Critical CoD4 Issues Not Addressed In 1.6 Patch
Posted in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfware NewsAugust 3rd, 2008
The latest patch might have added some beautifully free maps (thanks nVidia, it’s nice to get 1% of the money I’ve given you over the years back in trade!). The new kill cam might let 360 players know what it’s like to be nothing but a helpless human grenade that only kills people by dying (though with Martyr, most of them know that already). But a number of urgent PC flaws remain unaddressed:
1. Lack of “Get out of the damn way!” button
He’s killed us all, on every Call of Duty server we’ve ever played on. You know him - he’s found the perfect spot with a half-millimeter gap to a doorway on the other side of the map. Any day now somebody’s going to come through it, and this time he won’t miss, then he’ll get a WHOLE KILL to himself and until that point he will NEVER MOVE. Especially when you and two other players are desperately trying to get indoors before a little thing called an “Airstrike” immolates the entire team.
This guy is proof that there is no such thing as latent mental powers, because if there were, his stupid immobile face would have been punched into paste by rage-fueled psychic blows by now.
2. Spawncampers on Shipment are still not teleported directly to hell
Ah, the great game of skill that is Shipment. Appear, get shot in the back, die. That might be a wonderfully bleak cinematic vignette on the futility of war, but a fun CoD4 server level it isn’t. The enemies ability to ambush you as you teleport into the theater of combat doesn’t do the game’s claims of realism any good, and the fact that some syphilitic skill-lepers camp in those angled gaps behind the spawn point adds cheap, sportsmanshipless fuel to the terrible design fire.
Luckily this is only a problem on Shipment, so it’s not like it damages a real, non-”utter dogs breakfast of a flesh-blender” map.
3. Martyrdom still a perk
In a shocking oversight which at this point can only be attributed to a psychotic blind spot afflicting the entirety of Infinity Ward, the abortion of anti-skill that is Martyrdom remains a perk. This despite the numerous suggestions I’ve sent them, including
a) Remove Martyrdom from game
b) Players who select martyrdom are sent directly to the singleplayer training mission; not allowed to rejoin multiplayer until they learn to shoot
c) Team with most Martyrs loses instantly
d) Every time you get a Martyr kill you lose XP, as it is the exact opposite of the normal “gain XP by improving skills” idea
4. Frag x 3 kill weighting
Watching the Killcam on CoD4 servers that allow it can be very educational - you can learn from your mistakes, or from the skill of the player who bested you on the field of digital combat. Which makes it all the more galling when your 15-kill streak is ended by some idiot on the other side of the map with the Frag x 3 perk, unable to see a damn thing and just flinging the things out like incredibly-less-festive confetti before somebody who actually knows how to aim a rifle puts him out of his misery.
A simple script would fix this problem - if a player gets kills after flinging out three grenades immediately on spawning, he only gets half points. If he hasn’t actually killed anyone with his gun he gets no points, and a small insulting message pops up on the screen. Or if Activision doesn’t want to insult him directly, I’ll be happy to do it for them: “You are a cheap scumbag who fails even at pretending to succeed in a game.”
Tags: COD4 Issues, COD4 Martyrdom, COD4 patch 1.6, COD4 Servers
August 3rd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I think, overall, the 1.6 patch did improve the game though. No games are perfect at the start!
August 3rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
cry more
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:01 pm
rah rah rah rah rah
A little too much sand in the clam?
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
but i love the frag x3! its too funny just throwing grenades at random places and getting a kill within the first few seconds of the game. haha
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
spray and pray with light machine gun + x3 frag + martyrdom = god mode
muaaahahahaahhaaaaaaaa…
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Try moving away from the bomb to avoid getting killed by marytr
lol
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
i forgot + juggernaut
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
WHAT ARE FRIGGEN CRY BABY
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Hell I’m gonna be loved I’ve got a constant ability to pull of 100-15-25 scores and i use martyrdom all the time. I got all the skill i need but i enjoy the fact i drop a bomb behind me when i die
i need to burn in hell i know but f**k is it fun 
Listen to some words off advice instead off moaning watch where you are running when you down someone make sure you know where you are and don’t auto think ey ill just run past this dude take your time and I’m less likely to get that sneaky bastard off a kill 
And as mentioned above i die very little so i add very little to the problem with martyrdom but I’ve killed over 150,000 people played for 15 days 23hrs 35 Min’s and died 50,000 times imo that’s some going 
Martyrdom4life tbh 
August 4th, 2008 at 12:03 am
ninjagoat: emoticons are not puntuation.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:42 am
This was probably one of the most stupid things I have ever read in a long time. I came onto this website expecting to see issues with aim bots and things of that nature, but you’re complaining about Frag x3 & Martyrdom? While I will agree with you that it is an annoyance that people use tactics/perks such as Frag x3 & Martyrdom, they tend to be the ones who you kill 10-15 times during a match. Do us all a favor though… stop the complaining and don’t play the game if you don’t like the features that are present such as Frag x3 & Martyrdom.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:03 am
bah dont listen to these assholes, u make a good point, although we all know this
August 4th, 2008 at 1:09 am
What I think many of you may be missing is that this article should only be read by those possessing a sense of humor.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:32 am
@Sandy
I have a great sense of humor. The article wasn’t funny - it’s just a guy crying about getting killed in CoD4.
If I wanted to hear that, I’d just play the game.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Yeah…you don’t have a sense of humor. I thought the article was pretty insightful.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Not to mention the FACT that many many people still cannot create ClANTAG’s for some ridiculous reason. No matter what we put in it says, “cannot create clan tag due to prohibited text”
I have been posting on the COD4 forums now since the game came out under bugs, and NOTHING has been done, not even an expliantion as to why.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
lol little dirt in your skirt there buddy
August 4th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Love the new ideas but hell if a game was perfect or as well balanced as halo3 (many will argue) anyone can agree it was hell more balanced than halo2, it would no fair for the little guy with no skill what so ever especially with the way COD4 set up its multiplayer as “play to unlock” not “play to rank” (even COD4 ranks are just unlockables) besides ITS NOT THEIR FAULT YOU FALL TO CHEAP TACTICS but there is nothing wrong with saying CUT OUT THAT CRAP YOU HALF WIT!