Something about Scrapyard being more horizontal than vertical in its design results in me always doing great playing on that map. Same with Highrise, I pull off these crazy scores. Whereas as a map like Favela, with all the rooftops and houses, I either get owned or stay even. I always feel like I'm about to get shot/stabbed in the back on that map.
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AwesomeSyrup
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I'm loving the RPD right now. Racking up 20+ kills every game with it.
Mr. B Natural
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KittyKittyBangBang said:
Skidrows the worst map in the game by far. It's more one sided than Bog. At first I liked it, but once you learn the maps (and others do too) it becomes the worst map in the game by a country mile. It's so one-sided that I feel bad spawning on the good side. If the team camps the good side, you will not get through. I've had games end 7500 to 1500 on skidrow. It's so lopsided it's not even funny.
Played a game of Hardcore TDM in Skidrow the other day. Final score after 10 minutes of relentless camping on both sides- 1000 to 800. Sadly, that's the closest I've been to losing on the good side since november. Wtf IW.
Mr. B Natural said:
what are you talking about? skidrow is the one with the bookstore running through the middle right?
I think that one is balanced just fine and have never experienced a game where a team holds down one side of the map all game.
user_nat said:
Amen.
I always play tight games on Skidrow. So many routes to take, and I don't understand how one side is beter than the other.
However, Estate is the worst map when it comes to spawning. If a team has regained control of the house you're basically fucked, not only because it's hard to retake the house, but if you die trying to retake it, you spawn far away from it, usually by the power station, which means half a minute of mindless sprinting. Then BANG killed by a sniper while trying to sprint back. Then BANG killed by either a harrier or a helicopter while trying to sprint back. Repeat. So unforgiving. At least spawn the team that tries to retake the house close enough so that you actually have a chance. Sometimes it's possible, but only if you play against bad players.
Foliorum Viridum
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I agree with this completely, however I fucking love it when I finally get up to the house, sneak up via the basement and take out 3/4 guys who are sniping through the window.Frillen said:
Estate is a lot like Creek from COD4, so I really like it. I never perform that well on it, but it's a cool environment to play in.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
AT4-HS + Scavenger + Demolition (especially on Quarry) = Multiple triple and quadruple kills. So much damn fun. Can't wait to get the RPGs again. 
zero margin
Member
Got repeatedly killed yesterday by a marathon/lightweight dual wielding ranger user from distances, aggravating.
I need to gloat, got a 20-0 game, no camping, no claymores. And a game later I dinged and got my beloved Ninja back.
The old man has still got it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=730Q-baXOhE#t=0m53s
The old man has still got it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=730Q-baXOhE#t=0m53s
You and a million other people. The number of Danger Close+OMA/Scavenger classes is insane right now, or maybe I'm just having bad luck.RJNavarrete said:AT4-HS + Scavenger + Demolition (especially on Quarry) = Multiple triple and quadruple kills. So much damn fun. Can't wait to get the RPGs again.
I might have a thousand kills with the RPG, but it's obviously just pure skill on my part and not Danger Close getting me instagibs if the rocket hits even ten feet off the target.:lol
Xux
Member
Finally got dat F2000 mastery. Went back to snipering and Muziing peoples jaws. Pretty good times.
Also lovin' me some 1887 action. The lever just has a nice healthy weight and sound to it that I just can't resist.
I also like the whole apparatus they put on the Raffica to attach the red dot and holographic sights.
Also lovin' me some 1887 action. The lever just has a nice healthy weight and sound to it that I just can't resist.
I also like the whole apparatus they put on the Raffica to attach the red dot and holographic sights.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Frillen said:
I dunno. I find it surprisingly simple to take back the estate, especially if you have a couple of buddies. I switch to the silenced SMG + Marathon + Lightweight + Ninja build, run all the way around to the shed, enter via the basement, and deliberately, yet quickly sweep the house. It take a little bit of determination to pull it off by myself, but a buddy or a TI is usually enough to clear it.
And if you're playing Domination, you don't even need to take it back. Just hold B and C and laugh as they snipe out of the house and lose the match.
Patrick Bateman
Member
So, I'm back. And in my opinion this game is more spray and pray than anything else..
