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Old 11-09-2011, 09:02 PM
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So I just ordered mine right now. I got it for $55 free shipping, and since its shipping from NY, I should have it by Friday. Which is perfect because I can't play until then because of school work.

Anyway, I'm relatively new to COD games. The first and only one I've played is Blacks Ops (which I love). Hopefully MW3 is just as good or better than Black Ops. If it is, I'll be happy. And I notice from the videos you guys are posting that I'm going t have to learn a couple of new things. As some killstreaks and weapons that I see there, are not on Black Ops. But, I'm sure I'll have fun.
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Got it last night. I was alright at MW2 but am getting my butt kicked at this. I'm EkaFromAfrica on PS3 if anyone wants to add me.
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The first few levels will be hell. Make sure you equip the single fire rocket launcher. There will be uav's up the ass when you first start out.

The killstreak setup for this is different than any other CoD so far. You can basically customize your killstreaks for each class in addition to customizing guns/perks.

I'm having an issue with MW3 or my xbox...played yesterday and then it froze on me when entering a game...had to press power button to turn off. Then when I restarted my xbox it froze on the start up screen..then it happened again the next time I started it. I waited like 10 minutes then started it again and I played single player just to see and after 10 minutes or so it froze again. Any one else having this issue? I do have the very first xbox so...
Old 11-10-2011, 09:37 AM
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Im on Xbox, and my friends and I have not had this problem at all. I'm guessing it is your xbox...

Originally Posted by mrstak
The first few levels will be hell. Make sure you equip the single fire rocket launcher. There will be uav's up the ass when you first start out.

The killstreak setup for this is different than any other CoD so far. You can basically customize your killstreaks for each class in addition to customizing guns/perks.

I'm having an issue with MW3 or my xbox...played yesterday and then it froze on me when entering a game...had to press power button to turn off. Then when I restarted my xbox it froze on the start up screen..then it happened again the next time I started it. I waited like 10 minutes then started it again and I played single player just to see and after 10 minutes or so it froze again. Any one else having this issue? I do have the very first xbox so...
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I noticed last night if you go into Private Match all the guns and perks are unlocked. Kind of gives you a sneak-preview at what's in store.
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sounds like the underestimated the network requirements for Elite...

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...ge-continues/1
Nov 10, 2011
Call of Duty Elite outage continues

By Brett Molina, USA TODAY
Updated 37m ago

While PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 owners resume firing away at digital enemies in first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, access to the franchise's supplemental online service remains spotty.

According to a status update on the official website for Call of Duty Elite, access to service is intermittent as developers from Beachhead Studio respond to overwhelming demand.

"At launch, our registration and login systems were crushed by gamers trying to enter the Elite site at the same time. We have now fixed the registration and login systems, but we have found that the greater than expected demand is crashing servers," reads the statement on Elite. "We're immediately deploying multiple additional servers to beef up the system."

All premium Elite members who have paid subscriptions will receive an extra month for free, and any users interested in subscribing can also receive the extra 30 days of membership.

The Beachhead statement also says all gameplay data accrued from Modern Warfare 3 and predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops is safe and will be available when Elite returns.

"As more users log into the Elite system, you may find that the wait to get into Elite is longer than you expect. We know how frustrating that is and we appreciate your patience," says their statement.

The free portion of the Elite service tracks a player's progress in Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops. Paid subscriptions net bonuses such as early access to downloadable content.
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Old 11-10-2011, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
sounds like the underestimated the network requirements for Elite...

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...ge-continues/1
yeah, I don't think I've been able to log in once since day #1
Old 11-10-2011, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mrstak
The first few levels will be hell. Make sure you equip the single fire rocket launcher. There will be uav's up the ass when you first start out.

The killstreak setup for this is different than any other CoD so far. You can basically customize your killstreaks for each class in addition to customizing guns/perks.

I'm having an issue with MW3 or my xbox...played yesterday and then it froze on me when entering a game...had to press power button to turn off. Then when I restarted my xbox it froze on the start up screen..then it happened again the next time I started it. I waited like 10 minutes then started it again and I played single player just to see and after 10 minutes or so it froze again. Any one else having this issue? I do have the very first xbox so...

