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I made an account on here solely for the purpose of ranting about the disaster that is Modern Warfare II. I'm aware that other users have made similar posts, but I just want to give my ten cents and tell you about my experience with the game.
After a little break, I got back into Modern Warfare II a few months ago. I had a lot of fun, got good camos, and did a little bit of ranked play.
In the pass two weeks or so, I have had a terrible time playing this game, for the following reasons:
- Cheaters in a large minority of ranked matches. 20-25% of all ranked matches I play are filled with aimbot and wall cheat users. They aren't even trying to hide it. No silent aim users or anything like that, literally just blatant cheating. Despite multiple reports, Activision seems to do nothing about this. Activision also doesn't refund SR lost from losing to hackers. With so many hackers, the rate at which you progress in ranked is little to none.
- Shadow bans and "shadow lobbies". Normal players who aren't even cheating are getting banned or placed in lobbies with other cheaters for no reason at all. If you are an above-average player, Activision punishes you for being good at the game by forcing you to play with cheaters. I played Shipment 24/7 for a few hours today. Not a single lobby was composed of 100% legit players. Every single time there was AT LEAST one player BLATANTLY cheating. I can't even enjoy the game.
- Activision REFUSES to address the cheating and shadow ban issues. I reached out to Activision multiple times. Social media, email, support tickets. Not a single Activision representative would agree to speak with me about ANYTHING related to the issues mentioned above. Not one.
There isn't even really a point in playing anymore. I can't play ranked because Activision can't even do the bare minimum and provide compensation for rounds lost due to cheaters. I can't play casual matches either because every single match is filled with blatant cheaters.
If you've experienced anything like this, please reply to this post, as I would like to see how many others are encountering issues like this.
I just really hope they get their shit together if they plan on releasing a game this year. I would love to play a new Call of Duty this year, but if Activision can't at least address this issue or make any sort of public statement acknowledging how terribly this situation is being handled, I'm not sure how I would feel about giving them my money this fall.
After a little break, I got back into Modern Warfare II a few months ago. I had a lot of fun, got good camos, and did a little bit of ranked play.
In the pass two weeks or so, I have had a terrible time playing this game, for the following reasons:
- Cheaters in a large minority of ranked matches. 20-25% of all ranked matches I play are filled with aimbot and wall cheat users. They aren't even trying to hide it. No silent aim users or anything like that, literally just blatant cheating. Despite multiple reports, Activision seems to do nothing about this. Activision also doesn't refund SR lost from losing to hackers. With so many hackers, the rate at which you progress in ranked is little to none.
- Shadow bans and "shadow lobbies". Normal players who aren't even cheating are getting banned or placed in lobbies with other cheaters for no reason at all. If you are an above-average player, Activision punishes you for being good at the game by forcing you to play with cheaters. I played Shipment 24/7 for a few hours today. Not a single lobby was composed of 100% legit players. Every single time there was AT LEAST one player BLATANTLY cheating. I can't even enjoy the game.
- Activision REFUSES to address the cheating and shadow ban issues. I reached out to Activision multiple times. Social media, email, support tickets. Not a single Activision representative would agree to speak with me about ANYTHING related to the issues mentioned above. Not one.
There isn't even really a point in playing anymore. I can't play ranked because Activision can't even do the bare minimum and provide compensation for rounds lost due to cheaters. I can't play casual matches either because every single match is filled with blatant cheaters.
If you've experienced anything like this, please reply to this post, as I would like to see how many others are encountering issues like this.
I just really hope they get their shit together if they plan on releasing a game this year. I would love to play a new Call of Duty this year, but if Activision can't at least address this issue or make any sort of public statement acknowledging how terribly this situation is being handled, I'm not sure how I would feel about giving them my money this fall.
