COD4SOURCE Mailbag, Questions and Answers Related to COD4

Posted date: July 11, 2008 In: Misc, Strategy | comment : 36

Awhile back I made a post to give everyone an opportunity to ask any question they wanted about this site and Call of Duty 4 in general. Questions that may have not fit in the comments sections of other posts but were still relevant to Call of Duty. You can view the original post here. I didn’t get many questions in the comments section, but received quite a few by email. So are those questions, with my responses for everyone to see.

Whats the overall best weapon in Call of Duty 4?

The many unique game and map types coupled with the relatively even balance of weapon strengths make it difficult to choose one weapon as the best. Just my answer is not a total cope out, I will give in what my opinion is the overall strongest weapon in Call of Duty 4. That weapon is the RPD. With Stopping Power in normal matches it two shots the enemy and in hardcore matches it one shots without any aid of perks. Couple this with a high rate of fire and low recoil with the grip and you have yourself a pretty strong gun. Again there is no single right answer for the overall best weapon, but this is my opinion on the matter.

I really like your site, what can I, as a reader do to help improve it?

The goal of this site is to help people improve at Call of Duty 4, so if you read the site and learn something you have already helped this site and Call of Duty 4 overall. Beyond that linking to and discussing articles on the site with others via online forums, the comments section, email or carrier pigeon is a great way to accomplish the end goal of helping people improve at Call of Duty 4. In regards to the comment section please feel free to argue or disagree with any of the articles, they are not always right and everyone including myself cant benefit from a little spirited debate.

What perks and weapons do you feel are to overpowered and should be removed from gameplay?

I would remove Martyrdom all together and maybe nerf the 3x Frag Grenade perk. The general concept behind Martyrdom isn’t terrible, having some way to still kill people after you should be dead can be a cool and balanced perk. Last Stand was the correct way to fulfill this idea, it is easy for other players to answer, doesn’t contribute to the huge amount of stupid explosions going on. On that same note I would tone down the power level of 3 Frag grenades somehow. With even a small number of players the game can quickly to degrade to people lobbing grenades over walls back and forth without any real interaction going on. Games like that aren’t fun and do not properly test the skill of players

If you could add one perk to the game what would it be?

I would add a perk called “Longshot” that increases the range of weapons by somewhere between 25% and 50%. It could serve as a possible replacement for Stopping Power on Assault Rifles and Sub Machine Guns and bring out of the dungeon of underplayed weapons.

I have trouble seeing enemies before they see me and therefore spend a lot of time getting shot, how can I change this?

Seeing the enemy before they see you is one of the most important aspects of Call of Duty 4. Even if you have great aim and can hit a watermelon from across the map that won’t help you if you get shot without being able to see who did it to you. Playing the game a lot will get your visual senses attuned to seeing targets even when they are heavily obscured and camouflaged. You also have to get in the habit of checking corners and rooms before you enter them so you don’t walk into an ambush. Finally listening closely to sounds basically lets you see through walls and around corners. This isn’t possible for all games like 30 person TDM matches where explosions are happening every second. But in other games like Hardcore Search and Destroy the game can become totally silent at times, and even the slightest motion can tip of the enemy to your location.

I hope you found these mailbag questions helpful, feel free to post any more questions you have or email them to admin@cod4source.com and maybe we can do another one of these.

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Anonymous

Longshot is a great idea. Another perk i would like to add is one that would somehow boost your camoflauge (i have no idea how that would work, just an idea)
iKe

The M16 is overpowered and should be made to kill at the same pace as a M4. And also they tried to hard to make the Barrett fair, its a little to fair… And just a great idea i have is a kill streak thing you can call in or a perk and it would be releasing 3-5 dogs in random spots in the map that are as hard to kill as a juggernaut (4 the kill streak) or just as strong as in the campaign (4 the perk). the reason i have different things is simply because its harder to get a 10 kill streak than call in a perk…
iKe

and i think that the M16 is the best weapon because it two shot kills and in 3 shot bursts so the 3 shot controls the recoil and everyone has it so if you have a problem with it then use it your self… And remember the best way to take out a sniper/smg-er/Assult-er/lmg-er is a nice little stab in the back
Snake

I think they should of made the M16 the same but fully automatic, but the down side would be insane recoil (just a thought)
Halo Dog47

hey Ike did you take that dog idea from me and my friend Krinkle. I mean it is easy to have the same idea but still.

