, I think I know what the difference however B) I'm not playing softcore, bad enough that it takes more than one shot from right in front of someone to kill them as it is on HC, let alone taking an entire clip. I don't do softcore, the only reason I played it on this game at all is because when I first started playing I wasn't playing with anyone else and so I had to play it to unlocked the advanced matches and C) I refused to play SC after I tried it once after unlocking the HC playlist and the first game in Ground War I played there was an Aimbotter on both teams, and at that point in time they hadn't turned on the stupid ricochet crap.

And you don't have to take my word for my getting cheaters, I still have vids from BO (Although not as many since I deleted them to make room for MW3 videos and at that time Xfire hadn't gotten the uploading to YouTube set up yet). And a whole slew of cheaters from MW3 just from the last month alone.

And last but not least, there was no reason to be a douche. I made a comment, that was it, you could've made your response and I could've agreed or disagreed with you. And by the way, Texture hacks don't work exactly the same way as wallhacks do, so you going to tell me next that killcams will help with that too?