I must admit it does seem that way (about Agent Smith and the subsequent 'bad game' and/or host issues after doing well...)

It also seems that as you Rank up through the Prestiges, it can also get more difficult to get Kills but die easier. Does your health drop with each Prestige? Do my guns have less damage? It seems that way at times!!

I do not think any gun is particularly Overpowered - However I do feel a number of guns are under powered and therefore are not used (or if you do use them - you are at a disadvantage) That is why we see the same guns being used ALL THE TIME.

I am 15th Prestige - Level 80 and trying out different weapons as I have my favourites in Gold already. I know that I am not looking forward to using some - If I choose to use them at all - as they will not be fun to use. I am still struggling to understand WHY the underbarreled attachments are included when they are totally ineffective and certainly in the case of the shotgun - unusable. At least the grenade launcher as some mild usefulness if you run Recon as you can 'paint' enemies at a distance!

My main criticism though is with the Spawn System - especially on big maps! The amount of time I respawn in front of enemies and get killed BEFORE I can even move is ridiculous. It seems that I don't get the respawn behind the enemy that killed me for the easy revenge kill (although I have been on the receiving end a lot too).

Matchmaking can be a bit slow and I often find myself in lobbies with other europeans (I am in the UK) so language issues can be a problem but at least I get games. I also end up with players all over the world. Although Slow, once in a lobby it seems ok until people leave (especially in numbers) and then we start the process again. I have not had to wait more than 5 minutes though for a game. Matchmaking however does seem easier on Black Ops and MW2 however.

Lag compensation and Host issues are definitely affecting the game play. It seems I can use a whole clip on someone and not kill them, only for them to lunge from a mile away and knife me or kill me with one bullet from a similar gun (not a sniper or shotgun). I have had many Knife attempts actually go through the enemy and NOT kill them and due to the time it takes to reset yourself, get killed by that enemy as he turns around and shoots or knife me.

All I am looking for is an even game, No advantage to anyone. If it takes 4 bullets to kill, it should take 4 etc Consistency and better hit detection. better matchmaking and certainly a better spawn system.

However I am generally pleased with the game - these issues aside - and love the kill streak system (I still think some support streaks should be removed as they are kill streaks but the new system is greatly improved) and the fact they are assigned to class now. Death streaks are still an issue - DMH Is overpowered, Last stand should NOT have any moment of invincibilty either!!! But these were issues in former games too. I also love the quality of the New maps and hope that we continue to get quality NEW maps - not old maps from the previous games - I can play those anytime and without the above mentioned issues too!!

But to be honest mw3lag, the minds behind MW1 and MW2 are now gone and have created Respawn.  If you wonder why MW3 is having issues, please look no further than that.   Their FPS is due out sometime next year.  It honestly would not suprise me if the launch was around the time that next years COD title is released.

With all due respect GHANDI, MW3 is so far out of sync that I wouldn't call it lag anymore.  I played a 4 hour marathon of MW2 last night and had a blast!  Hell, I even pulled out the riot shield on Derail and had fun doing so.  I just attempted to play a few matches of MW3 since i had to take off work today because my daughter is sick, and I honestly got dizzy trying to play.  I was using the G36C, and due to the sync issues that this game is having, it was firing like a Type 95, NO JOKE!  Whatever you guys are going to do you better do it within a week.  Everyone in the lobbies I was in have had enough of this lag/sync issues.  By the way, how are those fresh eyes coming with the fix.  We don't want tweaks, we want a fix.  And to clarify, I'll only put MW3 in from time to time to see how it runs.  If it runs smooth, I'll play it.  If it doesn't, I'll deal with the hackers in MW2 and the poor graphics of Black Ops.  I'm sorry, but I want to have fun when i play a game.  And what is going on isn't fun....

I look forward to an update from you soon.

Sincerely,

Donnie

mw3lag wrote:

 

I dont think IW are making the next COD after treyarch release in november 2012, before MW3 was announced rumours were sledgehammer were creating a COD to be released on MW3 date but then they put it on hold and help make MW3. Activision have got a number of studios under their belt, so i expect IW next game may come 2014, which should mean 3 year dev cycles for each studio now.

 

Sledgehammer were making a new 3rd person game based on the cod franchise and got pulled off and plug pulled so they could help IW(in name only) cut and shut mw1/2 into mw3.

Next gen xbox at least is going to hit q4 2013 and i really cant see there not being a cod title as one of the flagship games to release with it., and its really not hard to restaff a dev studio with temps (both iw and 3arch do this as standard practice anyways)

think the next few months are going to be very interesting in the cod world.. activision are on major damage control after the debacle of elite, and general dissatisfaction with mw3 , knowing activsion though they will just throw more money at advertising.. especially when e3 hits and the big guns come out from both the major publishing houses.

but then dragging this back on topic..

I have hopes for blops2, simply as post release support from 3arch is head and shoulders above iw still, and unlike iw 3arch actually listen to the community and dont just dismiss anything as "we dont feel this is an issue/problem/focus of our attention"

All of this next gen console talk seems weird to me, yeah sure if they do release new console next year i would certainly expect a new engine for COD as the current one is ancient.

But thinking about some of the big titles announced say GTA5 and God of War Ascension its hard to determine what console they will end up on, currently it seems they are for PS3 and X360, if a new console is in the makes surely Santa Monica would not have even mentioned a new God Of War title. Its all speculation atm, until one of the major companies reveal something its difficult to talk about next gen titles.

Your points on BO support is spot on, looking at their patch notes and MW3 patch notes, it makes MW3 patch notes look like a shopping list. Their patches contained tons of small and large fixes, whereas MW3 patches are just 'text' most of the stuff that it says has been fixed has not been fixed at all lol.

Hopefully Ghandi's absence means they are heads down and getting some stuff figured out.

Here's hoping better matchmaking reduces the effects of lag comp/sync issues.