MarkMclovin
Member
Played this for the first time in ages. First game was Demolition on Afgan. Some cunt was inside a rock that is just outside the cave doorway looking over one of the flags. He racked up 33-0, he also had a purple Gamertag and wasn't in my previous players list either. Switched game off.
lionelhutz
Member
careful said:
I've been using Marathon + Lightweight + Ninja and a silenced UMP on Derail and I like the map. As long as someone as a UAV going it's pretty easy to flank and rack up a decent amount of kills.
divisionbyzorro
Member
lionelhutz said:
That's the only class I can have any measure of success with on that map, and I still hate it. It's far too large for this game.
lionelhutz
Member
divisionbyzorro said:
It does seem too big, but no one ever fights on at least a third of the map so it's easy to get back to the action with Marathon. I'd much rather play Derail than Karachi. Even if I do well on that map I still don't like it.
TheApatheticOne
Member
In the past two weeks, I've had my best series of games that I have had since I bought the game at launch. And it's all due to switching from playing Domination and MTDM to playing Demolition. All of a sudden, Im leveling up much faster and posting huge games, like 35-2, 44-10, etc., all while actually going after the goals (usually tops on my team for capturing and disarming targets).
Playing recently, it seems the the Witchblade, Danger close, and dual shotties have dropped off. And in its place, ten fold..... Interventions with thermal scopes. I know its all personal experiences, but for me, it seems like at least 3-4 people on the opposing team have that setup and are experts at the quick aim/aim assist/sweeping snipe where the replay shows them not aiming, the shot being 5 feet off the mark, yet.... headshot. Infuriating.
All in all though, enjoying the game more than I have at any point. Still have issues, but that goes with any game.
Playing recently, it seems the the Witchblade, Danger close, and dual shotties have dropped off. And in its place, ten fold..... Interventions with thermal scopes. I know its all personal experiences, but for me, it seems like at least 3-4 people on the opposing team have that setup and are experts at the quick aim/aim assist/sweeping snipe where the replay shows them not aiming, the shot being 5 feet off the mark, yet.... headshot. Infuriating.
All in all though, enjoying the game more than I have at any point. Still have issues, but that goes with any game.
TheApatheticOne said:
I was enjoying the game, until I took a break to play MAG....now, MW2 feels like Im playing tag with 12 meth-heads in a padded room (with endless air support just to F things up further).
Its a fun game, but its so absurd when you think about it that they might as well call it COD: Modern Arcade Twitch Shooter, give us lasers (cause thats how accurate the gun all are), and replace the humans with a species capable of doing the things people do in this game.
lionelhutz
Member
GodofWine said:
lolz.
gtfo.
Sir Garbageman
Member
Dresden said:
Played a game of HQ last night on terminal when literally every member of the other team had some combination of danger close / OMA / scavenger / RPGS and Noob Tubes. Not fun.
lol :lol
this is some hilariously funny stuff right here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1uL8GSBjI
MW2 F.U.N.TAGE
this is some hilariously funny stuff right here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1uL8GSBjI
MW2 F.U.N.TAGE
divisionbyzorro
Member
GodofWine said:
I've been very curious to try MAG, but I don't have a PS3. I've heard it's good, but unbalanced in favor of one of the factions. I've watched some streams of it; the contrast to MW2 is startling :lol
I'll be honest: I would love to see the next COD take a page from MAG's book and offer a super-large game type. But of course you would need dedicated servers to pull it off. :lol
I find Derail is quite a versatile map, you can flank with marathon, flank with stealth, you can snipe from loads of locations both high and low or you can rampage around with an AR/shotgun and get decent results.
There are lots of places to set up camp, lots of cover for moving around and lots of paths. One of my faves.
Its not a sniper heaven like wasteland or a big clusterfuck like favela. there are so few ways to have success on favela imo. I've gotten better at it but still probably my absolute worst map.
There are lots of places to set up camp, lots of cover for moving around and lots of paths. One of my faves.
Its not a sniper heaven like wasteland or a big clusterfuck like favela. there are so few ways to have success on favela imo. I've gotten better at it but still probably my absolute worst map.
divisionbyzorro
Member
I just had my mind blown while watching a live stream here at work. There is an alcove in the tunnel on Skidrow going to Alpha. So that's where people have been hiding from me. How have I missed this all this time?
