Call of Duty 4: Top 5 Multiplayer Annoyances

Ok, so everyone knows that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is an awesome game. It continues to sell at a breakneck pace and has established one of the largest online communities since its release in November of 2007. Now that everyone has been playing online hardcore players can agree on one thing, some things in multiplayer can really piss you off.

Console Me won't even go into the inevitable encounters with online idiots that you are guaranteed to come across. Those would be the racists and the little kids whose voices haven't cracked and spend most of the match squealing like spanked pigs.

This list is about in-game multiplayer annoyances and the people that use them to maximize the frustration factor for everyone else.

[c-redz]

ok you just posted 30 things that are bad 4 this game and now this... i mean come on... too many simular posts are going on here!!!!

[Nevers]

The only valid point I think he makes is the spawning under fire (usually heli or strike); but, otherwise, he's just whining about not being very good. Some perks are annoying ... but they wouldn't be called "perks" if they didn't accomplish giving someone an advantage.

[dachiefsman]

are you serious......

[MisfitSmurf]

they forgot about camping thats what really drove me away from the game before camping became a fad i had a 2.45 kdr now i have a 1.85 :/ if only people could stop being wimps

[okcomputer]

Campers really aren't a problem on most maps. the majority of them are designed to have more than one entrance to every area, so camping is a lot more difficult in cod4 than a lot of other fps. Just find them and kill them.. thats what radar and the killcam are for.

[MisfitSmurf]

not every place has 2 entrances and kill cam and radar doesn't help too much if the person is sitting on a staircase with juggernaut or radar jammer a light machine gun of silenced gun, also kill cam doesn't always work they tend to move slightly around in the same area so if you run back into the spot and lets say look you look left to get them they some times switch to right. :/

[Cryos]

you know what I hear?
Whaa whaa whaa

[BeaArthur]

MisfitSmurf...if you know where they are you should be able to kill them. And if they are moving around that isn't really camping. Or you could just stop running back to the same area and getting shot; that's probably why he is sitting there because he knows you'll come walking in and it will be an easy kill.

[DG]

Most of these problems are avoided in Hard Core Modes.

[bozobucketeer]

Absolutely, everytime I read these lists my answer to almost all the complaints is play hardcore mode.

[HelloBabe69]

they forgot about team killers

[thisguywithhair]

Heck yeah! Nothing is worse than when at the very beggining of a Search and Destroy some idiot decides to launch an RPG at ground killing everyone on his OWN team.

[ScentlessApprentice7]

I personally haven't entered Prestige mode yet because I have become very accustomed to my beloved M16A4 and G36C along with my red chamoflauge patterns for each weapon and my Dead Silence and Sonic Boom perks. I don't feel like having to play with all the bare-bones weapons and benefits all over again.

The only benefit of Prestige Mode is that you get that little medal next to your name Big F'n deal. Who the hell would want to give up everything just for that. It's like wiping you're A** before taking a dump, it just don't make sense!!!

Edit: Oh Yes! those damn campers! I swear I want to choke the people who love to just lay in a freaking corner and take cheap shots. I mostly get first place in free-for-alls anyway, but that still makes me mad.

[gameraxis]

i totally agree with you, I myself e-mailed IW cleverly suggesting there should be a reason to enter prestige mode, a reward of some sort that doesn't need to out weigh all the perks and finished guns, but rationalizes why "i" should do it. a one of a kind uniform (wife beater and the digital pants) would do it for me lol. Maybe even allowing you to have all of the attachments on one of ur guns or something like that.

I'm very surprised that they made the online game ingenuously with REASON to play (i.e. level up system with new GAMEPLAY advancements [perk,guns]) and they didn't incorporate something with prestige mode knowing thats the type of thing u need to interest a gamer. we'll see if enough people say something a change will come, lets all bombard them with emails lol

[RecSpec]

Just hope that your decision to not go Prestige doesn't come back to haunt you later through DLC.

