Official Modern Warfare 3 thread

[bucwylde23]

Elite still not working at 6AM in the morning. Wtf, do they have this running on a dusty old box in the corner?

It was partially working at 3:30 am lol.

Had a bunch of good games last night no lag whatsoever. should be close to first prestige by tomorrow.

 

[Schfifty Five]

So what is the point of Elite? Is it just to keep track of stats online and have clan capabilities?

 

[DrunkenSano]

Supposedly there are also informative videos of maps and whatnot, and free DLC each month where as people without it have to wait for the a pack to be released. They also said that there may be online competitions you can sign up for that may end up winning you cash prizes.

 

[purbeast0]

my little brother prestiged yesterday and just now he texted me telling me someone hacked his stats.

EDIT:

he just told me that they made his average kills over 1000 and average score over 100000.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Supposedly there are also informative videos of maps and whatnot, and free DLC each month where as people without it have to wait for the a pack to be released. They also said that there may be online competitions you can sign up for that may end up winning you cash prizes.

Sorry, I should have clarified.

I was just referring to a standard COD Elite (non premium) account. I know w/ a premium subscription ($50/yr), you get all the DLC when released.

But for just a regular free COD Elite account, are the only benefits just keeping stats?

 

[BD2003]

Sorry, I should have clarified.

I was just referring to a standard COD Elite (non premium) account. I know w/ a premium subscription ($50/yr), you get all the DLC when released.

But for just a regular free COD Elite account, are the only benefits just keeping stats?

Stats, groups, and some of the more basic informative stuff. It's neat, but you could never visit the site and still get a pretty full experience. Even the basic stuff is not really worth too much if you're not really into the game.

 

[DrunkenSano]

Sort of like bungie.net's stat tracking with Halo games I am assuming.

 

[Arkaign]

SMH at the parasites running the corps that get away with this shit. $50/year just to keep stats/etc? What a bunch of assholes. That stuff should be free. I can understand charging for significant expansion packs/maps, but damn. And on Xbox you already have to be forking over $$ for XBL. If they keep this up we'll be paying 99 cents per spawn in MW4 or whatever.

 

[juiio]

SMH at the parasites running the corps that get away with this shit. $50/year just to keep stats/etc? What a bunch of assholes. That stuff should be free. I can understand charging for significant expansion packs/maps, but damn.

The stats are free. Paying gets you all the map packs for a year.

 

[dougp]

SMH at the parasites running the corps that get away with this shit. $50/year just to keep stats/etc? What a bunch of assholes. That stuff should be free. I can understand charging for significant expansion packs/maps, but damn. And on Xbox you already have to be forking over $$ for XBL. If they keep this up we'll be paying 99 cents per spawn in MW4 or whatever.

Wow, talk about not reading. Do you have anything positive to contribute to this thread? Everything so far seems to be pretty negative ...

 

[RavenSEAL]

I gotta give IW credit where it's due, i felt like i was back in 2009 for a few minutes. CERN should give them a call about working together on a time machine.

 

[Sixguns]

SMH at the parasites running the corps that get away with this shit. $50/year just to keep stats/etc? What a bunch of assholes. That stuff should be free. I can understand charging for significant expansion packs/maps, but damn. And on Xbox you already have to be forking over $$ for XBL. If they keep this up we'll be paying 99 cents per spawn in MW4 or whatever.

Cry about it just alittle more and than stop playing the game.

 

[Sixguns]

Did anyone else get a founder card with their Hardened copy? I already signed up for Elite with the code provided with the game. So does that mean I have an extra one to give to someone else?

 

[Nemesis13]

im using the type 95 at the moment, they really need to patch it. How it got past the alpha and beta stages and still came out that powerful is beyond me.. Hit me up XBLGT Matt Of War

 

[thegimp03]

I'm more of the flanker type player where I am continuously moving around the map so the package I ran with before hitting Type 95 was SCAR-L with silencer. Then I had Blind-Eye (Before unlocking Scavenger), Assassin, Steady Aim. With the Type 95, I did the double attachment weapon perk so I was able to load up Rapid Fire and Silencer.

