Metal Gear Online v2
 

So with the MGO beta looming I figured I'd try giving a thread a try since the last thread for MGO on PS2 turned out pretty well so hopefully this one turns out just as well or fail. So basically use this thread for the usual like to discuss the beta, stats, ranking and hooking up with fellow GFFers for matches or clans.

I know we've got a PSN ID thread stickied but if anyone is taking part in the beta or the final version then you can feel free to throw your ID in here and I'll add it to the OP as it'll be easier to let others know if you're playing MGO and to add. My ID is DGSimo and I've got some GFFers on my list so have at it.

Fuck yeah count me in. PSN ID is SouthJag, go figure.

I'm really psyched for MGS4's launch, and though I'm not particularly good at playing shooters online, I'm gonna give MGO a try.

I'm not any good at these online games, chances are I'll die a lot but since this is mgs4 and I already have the beta code it should be tons of fun.
My PSN is AniZeke

PSN ID = eprox1

Just picked my beta code up. I am a huge Metal Gear fan, but never got to play MGS3: Subsistenancetesis, so the 'newer' 3rd person style might be a bit different for me.

Quick question - I remember hearing Kojima saying in that 15 minute gameplay premiere video that you can go through the entire game in any of the different view options (1st person, over the shoulder, top view, etc.), but wouldn't you be incredibly limited to some of the moves in, say, 1st person view? I ask because my roommate really enjoys CoD4, and I don't think he would like this game unless he could be just as maneuverable as the other players, who may be using the classic view...

I thought the same thing when he said that. I'm guessing that if it is possible to play the whole game in fps then maybe you would have to to just shoot like crazy through the entire game or maybe there will be a lot of quick camera movements like when peeking through the corner or rolling on the ground kinda like in scenes cod4.
But since the mgs series is in third person there will be a lot of things which will be limited in fps mode, like the slower movement, but if for some reason the fps mode is almost perfected/enjoyable on mgs it might give other companies ideas to incorporate this in other games to give the player options.

Sorry for posting this in two threads, but it's necessary -

MGO BETA SIGNUPS ARE OPEN.

You can play through the game with First Person view on but some abilities you won't be able to do because of the restriction of the view. Given the third person view you could always have your friend try out SOCOM but then since I missed out on the MGS3 online, Socom might not be the best of examples.

I know some of this was posted in the other thread but the PS blog updated with a complete rundown of the beta including available maps, weapons and modes:
PlayStation.Blog » ALERT! “Metal Gear Mondays” Begin NOW on the PlayStation.Blog with Metal Gear Online Beta Details!

Can't wait! Plus we get to sample some form of MGS4, given the reworked controls, 2 months before the game hits!

Hell yes, I'll be playing beta! Though not as obsessively as some others (damn finals). Man, MGO1 was so addicting and I imagine MGO2 is gonna be even more difficult to put the controller down. Ahh, such a shame to hear that the Master Key isn't included as an attachment, would have been sweet to have an M4 + Master Key + Scope. BTW, what's a datsight? Did they mean "red dot sight"?

PSN ID: KKL07

Thinking of changing that, since it's a pretty lame screen name. Heh, though luckily it won't be my MGO's actual character name thanks to Konami's system for the online.

Well it looks our PSN IDs aren't necessary anyway given you've got to register for Konami ID when first booting up the beta. Of course you can get a headstart by getting one now:
https://id.konami.net/login.do

The site is kind of screwy at the moment given it buckles under heavy traffic, like right now, but I managed to get a Konami ID earlier which is lone_wolf. So post your Konami game codes and I'll throw 'em up into the OP.

I didn't know that changing your username was even a possibility...can it be done without losing your associated downloaded content (ex. Warhawk)...?

Understatement of the year. I get about half way through the registration process, and then it will state 'The page has been deleted.' and make me start the process all over again. Very annoying.

Haha, I actually don't know. I assume it possible though, since Live provides such a service, I don't see why the PSN can't do the same. Oh well, if not I'll just create another account. However I also noticed, when looking at profile, there's an Online ID and Online Name, perhaps it's possible to change one or the other later on.

Oh, and downloading beta now!

Its because the site is getting slammed and when it does it throws out all these random errors or just shuts down. Just before to read their instructions for the game ID and password carefully as you can only use lower case for your game ID otherwise it won't register.

I downloaded the beta this morning and just a word of warning its a test of patience though. Getting the actual beta isn't so bad but when you first boot it up you're prompted download a 400MB patch via P2P or http that takes forever. At least I'm all set now and its just a matter of waiting until Monday. :D

I hate this konami and game ID crap, why don't they just use PSN like every other online game out there?? It's so much easier and no one has to go through this registering crap. I can't even get on the site, it keeps saying it's busy. man, i hope they ditch this konami ID thing for the full release. i'll be complaining about it on their feedback site.

updating the game took me about 4 hours, i tried getting it through HTTP but got an error so i had to download using p2p, which was slow as fuck. it's a good thing they give us a 4 day head start to download and update the game before we get a chance to play it. I'm hoping the game doesn't lag, but after what I've seen from updating and trying to register it probably will.

What a fucking joke. I STILL CAN'T EVEN GET ON THE GODDAMN WEBSITE.

After all of this bullshit, it's seriously scary to think how their servers are going to handle the actual fucking game.

I'm still having problems getting the goddamn beta downloaded. I've been playing GT5 all fucking day and I'm only at 72%. Jesus, Konami. Here in America we call it "anticipation" ya know?

Christ, I'm just glad I got mine sorted when I did. I had no problems with the Konami ID site since I set up my gamer code a couple of days ago and downloading the beta and installing the patch only took an hour which at the time I thought was quite a wait given how fast the actual beta took.

I just hope when it comes to playing the actual thing it won't completely fucktard itself over and fail like the installation process has been for most.

Bleh, same crap for me and the Konami ID site as well. I did manage to get to the Information page last night (where you selected konami and game ID with PWs), only to get the inactivity error shortly after submitting. I share everyone's fears, if this is any indication of things to come, then I'm expecting a huge server crash the first of day service. Either that or one hell of a laggy play experience. Heh, though I really hope this won't be the case.

I'm also glad that they released the download days before actual service, otherwise I'd be pissed cause I still can't create a damn ID/acct. BTW, anyone when do the servers actually open on the 21st? Eg. 12am PST or evening release? Heh, if it is 12am, then I'm totally gonna be staying up the whole night to play.

I'm curious as to how the MGS3 online handled, personally. Were there ever any server issues, or shitty service in general? I mean, the people at Konami DO expect more than 10 times as many people to be playing online as opposed to their MGS3 reprint, right?

I just hope to god these stay online for more than 9 months...

EDIT:
And what the hell - doesn't Sony enforce standards for games that want to utilize their Playstation Network? You would think that using PSN ID's would be their #1 requirement. After seeing how they ask for your 360 GamerTag when signing up for the beta, I seriously am starting to think that Konami is going to want the online to go cross platform or some shit if MGS4: Substenacious eventually moves over to the 360, and this is probably the only way they could do it. Kind of like Square with their PlayOnline service (although I know that an MMORPG is an entirely different story. You know what I mean).