[Jon Cage]

a challenge. It's a challenge to play against people with superior weapons than you. The way I did prestige is that I would try to get 150 kills with each weapon to get the bonus points. This made me very proficient in killing with all the weapons. Now that I'm a gold cross I know what weapons work best for me and what maps to use them. Everybody has a different playing style or preference. I did what was fun for me. The best benefit is that when players in a room complain that you are a p90, ak-47, whatever whore then starting a new prestige and still owning them with the noob weapons.

[rawg]

It is all about the challenge. Anyway, I don't think IW needs to change Prestige at all, since there are plenty of people who opt in now as it is and plenty of others who don't.

[Nevers]

like a skin... (Jk Thompson pleaz) Something that doesn't effect gameplay but is cool. I prestiged and proly will only do it one more time just cuz I want a better looking insignia. It is very challenging but not too challenging. I just want all my treasures back.

... I do wonder if eventually they'll give all you crazy prestiging nuttos more levels. The gold cross looks badass but it seems like they had gold crosses (not many but some) w/in 2days of the fall release. Those people are too good and I hate you all except when you're on my side ;P

[Fruit Loops]

i just hate the camping. well for the ppl who dont use snipers.
its just so noobish.

[znu]

truely agree
the article syas that the guy hates snipers ( as he said scopes)

wtf r u suppose to do!
are u gonna run up with a snipe to a guy with a P90, no ur gunna find ur "sniper" camping spot and snipee.

I went prestiege, hated it. Worst mistake of my life, it has absolutly no purpose!!!!

as for the martydom, is completly fair. If the developer put it into the game, then u use it. period. It's there, and it's fair. Ppl who complain about it just suck! They run into random nades. it's their stupid fault.

The list sucked, It sounds like it is written by a noob

[Winters89]

Does the Stopping power perk balance out the juggernaut perk?

[MattFoley]

It does for me.

[thisguywithhair]

It does. It is as if the two players aren't even using their respective perks.

[Booyah]

Yep.

[DarKnight1]

I cant stand the guys (and gals) who use juggernaut and the other one like it (cant think of the name which is odd since i cant stand it either). I dont mind if they are like just starting the game but when a prestige person uses it its basicly telling me that they have no skill so they need that extra health to give them the chance to do a 180 on me and some how get me when i know i was wasting away at them from behind (I only use UAV jammer from perk2). I dont mind the random gernades cus i like to do it too, its like playing the lotto sometimes it works some times it doesnt (used on the boat playing s&d and killed half the team with in 10s of the start of the match). So #1 is the only one i fully agree on fulltime the rest mostly during the game but afterwards i forget about it.

[ScentlessApprentice7]

When I used Juggarnaut for a short while I would receive maybe about an extra bullet or two of damage before I would die. When I used Juggarnaut I never had the opportunity to turn around and waste an enemy because It would take an extra bullet to kill me compared to my health when I didn't have Juggarnaut, it never really made a difference to me.

I can fire off a pistol like a sub-machine gun so I usually always get an extra kill with Last Stand.

[DarKnight1]

Im just saying nothing else really bothers me except for jugernaut and stopping power, i dont even mind campers just dont like jugernaut.

[Science_NERD]

face it this game is full of noobs, campers, cheaters, hackers, suckers, winners, and losers, racists, immature prepubescent boys. Everyone has used every single perk and gotten kills using those perks. so stop whining like little gilrs. Thats what you get for letting little teenagers play a mature game. IF anything needs to be fixed, it needs to be regultion in gaming in general. You have a mature game, let mature (not justt legal age) gamers play it. The little teenageers should be studying for their exams or popping their zits, or talking about the time they got a boner in class, not playing adult games. There is nothing more annoying than hearing a 10 year old boy with a girl voice swear and curse. All games should be made available only through download, which would require a credit card and registration verification. I yearn for the day mature games will only be available to the responsible adult, so teenies go play super mario.

[RecSpec]

What you said could be used to describe every online game out there.

[thisguywithhair]

You sound you are angry at people for everything that is wrong about this game. Let me guess, you got pwned for than a few dozen times in a single match. You do sound like someone with just a little bit of a chip on their shoulder.

