part2
02:10 Ryan-IW
The one level that EVERYONE loved in Cod4, All ghuillied Up, Is there a level similiar to it? or better worded, is there a sniper level haha?
On November 10th, you'll see what we have in store for you! It's gonna be one **bleep** of a ride.
02:10 rnrmusic55
you said IWnet was created to help stop piracy, what do you say about the Xbox 360 version leaked and shared on torrent sites?
02:10 Vince-IW
IWnet was designed to make the MP experience on PC easier and more balanced.
02:11 Sickology
The one level that EVERYONE loved in Cod4, All ghuillied Up, Is there a level similiar to it? or better worded, is there a sniper level haha?
02:11 Ryan-IW
On November 10th, you'll see what we have in store for you! It's gonna be one **bleep** of a ride.
02:12 homie_wanna_liv
You guys are completely awesome! (Gods of the gaming industry) How much experience is required to reach the max level before prestige mode is unlocked?
02:12 Vince-IW
We'll leave that to you to figure out, let us know when you prestige! (and I know you will!)
02:13 Stringarray
Will IW ever consider developing games on the PC to support dedicated servers, be it MW2 patches or future endeavors? Just curious if dedicated servers are on the radar anymore.
02:13 Mackey-IW
Our goal is to provide the best experience for our users, so nothing is ever "off the table". We are always evaluating our options.
02:14 zackattack300
Has the sniping been changed at all? (mechanics and such I mean) Same engine?
02:14 Ryan-IW
If you're familiar with our sniper mechanics, then you'll be familiar with MW2's. We've refined our COD4 engine for MW2.
02:15 IW_has_failedus
Why did you make the game soo much easier for noobs by putting in death streaks and pro marty/jugger. Now people can't be good at the game because they will always be killed by the noobs with triple jugger or w.e. You guys have to go back to your roots. I realize that all you guys are after is money, but come on. What about the true fans. :(
02:15 Vince-IW
Just do me a favor and play the game first, we put a LOT of work into balance. We are big gamers here at IW and want a great experience just as much as you.
02:15 Mackey-IW
Also in response to IW_has_failedus, death streaks don't kick in until you've died several times, so you're not going to be tearing up the leaderboard with deathstreaks. They're just a great way to get out of a cold snap.
02:16 zach426
Will you create any multiplayer playlists for competitive play? ( I.E.. no perks, killstreaks, attachments etc.)
02:16 Ryan-IW
You'll be able to customize MP gametypes through Private Match.
02:17 Freeman06
Hello, are you considering ever patching in mod tools for the pc to make custom maps and such?
02:17 Mackey-IW
Right now we're focused on launching our game.
02:17 Aaron-GS
Thanks for your patience! If your question is not answered, please refer to the transcript that will be posted after the chat for additional information.
02:18 BillEdwardz
Are we gonna be able to customize our character in system link for the 360? Such as perks or callsign. Or maybe have it save our classes from live onto system link? Just asking because on CoD4 the system link options seemed pretty limited.
02:18 Mackey-IW
System link has create a class now.
02:19 JunkyNL
I like many others, have friends from all over the world and like to play games against each other. So with this new system we wont be able to play lag free against each other? And is there still a (Offline) LAN function?(there is no internet at that location) (the 402 site doesn't answers this question)
02:19 Vince-IW
You can party up with your friends and you will be placed in a game that works well for everyone.
02:19 gdogg
On the PC version is there going to be Hardcore Free for all?
02:20 Mackey-IW
Currently there are hardcore TDM and SD playlists, however as you witnessed with CoD4:MW, the playlists may change from time to time.
02:20 GunnZero
i play on all gaming machines, if it allows me to game, im on it. But will PC have Mod tools?
02:20 Vince-IW
We haven't made any decisions regarding this yet.
02:21 folf
Could the migration of hosting make my isp�s service agreement void since I am not supposed to host servers?
02:21 Vince-IW
No, this is not a permanent server that you are hosting.
