Your top 5: Things that grind your gears in MW2 multiplayer!

[Hazy]

5. Children
They scream. They swear. They act as if they have the hardened military experience of a grizzled Vietnam veteran, just because they finished playing a round of Modern Warfare 2.
To top it off, not one of them thinks their incessant screaming into the mics whenever anything happens is the least bit annoying. They should all be banned.*
[sub]*Obvious exaggeration is obvious.[/sub]

4. The Maps
Save for one or two, the maps are uninspired and, frankly, not the least bit fun to play.
I feel this part is pretty self explanatory, but for the most part, I would LOVE some DLC featuring the maps of COD 4.

3. The game rewards not playing like a team
Know what "team deathmatch" means in Modern Warfare 2?
"Fuck your team maters, run off on your own, and help them out, only if it means you can steal their kills."
This is the reason I play with friends. This is also the main reason why I tend to avoid multiplayer like the plague.


2. PS3 Multiplayer issues
This one was fixed, but I decided to throw it up here, as it really did "Grind my gears."
For the first day, and some of the fourth day after it was released, the multiplayer on the PS3 version of MW2 didn't work.
This is inexcusable. I payed $70 for a game, I better have all of the features available to me.

1. Glitches/Lags/Hacks
Again, pretty self explanatory. But it kills the game for me.

 

[Chris^^]

1) spawn system
2) the knife (orientation of the game around melee over ranged combat - perks to encourage knife use etc..)
3) physical/biological impossibilities (akimbo, cold blooded, painkiller etc)
4) host system
5) massively overpowered killstreak rewards eliminating any possibility of playing tactically (all persist for too long, choppers for example shouldnt stay longer than 30 seconds IMO, also if trying to play the game tactically eg outflanking the enemy theres no point as you can just have a predator dropped on your head or something)

the whole multiplayer of this game was so woefully constructed, it makes me wonder if they ever even bothered to playtest it..

 

[pha kin su pah]

I've only got a few gripes.

Witchblades, they are somewhat ok and keep me on my toes, but when entire teams use this, and when the teleporting gets ridiculous, I've had people teleport through objects to kill me, after i have put a bullet in them, let alone lightweight allowing you to run over claymores.

Hit detection, when i quick scope and put a bullet in a guys chest, i expect him to die, not as im drawing out to get shot up and die, let alone when i line my sights on some guys head, neck etc the bullet should hit, not whiff past, and other times i've watched my own kill cams (end game) and wonder how the bullet even hit the guys head, even when i took the shot in the game i felt like it should have missed.

The range on some of the Assualt rifles get ridiculous, when i'd be better off with an m16 or Famas than a sniper rifle, then its something wrong.

I'd also comment on sniper rifle fmj, but i can break my own windows.

Really the witchblades are the only major gripe i have, but i wouldn't want it removed, just alittle balanced.

 

[jimduckie]

5... care packages

4... kids playing m rated game

3... air strikes , helicopter , etc

2... kill cam , rubbing it in face that i died

1... dying especially 2 or more times and not getting a kill in

 

[silver wolf009]

5...Campers
More of a universal problem really, but still present here.

4...Sniper rifles
One of my favorite parts of CoD WAW was using an unscoped mosin-nagat as a primary, just satisfying, but the only thing that comes close is acog scopes, and on snipes they wobble like your soilder has no upper body strength.

3...model 1887
No, just no, no shotgun should have that long of a range

2...simulatenious streaks
calling in your entire teams kill streaks at once

1... ground to air
you should not have the ability to destroy everything someones worked for with a single javaline shot

 

[Neosage]

The fact I can't have stopping power and cold blooded. As soon as I unlock FMJ for my intervention... people shall truly know fear!

1. My mate is better on local split screen then me. Bastard...

Screenwatch. ^.^

 

[Kitten DeLux]

1) when playing 360 most of the servers are really laggy
2) claymore are really crap
3) people using shot gun in last stand (even though its logical)
4) silenced 50cal like seriously wtf?
5) snipers do shit all damage

 

[Sassafrass]

Oh God the Ping

Stupid question... Ping?

Ping is the name of the connection for PC. It's a number and the higher the number, the more lag there is.

5. You. YES YOU. The people who make the game just oh so fucking terrible for us all.

You know who you are...

LOLZ! I BREW U UP WITH A n00b TBE. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Those guys, yes?