[znu]

if u play with only adults 2 things will happen

they will still be immiture
even worse, you'll hardly get into games because most people have to work

i a teen (14) i play cod4, i don't find anything in the game cheap, cept camping with sub machine guns

u sound immiture in ur rant no offence and i never say anything offencive online, that's s just a stereotype

look, he's a teen, he probably swears, is racist, stupid, immiture and he's a noob. That's not true, atleat not for all teens.

[RecSpec]

I don't really care about the people not going prestige, I have everything I need to win at level 4.

[znu]

spoken like a true pro

[GrammarPolice]

My kill to death ratio is like .8 or something abysmal like that. I just enjoy playing the game. I'm not an FPS guy, more of a Madden guy. But COD4 is FUN. Even if there's some asshat camper picking me off, if I can get that loser jackass just once, it makes my round. I can be like 1 and 22 in a round, but if that one was the jerkoff, in my mind, that was success. I don't need some impressive ratio to feel fulfilled. I have gotten my money's worth and then some with this game, and have fun each time I play; just try to learn something each time and improve my skills just a little bit. Just enjoy it for what it is!

[znu]

u sir are a true gamer, one in a few

u don't care about anything except to have fun in ur games,

bubbles for u

[Jon Cage]

people should play the games how they want to have fun. Everybody is different so they play different. However this includes the team killers and idiots. I don't like them, but I don't get into heated debates about how much they suck/are losers. At the most I just have to put up with them for one game and then they are gone or I am. They usually leave when their actions don't have the desired effect on me. Such as getting me upset. It's their own personality defects that make them the way they are. Why should that bother me?

[bigman7387]

If you go 1 and 22 you're not allowed on my team.

[Sir Ken Kutaragi 4]

...From a Halo 3 Lover i bet!!!

[SuFFerINSilenc3]

UhHuH

[tony]

with last stand and snipers too.

[getrdone]

They forgot the last stand perk. You kill a guy and then one of your teammates steels your kill. That is what pisses me off the most. I do all the work and then get the shaft. with 2 or 1 points.

[The_Firestarter]

I hate when that happens, too.

[thisguywithhair]

Especially in Search and Destroy. I snipe a guy, get a limb shot, and then just as I am about to go in for the kill someone else takes a shot and i only 25 points.

[tony]

free for all.

[MattFoley]

I get killed by campers all the time but sometimes I camp. I always had the opinion that holding down a certain strategic area was a good idea and part of being successful in a military based game. Also if a camper kills you you have the advantage of knowing were he is and were his shooting lanes are. You can either try and kill him or warn your team and force him out of hiding.

[znu]

exactly, in some game modes like domination, u have to camp, to protect ur base

usually B since thats the one that is hardest to get and keep.I don't really camp it cause i get too bored. I make sure it's safe by running through it and then go on to get the opponents base.

One thing i hate is when noobs, in a headquaters match, hide on the opposite side of the map and make no attempt to do anything in that game cept get free exp if ur team wins or losses.

[BeaArthur]

If you are sitting in a random stairwell in team deatmatch you are a pathetic loser but if you are playing domination or head quarters that is just the way the game is played.

[bigman7387]

Or Search and Destroy

[Nevers]

I usually try and hold down a perimeter of certain "hot" areas and people might consider that camping... but I think it's actually called tactics in warfare. By perimeter I mean about 1/4 block'ish. All's fair anyway, right? I don't think it's cheap to camp though. I hate to die; but it was my own fault I didn't take the corner carefully. And you can always "cook" a true "camper"... or use your flash or stun and raid the area he's proly hidin' in.

[Asurastrike]

I've been level 55 since November 19th. Prestige mode just seems like a waste.

[thisguywithhair]

It is annoying. You give up everything and get nothing back. I have done it twice now and the only pleasure I get from it is seeing myself lvl up 4 times in a single match.

[Booyah]

Loll... believe me, it's a challenge to keep my 2.4 kdr in my 6th prestige but it's funny

[cokzilla23]

my pet peeve about this game is when im stuck on a sorry ass team and the opposing team is loaded with high ranked players. i consider myself to be a pretty good player, i usually always finish in the top 3 after each match. i mostly play headquarters and i dont mind dying in order to capture the headquarters, but when i feel like its just me against the other team it gets annoying. i wish the balancing of teams would be better.

