I've yet to see any other gold weapons personally, but supposedly you get them by completing challenges. I suppose the gold AK-47 is probably obtained by completing all of the assault rifle challenges, and is probably a camo/skin.

I don't know if I'll ever get the gold AK-47 in that case, since that means I'll have to use the AK-47, the G3, and the G36C a lot more than I'd like to. Oh.. and the MP44. :/I think mine is still 17, which sorta drives me crazy. I keep getting 17 kills streaks when I'm not playing S&D and I wanted to break 20 by now. I always seem to die at 17 for some reason. Luck aint on my side.

Yup. It's a fantastic weapon in COD2.. but it just doesn't hold up with some of the other weapons available. It's not bad I guess.. it's just not good either. Between that and the G36C.. I don't see myself using them enough to finish every challenge.

Some of the missions are worth a replay. The last 2, the AC130 mission, and the one right before the nuke are all really cool levels.

My overall average K/D ratio is a bit lower than 2:1 at the moment, but I blame that on all the relatively hard S&D games I play. If I stuck to playing HQ or Sabotage for a week, I could probably adjust it to well over that, as my K/D in those games is usually fantastic by comparison. I'm not too worried about doing that though, I'd rather get the practice that S&D gives you.. it makes you play the game a lot smarter.

Yeah, always use your airstrike before you get to your 7th kill. Wasting airstrikes isn't too smart.

+10 experience. Points and experience are separate values. I have max XP and it's still stupid to miss an oppertunity to use an airstrike.

I prefer hardcore + sabatoge (or even domination). I dislike TDM as it seems so pointless. I haven't played alot, still under 10 houres, but I had some good rounds this weekend. I actually had a good sniping experience (I hate sniping) and broke 30 points with a handful of deaths. Of course playing a round on shipment counterbalances that fast :|

Is it just me, or do a lot of the maps play better with 16 players than 24?

It's not just you.. most maps are far too small for 32 players. Sometimes it works out, but it's rare. I don't really like hardcore that much. It's okay, but I'm not really digging the increased bullet damage.

I am digging it though and that is all that matters :P It makes good use of your surroundings (elevation, cover, teamwork, etc) more important, makes quick / stable aim a premium, and devalues flopping, hopping, and the like.

I don't really think it devalues that stuff at all. Less bullets = more damage. There's no additional punishment to your accuracy for using hipshots or bunny hopping.. so what's the incentive not to do it, especially when it decreases your chances of taking vital blows? Maybe it plays out that way, but it's only a matter of perception.

Mod Warfare blows hardcore away. It takes the best element that hardcore has to offer, which is the reduced HUD (no minimap) and adds to it by stripping away the kill bonuses (airstrike, UAV, etc) without reducing the players health or increasing the amount of damage each weapon does. It also removes some of the more bullshit elements of the game (martyrdom, claymores, etc) which is far more "hardcore" in my opinion.

I just pulled my best k/d yet I think. Server was full of noobs, but whatever. 41:4 -- and I also beat my best kill streak. Up to 21 kills now.


http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/1ba...

Fun.

Shipment really does suck, as does your ping, ouch :)

We were having an interesting conversation in the mod forum about online gaming, and I thought this was kinda funny, so I'm going to share it here. Ace was saying something about how in general he's found that PC gamers are a bit more mature than the populous of Xbox Live. While I'm generally inclined to agree, I thought I would post this experience I just had this afternoon as a counter argument. Enjoy.

Oh I don't know about the maturity level. I just witnessed (and participated in) an epic bout of shit talking during a game. I should probably add that to my last post in the gaming forum. I'll just copy and paste it from here. It went a little something like this (it's not all word for word, blame my short memory)...

This guy starts off by saying "you're all pathetic." Which, immediately someone on his own team responds to, because he assumes he's talking about them, since they're getting dominated. "I guess this is your life, getting all worked up over a video game," his teammate says. They go back and forth for a while, until I decide it's time to join in.

"You're calling us pathetic and you have the most deaths on the server, by a lot," which gets an immediate response. "I'm using my pistol, you guys are pathetic" he says. This starts a back and forth between this noob, his teammate, and myself. The teammate says, "Stop crying," which gets the reply "I'm not crying, I'm bragging." I can't let up now, I'm sort of a compulsive shit talker when someone gets me going, even though I try my best to be a good sport in most cases, so I say, "Bragging about having the most deaths on the server?"

Now he's really going. "WITH A PISTOL!" he shouts. "Just wait, I guarantee I'll be in first place next round!" And we all have a laugh.

So anyway, along comes the next round, and I'm just dying to see what happens. The shit talking between the tree of us (which is more or less us double teaming this guy) continues without pause. I continually make fun of the fact that he doesn't even have a positive k/d ratio, while he pokes fun at me every time he manages to catch me off guard. He says "keep talking faggots, you're just amusing me," so I feel like it's my duty to do just that. "You know, you should see if it's not too late to just return the game and get something else," I say, as he adds "You'll feel stupid." The back and forth continues for the duration of the match.

"But shouldn't you be in first place?"

"If I'm not even positive and I'm killing you, what does that say about you?"

"I'm not sure, but I don't think 9 and 12 equates to bragging rights."

"I just love getting a rise out of random fucktards on these servers."

"That must be a fun thing to do, when you can't even pull a positive k/d ratio."

We all have a good laugh, at his expense.. and who knows, maybe he was really enjoying it too. I came in first place by the way -- and I'm not bragging -- just trying to point out that the pitfalls of online gaming are everywhere -- and when you get me going, it just makes me play harder, and occasionally join in on the nonsense.

All in all, it was a fun game.

Amazingly deserved score.

PC Version: Command to show FPS in Multiplayer?