Last night, I toyed with the Specialist and I felt it was a ton of fun to play and pretty powerful actually if used right. I would use Blind-Eye, Hardline, Steady-Aim. Then my first unlocker (1 kill) would be Assassin, then Stalker. Then on my 7th kill, everything is unlocked and it's sick.

Note I only play TDM and TDM-KC with the setup I posted above in both paragraphs.

Cool, thanks for the info...I'll keep this in mind. Didn't get the chance to play last night b/c I went to the Sharks game, but tonight I should be able to level up to the Type 95.

 

[Schfifty Five]

SMH at the parasites running the corps that get away with this shit. $50/year just to keep stats/etc? What a bunch of assholes. That stuff should be free. I can understand charging for significant expansion packs/maps, but damn. And on Xbox you already have to be forking over $$ for XBL. If they keep this up we'll be paying 99 cents per spawn in MW4 or whatever.

It is free numbnuts.

 

[Arkaign]

It is free numbnuts.

Yeah I confused the thing somewhat. 'Elite' is somewhat fluff besides the map packs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3#Call_of_Duty:_Elite

The free version includes features such as lifetime statistics and social-networking integration. The subscription version is priced at $49.99 per year and includes monthly downloadable content, daily competitions with virtual and real life prizes, the ability to level up your clan, pro analysis and strategies, and more.

$50 a year? I hope they're not trying to turn CoD into an MMO subscription service. The mgmt may be looking enviously at the piles of cash people pay for WoW each month.

For those that can't get enough, I guess it's okay. I've never been one to pay a monthly fee on a game I've already paid $50-$60 for though.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Yeah I confused the thing somewhat. 'Elite' is somewhat fluff besides the map packs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3#Call_of_Duty:_Elite

The free version includes features such as lifetime statistics and social-networking integration. The subscription version is priced at $49.99 per year and includes monthly downloadable content, daily competitions with virtual and real life prizes, the ability to level up your clan, pro analysis and strategies, and more.

$50 a year? I hope they're not trying to turn CoD into an MMO subscription service. The mgmt may be looking enviously at the piles of cash people pay for WoW each month.

For those that can't get enough, I guess it's okay. I've never been one to pay a monthly fee on a game I've already paid $50-$60 for though.

You're not forced to buy it. You can play MW3 Multiplayer in it's entirety without having to drop a penny on Elite.


Avid fans of COD usually end up purchasing the map packs which are $15 per and usually have 4 map packs that come out over the course of the first year the game is released.

So you're saving money by purchasing the $50 sub. Sure they are "locking in" money from those players but in the end, they are still saving $10 or so. And that's on top of the whatever other services Elite provides (stats, clans, tracking, etc).

And please leave out any comments relating to the "rip off" price of $15/map pack...that's another subject all together.

 

[DrunkenSano]

Yeah I confused the thing somewhat. 'Elite' is somewhat fluff besides the map packs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3#Call_of_Duty:_Elite

The free version includes features such as lifetime statistics and social-networking integration. The subscription version is priced at $49.99 per year and includes monthly downloadable content, daily competitions with virtual and real life prizes, the ability to level up your clan, pro analysis and strategies, and more.

$50 a year? I hope they're not trying to turn CoD into an MMO subscription service. The mgmt may be looking enviously at the piles of cash people pay for WoW each month.

For those that can't get enough, I guess it's okay. I've never been one to pay a monthly fee on a game I've already paid $50-$60 for though.

$50 isn't ridiculous. You're basically paying for all DLCs that come out up front instead of waiting for them to come out. Plus you get them early, instead of waiting for a DLC to be packaged together and then buying, you get them as they finish.

im using the type 95 at the moment, they really need to patch it. How it got past the alpha and beta stages and still came out that powerful is beyond me.. Hit me up XBLGT Matt Of War

Type 95 with all perks on with Specialist, attach Silencer and Rapid fire, it's so gross.

