*** Official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Thread ***

picked this up yesterday with no plans for it other then the fact i managed to get it for ps3 for £26 and knew even if i didnt like it i could get that back on a tradein towards uncharted 2.

must say im really impressed, unfortunatly i only got to play campaign for an hour before coming on my night shift but it left an impression.

i wanted to get either MW or COD4 everytime i went to pick up a new game but i refused to pay £30+ for a preowned game thats been out for a while by this point.

going to try get better at the campaign mode first before adventuring into online too much as when i played COD4 on a friends 360 i died.... a lot
 
Is it me who doesn't believe this server load issue? How come it was workng fine pre 1.02, they release a patch and suddenly it don't work because to many people are playing it online straight after the patch was launched.
 
msmalls74 said:
Is it me who doesn't believe this server load issue? How come it was workng fine pre 1.02, they release a patch and suddenly it don't work because to many people are playing it online straight after the patch was launched.
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Edit :- It was first thought that the patch fixed the trophies but broke the multiplayer side...

It seems like only yesterday when players were complaining about Trophy-related issues in the PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2. Wait a sec -- it was yesterday. According to a tweet by Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling, a "trophy update" has been released. However, while said update fixes one problem, it apparently creates another. "It killed all multiplayer activity on MW2," tipster True_Darknight tells Joystiq. Today, launching the multiplayer mode from our own PS3 copy of Modern Warfare 2 did indeed prove futile, as we stared at the matchmaking screen for about five minutes before finally giving up.

According to Bowling, PS3 owners can expect a "party invite update by Friday," which should hopefully resolve this issue. Until then, players will have to make due with the single-player campaign. It's not like this "multiplayer" thing is important, right?

Update: Tipster Kenneth B. pointed us to a tweet from Activision support that says the MW2 outage is "totally unrelated to the patch." While this means a fix can be done before Friday, he admits "we don't have a hard ETA on the servers coming back up." We'll be keeping track of this problem, but don't forget to send us your tips.

Update 2: Tipster Brent point us to yet another tweet, this time from Robert Bowling who confirms the multiplayer downtime is caused by server overload. According to Bowling, "Xbox Live servers are maintained and ran by Microsoft. PSN servers are ran and maintained by 3rd party companies hired to do so." Seems this mysterious "3rd party" infrastructure simply cannot match the Microsoft-funded backbone of Xbox Live.
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markyb said:
Its not down to server load, the patch fixed the trophies but broke the multiplayer side...



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Doesnt this bit
Update: Tipster Kenneth B. pointed us to a tweet from Activision support that says the MW2 outage is "totally unrelated to the patch." While this means a fix can be done before Friday, he admits "we don't have a hard ETA on the servers coming back up." We'll be keeping track of this problem, but don't forget to send us your tips.

Update 2: Tipster Brent point us to yet another tweet, this time from Robert Bowling who confirms the multiplayer downtime is caused by server overload. According to Bowling, "Xbox Live servers are maintained and ran by Microsoft. PSN servers are ran and maintained by 3rd party companies hired to do so." Seems this mysterious "3rd party" infrastructure simply cannot match the Microsoft-funded backbone of Xbox Live.
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Say its the server load? It sounds a load of bull to me and they broke the MP wit the patch as stated in the first part of the text, like i said if it was server load how come it worked before the patch? Well i hope its up soon as it is the reason why most buy MW2 in the first place.
 
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Say its the server load? It sounds a load of bull to me and they broke the MP wit the patch as stated in the first part of the text, like i said if it was server load how come it worked before the patch? Well i hope its up soon as it is the reason why most buy MW2 in the first place.
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Ahh, good spot. I read the update yesterday evening and didn't include the second update.
 
One thing I dislike about the game is that MW one had secret nuclear bases and this one just seems to have crack dens and landfills :(.
 
tsinc80697 said:
Only played 1/2 of MW1, very recently, and never online.

