Official COD6 MW2 thread

[straight6pwr]

nope. your point is.....?

my point is you dont know how much better they really are than the standard matchmaking of console games.

a dedicated server is a does one thing: keep a business class broadband connection dedicated to running which ever game you want to play on it. its upload speed is lightyears faster than anyone's residential internet connection, therefore allowing players to connect with speeds much better than P2P. what this means:

1)no host. no more THE HOST HAS ENDED THE GAME, or MIGRATING HOSTS, or whatever other error. the servers dont go down, and games arent ended in the middle abruptly. with P2P the host has a great advantage over other players, and typically will score much higher because of this.

2)lag. no 1 sec lag between you pulling the trigger and the shot registering on your enemy. you can even choose to join servers which are very local to you, and then experience near-LAN quality connections.

3)moderation. a dedicated server is moderated by its owner and whoever he has help him. this means you can kick/ban hackers instantly, control the nonsense chat like racial slurs from 12 year olds who think they are the shit, etc etc. you also have the ability to choose game types, which level you play on, time and score limits, etc.

4)customization. cod4 has servers online that are modified from anything to fully changing the game, to small things like servers that play only knives, or only shotguns. it adds so much more re-playability to the game.

[Alkasquawlik]

have you ever played a PC game online with dedicated servers?

nope. your point is.....?

[straight6pwr]

I could give a fuck how they match me with players, as long as I get to play the game, I'm fine.

have you ever played a PC game online with dedicated servers?

[red325]

Just to throw this out there I'm currently a level 30 with a 1.4 kd.

What are you guys at so far?

[straight6pwr]

SP campaign is so short. Pretty lame. PC version is a total fail already - Hacks surfaced 4 hours after launch:

http://digg.com/d319mMk

yup. hackers took old code used to hack cod4 and applied it to the new one with great success. the anti cheat program used in Steam (VAC or Valve anti-cheat), apparently takes one month to issue bans to hackers after a hack has been used. seems better than admins banning a hacker on the spot to me.

[Alkasquawlik]

every reason they've give for the P2P versus dedicated servers is complete crap and has no real basis. they are all excuses. what they really wanted was to control the PC version so they could sell the DLCs to the PC gamers as well. $$$$

name a reason theyve given and ill refute it for you.

Their excuse: matchmaking (P2P) with players of the same skill level, to make it more fair.
The truth: Yes, this may be nice for a kid new to video games in general, but playing with people who are the same skill level as you isnt going to help you improve. Besides, how can they possibly calculate a players skill? Numbers are one thing, but they can be completely deceiving.

I have no idea what the point you're trying to make is.
I could give a fuck how they match me with players, as long as I get to play the game, I'm fine. I was just making an observation based on what I've seen, considering it was a topic we already had discussed earlier in this thread, but no one was totally sure.

[straight6pwr]

I don't think they are changing the matchmaking so it is more like Halo. I just think that since it just came out and so many people are playing it, people are just progressing at roughly the same pace so you do play with people who are on the same level as you, if that makes sense.

every reason they've give for the P2P versus dedicated servers is complete crap and has no real basis. they are all excuses. what they really wanted was to control the PC version so they could sell the DLCs to the PC gamers as well. $$$$

name a reason theyve given and ill refute it for you.

Their excuse: matchmaking (P2P) with players of the same skill level, to make it more fair.
The truth: Yes, this may be nice for a kid new to video games in general, but playing with people who are the same skill level as you isnt going to help you improve. Besides, how can they possibly calculate a players skill? Numbers are one thing, but they can be completely deceiving.

[Alkasquawlik]

I don't think they are changing the matchmaking so it is more like Halo. I just think that since it just came out and so many people are playing it, people are just progressing at roughly the same pace so you do play with people who are on the same level as you, if that makes sense.

[s0urce]

SP campaign is so short. Pretty lame. PC version is a total fail already - Hacks surfaced 4 hours after launch:

http://digg.com/d319mMk

[straight6pwr]

Honestly you guys need to stop complaining about this server BS....
Seriously who cares?

This game still has the BEST campaign of all time, along with the BEST multiplayer ever in my opinion.

6hr campaign is the best of all time? i rated it below cod4s single player, and close to WaWs single player campaign.

and as far as the dedicated servers go, its only 1 of a laundry list of downgrades from previous cod games, and yet they hiked the price up? it all comes down to IW and Activision being $$ hungry and therefore cutting corners and attempting to drag more cash out of everyones hands.

i wont buy it until they fix some things.

[einstein57]

its back up. They are letting blocks of 20k login. i'm voorhees-_-jason on ps3

[Atreus]

Uh, you haven't actually played the game have you? You can still play with your friends, you can still have private games and there is still a place for clans.

In fact I would go so far as to say that this was a good move by Infinity Ward. It has really streamlined the multiplayer process and will cut down on cheating and piracy and make it a hell of a lot easier to get the game updated.

havent played the game, the anti dedicated server fearmongering has gotten to me.

i bought it tonight. installing now. lets hope i like the mP.

[TwoJ's]

And to the comment that said "its just pixels". The ARMY game was used to recruit soldiers; they invested money for tournaments. And if you take a look at the unarmed planes / droids; the person in charge is sitting in a room, with essentially a joystick and a screen. The argument can be said that there is a removed physically relationship; which allows the person behind the screen to have no feeling. It's an instant trigger; no second thoughts.

Do you take yourself seriously when you say things like this?

[325_e30]

That's exactly what I did. I couldn't shoot those poor innocent fucking pixels. No . . . really though, I couldn't shoot 'em.

I did happen to notice most of the female victims were nearly the same shape, hair color, even clothing style.

i FUCKED them all up.. stun grenade and grenade launched em and all. :hitler:

there was always an option to skip that level..

[jeff_b]

You don't have to kill the civilians, You can just shoot cops. Lets the Russian terrorists do the dirty work if it bothers you.

That's exactly what I did. I couldn't shoot those poor innocent fucking pixels. No . . . really though, I couldn't shoot 'em.

I did happen to notice most of the female victims were nearly the same shape, hair color, even clothing style.