Modern Warfare 3's New Strike Packages and Pointstreaks
Before I get into the meat of what Strike Packages mean for Modern Warfare 3, say goodbye to the killstreak. And say hello to pointstreaks, all 28 of them. No longer will player kills be the only way to build up streaks. Sure, kills still count, but in MW3, completing objectives in gametypes like Capture the Flag and Seek and Destroy will reward players with points they can cash in to call in recon drones, attack helicopters, sentries and other power-ups. Kill assists count toward pointstreak numbers too, letting supporting players, not just the dominant virtual marksman have all the fun.
Full sizeInfinity Ward's Robert Bowling explained the change at Call of Duty XP, saying "the killstreak system was optimized for one game type: Team Deathmatch." Now, players will be rewarded more handsomely for actually completing each gametype's objectives.
Modern Warfare 3's pointstreaks come in three groups, dubbed Strike Packages. Players can customize their classes with one of three Strike Packages, adding a new layer of personalization to COD multiplayer. The three types are Assault, Support and Specialist. Each has its own list of 'streaks. Here they are.
If you like "big body counts, the Assault package is for you. With Assault, you can call in UAVs and care package drops, naturally, but this is also where the big guns live: assault helicopters, AC130, Predator missiles, mortar strikes, Juggernaut suits. Assault brings the pain. Your streak count will reset every time you die, if you go for the Assault Strike Package.
Support is about "helping the team win," not just stacking your body count. Sounds nice, doesn't it? For the less aggressive team player, Support deals in 'streaks that lean more defensive. This includes the option to drop a remote gun turret, call in a hacked airdrop, deploy ballistic vests to your team, drop an EMP or, ultimately, call in an Osprey gunship that also delivers five airdrop packages (one of them hacked). With Support, your streak count will not reset upon death.
Finally, Specialist is all about perks. Become a super soldier with Specialist, which lets players stack on additional perks. You'll get up to six perks—including Sleight of Hand, Hardline, Recon, et al—as the 'streaks pile up. After your eighth kill, however, you get every perk available to you. You become a monster.
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First, the LMGs only need Thermals, not Thermal and Grip.
And the CM901 still has a faster rate of fire with underslungs. I know because I had to scrounge a RDS'd version after running dry on my shootier CM a few seconds before. The fire rates were obviously different.
On another note: WHY MUST EVERYTHING I WANT BE SO LATE IN THE PRESTIGE. Two more custom class slots and I'm never leaving you again Trophy System.
Like I told Josh earlier, I finish S&D matches with style.
And yes, that is a throwing knife sailing just over my shoulder.
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Very nice.
(Get Gold damn it).
He also leaves his PC on 24/7. I bet he leaves all his lights on, too, and has the heater running constantly!
To be fair, he only runs the heater because the A/C makes it too cold.
All of these facts point only to one conclusion: the man has a perpetual motion machine in his basement. Composed of scores of genetically-altered golden hamsters running on treadmills, fueled by longevity treatments he is testing for his own use even as we read this.
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Discovering the PP90M1 AKA the best gun in the game. ADSing is for fat people and women. Real men kind of point their gun at what they want to die and and empty a whole clipazine into them in less than a second. That gun is the only reason I now have a KDR above 1.
Discovering that EMPs cancel pred missiles. Waat!? I believe it was Resistance Dom, specifically "A". Four of us just capped it, and there was an enemy missile coming. Fraction of a second before it hit, I EMP'd
A plethora of Quad and Quint multikills from my little schnookums. Schmoozy woozums, wuv you! Daddy'll be home soon <3
PA EMP spam. Dom Interchange, I had an EMP ready to go, waiting for a good time to use it. Pred missile in bound "Friendly EMP, their electronics are offlineFriendly EMP, their electronics are offlineFriendly EMP, their electronics are offline". Bah ha ha... we did it again on Seatown, right when the match ended and we could hear the other team talking "Again with the EMPs...!"
And my favorite, getting up to pee and then feed my cats. I missed like half a match of Dom Village. Still came in third on the leaderboard and got the game winner off my Stealth Bomber.
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It's not for a lack of money bags guys.
Edit: Silly billies.
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Doing work with the riot shield. Hardhat is definitely the best map for it. I feel like the broken spawns hurt riot shields the most because you have to be confident of where the direction of the battle is and where the enemies could be coming from and that is just not the case in MW3.
Riot bash game winning kills 1 and 2 from the weekend. Downturn map I knifed a guy (probably through his shield), picked up his shield and did work:
GWK#1
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And proof of how broken riot shields are. Same guy knives me straight through my shield 2x in the same location and once nearby. He does nothing special just does a knife thrust while aiming at the middle of my shield and I die:
Speaking of broken spawns...I spawned directly behind a guy who spawned there less than a second before me.
I need to hit 45 and get Sitrep Pro before they patch that! (I'm not planning on prestiging again)
Also, I used for FAD for the first time. I have to say, that gun is a lot more fun than I was expecting.
Just prestiged and now I'm trying to decide if I want to unlock it permanently or not.
Yes, the detonation from the trophy system can kill you depending on how close you are when it blows up...
I've seen a video of someone throwing vests and dying from the explosion the system creates.
One Second... GOD *Logs onto Forums*
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CoD related: I need to find out if anyone recorded a match from last night. Dom on Village (I know, narrows it down). I chunk a flash at B and get first blood. I'm guessing he got Final Standed by someone else. I just want the clip for my YouTube.
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And congratulations.
I don't know why, but when we were on Carbon and I started singing The Touch, my game went from ass to fantastic. Thank you, Stan Bush.
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Thread title is pure joy! :^:
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I will never be as good with a reaper as Sandy is.
Something for you to watch while you wait for respawns,Ducks.
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I guess you could say Ducks was...
and ive gotten some pretty nice reaper, kills, but certainly nothing in the same caliber as sandy. there was one match on village where i got 2 or 3 sweet bank shot ones, but then they all hid in the cave where i couldnt get at them
EDIT: how do you upload your vids to youtube? i have a bunch saved in my vault right now.
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