Thread: COD Thoughts

Okay, I've been playing for a few days now.

I still prefer TF2, but COD4 has really grown on me.

The two single big gripes I have are the helicopter and air strikes.

Those have to be the single most unbalanced, poorly concieved things I've ever seen in a multiplayer game.

Personally, I think they are something that should be earned as a team, rather than an individual achievement. Or limit it to once every so often - do you really think that they're going to be able to scramble airstrikes one right after the other? Or that they'll perform an airstrike while there's a friendly helicopter overhead?

Oherwise, I really enjoy the game - the challenges and unlocks - it's a blast. And most of the TTP guys are a blast.

Just get rid of the airstrikes, or re-work them so that there's not 25 airstrikes in a row, while being pinned down by an enemy helicopter. That sucks the fun right out of the game.

i wish it took more than 7 kills for a helicopter. all you really have to do is get 5 kills and you get both airstrike and heli. if you think about it, just put the airstrike in the right place, you usually get more than 2 kills with that, then you unleash the heli. it seems the creators didnt think about this...atleast they limit one per team at one time or this game would be ruined. i still love cod4 though.

Shit, i got 5 kills... put up a UAV, then i got 6 kills... busted out the airstrike, then of course got 7 kils with that and then got the heli... then i dished out the pain and went on a 16-18 kill streak. Get pwned by my greatness.

Originally Posted by BigH?b

Shit, i got 5 kills... put up a UAV, then i got 6 kills... busted out the airstrike, then of course got 7 kils with that and then got the heli... then i dished out the pain and went on a 16-18 kill streak. Get pwned by my greatness.

from what i see, that is a pretty common scenario hub. i did it a couple times today. really, all you gotta get is 5 kills and bam, you got the 10 kill streak on your screen 30 seconds later.

I guess maybe that's what my point is - is that they are too easy to get.

Maybe, instead of them being cumulative kills, they need to be more like steps - UAV at 3 kills, then the airstrike at 10 kills, and the Helo at 20 kills or something like that.

You're right, as long as you keep an eye on the minimap, you can see the airstrikes coming and take cover accordingly.

However - having them come in one after another after another while helicopters are in there, etc - it sucks.

If they were more difficult to get - or as I stated above, make them a team achievement (but I guess then you'd have to have the whole commander / squad thing like in BF2 for that to be effective), then I could be more appreciative of them.

people are greedy, they don't want to use any of thier shots on the heli.

Me personnaly, I find one of the most satisfying things in cod4 is taking that thing out, I make a point of instantly switching to my Demo class, sprinting through gunfire just to take it down, and then yell, HELI DOWN!

I dunno, i jsut find it fun

If i don't have my trusty rocket I just loose one clip into it.

Originally Posted by Checkmate

people are greedy, they don't want to use any of thier shots on the heli.

Me personnaly, I find one of the most satisfying things in cod4 is taking that thing out, I make a point of instantly switching to my Demo class, sprinting through gunfire just to take it down, and then yell, HELI DOWN!

I dunno, i jsut find it fun

If i don't have my trusty rocket I just loose one clip into it.

Tru dat....I think if even half the team would just stop, find a safe place, and load a clip into the chopper, the heli would go down near instantly, not even counting rockets. People just assume that others dont care, and don't want to waste their ammo/time.

Originally Posted by Bulletshell

I always unload into the heli. Than usually being i am for the most part the only one taking notice of it the copter just trains on me and bam my location is found out and i lay a bleeding dead corpse lol....

Exactly - I always end up doing what I can to get the helicopter out of my airspace. Most of the time, either I'm the only one doing it - or EVERYONE on my team is doing it and one person from the other teams comes through and knifes everyone in the nads, gets a huge kill streak with thier knife, and does it all over again.

You'd think they'd put a time period between air strikes and helicopters for refueling purposes, or to set down and repair or something. I know I can unload at least one or two entire magazines into a helicopter, watching nearly every shot hit and spark off of it, and have it still turn around, fart it's unholy stream of gas on me, and I'll end up retching on the ground in fatal agony.

I finally got my first airstrike in the other day - perfect set up - UAV, I saw where the enemy was, I laid down an airstrike on the most populated segment of enemy territory ..

and got one stinking kill.

Yay me.