meh I usually don't have the nuke enabled which is ok, until you go 30 or 35 and 0 and wonder if you could have had the nuke without the additional killstreak...

3/29/2010 5:27:48 PM

wonder if we can download the new maps at midnight or if it will be 5am or something

3/29/2010 5:37:13 PM

are their servers capable of the massive download-fest or will there be a meltdown tomorrow

3/29/2010 5:39:51 PM

I kind of hope they don't come out at midnight cause I have an important meeting tomorrow morning and I can't afford to be worthless in either my meeting, or my MW2 playing

3/29/2010 5:51:00 PM

Quote :

"If you’re an Xbox Live player on Modern Warfare 2, there are some big updates hitting tomorrow (March 30th) in the early morning. Included in those are: The Stimulus Package (Downloadable Content) The first dlc for Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer hits exclusively first on Xbox Live. It’ll be coming to other platforms at a later date as well, but tomorrow morning you’ll be able to download the 5 new maps including Bailout (seen above), Salvage, Storm, and my favorite classic maps Crash and Overgrown. Double XP Originally planned to do it this weekend, but we’ve decided to throw the Double XP switch early when the new maps hit. So jump online with the new DLC and check out the two new DLC specific playlists. Stimulus and Hardcore Stimulus Playlists These two playlists are 100% dedicated to the new maps, and are Double XP enabled. So jump on and experienced the new DLC you downloaded, get double XP, and experience all your favorite gametypes along with some hardcore variants of them. Ranger maps added to HCHQ We’re adding a few maps to the Hardcore Headquarters Pro playlist on Xbox Live, allowing you now play all the Ranger maps in this gametype, something I know a lot of users have been asking for! These maps include Highrise, Invasion, Skidrow, and Terminal. Title Update Along side the DLC, but something ALL of our users will get, is a title update for Modern Warfare 2. Included in this update is support for the DLC (if you choose to purchase it), as well as some tweaks to the One Man Army perk, some matchmaking updates that will help our international users find more locally hosted games thanks to how ping is now sorted, and various other code updates that will help improve the overall quality of multiplayer on Modern Warfare 2. There is no exact time you can expect all this, I’d say early morning when traffic is at its lowest, but by the time you wake up and get online I’m sure it will be available to most of you on March 30th! See you online all this week!"

from http://fourzerotwo.com/2010/03/29/modern-warfare-2-update-march-30th/

[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 7:39 PM. Reason : he says "OMA tweaks just include some balancing." - wonder what this is....]

3/29/2010 7:33:31 PM

Quote :

"by the time you wake up "

ahahahaha. good luck microsoft

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[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 7:51 PM. Reason : ]

3/29/2010 7:51:04 PM

at least you won't have to worry about me killin bandwidth for the maps.. not buyin em till they're cheaper.

[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 7:53 PM. Reason : i'll probably eat those words.. but i'm going to try]

3/29/2010 7:52:52 PM

Quote :

"as well as some tweaks to the One Man Army perk"

Oh dear...I fear the worst with this "tweak"...however fuck fearing the worst...lets say the tweak is that you can't OMA to the same class...ok fine, I'll just OMA from my Danger Close n00b tube class to my OMA Cold Blooded tube class...and then back to the Danger Close

If the tweak is something even more drastic...well, the Warriors will adapt and prevail victorious!

Cause you'll never...never beat the Warriors
White Warriors! White Warriors!
You'll never...never beat the Warriors
White Warriors! White Warriors!

3/29/2010 7:57:21 PM

Cause real men don't use that shit anyways

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3/29/2010 7:59:59 PM

Honestly, a "dream team" lineup would have (lets assume 6 players on a TDM team):

- 1 sniper
- 2 AR/LMG guys moving around cautiously
- 1 guy with Marathon running all over the place
- 1 guy with a n00b tube wreaking havoc
- whatever

You gotta have a nice mixture...the best basketball team isn't a bunch of 7 footers and no guards

3/29/2010 8:04:55 PM

i call whatever now that i got claymores and the stinger back

3/29/2010 8:06:07 PM

any of you tricks mountin tonight?

3/29/2010 8:07:34 PM

I'm guessing the tweak to OMA will be minor and they will just make it a little longer to switch

3/29/2010 8:23:50 PM

^4 I'd say 2 snipers just because a counter-sniper will zero in on him pretty quick via killcam.

Having a pair would throw the other team off as long as both kept moving around.

3/29/2010 8:56:43 PM

i searched and one forum said it'd be available at 6 am EASTERN, the home time zone of white warriordom

[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 11:47 PM. Reason : ]

3/29/2010 11:37:59 PM

what time zone

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3/29/2010 11:45:31 PM

Damn was gonna leave at lunch to play this but I have a flight to Knoxville (Hey, Shannon!) early morning and don't get back till 3 or so so it looks like TT and I will have to wait to have our secret makeout session on the top floor of crash

3/29/2010 11:46:17 PM

you won't be able to miss him from 10k feet

3/29/2010 11:49:25 PM

well I royally sucked after my 2 month hiatus...damn I never knew the learning curve for this game dropped off that fast if you didn't play. I'm almost ashamed!

3/30/2010 8:04:49 AM

Anybody gotten the update yet and found out what the OMA "tweak" is? I'm bummed at the prospect of no longer being able to continuously spam n00b tubes from the top of Highrise and the corner of Rundown.

[Edited on March 30, 2010 at 8:19 AM. Reason : type ohhh]

3/30/2010 8:17:31 AM

Still nothing yet. Figured I would get in a few matches before work with double XP but guess that'll wait until tonight

3/30/2010 8:23:27 AM

I'm at the dashboard right now and can't even find it.

