Modern Warfare 2 Patched, All Is Better Now

[Greg Tito]

Modern Warfare 2 Patched, All Is Better Now

A patch for Modern Warfare 2 went live this morning for Xbox Live users, with other platforms to follow, to fix many bugs including the Akimbo bug, infinite ammo, and "public" private match issues.

Robert Bowling, Director of Communications and Community Manager for Infinity Ward, announced via Playstation 3 patch [http://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/statuses/6946843294] was released last week and a PC patch on the way.

The full text of the Tweet from Bowling, aka Fourzerotwo: "Alright, just got word the MW2 Xbox 360 patch should start going live at 2 AM. You can now remove my face from your dartboards... for now."

There is also an update on the Infinity Ward forums from Bowling which states what the patch was meant to fix across all the platforms: "Includes: 1887s Balanced. Public "private" Match fix. Infinite Ammo fix. Prestige Hack on PS3 fix. Texture Hack on PC fix (eliminates any edits to IWD files also)."

Can anyone report whether the patch went live for them? Were the bugs squashed like a civilian in a Russian airport? Sorry...

Source: Joystiq [http://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/statuses/6946843294]

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[grimsprice]

EDIT: Kitteh.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

I'm interested in how precisely the 1887s have been balanced, those things drive me up the wall... as did public private matches on Rust... brrr...

 

[Cherry Cola]

Maybe now the hate for the unbalanced multiplayer for MW2 will go unjustified.

Or will people find other things to complain about?

Of course they will

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Did they fix Soap's hair?

Other than that, Hooray!

 

[Amnestic]

Includes: 1887s Balanced.

Can someone tell me it means by this?? Balanced as in no more akimbos or what???

The overpowering factor of 1887 Akimbos (as I was told by my brother) is that their accuracy factor rolled over, so instead of being super inaccurate at longer range they became super accurate.

At least, that's how I heard it. Fixing that means that they'll still be akimbo-able, but they'll no longer be nearly as effective at long range like they used to be.

Frankly I don't care either way, I'll stick to my Spaz 12. There's something so satisfying about a pump-action shotgun. Like bolt-action rifles.

Did it fix the javlin glitch? Or am i like a million years late on that news.

Fixed a while ago.

 

[Armored Prayer]

I don't know about anyone else, but 1887s are still cheap as hell in the matches I've been playing. I was kind of hoping they at least take out dual 1887s and just have one.

Also, you can still move super fast with the lightweight/marathon/commando combo while holding a care package marker. (not sure if thats an exploit)

 

[Ghonzor]

Javelin glitch was fixed awhile ago.

Am I the only one that never really saw a problem with the akimbo 1887's?
Seriously, they were unlocked so late (Level 63) because they were powerful.
You get to use what you earn.

 

[Asehujiko]

"Includes: 1887s Balanced. Public "private" Match fix. Infinite Ammo fix. Prestige Hack on PS3 fix. Texture Hack on PC fix (eliminates any edits to IWD files also)."

False
False
No idea, not my platform
No idea, not my platform
False

Yes it patched to version 174, which is cracked already so pirates can go laugh at people who bought it again.

 

[Cookiegerard]

what about the Free for All in Ground War?

 

[Distorted Stu]

Thank fuck for that. Im glad MW2 listens to its community.

 

[MorsePacific]

I never had any of those problems, but bravo anyway!

 

[Woodsey]

If this multiplayer is supposed to be so amazing (same as with the last), how come all I ever hear about either of them is the ridiculous amount of glitches?

I mean, yeah you'll get them in any game, but it just seems like a constant stream of them.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Did they fix Soap's hair?

Yes. He now has a giant pink afro.

 

[El Poncho]

I had a glitch yesterday that said I was in team death match but it was domination, soo when it hit 200, it just kept going, and going. It was fun though Someone ruined it with a nuke.

 

[Armored Prayer]

Have they fixed the sprint boost from the Care Package grenade exploit ?

Nope. I'm watching my brother doing it now.

 

[Atvomat_Nikonov]

Includes: 1887s Balanced.

Can someone tell me it means by this?? Balanced as in no more akimbos or what???

When used with akimbo, the range is lowered. I'm not sure how much the range has been lowered, but I'm assuming it's reasonably balanced.

And as for everything else being fixed, I haven't really played too much today so I haven't noticed if any of them have been properly 'squashed like a russian civvie'. Knowing iW however, a worse bug will probably pop up shortly.