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Duty Calls.[COD4]

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  • evilthecatevilthecat Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    finally dinged 55 but no prestige in sight.
    after fiddling with all the guns in the game, i came to realise my favorite setup is something you get right at the start.

    currently sporting m16a4 with red dot, stopping power, extreme conditioning and 3x special nades (flashbangs).

    the sniper weapons are ridiculously underpowered, and some LMGs are just .. godly spray weapons. which i think needs a nerf. seriously.
    m60 or that russian one with bandolier, double tap and steadyaim with grip and the worlds your oyster.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    You can't have the bandolier and grip at the same time. Double tap isn't really need for them to dominate either.

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  • evilthecatevilthecat Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    stigweard wrote: »
    You can't have the bandolier and grip at the same time. Double tap isn't really need for them to dominate either.

    awww. well screw bandolier then.
    well the m60 has a sort of slow rate of fire.
    i find double tap helps a bit with that.
    I heard there are golden guns?
    might have to try get a golden m16.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Yeah, you have to finish all the challenges for each weapon category to get the golden skins (except the .50cal, you get that at level 55 iirc). The M60 is offset by the highest accuracy and damage for the lmgs. I like red dot, bandolier, slight of hand, and steady aim with it.

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  • Metal Gear Solid 2 DemoMetal Gear Solid 2 Demo Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Has anyone actually beaten the epilogue on veteran?

    I can get to the white narrow hall with all the shotgun dudes but by that time I'm out of...time

    I figured a liberal use of flash grenades (as they give you more about half way through) and constantly moving forward was the way to do it but I'm still coming up short about 15 seconds

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  • P10P10 An Idiot With Low IQ Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Okay, what the hell is PunkBuster, and how do I get to work so I can actually play multiplayer? Because this is really, really frustrating.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    X/Steam/Steamapps/Common/Call of Duty 4/PB/pbsetup.exe

    Add a game: Select CoD4 from the dropdown list

    Check for updates, and you're done.

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  • P10P10 An Idiot With Low IQ Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    JAEF wrote: »
    X/Steam/Steamapps/Common/Call of Duty 4/PB/pbsetup.exe

    Add a game: Select CoD4 from the dropdown list

    Check for updates, and you're done.
    It's bitching about running an "unknown windows api function"
    Checking their site says this would be any program making special screen graphics. But I don't have any programs like this, so I have no idea.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    JAEF wrote: »
    X/Steam/Steamapps/Common/Call of Duty 4/PB/pbsetup.exe

    Add a game: Select CoD4 from the dropdown list

    Check for updates, and you're done.
    It's bitching about running an "unknown windows api function"
    Checking their site says this would be any program making special screen graphics. But I don't have any programs like this, so I have no idea.

    PB currently doesn't like chat programs that use overlays. Start it form the cod4 folder instead of the steam shortcut.

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  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Got my M4 and red dot scope online. Running that with a silenced USP and 2x RPG, Stopping Power, and Steady Aim. Got second place on my team with 31 kills.

    I racked up a ton after I got a 5 kill streak and dropped an airstrike and took care of 3 more. I then used the UAV and my team proceeded to mangle the enemies.

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  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    has anyone other than pretentious have problems playing online with steam?

    i'm - that close to buying.

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  • IrohIroh Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Rentilius wrote: »
    has anyone other than pretentious have problems playing online with steam?

    i'm - that close to buying.

    No problems with Steam whatsoever. I have chat overlay turned off, though.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Rentilius wrote: »
    has anyone other than pretentious have problems playing online with steam?

    i'm - that close to buying.
    Oh god I need to play some games of this with yoooou.

    The only issues so far have been very quickly remedied with easy fixes. Buy it.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I just picked this up yesterday (PC version). I played the demo of the first CoD way back when it came out and didn't like it much (Probably because I was already tired of WW2 shooters at that point). I ended up getting this because my buddy wants to try it multiplayer.

    Well, I just finished the single player campaign and basically, it was FPS storytelling done right. There were parts that felt a bit too arcadey because of the sheer volume of enemies, but ultimately, it was about the most fun I've had with FPS gaming in a while and I just picked up the Orange Box as well. :P

    Of course, HL2 ep 2 is broken for me (Freezes at the same point in the game no matter what), so that may have something to do with it. :P

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I got the P90 finally and I love it. The iron sights are terrible for it, but once you get the red dot it absolutely murders everyone. I just pulled a glorious 44-6 with it. Four of them were running towards me and thank God for it's high cartridge and fire rate.