Sir Garbageman
Member
Najaf said:
Sorry if I wasn't clear, but like I said it was some combination. Basically they either went AR with Noobtube / RPG / Scavenger / Danger Close or AR with Noobtube / OMA / Danger Close. They didn't have the same clan tag or anything but they all rolled out with similar classes.
Either way seeing as the majority of the HQs in Terminal spawn in cramped rooms making the thousand explosives flying when trying to capture one rage inducing.
lionelhutz
Member
divisionbyzorro said:
It's pretty dark in the tunnel and most people are more worried about a sniper or someone camping in the lower part of the building. I never knew it existed either until I saw someone hiding there.
Need a bit of help. I think it was corkscrew that recommended USP w Tactical Knife for my SMG Kit, so I've been on a quest ever since to unlock that thing. So just last night I unlocked USP Akimbo for the first time and I started messing around with it (first time using Akimbo and I had a rough time using it).
Well, one thing I noticed off the bat was the modified knife strike poke. I had always assumed that this knife strike poke was from a tactical knife. It'll take me some time to unlock the tactical knife, but just to verify...there is a difference between the Akimbo Knife Strike and the Tactical Knife Strike, right?
Well, one thing I noticed off the bat was the modified knife strike poke. I had always assumed that this knife strike poke was from a tactical knife. It'll take me some time to unlock the tactical knife, but just to verify...there is a difference between the Akimbo Knife Strike and the Tactical Knife Strike, right?
divisionbyzorro
Member
mr_boo said:
Yeah, Akimbo takes a little while to get used to. You're so used to using the left trigger for ADS that actually firing with it takes a little bit of rewiring.
And yes - the tactical knife gives you an incredibly fast knife strike; you'll easily be able to tell the difference once you unlock it.
divisionbyzorro
Member
mr_boo said:
To each his own, of course, but I find that FMJ does little to no good on a handgun - how often are you shooting it through walls anyway? Whereas with akimbo, you can put out twice as many bullets in the same timespan. Personally, I hate all handguns until I unlock akimbo, and then I never use anything but akimbo on them. Yes, you lose the ADS precision, but with Steady Aim I don't find that I usually need it.
Lionheart1827
Member
I'm an avid commando user so I'm definitely not anti-commando.
However, to all of the anti-commando people here, what if commando had a slower knife response time? For example instead of the knife immediately coming out, what if it had to charge for a half second or some other fraction of a second and THEN the lunge came? I was wondering if that would ever work if it were to be implemented. Then youd have to factor in tac knife. Actually, if you had tac knife, it would make it a normal commando attack with no "charge" delay.
However, to all of the anti-commando people here, what if commando had a slower knife response time? For example instead of the knife immediately coming out, what if it had to charge for a half second or some other fraction of a second and THEN the lunge came? I was wondering if that would ever work if it were to be implemented. Then youd have to factor in tac knife. Actually, if you had tac knife, it would make it a normal commando attack with no "charge" delay.
I came to my conclusion purely on like 4-5 matches last night, so I consider myself an Akimbo Rookiedivisionbyzorro said:
I'll keep messing around with them to see how it goes....Regarding the FMJ - I only went with that cause I (a) don't have Tactical Unlocked, (b) don't want a range deduction due to the Silencer, and (c) I currently suck with Akimbo. Thus, my rationale for FMJ.I think the real problem lies with the network lag - I believe Fugu or someone else stated that the teleport lunge characteristic only occurs in networked games. If you have a local Private Match, the teleport lunge doesn't happen. This just makes me think that the hit detection code needs to be fine tuned.lionheart1827 said:
divisionbyzorro
Member
aku:jiki said:
Ahhh...he was referring to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM_O7E-gp20
I see. So apparently the Akimbo USPs always default to the "stab" animation rather than the "slice" animation. Weird. But it doesn't seem to have an effect on the actual melee response time.
Ugh...also, pulled from a MW2 WIKI...aku:jiki said:
"""
* With Akimbo attached to this weapon, melee will always look as if you are stabbing someone, even against walls and teammates. Also, the melee is faster than normal with Akimbo.
* The USP .45's iron sights are incorrect when using the Tactical Knife attachment.
"""
So, it seems like it's not just the appearance, melee is faster. If this is true, I may as well stick with Akimbo USP...I'll have to see how incorrect the iron sights are with Tactical Knife.
divisionbyzorro
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