
Infinity Ward talks CoD4 multiplayer balancing
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 3:26PM ZEBRA NINER said
I'm glad they kept all the achievements in single player. That way you don't have someone asking to boost every match.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 3:55PM Wickerman22 said
That's true, but it seems with the challenges and XP boosting we're no better off.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 3:43PM (Unverified) said
My Balance Request:
If a player with the Martyrdom Perk is taken out with a head shot, no grenade should be thrown.
New Challenge Request:
There should be greater encouragement for people to shoot down helicopters.
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If a player with the Martyrdom Perk is taken out with a head shot, no grenade should be thrown.
New Challenge Request:
There should be greater encouragement for people to shoot down helicopters.
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 3:50PM ZEBRA NINER said
Anticrawl, I've had the same thoughts. You should get some XP for that.
I will be the only one shooting the damned thing, waste all of my freakin' ammo, and end up with a pistol and 5 dudes closing on my position. I should get something!
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I will be the only one shooting the damned thing, waste all of my freakin' ammo, and end up with a pistol and 5 dudes closing on my position. I should get something!
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 8:41PM (Unverified) said
+1 for an incentive to shoot down the helio.
Too many people avoid it. Why am I the only one trying to get it down?
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Too many people avoid it. Why am I the only one trying to get it down?
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 3:47PM (Unverified) said
I hope that patch comes out soon. I am so fed up with that game, I got so pissed that I have not played it in almost 2 weeks now. It's so broken, I cannot connect to any friends, 80 percent of the time I knife someone they do not die, I have never played a game that has had so much lag, when I get a head shot the game says it wasn't, that thing that happens when someones shooting at you and you take cover then you just randomly die, then when you watch the killcam it says that you didnt move behind cover at all, when you throw a nade at an opponent and they are standing on top of it when it explodes and it doesnt kill them (which has happened to me when an opponent threw nades at me), when im in the middle of an enemy airstrike and it doesn't kill me, and other annoying glitches that happen here and there. I'm probably not going to play COD 4 until they get all that shit fixed. Until then ill be on Mass Effect and Halo 3.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:36PM Anticrawl said
Trueskill balanced teams has been tried before but people get way too pissy if they don't play on a team with their own party members.
See: Shadowrun
Go play the gametype that doesn't allow parties if it buggs you so much, or party up with decent players... or maybe just become good on your own.
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See: Shadowrun
Go play the gametype that doesn't allow parties if it buggs you so much, or party up with decent players... or maybe just become good on your own.
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 6:54PM Eugimon said
anticrawl- what in my post warranted such a pissy response? I understand some of you people measure your worth as a human being based on your kill ratio or how many times you can tea bag somebody before the kill cam changes, but the rest of us play games for fun. Sorry if your dad didn't love you when you were a kid.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:32PM leobebes said
The M16 is balanced enough, it will lose almost to any gun in close combat. It is a perfect gun for mid combat. I agree that taking out a helicopter deserves more XP, the random nade fests need to stop too. I get killed every other round by some random nade thrown across the map at the beginning of each round, its insane! I don't even see the damn thing or hear it because it explodes in mid air above my head every single time, or if it hits the floor I have 1/2 a second to move out of the way.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:35PM Anticrawl said
Trueskill balanced teams has been tried before but people get way too pissy if they don't play on a team with their own party members.
See: Shadowrun
Go play the gametype that doesn't allow parties if it buggs you so much, or party up with decent players... or maybe just become good on your own.
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See: Shadowrun
Go play the gametype that doesn't allow parties if it buggs you so much, or party up with decent players... or maybe just become good on your own.
Posted: Feb 6th 2008 4:38PM Anticrawl said
Yeah they may need to do something about grenades, and I agree with you on the M16. The gun is perfect. Terrible at close rang but excels at mid-long range. You also can't spray and pray like the M4 or light machine guns with the M16.
The previous reply was intended for eugene.
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The previous reply was intended for eugene.
Posted: Feb 7th 2008 12:12AM (Unverified) said
The M16 is overpowered? i get my ass handed to me with it
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 9:13PM (Unverified) said
What about martyrdom?!?! what do you guys think should be done? I like the headshot idea posted earlier, but I also think the radius of damage should be decreased or maybe the fuse increased.
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Posted: Feb 6th 2008 10:38PM (Unverified) said
I agree with headshot stopping martyrdom. To whoever complained about un-even teams: I agree it's frustrating, but if they are always on the same team, you should realize they're searching together. You wouldn't want to be split up from your buddies. In those situations where we get absolutely slaughtered twice in a row, I usually just leave the lobby and search again.
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Posted: Feb 7th 2008 1:11AM (Unverified) said
I don't feel the M16 is overpowered. In general, I seem to own much more with the M4, and about the same amount with the AK-47. Just depends on the situation I think.
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Posted: Feb 7th 2008 11:53AM (Unverified) said
the m-16 is just fine...I have more trouble with the m14 and close range spam the gun can do. I think we all have a "nemesis gun" that just kicks our butt...mine is the m14 or the p90
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