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Modern Warfare 2: Not Balanced for Tyrannosaurus

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  • GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Algertman wrote: »
    Yeah last night my whole team was re-spawning at the same point, in front of the church on Wasteland. That's fine but not when the other team has a harrier and and a chopper gunner. Just ate through us. Even if some ran cold blooded, or which ever one makes you invisble to stuff, they would still get tagged by someone on the opposing team.

    This has never happened to me and if this does happen I would assume the match is pretty much over. Wouldnt it be a good idea to use the shield class? The default one doesnt run coldblooded (so the harrier might get you from behind), but taking some fire from the chopper gunner and harrier would be a pretty effective role to help your teammates. If nothing else, it will get you some exp and progress on challenges.

    Is the riot shield effective against the chopper gunner?

    I don't know about the chopper gunner, and the ac-130 might be a headache, but harrier/attack helicopter/pave low can be blocked by a shield without any problems.

    In theory, you should be able to block the chopper gunner, but I don't remember how it goes when you actually try it.

    Grislo on
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  • eekseeks Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    There is a difference between smoking pot and ESPOUSING smoking pot. The former is quite alright (even recommended), the latter is juvenile. Kind of like how I like pizza, but I do not have a tattoo of a pizza on my forehead. One is delicious (even recommended), the other woud be a sign that are you are a silly goose.

    eeks on
    Eeks aka Erik K
  • Missing a LeggMissing a Legg Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    For me, it really pulls me out of the fun of video gaming when some one is complaining about every aspect of the game. X gun is too powerful, complain. X perk is too powerful, complain. X picture is dumb/rude/what ever. its perfectly fine to complain when its valid, the glitching is a pain. I think I might take a rest from MW2, not because of the game, but the players.

    Missing a Legg on
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  • SatanIsMyMotorSatanIsMyMotor Fuck Warren Ellis Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I have a confession to make, apparently I'm a dirty "noob" or whatever for going 25-5 on Karachi with the RPD which apparently is "EZ-MODE" and was told off !

    By this horrible sniper named Manta123 or something with pot leafs and shit, who kept going 1:5 KD (I guess he played while stoned ?)

    I'm sorry. :cry:

    (By God the RPD sucks compared to the AUG though, only a few levels to go though.)

    The moment I find someone playing with Joint Ops/High Command as part of their title/emblem I take it upon myself to ensure that my next 5 kills are all that one person.

    Agreed.

    Now I found a couple of awesome guys online that my friends and I play with who are admitted hardcore potheads. But they don't use those stupid symbols and callsigns. It's not the fact that someone smokes pot that bothers me. I don't care if someone does. I wouldn't be against trying it myself one of these days. It's just that, as mentioned above, the people that have them are generally annoying people and feel the need to be like, "OMG SO HIGH RIGHT NOW", as if anyone cares.

    Luckily, mute is just a couple of button presses away.

    See, I'm more so of the opinion that most of the people chatting in the game tend to be idiots anyway - it has nothing to do with their pot call-signs.

    SatanIsMyMotor on
  • ChillyWillyChillyWilly Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Algertman wrote: »
    Yeah last night my whole team was re-spawning at the same point, in front of the church on Wasteland. That's fine but not when the other team has a harrier and and a chopper gunner. Just ate through us. Even if some ran cold blooded, or which ever one makes you invisble to stuff, they would still get tagged by someone on the opposing team.

    This has never happened to me and if this does happen I would assume the match is pretty much over. Wouldnt it be a good idea to use the shield class? The default one doesnt run coldblooded (so the harrier might get you from behind), but taking some fire from the chopper gunner and harrier would be a pretty effective role to help your teammates. If nothing else, it will get you some exp and progress on challenges.

    Is the riot shield effective against the chopper gunner?

    If you're trying to get the riot shield challenges completed, a pavelow/chopper/harrier is awesome. You can point your shield straight up at the thing and deflect every one of the bullets that comes down on you.

    As an added bonus, you can follow the air support around the map (not too hard if you have marathon and lightweight, which my riot shield build has) and soak up a lot of it's fire instead of hitting your un-shielded teammates. I followed a pavelow around a map once and it focused on me roughly half of the time, cutting down the pain that was inflicted on my teammates. I got shot a few times while doing so, but it saved a lot of kills for my team.