3/30/2010 8:23:40 AM

I will check it around lunch time...


also:

Quote :

"Call of Duty: Black Ops to launch in November The sequel to the hugely successful Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been given a suggested launch date. The rumor should not be taken literally, it is a rumor after all, however if it is legit information gamers all over the world could be in for a real treat if the latest CoD game is anything like the last. The rumors have suggested that an 'undisclosed source at Activision' has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops does exist along with new games details that have been leaked. The leaked details include info of game conflicts and battles which have actually occurred between World War 2 up to today. This means that gamers could see real world graphics included with fight scenes taking place at events that have taken place all over the world. We certainly hope that the rumors that are circulating are true and we will bring you the hard facts as we have them."

3/30/2010 8:43:41 AM

3/30/2010 9:02:33 AM

im DLing the stim. pkg right now

3/30/2010 9:11:10 AM

Gah. Where was this an hour ago? Off to work I go while this downloads.

3/30/2010 9:13:48 AM

329 mb seems small to me

after DLing, just go to Find Match and there is a "Stimulus" and a "Hardcore Stimulus" game mode at the bottom of the list

[Edited on March 30, 2010 at 9:19 AM. Reason : nn]

3/30/2010 9:15:11 AM

Quote :

"329 mb seems small to me"

I heard a couple of the maps were already on the game disc, so you're not having to completely download everything as new, just downloading some maps, and 'unlocking' others

3/30/2010 9:29:51 AM

So if there is a "Stimulus" and "Hardcore Stimulus" does that mean that it isn't mixed with the regular maps? I usually just select ground war... would I have to individually select stimulus if I wanna play those maps?

3/30/2010 9:41:29 AM

kinda sucks that you can't play the maps in a private match ... i wanted to create a match for myself to just run around and explore

also, the XBL menus in the game are buggy as hell now for me for some reason

3/30/2010 9:43:39 AM

They should mix in.

Then there should be a separate place to play just the new maps.

3/30/2010 9:44:40 AM

can't get anything to work now ... and the maps' titles are in their screenshot as mp_crash, mp_overgrown, etc

did they even test this thing?


gonna restart my xbox, maybe i have to do that in order to get an update installed for the game

[Edited on March 30, 2010 at 9:49 AM. Reason : ]

3/30/2010 9:46:31 AM

Quote :

"Xbox 360's Larry Hryb says that Microsoft engineers are "already engaged and working on the MW2 Stimulus Pack Problem." "The Stimulus Package needs a Title Update and it didn't go out properly. We're pushing it out now - it won't be long," he wrote on his Twitter feed about 7:30 a.m."

3/30/2010 9:48:23 AM

^NM that sort of answered this question

Is this available yet on the 360? I'm on the marketplace website trying to purchase but no add-ons are listed.

[Edited on March 30, 2010 at 9:53 AM. Reason : ...]

3/30/2010 9:52:19 AM

i think i found it on either Spotlight or inside xbox on dashboard

yeah, Spotlight, but it just says "Get if first on Xbox Live" and mw2 stim pkg in grey

[Edited on March 30, 2010 at 9:54 AM. Reason : ]

3/30/2010 9:53:39 AM

i'm debating whether or not to take the afternoon off and play this.

but if it's broken that sorta solves that problem.

3/30/2010 9:56:50 AM

yeah, same dude's twitter says "...working on it. no update.."

3/30/2010 9:57:31 AM

lol I was considering getting this but not if its already broken.

3/30/2010 10:02:33 AM

So... I got the Stimulus Package... I start up MW2 and it says I need to download an update... I select "Yes, update now"... and I get an error message saying I am not connected to XBL (even though I am)



If I refuse the download and I go into Multiplayer - it disconnects me from live


Also, the new maps are not available in a private/offline match

wtf





[Edited on March 30, 2010 at 10:11 AM. Reason : it keeps disconnecting me if I try anything... they couldn't of had someone test this a week ago???]

3/30/2010 10:08:51 AM

epic overpriced fail.

i'll still buy though. i'm addicted

^

Quote :

"I'll have another update in about 30-mins. Until then, you may see some weirdness if you try to d/l the map pack or update."

from majornelson's twitter

[Edited on March 30, 2010 at 10:12 AM. Reason : .]

3/30/2010 10:10:06 AM

hahaha, wtf. I was considering going back to my apartment to download and play, but not if it isn't working.

Quote :

"some tweaks to the One Man Army perk"

yeah wtf

Twista, what OMA classes do you run? I have:

ACR - Tube
Claymore - Stun
OMA
Danger Close
Ninja

and

(The last sniper rifle to unlock) - ACOG
Claymore - Stun
OMA
Stopping Power
Steady Aim

I figure if there's someone in a far away window that I can't tube then I can switch to the sniper rifle, but I guess you run cold blooded to avoid air support?

3/30/2010 10:12:57 AM

hopefully these issues will be sorted out when i'm ready to clown fools at ~6 pm

3/30/2010 10:13:22 AM

i'm kinda hoping OMA is a once-per-life deal now.

but will be interesting to see what they did.

3/30/2010 10:15:27 AM

I oughta get Twitter, if just to follow major outlets like this guy and porn stars.

3/30/2010 10:17:11 AM

yo dawg, I heard you like updating your updates, so I put an update in your update

3/30/2010 10:23:26 AM

and LOL at all my friends trying to update and getting disconnected and reconnecting

3/30/2010 10:30:29 AM

lol i just logged on to see if it would tell me to update something, and nope

so i turned it off, i gotta go to campus

3/30/2010 10:34:30 AM

majornelson:

Quote :

"If ur getting "Can't download the update" that's us putting the latest update in place. Excuse our dust, we'll be done ASAP."

3/30/2010 10:46:53 AM

^ IW has had developers posting that exact same tweet for an hour

3/30/2010 10:49:00 AM

just noticed that.

3/30/2010 10:55:45 AM