official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

[rajputwarrior]

To be fair DICE is only responsible for half of MoH. Also to be fair, that half was still bad. :rofl:

they sullied that game's name sooooooo badly :( i loved MoH games...

[BoneyardBrew Member]

they sullied that game's name sooooooo badly :( i loved MoH games...

I used to love Medal of Honor games to death. I don't want to sound like I'm flaming, but I felt the same way about the Call of Duty series. The first handful of games they came out were amazing.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

I used to love Medal of Honor games to death. I don't want to sound like I'm flaming, but I felt the same way about the Call of Duty series. The first handful of games they came out were amazing.

(Y)

[alphaomegainfinity]

COD and NFS series have been repeated to death on an annual basis. I seriously think Activision and Black Box should collaborate on a racing war game instead of bringing out rehashed versions so that we don't get bored.

[LingeringSoul]

This is not fresh news by any stretch, but it doesn't look like anybody has posted it yet: it looks like the dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 3 are only going to be unranked games. If you want to progress through the ranks, you're going to have to play in public matches. Source: http://www.destructoid.com/modern-warfare-3-dedicated-servers-unranked-only-214298.phtml

And according to fourzerotwo, the administrators in the dedicated servers will have complete control over which equipment is locked and which equipment is available: http://twitter.com/#!/fourzerotwo/status/127457422305542144

The unranked thing is a little disappointing, to be honest. I wasn't planning on getting the PC version of MW3 anyways (it's going to be the 360 version for me), but it's funny to think that CoD4 had a better PC version than every other Call of Duty game that has come out since.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

This is not fresh news by any stretch, but it doesn't look like anybody has posted it yet: it looks like the dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 3 are only going to be unranked games. If you want to progress through the ranks, you're going to have to play in public matches. Source: http://www.destructo...ly-214298.phtml

And according to fourzerotwo, the administrators in the dedicated servers will have complete control over which equipment is locked and which equipment is available: http://twitter.com/#...457422305542144

The unranked thing is a little disappointing, to be honest. I wasn't planning on getting the PC version of MW3 anyways (it's going to be the 360 version for me), but it's funny to think that CoD4 had a better PC version than every other Call of Duty game that has come out since.

I only widhed they at least made a remake of COD 4 multiplayer

*SIGH*

[BoneyardBrew Member]

This is not fresh news by any stretch, but it doesn't look like anybody has posted it yet: it looks like the dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 3 are only going to be unranked games. If you want to progress through the ranks, you're going to have to play in public matches. Source: http://www.destructo...ly-214298.phtml

And according to fourzerotwo, the administrators in the dedicated servers will have complete control over which equipment is locked and which equipment is available: http://twitter.com/#...457422305542144

The unranked thing is a little disappointing, to be honest. I wasn't planning on getting the PC version of MW3 anyways (it's going to be the 360 version for me), but it's funny to think that CoD4 had a better PC version than every other Call of Duty game that has come out since.

Well isn't that lovely. Infinity Ward and Activision are scum in the world of PC gaming.

Everyone, we'd like to officially welcome you back to horrible lag and host advantage! Have fun!

[rajputwarrior]

This is not fresh news by any stretch, but it doesn't look like anybody has posted it yet: it looks like the dedicated servers in Modern Warfare 3 are only going to be unranked games. If you want to progress through the ranks, you're going to have to play in public matches. Source: http://www.destructo...ly-214298.phtml

And according to fourzerotwo, the administrators in the dedicated servers will have complete control over which equipment is locked and which equipment is available: http://twitter.com/#...457422305542144

The unranked thing is a little disappointing, to be honest. I wasn't planning on getting the PC version of MW3 anyways (it's going to be the 360 version for me), but it's funny to think that CoD4 had a better PC version than every other Call of Duty game that has come out since.

well it makes sense... it prevents server hacks and what not to rank up you guys quickly. even black ops had a issue where you could go and eff with the settings and if you blew yourself up you would gain enough experience to jump to level 50. They had trouble preventing that with their own servers, on servers where they literally have no control? it's going to be impossible.

[BoneyardBrew Member]

well it makes sense... it prevents server hacks and what not to rank up you guys quickly. even black ops had a issue where you could go and eff with the settings and if you blew yourself up you would gain enough experience to jump to level 50. They had trouble preventing that with their own servers, on servers where they literally have no control? it's going to be impossible.

Weren't there rank hacks in MW2 anyway? It's a moot point, really.

[rajputwarrior]

Weren't there rank hacks in MW2 anyway? It's a moot point, really.

yeah that's my point... they have a hard enough time preventing it with things they are suppose to have full control over. it's not a moot point at all...

more people would be ****ed off and would never play on official servers if every dbag could go on a hacked rank server just level up and prestige there guy like 15 times in 10 minutes. is that's what you actually want?