    ChillyWilly on
    PAFC Top 10 Finisher in Seasons 1 and 3. 2nd in Seasons 4 and 5. Final 4 in Season 6.
  • ChillyWillyChillyWilly Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I have a confession to make, apparently I'm a dirty "noob" or whatever for going 25-5 on Karachi with the RPD which apparently is "EZ-MODE" and was told off !

    By this horrible sniper named Manta123 or something with pot leafs and shit, who kept going 1:5 KD (I guess he played while stoned ?)

    I'm sorry. :cry:

    (By God the RPD sucks compared to the AUG though, only a few levels to go though.)

    The moment I find someone playing with Joint Ops/High Command as part of their title/emblem I take it upon myself to ensure that my next 5 kills are all that one person.

    Agreed.

    Now I found a couple of awesome guys online that my friends and I play with who are admitted hardcore potheads. But they don't use those stupid symbols and callsigns. It's not the fact that someone smokes pot that bothers me. I don't care if someone does. I wouldn't be against trying it myself one of these days. It's just that, as mentioned above, the people that have them are generally annoying people and feel the need to be like, "OMG SO HIGH RIGHT NOW", as if anyone cares.

    Luckily, mute is just a couple of button presses away.

    See, I'm more so of the opinion that most of the people chatting in the game tend to be idiots anyway - it has nothing to do with their pot call-signs.

    I would tend to agree with that, as well. I mute those people, too. :D

    I really don't worry about annoying people being on my team these days. I've got a pretty solid crew of friends that I play with and we usually roll 5 or 6 people deep. We don't have unknown teammates most of the time (we usually play Ground War), so idiotic strangers talking about bullcrap on our headsets doesn't happen often.

    ChillyWilly on
    PAFC Top 10 Finisher in Seasons 1 and 3. 2nd in Seasons 4 and 5. Final 4 in Season 6.
  • T0MBERENGERT0MBERENGER Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Does anybody else get tons of kills with the stationary guns on that helicopter side of wasteland? It seems everyone tries really hard to "lock down" the map (explosives in the bunker or snipers on the perimeter). So the enemy is usually concentrated on one half of the map or in the bunker.

    You cant use the gun for more than 7 seconds, but I have gotten 5 kills in one run with them. Especially if your team is in the bunker and the enemy is focusing on taking it back.

    One strategy that is important is to get on the gun and spin it, but dont fire until you have a target. Once you start firing just scour the ridgelines after taking out any visible targets. If nothing shows up in 2 or 3 seconds, jump off and look for flankers/snipers sprinting to get in position to take you out.

    I have the best results in wastland when I mix up my strategies a couple times within the match (HTDM). I usually start off sniping (or an AR class in TDM), but then switch to UMP/witch build (I have no qualms about witching in the campgrounds of wasteland) and run the perimiter to take out snipers.

    T0MBERENGER on
  • HenslerHensler Registered User regular
    edited February 2010

    Okay, that was just hilarious. I've played with some awful people in pub games, but I've never seen anything that bad.

    Hensler on
  • CelixCelix Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Trust wrote: »
    Non-British guys, do me a favour:

    Please make the lives of anyone with the clan-tag [BNP] extremely painful and short. It's basically the british version of the group you're talking about, but they're not smart enough to get the pillows out.

    Silly Gooses. Been more and more prevalent recently.

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    Who wouldnt want to follow this sophisticated looking good chap here ?

    (What the hell is it with that goddamn eye :lol: ??)

    Hmmm, this maybe...
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    Handsome devil he is.

    Celix on
    XBL: Celix 360 only
    PSN: Celix78 PS3 and PS4
    Steam: Hirojinx
  • InsanityInsanity Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
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  • HenslerHensler Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    At least put that stupid, pointless shit in a spoiler tag.

    Hensler on
  • InsanityInsanity Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hensler wrote: »
    At least put that stupid, pointless shit in a spoiler tag.

    Nick Griffin or the weed thing? =P

    Insanity on
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  • TrustTrust Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Insanity, I forgive that picture, just for that comment.

    Trust on
    We Stand Ready
  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Oh Christ. Agreed so hard on the BNP thing. You've reminded me that I need to redouble my efforts to try and get a comment on clan tags being reportable from MS.

    For anyone wondering why, I point you to the merchandise page of the website of the British National Party.

    Willeth on
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  • smokealbertsmokealbert Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Willeth wrote: »
    For anyone wondering why, I point you to the merchandise page of the website of the British National Party.

    Oh thanks Will
    I saw the "it's cool to be white" one and was sick into my mouth.

