Sunday, November 29, 2009
a few mw2 observations
Sunday, November 29, 2009 
A few Modern Warfare 2 observations:
If you're injured, go prone. Someone may think you've been dunked. Then you can pop them as you heal up. Proning on a capture point isn't a bad idea either but you sacrifice mobility if you see a few enemies approaching.
I think that moving a bit, hunker down and look for targets, and then move to another point generally works. I just got the Scar H with dot and it's a pretty fun weapon for now. I'm only a level 13 so I have oodles of unlocks to go. The recoil on the weapon isn't great, but at least it's auto and it has decent stopping power at range. I have run out of ammo on occasion though.
MW2 MP puts Halo to shame. Shame. I can go from a cold 360 to running around on a map in under two minutes. Much more tactical. No spray and pray.
I have yet to be in a group online that talks much which is weird. With a game like this you need to communicate what you're doing. Maybe because it's not been party groups and people don't care so much - they just want to basically rambo.
This game is awesome - even if you have a few crap matches in a row you're going to get some points for something. So you don't go away feeling awful and put the game down for a while. My KD ratio is getting better, but in the beginning I was getting destroyed (I had to learn the maps, I was coming off a lot of ODST, etc.) Because of the scoring system I stuck with it more and it's becoming even more fun.
If you're up for running around on a map sometime, look me up: edolecki on the PS3 and on the 360.
Update:
I unlocked the holographic sight and I have to say that I am no big fan of it yet. It's probably okay for close fighting, but for medium to long range that extra ring around the dot gets in the way in my opinion. Is there extra zoom? Maybe a HAIR, but the framework for the sight blocks a lot of peripheral in my opinion.
If you kill someone, make sure you move immediately because chances are good he's going to spawn and come looking in that same spot, esp. if you're in a nice spot to nail people from.In my opponents' killcam I see that I die almost exclusively when I am on the move. Crap luck sometimes as they are behind me and I don't sense them (I have to play late at night with the sound a bit down -- which doesn't help much). However, you certainly can't move like you do in Halo unless you are very quick and accurate with your weapons. If you miss your target by even a little bit, you're going to be hosed down by a crouched or prone dude.
If you're injured, go prone. Someone may think you've been dunked. Then you can pop them as you heal up. Proning on a capture point isn't a bad idea either but you sacrifice mobility if you see a few enemies approaching.
I think that moving a bit, hunker down and look for targets, and then move to another point generally works. I just got the Scar H with dot and it's a pretty fun weapon for now. I'm only a level 13 so I have oodles of unlocks to go. The recoil on the weapon isn't great, but at least it's auto and it has decent stopping power at range. I have run out of ammo on occasion though.
MW2 MP puts Halo to shame. Shame. I can go from a cold 360 to running around on a map in under two minutes. Much more tactical. No spray and pray.
I have yet to be in a group online that talks much which is weird. With a game like this you need to communicate what you're doing. Maybe because it's not been party groups and people don't care so much - they just want to basically rambo.
This game is awesome - even if you have a few crap matches in a row you're going to get some points for something. So you don't go away feeling awful and put the game down for a while. My KD ratio is getting better, but in the beginning I was getting destroyed (I had to learn the maps, I was coming off a lot of ODST, etc.) Because of the scoring system I stuck with it more and it's becoming even more fun.
If you're up for running around on a map sometime, look me up: edolecki on the PS3 and on the 360.
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Erik van der Neut said...“About the late-night gaming: I can *highly* recommend a nice pair of headphones with a long cord. That way you can crank the sound up :-)
I have never tried one of those cordless surround-sound headphones. Let me know if you gain any experience with those.
Modern Warfare sounds like a very addictive game! I just finished Assasin's Creed II last week -- can *highly* recommend that game as well...
Erik”
