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    cod4 and statpadding

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by kraz30g, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. kraz30g

    kraz30g Notebook Deity

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    in terms of cod4, ranking up is just a joke now. there is a new way of stat padding to get about 200 kills a round with over 1,000 points and have a 1.5 ratio kill count ;\ i went to my friends today after he bought the game for the pc yesterday, and he's level 48... uhm, yeah... he been statpadding, and i won't say exactly what he's doin but im sure u get the idea :x

    we need to END the ranking and just play the game ;p
     
  2. Thaed

    Thaed Notebook Geek

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    Aren't the ranks just there to show off with (sure you get abilities, but aren't they balanced?)? If it doesn't affect yo too much you can just ignore it ;) Unless they;re disrupting your games.

    Oh well, I play TF2, nothing there to beat except your own records.
     
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Gotta love TF2.
     
  4. darkcond0

    darkcond0 Notebook Evangelist

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    You unlock weapons with ranks too
     
  5. kraz30g

    kraz30g Notebook Deity

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    once you start getting up there level 45-50-50, u will get noticable perks/weapons that will give u an advantage over many other players (i.e. teleportation) -- if u statpad to 55 and just suck at fps, then well, u will suck no matter what, but there IS a definite advantage ive noticed as i got my lvl 55... i first had the opinion that they should up the ranks so theres more incentive to play,, but with all the stat padding i dont even want there to be levels nemore, just an even balanced game of who has more "skill" than the others. i'd be perfectly happy if they just gave everyone lvl 55 so that it would level the playing fields for everyone, oh well...

    and yes, i think i may move back to TF2 :x at least its fun w/o all the annoyances ;p

    im gradually starting to play less team deathmatch and more of other modes such as search and destroy (SO much more tactics involved for u only get one respawn per round) and also sabotage because everypone is working more in a team... another thing that i found fun is going into 16 player matches because 8vs8 is a lot more strategic and fun (depending on how mature your teammates are) than just running around 16vs16 which i find a bit overwhelmining at times.

    i just wish that they could somehow stop the madness of pushing ur stats in a cheap way
     
  6. Nunka

    Nunka Notebook Consultant

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    Weapons that really aren't better than all the others...
     
  7. darkcond0

    darkcond0 Notebook Evangelist

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    If there was a weapon I really loved and did well with that i had to unlock, I'd go and unlock it asap. Maybe I can't use other weapons well. That makes it sound like ranks affect players, doesn't it?

    Don't forget about claymores :)
     
  8. kraz30g

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    it sure does ;p