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I should've posted the full quote on the last page:

"Since we have such advanced private match options, we've been noticing a lot of user-created game modes, that in the coming weeks, we're going to be adding to the public playlists in multiplayer," Bowling said. "We're going to be adding some in for the holiday, brand new modes that the users created, that we adapted, made more polished, and are putting into the game," he added.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/719171/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-user-created-modes-to-be-added-to-multiplayer-public-playlists/

Hopefully he details what the gametypes are tomorrow.

 

[Madtown_]

Hopefully he details what the gametypes are tomorrow.

I imagine Gun Game and possibly One in the Chamber will be among the new modes. I played part of an Infection game yesterday and I can't imagine that could be public, seemed absolutely terrible.

I'm interested to see what other modes they decide to add.

 

[cameltoe]

They're going to be adding some of the custom/private gametypes that people have made to the public playlists soon. Kind of a cool idea.

Didn't you post last page that you have like a 3.0 K/D? I'm sure there are many, many people who have it worse off than you. They're releasing a "lag compensation" update this week, though, so maybe that'll help.

That's irrelevant. I have some horrible lag that makes the game very frustrating and forces me to change the way I like to play.......my laser like accuracy is negated most games and that bothers me plenty mister!

I hope the fix actually, ya know, fixes the issue....otherwise Ill continue playing and just complain after every match! Take that IW!!

 

[RedAssedApe]

Did they fix Y button join party yet?

 

[th3dude]

I imagine Gun Game and possibly One in the Chamber will be among the new modes. I played part of an Infection game yesterday and I can't imagine that could be public, seemed absolutely terrible.

I'm interested to see what other modes they decide to add.

OMG give me Gun Game NOW.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Man I don't want to start some PS3/PSN vs 360/XBL crap but holy fuck this game plays smoother and the netcode seems infinitely better on 360. Some friends got it on 360 today and I hadn't played my copy on PS3 since I posted a couple days ago saying "F it I quit" so I figured why not and swapped it out for the 360 version. Night and day difference. Played for almost 4 hours tonight and did not have a single game where it seemed like MW3 was trolling me with the connection. Can anyone who has played both confirm that this is normal or did I just have a lucky night? I never had sessions like this on PS3.

 

[Syph Medwes]

I think it may have been just an unlucky night on the PS3 for you.
I haven't played on both systems with MW3, but I did play Black Ops, COD4, and MW2 on both systems and didn't experience a difference in lag (or lack thereof) between the consoles.
Or at least not one that was too noticeable.

 

[kuYuri]

Man I don't want to start some PS3/PSN vs 360/XBL crap but holy fuck this game plays smoother and the netcode seems infinitely better on 360. Some friends got it on 360 today and I hadn't played my copy on PS3 since I posted a couple days ago saying "F it I quit" so I figured why not and swapped it out for the 360 version. Night and day difference. Played for almost 4 hours tonight and did not have a single game where it seemed like MW3 was trolling me with the connection. Can anyone who has played both confirm that this is normal or did I just have a lucky night? I never had sessions like this on PS3.

If you're asking if there is lag on 360, yes, you can definitely experience lag.

 

[Stantron]

I imagine Gun Game and possibly One in the Chamber will be among the new modes. I played part of an Infection game yesterday and I can't imagine that could be public, seemed absolutely terrible.

I'm interested to see what other modes they decide to add.

I made a One in the Chamber variant, but it's with Magnums, 3rd person mode, there's no one hit kill modifier, you start with 2 in the chamber, and get an additional 2 for each kill. I never got a chance to test it out. Link to my vault.

 

[SlackAdjuster]

As time goes on you see more people going to the top tier weapons which seem to be:

ACR
MP7
PP90
Type 95
MSR
Striker
Dual Machine Pistols

Which means that whatever weapon you are using isn't as likely to do as well against opponents than they were back when people were still figuring out which weapons are top tier. The MP7 was overlooked by a lot of people until recently.

Ehh. I suppose it could be a small part of it but it's just lag for me 9 out of 10 times. I hate to blame that but I can just tell when I'm playing. Cant I just download a large file on my PC while I'm playing or something? I feel as if (and have read as much but dont know how true it is) I'm being punished by having an above average internet connection.

Heres where the frustration starts and where the fun stops. I fully accept that I'm not the best COD player on the planet. I will NOT accept that I'm as bad as this game makes me out to be at times. It's just kinda like...I dunno. Playing cornerback in a football game with a 50lb backpack on and trying to cover a speedy WR. Of course you cant. And what makes it even worse the WR is yelling in your face and celebrating and taunting you and thinking he's a Pro Bowler because he's beating your ass on every play when you know damn well that if you could take the backpack off you'd give him a damn good game and shut him down. Or racing in a car with a 1,000 lb weight in my trunk.