Plus concernig the sound thing, I have never heard the sound of an enemy walking ever. Is there anything you can do to help?(not check my hearing) Like how loud is it or how close do they have to be to you to hear it?
Halo Dog47

I have a perk idea. It’s called sword strike. You baisicaly have a sword instead of a knife and it could be 2x as long and have a wider swing.
nerf martyrdom

martyrdom shouldn’t be able to kill someone with full health, it should only deal a fraction of an actual grenade’s damage. Kills with it would be possible with it, but the person would have to be damaged at least a bit. Last stand sucks because other people take your kill
Stimpin

I Definitely think that at some point in the game they should have upgraded the knife to the military class tomahawk that most marines in todays combat situations STILL carry, It’d give you more range, and if necessary, you could throw it and run around w/o a melee weapon until you died.

M16 is most definitely the best weapon in the game but ONLY if the player is skilled enough to take someone out w/ their first shot. almost every weapon in hardcore, and even weaps in normal mode like the AK and RPD will kill someone in just two hits, which does not take long at all if you’re playing on a competitive server (or you happen to run into any idiot who loves to spray n pray). with the M16, you’ve got to be able to identify and assess a target, sight in, and place 1-2 rounds on that target before they can react. If you miss the first shot, you’ll probably die (esp. in HC). It does however have wonderful accuracy, and amazing stopping power. I have to go with the M16 as being the most fun and challenging weapon in the game.

PS – in HC the deagle is actually a super beast. it’s got as much power as any sniper rifle, BUT, since it’s a pistol the game designers didn’t give the bullets the same characteristics as a sniper bullet which will slow down due to all of the physics that come into play on a real sniper bullet. This means that if you can adjust for the fat ass sight that lets you see next to nothing when you aim, you’ve actually got a more accurate/powerful weapon than a sniper rifle! this is great for any range, as long as you take into account the tiny clip, and terrible sighting system. It’s really fun tho!
iKe

no i just saw that the dogs in campaign were b****es
iKe

my only complaint is to MAKE THE BARRETT BETTER… at least Better than the M40A3 4 god sake, make it be able to kill with a shot to the foot or something… Also they should make the helicopter go where you are shooting, or control it the same way you would an airstrike. Just designate an area and it will go there and after awhile of sitting it will start to move around on its own again. Also they should fix the hellicopter imbalence, just make them diffrent collors or, somepthing just not so f***ing big.
iKe

and remember DONT CAMP IN HARDCORE with a quick finger youll team-kill like mad. as 4 the sound thing just turn up the volume and hope somebody dosent come around the corner spamming a barrett it your face
Robin

I’d like a bayonet.
iKe

id like a fucking katana and a pistol that would be funny as hell it yould be like “WTF *head gets sliced off*
Promac

Personally I think the M60 with grip and stopping power is easily the best weapon in the game. It works in all situations: Short, medium and long range, counter-sniping, CQB, offence, defence – I haven’t found a situation yet where it’s not better than every other weapon on average. I get far more kills with the M60 than with any other weapon and I’m generally on around 30 kills to less than 10 deaths in most matches.

