IGN ruining the multiplayer experience.

[Steppin Razor]

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Actually, you can take down an AC-130 in 1 life without picking up any ammo if you use the Stinger. After you fire the first missile off, keep aiming at it and as soon as it reloads and beeps to tell you that it's locked on, fire the second missile. It'll hit it before it can launch flares again.

On topic: Any popular game that contains any form of competitive aspect to it will invariably get a number of guides written up by players of it, so it's not as if IGN has ruined anything with this. If anything, they've removed the trial and error that takes place for people to learn the game, so all they've really done is advance the game to stage 2, which involves people coming up with ways to counter the popular tactics.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

I think that if the game is balanced well, then good players should be able to adapt to those who just use strategies from the internet, and even take advantage in some cases.

For example, I've taken to using Flak jacket a lot, because the RC-XD kills me a lot, and I dislike how arbitrary it is. It certainly kills me more than any other killstreak. It's avoidable(just hide whenever they get one), but doing so slows you down. Flak jacket stops them killing me, so saves me a death, and makes it more likely I'll get a decent killstreak by killing them while they're spamming their silly little cars.

They don't kill me all that much, but the noise...

I wish they'd remove them, just so I don't have to hear it constantly.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

RC-XD INBOUND!
RC-XD INBOUND!
RC-XD INBOUND!
RC-XD INBOUND!
RC-XD INBOUND!
RC-XD INBOUND!
RC-XD INBOUND!
FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Ugh. They drive me fuckin nuts... I hate them so much, such a stupid, stupid idea.

 

[BRMXJzjsoawk321]

I was looking at their "strategy guide" for Left 4 Dead one lonely day on Youtube.

Never watched another video of theirs again because they obviously had NOOOOO idea what they were talking about.

 

[Yagharek]

I think that if the game is balanced well, then good players should be able to adapt to those who just use strategies from the internet, and even take advantage in some cases.

For example, I've taken to using Flak jacket a lot, because the RC-XD kills me a lot, and I dislike how arbitrary it is. It certainly kills me more than any other killstreak. It's avoidable(just hide whenever they get one), but doing so slows you down. Flak jacket stops them killing me, so saves me a death, and makes it more likely I'll get a decent killstreak by killing them while they're spamming their silly little cars.

They don't kill me all that much, but the noise...

I wish they'd remove them, just so I don't have to hear it constantly.

Yeah, but they've not removed all the 12 year olds yet, so the chances of them removing the car on those grounds are slim.

Though I play with low volume anyway, or often listen to music instead of having sound. Footsteps are so quiet atm that there's no advantage to listening, and I don't have a good headset anyhow.

 

[Motiv_]

I was looking at their "strategy guide" for Left 4 Dead one lonely day on Youtube.

Never watched another video of theirs again because they obviously had NOOOOO idea what they were talking about.

You think that was bad, check out G4's "Pro Tips" montage.

Hit X to reload, then switch to your pistol. Fire off a few shots or melee a few times, and before you know it your main gun will be fully loaded.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZAh4-WQD8s&feature=channel[/youtube]

 

[EinTheCorgi]

I go spy plain.care package and attack helicopter because i like the feeling of it but on all the black ops maps its a pain to shoot down the air support because all the maps have so much crap in your way. All the trees on jungle of the buildings on cracked or the thing flys behind the clouds and i cant find it...unless i want to take 5 min aiming my strella into the air waiting to hear the ridiculously quiet beeping sounds.

 

[teqrevisited]

If you play to a guide you wont necessarily learn anything. You'll progress more by countering those strategies, guaging how much force to use, when to hold back and when it's best to leave well alone.

 

[mr_rubino]

The adaptable players will soon outwit all the guide-reading spammerscrubturtlerwhateveryoucallems and cause them to leave in disgust. Then someone will have to make a new guide. And the cycle will forever repeat. And the adapters will need to adapt. Next thing you know, multiplayer is confined to the quick-witted and smart and all the hyper-caffeinated 12-year-olds are shot on-sight when they make a crack about... anything. Muahaha!