    Does anyone know or have a site that tells just how much some of these perks improve things? I'd like to know how much damage is increased, for example, with that one perk.

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  • NismoGrendelNismoGrendel Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Rentilius wrote: »
    has anyone other than pretentious have problems playing online with steam?

    i'm - that close to buying.


    If you aren't in the states, when you go to purchase COD4 it will offer you a different version (german version for me)

    The steam chat overlay won't work with punkbuster right now

    If you use Xfire, you will probably have problems joining friends in game. My buddy can connect to any game I am in. When I try to connect to a game he is in, it just opens COD4 and sits at the menu screen. Kind of a pain in the ass.

    Those are the problems I have had with steam so far.

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  • NismoGrendelNismoGrendel Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Dashui wrote: »
    I got the P90 finally and I love it. The iron sights are terrible for it, but once you get the red dot it absolutely murders everyone. I just pulled a glorious 44-6 with it. Four of them were running towards me and thank God for it's high cartridge and fire rate.

    Does anyone know or have a site that tells just how much some of these perks improve things? I'd like to know how much damage is increased, for example, with that one perk.

    P90 is my favorite SMG to slap a silencer on, the iron sights didn't bother me too much. I'd use it more but I feel like I'm being a little PPSH bitch when I go on kill streaks with it.

    The only iron sights I cannot stand is the M60.

    I hit 55 last night, got that gold desert eagle. Can't find the option for prestige mode.

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  • evilthecatevilthecat Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Dashui wrote: »
    I got the P90 finally and I love it. The iron sights are terrible for it, but once you get the red dot it absolutely murders everyone. I just pulled a glorious 44-6 with it. Four of them were running towards me and thank God for it's high cartridge and fire rate.

    Does anyone know or have a site that tells just how much some of these perks improve things? I'd like to know how much damage is increased, for example, with that one perk.

    P90 is my favorite SMG to slap a silencer on, the iron sights didn't bother me too much. I'd use it more but I feel like I'm being a little PPSH bitch when I go on kill streaks with it.

    The only iron sights I cannot stand is the M60.

    I hit 55 last night, got that gold desert eagle. Can't find the option for prestige mode.

    apparently there is no prestige mode for pc users. might be implemented in a later patch.

    can't stand the iron sights on the g36c. or the g3. or the shotgun. etc. ;p

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Unlocked the M14 last night before bed. I've been playing a ton of headquarters the last couple of days since you can rack up 22-2500xp easily on a good server, provided you don't get stuck with a clueless team. I've been murderous with a silenced ak47, bandolier, uav jammer, and silenced footsteps. The enemy routinely runs right past me and I just cut them to shreds. I almost hate playing without the uav jammer now, so many people are really good with the mini map at detecting where you are and where you might be heading.

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    So I'm running around sucking ass with the Mp5 on the PC version. -=B2Z=- Otis is my name and dying is my umm...game? Anyway. If you see me online, give me a shout. Hardcore servers only of course. :)

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Oh god. So the server rotated to that godawful nuclear launch site map that's all outdoors with the open missile bays and such. I usually do worse than normal on that map so I decided I'd try the cheesy shit Overkill/Double Nade Launchers/Martyrdom build for kicks.

    It was a gruesome slaughter.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    The thing that annoys me most about the nade launchers, is that they don't explode point blank. If it hits a soft target, they don't detonate but they still insta-kill the target. There is no downside to using them close range at all. Running around with 7 available grenades for spamming kills any kind of gameplay.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    5 grenades. 4 in launchers, 1 frag. Cannot get 3 frags with a launcher equipped.

    Also from about 2-4 meters or so it isn't an instakill, only does partial damage, which gives them time to empty their clip into you while you reload or attempt to switch to another gun. Before that it'll probably kill you, after that it explodes.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Sorry, I thought you got 3 frags before perks when you hit 55.

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  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Man I wish you could pick up more RPG's mid-fight. I just tend to use those only now.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2007
    I'm not so sure about the P90. It's large cartridge and fire rate are excellent for extremely close quarters, but only few sections really lend itself to the gun. Like, the apartments on Crossfire. Vacant, Ambush, Strike, and Back Alley have too many long hallways/roads and the P90 will lose out to a rifle/LMG or a more accurate SMG any day of the week. I prefer the Mini Uzi simply because it has slightly more range and more power.

    But after that, the MP5 with a silence will put down anyone. The only problem with that build is that it's completely worthless on Hardcore. :-P

    Still wonking around with the G36c. Works in some situations, not in others. Stopping Power is still a requirement.

