Poll: What broke MW2?

[Chameliondude]

Definatly the spawning, the other day, i joined a demolition match on favella where the attacking team only have 2 spawning points for some reason, when i spawned i realised the enemy team who was a clan, had a person with a tactical knife at each spawn, at least two sentry guns at each point and a fuckload of killstreaks, just sooo shit to play, and also every match you join, its always the same, ump, scar, tar intervention, over and over

after the "match" where i died i think 5 times in the same killcam, i decided i am never playing or paying infinity ward anything again, Bad company 2 rocks anyway, fuck you cod

 

[Ghostkai]

All of the above?

But it mostly comes from the emphasis on killstreaks that MAKE people camp/use cheap tactics/load outs/weapons/techniques which ruin the game.

Blame the killstreaks they're the route of all the other player issues.

 

[Nickisimo]

Many things, but mainly the camping for me. I can find other ways to get endlessly frustrated, thanks.

 

[TelHybrid]

0 Ping host advantage, and lag for other players.

 

[RheynbowDash]

Um.... All of the Above?

 

[internetzealot1]

Where's the "horrible map design" option?

 

[Kingshadow6]

Is all of the above an answer? Along with the complete lack of anti cheat? The community itself is also rather, well, terrible. The few games of it I've played, there's always at least 4 little squeakers chittering into the mic non stop. The fact that I would have to PAY for a DLC (VALVe has ruined me). The fact that it's going to become pay to play, and finally, the fact that all pretenses of realism are officially out the window since plastic shields can block a .50 caliber round that someone fired while running. If i want a fantastical shooter, I'll play TF2. If I want a realistic shooter, I'll join the army.

EDIT: Oh, and as a general rule of thumb, older players should not have a CLEAR, DISTINCT advantages over the newer players. It encourages the newer players to get frustrated.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Modern Warefare 2's multiplayer doesn't have one killer flaw, no one big problem.

It just has lots, and lots, and lots of HUGE design flaws that keep popping up over and over again.

If forced to pick, I would have to say the Nuke. The ability to win any game mode with not doing the objective, but killing enough people completely changes peoples mind set. Every mode becomes deathmatch, every objective becomes opitional, and every match becomes a campfest to see who can get 25 kills first.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Um.... All of the Above?

Here here.

 

[Turbo_Destructor]

Only two things piss me off, one is people with goddamn commando pro, who can knife you from the other side of the bloody map!... perhaps a slight exaggeration, but only slight!

The other is people who sit there whining about everything you do, what weapon you choose, what kill/death streaks you use, what perks (except for commando pro). I know a guy who get pissed off at me for using the P90, and I was like "get the fuck over it, it's a GOOD GUN, I played hard to unlock it (coz I'm not that good), and you saying I have to use a weaker weapon because you can't kill me as easily? get stuffed"

If someone is doing something that makes it difficult for you to kill them, that makes them a smart, good player (with the exception of screenwatching). And sitting here whining about how the games 'broken' or 'unbalanced' just makes you look like you battle at the game but can't hack it.

 

[brunt32]

Like you said the main problem is people exploiting the game and Activision not doing anything to help balance it bit more.

 

[Jfswift]

I just wish there was a way to eliminate lag. I hate it when I can't shoot someone or their position on my screen isn't accurate but I realize that isn't the game developers fault really. This affects all of my online gaming experiences.

 

[subtlefuge]

The major problem is that never before has a game relied so much on teamwork that rewarded you so much for not playing as a team.

Also to be unoriginal, all kill streaks above seven should be removed.

 

[RoosterTeeth]

This game is a compilation of all things wrong with realistic shooters. And also, don't you love how you can see the bullets.

 

[Hexenwolf]

Teleporting Knife and Boosting for me anyway. The weapons and perks are perfectly balenced, apart from commando, but the killstreaks are so crap. you get 10 kills, then you get an ac130 (or is it 12 kills? havn't played it in ages) which gives you even MORE kills then you get the shite tactical nuke would blasts a loud scream into my ear saying "Infinity Ward are Stupid!"

You would probably like the new Barebones playlists. In them, killstreaks are disabled.

Also, the games not nearly as broken/unbalanced as people make it out to be.

Of that list, the only thing that's a real problem is the spawning system. Most of the time it works ok, but when it's just screwing you over, that's infuriating.

 

[capin Rob]

I bought 1 map pack, Did not buy the second, the first map pack was over priced. I feel pity for ANYONE who bought the second, because you are stupid and feed THEIR glutany for Money.

Myu reason would be the knifeing, and the fact that IW is soooooooooooo happy to rake in more money from the DLC and not spend ANY of it to help fix the game.

 

[Haloperidol]

No LAN play. This pretty much fucked up LAN parties.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

If forced to pick, I would have to say the Nuke. The ability to win any game mode with not doing the objective, but killing enough people completely changes peoples mind set. Every mode becomes deathmatch, every objective becomes opitional, and every match becomes a campfest to see who can get 25 kills first.

Considering how few people use the Nuke and how few of those few actually GET their Nuke, I don't see the problem. If you want to waste one of your very valuable killstreak slots on something you'll get once every 200 games, then be my guest. I'll keep using Pave Low for an extra 10 kills per match like the rest of the "good players" (Note: there are no "good players" in MW2. It's a shitty game.).

 

[MiracleOfSound]

What's wrong with dropshotting?

 

[Malf]

Nuke boosters
Ninja Knifers
One man army grenade spammers
Overpowered and Underpowered Killstreaks
Unbalanced weapons
The online community
The ridiculous price of maps


there, that sums it up if I do say so myself.

I agree with every one of these except Ninja Knifers. They aren't like Commando Knifers, they can't just run and teleport to you they have to have some skill.

A bit of miscommunication, by ninja knifers I mean't those who use: Command Pro, Lightweight Pro and Marathon Pro with tactical knife, I call them ninjas because they just zip around the map stabbing everyone.

Oh, alright I see. Thank you for the clarification and I agree the Marathon-Lightweight-Commando setup is obnoxious.