It took a while for the site to load up, but I finally got my Konami ID and Game ID (rabbox79). Probably a good time for everyone to give it a shot, takes a while for the pages to load, but at least they're loading. Now I wish they'd at least allow us to create our character, whom I gotta a think up a name for.


Hmm, to be honest I don't really recall any bad service with MGS3 Online. Then again, that was like 2 years ago (they closed the servers around this time if I remembered correctly), can't exactly remember.

Anyone who wants a free beta code can PM me. I've got a spare. First come, first served~

finally made my konami ID and game ID thanks to this little tutorial:
Guide : How To Get A Konami Id In 20 Mins - GameTrailers.com Forums

if you get page has been deleted then just restart the form and all your info should be filled in, so all you gotta do is press next as fast as you can

edit: fuck u konami and this ID shit, i thought i was done with this crap but now I can't even confirm my registration

The Konami site is now MUCH more reliable (well, right now anyways). I finally completed the registration process, surprisingly with no delays between pages whatsoever. Everything was instant.

I just used my old username for the Game ID, since 'eprox1' isn't long enough.

Game ID - bluebomber

Can't wait for Monday, even though I doubt I will be able to play until late Tuesday :/.

Servers are supposed to open up 0:00am CEST April 21st which is 2+ hours head of GMT. So basically the beta should be available from 6pm EST and 11pm GMT for those in Europe.

I updated the OP with epox and Hantei's Konami IDs since they seem to be the only ones who have managed to get hooked up. Both the update server and Konami ID site seem to be in full working order so now would be the ideal time to get everything sorted and ready should the beta be here tomorrow night.

I mentioned this to Hantei but apparently a small portion of the beta was on show at the NY Comic Con this weekend and theres been a lot of positive impressions. Best bit of info to come out is that the Konami reps at the show have mentioned repeatedly that we may end up getting 3 maps to play with instead of the announced 2!

Hey check it out, the game manual is now online. A little reading to kill the time while we all wait.

According to the controls page R3, when aiming (holding L1) is used to switch the angle/side your aiming (much like GRAW). D-pad up/down used for scope magnification in FPV, and left/right for sidestepping in FPV, otherwise its used for chat/preset messages. And the piece I've of info I've been dying to know for the longest time: L2 is used for the sub-weapon fire (eg. Master Key, Grenade Launcher) when aiming. The controls are pretty indepth.

There's also a training mode for the game as well, which I thought is really neat. I might actually jump into that right away instead of a game match.

METAL GEAR ONLINE PREMIERE βONLINE MANUAL - KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS

EDIT:
Also find an interesting piece of info, when checking the Information page of the beta file (in the Game XMB, highlight MGO Beta and press triangle) I noticed it said "Starts 4/16/2008 4:06 PM" and that it was "Created 4/16/2008 6:38 PM". So hey maybe the servers will actually open up early, like 4pm today.

Finally managed to make an account. That was quite possibly the biggest pain in the ASS. The beta starts in an hour and 10 minutes so I'll be on for sure by then. I'm really excited about playing it. XD

So within the next hour I need to get as much homework out of the way as possible.

In-game name is kilometers.

EDIT:

Nevermind UK's beta started. US has to wait until midnight. Oh well. I won't have time to play during the week so on Friday I'll get my MGO game on!

I didn't know about the pain in the ass registering system until after the update.
I thought I had freed myself from the long slow download since I didnt see anything of an update but thats becuase i couldnt load the damn user agreement ><!
But now I know what everyone was talking about. Anyways Im already done with everything and Im going to wait till midnight to play it since I dont have work tomorrow.
My game ID is Ani_Zeke

Well at least we know how R2 works for Alt Fire. :p

Sorry over the confusion with the start time as I didn't know the frickin' thing was region restricted. Hopefully then in just over 2 hours time I'll be able to get into the beta....but given the issues that the Japanese and Euro gamers had I probably won't be able get a good crack at it until tomorrow.

Haha, oops, yea R2.

Man, I'll be staying up till 2am waiting to get my first crack at it. Hopefully there's no issues, but if the Konami site is any idication of what's the come then this could go bad. I'm rather surprised Konami wasn't anticipating this kind of turn out for the beta for their most talked about game (well, maybe not MGO, but a taste of MGS4 controls, everyone will jump in on that).

Anyone got a spare code? I really would like to get into the beta :\

I tried to download the European beta but I think they block ip outside of Europe since I can't connect to the server :\

Well this is just perfect:

A TBA starting date, lame. Well, I guess the upside is an extention of the beta to May 11th now.

METAL GEAR ONLINE TEASER SITE

This is just great, I waited weeks for this and now it's delayed.

Finally got the registration done, Game ID: greederkun
:)

I'm really tempted to not give it to you now, though, since you're just THAT GOD DAMN OBSERVANT.

this is such bullcrap. I had a day off today so I was so exited to play and record some gameplay and now this!
hahaha very funny konami, first screwing up by sending incomplete beta codes and now they weren't ready for a huge mgs fanbase ready to play and the day the beta starts.

Well, it looks like we got a new start date, April 25th 12am PDT, and even that's not a solid date. Bleh, what a waste of time this weekend's been.

this is the first taste of any real mgs4 gameplay before the real games comes out in june and konami just screws everything up. I might not even be free this weekend. Not only that but gta4 is about to come out as well which will decrease my play time. I guess it'll just depend which game I find more entertaining when the time comes.

"So... D'you think people'll wanna play this game?"
"Nah... Even if a third of the gamers are getting it for free..."
"So I should just use this old server then?"
"Why, yes!"

Just as well. I haven't been able to download that update or get a Konami ID yet.

http://www.j-walk.com/ss/about/wires.jpg

All in all I'm speechless. I mean I never had a problem getting the patch or setting up a Konami ID but the clusterfuck with the servers just seems inexcusable to me given they've been preparing and promoting this beta test for months. Probably wasn't the best idea to hand out free codes even after giving out the Saga DVDs but out of all the problems I thought I might face with beta, logging in wasn't one of them.

Of course I fully expect the same shit to happen this weekend. Thankfully we finally get the COD4 map pack this Thursday if all else fails...:eye:

My MGO disk came in the mail today =o However, I heard that the servers won't be up for a few more days. I leave on the 27th, too :( Ah well.

I don't know about Konami IDs or what-not. I guess I need to get started on that stuff? o_o

I pre-ordered so I'll be playing the beta as well.

My Game ID is metalgearstrife

Fuck, now I just feel bad. The one extra I had, I hadn't opened until Inhert asked for it.

And it turned out to be one of the misprinted ones with only a half of the code printed.

Sorry dude. I'd give it to you, but it's missing digits and totally invalid. I feel terrible, now.

(I like how this isn't an isolated problem either. Fuck, ball dropped so BAD.)

Oh god yes it worked! I just called Konami support with the misprint code that Skills just gave and they immediately gave me a new one!

So I'm downloading the beta right now and I already did my Konami ID, so I'll see you guys online when the beta starts!

Thanks again Skills!