I think the knife should be ditched entirely – or simply made realistic – if you can sneak up on someone and stick it in their neck, fair enough, but if you’re jumping past them and simply swipe it within 5ft of them you shouldn’t even do any damage.
iKe

KATANA! just think what it would be like. jumping out of windows and stabbing them in the head. i would gladly ditch my pistol and or primary wepon 4 a katana and those cinamatics like in turok just not as long. that would be hilarious. just think… “OMG” *gets stabed in the ass*
iKe

ok ok possibly not a katana but a sword
ima noob

people who argue that using the m16 with a red dot sight takes skill are idots. Dont get me wrong, its a great gun and all, but i doubt the makers of CoD would give noobs a weapon which requires so much “skill” at the very start of the multiplayer game. If you are anyway precise with your shots you should drop your enemies in 1 to 2 bursts. I dont hate the gun, but the kills i get with it feel fake, as all i have to do is tap the fire button in their direction and watch a +10 pop up on the screen.
.iKe

just kidding…just because i use a barrett and M16 im not a fool im a person that knows the stats of the guns and the easiest ones to get kills with… im not about “oh hey look its the worst gun in the game lets use it!” and i will use any gun i am told but so far the best guns are the ones i use… the only reason i use other guns is to get gold guns. and to make them look not so bad
iKe

i bet i could kick your ass with a katana in cod4… if they had swords
iKe

and im not a fool the guy who suggested on a bayonet is a fool i mean a bayonet on a uzi WTF
iKe

and a bayonet would make all the guns used more than the others and would make guns crazily unfair and imagine what the hardcore would be like… oops you walked into my gun and so you died because of my bayonet
iKe

plus i am max prestige so i figure that way not make it a bit crazy… im often going around only knifing people just 4 the heck of it. and a sword would be really funny. so this idea is not verry prtactical but just fun…
iKe

and yes the sword is halo dog67′s idea and it is a verry good one.
Anonymous

how about a perk two that would allow two attachments on a weapon but you’d have to give up perk one and three to get it
http://cod4source.com cod4source

Can you guys please just chill about the whole sword issue. I have had to delete a ton of comments on this post for excessive profanity and flaming. If you want to discuss something do it in a civilized fashion.
iKe

lol ok sorry but the sword was great but anyway i think a addition to the game would be to bring back the scope sway from cod3 just not as much… you know how the scope moves around the screen that would mean not as many instant acurate scopes across the map and would take some time to center .So really my point is just to bring back some sniper scope sway from cod3
iKe

hmmm then you would have to make the other guns do that as well… mabey not such a great idea…
Anonymous

i mega hate martyrdom and i like the 2 weapon attachments perk that would be pretty awesome
^^

same but it might lead to even more nade spamming with noob tubes an red dots being used…
iKe

can you imagine a scilenced / red doted noob tube? that would be ….. AWESOME!. (i would also perfer more noob tubs like 5 or so…) the only way i satisfy my noob tube madness is using over kill with bolth guns having noob tubs… i know i know total noob tatic but oh well its all in the fun. “where is my barrett upgrade!”
domain

i wouldnt mind a perk that gives you a claymore (up to 2) every 3 kills or so. I live for a long time with none of em left and i keep getting kills with em
panzerwagoneer

The ability to duel wield pistols would be neat. it would be a perk and replace explosives slot. Or maybe extended magazines, like a c mag for the m16, m4 etc. A garrote wire would be awesome. It would act exactly like a knife but only be able to be used when you are not in a player’s field of vision, and it would take a couple seconds to work. The thing is though the other player once grabbed can’t run away or respond or anything, it would be an assured death. it would mostly be an aesthetic / coolness thing.
Rod-MacD40

I would like to see a breath hold ability perk on scoped assault rifles, I would also like see some kind of kill death levelling in free for all modes, say, if you get killed 5 times you loose one of your kills, type of thing, or something that would add a more tactical aspect to FFA.
And something to stop players camping to much, whatever that might be?
http://cod4sorce madman7

i have a cool idea for a perk u could like peek over a wall sidways and shoot for your third perk plus another u can carry 3 guns instead of 2
Anonymous

Hey, I think that you should be able to silence snipers as a perk like in the missions in the campaign mode.. Would make finding snipers more of a skill than just looking at the map..
Anonymous

I think that noobtubes should be banned entirely. Or at least fluctuate in the same way that RPG’s do to at least cut down on being bombarded at the start of a SND match. And that LMG’s should be nerfed a little. The penetration, damage and accuracy are way to much.