 

[PimpJuice]

Not to keep harping on the issue but I am still having hit detection issues. I'll unload on a guy and he'll fling around and kill me with what looks like one shot. Also, I'm constantly killed when coming around corners. I've played enough CODs to know that these things happen but they are happening all the time in MW3 for me.

One thing I've read is that disabling "theatre recording" in the options seems to help with the hit detection/lag.

Can anyone comment on whether their setting is enabled or disabled? And if disabling it helped you out at all?

My speed tests are fantastic, 20+mbps download, 1.5-2 mbps upload and ~30ms ping (Speedtest.net).

I'm going to try using hard wired ethernet, and play around with my routher settings (WNDR3700) and see if maybe its something I can fix. I doubt it though because I've never had an issue with any other game over the 8 years I've had Xbox Live.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Maybe change up the time of day you play. Could be you aren't getting a good host.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Not to keep harping on the issue but I am still having hit detection issues. I'll unload on a guy and he'll fling around and kill me with what looks like one shot. Also, I'm constantly killed when coming around corners. I've played enough CODs to know that these things happen but they are happening all the time in MW3 for me.

One thing I've read is that disabling "theatre recording" in the options seems to help with the hit detection/lag.

Can anyone comment on whether their setting is enabled or disabled? And if disabling it helped you out at all?

My speed tests are fantastic, 20+mbps download, 1.5-2 mbps upload and ~30ms ping (Speedtest.net).

I'm going to try using hard wired ethernet, and play around with my routher settings (WNDR3700) and see if maybe its something I can fix. I doubt it though because I've never had an issue with any other game over the 8 years I've had Xbox Live.

I can't speak for 360, but when MW2 was out for PS3, the first week was exactly like how it is now for MW3...laggy, choppy, dropped games, server issues, etc.

I would honestly just give it another few days before you do pull your hair out trying to fix the lag and stuff. I think ATVI will just need some time to really tweak and adjust their server, etc.

 

[chorb]

Not to keep harping on the issue but I am still having hit detection issues. I'll unload on a guy and he'll fling around and kill me with what looks like one shot. Also, I'm constantly killed when coming around corners. I've played enough CODs to know that these things happen but they are happening all the time in MW3 for me.

One thing I've read is that disabling "theatre recording" in the options seems to help with the hit detection/lag.

Can anyone comment on whether their setting is enabled or disabled? And if disabling it helped you out at all?

My speed tests are fantastic, 20+mbps download, 1.5-2 mbps upload and ~30ms ping (Speedtest.net).

I'm going to try using hard wired ethernet, and play around with my routher settings (WNDR3700) and see if maybe its something I can fix. I doubt it though because I've never had an issue with any other game over the 8 years I've had Xbox Live.

I think it really does depend on the host of the game, I have definitely noticed all the things you mentioned in particular matches, but overall (80% of the time) I'm getting into games with decent lag and the kills seem fair.

Although every once in a while I'll watch the kill cam of me dying and its way off from what I saw happen on my screen, which is annoying.

 

[BD2003]

I think it really does depend on the host of the game, I have definitely noticed all the things you mentioned in particular matches, but overall (80% of the time) I'm getting into games with decent lag and the kills seem fair.

Although every once in a while I'll watch the kill cam of me dying and its way off from what I saw happen on my screen, which is annoying.

The game is hosted by the players themselves. The servers just do the matchmaking prior to the game.

If you get a shitty host, you get a shitty host. Or your connection isn't that great. It has nothing to do with the central servers.

Disabling theatre recording *might* help. A little bit. We've come far, but lag is still a thing.

 

[digiram]

Man, I really loved the m4+sp in mw2, but I can't kill a thing with it mw3. Rolling with the Scar for now.. hopefully the ACR is still nice.