Game ID: inhertgff

Yep and fortunately it looks like the ID site has been streamlined to make the process much more easier and painless than before:
https://id.konami.net/

Also for better (or worse) they've removed the beta from the UK PS Store meaning nobody else can download and participate in the beta unless you already grabbed it last weekend, at least in Europe. Probably won't change much but we'll see how things run on Friday....

Allright, I took care of the Konami ID thingamabob.

Game ID: southjag

I really don't understand how Konami can say that they were not anticipating the amount of users or level of traffic when, you know, they knew exactly how many codes they gave out. Did they think 3/4's of the people wouldn't bother with the beta or some shit?

Still, it works out because I wouldn't have gotten to participate in the beta AT ALL this week. More playtime for me, I guess.

Simo --
Thanks for the link, dude.

Hmm. Gamer ID and Konami ID?... My Konami name is "stromwelle". Was gonna use gechmir, but it's one character short =I Haven't use "Stromwelle" since when I played UO... Oi vey.

This is cool, footage of the character creation screen. Heh, we might as well take the time now to visual how we want to design our character, that way we'll waste less time doing come game day. BTW, I'm impressed by how customizable the character's voice is (eg. changing the pitch of the type), didn't expect that. The face models look pretty impressive too, though not too many options there.

Heh, the creation actually turned out to be much more indepth than I was expecting.

Stream - Gamersyde

No problem! You've just got to mainly remember your game ID and password since it'll be that which you use to login for the beta and also the game ID is used to search for users to add to your friends list but the gamer ID won't be displayed ingame.

Speaking of which I've updated the OP with all of Game IDs posted thus far so it'll make it easier to hook up with fellow GFFers. Also according to the online manual in order to make a clan of your own you need to put in at least 5 hours and be of level 2 or higher so if anyone of us reaches that mark then feel free to create a GFF clan, or whatever title that refers GamingForce...we could come up for one for those interested. The benefits of a GFF clan too is that we don't have to be playing together but the clan roster will keep you updated and let you know who is playing and which lobby they are in should you want to join with a fellow GFF member during play.

Yeah I watched that yesterday and was surprised by how much customisation there was even for the beta. To my knowledge though the full MGO will allow alot more customisation options but still, I couldn't help but think about what I'll be choosing for my character come this weekend.

oh wow i love the character creation. It's one of the reasons why I spent so much time in city of heroes and the old wwe game. It just gives a more unique feeling than the rest of the other players but then of course you don't want to stand out with brighter colors than the other players and make yourself a target
I can only imagine how much more deeper the creation will be in the final game
Edit: I just noticed that there are only ten of us here who are actually going to play the beta. "the few, the proud, the ones that hope that this will be awesome"

Oh lol now it's my turn XD For anyone interested, I got a spare code for the Us beta lol

Before knowing that I could call directly Konami support, I had email them the partial code that Skills gave me in hope to get another one, but I found out soon after that I could call them and get one faster and I did. Well now, I just got the email and it's not the same code that they gave me on the phone XD

So if anyone is interested in the beta just PM me ;)

so lets just say the date for the bets is still confirmed and ready to go. Will it be available for to play for tonight.
Also has anyone traveled through konami site, it was going so slow so I couldn't go through much but is it possible to add friends game ID's through there or is it only possible when within the beta?

Online only. As far as it going to start tonight, who knows. I've read tonight, tomorrow, never. It's anyone's guess at this point.

Beta doesn't kick off until tomorrow night at 11pm GMT for those in the UK. For folks in the US it'll begin 12am PST and 3am EST.

Also there's another software update from 1.01 to 1.02....but don't worry the file is small and only takes 5-10 minutes tops. According to the release its a patch for "how the client connects to the server" so hopefully no fuck ups will occur this weekend.

Looks like Konami is getting their shit together. That's good!

Won't be online until Saturday? Christ, I wonder if I should even *try* it. I'll only be able to use it for a day or so... :mad: How long is MGO up for? Only a month?

its online (in the US at least)
I played for like 2 minutes without going into the training so don't jump straight into playing until you go into training and familiarize yourself with the controls because it doesn't feel anything like the other mgs games
I'm going to play again later when I have more liberating time and also to record some gameplay, so I guess I'll see you guys online

The game is pretty great aside from the connection problems I've been having. That could just be me though~

actually when i tried to connect to the snake lobby there was a network error. No problem with the otacon one tho

EDIT: So a just played a good while of MGO and I have to ask, is anyone else experiencing a bunch of lags on these servers. And I mean a lot. At first it plays ok and then the controls take 2 seconds to respond to my actions so it's almost impossible for me to shoot anything.
The few matches that did play fine tho were kinda fun but I find the scheme of the controls to be very broken. You can press L1 to go over the shoulder but then you have to press triangle in order to go into first person and unless your use to the controls your timing isn't going to be so great when you decide to get a precise shot to the head. I had to set my fps movement down to 3 since the anolog felt way to sensitive when moving and I'd overshoot my target.
And still, I noticed a lot of people just run randomly into each other and shoot like crazy and basically have a shoot-off while standing still until someone dies. Which is why I think the auto-aim shouldn't have been implemented into the game at all since I think a lot of people will have it on at all times and shoot each other in the body for like 10 seconds unless of course your being gang "banged"
Well so far the Lag is my biggest problem, could be my connection but I have no problems with COD4 so I'm guessing konami is having problems with their servers still.

I haven't seen too much of any lag. I've seen more people lag out than play though. This is a beta afterall.

Had a good stab at it now, and I must say that I'm surprised, happily so :)
Thought this Beta would be a nightmare of cursing and moaning over lag issues and stuff that usually comes with Beta-stage Games, but it was actually really really enjoyable.
Experienced little to none Lag and can't say I noticed much from my teammates/oponents either.
Wasn't hoping for much when Konami started off with postponing the launch of the server.
So this is certainly gonna enlighten the 2 weeks to come :)

Btw, are the Servers seperated from eachother? as in, can I meet people from the USA over here in Europe, and vice versa.

Stability is fine, but sorry MGS fans this game is outright horrible and it's mostly because of some of the worst controls I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with. I sure hope they take some serious feedback from players on this because the entire control system needs to be scrapped and reworked.

I thought the controls were pretty good o.O
Although I'm not very experienced with FPS on Consoles I picked it up pretty quick.

Having to hold a trigger to aim sucks when dealing with multiplayer. They just need to copy the Gears of War control scheme when in 3rd person view. I know bringing the gun to ready is a MGS thing, but it just isn't working out for online play.

I'm just running around constantly holding L1. It's pointless. And even worse this L1 -> Control Stick -> R1 hurts my hand on the Dual Shock.

That's just the start of the issues I noticed though. I'm not going to complain about the rest though because franking I'm sure nobody cares that much. I just really hope they are planning on taking some suggestions from the beta players because the potential in this is awesome, but it's a total diamond in the rough right now.

Wow, after extensive play tonight (I think about 8 hours straight), I gotta say I'm addicted. The Drebin Points mode is probably my favorite because of the variety of weapons + attachments available is pretty satisfying (M4/AK + Grenade Launcher, thumbs up from me). Also popping heads is so much easier than in MGO1, thanks inpart of the new aiming system (heh, earned an Eagle rank because of this).

