# Modern Warfare 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 31, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835 "2009-10-31T12:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/242 "2010-01-14T01:58:05Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Melee requires no ammo, and if you assign it to an easy enough key (mine: mousewheel down) you can use it much more effectively. …and wasted no ammo. There is a title for running out of ammo on both you primary and secondary weapons and then getting a knife kill… That reminds me, I wish I knew what everything that popped up on screen was doing for me…I had one thing that mentioned that I had killed 3 different players with 3 different weapons in one life, but I don’t think that gave me a title or XP, I wish I knew. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/243 "2010-01-14T02:17:09Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > I hate the big maps like Estate or Derail. These were clearly designed for 20+ players. When there are only 5 people connected in FFA you have to run around like a fool until you find another guy to kill. > > Wasteland is big too, but somehow all the action takes place at the tunnels. Also the mounted miniguns are useless in FFA. When using one you are simply asking to be knifed at the back. I like those big maps, but lately I’ve been sucking on Estate. I can’t seem to find my sight-lines for sniping and I used to love sniping there. Just lost my mojo for a while. I blame my extensive and recent use of the MP5K. Took me forever to get all 40 of my FMJ kills on that dang thing. Tons of kills, but penetration is hard. (heh.) I don’t know why anyone goes into the tunnels in Wasteland. It’s just a killzone. I either snipe or sneak around killing snipers with a silenced SMG. Then I put a turret in front of one of the tunnel entrances. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/244 "2010-01-14T02:20:18Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > There is a title for running out of ammo on both you primary and secondary weapons and then getting a knife kill… Actually, I got that one while I was just out of ammo on my main weapon, I think. Perhaps I had an empty launcher, but I remember that I was trying to get it, and I don’t think I’d emptied my secondary. Try it and see. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/245 "2010-01-14T02:27:48Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > There is a title for running out of ammo on both you primary and secondary weapons and then getting a knife kill… > > That reminds me, I wish I knew what everything that popped up on screen was doing for me…I had one thing that mentioned that I had killed 3 different players with 3 different weapons in one life, but I don’t think that gave me a title or XP, I wish I knew. That reminds me. I got one that said I’d killed the same person five times. It was called ‘rivalry’ I’m fairly sure I got xp for it. And I’d be surprised if the one you mentioned didn’t give you XP. Score and XP are different. If you don’t gain XP for anything other than killing then your XP and score will be the same. But more often than not your XP is higher than your score because your score only accounts for frags (do people still say ‘frags’?) And finally, If I get the chance, I might try the running out of ammo thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/246 "2010-01-14T02:29:26Z")
> [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](#): > > I don’t know why anyone goes into the tunnels in Wasteland. It’s just a killzone. I either snipe or sneak around killing snipers with a silenced SMG. Then I put a turret in front of one of the tunnel entrances. 😃 The tunnels are an excellent place to get knife kills. (So people go in there in the hope of killing the other people that go in there) It’s swings and roundabouts. ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/247 "2010-01-14T07:41:27Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > The tunnels are an excellent place to get knife kills. (So people go in there in the hope of killing the other people that go in there) It’s swings and roundabouts. Lob a smoke grenade in, wait a moment, then go ninja. The tunnels are also fun if you are a sniper, you lie on the edge of the trench on the outside of the bunker looking in. You can snipe through the bunker over the top of the dividing board and hit people as they head towards you. I finally got the care package kill achievements: kill an opponent by dropping a crate on them, and the prestige one: get the last kill by dropping a crate on them. The best part, it was my little sister who got squished. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/248 "2010-01-15T02:32:35Z")
One man army + m203 + explosive’s stopping power = so broken I can’t believe this is the same company that made CoD4. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/249 "2010-01-15T02:43:11Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > One man army + m203 + explosive’s stopping power = so broken I can’t believe this is the same company that made CoD4. I don’t get it. Why is it broken? I’ve never really used OMA, but that’s cause I thought it was no good. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/250 "2010-01-15T02:49:24Z")
Infinite increased damage and radius grenades, until you reach the helicopter which is also damage-and-radius boosted for some insane reason and get to just pound on a spawn. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/251 "2010-01-15T03:16:57Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > One man army + m203 + explosive’s stopping power = so broken I can’t believe this is the same company that made CoD4. So, OMA, the grenade attachment, and Danger Close? I kinda want to try it now. > [@Palooka](#): > > Infinite increased damage and radius grenades, until you reach the helicopter which is also damage-and-radius boosted for some insane reason and get to just pound on a spawn. Well, it sounds like a glitch. I can’t imagine it’ll be there long if people start using it. Say, does anyone know how to get on that third floor on Highrise? I can’t get it. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/252 "2010-01-15T04:37:05Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > One man army + m203 + explosive’s stopping power = so broken I can’t believe this is the same company that made CoD4. They gave you the same game as Call of Duty 4, with none of the improvements of 5. It’s a massive copy-and-paste job and they seem to have learned nothing in the interim. It’s still fun to play, but I don’t have to play it like I had to play Halo. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/253 "2010-01-15T14:08:48Z")
> [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](#): > > Say, does anyone know how to get on that third floor on Highrise? I can’t get it. :dubious: [This video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq87377usKY) on YouTube shows all of the harder to reach places on that map. Interesting, I didn’t know about the roof. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/254 "2010-01-15T14:37:34Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > [This video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq87377usKY) on YouTube shows all of the harder to reach places on that map. Interesting, I didn’t know about the roof. Counter-sniping makes that spot on the roof a liability. I’ve seen it done once and that was it. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/255 "2010-01-19T20:40:26Z")
Today I witnessed the lamest thing ever. There were two guys from the same clan. The first had 25 kills and 0 deaths while the other had 0 kills and 25 deaths. He was obviously letting the other guy to kill him. What the heck? Getting more HP faster? ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/256 "2010-01-19T21:12:27Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > Today I witnessed the lamest thing ever. There were two guys from the same clan. The first had 25 kills and 0 deaths while the other had 0 kills and 25 deaths. He was obviously letting the other guy to kill him. > > What the heck? Getting more HP faster? Did the game end with a nuke? Sometimes players will do this in matches if they know a player on the other team. One player will have tactical insertions and the other player will just keep killing them until they get a nuke. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/257 "2010-01-19T21:36:07Z")
It was FFA, not Team Deathmatch ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/258 "2010-01-19T23:28:32Z")
Yeah, that’s where it’s most common. The players can be in party chat and collaborate. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/259 "2010-01-20T00:37:15Z")
I’ve seen it in both a lot of times. Very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/260 "2010-01-20T02:08:49Z")
Lol at not even having a votekick function. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835/261 "2010-01-20T04:55:01Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Lol at not even having a votekick function. Never seen it in Team Deathmatch, Domination, or any other playlists. That particular plague is only in that playlist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-warfare-2/515835.md?page=14)