dillonthebunny

they will probably use either the Cod3 of 4 game engine, so it will be easier for them to bang out a copy of Cod5. people had or should i say have high hopes for Cod5.. i dont.

i think its a silly thing and that WW2 has been done to death... if the games good and you can create atmosphere then why not do WW1?? or a future war.. if they dont want to do modern times war.

But Cod4 just shows how popular it is and how many people are sick of WW2 games. the reason why the demonware servers keep going down is the amount of users and activity online that they have to deal with, they just cant cope.
IW and Activision have been quoted in saying that they were taken back by how many people were playing at one time on all three formats (and no i am not inc the DS version here. lol), they just didnt think so many people would of brought it. but they shouldnt be that shocked, its a class game.

im happy to blame IW for this, but i believe the servers are Activisions.. so its them who we should be blaming. i did write to them with a problem of my own, and they just said they wernt reading emails anymore wtf?!

my point is this... if the servers cant cope and things just arent right (ps3/PC and 360 alike), and Cod5 will be WW2.... i could place money on the fact that Cod4 will be increasingly popular until something major comes out. in the same genre.

the answer here is quite simple, they need to upgrade their servers. because when Cod5 comes out (ww2).. everyone will still be playing Cod4...

that is unless Op Flashpoint, Battlefield BC and Frontlines are any good

not forgetting RFOM2 and the mighty Killzone.


though it does seem like the genre is saturated somewhat, but as Soldier of fortune 3 showed us, that a game can seem brilliant in previews and screen shots, only to be a pile of steaming brown turd in reality... so Cod4 could still be as popular next year as it is today, if not more so.

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dillonthebunny

hey, this Cod post is getting way too serious...

let me lighten the mood by showing you this clip that was posted on the clarlieoscardelta forums.. it shows a girl firing a real D.Eagle.

normally i wouldnt entertain such a vid, as im British and we prefer to beat our enemies sensless with sticks and dead squirrels.

but this is rather amusing.. just a shame it didnt happen to the guy.


http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=25413 151

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dillonthebunny

this new update.... personally i dont think its client side!

here is the letter issued by Activision on the upgrade.

“Firstly, on behalf of Activision and DemonWare, I’d like to apologize for the difficulties you’ve experienced while playing the PlayStation 3 version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare during the holiday season.

The fact is that we’ve experienced an unprecedented load on the DemonWare backend servers, which has steadily increased since late December beyond our expectations. In spite of all of our planning and precautions, the extreme load revealed several issues. These issues triggered unscheduled downtime this past month. As we encountered issues, we deployed additional hardware and/or optimized the server infrastructure to keep the service up and running. However, while the servers were active for the vast majority of the time, many players experienced significant wait times repeatedly when joining games.

To overcome this issue, we’ve implemented a fix today, which should dramatically improve the time it takes to join an online game. And, in order to make additional improvements we are briefly taking the servers offline tomorrow, Wednesday January 9th at 4:00 a.m. PST

As a rule, we try to avoid scheduled downtime whenever possible. However, at this juncture we will need 1-2 hours to update a number of server infrastructure components. We apologize for any short-term inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your ongoing support and patience.

Our expectation is that the server load will continue to increase as system bottlenecks are removed. So in the coming days, we will continue to monitor our system and make further optimizations and improvements as necessary. We will be deploying additional hardware to improve our database throughput and load handling. In addition to the added hardware, we are further optimizing components of the underlying server software to improve performance. We hope to be able to hot deploy these updates while the system is live. In the event that the system requires further scheduled downtime, we will post a message both here and in-game via the “Message of the Day” to keep everyone informed.

Rest assured that we are taking every possible action to insure that your Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare online PS3 experience is smooth and trouble free. We apologize for the trouble this has caused and ask for your understanding and cooperation as we get things sorted over the coming days.

Thanks,

Steve Pearce
CTO, Activision”



there is no mention of patch.. I know that some were saying that the states already got one half of the patch (server issues, ACOG and Sniper)and the other half would contain tweaks such as Host dumping, where when the host dumps the game, the game will go to the nearest and best player to host. also a mute button to stop the ASBO chavs from playing music and ignoring their babies online. as well as other things.

we in the UK was going to catch up with this patch in one hit rather than two like the states.. but it hasnt happened yet.




but i guess the most important bit is that we can play, so they should fix that first.


on a side note.. anyone here in the UK complaining about the ACOG or sniper rifle? thats what they apparantly fixed in the states.. but i personally havent had a problem with them, maybe i dont use them enough..

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DTB there is meant to be a patch that will rectify issues with sniping and ACOGS coming from IW. I have not had an issue with especially with the Barrett 5.0
It is in dev for the 360 along with some other stuff like host transfer if one leaves etc.....

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dillonthebunny

yep, same for us...

C'MON IW.... before we all move on to Frontlines or Battlefield.. because it bloody tempting to jump ship if they dont sort this out very very soon..


and on a side note, this server upgrade, pfff... i dont notice a single thing. takes just as long to join a game as it ever did

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gamerchick14

my bf has this game...its really fun when you play in teams.

Gabriel013

This game does benefit from proper co-operation rather than each man working for him/herself.

Shame the same sort of co-operation isn't evident in Warhawk.

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Do you ever play Warhawk split screen with anyone Gabe?

Thats the only way I play it now and its lot more fun 4 player split screen with your mates.

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I haven't. Will have to visit DK and he can share his Jedi like powers.

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I haven't played COD consistently for about 3 months, just 1 game here and there and I played it last night and I played a new map (well to me anyway) called "Showdown" or something like that With a Suddam Hussein type statue in the centre of a courtyard.

Was just wondering when this was added and are there any other new maps?

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