The only thing I don't like about the controls is the lack of an ability to run and gun, that element is definitely a necessity when it comes to online play. Other than that, I'll be continuously playing the beta till its closing.

i was surprised that there wasn't any lag, but once in a while a red message saying connection not stable popped up, but i never got disconnected or anything. the controls are just weird, it doesn't work too well for online play and auto aim is just crap. i have a hard time playing DM with these controls, especially on the small map, i find that people just turn auto aim on and once they see you they L1 and just shoot until you die.

what's cool is when you receive a message while in a game, the codec rings and you get an mail icon at the top of the screen.

Well I played a few hours yesterday, including some rounds with Hantei, and then some more just now and I'm pretty addicted too. It did take me awhile to get into it given my main online fix for the last 7-8 months has been COD4 so it took some getting used to while everyone else kept kicking my ass.:gonk:

Controls were an issue at the start too given that its not even standard MGS stuff since they've redone the controls for the single player campaign for MGS4 and then carried everything over to MGO so I struggled for abit. My one and main complaint though is the aiming and hit detection. It seems that even with Auto Aim off trying to hit somebody inside the reticle is bloody hard given most your shots whizz by the guy and the recoil in FPS mode is ridiculous but then again thats probably because I'm too used to COD. Overall though I try and use manual aim when they're off a ways and then switch to Auto Aim for close quarters which has been a winning combination so far.

I guess for any GFFers wanting to hook up we got to get a shit together all over again given you can't find players with either their PSN IDs or Konami Gamer IDs but only with specific names that you gave your character. So mine is DGSimo the same as my PSN to make things easier. If any GFFers want to link up for a game in the next 5 hours then post ahead, that way we can just create a GamingForce specific room and password just for GFFers.

sure i'd be good to play later. I didn't have a good experience before since my wireless connection might have given me some lag but it should be running perfectly now.

Alright then if all goes well I'll have a GFF lobby in the next 2 hours at 3pm EST then. Folks can drop me a line in MGO for the server info and password and I'll post it here too just for good measure.

Dang. I was hoping to hear some more positive impressions of the game, but it sounds like controls are holding everybody back from enjoying it.

I'll be on at about 2 in the morning tonight when I get back from the bars tonight to finally try the game out, otherwise maybe I'll see some of you guys online tomorrow.

I would highly recommend that anyone go through the Training mode before playing the game. I jumped right in and was pretty bad at it, but after I went through training, I got a bit more familiar with the controls. I didn't know you could switch between omniscient third person, over-the-shoulder third, and first person. The OTS cam works a lot better for me, personally.

Anyway, training first, game second.

I couldn't agree with you more. I quit after two minutes and later that day I went into training. I didn't actually do the training missions I just played around the whole field and I found out the majority of the controls. Even the ground maneuvers which were advertised but those controls are more advanced.
After training I found myself kicking ass....a little too much that it was a bit too easy. I think a lot of other people didn't train either, and they just rush while I try to sneak and hide behind some cover to abush them. Unless its a good lobby, auto matchmaking matches you with some easier "prey".

I also don't see enough people using the knife, especially since you can't re-equip it with the tap of R2 (what the hell is up with that) but the knife is a very good weapon to catch some easy shots.
And a word of advise for those who are just starting to learn the controls. Don't tap the R1 button when you want to grab. Hold it, so you can really knock them into the ground or disorient them and quickly lock on or aim at them for a quick kill.

Other than that, after you get used to the controls you can really enjoy the game but that doesn't mean that the controls are perfect. First person mode kinda sucks. CQC maneuvers are a little off since you can do it right in front a person and completely misses and switching through the weapon kinda suck since you can't go right back to your previously chosen weapon all the time.

Yes you can. Just go to Gameplay Options and you can view the window that allows the R2 quick change be it for a 3 slot cycle or equip/unequip weapon and then select what weapons you can cycle through, be it primary, secondary, support or knife. Likewise you can customise it if you just want to cycle between your rifle or pistol.

I don't really use the knife though but it is overpowered given it can knock you completely out with 1 stun and then its 1 hit kill.

CQC is mad fun. Obviously you've got similiar moves from MGS3 but now you've got a little more to play with in MGS4/MGO. Obviously though you just can't go running out on the field trying to CQC anybody but when things get close or you're throwing a last minute bid to survive then CQC is essential. There's nothing more gratifying than grabbing somebody and dragging them off out of sight, dropping them down to roll and choke the bitch out while his teammate goes running by without a clue....and then coming back later to pop on to the skull to finish them off after the nap. :D

This shit is too addicting though. I try and leave but end up coming back for more and went from level 1 to level 3 in a matter of a couple of hours. Shit, I even managed to get a clan going for Team GFF which Hantei has managed to hook up with so again any fellow GFFers wanting to play just post away your MGO name and we'll roll. I already updated the OP with mine and Hantei's names so hopefully we can this locked down and I won't have to re-edit the names again...

All in all, this sounds most interesting. I cannot help but wonder if certain 'classic' Metal Gear threads are waiting among the unlockables (examples: MGS' Genome Soldiers; MGS2's Hi-tech Soldiers and Tengu Commandos)...

A necessity for online play? I would not be so quick to make that pronouncement... after all, MGO is a different sort of game than, say, Team Fortress 2.

Wow. I'm trying to log on, but it won't let me? It keeps saying me user or password is invalid. I never clicked on the 'confirmation' link it sent my email when I in intially logged on. it says if i didn't do this within 72 hours then I'm fucked?

please tell me i'm just doing something wrong...god i want to try this beta :(.

when you set up your account, you had to make two IDs, one of the IDs wanted you to use just numbers... make sure your inputing the numbers password, and not your other KonamiID password.

Because my GameID is metalgearstrife, I had to make in-game name metalgearcliff...

someone should set up a GFF clan..

Simo has already mentioned the gff clan.
I'd like to join as well since I don't have any friends with mgo or a ps3 for that matter to play with.
So count me in, i'm sure my game ID is in the front page but anyways, my Game ID is Ani_Zeke and my characters name is Anizeke

It takes some time to get used to the controls, but after that this game is definitely fun. I usually don't care for online shooters, since they're mostly first person only and too fast for my tastes, but MGO's third person with fast first person aiming is great, and the pace is just right. It's actually surprising, since gameplay has usually been the weakest component of Metal Gear Solid.

Also, after waiting about ten hours for it to update from 1.00 to 1.02, I'm glad at least the actual game has virtually no lag.

Sorry chief but if you didn't the click the confirmation link within the 72 hours then you didn't register a Konami ID and thats probably what the problem is. You'll have to redo the signup.

I set one up in the meantime under the name of "Team GFF" just to try out the clan options but I'm going to disband it once the 100+hours expire in favor of a different name such as "GamingForce".

I tried getting some sleep last night but ended up getting up and playing until 6am this morning. :zzz:
I linked up a couple of buddies to piss around in a CQC only lobby and then Capture the KEROTEN, discovered how to do co-op moves link boosting a buddy to a higher level and being able to pick up and flip through the magazines if you come across them....

