Official Modern Warfare 2 thread

[Kabob]

Man, all this talk of glorious CoD 4 maps makes me want to go back and play it again despite the fact that it's double XP weekend and there's new maps...

 

[BD2003]

..... but why?

Because not everyone agrees on which maps are good. I personally love overgrown, and I'm not a big fan of crash. Just be glad they didn't include shipment, wet work, or that really assinine one with the silos. Vacant at least is a coherent map that works very well in objective games.

 

[GCS]

Yeah I am actually thinking about picking up COD 4 again to go back and play these maps you guys keep talking about as I never went online with it.

Just not enough time in the day though.

Greg

 

[Kabob]

CoD 4 is worth a purchase if you never played MP. Probably not worth buying the map pack (Broadcast was the only great map in it but it's one of my favorites).

 

[chedrz]

I heard yet another ridiculous comment yesterday.

"The ACR sucks. The only reason people use it is because it's accurate."

Last time I checked, accuracy was important when firing a weapon...Maybe it's just me. I'm an ACR junkie. I had the Prestige Veteran III challenge for that gun done on my 2nd Prestige. Now I'm working on Mastery III.

 

[Kabob]

I heard yet another ridiculous comment yesterday.

"The ACR sucks. The only reason people use it is because it's accurate."

Last time I checked, accuracy was important when firing a weapon...Maybe it's just me. I'm an ACR junkie. I had the Prestige Veteran III challenge for that gun done on my 2nd Prestige. Now I'm working on Mastery III.

Up there with similar intelligence would be:

"People only like Ferraris because they're fast"
"People only like steak because it tastes good"
"People only like oxygen because they enjoy being alive"

 

[SR1729]

I heard yet another ridiculous comment yesterday.

"The ACR sucks. The only reason people use it is because it's accurate."

Last time I checked, accuracy was important when firing a weapon...Maybe it's just me. I'm an ACR junkie. I had the Prestige Veteran III challenge for that gun done on my 2nd Prestige. Now I'm working on Mastery III.

I actually prefer the M4 over the ACR. I've found that my first several hits frequently fail to register with the ACR. Don't know why, but I don't have the problem with any other gun.

If all my bullets counted, the ACR would be my gun of choice right behind my trusty UMP.

 

[basslover1]

I played Fuel for the first time today, now that the new maps are showing up in all play lists. Holy shit on a stick is that one large ass map.

I think it will only be a good map for Ground war, otherwise it's just too large.

Trailer park plays out pretty well, there's is tons of cover to make use of, and move slowly. I tend to avoid going inside much easier to survive outside IMO.

Carnival is a giant cluster fuck, there is a shit load going on in that map, though the game play is pretty fun.

As for the CoD4 maps, a game which I never owned, I don't really care for Strike that much. I've only played it a few times, but I get flanked constantly by former CoD4 players.

Vacant was a noob toob fest the only time I played it, first impression is meh, but we'll see what happens.

 

[Kabob]

First game I played was on Fuel. This map is definitely HUGE although I started off doing really well. Host rage quit to dashboard and my game froze. LOTS of campers on this one.

Then I played Trailer Park, did really well again but it's a VERY confusing level. That'll take some getting used to! Again, lots of campers but good fun.

Next was Vacant, I expected lots of DC and noob tubes, instead it was lots of crazy marathon runners. Fun but a little more hectic than it used to be.

Then we had Carnival. First game the host quit in the first 5 seconds. Next time I grabbed my Tar-21 and went to it. Thus far this is definitely my favorite map. There is tons of places to hide and such and I've no clue how everything is laid out but I played it again later and went with marathon/lightweight/UMP and both it and my slow paced setup worked really. Cool environment.

Finally was Strike. Man, there are LOTS of camping snipers on this one! Played my first time with randoms and they sniped us like crazy...next time with some friends. Started off good, then they started camping like fiends. We had the lead and suddenly my connection died. Massive frusteration...

Overall I do like the maps, I need more time on 'em though.

 

[chedrz]

Finally was Strike. Man, there are LOTS of camping snipers on this one! Played my first time with randoms and they sniped us like crazy...

Yeah. And it seems a lot darker than it used to be. If I don't have a thermal scope, it's hard to see snipers in the top floor room overlooking the courtyard.

 

[Kabob]

Played a few games after I woke up this morning and was absolutely on fire. I don't know if I've had a streak of games that good in a LONG time. Of the 12 or so games I played my team won all but 1 of 'em and I probably averaged a 4:1 or so kill ratio over the time.

So far the only new maps I really don't get is Fuel, I've only had one full game on it though and barely scratched the surface of it, but it DOES seem too big. Honeslty the biggest surprise for me is Trailer Park, I REALLY like the map thus far! I've only played 3 or 4 games on it and yes, there are alot of campers (both the living-in type and the "I refuse to move from this spot" gamer type) but it plays pretty well. Carnival is a blast although the last game I played on it was rough. Enemy called in an EAD and got...2 chopper gunners, 1 AC-130, and a Predator...OUCH! Thankfully I called in a harrier halfway through his first chopper gunner and it shot both of them down but the AC-130 killed me 3 times before I could shoot it down (amazingly no one else on my team thought to try...). I still did really well that match but we did lose (BOO!) by 400 points.