1. My mate is better on local split screen then me. Bastard...

Screenwatch. ^.^

Probably.
He does seems to have x-ray vision if the kill cam is to be believed. He can see through walls.

 

[Frequen-Z]

5: The massive amount of glitches/hacks

I think that there is just one of these emerging every month, it's just stupid and forces me to change game.

4: The Interventon

I'm a Barret fanboy and this gun just annoys me, mainly the "quick scope" feature. The game is not fucking Halo.

3: Rundown

Shoddy level design and seems like a map constructed after a late night out.

2: Share Package

I called it in.

I'm standing right here.

You watched me throw the smoke, and are waiting to see if you can "get it before me".

Not going to work, you are wasting your time.

1: People complaining about perks/killstreaks/personal weapon loadout

So the OP really.

I will use the care package and airdrop streak as many times as I damn like, sure it won't garantee me a EMP or helicopter - But it will give me something I can use.

I struggle to kill with machine guns and the like, I will use my pistol as a main weapon and I will continue to. Just because it's a sidearm does not mean it is only allowed for 1 kill per life.

It's called a "TACTICAL" nuke for a reason, if the team negates the objective completely they will lose the match very quickly. If they keep it in play and let Johnny McKill get a nuke and they win - Who's fault? Yours you should have stopped his streak.

Grow up and accept in online games different tactics are used to achieve similar goals.

I love everything about this post.

My 5 would have to be;

5: Noob Tubes because they exist. The people who equip them, and at the start of the match will fire in the direction of the enemy spawn are assholes.

4: Wasteland - Fuck this map. It just doesn't work well for anything other than deathmatches. It's stupidly inefficient for Sabotage and the likes.

3: Unreachable Care Packages. Granted, this is usually the users fault, but it'd be nice if you could shoot them or use explosives to move them around so you don't end up with an EMP stuck just a couple of meters out of reach.

2: Precision Airstrike. Useless. I've never gotten a kill from it. Seriously, when I get a care package, I'd rather get Ammo than this shit ass 'reward'.

1: The people who play it. Yeah, fuck you guys. The enemies who camp and change corners every kill as if that makes their crimes against gaming any better. The team mates who stick to you like glue even when there's a predator overhead - Fuck off, I do not want the enemy to fire that thing at me, spreading out works wonders. The people who quit if their K ratio is diabolical. The people who steal last/final stand kills. You're all wankers.

 

[Raffica]

5: Harriers at my spawn point. While by no means a cheat, it can get very frustrating to die 3 times in a row (as well as my entire team). Happens less in TDM's due to changing spawns, but you get the idea.

4:The vast amount of angles you can and will be shot from. While also by no means a cheat, and I use it myself as well, it leads to many a lost game.

3:My mouse. It has the weird epileptical move of randomly going to palces at times (read: alot). Saw it in a game-winning killcam of someone who shot me. I fired at him, spinned while aiming downwards about .05seconds before the kill, and he shot me in the head. First time I ever ragequitted anything, and my vent buds were thoroughly suprised. "Did [Raffica] just ragequit? I mean, wow"

2:Connection failures, including host migrations, and steam disconnects. This more my computer's fault then anyone else's, it is incredibly annoying to be unable to play for up to 40 minutes straight because of this

1:Lag. Both computer lag and internet lag. Because my system isn't that good, and my internet provider is sadism redefined, I can often be close enough to knife, press the button, the target freezes and doesn't die, and the next second I'm dead.

That's it for my list, hope you agree on some points. As you can see, it's mostly my system that's a bugger, but I'm too poor to buy a new one any day soon.

Cheers.

 

[MattRooney06]

1) The loss of good matchmacking/boot camp:
The one thing i loved so much about call of duty world at war's online mode is the very good matchmaking and especially the boot camp, new players could easily ger into the swing of online mode and even unlock some pretty usefull weapon attachments in MW2 however you are practicaly just dumped in a server regardless of your level, this can lead to a very frustrating match.

2) Akimbo Shotties:
I wont go into this too much, my veiw is that they have too great a range i mean sure they shoul;d be an awsumly powerfull weapon there shot guns for goodness sake but the range just makes me annoyed, this point coupled with point one can really ruin a match.

3) Bye Bye Juggernaut:
I can understand why people did not like this perk in past Cod games but i feel that Stopping power should have been taken out with this, after all juggernaut was kind of the counter perk to stopping power.