I just need to train and figure out how you CQC>Disarm an enemy which lets you take their weapon and if a teammate runs dry then you can give them that extra weapon with 1 magazine of ammo.

wow i didn't know you could do that. I need to start playing more after work. I'll look up the clan

Oh, I figure I may as well drop my game name: rasputin.forever
My main character's name is Rasputin of course :'D

I'm still pretty confused about CAP, it's a bit different from MGO1 isn't it?

Yea that's true, maybe I've just been playing too much GRAW2 and Gears before hand.

Yea, this time the timer resets if both team has either the Gako or Kero and is at their capture. It makes for some intense matches, and some frustrating ones when people don't know what they're doing. Eg. a match I had yesterday when one of my team mates (who has the Gako) would be running towards the other teams capture in attempt to get back the Kero (I imagine this is the case), all while the other teams timer was counting down. Who then dies and the other team grabs the Gako, which then speeds the countdown. It's frustrating to play with people like them as you can't really tell if they're doing that on purpose to help their buddies on otherside, or that they just don't understand how the mode works.

BTW, Simo, can you hear me on my mic? It doesn't seem like it registers my voice when I'm speaking normally (and I got voice chat on), it's like I gotta shout into the damn thing before anything gets sent out. Haha, and I can barely make you out sometimes too, what are you using? I'm using the Bluetooth Jabra that was apart of the Warhawk bundle (which I manage to snag for the price of the download off the PSN).

Wow that updating process is seriously fucked up, "you need version 1.02; in order to get version 1.02, you need version 1.01" - they should get an Oscar for that. I had to "press PS button, leave game and restart game" for like five times because of several "network errors". Now that I am finally downloading, it seems that it will take like ten hours before the update has finished.

:mad:

I could hear you fine and my headset is a Logitech one which I know works well given I'm always on COD4 and people can hear me just fine. It seems like the voice chat in general is screwed given that everybody sounds so quiet and static even when turned up to vol.10 in the options window.

Played on and off all day today and had some intense matches and not so great ones too. The SOP DESTAB is a fucking beast...that is if you can get some support given you've got to plant the thing in the enemies base and main spawn point but the effect is worth it. Also in order to disarm an enemy in CQC you need to have CQC skill mastered to lvl 3.

Well after 2 days trying the beta, I like it... but it's not the best online game I have played, but it's a good one.

The controls sometime work perfectly and sometime it just doesn't work...like I'm alway laying down when I just wanted to do a roll which leave me totally open to the enemy... The camera sometime (or a lot of time) just wont go where you wanted. And I just so hate how overpowered the knife is, ex: you hit= you're stun and fall to the ground, second hit= one shot dead...

Anyway, the game is in beta and will probably only just improve from here, so it's a good thing. I'm glad that the game comes with MGS4 because I don't think I would have paid for it...

I played a little with Simo tonight, we did some wrestle match XD CQC is pretty fun, when you actually manage to grab the other person...even if the guys is in your face sometime it won't work and this is so annoying XD

Btw is Mavrickhunterx someone from GFF? I played a match with him but I'm not sure if it was someone from here.

OH SHIT! New Mode and Map in EU now, US hopefully tomorrow. Snake Vs Everyone mode and a Middle Eastern map.

The Legendary Hero returns.
http://i31.tinypic.com/20ksj9t.jpg

yes awesome! thats what I've been waiting for. I had so much fun with this mode in the previous susbsistence online so I can't wait to get into this one.

Hmm, that's weird. Cause there have been cases where I've been able to hear others speak crystal and it's usually just you that I have trouble making. Haha, unfortunately the ones that I can hear are usally those that have TOO MUCH to yapper on about cause they're either the only one with a mic or the only one using the mic in the team.

And hell yes! Can't wait to try out that new middle east map! And of course the sneaking mode, assuming I'm good enough to able to play as Snake. That should be one interesting mode, now that they tweaked it to be blue vs red vs Snake. No doubt that the new map and mode will be available after the maintenance tonight, which'll occur at 3am to 5am PDT (there was maintenance first night of MGO as well).

METAL GEAR ONLINE TEASER SITE

Thank god there's an option to reactivate your Konami ID from their site. And yeah, I was just a drunk fucking moron and was entering in the wrong password everytime for like an hour. I wasn't using the numerical password. I'm an idiot.

My character ID is eprox1.

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ANYWAYS.

So I finally got the chance to play the beta. I have very mixed feelings about it, but I think I liked it overall. I enjoyed aspects of the game, but there were some things that made me wonder what the hell Konami was smoking. Some things that pissed me off that I hope to god they fix -

1) Running. Can you even call it this? It seriously looks like speed walking. I think if people could move with a little more agility, the gameplay would speed up a little and the overall intensity would improve 10 fold. I swear I was 'running' for a good 3 seconds to move about what seemed like 10 feet. I'm trying to run away from three guys who are pelting me from the back, and it just looks like I'm casually trying to escape them. Looks damn weird. Which leads into my next complaint -

2) Health. Who the fuck am I, Superman? Like most people do when they encounter their first opponent in a game, they run straight into eachother, stand completely still and unload their M4 from a 5 foot distance. What normally doesn't occur is the whole process lasting for about 5 seconds before somebody actually dies.

That was literally my first encounter with somebody, and I just stood their with a blank stare on my face, asking myself if that really just happened or not. I'm sorry, but an assault rifle at pointblank would mow anybody down in no time flat. They seriously need to lower the health bars on these guys. I don't care if their pumped full of nano machines. Which also leads me into my third complaint!

3) Sound effects. Player voice sound effects, more specifically. When me and this other guy were tearing into eachother, our characters made some of the most awkward sounding grunts I have ever heard. This is almost the only thing that can be heard when running around in an intense firefight. "Ungh. Ungh. Ungh. Ungh. Ungh. AARRGHHH." They need to seriously trash the damage sound effects, or at least heavily revamp them so I won't basically cringe when I hear it and almost feel a little embarrassed when one of my roommates is watching me play.

Other than those gripes, I think I wasn't enjoying it as much because I just straight up suck at the game right now. I will run up to a guy and start slamming R1 screaming "WHY THE FUCK WON'T I CQC HIS ASS?", only to realize that I had an assault rifle equipped instead of a pistol/knife. I would love to play with some of you guys and get better, because I know the better you are at a game the more fun it can be. I know I'll like it more as I continue to play it, but I also think those changes will speed up the enjoyment process as well.

I'm curious to what improvements you guys think the game needs. What are your gripes with the game? Anything they should patch/fix/add/remove/whatever for the final release?

I had the exact same complaints. Except for the screams since they kept it as if snake was dying from game over and I thought it was a little funny that all the characters scream like that and then you know "omg someone died!"

