Updates & Hot Fixes

There has been a small Hot Fix update for the game. Two miscellaneous bugs have been fixed, as listed on the official forums:

Fix for hacked custom classes online
Fix for game hardlocking [freezing and resetting] by shooting a riot shield using an SMG with silencer and HAMR scope attachment
Matchmaking is to get its first change since Mark Rubin detailed that
it, along with lag compensation/connectivity and Spawning, would be
getting overhauls and updated due to the unpopularity of how the game
decides who is host. Previous attempts at fixing Matchmaking dependant
on location of Party Host proved to be either ineffective or not
thorough enough. The Exec Producer answered a question about
matchmaking and said “first one will be coming to PS3 Thursday night at
roughly 2am” mentioning that this update will be a hot fix, which will
help with the upcoming main patch. He went on to say “more changes
[Title Update] to come, though”. Rubin was asked if Infinity Ward is
“confident” that the upcoming PS3 hot fix would work, he explained,
“Well it will change things, and should improve it for many then we’ll
collect data from that and make more changes.”

Face Off & Community Modes

As we reported on face off and the community deciding what game modes
will be made available, the winner – Search & Destroy – made its
debut last weekend on the 2v2 and 3v3 public playlists. It has since
been taken down with Mark Rubin announcing ”Playlist update was just to
take SnD [Search & Destroy] out of the Faceoff playlist. Hope
people had fun with it [last] weekend.” Rubin also reaffirmed that they
are “working on which mode will be up for [this] weekend”. With its
removal, people have been asking him whether or not it could potenially
be made as a permanent game mode in the Face Off playlists – citing that
the game mode proved to be pretty popular amongst the community – Rubin
responded with “[Search & Destroy and others] may come back as one
of the permanent [game modes on the Face Off] playlists” and continues
with “but right now we are rotating every weekend with different modes”
which he later confirms in a different tweet that “[we] might be trying
Dom next”, which is currently second on the poll.

When asked about their previous community poll options and the inclusion
of unique modes such as MLG-styled rules and Snipers-Only, which we
reported on here, Rubin stated, ”no news on MLG stuff though”. The
‘Snipers only/No Snipers’ option is currently leading, which is closely
followed by ‘MLG Rules/Competitive Mode’, but it’s still unclear which
mode will be featured and when.

Infinity Ward’s Position on Discounted DLC Content

An unhappy follower tweeted to the IW Exec Producer regarding the recent
announcement of DLC being discounted and prices cut, and this is what
he had to say (from a Developer’s Point of View):

You are actually getting a lot of content there are still many more MP
maps coming. Plus other content. Faceoff is really popular but of
course not everyone is going to like everything. The DLC we are doing
is more than we’ve ever done before. Not just MP maps but SO missions,
Faceoff maps, and other stuff that hasn’t come out. So from a content
standpoint it’s a lot of stuff. As for the sale, that’s an Activision
thing as part of a promotion and a way to give tie it in to a charity
promotion for CODE. I get that you are upset, though. But just want to
say that we are only half way thru the content. You’ll be getting a
lot for your money.

While he accepts that people may be getting upset at how their DLC is
priced and released – of which is not in their control – he reassures
that they are only mid-way through their Content Drop year. While a
total of 17 DLC Content has been dropped – excluding two free Face Off
maps and the outside-the-DLC-model MW2 map Terminal – there is “lots
more” to come. He recently mentioned that there to be “no more Face Off
maps”, and so they are currently focusing on only Spec Op missions,
full multiplayer Maps and “other stuff”.

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Other News & Remarks

Some have wondered why the Content Calendar is rarely updated, the
disgruntled Rubin explained “[the Content Calendar] is so poorly managed
and I keep yelling at [the] people [who manage it; Activision PR] to
keep it up to date,” but also went on to say “hoping for it to be
updated soon,” as this month’s content drop will be coming up within the
next few weeks. He also got asked as to why Beachhead (the company
responsible for Elite) doesn’t “embrace” the Call of Duty fans, and he
replied back with “Yea I’m frustrated with that as well. It’s their
first year [working on a beta with Black Ops and fully on Modern Warfare
3] and I know they will be getting better at stuff like that [for Black
Ops II].”

Rubin was asked about whether or not they are close to their “limit” (in
terms of game modes), to which he stated, “Yea there is a limit [to the
amount of game modes we can have at one time],” and continued “So we
have do a bit of shuffling when we want to add or change.” This goes
with what he has been saying the last few weeks, where a “playlist
review” will be swapping out some game modes for others. A weapons and
pointstreaks “sweep” is also on their plans for the next few weeks – but
no other details as to what may be getting nerfed or buffed has been
announced.

Global Thermonuclear War was an unfinished and cut game mode in Modern
Warfare 2. The mode incorporated a Headquarters-mixed-with-King of the
Hill, with the winning team managing to hold the ‘HQ’ so they could
launch a Tactical Nuke to end and win the game. While the game mode was
cut, it was still accessible on the disc and modders managed to make it
available for people to play in Private Matches. When asked if the
mode would be making a reappearance for MW3, Mark mentioned he’s “not
sure” because the “game mode was never finished”.

We hope you are now completely informed with what has been happening in
regards to Modern Warfare 3 the last few days. If you have any
questions or comments in regards of what has just been reported or you
wish us to throw a question at someone at Infinity Ward then please
comment below!