Robert Bowling, once again, was kind enough to answer some questions from the community. Below is a summary of the new information:
* If your partner goes down in Special Ops, he will go into Last Stand mode and is able to crawl to safety. You will need to revive him: if you both go down, it's game over.
* There are no attack dogs in MW2 multiplayer, they are in Special Ops though.
* There will be challenges for everything: weapons, classes, weapon attachments etc.
* In Special Ops, Juggernauts will spawn randomly around the mission just like normal enemies, but you won't encounter them too often.
1. They are real beasts so it's best to deal with them from a far, as they unload massive suppressive fire.
* There is a high chance that a MW2 soundtrack will be released.
* There will be Regular, Hardened and Veteran difficulty settings in Special Ops. Difficulty changes enemy aim, bullet damage, and increases the goal required to win the level.
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Infinity Ward's Community Manager, Robert Bowling, decided to open his Twitter account for a few hours and let people ask questions relating to Modern Warfare 2. Below is a summary of the whole session:
* Multiplayer
1. Grenades actually have physics now.
2. Unique ghillie suits for each environment.
3. Maps will have weather effects.
4. There will be snow maps in multiplayer.
* Perks and Killstreaks
1. A Sentry Gun can be destroyed with anything.
2. You can use the AC-130 to shoot down enemy helicopters.
3. It takes two rockets to take down an AC-130 in multiplayer.
* Special Ops (co-op)
1. At first you can only access Alpha Spec Ops missions, you will need to unlock the rest.
2. Special Ops is just as long, if not longer than Single Player.
3. There are 3 stars per mission. You get 1 star for beating on Regular, 2 stars for Hardened and 3 stars for beating on Veteran.
4. Special Ops includes a variety of game types and mission objectives, including Wave Defense.
* Weapons and Equipment
1. Riots Shields have been balanced for multiplayer. You move slow and the shield gets cracks (bad visibility)
2. There will be a new Thermal Scope attachment.
3. Many of the Call of Duty 4 perks are now actual attachments to weapons, e.g. Bandolier is now an extended magazine attachment.
* Misc
1. You can view your previous Accolades at any time and see how many of each you've received.
2. The PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2 will have trophies and rumble support.
3. The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will have Prestige mode, just like the console version.
4. There will be lobby mute.
5. Max level in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer is Lvl 70.
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This is a few days old, but better late than never: Joystiq has interviewed Infinity Ward's lead multiplayer designer, Todd Alderman. The interview took place last week at the multiplayer event and there are a few interesting questions in there. Can anybody use that riot shield or is it just that class?
It is a primary weapon. So you can choose to take an M4 or you can choose to take a riot shield. What you are giving up with that is your primary weapon. So when you have the riot shield out, you can't shoot. All you are doing is blocking. You can kill the other guy with melee, but it takes two hits. Like the knife is an instant kill; one hit, he dies. With the riot shield you bash him with the shield and then you bash him again. Then they die. So it is much harder to kill someone, but it is really satisfying.
Can you describe what spec ops is really quick?
Spec Ops is ... you have your campaign, which is the story. You have your multiplayer, which is the online stuff. And then you have Spec Ops. These are like standalone missions that you can play by yourself or with a friend in split screen or over the Internet. This is the best analogy, Airplane from the last game, it is a short mission and there are just a lot of these. They are missions that aren't tied to the story, but there are a great variety of different locations, different types of missions. You will do things that you can't do in multiplayer and you can't do in single player.
I made this thread to update the last official thread. Ryu is banned permanently, so there is no way he could update the last thread. If anyone wants me to add in some more information just get at me or send me a private message and I will add it in.
Thank you it definitely took awhile to go through every page and update everything. Nah i wont get permabanned. I hardly ever flame people for no reason anymore. The people who has flamed me is on a ignore list too.
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