This literally happened to me last week. It's the first sign of the GPU overheating and the onset of RROD. It'll be a 3 red ring of death instead of 4 (where the cpu overheats)

sorry for the bearer of bad news.
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I've had RROD before...sent back my xbox like 2 or 3 years ago...what do I do? Contact MS? will they give me a new xbox or repair this one again?
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I doubt they'll fix it again as I'm sure they'll say it's out of warranty.

I took mines to a local shop and had them reflow my motherboard and reset the heat sink on both the cpu and gpu. It was either get a new xbox and have the same potential of RROD pop up later or get it fixed permanently for $40. I opted for the $40 option.

Check your local craigslist and see if any local shop offers to do a reflow and back it up with a lifetime warranty (my local shop did and if it RRODs again...they'll reflow it again for no cost).
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My is it's worth the $$ for the entretainment but isn't as much of an upgrade as battlefield3. People expected WAY too much.I agree with some the maps have alot of dead ends and make you feel like your running in circles at times but overall gameplay is ALIL better than the previous that I liked. I like this one and BF3 and I'll play both but for diff reasons. When I wanna run around and shoot people MW3 all the way......but when I wanna go to WAR and actually focus on an objective BF3 all the way. You really can't compare them besides they are FPS.
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Originally Posted by subbuzz
My is it's worth the $$ for the entretainment but isn't as much of an upgrade as battlefield3. People expected WAY too much.I agree with some the maps have alot of dead ends and make you feel like your running in circles at times but overall gameplay is ALIL better than the previous that I liked. I like this one and BF3 and I'll play both but for diff reasons. When I wanna run around and shoot people MW3 all the way......but when I wanna go to WAR and actually focus on an objective BF3 all the way. You really can't compare them besides they are FPS.
it's all a matter how people like the layouts and gaming experience. I picked up BF3 and just wasn't used to it, probably because I've always been more of a COD guy.
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I had a ball with the explosive fake care package last night... I kept calling those in, one time I had like 7 kills just from calling it in and hiding out at a spot and picking off people as they came by. And once I had a double-kill from it exploding. Lot of fun to use.

Also got Juggernaut Recon a few times, it's fun but not invincible, it has a health meter. It was amusing to use but not as fun as I had expected, primarily because its slow.

ALSO... if you get 7 kills in a row with the Specialist killstreak, it unlocks ALL of the perks. Now that was neat!

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^^ the fake care package will get old quick...after falling for it once or twice (didn't know about it) I know NOW when I see someone throw out a "carepackage" and run I might not want it
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well you can't make it that obvious.... you can't throw it out and run lol. have to be all for best effect... hey, I've never seen a fake one from my end. does it look *exactly* like a real one?
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look at the radius on this thing!!

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Originally Posted by srika
well you can't make it that obvious.... you can't throw it out and run lol. have to be all for best effect... hey, I've never seen a fake one from my end. does it look *exactly* like a real one?
Still prob get killed making it look good, doesn't seem worth it in the long run for me but YEAH, looks like a legit package.....it told me it was a Pave Low and I thought I hit the jackpot until......BEEP BEEP BEEP

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Still prob get killed making it look good doesn't seem worth it in the long run for me but YEAH, looks like a legit package.....it told me it was a Pave Low and I thought I hit the jackpot until......BEEP BEEP BEEP
your avatar says it all!!! LMAO
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got home from work, started playing, have won my first 4 FFA games out... level 40.
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So I stopped playing and switched back to BF3...

I'll probably load it up again tonight.

Really just feels like MW2 all over again.
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Curse Microsoft and their "regional" games.
I first thought I would not want it, but after seeing all these videos, I need it haha.
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lol, already got a hacker on PC.

