MW3

[captcalhoun]

i've been using the care package on MW2 for yonks, it's the only way i get to use anything higher than 5-kill rewards.

i just wish i'd started using Hardline sooner...

my current rewards are UAV/Care Pack/Predator. I'm using the PM instead of Sentry Gun just to get the last few PMs to complete the challenge.

apparently, i once had a 12 streak... must've been because i had a sentry gun up and something good in my care-pack, i don't remember it! i do remember once having an 8 streak, because my rewards had been bizarrely reset and the first was precision airstrike. i got a 7th with the PA and then an eighth but was killed trying for the 9th...

 

[gh4chiefs]

Started using the Care package last night and started getting a few nice things. Seems like it's a little better in MW3 than 2. In 2 when I tried it, seems like I mostly got UAV or counter UAVs.

Also I had my "DUH" moment last night. For some stupid reason I had my proficiency set to Two Attachments but yet I really wasn't using it. Changed that to Kick to lessen recoil. Night and day difference. I'm still doing stupid things, still dying plenty, BUT now I"m starting to win some of those head on gun fights that I was losing before.

 

[Mr Silver]

Started using the Care package last night and started getting a few nice things. Seems like it's a little better in MW3 than 2. In 2 when I tried it, seems like I mostly got UAV or counter UAVs.

Yup, the selection is much better than MW2 and the odds of getting the good killstreaks are slightly better too!

Also I had my "DUH" moment last night. For some stupid reason I had my proficiency set to Two Attachments but yet I really wasn't using it. Changed that to Kick to lessen recoil. Night and day difference. I'm still doing stupid things, still dying plenty, BUT now I"m starting to win some of those head on gun fights that I was losing before.

If you can get away with it, two attachments can be incredibly useful - particulary if you are using one of the assault rifles and want to have a good scope and a grenade launcher/undermount shotgun.

 

[Servo]

Type-95 + RDS + Rapid Fire = I win!

 

[gh4chiefs]

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Also I had my "DUH" moment last night. For some stupid reason I had my proficiency set to Two Attachments but yet I really wasn't using it. Changed that to Kick to lessen recoil. Night and day difference. I'm still doing stupid things, still dying plenty, BUT now I"m starting to win some of those head on gun fights that I was losing before.

If you can get away with it, two attachments can be incredibly useful - particulary if you are using one of the assault rifles and want to have a good scope and a grenade launcher/undermount shotgun.

Well I hate to admit this, but I was using the noob tube as my second attachment and messing with it was getting me killed more than I was killing anyone. With the Kick proficiency, I noticed my kills went up dramatically. I seem to have a hard enough time with eye-hand coordination anyway, and with the recoil I couldn't hit shit. That changed a lot with Kick.

For me, it was a good move. Will be a few days before i can get back to it, looking forward to using it and the care packages going forward.

 

[Skywalker]

If you put the grenade launcher on the CM901 (which has the highest damage rating of any assault rifle), the rate of fire goes up from its standard 666 rounds per minute to 750 rounds per minute.

 

[FPAlpha]

Just a quick question

I'm a total noob to MW multiplayer and the few times i played it was fun but i get totally confused by all the options in MP (Killstreaks, rewards, experience points and what i get from them etc).

Is there a comprehensive site out there with full explanations of all the stuff, how to use it, how to get it and the advantages/disadvantages?

 

[Angel4576]

Wikia

Probably a good place to start.

 

[captcalhoun]

it's a great place to start. it really does tell you a lot about which weapons are good, which perks to use and which streak rewards are good.

one thing i remembered and try to keep in mind is about making sure you've got plenty of open space to call a care pack/sentry gun or EAD in. i've seen people make silly mistakes with EADs especially. stand with your back to the edge of the map and toss the marker in front of you and the C130 comes from behind you to drop the crates, ensuring you don't lose any off the edge...

and that Scrambler's a huge waste of time because it just tells anyone who pays attention to the map that you're nearby!

 

[Servo]

As much as I'm enjoying the maps, guns and game modes, there are a few little things that annoy me that make this game feel like a bit of a step backwards from Black Ops.

1. Why doesn't the bomb/target marker disappear when you're aiming at it, like in Black Ops?

2. Why can't I join a friend's session in progress? The option is there, but it never works.

3. When I put a guy on Final Stand, if someone finishes him off before me, they get the kill. Black Ops fixed that. Why go backwards?

4. Fucking quick-scoping/no-scoping losers. Every twat and his mother runs around with sniper rifles now because you can do that again. No skill involved, just cheap aim-assist kills.

5. No dive to prone? WTF?

It's an enjoyable game, most of the time, but why have they ignored the little things that Black Ops added to make the game more enjoyable? We've had 4 patches in two weeks and none of these things have been addressed. And people slag Treyarch off? This really does feel like MW2 with new maps.

 

[Angel4576]

4. Fucking quick-scoping/no-scoping losers. Every twat and his mother runs around with sniper rifles now because you can do that again. No skill involved, just cheap aim-assist kills.

