[cod] COD6 Dev Interview:Modern WarFAIL 2

[David D]

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Pretty good synopsis of Modern WarFAIL 2 for the PC;

NO dedicated server support - IWnet is match-making service and players host the game (ie, P2P)
NO mod support
NO leaning - apparently the game was not 'balanced for leaning'.
NO access to console commands (~key)
NO ability to KICK any players in Ranked matches (ie, public games) - so have fun playing with rascists, glitchers, griefers, spawn campers, and hackers.
MAX players = 9v9 for Groundwar mode (so expect less in other game modes, just like X360)
NO Record function
NO choice about who hosts the match - IWnet decides based on ping, etc.
During internal testing, they got 100ms pings on a LAN - and they thought that was okay.
25 kill streak gives you Tactical Nuke, and using it ends the match.
Their advice to combat Team Killers? Use 'reflect damage' in the menu options.
Their advice to combat offensive language/rascism - use the MUTE button.
PC version 'features': Mouse Support, Graphics Options in Menu, Text chatting. O.o





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Subject : Re: [cod] COD6 Dev Interview
Date : Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:01:41 -0800
>From : Midnight <midowns at gmail.com>
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GameStop primarily caters to console players anyway, so what does it 
matter how many pre-orders they have in regards to PC sales? A better 
place to look would be Steam where most PC players will get the game (or 
not, everyone I know has boycotted it). 

Long story short, if 100,000+ signatures isn't enough to tell IW what 
their customers want then there's no getting through to them. Time will 
tell what they do with this problem they've created. 



MaydaX wrote: 
> That includes all platforms I'm sure. Xbox360 / PS3 users are getting 
> the game they want and are used to so no reason they would boycott it. 
> 
> MaydaX 
> PBBans.com 
> 
> Charles Goldsmith wrote: 
>> This is what is very sad: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61106 
>> 
>> Everything we did to try to spread the word, and IW/Activision will 
>> think we failed and that everything they are doing is what is best for 
>> the consumer. 
>> 
>> UGH! 
>> 
>> -wokka 
>> 
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