Like in BLOPS, I like hardcore better. I think I'm gonna focus more on hardcore search and destroy in this game. I miss the SOCOM feel and don't like just running around the maps hoping people don't spawn behind me.
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is it just me or are the sounds of the guns very cartoonish?
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Sigh xbox is officially dead...tried some youtube fixes and I was able to load it back up but it froze like 2 minutes into my kill confirmed game. I'm gonna probably get a 360S and then open up the old one and mod it to play single player games.
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1.03 patch out for ps3 at least...
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cool. I had been having more trouble connecting to games the last couple of days so this is good.

http://www.callofdutymappacks.com/ne...3-update-1-03/
Modern Warfare 3 Update 1.03

November 11, 2011

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An update for Modern Warfare 3 was released today, bringing the game to version 1.03 now. The update is 21 MB big so its not a substantially large update. There has been no official comment on what the update includes yet but we have noticed that the network issues we we’re having surrounding joining parties and with Spec Ops / Survival game modes are now fixed.

Update:

According to a source here we have learned that the update has also fixed some network issuses on Activisions end of things, allowing for the high demand of the huge volume of online players. Like with previous edition of Call of Duty, their servers have to deal with such a large number of online players it’s essential that it never crashes or encounters any issues, these updates will stop this from happening and keep things smooth. Issues surrounding the Call of Duty Elite feature have also been addressed after high player demand caused some problems.
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Finished the main story. Now to decide if I try to get owned in MP, or sell it and buy it again down the road.
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biggest 1 day entertainment launch in history, beating Harry Potter and COD Black Ops. $400m in 24 hours!!

Harry Potter was the biggest 1-day movie launch in entertainment history, $80 million.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...?newsfeed=true
Modern Warfare 3 smashes entertainment launch records

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 sells more than 6.5m copies within 24 hours of its launch, earning an estimated $400m in sales – and beating Harry Potter's box office

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has set a new record for the biggest ever entertainment launch. The game's publisher, Activision Blizzard, has claimed that in the US and UK alone, the military shooter sold over 6.5m units within 24 hours of its launch on Tuesday, raising $400m in sales revenues.

The figures are based on data from Charttrack as well as customer sell-through information.

It is a third consecutive sales record for the Call of Duty series. 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold 4.7m copies in 24 hours earning $310m in revenue, while last year's Call of Duty: Black Op hit 5.6m copies in its first day.

"We believe the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we achieved this record with sales from only two territories," said Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick.

"Other than Call of Duty, there has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records three years in a row. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise exceed worldwide theatrical box office for Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, two of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time."

By contrast, the highest grossing movie of the year so far, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made $80m in one day on the global box office – a record figure for the film industry.

Activision claims that 13,000 stores worldwide opened at midnight on Monday to allow queues of gamers to buy the title. Reportedly, Modern Warfare 3 has also set a record for the largest numbers of concurrent players on Xbox Live, the console's multiplayer gaming service.

"Call of Duty is more than a game. It's become a major part of the pop cultural landscape," claimed Activision Publishing chief executive Eric Hirshberg. "It is a game that core enthusiasts love, but that also consistently draws new people into the medium."
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and LOL at everyone saying how much more 'realistic' BF3 is compared to MW3. I just saw a video in the BF3 thread of a guy flying a helicopter inside a tunnel, and every time the heli got damaged, he would land it, fix it, and then get back in and fly again. And also noticed the helicopters have unlimited rockets. Nice "realism" there.
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and you're n idiot...
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btw you used to have to fly back to base to reload, it sucked ass...
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they're al video games, it'll never be realistic.
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Originally Posted by subbuzz
^^ the fake care package will get old quick...after falling for it once or twice (didn't know about it) I know NOW when I see someone throw out a "carepackage" and run I might not want it
Do they stay into the next round in search and destroy? I want to put one at the other teams spawn and potentially kill their whole team at the start of the round
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had some fun with the riot shield last night... lol

2 person riot shield wall with 2 guys following behind.. LOL..
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Originally Posted by jjashaa
had some fun with the riot shield last night... lol

2 person riot shield wall with 2 guys following behind.. LOL..
you should get the riot shield with juggernaught, you'll be invincible....

yesterday some guy did that, freaking hard to kill
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Originally Posted by TommySalami
Do they stay into the next round in search and destroy? I want to put one at the other teams spawn and potentially kill their whole team at the start of the round
I am not sure - but personally I think that would be TOO suspicious.. but feel free to try... and let us know.. lol
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you are NOT invincible with Juggernaut... just have a bigger health bar. and if you have riot shield yes that makes it all the more hard to kill. but, not invincible.


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