02:21 Futurefighter
How do you plan to appeal to professional pc gaming leagues like CAL and CEVO with IW.net?
02:21 Vince-IW
I guess we'll have to talk to them and see what they would need. We would love to work something out.
02:22 Themouse
Hi,and sorry if it got asked ,or answered in the first 10mins, I had trouble connecting, I only actually want to know 1 thing, will you re-introduce dedicated server support, a yes or no will do? So I can enjoy the rest of the chat, or go off and do something more useful
02:22 thajuggaloz
Is there a possiblity IW will release Dedicated Servers in a future patch? I am in a large international COD clan and IWnet/9vs9 will be impossible for us as a group to play together.
02:22 Vince-IW
We can't predict the future... yet.
02:22 Mackey-IW: To sportfan91
We are currently focused on launching the game.
02:23 sportfan91
Why isn't there a multiplayer map of the Gulag from the Single Player Trailers?
02:23 Ryan-IW
We have many things in store for MW2, but right now we have to get you guys the game you've been waiting for.
02:23 h4msandwich
Has IWnet been tested in European settings? My clan plays european leagues and we got ppl from Eastern europe, UK and Sweden meeting in the same match. How is this going to play out considering siginificant differences in Bandwith and connection qualities between players. Will host player always have the ping advantage. Can a match be hosted by 'third' person, not taking part in the match?
02:23 Mackey-IW
Players do not control who hosts.
02:24 Codmw2fann
how will the ranks work (example: 1-55 then prestige till 10th)?
02:24 Mackey-IW
Now it is 1-70 with much prestiging, with prestigious prestige rewards.
02:25 DudezTY
Since we can not kick people in ranked matches, how will we stop hackers who get past VAC?
02:25 Mackey-IW
Our goal is to ban hackers from the game.
02:25 GeneralClean
So how can you justify 9 vs 9 at the most on PC when we had 32 vs 32 in COD4?
02:25 Aaron-GS
Please keep in mind that it may take a few minutes for the developers to answer your questions. To help them out, please ask short, concise questions and try to refrain from asking multiple-part questions to be fair to the other participants.
02:26 Mackey-IW
The CoD4 maps were not balanced for 32vs32. In MW2 the entire experience is carefully balanced for a smaller range of players.
02:26 frzg
Was the decision to create IWNet for PC a profit based decision or a 'genuine improvement of the game'?
02:26 Vince-IW
To improve the game, it actually cost us money to develop it so the there isn't a profit motive.
02:26 Aaron-GS
We will be opening the queue again shortly once the developers have had the opportunity to answer questions that have already been submitted.
02:26 krm2014
Will the IWNET multiplayer system compensate for the undoubtly low ping that the host computer will have for the other players, or will the host have an advantage over the other players? Also, going back to clans...Is there a way to have more than 18 people in a server, because my clan has at least 100 members and we like to get 20-30 on our servers at the same time.
02:26 Mackey-IW
Games cap out at 9v9. The software has great latency tolerance. See above!
02:27 Torinir
How does IWNet plan to address serious griefing, such as intentional teamkilling, voice/chat spamming, and other unwanted behaviours in public matchmade games? This includes organized griefing from groups like myg0t.
02:27 Sno-dog
Is there a final decision placed on any modtools that you may or may not come up with later on? Not necessarily for Multiplayer, but possibly Singleplayer or Spec Ops? Also, im sure the SP will be an awsome spectical. Sadly, im worried about the Multiplayer, how do you guys feel the multiplayer will play out?
02:27 Vince-IW
Multiplayer is incredible, you should not be worried!
02:27 Mackey-IW
You can easily mute players, and hardcore (friendly fire enabled ) SD has "ricochet" which makes you hurt yourself instead.
02:27 Stormbringer
I can see how IW.net would be good for the individual; however, would you not agree that for clans with wide geographic dispersion this could cause severe problems in terms of ping?
02:27 Vince-IW
We have not found this to be a problem.
