The Official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Thread

[Karma]

modern warfare 2 avatar gear going up tomorrow including this full ghost outfit:

 

[hairlesswookiee]

I cant wait to hear HANZ ZIMMERS SCORE on MW2!!

will be so epic !

5DAYS GUYS !!

WOOOT !

Yeah I was impressed when I found that out about the soundtrack.

 

[plasmid303]

More bad news for people playing on PC, the maximum number of players in any multiplayer mode has dropped from 32 to 18.

Kotaku:

PC gamers may find one more reason to grumble about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, as Infinity Ward has confirmed that the maximum number of players in the game's multiplayer mode has taken a hit from 32 to 18.

A max of 18 players has been the norm for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of previous entries Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: World At War, but it's considerably less than previous iterations for the PC. Infinity Ward's Mackey McCandlish and Vince Zampella confirmed that 9 versus 9 multiplayer battles would be the max going forward to the chagrin of a few PC gamers already feeling burned by the switch from dedicated servers to the IW.net service.

McCandlish explained that an 18-player cap was related to "the number of players we focused on when we were balancing map size, perks, classes, challenges, etc."

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Lame... did they fall behind on their schedule??? Seems like a lot of stuff is getting cut from this game. Maybe they'll update it later in a patch.

 

[plasmid303]

I'm not sure. It seems like all the changes being made to the game are conscious ones that seem intentional for game balance and such.

 

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[Sup3rman]

modern warfare 2 avatar gear going up tomorrow including this full ghost outfit:

free?? prob not...i hate paying for crap like avatar clothing

 

[Sup3rman]

Why would you guys rather chat with someone who's not playing the same game as opposed to actually communicating with the team you're on? We boot people from the lobby if they aren't talking with their teammates. It's a pointless game.

i would agree if you're playing with close friends on the same team then u can actually coordinate your gameplay..but if you're playing with strangers..chat is pointless..everyone does their own thing..no one will listen!

 

[Deckard]

More bad news for people playing on PC, the maximum number of players in any multiplayer mode has dropped from 32 to 18.

Kotaku:

My initial thought was thats not good, but really it isn't bad either. Most CoD maps are pretty small, even in WaW.

Besides alot of servers run mods that bypass the caps anyway. There are or at least were, 64 person servers for CoD4 when it first came out.

 

[plasmid303]

My initial thought was thats not good, but really it isn't bad either. Most CoD maps are pretty small, even in WaW.

Besides alot of servers run mods that bypass the caps anyway. There are or at least were, 64 person servers for CoD4 when it first came out.

Doesn't IWNET pretty much eliminate all that?

 

[Deckard]

Doesn't IWNET pretty much eliminate all that?

Wow, I hadn't seen that, I didn't follow the development very closely, thats alot of changes I don't really care for.

 

[plasmid303]

I do agree with what you said earlier, that an 18-player cap isn't that bad. I thought the first MW was hectic enough at 18 players. Still, this news combined with all the changes IWNET will bring won't make the PC gaming community happy.

Console players are pretty much used to this, so it doesn't effect them mostly.

 

[Deckard]

Wow, just read everything this does, I'm out. I was really looking forward to this game but not anymore. First CoD ever I won't be buying. Gonna need a good fps to replace it now.

Good thing LFD2 comes out a week later.

 

[THX-182]

i would agree if you're playing with close friends on the same team then u can actually coordinate your gameplay..but if you're playing with strangers..chat is pointless..everyone does their own thing..no one will listen!

I agree with that. These multiplayer games have gotten really bad in regards to that. The whole point of the chat is to coordinate with people and work together but everyone does their own thing and only talks on the mic to blast someone and call them every racial slur under the sun.

 

[Platty]

Just saw the advert on TV. It looks bloody stunning

 

[ArmoredFoe]

Cant wait, I'm probably going to the midnight release at the gamestop around me. Should be good, I cant wait to start using all the new guns...and as for chat...just mute the people who cant control there verbal assaults and chat with the ones who are worth it simple as that.

 

[Sachiel]

Wow, just read everything this does, I'm out. I was really looking forward to this game but not anymore. First CoD ever I won't be buying. Gonna need a good fps to replace it now.

But dude, it has mouse support!

IW really alienated their PC fanbase.

 

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[plasmid303]

Wow, just read everything this does, I'm out. I was really looking forward to this game but not anymore. First CoD ever I won't be buying. Gonna need a good fps to replace it now.

Good thing LFD2 comes out a week later.

I'm one of those types that aren't too bothered by the changes, so I'll play it. If the multiplayer is still fun and the single player campaign lasts more than 4 hours, then I'm in.

But yeah, if you skip MW2, it's not like there isn't anything else to play this month.

 

[p!tu]

holy Crap!!! Outer Space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!