[Jon Cage]

If you are going against a party of 6 players you are going to be on the sucky team. I usually roll with 3 or more top players. It's just because I like knowing that I have someone watching my back. And it's better because we have communication. Something that noobs know almost nothing about. Noobs think the mic is there for them to complain every time they get killed. My friends list is full so I always have at least a few people to play with. If you don't have this option there is always merc deathmatch or free for all.

[DARK WITNESS]

lol,

true, the flip side of that is;

You join a team thats loosing by more then half the number of points. All the other team are high ranking and with only 3 or 4 min to go before it times out you wipe the floor with the team, pull it back on points and win.

then back in lobby, you sit and listen to the other team trying to figure out how they lost. funny as hell lol.

lobby ends and you get 3 or 4 friend requests lol.

[IzKyD1331]

the perks i hate the most in the game are:
Martyrdom (noobiest thing in the entire game)
Juggernaut (you bastards are the reason it takes 2 shots to snipe someone)
Grenade Launcher (seriously, people use the grenade launcher as their main weapon)
3 Frag Grenades (i hate when people throw 3 grenades in a row and then it starts raining grenades)

[Sven Benoit]

halo 3 is better....takes more skill

[socsca]

Get out, I said get out!

[Lygre]

The most annoying thing for me in COD4 is when people teamkill while playing Hardcore Search & Destroy. Not even half a second after everyone spawns some guy fires a rocket launcher into the group and kills like three guys.

That is sooo annoying and really stupid. There are always some guys out there who has to ruin it for everbody else.

It's annoying when people swear or are being racist or whatever, but u can just bring up the scoreboard and press A. Voilà....le mute.

[Close_Second]

...Martyrdom and sniping are my two pet peeves.

To use martydom you should have to hit a random button combination that appears on the screen (e.g. Square, Square, Triangle) in order to drop the granade. That is if you were not taken out by a head shot or something. Just having the granade drop by default takes all the skill out of the game. How many times have you managed to sneak up on a player, knife him and then can't retreat fast enough to avoid a martydom blast.

Sniping. Its just too easy in COD4. Its basically a line of sight from across the other side of the map. You don't have to worry about gravity or wind or really long distances (i.e. COD4 maps are just too small to support sniping that requires skill).

There needs to be more team play in team based modes. That is, only allow one sniper on a team or something. Also make it so snipers can only provide cover fire and cannot capture bases, etc. Also, take away perks from those who use snipe, that is, don't allow them to call in an airstrike or make it 10 kills before they can.

Oh yes, RPGs and grande laungers. Make them harder to use. I hate it when people jump through a doorway sideways and fire a granade launcher and run as soon as they land. Thats not skill, its just lame as it exploits the lack of realtisc physics in COD4.

[jones smokey]

stop crying, its just a game at the end of the day and if people are good enough to snip and get 5 kills in a row jus by sniping a.k.a me lets do it, u should try picking up the 50 cal and use bullet stopper,because one shot and he is dead....lol, i also love martadom, i use that if not laststand,...if u are good enough press R2 to throw the frag before it blows up,

[jollygoodchap8]

With the martyrdom.

I never knife people anymore

[jones smokey]

i am one of thoes people who sometimes camp and shot, if u look at it u hardly get killed and if u are good enough u will snip anybody that you see, i probly get like 7 or 8 /10 kills if 10 people are in front of me, i sometimes combine my sniper a.k.a 50 cal =D with bullet stopper so one hit no matter how far u are you are going down, lol...im in prestige mode also, i dont care if i lost all my weapons,...its just a game at the end of the day you might as well just keep ranking up,but i sometimes us overkill so i go into close combat as well, as for the martadoRm i love it to bits, lol...i use that or last stand.....and throwing 3 frags at once is fun, u can get like 5 kills as soon as u respawn in the boat just by throwing frags.......lol, i love this game =D

[replikka]

ur the man. im a shotgun specialist. booooom. i love this game also. no whiners allowed