I also didn't enjoy the game as much but you need to train and learn the controls and then you'll have a blast because you are given so many options to take someone out.
And as for the health, thats why I use cqc now. I said before that way too many people just run into each other and use the auto target to see who falls first which I hate.
If you have an M4 or Ak or whatever you can use R1 BUT, don't just tap it. Get near an enemy and hold it, the camera will slighty move to adjust and see yourself throw your enemy then quickly aim or lock on and shoot the crap out of him. It's a much more efficient kill than just waiting to see who last the longest in direct gunfire which i just find retarted.
I know alot of online people just stood there and shot at me but I just ran in front of them and threw them into the ground and took care of them. They probably thought I'd die before I reach them but thats what rolling is for. Also hiding behind a wall is so much fun since you can rotate the camera and see the enemy run right into your trap completly oblivious. remember to use some form of stealth and you'll find yourself kicking ass. Hell I thought the boxes would be useless but there are so many scattered around the stage that it's just perfect

it's funny how so few people actually check boxes. they run past me in a box and i come out and either shoot them or cqc them.

has anyone tried the scanning skill? the one where you inject a pill into the enemy after capturing them with cqc. i thought it was supposed to show the outlines of everyone else on that team, but for me it only showed the guy i just injected. and how do you choke someone after grabbing them? i tried holding R1 harder and tapping it and it doesnt seem to work

funny thing, now I got officially accepted in the beta XD I just receive an email that is saying that i got invited to the beta and apparently you need to be in GAP since they ask me to log in before getting the new code lol

so now I have 2 spare code for it XD if anyone has friend that want to play the beta, just pm me again lol

R1 is pressure sensitive so when you have someone in choke just hold down the button harder and it'll choke them out.

Today was perhaps my best time with beta thus far as everything just "clicked". Headshots didn't seem like an impossible chore and I was topping TDM results with more headshots that overall kills and thus leveled up pretty quickly. My main gripe was the targeting but taking time to learn and work with the reticle and now I'm having a major blast.

One of the key enjoyments of MGO though is tactical team work or basically a team that communicates and works well which is why I had some outstanding games this afternoon when I hooked up with a buddy (who before was kicking my ass in most TDM games and is a vet of MGO1) and I dropped down in the middle of a game on the new middle eastern map where I was pitted against my buddy but I managed to fucking kick some ass including his which led to his sarcastic remark as to whether or not it was me playing since I was doing so good. Bastard.

Speaking of the new map and such I tried out Sneaking mode while playing with MGS: TUS guys and got to play as Snake twice. Freakin' awesome stuff considering you get full use out of the OCTOCAMO which is great as well as the use of the Solid Eye and Threat Ring. Basic premise of Sneaking mode is one top player is automatically assumed the role of Snake while the rest of the players are split up into red and blue teams. Its then up to the 2 teams to defeat each other with the most kills winning, ala TDM, while trying to stop the player as Snake from capturing 3 dogtags from the enemy. So you've basically got these 2 teams going at it as you sneak your way all over the map to quietly take out whoever you can and to get those tags. One event had me just sitting there in a cardboard box waiting for the right time before some hapless dope ran by and sprang out to CQC and nab my second tag. :D

I think of my favorite moments with the beta came at my own expense when my buddy and I were against each other on TDM on Blood Bath. He got me in a CQC hold in the underground tunnel was choking me out when 2 of my team mates dropped down right in front of him. I thought I was saved but all he simply did was use me as human shield to pop one guy in the head with his pistol and then throw me to the ground as he ran forward to CQC the other guy and shoot him in the head before finishing off my unconcious body...

I got a chance to play as Snake and Mk II today, as well as the new map. Haha, man Mk II is pretty hilarious, just steering around going for the stealth stun. I love how both Snake and Mk II (Otacon) have their own preset messages as well, unfortunately I didn't get much time to fiddle with Snake as people kept swamping me (manage to stun, guys but people kept popping me before I could grab the tags). But what I did get do, I enjoyed and can't wait to play MGS4 even more now.

The new map is pretty sweet, especially how you can enter into the interior of the buildings, going for a steathly kill sometimes. Though at the same time these narrow spaces really hurt the view as well, making the camera real sensitive.

I'm surprised that even with GTA4 out that the traffic for the beta has still remained pretty consistent with over 1000+ players on all the servers. Finally got to try the MkII today...man its pretty cool whizzing around and using the stealth camo but its damn hard to zap someone unless they are completely still. One funny incident though had 2 guys shooting it out with one using the Stun Knife to knock the other guy out, he then knelt down to finish the job until I came up behind him as the MkII and zapped his ass out. There wasn't much else I could really do but the guy who got hit with the knife managed to wake up before his attacker and finish him.

Played a few games with Hantei too including a GamingForce specific room and Sneaking mode. I wasn't aware that having the camo index at 99% made you completely invisible to the opposition which is why I waited for Hantei and shot him in the head with the Mosin from the shadows...Of course he got his revenge the next round. :p The one thing I was trying to do was the hold up but seems like you've got to be pretty close in order to perfom it.

I love Midtown Maelstrom though just because it offers alot of variety in terms of weaving in out of buildings and finding strategic spots to jumping in dumpsters and waiting for an unsuspecting soldier to wander by and then capped in the head. It also looks really good and even at points the framerate jumps to a butter smooth 60fps. That and I also like the little details like the dust accumulating on the camera or screen if you stand still and then dropping when you move.

Overall I love the beta and I can't really think of too much that needs to be addressed other than possibly more skills and customisation options for your character.

I didn't play as snake but MKII was damn fun. I didn't realize i could use camo until I was down on the ground rotating the analog to get back in commission. after that I just zapped like crazy.

Man I didn't hop on the past 2 days and there's already something new to the beta. >_<

Haha, man that was fun. A 1 vs Snake, greatest hunt ever. The Envg thing was really the only way I could find you, besides the beeping noise that the octocamo makes. Playing as Snake was sweet too, did you know that you actually don't need to lay down and play dead for the camo to change? If you hug the wall, or something, the camo automatically changes and you can shake the controller for it to change when you're laying down. Heh, the preset messages kinda give you a sample of the old voice as well.

Oh and Automatic Rifle Mastery lvl 3 is awesome, you get so much more headshots with it. Fast Move lvl 3 is great too, the difference in speed is pretty big. However I opted to stick with rifle mastery (+ plus enemy exposure, since it only costs 1 point regardless of level), since the frequency of my bullet's missing its target is much less. It'd be nice if they could increase the amount of skills points you have, maybe to like 6, so you can have at least two lvl 3 masterys.

Yeah I knew that and overall OCTOCAMO is fun to mess around with. We'll we have to do more of those 1v1 matches since that was a good round so I'll lock it out with a password next time so nobody else can interrupt. All in all though it would be nice if we could get a GFF game at least once before the beta ends.

I'm almost at Asslt.Rifle lvl 3 while also using CQC lvl2 since I really want to get it to lvl 3 so I can disarm folks...

Leveling up the weapon are a bit harder than I thought.
Oh and i finally got to try out snake. I sucked at it since his controls were a bit more different but I was exited so finally play as him.
Octocamo is so damn effective I wonder if the final version of Online will have an option for all players to have octocamo, that would be interesting

So I've been playing this game more and more, and find myself getting better and better, thus making it more and more enjoyable.

The game really is different than what I initially expected it to be – a fast(er) paced 3rd person shooter with stealth elements thrown into the gameplay. Ho-damn was I wrong. I didn’t like the game at all at first, but I kept hearing that you have to “give the game a chance and it will eventually grow on you.” This game is all about tactics – something I’m starting to really appreciate. Too bad 4/5’s of the people on the Beta still treat it as if they were playing CoD4. If you run into the open guns a blazin’, you’re gonna get put down.