Just played through first 3 missions on MW2 and loving it, constant tension! I've only got it on the 2nd difficulty which will do me fine for now, need more practise with FPS + pad!
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Pretty much my situation. I am on 'Takedown' in SP. I am pretty crap at FPS on consoles but with practise im sure I will get better. Is second difficulty Regular? Thats what im playing it on.

I had a few goes on MP on relase night and there was over 500,000 people playing. Anyway, I suck lol. I managed to get 2 kills to my million deaths.:( I just cant see other players in the game. Is it best to go out all guns blazing or take my time and creep around and look for people..

Awsome game.
 
Pretty annoying last night, still haven't played MP yet!! But TBH I've come to expect connection problems on PS3 at launch now, I don't know why they don't release a MP demo before and properly test the servers.
 
Droolinggimp - Once you start to learn the maps you will know where to look for the enemies. Nothing worse than running around not knowing where you are trying to find something to kill.
 
I have to say it, I prefer the MP on MW. If these awesome maps and guns with the additional weapons add ons had been released around the simplier MW1 I'd have preferred it. They have over complicated a game that worked so well because it was simple.

I like it but I don't see me putting in anything like the game time on this one.

I'm also now sick to the back teeth of xbox lag. Day time seems better than night, last night I had to pull the trigger three times with my sights dead on someone to kill them. Even then some would turn around and still peg me. I couldn't get a kill until I put double penetration on as perks and add ons.

I'd never claim to be great but the advantage and disadvantage from a good connection to a bad one is still beyond a joke.
 
msm722 said:
Droolinggimp - Once you start to learn the maps you will know where to look for the enemies. Nothing worse than running around not knowing where you are trying to find something to kill.
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True. Im stlll needing to improve evey other aspect of FPS on consoles. I think this is the first one I have played.
 
Completed the Single Player last night and great story as always.

So started playing a bit of the MP and its hard to compare to MW1 for me because i only played MW1 on the PC. But im slowly but surely getting better with the controller and really enjoy most of the maps so far. Cant wait to play some more.
 
One of the mp maps looks a lot like Carentan from COD 1. had my funniest moment on there also, standing outside the bunker and killed myself from my own care package dropping on my head rofl.
 
dannyjo22 said:
I have to say it, I prefer the MP on MW. If these awesome maps and guns with the additional weapons add ons had been released around the simplier MW1 I'd have preferred it. They have over complicated a game that worked so well because it was simple.

I like it but I don't see me putting in anything like the game time on this one.

I'm also now sick to the back teeth of xbox lag. Day time seems better than night, last night I had to pull the trigger three times with my sights dead on someone to kill them. Even then some would turn around and still peg me. I couldn't get a kill until I put double penetration on as perks and add ons.

I'd never claim to be great but the advantage and disadvantage from a good connection to a bad one is still beyond a joke.
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I dont understand how people are having problems, it seriously must be your settings, every game i have played apart from 1 has been spot on, ive had one bad host, but every game so far has been so much better than the previous MW in terms of connectivity and smoothness.
 
Neoni said:
I dont understand how people are having problems, it seriously must be your settings, every game i have played apart from 1 has been spot on, ive had one bad host, but every game so far has been so much better than the previous MW in terms of connectivity and smoothness.
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Just have to say its been incredible for me too. So smooth and people dropping in just a few shots on core. And the one time it did lag it found a host and reconnected...great days.

That weed emblem is pretty sad...in fact pretty much all the ones bar the flags are poorly designed IMO I like the idea though
 
Zensuji said:
Just have to say its been incredible for me too. So smooth and people dropping in just a few shots on core. And the one time it did lag it found a host and reconnected...great days.
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My experience too, everyshot has been spot on, no problems with hit boxes etc, its been fine, a joy in fact
 
Neoni said:
I dont understand how people are having problems, it seriously must be your settings, every game i have played apart from 1 has been spot on, ive had one bad host, but every game so far has been so much better than the previous MW in terms of connectivity and smoothness.
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Just to echo Neoni, in fact if anything I'm finding this game to be a little smoother online with the exception of a bad host here and there.

Check your ping in the evening via internet explorer. I normally get ~22ms from bbc.co.uk
 
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