If I know all things are equal and I'm still getting my ass kicked, it's one thing. But being held back by things that are out of my control is another and it's extremely frustrating because I'd otherwise love this game. But where I was once excited to play this game pretty much as much as my free time would allow - it has now turned into apathy and mainly playing lately only when friends call or text me asking me to get on and at that point I'm pretty much only enjoying the interaction with them, the joking around and whatnot.

Sigh.

 

[computers putin']

I hate to bring up MW2, but if you pop it in, the differences between lag on 2 and 3 is night and day. It's substantially less people on MW2, but I'd be willing to bet most people will have a better chance of finding a fair match in MW2 than they would in MW3.

I know everyone is blaming lag compensation, but I'm still convinced there is artifical lag being induced on the people with lower pings within a match in an attempt to make things "fair".

 

[MDJCM]

Anyone know the cheapest place to get MW3 for Xbox in UK?

 

[PalaceBrother]

Three times in the last two days I've joined Domination games where my team was spawn trapped at A. All three times the enemies had a Pavelow, AC130 & (I believe) a helicopter in the air continuously exploding our spawns. Also in each of the three games the enemies launched a MOAB against us shortly after joining.

We weren't able to even switch to a secondary due to the constant explosions.

Question: Was I just really unlucky or is there some sort of glitching? I wouldn't even be asking if it wasn't an identical situation three times.

 

[ThirstyFly]

Three times in the last two days I've joined Domination games where my team was spawn trapped at A. All three times the enemies had a Pavelow, AC130 & (I believe) a helicopter in the air continuously exploding our spawns. Also in each of the three games the enemies launched a MOAB against us shortly after joining.

We weren't able to even switch to a secondary due to the constant explosions.

Question: Was I just really unlucky or is there some sort of glitching? I wouldn't even be asking if it wasn't an identical situation three times.

The Domination spawns in Mission are awful. I'm not saying it's not possible on the other maps, but Mission is the only one I've seen where you can lock an entire team in with air support. I doubt there was any glitching going on. Long, straight maps like that usually tend to have easy to exploit spawns when you're locked down with only one Dom flag.

You should probably be glad you were at A. At least there's room to move around and 2 buildings you can take shelter in. Being spawn locked with an AC-130 in the air at C is murder. You may as well just put the controller down because you're not going anywhere for a while.

 

[X-Frame]

It's amazing how lopsided most maps are in this game in respect of Domination, which is why I find myself playing KC a lot.

Mission is just a map where if you're not holding B and C you're in the wrong place. A Dom is such a terrible spawn -- you want to GTFO of there ASAP and flank if you don't have C or B.

 

[Nori Chan]

I should've posted the full quote on the last page:

"Since we have such advanced private match options, we've been noticing a lot of user-created game modes, that in the coming weeks, we're going to be adding to the public playlists in multiplayer," Bowling said. "We're going to be adding some in for the holiday, brand new modes that the users created, that we adapted, made more polished, and are putting into the game," he added.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/719171/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-user-created-modes-to-be-added-to-multiplayer-public-playlists/

Hopefully he details what the gametypes are tomorrow.

oh man can't wait

I feel like playing this game today and rage hard...i mean what

 

[th3dude]

Bowling....

Y U NO TELL US YET?

 

[eek5]

Man.. the spawns in kill confirmed are so fucked up. I'm kind of confused as to why they're even different than TDM. I'm guessing it takes into account dog tags and tries to spawn people away from them as if they are actual players or something.

 

[redhot_]

Man.. the spawns in kill confirmed are so fucked up. I'm kind of confused as to why they're even different than TDM. I'm guessing it takes into account dog tags and tries to spawn people away from them as if they are actual players or something.

The maps Fallen and Lockdown are the WORST for kill confirmed spawns. Its almost comical.. kill an enemy from behind, seconds later your getting shot from behind.

 

[Brian Fellows]

The maps Fallen and Lockdown are the WORST for kill confirmed spawns. Its almost comical.. kill an enemy from behind, seconds later your getting shot from behind.

Fallen is one of the few maps I don't get shot in the back all the time in.

 

[eek5]

The maps Fallen and Lockdown are the WORST for kill confirmed spawns. Its almost comical.. kill an enemy from behind, seconds later your getting shot from behind.

It's completely bizarre because the spawns in regular TDM are pretty good. Switched to KC and it was so wacky. My worst experience this morning was on Arkaden where I was spawning right behind people after dying

 

[Rabbitweed]

Oh wow, prestiging is serious business... got a message from some random dude saying "afraid to prestige u fukin noob?" The next game this prestige veteran and all star player with 1.2 k/d starts 0-3 and then bails out... Anyway, why would you give a shit if I don't see any point in grinding for a different emblem and a few more challenges? In MW2 I prestiged once to get an extra custom slot but not planning to do it this time...