    Anyway. Here's our lol Sony for today.

    http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=223637

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    stigweard wrote: »
    The thing that annoys me most about the nade launchers, is that they don't explode point blank. If it hits a soft target, they don't detonate but they still insta-kill the target. There is no downside to using them close range at all. Running around with 7 available grenades for spamming kills any kind of gameplay.

    If they're point blank, why aren't you knifing them?! :D

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    stigweard wrote: »
    The thing that annoys me most about the nade launchers, is that they don't explode point blank. If it hits a soft target, they don't detonate but they still insta-kill the target. There is no downside to using them close range at all. Running around with 7 available grenades for spamming kills any kind of gameplay.

    If they're point blank, why aren't you knifing them?! :D

    heh, by point blank, I mean just out of knife range.

    edit: I had a battle that reminded me of a joke a while back. I got caught spawning in the path of the enemy, so I unloaded my m4 clip, then my m9 clip, and proceeded to take down three more guys with the knife before I died.

    The joke: Little Johny has some homework to learn what it means to be a hero so he asks his uncle, who was in the war what it meant. The next day the teacher asks him what it means to be a hero and he retells the uncle's sotry. His uncle was a pilot whose plane had been shot down. Narrowly escaping, he found himself parachuting into an enemy camp with a knife, a handgun with two clips, and a bottle of rum. So, he drinks the rum and starts firing from the last twenty feet. He takes out 10 guys before he runs out of ammo, and kills the next two with his knife when the blade breaks. He kills the last with his bare hands.

    The teacher is impressed with the store and asked what Johny learned and Johny replied: Don't piss my uncle off when he's drunk.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I have found my go to gun is the G3, it's great at range, to medium and even works up close if you need it to. I love idiots who stay at their starting area on wet work, makes getting a 5 kill streak a bit of a pain but once you got it, boom air strike!

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2007
    Wet work is the worst map ever.

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  • RocketSauceRocketSauce Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Mags, people. They are called magazines. You know, the thingies that hold the bullets?

    Not clips. Only gangstas and 12 year olds call them clips.

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  • evilthecatevilthecat Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    p90 silenced with uav jammer and dead silence make for a fun time, don't knock the p90!

    in regards to maps, i love wet work, but hate, HAAAAAAAATE, bloc.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    EliteLamer wrote: »
    Wet work is the worst map ever.

    Shipment is the worst map ever, wet work is just a slaughter house. I like pipeline, as it has a good mix of indoor and outdoor enviroments.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    evilthecat wrote: »
    p90 silenced with Sleight of Hand and Steady Aim make for a fun time, don't knock the p90!

    in regards to maps, i hate wet work, but hate, HAAAAAAAATE, bloc.

    Agreed.

    Still, I think I'm going to knife the rest of the way to 55(at 45 or something atm). I don't know what it is, but I can knife the fuck outta people.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2007
    evilthecat wrote: »
    p90 silenced with uav jammer and dead silence make for a fun time, don't knock the p90!

    in regards to maps, i love wet work, but hate, HAAAAAAAATE, bloc.

    Dead silence hasn't been that useful for me. You're already quiet when you're crouched or aiming.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Oh man. I swapped my mass effect rental for this game (scratched disk) and I've been having a blast, definitely going on my Christmas list.

    It's really nice to play a game where my weapons of choice, shotguns, kick ass. I placed fifth using a rifle on a server, and then on the next round against the same people I swapped to shotgun. I placed first. Just unlocked custom classes too, so now I have extra damage tacked unto my shotgun, to hopefully eliminate the pesky scenario where I had to shoot them twice for the kill.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Bloc is a tricky map, you think its a sniper map, but it's not. You want a good ar or sub machine gun there, sniper rifles just make you an easy knife.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2007
    Preacher wrote: »
    Bloc is a tricky map, you think its a sniper map, but it's not. You want a good ar or sub machine gun there, sniper rifles just make you an easy knife.

    Eh. Depends on what type of team you're playing on and whether or not they have a group of guys storming the apartments.

    I usually bust in with my silence MP5 and pick up a sniper while I'm there. Use it to take out anyone that may try to run through no mans land.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I can say I hate the "noob tube", I also am not a fan of maps that don't have a respawn timer on team death match. You don't have to have the kill camera because even though it helps me get better I hate that it gives away my postion, but a respawn timer really seems to save people from die spawn die.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2007
    If you have a good position, it won't give it away. :-P

    There's a certain spot on Crash that I can always get, and very rarely will anyone ever bother me there. People will run by and I'll knife them, and they'll never expect it.

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