[Burning Vegas]

Today I heard from a few different friends, one of whom works for Bethesda (makers of Fallout 3) and has a few friends that work for Infinity Ward, stating that the MW2 multiplayer servers will run like GOW2 in that we will have to deal with the whole 'host' issue here. I can't even believe to think how messed up the MP could become if the host system would be abused as much as in gears 2 with the so called 'super hosts' and all the lag switching that occurs. I really hope that this isn't the case. Anyone else heard anything similar? Thoughts?

[Unknown User]

From my understanding the are keeping the same idea like the CoD 4 server but introducing a Hostmigration like that of halo 3 but much more efficient.

Ex.
I am hosting a domination on Favala, then i have to leave for tea. As I leave it will no longer say host has ended game it will freeze the game to find a new host capable of holding the amount of players in the game.

This is only to my knowledge there may be other points needed to be taken into account. Hope that helps.

[Master Fibsey]

Originally Posted by Burning Vegas

...stating that the MW2 multiplayer servers will run like GOW2...

I doubt Infinity Ward will **** up multiplayer THAT badly! Epic set pretty high standards in that aspect (****ing up i mean ) with GoW2...

If so, well...it's CoD MW2 after all...so worth a try!

[redRAID3R]

Originally Posted by Burning Vegas

Today I heard from a few different friends, one of whom works for Bethesda (makers of Fallout 3) and has a few friends that work for Infinity Ward, stating that the MW2 multiplayer servers will run like GOW2 in that we will have to deal with the whole 'host' issue here. I can't even believe to think how messed up the MP could become if the host system would be abused as much as in gears 2 with the so called 'super hosts' and all the lag switching that occurs. I really hope that this isn't the case. Anyone else heard anything similar? Thoughts?

Lol, CoD4 and GOW2 multiplayer are exactly the same.
You must not know much about the host issue in gears.

Since Gears is a 3rd person shooter game it auto has more lag, so the lag messes many things up like running speed, jumping speed, shooting speed, wall-bouncing speed and bullet spread.
When you are the host, the game is what its suppose to be like.
You run slower, shoot at the regular speed (off-host shoots slower), bullet spread is less, so it seems like it does more damage, but its just more bullets hitting the person and quicker. And many other things.

And I can tell you must have not played Gears in a while, because there is no lag switching anymore.

MW2 will be the same as COD4 except that there will be host migration.

Anyway, Gears 2 takes much more skill to be good at than CoD4, and most people don't have that, because everyone quit out when they are getting their asses handed to them when the game came out.

[NorseForce28]

Originally Posted by redRAID3R

Lol, CoD4 and GOW2 multiplayer are exactly the same.
You must not know much about the host issue in gears.

Since Gears is a 3rd person shooter game it auto has more lag, so the lag messes many things up like running speed, jumping speed, shooting speed, wall-bouncing speed and bullet spread.
When you are the host, the game is what its suppose to be like.
You run slower, shoot at the regular speed (off-host shoots slower), bullet spread is less, so it seems like it does more damage, but its just more bullets hitting the person and quicker. And many other things.

And I can tell you must have not played Gears in a while, because there is no lag switching anymore.

MW2 will be the same as COD4 except that there will be host migration.

Anyway, Gears 2 takes much more skill to be good at than CoD4, and most people don't have that, because everyone quit out when they are getting their asses handed to them when the game came out.

...But Gears multiplayer fails to deliver on many levels. It might share the same host issues and integration, but I rarely had any lag issues when I played CoD4. Gears, it's constant, and I can't handle it.

And yes, there is still lag switching in Gears. Looks like YOU haven't played it in a while.

[redRAID3R]

Originally Posted by NorseForce28

...But Gears multiplayer fails to deliver on many levels. It might share the same host issues and integration, but I rarely had any lag issues when I played CoD4. Gears, it's constant, and I can't handle it.

And yes, there is still lag switching in Gears. Looks like YOU haven't played it in a while.

I play Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty 4 every time I get on my Xbox. They are the only games I play anymore. I lag maybe 5% more on Gears 2 than on CoD4.

I have been lag switched ONCE, in the past I'm not sure how many months the update has been out. It is not a problem anymore, and it never will be a problem.

[jonnie724]

you are so silly redraider.. you can lag switch in gears of war 2 still you get all your kills but at the end of the match youll get no points. THAT doesnt mean ppl do not lag switch, i still play in matches with ppl that use lag switch, all a lag switch is is a button on your modem (atleast mine is) and what you do to make ppl lag is.. when your host hit the button, you cant leave the button on too long because youll lose connection to xbl, but then you turn it back on and just hit it again. what that does is make ppl lag and the host can just run house

[redRAID3R]

Originally Posted by jonnie724

you are so silly redraider.. you can lag switch in gears of war 2 still you get all your kills but at the end of the match youll get no points. THAT doesnt mean ppl do not lag switch, i still play in matches with ppl that use lag switch, all a lag switch is is a button on your modem (atleast mine is) and what you do to make ppl lag is.. when your host hit the button, you cant leave the button on too long because youll lose connection to xbl, but then you turn it back on and just hit it again. what that does is make ppl lag and the host can just run house

I've known this since Halo 2...
But it RARELY happens.

[jonnie724]

i think it happens often enough to know it still goes on alot in gears of war 2

[redRAID3R]

Originally Posted by jonnie724

i think it happens often enough to know it still goes on alot in gears of war 2

If your definition of alot is than 1%, then yea, its happens a lot.