 

[Brian Fellows]

Oh wow, prestiging is serious business... got a message from some random dude saying "afraid to prestige u fukin noob?" The next game this prestige veteran and all star player with 1.2 k/d starts 0-3 and then bails out... Anyway, why would you give a shit if I don't see any point in grinding for a different emblem and a few more challenges? In MW2 I prestiged once to get an extra custom slot but not planning to do it this time...

I like to prestige but I don't see any reason why I or anyone else should care whether or not you do. People are just morons.

 

[RedAssedApe]

It's completely bizarre because the spawns in regular TDM are pretty good. Switched to KC and it was so wacky. My worst experience this morning was on Arkaden where I was spawning right behind people after dying

Spawns aren't great in TDM either...but that's partly due to map design.

 

[CorrisD]

I hope the new modes at least have Gun game and One in the Chamber, it is a joke that these weren't playable to begin with, even for barely any XP it would have been a nice break.

Oh wow, prestiging is serious business... got a message from some random dude saying "afraid to prestige u fukin noob?" The next game this prestige veteran and all star player with 1.2 k/d starts 0-3 and then bails out... Anyway, why would you give a shit if I don't see any point in grinding for a different emblem and a few more challenges? In MW2 I prestiged once to get an extra custom slot but not planning to do it this time...

This is the first CoD I've prestige on, I usually get bored before I hit the top level to prestige in previous games, but my friends and I have played this together quite a bit more this year and the only reason I decided to was so I was so there was a little bit more to do again instead of just leveling up some weapons that I will never use.

 

[Alkohallick]

Oh wow, prestiging is serious business... got a message from some random dude saying "afraid to prestige u fukin noob?" The next game this prestige veteran and all star player with 1.2 k/d starts 0-3 and then bails out... Anyway, why would you give a shit if I don't see any point in grinding for a different emblem and a few more challenges? In MW2 I prestiged once to get an extra custom slot but not planning to do it this time...

Lol i received a similar message yesterday playing hc search, i sent a polite message back just saying no thanks

 

[redhot_]

It's completely bizarre because the spawns in regular TDM are pretty good. Switched to KC and it was so wacky. My worst experience this morning was on Arkaden where I was spawning right behind people after dying

Lol ya that map is just straight up bad. Think there was a video a few pages back called Killcamception or w/e with some crazy spawning in that map.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

I had a couple real nice games today running the MP7.

If you're high-level and want to have fun while still maintaining a good KD, try:

MP7 w/Range & Silencer
Akimbo FMG9s
Semtex
Stun

Sleight of Hand
Hardline
Steady Aim

Specialist Strike Package [I run Blind Eye, Assassin, Dead Silence].

Soooooooo gooooooooooooood. I'll upload some clips later that show how this class absolutely shines in small-to-medium-sized maps.

 

[Nori Chan]

Akimbo FMG9s

lol jk <3

 

[X-Frame]

Oh wow, prestiging is serious business... got a message from some random dude saying "afraid to prestige u fukin noob?" The next game this prestige veteran and all star player with 1.2 k/d starts 0-3 and then bails out... Anyway, why would you give a shit if I don't see any point in grinding for a different emblem and a few more challenges? In MW2 I prestiged once to get an extra custom slot but not planning to do it this time...

I've gotten this before. Hatemail means you're usually kicking ass, so I welcome it.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Any tips on how to level up my weapons faster? One of the non-DM playlists?

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Any tips on how to level up my weapons faster? One of the non-DM playlists?

HQ/Sabotage/Dom. Also, use all of the attachments. You get a ton of XP for completing the attachment challenges.

 

[dskillzhtown]

Just had a sabatoge game where a sniper on our team got the bomb and moved back to the back of a-dom (on mission) to snipe instead of moving forwards, he then got killed and they planted the bomb. Can people learn to not play TDM in an objective game

That is my biggest complaint really. Even with all the lag issues, hit detection, etc. The game is fun when people are going for the objectives, not just going for kills. Domination is the worst for it because they camp near objectives, never go for them, then get a ton of killstreaks. I would be fine with turning off Killstreaks in Objective matches just to cut down on that crap. But I know that is just how it is.

 

[RedAssedApe]

HQ/Sabotage/Dom. Also, use all of the attachments. You get a ton of XP for completing the attachment challenges.

I guess I'll have to use RDS and silencer for my shotty. LOL

 

[eek5]

Spawns aren't great in TDM either...but that's partly due to map design.

I have like 60 hours of TDM played. I'd say they spawns there are decent. They're predictable and you can get a pretty good sense of where enemies are (assuming you're launching UAVs) and where they'll spawn after you kill them. I rarely ever spawn directly behind someone or have someone spawn directly behind me. There are, of course, spawn switches but you can see those coming most of the time when your entire team stacks onto one side.