4) People who confuse my sniping with camping:
Ok lets get one thing straight there is a bit of a differance, if i sneak around the edge of the map on Derailed (i love that map) and snipe you then how is that the same to hiding in a cupboard on down an allyway in favela (another great map) and waiting for you to run face first onto by shotgun.

5) People who call me a noob when i use Care-package
Sure maby its a little unbalenced, but everyone has an equal opotunity to get it.

 

[PandyBear]

5. Dual Wielding of any kind. It sucks, and as far from realistic as you can possibly get.

4. Thermal scopes. So i often get slayed by someone who can see me through thick foliage and i cant counter it.

3. Spawning. Spawn, killed by a grenade. Spawn, instantly killed by Predator. Spawn, instantly killed by sentry turret. Spawn, killed by AC130. repeat repeat repeat.

2. The maps blow ass. Tiny, run and gun affairs. With little to no strategic values.

1. Hosting. My god the hosting/match making/ping. God lord do i honestly need to explain.

 

[aDuck]

1. akimbo anything except pistols... if your able to fire two p90s on full auto, you have to have your arms made of metal... like CASED in metal.

2. The knifing speed, no one can whip out a knife that quick.

3. spawning in relation to killstreak rewards... anyone notice that you spawn outside when a chopper or ac130 is around?

4. 5 yr olds that dont stop talking

5. BLOODY AKIMBO SHOTTIES!!!

 

[Discord]

My beef is usually with the people who play the game. I've got the same problems like everyone else but I am truly vexed by the Screamers, kids, and supposed "MLG" players whatever you wanna call them -

I'm tired of being called everyname in the book, every racial slur and haveing vulger sexual comments made toward me just because I didn't get a 2000 score or get 50 kills in a row. Calm down it's just a game! But no; everyone I run into seems to think it's there right to be a ass on LIVE just because there anonymous and nothing can be done to them personally. And it's sad as soon as new players get added to a lobby and then leave because of all of the language.

Really that's my only problem is people being vulgar as possible just because they won a 5 minunte match!

I'm just gald Mass Effect 2 is comeing out so I can take a break from the madness.

 

[willard3]

4: The Interventon

I'm a Barret fanboy and this gun just annoys me, mainly the "quick scope" feature. The game is not fucking Halo.

...what?

2: Share Package

I called it in.

I'm standing right here.

You watched me throw the smoke, and are waiting to see if you can "get it before me".

Not going to work, you are wasting your time.

I completely agree, and always laugh at kids that do this. I don't mind if I throw it, get killed, then a teammate comes in and saves it. Or sometimes if it's ammo and I'm using Scavenger, I'll just leave it for somebody else. I'm nice, and if a teammate takes it, free XP for me!

 

[Captain Schpack]

Akimbo n00bs
little kids
Knife Withces (include all use of tac knife)
unreachable care packages
You

 

[Doctor Glocktor]

5. Tactical Knifers

4. Campers

3. Campers

2. Explosive Whores

1. There are no good maps. Seriously, they're all "average", "bad" or "completely fucking terrible".

 

[Irridium]

5. No communication
No one ever communicates ever.

4. No party chat in most gametypes

Its completely pointless. Most of the time I mute everyone else bacause their dicks, leaving only my friends unmuted. Its basically the same as party chat, making me wonder why in the hell IW decided to do this.

3. All the fucking little kids
Do I really need to explain?

2. Dual fucking shotguns/fucking tactical knife
Both are equally annoying and the users need to die.

1.Shitty matchmaking
Seriously, it shouldn't take 7 minutes to find a game when about 800,000 people are playing.

 

[Captain Pancake]

5: nerdy clan kids who use their vast numbers as a confidence boost (What's wrong with my 1bullet2kills callsign?)

4:Akimbo 1887/rangers (Seriously, you just have to walk into a room and point in the general direction of an enemy and you've got a kill)

3: Predator missiles (RUN FOR COVER, ONLY NEED ONE MORE KIL- Bam.)

2: tactical shields not working out for you (That kid managed to rush my base, steal the flag and deflect all my bullets. I try it? Bam again.)

1: the house on estate (Seriously, there's an entire map to use, why focus on the top quarter? jesus.)

 

[DeadRow]

1-4) IWnet

5) People whining about other's using weapons that IW put in the game.

If it wasn't for the matchmaking system then it'd be a good game. People complain about others using item's that are in game just because they either A) Can't use them themselves B) think the item needs no skill and thus whine