Modern Warfare 3 Lets You Check Out Its Package(s)

Well at least there trying but I am done with Modern Warfare in it's current form.

@darkjester74 said:

Clearly these guys have no idea what "balanced" actually means.

I definitely think it is a step in the right direction. I had given up on the last couple of games because of how they rewarded players. i don't play death matches, and the problem with playing objective modes, was that it was full of death match players only looking for kill streaks. Meaning I was just fodder for campers not even trying for the objectives. Still probably not going to buy this game though, just rent a single player run through, unless Spec Ops is nasty.

Clearly these guys have no idea what "balanced" actually means.

This looks like the complete opposite of balanced and even though they're making it easier to get killstreaks for casual players - this is only making the problem worse because now the hardcore players i.e. the teens that play this game every waking moment and are hopped up on RC Cola are going to be snoozing through streaks.

I'm getting it regardless though because I like variety and I'll get bored of Battlefields pace and will be able to just turn on RC COLA mode and play some crazy ass Call of Duty so it's all good.

Hey guys, Battlefield 3.

Also, apparently having 7 perks at once, keeping killstreaks through deaths, and having access to killstreaks more powerful than those in MW2 is balanced. With that mentality, they might as well have given everyone handguns that fire nuclear bombs.

Where are my tanks?

@GunsAreDrawn said:

I don't know what anyone else thinks but that ground drone with the LMG on it looks like it will be ridiculously annoying to deal with.

If its anything like sentry turrets from previous games, 1 stun grenade will disable it, and a few bullets (maybe 1/2 a clip) will down it :)

@Red said:

The specialist pack looks interesting, although I'm not entirely sure if having all the perks in the game would make you that powerful. I guess you would be silent, incredibly fast, deal extra damage, and have unlimited ammo, but a predator missile can still kill you if you're out in the open.

I'll probably roll with support, as I'm terrible at call of duty.

I wouldn't say I'm terrible, but yes, I can get a UAV easily, but I usually die soon afterwards (I can almost keep a UAV up constantly thought haha) so the fact that I get to keep all my points for "points-streaks" even after death sounds awesome to a player like me. Support class it is :)

@Pr1mus said:

@loungemonkey said:

How is having every perk and basically being a super-soldier balanced?

and all that for 8 kills? 8 kills is fucking easy.

16 but still, not that ridiculous.

This all seems cool until you realize all the 14 year olds who have time to play this game every waking moment they're not in school are going to rape you harder than ever before. It does nothing to fix the problems with the game since MW2, that is to say it just becomes a giant kill-streak massacre. It seems they're trying to make this game easier and easier to people, which in the end will make it really cheap and unbalanced.

Judging from past MW games, I'd say these intriguing ideas will be about as unbalanced as humanly possible.

I think it's good that IW is taking a look at other playstyles and making them work within the arcade-style gameplay, even though they can't completely do it in the way that the Battlefield series rewards team-based play.

But that 7-perk thing being the "most balanced ever"... I dunno.

@JacDG said:

@Mikemcn said:

@Pr1mus said:

@loungemonkey said:

How is having every perk and basically being a super-soldier balanced?

and all that for 8 kills? 8 kills is fucking easy.

Yea, i don't get it...

Yep, other than that I actually think this game sounds pretty good, then again I'm a sucker for Call of Duty, but still, I'm probably going to hate the specialist package within the first week, already sounds really overpowered.

Youd be suprised how many people cant pull of an 8 kill streak. If you play on consoles you know that most people in LagOps cant get a black bird. Besides you give up killstreaks and you loose them if you die.

I dont think its going to be that much of a problem

"we took a look back at MW2.." and then we copy pasted most of the code. :P

@Mikemcn said:

@Pr1mus said:

@loungemonkey said:

How is having every perk and basically being a super-soldier balanced?

and all that for 8 kills? 8 kills is fucking easy.

Yea, i don't get it...

Yep, other than that I actually think this game sounds pretty good, then again I'm a sucker for Call of Duty, but still, I'm probably going to hate the specialist package within the first week, already sounds really overpowered.

@katsu044: I think your missing something the guy using specialist is probably the guy with the lowest kill count. Using your own gun to kill people is way harder to do even with the perks then it is to kill a shit load of guys with a chopper. There is a reason the only people with 50 kills in one game got over half of them with a chopper gunner.

@koolaid39: That's easy the guy who never gets a chopper out always has the lowest kill count. Watch some youtube videos of the top black ops play you'll notice they all have something in common. black hawk chopper gunner and dogs over half of their kills comes from the chopper gunner and the dogs.

