2,500 Modern Warfare 2 PC Players Ban Hammered

The multiplayer experience is been disappointing. I have a rather high-end internet connection in my building, and I get laggy games all the time. It's very frustrating. I've stopped playing MW2 and kinda wish I hadn't bought it. The max game size, 9v9, is very disappointing. Sticking to Left4Dead2 for now. IW.net is terribad.

Ok, first off, I bought this game for PC and I love it. But there are a few things that need to be fixed. I don't like that IW removed the lean out features from the game. It was soo much easier to just lean out, shoot at someone, and then get back to cover so you can recover your health, reload, etc. It made things a whole lot easier..

A friend and I have been playing Specs Ops and we love it. We don't have any problems connecting, but sometimes we do tend to lag a bit. I don't like, however, that I cannot text chat during gameplay in Spec Ops, nor use the mic the way I would normally use it in the MP: press a key and talk through the mic. Instead, your are left with having to communicate through Steam's IM or Connect to Talk through the IM window. This sucks, especially since my friend has been having problems with his sound card. He can hear me when I talk through my mic during MP, but with Steam, for some reason, it doesn't work. So I am left with having to type in everything during the game, while I'm getting shot at. This also makes the Spec-Ops more difficult, especially during the Stealth missions. I have to hit "Ctrl+Tab" to bring up the Steam In-Game windows, type my message, hit "Ctrl+Tab" again to get out, then hit "Escape" to un-pause the game. WTF?! Why not just let me hit "T" to type in my message or hit "Alt" (my binded voice key) so I can talk to him through my mic DURING the game, so as not to pause the entire thing just to tell him that there's an enemy on the left or that I'm gonna take out the guy on the right and for him to get the guy on the left, etc. Just leave the voice and chat options the way they are in MP and Specs Ops will be perfect, IMO.

As for the MP, the gameplay is awesome, but the lack of dedicated servers sucks. I've seen a lot of cheaters with aimbots and such during a lot of games. Obviously, VAC isn't really working any better than what was already in place before. At least with dedi servers, admins had the option of kicking/banning players. If you get kicked/banned, no worries. Just find another server to play on. I don't like the fact that I cannot pick the map, as most of the maps suck anyways. MW1's maps were a whole lot better than MW2's. Pipeline anyone? How about Overgrown? MW1 had more memorable maps than MW2. The only map that I really like in MW2 is Wasteland. I HIGHLY DISLIKE the fact that there is no Hardcore Free-for-All game mode. WTF seriously!? >:U That's my favorite gameplay type and it doesn't exist in this game. WTF is wrong with IW seriously?! TDM is good, but it's retarded. Why do I have to shoot someone three times in the head just to get a headshot? And with an M4? Seriously, get the f**k out of here.. I also don't like the fact that one player becomes the host. If you don't have a great internet connection and you are the host, prepare for a lag-fest. I've had problems with not getting kills after emptying an entire clip into an enemy, just to get shot either once or knifed, just like with Orca. In the killcam, I'm not even shooting at the enemy, even though I specifically aimed for his head. WTF!? Fix these issues IW, seriously..

I forgot to mention: I remember reading that IW was saying that IWNet will make things easier for the average player to get into the game a whole lot faster and easier. If you're playing on a gaming computer, obviously, you know a thing or two about computers and how to simply pick a damn server to join so you can play. I think IWNet on IW's part is simply a marketing strategy for future CoD titles. It doesn't help stop the cheating and this whole "easier and faster gaming experience" crap is total bullshit. Nobody is THAT lazy to go look for a server to play on. People all over are having problems just getting into a game to actually play and it's f**ked up. As I said before, it is probably just a marketing strategy. Pretty soon they will start charging through IWNet to play the damn game. In other words, in order to PLAY the game, you will have to BUY the game, THEN buy the monthly subscriptions. Without money, the game disc might as well be a coaster for your Dr. Pepper..

This is my 1st experience with this style of multiplayer setup and quite frankly I think it is fine. No it's not perfect but when 4 or 5 of my buddies get on to play together we always find a game. We won't get kicked or banned from some asshole asshat admin who thinks he knows what he is doing when he really doesn't.

If we are lagging on a bad server or getting our asses handed to us we can simply leave and find another game without having to coordinate ip's and server names for 10 or 15 minutes... else we host our own dedicated server that people don't stay because THEY are getting raped.

It's impossible to attack a randomly moving server and even harder for a clan to setup their own bot server etc etc etc. Think about all the issues you've had with dedicated servers that don't exist with the current setup. Like someone else stated here... you can play on full servers or half full servers. You can try and join a full server to play with your friends for a couple hours or you can sit and scroll through the THOUSANDS of servers around the planet trying to find the perfect one only to sit and wait for it to fill up.

well hello there. i'm one of the people who was disgusted enough to actually NOT buy the game when they announced they dropped dedicated servers. if you guys had actually not bought the game instead of moaning about the inevitable now, maybe these assholes might actually have listened to the players instead of laughing at you SOE style. oh well nevermind.

@Nexus1707

If you're playing a game a 9 year old can kick ass on, maybe you're the one who hasn't grown up!

who said they were kicking ass. just some of us play pc games because we don't want to be subjected to xbox live style play and yet here we are dealing with all of the negative aspects.

The game seems to lag and lose connection 75 percent of the time. Pick a new host or lose it all together. Very disappointed with this.

This is just one of the many things wrong with the game. If IW had at least had a report cheater thing then I wouldnt be complaining but I literally see at least 3 aimbotters per day and it f**king sucks. Give us a voting system for maps and being able to kick people too I mean seriously why is there a kick option if we cant click on it.

This is just one of the many things wrong with the game. If IW had at least had a report cheater thing then I wouldnt be complaining but I literally see at least 3 aimbotters per day and it f**king sucks. Give us a voting system for maps and being able to kick people too I mean seriously why is there a kick option if we cant click on it.

This is just one of the many things wrong with the game. If IW had at least had a report cheater thing then I wouldnt be complaining but I literally see at least 3 aimbotters per day and it f**king sucks. Give us a voting system for maps and being able to kick people too I mean seriously why is there a kick option if we cant click on it.

sry i spammed I didnt mean to

I Encounted serveral hackers the other day, easy to spot they were walling, anyway I left the server and joined a better one. I like the IWnet thing they have done where it automaticly links you up with the closest game, but it's dodgy when the host has bloody dialup speed *sigh*. Good on VAC and stuff for banning 2.5k hackers, they completely deserve it/

in theory it was a good idea but at the end of the day...all the servers i played on in cod4 never had hackers because they were strict admin watched servers...
So stop being arses trying to control everything and bring back dedicated servers, otherwise people will be forced to use an anti steam program to get the game and use hacked dedicated servers on that.
Your choice...

Yes we had several the other night and it totally spoiled the game (50 head shots in about three minutes followed by a nuke) - game after game and no way to report it, or to say I dont want to join game with specific player (AKA Hdirty little cheating scumbag).

NOT IMPRESSED IW - give us our servers back so we dont have to suffer these idiots (and dont get me started on host migration/lag)

Bad Company is really starting to look tasty about now.....