Amen to that brother.

Quick-scopers are easily despatched with dual wield guns though as you don't need to aim those particularly either so it evens out the playing field a bit.

No-scopers, are just fooking irritating c*nts.

I don't think people can really slag off Treyarch anymore as they're clearly light years ahead of (Fake) IW and Sledgehammer.

Although it has to be said that Treyarch did bow to pressure and bring quick/no-scoping back when all the sad motherfuckers complained. I'd have let them fook off back to MW2.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Also I had my "DUH" moment last night. For some stupid reason I had my proficiency set to Two Attachments but yet I really wasn't using it. Changed that to Kick to lessen recoil. Night and day difference. I'm still doing stupid things, still dying plenty, BUT now I"m starting to win some of those head on gun fights that I was losing before.

Guess I spoke too soon. Finally got back to playing tonight and it was the same old shit, me totally sucking ass. Guess I'm gonna have to throw in the towel and just realize I'm too old to be competitive with the kids.

I love the game but it gets old being fodder all the time. Guess I need to go find me a bunch of geezers from the retirement home to play with.

 

[captcalhoun]

how old are you?

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Also I had my "DUH" moment last night. For some stupid reason I had my proficiency set to Two Attachments but yet I really wasn't using it. Changed that to Kick to lessen recoil. Night and day difference. I'm still doing stupid things, still dying plenty, BUT now I"m starting to win some of those head on gun fights that I was losing before.

Guess I spoke too soon. Finally got back to playing tonight and it was the same old shit, me totally sucking ass. Guess I'm gonna have to throw in the towel and just realize I'm too old to be competitive with the kids.

I love the game but it gets old being fodder all the time. Guess I need to go find me a bunch of geezers from the retirement home to play with.

There are 110 other things against you as well bud, its not just your ability, you got how good your internet connection is, you got people playing with fancy 300 button gaming mouse and gaming keyboard setups, then we have surround sound headsets for letting you know where footsteps are coming from.............my cheap keyboard and 3 button mouse, cheap stereo speakers, and wonky internet, just wont cut it any more for these games....so i know if i get a few kills a round i'm doing well against it all, and your no doubt the same.

 

[gh4chiefs]

how old are you?

I'll be 51 in March.

There are 110 other things against you as well bud, its not just your ability, you got how good your internet connection is, you got people playing with fancy 300 button gaming mouse and gaming keyboard setups, then we have surround sound headsets for letting you know where footsteps are coming from.............my cheap keyboard and 3 button mouse, cheap stereo speakers, and wonky internet, just wont cut it any more for these games....so i know if i get a few kills a round i'm doing well against it all, and your no doubt the same.

Yeah I knew the internet connection and lag issues has at least a little to do with it, but I think it's mostly I just don't have the reflexes to competitive anymore. I notice you're talking about keyboards, but I'm a console gamer on the 360 for this particular game so I'm not sure what kind of other advantages they could have other than just being better.

It's odd that MW is the only online multiplayer game that I ever been able to be remotely competitive in. (In MW2, I actually got my K/D ratio over 1 when I finally stopped playing it.) Any other online game I've tried basically goes like this: Spawn, die. Spawn, die. Spawn, die. Quit game, never play again

But so far with MW3, just can't seem to find my mojo at all. It's not quite spawn, die, spawn, die, but it's damned close. I don't know how something so aggravating and frustrating can be so much fun at the same time.

 

[archeryguy1701]

^Well it takes time to learn a new game. All things considered, the fact that you were able to get yourself over 1 in K/D the last game is pretty good. I have yet to break 0.72 and I think I'm doing pretty good. One of my buddies at work is really good at the game, and he was telling me that it took him forever to break out of the 0.6-0.9 range.

 

[gh4chiefs]

I'm sitting about about 0.64 but I was up to 0.67. I usually experience a bell curve type effect where I start off really bad, get decent to maybe even good, and then for some reason I start going backwards. Starting with Black Ops I seem to be "stuck on suck."

 

[captcalhoun]

it also depends on the quality of your opposition. some days i suck in every lobby, some days i have good matches and bad matches, some days i'm mediocre in all of them.

 

[FPAlpha]

Been playing it for the last few days and i'm getting to know the game slowly.

I'll never be the best player and i don't have the time to really work on my skills (job and other interests take away too much time.. i'm not a teenager anymore with 5-6 hours school a day and then no other responsibilities) so it's a good round for me when i end up somewhere in the middle.

What i'd wish for however would be a good matchup system where you could choose who you're going against.. let it search for Kill/hit ratio, level, win/loss ratio etc and play against players of similar skill.

At times i get fed up by 2-3 players dominating the game and using the others as target practice.

Other than that it is much fun.

 

[Skywalker]

I'd like to see a matchmaking system based on the players' ranks. That way newcomers aren't getting destroyed by people on their third prestige, or something. I think Halo multiplayer uses a system like that, but I can't remember. Never really got into Halo MP.