02:29 paintballrulzzz
Will there be a boot option if someone "team kills" you like in halo3? I find it really annoying trying to play a game of hard core search and destroy with out getting team killed. can you explain the kill streaks and all the new ones?
02:29 Ryan-IW
We have customizable killstreaks in MW2. There are too many to list at this time, but my favorite is the AC130 in MP. Reign fire from above!
02:29 Mackey-IW
Seems like everybody I play with on 360 is some guy in England that got the game early, and the game was very playable even with only 2 of 4 bars.
02:29 Aaron-GS
About 30 minutes left! Remember that we'll have a transcript of the chat posted later on this week.
02:30 Reeses
Are you at all surprised in the number of people that pirated MW2 on the Xbox360? Will they all be banned?
02:30 Mackey-IW
The pirates will walk the plank.
02:34 grahamrimell
Will there be any Afro American characters to play as in this game?, i felt very insulted that there wasnt any included in the Original modern warfare. This is very important for racial awarness.
02:34 Vince-IW
We have a pretty wide array of nationalities represented in our game, in single and MP. So, yes.
02:34 zach426
What was your guy's logic behind removing the lean feature for PC, a feature that was a mainstay from all of your previous call of duty titles?
02:34 Mackey-IW
The game is not balanced for lean.
02:35 homie_wanna_liv
Can you dual wield SMG's with akimbo? Or just pistols?
02:35 Mackey-IW
Yup SMGs
02:36 Mackey-IW
And shottys if I'm not mistaken.
02:36 maniac1969
Vince, there are 178,000 voices that say you need dedicated servers for the PC. COD4 is the bigest online game in history! Why in the world would you take away dedicated servers and change the whole MP experience for us? And Mackey, the PC version with dedicated servers is already the best experience the way it is!
02:36 Vince-IW
All I can say is that we changed it to make it a better and easier experience. Also, not all of the names on that list are legit. ;)
02:36 Mackey-IW
402 signed it 4 times I heard.
02:37 kaRMa
Please give me a direct answer. On the PC version. Are all games hosted by players, and is there a 5 second delay when host migration is in effect?
02:37 Vince-IW
yes.
02:37 TRU-Jennifer
What are the current steps being taken in regard to active blocking measures that some major ISPs have taken regarding Peer 2 Peer connections, such as what Comcast does?
02:37 Mackey-IW
Only players capable of hosting will be host.
02:38 QCskater93
I noticed in COD4 that the sound was very confusing and whilst using a turtle beach, I couldn't figure out who was where when I would hear them. I'm assuming MW2 has improved on this?
02:38 Vince-IW
I haven't heard of any issue with COD4. Let us know if you have a problem with the new game.
02:39 The3rdNipple
Midnight on Nov 10th, are you guys prepared for the mass number of people that will be logging on? Do you think this launch could go without delays? Btw, last post I never got to say great job guys.
02:39 Vince-IW
I am scared for the onslaught... We have done everything we can to prepare and we have people ready to respond, but you can't test for everything to this scale.
02:40 JunkyNL
You say the Multiplayer is going to be incredible and I want to try this new IW.net system to see, but if it doesn�t exceeds my expectation I lost 60 dollars cause it cannot trade PC games. Unless IW is going to offer a money back guarantied
02:40 Mackey-IW
When one of your friends buys it, you can ask him if it's good, and then make an educated decision.
02:40 Ryan-IW
We understand your concern for the PC version as it is a very important topic. We keep our loyalties to making good games. Fun games that people can play worldwide and on multiple platforms. We feel that most or all of your questions will be answered on November 10. We had a blast developing this game for the last two years.
02:40 Freeman06
Is IW.net going to be available for midnight release, even tho if you orderd on steam it comes out 2 days later?
02:40 Vince-IW
yes.
02:41 N2DEEP
I run lan parties for PC, how will you be able to lan without internet access and no dedicated servers as you could with cod4?
02:41 Mackey-IW
We can play at work on our lan by doing private match and there is no lag.