    Meanwhile, back on topic - when are they gonna patch the xbox version to remove the infinite care package thing (have they done the PS3 / PC yet?) because the silliness has reached epic proportions.

    smokealbert on
    Xbox GT: Smokealbert
  • xtaxta Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I know that puppy uses the M16 + SP.

    spas as secondary?

    xta on
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Algertman wrote: »
    Yeah last night my whole team was re-spawning at the same point, in front of the church on Wasteland. That's fine but not when the other team has a harrier and and a chopper gunner. Just ate through us. Even if some ran cold blooded, or which ever one makes you invisble to stuff, they would still get tagged by someone on the opposing team.

    This has never happened to me and if this does happen I would assume the match is pretty much over. Wouldnt it be a good idea to use the shield class? The default one doesnt run coldblooded (so the harrier might get you from behind), but taking some fire from the chopper gunner and harrier would be a pretty effective role to help your teammates. If nothing else, it will get you some exp and progress on challenges.

    Is the riot shield effective against the chopper gunner?

    If you're trying to get the riot shield challenges completed, a pavelow/chopper/harrier is awesome. You can point your shield straight up at the thing and deflect every one of the bullets that comes down on you.

    As an added bonus, you can follow the air support around the map (not too hard if you have marathon and lightweight, which my riot shield build has) and soak up a lot of it's fire instead of hitting your un-shielded teammates. I followed a pavelow around a map once and it focused on me roughly half of the time, cutting down the pain that was inflicted on my teammates. I got shot a few times while doing so, but it saved a lot of kills for my team.

    He asked if it was effective against a chopper gunner. Not a chopper. It is effective against choppers, both attack and pavelow. It is very not effective against chopper gunners, because their bullets NEVER hit you straight on anyways, they always bounce off like 7 walls and hit you from behind, which will still happen if you have a riot shield on.

    Burtletoy on
  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    well it's not effective against chopper gunner because chopper gunner fires explosive ordinance which tends to squish even the manliest of riot shields that are made of invincibilium.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010

    Can't get YouTube at school, what am I missing?

    0Replace4Displace on
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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    Did I miss a whole conversation about how organized leagues, namely MLG, suck the fattest of fat cocks?

    Because they totally do.

    Oh, and I ran into my first care package spammers over the weekend. I was less than pleased and made it my mission to hunt them down.

    JustinSane07 on
  • xtaxta Registered User regular
    edited February 2010

    Can't get YouTube at school, what am I missing?

    some guy mad trash talking while camping rust with a tac knife

    the gameplay itself is unremarkable, but the trash talk is kind of funny

    xta on
  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Did I miss a whole conversation about how organized leagues, namely MLG, suck the fattest of fat cocks?

    Because they totally do.

    Oh, and I ran into my first care package spammers over the weekend. I was less than pleased and made it my mission to hunt them down.

    Elitist douchenozzles are all that exist in the MLG enviornment. I understand that it's a profession for these people, but that does not give you the right to talk down to people like slaves in colonial America.

    I just find it hilarious how many of these kids on XBL have "xxLEGiiT NUKE MLGxx" as their gamertag and yet can't pull a 1:1 ratio, using ACRs, Blingteen87s, and OMA pro pipes.

    0Replace4Displace on
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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010

    Can't get YouTube at school, what am I missing?

    a boring FFA tac-knife vid

    Edit: Oh, I didn't know there was trash talking, no speakers at work.

    Skull2185 on
    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • belligerentbelligerent Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah, it wasn't the video, so much as the commentary... "Billy bob--super camper." It boils down to a faked-southern accent talking about controlling "the Alamo," how one dude chasing another dude just ain't right, and drinking the delicious tears of people who cry "camper" in the game lobby.

    belligerent on
  • GanluanGanluan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Oh my god that camping video was hilarious.

    Ganluan on
  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Starting to get addicted to this game a little bit. At the same time I'm a little intimidated by all the unlocks, etc. It takes me a good little bit of time to unlock even the earlier things so I can't imagine how long unlocking everything will take. I guess I should start sucking less.

    Anybody feel free to add me if you don't mind playing with somebody who sucks.

    My thoughts on the pot leaf icons: I rolled my eyes a little bit when I saw that IW actually put those in to cater to "those guys". The thing is I'm sure I would have been using them when I was a teenager and more *enthusiastic* about smoking pot. I guess that's not saying I wasn't a bit of a silly goose then myself.