[Ante Meridiem]

Haha. I enjoyed reading this article. Of course every game has its downsides but its nice to see them highlighted in what is to me, a humorous way. I do agree with getting respawned in the middle of an air strike or right under a chopper. I can't remember the amount of times that has happened. What is worse is when you manage to run out just in time to survive the air strike just to get killed by someone's random grenade. LOL

[redmamoth]

... Headquarters, you successfully capture the base and then take your position ready to defend it... THEN.... your team mate thinks, "Oooh, thats a nice position, i think i'll join him..." And sits himself down RIGHT in front of your view!!! While at the same time also blocking your only exit... So a.) You can't see a thing b.) your enemy walks in and see's you trying to climb over the top of him and "Yippee, two for the price of one!!! Bang... Bang..." You then have to sit waiting for the headquarters to be destroyed, usually watching some numpty on your team crawling around on floor at the other end of the map thowing random grenades!!! Priceless!!

[DARK WITNESS]

wow. reading some of the dislikes from you guys is quite funny.

i was just expecting complaints about lag etc.

Anyway, that’s the only prob i have with it. people have different playing styles, all the perks are there for everyone to use depending on how you like to play.

the sniper rifle is not designed for people to run around with in the middle of an open road. what do you expect !

Camping.... never a problem, that’s what kill cam is for, so you know who killed you and where he was when he killed you. if he is that dumb that he is still going sit there and keep waiting, then you must be just a dumb to go back to the spot through the same route.

if he is smart he would have moved, if he moves you can't really say he is camping. most places on a map have more then one route to get to them. if he is in a spot were there is only one way in, then it also means there is one way out.... he is dead for sure.

what's even funnier is being accused of camping on a map like shipment. its not about being a wimp, its a position of advantage. when you notice a team playing like that you adjust your own game play.

if you run around and shoot people, you get called a noob because you spray and pray ( even when you are not using a spray weapon ). if you move from spot to spot you are called a noob for camping. if i kill you 20 times over because i aim faster and pull the trigger first.... i get called a noob for using a noob weapon. what do you expect, the guy is going to just stand in the middle of the road and just look at you while you shoot him...then get called a noob for being rubbish at the game lol.

people just can't handle loosing and saying good game at the end of a match. The only problem i have with this game is the hosting and the lag i get now since the update.

still even then, i know some people who like the update. There is no rule or code of conduct other then stay alive and don't cheat ( eg glitches etc ).

all is fair in love and war !

[replikka]

well said. i couldnt agree more. i say again. if u dont like it, just throw it in the dumpster and go cry in ur little corner like "a big blubbing girl". (dialog from fable 1 by the way lol)

[socsca]

number 3 & 2 are the worst. Watching the killcam and seeing the moron throwing a nade randomly into the air just to land on my head pisses me off.

[replikka]

another whiner. as i said in the related news, stop the b!tching and go throw it in a dumpster if u dont like it. i get killed millions of times in the game but i dont whine. in response i just kill them back or do the same they do. throw grenades in open air and hope someone gets hit accidentally. its a battlefield, not mario kart for nintendo ds.

[bigman7387]

But Mario Kart makes me feel so safe...

[BeaArthur]

The only thing that really bothers me about the game is when someone has connection issues and they either kill you in one shot no matter where they shoot you or take an entire clip to go down.

[Z501]

It is called Call of Duty MODERN WARFARE after all.
Just be glad you guys are'nt fighting militant extremist online.

[bigman7387]

I hate when players on your team are leading in points because they have like 17 kills and 24 deaths, meanwhile I'm sitting there with 15 kills and 4 deaths. Who had the better game? I understand that everyone has bad games, but if I watch you run at the same guy and die three times before shooting him, change your style, cuz its not working.. Its not about camping (I dislike, not hate, campers) its about playing smart.
For example, if theres a sniper who's got a lock on you, GET AWAY FROM THERE. Don't try to snipe him back with your RPD, because YOU WILL DIE. Go around and find a different way to kill him. Worst comes to worst change class and snipe him first. Then change back. Problem solved.