02:41 JD8
Several members of my clan are in other countries, If your new system doesn't consider them a good match to play with us they may feel like an outsider in our clan community. How are we supposed to keep our clan base if we don't get to choose who is a good match?
02:41 Vince-IW
Party up!
02:42 GeneralClean
Have you tested IW.net with connecting with overseas players? And if so what were the results?
02:42 Vince-IW
Yes, seemed good.
02:42 Axen
Since you seem to be fairly open with call sign custimaztions, can we expect a swastika or an ikhthus? I like saying a little prayer over voice chat as a pre-game warm up, and I want to make sure there's a call sign that correctly represents our clan.
02:42 Mackey-IW
No swasitkas, we're not making WWII games!
02:42 ulukai
I'm in a lan party association our last lan had 400 players, can we play lan with the pc version and is the game made for lan party competition and last question could you explain why there is no collector version on pc ?
02:43 Moriarte
Will there be a multiplayer PC demo shortly after release? The PC community is largely skeptical at best right now and with no ability to trade-in or rent, this is a real gamble for our wallets.
02:43 Vince-IW
No plans for a demo currently. We are still working on finishing the PC game right now (yes, I know... we need to get done!)
02:43 Mackey-IW
As long as you can connect to steam you can play the game fine.
02:43 ETPC
How come MW2 is delayed on Steam and when does the pre-load start (16gb is a bit big :P)? Also, will there be a DX10/10.1/11 renderer/option?
02:43 Vince-IW
We hate the delay as well, it is not up to IW.
02:44 Apex
Will there be a way to provide genuine feedback regarding IW.Net after the game is released? Seeing as the PC subforum at your site isn't very effective.
02:44 ViperVenom
What was the inspiration behind the AC-130, Throwing knives, 3rd person and such? Did looking at some of the Cod4 Mods influence any of these?
02:44 Mackey-IW
We wil be watching and listening of course.
02:44 Ryan-IW
The inspiration behind so many inclusions to MW2's MP was basically the fun factor. We'll look at something we did in the past and say "Wouldn't it be fun if we *insert blank here*". With MW2 we had the chance to do a lot of just that. We implemented things that at first were very experimental and unbalanced, but through time and hours and weeks of testing and balancing, we came out with something amazing.
02:44 welcome2thegame
I know there are snowmobiles in singleplayer, but are there more vehicles in singleplayer, and are there vehicles in mutiplayer? And I am a stock holder of activision, and wondering why it has dropped over the past two weeks?
02:45 gdogg
Are you aware of the petition to for dedicated servers and mods, have you taken this into acount?
02:45 Vince-IW
yes.
02:46 frzg
Is there a /record feature? Answer yes... please. We're trying to give you a 'chance'
02:46 Vince-IW
no
02:46 LeachKing4
In MP can snipers be customized to have silencers?
02:46 Ryan-IW
Yes
02:47 will0812
Do you honestly think you have improved the PC version with IW.Net, you cannot claim the gameplay is smoother, as dedicated servers are much more efficient.?
02:47 Mackey-IW
Yes, we believe MW2 is better than CoD4:MW. The reason iw.net exists is to improve the gameplay for our users.
02:47 TrastX
You guys have made it easier for PC players to hope in a random game, but you made it harder for Clans to stay together and play in a community fashion like were used to. How will we be able to play with the same people on a regular basis without having 100s of people on our friends list, is there ever a way to join the same match rooms?
02:47 Vince-IW
Yes, you can party up with people and play with them.
02:47 Saucy
Will it be possible for more players to play in Special Ops? Like instead of two, maybe also three or four players later on? It would be more fun to be able to play with more friends in my opinion.
02:48 Ryan-IW
SpecOps is currently a two player cooperative mode
02:48 IW_has_failedus
Will PC Players be able to play online WITH xbox 360 players? Like in the game shadowrun? Because that would be totally badass. =D Maybe something we could see in the future of the franchise? Also has Future warfare ever come to mind?