I went on a streak yesterday where I dominated every single TDM, so much that I would consistently attain enough Drebin points to max out my M4 with all the attachments (there is no stopping me when I have my grenade launcher). It got to the point where I was carrying the team so much, that eventually my team would follow close behind me everywhere I went to see how I was doing it. We eventually got to the point where we always moved as a squad, and what do you know? We dominated 10 times harder. When we stuck together and helped each other out, we rarely died. Fucking cool.

Still – I find that this rarely happens. And it sucks, because the game is an absolute fucking blast when it does. I think I am one of the few people in the beta who uses the SOP system. Oh well, maybe people will get better as they play more. I know I still have a ways to go before I can call myself ‘really good.’

The game isn’t without its flaws, though. Don’t get me wrong on that. There are about 50 different tweaks Konami could make to make this one of the best online experiences out there. I’m very curious as to what the finalized game will be like...

I think thats been the problem that most have been facing, thinking more along the lines of it being a fast paced shooter akin to something like COD4 given its the popular shooter now but getting some completely different with MGO. I even struggled at the start because I was so used to COD4 and the new controls for MGO took some getting used to but once I mastered the controls and mechanics along with some awesome encounters and moments I was hooked. All the best games I've had is when playing with my buddies since we always work as a team so tactical is always the name of game, always linked with SOP and always communicate.

I just haven't been on lately given work has been kicking my ass this week with 55hrs leaving no love for MGO. =/

I know this is a month old but it caught me as someone who played the beta. Will anyone be playing MGO when it launches? If so I'll have my network info and Konami id up when I can remember them.

I'll be there if a clan is made or something, i wasn't able to play everything, mostly tried the training a lot but i got a good taste of it and was gonna try out the real deal then it closed beta =( I think service starts back up in December of this year? Or am i crazy i thought i read it somewhere unless its ready on June 12th. Either way i'm there.

PSN: RaajTM
Konami ID/Name: Raaj

Even if it's a long wait, it's there in advance if anyone wants to add me.

I'll definitely be playing MGO, but I'm not touching it till I've finished MGS4 (well, maybe I'll create my character first). Last thing I want is some idiot to yell/message out story spoilers. As for the service, it should be online come the game's release on the 12th.

Oh and don't bother posting Konami/Game ID's, as they won't actually help you link up with other players. Your character's name is the only thing you'll need to give out.

haHA!!! When you get the game, there's a new update available. IT FIXES THE GODDAMN SPEED!!! I am actually RUNNING now.

Anyways, player speed has significantly been increased, thank god. I thought this was one of the biggest problems with the beta - I am absolutely thrilled that it has been fixed. Thank you, Konami.

I was left pretty broke after my bro came to visit so I may end up selling a ps2 to get my copy (if its possible) o-0
anyways, any plans on starting the real gff clan/team

I know that mostly everybody is concerned with finishing the single player campaign before they even think about jumping onto the whole multiplayer scene, but I was just wondering how everybody plans on customizing their online characters 4 skill slots.

I haven't played enough to level up any of the skills I currently have equipped, but I know that once I DO level some up, I'm going to have some tough decisions to make.

I'm really torn on what I want right now - I can't decide if I want to be a broad based soldier with four many level 1 skills, or if I want to be a little more generalized with two level 2 skills, or if I want to be completely specialized with one level 3 skill with a level 1 skill (lvl. 3 Knifing + lvl. 1 CQC :rock:)

I want to slit people throats (SO. BAD.), but I don’t think I could ever sacrifice my precious movement speed and assault rifle skills just for a single move. Same goes with CQC – I would LOVE to disarm people and leave them dumfounded on what just happened to them, but you’re wasting three skill slots just to disarm a person.

I really think I might just end up using a level 2 skill (assault rifle mastery) with two level 1 skills, such as movement and possibly CQC. I think that’s decently well rounded, and can stand up against most situations in a fight. Really though, I guess I will just have to play around with the skills and see which ones I like and don’t like :/…

What are your guys plans?

The way how I customized in the beta was :

Fast Movement - To get away from the enemy quicker =p
CQC - This has helped me more than one could realize, especially when you need to reload on your main weapon, and someone is nearby, just pull out the pistol and choke hold them.
Assault Rifles - Helps with main weapons.
Awareness(able to see other players being attacked and so on) - Recently with the game, this has changed quite a bit. I've been seeing people with the skill more and more, including if they don't have silencers on the guns, they show up.

What I currently have equipped for skills is Lv 3 Assault Rifle and Lv 2 Monomania (I'm pretty this was called "Enemy Exposure" in the Beta). I'm thinking of jungling it around to be either this set up of Assault Rifle Lv2, Quarterback Lv3 (only costs 1 pt), and Monomania Lv3 (only costs 1 pt). Or Assault Rifle Lv2, Runner Lv1, and Monomania Lv3. It's a flip of a coin over a little more speed or greater throwing distance, or neither and just focus on more accurate shots with the Assault Rifles.

One thing I don't understand is why more people don't use Monomania. IMO, this is one must have skill for team based modes. That way if I die, someone can pick off the guy that was gunning me. Or if I tossed a grenade and it hit a mess of guys everyone can pick em off before they get up.

BTW, you can actually slit people's throats with Blades Lv3? Heh, didn't know that, and I haven't seen anyone actually use it.

does anyone actually use the scanning skill? I've been trying to use it lately, I'm starting to think it's useless because of two reasons: the person i'm scanning is not linked to anyone, and, someone kills the person i just scanned. i think the SOP system needs a bit of tweaking for people to really take advantage of it

i got a question, how come in deathmatch, i can see the outline of some people even though i've never scanned or even killed that person?

Well I just bought MGS4. Didn't have time to play but at least I got online to register my character and unfortunately "Inhert" was already taken ; ; (so if you see him, it's not me!)

For anyone interested, character name: Barzahd

Hope to see you guys online.

I'm still hooked on single player, all i did on mgo was register my character and thats it. Oh and whats up with the whole "pay up" crap if you want three more slots?
Anyways, my konami game ID is still the same as before Ani_zeke.

Hopefully I'll play it soon to bring up my stats

Are we gonna get a GFF game sometime? I'd be up for one.

I use blades 3 all the time to slit people's throats. It's highly convenient. Though now I'm using CQC3 + Rifles 1

Been playing for a week now and am still at level 3. Am having fun with tranq games though :D Hahaha.

My char's name: Squareh00r


Oh and any news on the GFF Clan? :)

I tried to make one yesterday mainly just to check how this was handle but you have to be lv3 and have more than 20h of playtime to create a clan, which I don't have >.>

Hmm, Im at level 3 and, as for playtime, I dont think I have 20h so far. Anyone to make one? :o I might try it on if Id get to the level.

Oh and, any info on the future of this game? I know what we got is the starter edition or whatever its called, when the game is to be 'launched' in full, will it be on a subscription basis? :o This is one of the few online games im willing to go through and subscribe, even if I hate 'shooting' online games :|

this is the full game... they will just improve the game by adding content and patch in the future.