[BoneyardBrew Member]

yeah that's my point... they have a hard enough time preventing it with things they are suppose to have full control over. it's not a moot point at all...

more people would be ****ed off and would never play on official servers if every dbag could go on a hacked rank server just level up and prestige there guy like 15 times in 10 minutes. is that's what you actually want?

I'm not understanding what angle you're coming from here. If people hack their rank regardless of whether the server is a dedicated one or P2P, then why bother restricting us to P2P?

[rajputwarrior]

I'm not understanding what angle you're coming from here. If people hack their rank regardless of whether the server is a dedicated one or P2P, then why bother restricting us to P2P?

cause i'm coming from the angle of logic. they are NOT restricting you to p2p. their will be official dedicated servers as well. they are just providing tools so you can host your own server. And if they were restricting you to p2p, my examples are exactly WHY they are doing it.

[BoneyardBrew Member]

cause i'm coming from the angle of logic. they are NOT restricting you to p2p. their will be official dedicated servers as well. they are just providing tools so you can host your own server. And if they were restricting you to p2p, my examples are exactly WHY they are doing it.

The entire point of the article was that they Infinity Ward is only allowing dedicated servers for unranked matches. If you want to progress, which naturally I assume you would, you'd have to play on a P2P server.

[rajputwarrior]

The entire point of the article was that they Infinity Ward is only allowing dedicated servers for unranked matches. If you want to progress, which naturally I assume you would, you'd have to play on a P2P server.

it doesn't say anywhere you have to play on a P2P Server. Black ops had dedicated servers provided by teryarch/activision. the same will happen here.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

They don't want to drop matchmaking entirely. That's why you won't be able to rank up in dedicated servers. It has nothing to do with cheating because both IWNET and dedicated servers should use VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat).

[-KJ]

i like the gamplay. why fix what isn't broke? and besides, can't judge it until you have played it...

just fix the balancing, it was terrible in black ops...

Now MW2 was horrible. CoD4 is the best. The keep it simple approach without overpowered killstreaks.

[BoneyardBrew Member]

it doesn't say anywhere you have to play on a P2P Server. Black ops had dedicated servers provided by teryarch/activision. the same will happen here.

In the name of "control," Infinity Ward is restricting dedicated server support to unranked matches only.

@fourzerotwo Yes I _am_ forced to go p2p to rank up. Otherwise i'm just on a server given a rank/unlocks

@Quercuas It's the same on consoles. They can't rank up in private or custom games. Public is about progression, private is about control.

http://twitter.com/#...665389881663488

Bowling is confirming it himself, what more do you need?

[nvllsvm]

COD and NFS series have been repeated to death on an annual basis. I seriously think Activision and Black Box should collaborate on a racing war game instead of bringing out rehashed versions so that we don't get bored.

id already did that with RAGE.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

They should advertise it as "dedicated private servers" because that's what it is. :/

[rajputwarrior]

http://twitter.com/#...665389881663488

Bowling is confirming it himself, what more do you need?

he never says that. never. it says the process is the same as consoles where you have to use their service, but you can use that service in blackops and still hop onto a dedicated server from teryarch/activision. did you not play black ops for PC?

Now MW2 was horrible. CoD4 is the best. The keep it simple approach without overpowered killstreaks.

i loved mw2... i hadn't play a CoD for so many hours since CoD 2's online.

[sbauer]

Now MW2 was horrible. CoD4 is the best. The keep it simple approach without overpowered killstreaks.

Yeah, I agree. I really hated MW2, an unbalanced joke of a game. Only CoD game I gave up on way before the next one came out. Kids hiding in corners of the maps just to get their nuke, regardless of how their team is doing.

[LingeringSoul]

cause i'm coming from the angle of logic. they are NOT restricting you to p2p. their will be official dedicated servers as well. they are just providing tools so you can host your own server. And if they were restricting you to p2p, my examples are exactly WHY they are doing it.

I hope you're right. I suppose we will find out in time, though I find it a little telling how fourzerotwo hasn't explicitly stated that official dedicated servers exist. If IW really does plan on putting them in, you would think fourzerotwo would be loudly correcting that Destructoid article. Instead, IW has been conspicuously silent.

Either way, I'm excited for MW3. I'm loving the idea behind the Strike Packages. Again, we don't know how well they will work in practice, but I'm glad that they have at least acknowledged one of MW2's many, many shortcomings.

[rajputwarrior]

I hope you're right. I suppose we will find out in time, though I find it a little telling how fourzerotwo hasn't explicitly stated that official dedicated servers exist. If IW really does plan on putting them in, you would think fourzerotwo would be loudly correcting that Destructoid article. Instead, IW has been conspicuously silent.

they have them for black ops. i don't see why they wouldn't for this. it would make no sense.

[rajputwarrior]

any deals or promo codes floating around for this?

[Yusuf M. Veteran]