02:49 Vince-IW
no, not something we think is a good idea currently
02:50 CrusaderCon
Since you guys have not made any decisions on MW2 mod tools. I suggest taking a long thought about the past games and how many great ideas and things that came from mod tools. 1. Fantastic Maps! 2. Amazing Gametypes like ZombieX, The Vietnam Mod, The Rising Mod, The Open Warfare Mod, and The Extreme Mod! 3. Great Player Skins! 4. New Modified Weapons! You may think this would be a hassle to have mods and etc. But, all you need to do is open a mod and mapping section of the IW website and have pe...
02:50 Vince-IW
Understood.
02:50 Mackey-IW
Thanks for coming everybody!
02:50 Aaron-GS
Thank you all for joining us tonight! Our time is winding down here, so the developers are currently answering the final questsions of the evening.
02:50 MasterShrive
Apologies I am late and if this has been asked before, but I am the co-leader of an Australian PC clan (Roll the Dice) and down under our Internet is rather poor with very limited upload capabilities. Our clan also has 25+ members all over the country and we regularly have trainings and scrims as a group. My question is, has IWnet catered for this kind of scenario and will be able to train together still given the P2P and rather poor ADSL connections in Australia? We are also charged or our uplo...
02:51 Ryan-IW
Yes.
02:51 Mackey-IW
Your ping gets taken into account for match making
02:51 Mackey-IW
And you can play with your friends using friends lists or private matches.
02:51 Ryan-IW
Thank you all and see you all online on November 10th
02:53 Mackey-IW
Hmm I think they're out of questions.
02:53 Ryan-IW
hmmmmm... maybe we have time for a few more....
02:53 Mackey-IW
Any good questions left? One that I can not predict.
02:53 MW2Fan
Why didn't you answer my last question?
02:53 Ryan-IW
What was your last question?
02:54 lucifeR
If there is no console, how can you expect people with low-end PC's to play the game with sufficent FPS? As in COD4, you could remove things such as decals in order to gain much needed frames per second.
02:54 Mackey-IW
You can turn stuff down in the menus.
02:54 Moriarte
Ignoring IW.net, is the PC version a direct port of the console version?
02:55 Mackey-IW
No, PC has custom stuff like mouse control, text chat in game, and graphics settings.
02:55 Mackey-IW: To Chad-IW
I promoted you to chatting!
02:56 LaGgY_42o
What kinds of pings did you get during your IWNet testing and what do you say is an acceptable ping?
02:56 Mackey-IW
I've been playing mainly with around 100ms ping and it was great.
02:56 TrastX
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02:56 Vince-IW
"('')"
02:56 Axen
Why the high price tag? I understand taking money from the console players, but as an avid PC gamer, my wallet is not so giving for a game that lacks so many features.
02:56 Mackey-IW
We don't set the price.
02:57 QCskater93
I'm curious if it's possible to get all 69 stars in spec ops by your self? Or do you need another player? This is the last question so I want to say, good luck and I hope you guys great success with the game(:
02:57 Vince-IW
There are 2 that need a second player, one being teh AC-130 mission.
02:57 pclov3r
Will thereb e a mp beta
02:57 viva
Do you plan on releasing the Call of Duty Classic download without hardened or prestige edition?
02:57 Ryan-IW: To benslancer
No, the game comes out on the PC, Xbox 360, and the PS3 on November 10th.
02:57 Vince-IW
I would like to release it, so more people can try it.
02:58 Matthew-BBY
Thank you for Joining up for this chat session. If you are interested purchasing this game please visit
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http://bit.ly/253t73 for PC.
02:58 Aaron-GS
If you missed a portion of the chat, remember that we'll be posting a full transcript on our forums in the next few days.
02:59 Mackey-IW
Sounds like we're done.
02:59 Ryan-IW
From all of us here at the IW, thank you all again and see you online on Nov 10th
02:59 Ryan-IW
Not if we see you first :)
02:59 Mackey-IW
Thanks guys catch you later.
03:00 Mackey-IW
Some great questions.
03:00 Mackey-IW
byebye
03:00 Matthew-BBY
See Ya'll
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