Haven't seen nearly as much Danger Close on Vacant as I expected, at least yet. I've been rockin' the hax0r M4 w/stopping power mostly lately. BTW, the guy who got mad at me apologized and sent me a friend request...I didn't respond.

 

[CharlestonUSC85]

What is everyone's opinion on using the pavelow at the same time as the harrier? my killstreak is predator, harrier and pavelow. usually i get the pavelow about 10 seconds after i call in the harrier. Do you think you get more kills b/c they both cover different areas at the same time? or should the pavelow be called in after the harrier exits? all advice and experience is appreciated.

 

[chedrz]

What is everyone's opinion on using the pavelow at the same time as the harrier? my killstreak is predator, harrier and pavelow. usually i get the pavelow about 10 seconds after i call in the harrier. Do you think you get more kills b/c they both cover different areas at the same time? or should the pavelow be called in after the harrier exits? all advice and experience is appreciated.

I'd say after. If someone shoots down the harrier and the pave low is nearby, the pave low will be destroyed, too. It's better to lose one than both. Plus, if you wait a few seconds between the two (like 30 seconds to a minute), people will likely die/respawn w/o anti-air weapons.

 

[chedrz]

Since people have been showing ridiculous games, here's one from last night.

Yes, that is a 7500-1100 rout you see there. Nobody dropped, nobody joined midgame. That game consisted of our team getting multiple preds, at least 3 harriers, a pave low, and two chopper gunners. It was on Rundown.

And even better for us, that was probably the 3rd or 4th game in the same room with the same group of people on the opposing team. They stuck around for about 10 more after that, too. I think they got above 35 kills in one game.

Sorry about the bad picture quality, I took it with my phone.

 

[Kabob]

Man, 1100, that beats my best by 300. Heck of a game!

Played a game on Vacant with some buddies a lil' while ago and decided to go DC...got three triple kills in that one match. Lots of fun.

Most of my pics are cell phone pics, yay 3.2 megapixel LG Dare!

 

[SR1729]

What is everyone's opinion on using the pavelow at the same time as the harrier?

I don't like calling multiple killstreaks in at once; I'd rather occupy the skies for a longer period of time. This keeps the other team on its toes and in retreat for a longer period of time.

 

[chedrz]

Man, 1100, that beats my best by 300. Heck of a game!

Played a game on Vacant with some buddies a lil' while ago and decided to go DC...got three triple kills in that one match. Lots of fun.

Most of my pics are cell phone pics, yay 3.2 megapixel LG Dare!

A couple games later, I (Cha1nwa11et) went 20-4, while the next two guys on our team both went 18-0. That one was like 7500-1700. I honestly felt bad for the other team in between laughing at their misfortune.

 

[CharlestonUSC85]

I don't like calling multiple killstreaks in at once; I'd rather occupy the skies for a longer period of time. This keeps the other team on its toes and in retreat for a longer period of time.

yeah that is what i was thinking. I think i should be getting more kills out of my harrier strike but i seem to be pretty horrible at placing it correctly. I play domination exclusively so if we have to flags capped i'll put the harrier over whatever flag they have. B/c that is usually where they spawn. But i just haven't been getting too many kills with it lately. My pavelow on the other hand gives me an insane amount of kills.

 

[Kabob]

A couple games later, I (Cha1nwa11et) went 20-4, while the next two guys on our team both went 18-0. That one was like 7500-1700. I honestly felt bad for the other team in between laughing at their misfortune.

Yeah, I played with a group of guys yesterday and we had several games in a row where the other team didn't score more than 2200 points or so, as low as 1600 at one point. My win ratio liked it a good bit though

 

[Beev]

I hit 45 for the first time and unlocked OMA then promptly made an asshole class . I feel like a douche sometimes but it's nice to finally get some killstreaks for once...

 

[basslover1]

OMA is good if you want to camp and noob toob, otherwise scavenger is just fine. Though, you do need to snoop around for the bags when you're empty.

I have my asshole class too: AR+M203 & Javelin. Scavenger, Danger Close, and any 3rd perk.

I generally only use that on certain maps, though at times if someone pisses me off enough I'll swap to it.

 

[Kabob]

I can't stand OMA, it's the epitome of camper cheapness. Scavenger is better, I have a DC explosives class with scavenger but if you're using OMA it's probably because you're staying stationary...

 

[CharlestonUSC85]

any tips on where to typically place harriers? i have no clue how to pin point the other team's spawn.

 

[Kabob]

If someone's got a UAV you can wait for that to go up. Otherwise I just look for a blip from someone firing.

If all else fails...guess.

 

[digiram]

Haven't seen nearly as much Danger Close on Vacant as I expected, at least yet. I've been rockin' the hax0r M4 w/stopping power mostly lately. BTW, the guy who got mad at me apologized and sent me a friend request...I didn't respond.

I was on a team where we spawned outside, and the other team ran out and was just nube tubing us from the inside out. I died like 3 time straight from nades and tubes...decided enough is enough and went into snipe mode.

I alternated between two locations, and started reigning down some pwnage on them. It was great.. we ended up destroying them once the rest of the squad got inside.