    I'm sure there has to be at least one cool dude rocking that call sign.

    troublebrewing on
  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ganluan wrote: »
    Oh my god that camping video was hilarious.

    This ain't San Francisco, this is Rust!

    undeinPirat on
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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I can't wait to get to lvl 42 just so I can get the Ranger and complete the Both Barrels challenge. I need to be using that shotgun shell emblem to show my love for the SPAS.

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  • EtherealWalrusEtherealWalrus Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    That guy's voice was like a chainsaw enema for my ears. Combine that with his BAD jokes, and you get one silly goose that needs a SPASing.

    EtherealWalrus on
  • fsmith1fsmith1 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I love jumping into a game at 4600-2100 while the entire enemy team is full of OMA noob tubers.

    Anyone want to hop on and play a bit?

    fsmith1 on
  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Man, last night was probably the worst so far in terms of EAD glitchers per game. I'm gonna give it another shot tonight, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

    Hiryu02 on
    Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
  • enderjsvenderjsv Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Hiryu02 wrote: »
    Man, last night was probably the worst so far in terms of EAD glitchers per game. I'm gonna give it another shot tonight, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

    Last night was ridiculous. I don't know if I was just unlucky or what but probably half of my games consisted of care package glitchers. Apparently it's caught on. I was so aggravated. I'm not going to be playing again until the patch comes out. It's just ridiculous.

    enderjsv on
  • KnorreKnorre Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I just wanna say that i can officially confirm the 'nuke out of a care package' thing... I got it to work (for testing purposes only, ofcourse) and it's legit. Modding a file in the installation folder makes every care package and EAD drop a nuke. You have to be the host though.

    Knorre on
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  • undeinPiratundeinPirat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Knorre wrote: »
    I just wanna say that i can officially confirm the 'nuke out of a care package' thing... I got it to work (for testing purposes only, ofcourse) and it's legit. Modding a file in the installation folder makes every care package and EAD drop a nuke. You have to be the host though.

    I actually came against it a while ago (posted about it), in the aftergame lobby the guy was shit talking a storm, apparently he even found a way to guarantee he was host so he could do it every game. Granted it doesn't seem like many know about it, but I doubt it'll stay small for long. Hopefully gets patched out sometime soon.

    undeinPirat on
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] steam: undeinpirat
  • KnorreKnorre Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Knorre wrote: »
    I just wanna say that i can officially confirm the 'nuke out of a care package' thing... I got it to work (for testing purposes only, ofcourse) and it's legit. Modding a file in the installation folder makes every care package and EAD drop a nuke. You have to be the host though.

    I actually came against it a while ago (posted about it), in the aftergame lobby the guy was shit talking a storm, apparently he even found a way to guarantee he was host so he could do it every game. Granted it doesn't seem like many know about it, but I doubt it'll stay small for long. Hopefully gets patched out sometime soon.

    Soon everyone will have modded the file, and every match will last 1 minute tops...

    Knorre on
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  • MoogleofdoomMoogleofdoom Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I don't like the SPAS. Takes too long to rack up a new shell. I'll stick with the first shotgun you unlock because you can just squeeze off three or four rounds in a row.

    Moogleofdoom on
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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I don't like the SPAS. Takes too long to rack up a new shell. I'll stick with the first shotgun you unlock because you can just squeeze off three or four rounds in a row.

    Sleight of hand


    SPAS is the shit

    Skull2185 on
    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • VedicIntentVedicIntent Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So I can't hit shit on purpose with the Javelin.

    After about 5 matches trying to kill someone with it, I launched one at the fuselage group in Afghan. The missile pops out, up, and slams into an enemy Pavelow that happened to pass overhead from off map. The shot was a dumbfire as far as the chopper was concerned, so no flares - I quit the Jav while I was ahead.

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  • belligerentbelligerent Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Oh Sandy, you came and you gave without taking.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iuB3tqMrpA

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  • T0MBERENGERT0MBERENGER Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So I can't hit shit on purpose with the Javelin.

    After about 5 matches trying to kill someone with it, I launched one at the fuselage group in Afghan. The missile pops out, up, and slams into an enemy Pavelow that happened to pass overhead from off map. The shot was a dumbfire as far as the chopper was concerned, so no flares - I quit the Jav while I was ahead.

    Thats what I love about these warfare games. Thier sandbox aspects allow for some pretty funny stuff. You always hear WW2 stories of the crazy coincidental things happening that saved/cost people's lives. Games are now getting to the point where they can reproduce that.

    T0MBERENGER on
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