@Krummey: Hardline is basically worthless to the specialist sure it makes it easier to get all the perks up but once you do there is no point to it . Not sure how you can get overkill in the middle of the game it just lets you use a second primary. Not all of the perks are gonna be helpful unless you have them on your baseline loadout because once you have your 7 taking hardline into account hardline is worthless I doubt they will let you change your weapon load out mid fight so overkill is worthless and marksmen seems worthless for a non sniper all together.

Must admit I'm also getting pretty excited for this game now.

seems like some decent improvements...still not buying it though.

*You Become a superhuman! with every perk in the game* followed up by *this is the most balanced game* ...wait what?.

Can you drive tanks? or pilot attack choppers? or jets? or blow up buildings? or snipe someone from a mile away?

if yes, I will totally buy this game.

I need to go look up all of the perks now because ... 8 kills giving you every perk? Not exactly setting the bar very high. They say it will be "more balance than ever before," but we'll see.

God I hate that "pre-order now for Xbox 360" guy at the end. What a smarmy asshole!

I like that they are trying to diversify the system a bit. One of the reasons I love the BF style multiplayer is that you can be a support character and still help swing the game in your teams favor. The support package here might just fit my style of play.

Oh god, the sound. Why are they shooting with peas, don't they have bullets in the army anymore?

Just make CoD4 again and I'm all over it, right now this just feels just like MW2. Damn supersoldiers AND killstreaks together in the same match, no way this can be balanced.

Third Strike Package:Dudley not included.

@Pr1mus said:

@loungemonkey said:

How is having every perk and basically being a super-soldier balanced?

and all that for 8 kills? 8 kills is fucking easy.

Yea, i don't get it...

This looks like the FPS game to get this holiday.

The specialist pack looks interesting, although I'm not entirely sure if having all the perks in the game would make you that powerful. I guess you would be silent, incredibly fast, deal extra damage, and have unlimited ammo, but a predator missile can still kill you if you're out in the open.

I'll probably roll with support, as I'm terrible at call of duty.

Damn it, I'm getting excited for this game. :(

Call of Duty a little late to the class based party. Still looks like COD 4. :/

i dont know about the whole "more balanced" tag line. i can see a clan of really good players exploiting the hell out of the new point system.

@alibson: What is Call of Duty 98?

I really wish I had more interest in this. I guess it all kind of fell off with World at War for me. BLOPS was alright, now it just kind of feels like MADDEN 'XX...

Did anyone else have the sudden urge to get out your wrench and bang it on that sentry, every time you saw it?

So if all you need to do to get all the perks with a specialist is get an eight kill streak, why would you play as the other two options? I'm curious to see if this will balance well.

Interesting. Still not sure if it's enough to make me want to play more Call of Duty. I'll wait for the reviews to see how it all shakes out.

@Vinny_Says said:

@Pr1mus said:

@loungemonkey said:

How is having every perk and basically being a super-soldier balanced?

and all that for 8 kills? 8 kills is fucking easy.

Well you can't use any helos or AC130s or radars,I guess that's their logic?

Yeah, but it showed him unlocking Hardline as a perk. Is Hardline different this time?

I un-ironically loved playing MW2 on PC (still play it to this day), and now that MW3's got servers I think this may seriously be my own personal GOTY. Here's hoping those servers translate to a nice, long-lived community.

3.32 mins of boring crap

3.32 mins of boring crap

I don't know what anyone else thinks but that ground drone with the LMG on it looks like it will be ridiculously annoying to deal with.

SHEEEEIIIIT these videos make the game look fun, but it never is.

Erectin' a turret here.

alright, specialist package is for meeeee

@Pr1mus said:

@loungemonkey said:

How is having every perk and basically being a super-soldier balanced?

and all that for 8 kills? 8 kills is fucking easy.

Well you can't use any helos or AC130s or radars,I guess that's their logic?

I'll wait until I play the game for a bit before I get all up in arms about this, but every perk in the game for 8 kills/points/whatevers sounds like a bit much. We'll find out before long. I just hope if any major balance issues crop up they'll actually fix them in a timely manner instead of letting them go unchecked for months. They're implementing Treyarch's on-the-fly balancing system, meaning they can adjust a lot of stuff without pushing a patch through cert, so that's a good sign.

I liked how Black Ops removed things from the multiplayer, it took the game back to a state where it wasn't about the constant explosions.

The lack of dual 87's was also great.

I fear this might make things less fun again.

Love the support package. People should be rewarded for actually getting objectives done instead of being kill-hungry lone wolves.

The music and sound effects are way too high in this video.

@Masha2932 said:

I love the comments on the article so far. Rational and thought out. No needless arguments or flame wars.

BF3 4 LIFE! WOOOOOOOO! (coletrain impression)

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