Switching to Kill Confirmed is completely different though. I don't even completely understand what the spawn system is trying to do but it is completely unpredictable and you spawn right next to people all the time.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Why does ELITE still force you to click through these dumbass registration pages when you're already registered. So goddamn annoying. Learn how to code a website...argh LOL

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Why does ELITE still force you to click through these dumbass registration pages when you're already registered. So goddamn annoying. Learn how to code a website...argh LOL

Yea, IDK if they don't use cookies or what, but it's annoying having to log in each time I visit.

 

[TheSeks]

Give it to me straight: How hard is Veteran Co-op? Is it still bullshit like Tier 3-5 MW2 or is it actually somewhat manageable without banging your head against a wall for five hours to clear a mission?

 

[kuYuri]

New playlists update:

Friday, December 16th, we're updating the playlists on Modern Warfare 3 to introduce some new game modes as well as change up some existing ones.

The biggest change you'lll notice is the addition of Community Playlists. This is where we will add popular or unique private match modes to the public playlists, so you can start ranking up on them! The first playlist changes for Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer are listed below:

DROP ZONE
Get to the drop zone to earn points, the first team to 7500 points wins the round, but thats not all. As long as the Drop Zone is occupied, a care package will drop every 15 seconds, which ever team has the most members in the drop zone at that point "owns" the care package, but anyone can steal it. This is the only way to earn air support in this mode, all other pointstreaks are disabled. You'll earn 20 points per team member, for every second they're in the drop zone plus 20 XP individually for your time spent in the zone. Kills are worth 50 XP in this mode.

Custom Settings: Pointstreaks (besides those obtained through in-game care packages) are disabled.

Hardcore HQ Ricochet
We'll be adding Hardcore Headquarters to the Hardcore Team Tactical playlist.

Hardcore Ricochet
We'll be converting all Hardcore modes to Ricochet variant as a response to team killing. This means, any friendly fire, is applied to the attacker, rather than the victim. So choose your shots wisely and any attempt to team kill will simply kill yourself.

 

[BertleTheTurtle]

New playlists update:

No gungame or one in the chamber.

Drop Zone might be fun though.

 

[vatstep]

Drop Zone doesn't sound too hot to me, but I guess I'll give it a shot. Never liked Ricochet either... I was expecting a couple more modes, but I guess they'll come in time.

Anyway, tomorrow is the moment of truth (from Robert Bowling on Twitter):

#MW3 players will also notice a title update tomorrow morning when they connect. This will address "Host Disadvantage" / "Lag Compensation".

Let's hope it doesn't break anything.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Drop Zone doesn't sound too hot to me, but I guess I'll give it a shot. Never liked Ricochet either... I was expecting a couple more modes, but I guess they'll come in time.

Anyway, tomorrow is the moment of truth (from Robert Bowling on Twitter):
Let's hope it doesn't break anything.

Fuck yes.

 

[kuYuri]

I was happy when they announced Drop Zone, it's actually one of the more interesting private match only modes.

 

[kuYuri]

For anyone who was curious, I have a friend (who has a GAF account, but can't post for some reason) who did Reset All Stats. I believe he told me it basically puts you back as if you got the game day one, but you still keep your leaderboard positions.

 

[Syph Medwes]

For anyone who was curious, I have a friend (who has a GAF account, but can't post for some reason) who did Reset All Stats. I believe he told me it basically puts you back as if you got the game day one, but you still keep your leaderboard positions.

So are you still 10th prestige or are you level 1? And does your K/D reset?

 

[Mr. Enigma]

So are you still 10th prestige or are you level 1? And does your K/D reset?

I thought that description made it pretty obvious.

 

[Syph Medwes]

I thought that description made it pretty obvious.

Yeah after I reread it the first part seemed kinda obvious.

 

[Madtown_]

For anyone who was curious, I have a friend (who has a GAF account, but can't post for some reason) who did Reset All Stats. I believe he told me it basically puts you back as if you got the game day one, but you still keep your leaderboard positions.

Darn.. I was hoping it would allow you to keep what you've unlocked with the Prestige Tokens. I guess now I'll have to decide which prestige I'll be stopping at.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Holy jeez. Tonight was a lag fest. We were seeing crap like a full 1-2 second delay between parties. It was infuriating to unload bullet after bullet into a guy and not even get a hit off on him according to the game.

Here's hoping the next update makes better progress to fix the host advantage stuff. It made it pretty much impossible to win if you were on the wrong side of the sync.

 

[zychi]

Is there a PC-Gaf clan? I just bought this for ~$20 after amazon credits on pc, and wanna play with some people I know wont just shoot at a wall.