Thats nice to hear :D <3

After checking, my playtime comes up to 15 hours and 30 minutes :o need some more to be able to try clans XD

I'm at level 4...but I have no idea what my play time is :/...

I'll be home later tonight after work to see if I can crack out a clan (unless someone else does before I can get to it).

Currently using Rifle lvl2, CQC lvl1, and QB lvl3. I think I'm going to switch out CQC for Monomania, though. I'll probably learn to alternate certain support skills between free-for-all and team based games.

Im still at level 3 but I got beyond 20 hours. When you do get 20 hours, you get a message from the gamesmaster (or whoever) congratulating you for no longer being a newbie/rookie, and informs you that you can no longer join the beginner lobbies. I just got my blades + 2 :D I cant wait to get a higher level cqc though :(

Hey anyone notice how under your personal stats there's a Team Sneaking tab now? Haven't had a chance to actually play today, so I haven't tried out the mode yet, I wonder what it's like. This must have been apart of the emergency maintenance early yesterday.

Can't wait till an expansion is released, as I'm tired of playing the same 5 maps. Three of which I played to death in the Beta. Anyone else tired of playing TDM as well? Seems like it's the only game type people will host. Lame, I prefer Base over all other modes, though it's a shame that how people don't know how to play the mode properly (been times where I was the only one actually trying to capture bases).

Oh, and I'm game for a GFF clan. It'll at least help stop all these clan invites I keep getting from people I don't even recall playing with.

I'm terrible at shooters and thus I'm really bad at this game, but it's so much more fun. I really love it.

Anyway, my character is j.edmund. Add me and send me some mail and we can play.

What's up with games like this not utilizing the PSN? Am I the only one that finds this extremely stupid? I shouldn't have to get a bunch of names to add my PSN friends again in this game too.

I've still only touched the character registration since I'm going for the big boss emblem and thats taking most of my mgs time but if someone does create a clan with some matches planned out then count me in, although i'm still at the lowest level. I don't suppose theres a required level to join a clan as well.
20 hours to create a clan wtffff? =|

team sneaking is actually pretty cool, it took me a few rounds to get it though. basically its rescue mission, so no respawning. one team has stealth camo and can only use the stun knife, mk 2 tranquilizer, and a bunch of non lethal support items aka magazine, stun grenades. the other team only has lethal items. the main objective is for the sneaking team to capture the frog or duck and the defending team to stop them, so it's like rescue mission except more interesting because of the stealth camo.

when a person on the sneaking team gets spotted, the stealth camo turns off for everyone on the team for a few seconds. the sneaking team is pretty much completely invisible except for their weapons and their shadows. it can be hard to spot them when theyre lying down and not moving.

TSNE seems fun. I've been liking the tranq games... especially knife... Knife Club is fun.:D

I'm online as Kilometers. I've only been playing with strangers so far. I'd really like to play with you guys using the headsets since no one else seems to do it. I'm sure if we formed a team and used communication we could do pretty well.

I found that my performance online varies. Some games I've joined I end up being 1-3rd place in score. While sometimes I'll join a game and just do terrible for some reason. Right now I'm level 2.

My headset is yet to arrive :o Sux.. :(


Finally! CQC+ Master :D Cant wait to get BLade+ to 3 ^_^

CQC3 is way more useful than Blades 3. I mean, throat slitting is incredibly satisfying, but there's no bigger wtf moment when you run up and disarm someone leaving them with no weapon in hand to protect themselves.

It's awesome.

So I'm level 4, but I'm only at 9 hours of gameplay. Nowhere near 20 hours, and won't be anytime soon it looks like :/. Anyone get a chance to create a clan yet?

I'm not online as much as I'd like to be, but when I am, I would also like to play with people other than strangers the majority of the time.

When you disarm, every weapon he has = gone? Or just the primary/equipped one? Got Blades to 3 as well. Working up to Sniper Rifle 3 now :)

all these techniques sound very interesting. I never really got around leveling up my techniques in the beta so i may jump in tonight and finally try out the real thing.

I did have a problem with cod4 though, everytime I hook up my mic it makes the game lag terribly. I really hope mgo doesn't do this

There's a levelling system? Sounds like a great time to join in and a bad time to lose a good TV.

I'm the shit at CQC since I can like, hold down R1.

I not only hold R1 but also left or right along with it, its the shiznat.

I just finished playing my first official match and I'm not sure if it was because I was fiarly decent with the beta or if both teams sucked because i was able to to do things like spot a person with stealth in my first try, cqc a few people, actually get headshots!, and be on the top of the list after a match. All without using Auto-aim (I used to use auto aim all the time in the beta =0) and actually getting some good shots in.
I must have been lucky because I'm never good at online games. I'll just take advantage of the moment and go kill more idiots who run around in the open.

Oh and activating my blutooth drops my bars in an instant and lags like theres no tomorrow. Seriously.

This will make me a winner anyway, since I hate that feature in any game.

edit: (Wouldn't it be great if/is there) a mode where one person goes single against multiple people, trying to be a true Snake and needs to get rid of the other people, with some advantage?

i usually like that feature for easy kills but I decided to leave it off during the main single player game so i can get some practice with it since I was also practicing so that when I get online since I found that you can empty two full clips with auto aim and amount to almost nothing, and it payed off I guess since most of my kills so far have been headshots.

oh on I found out about the camera. If we ever get that clan started we must take a group shot or something


EDIT: Snake vs. Everyone? that was in mgs3 subsitennce I think and it sorta freakin rocked unless the person controlling snake didn't know what he was doing and got caught within seconds

Well I'm a big fan of snipers when I finally got a good one, and since then I haven't been touching my M4 Custom very much at all (single player, that is).

Getting online with GFF will be fucking fun though, so someone better start a clan.

Have they fixed the SVD? Because none of this means shit when you take 1/4 damage from one body shot.

By fixed you mean SVD still takes you out with one shot even when hit anywhere on the body?


Nope, still the same. Groin + Head = 1 shot madness.

Are you using wireless? It might be the bluetooth interfering with the wireless signal. This has happened to me many times with the sixaxis controller, when downloading stuff or just trying to use the internet connection it would lag like crazy and the download even stops, but once I turn off the controller or plug it in, everything goes back to normal. This doesn't happen to me all the time though, and I don't think it ever happened with my bluray remote.

has anyone seen anybody with a fox or foxhound rank? i've only got two ranks so far, bee and water bear. I'm trying to get the eagle rank but i'm gonna have to start owning everyone in every game i play.

No, no. And those are valid uses. I mean people running around with the thing not zoomed firing body shots that take upwards to a quarter of your life away. The thing was easily better run and gun than most automatic weapons.

Well in that case, its still not fixed. I still get 1/4 of my life taken away with some mad people firing the SVD all over.

I've played a few hours and was much impressed over the MGS3 multiplay. The over the shoulder view makes it much more playable and being able to play in the Middle Eastern themed levels are my favorite. I must play this more.

two hours into playing mgo and I'm in level 2 so far. I am so addicted to this now since its not only fun but it creates some memorable moment. Like when I caught this one guy in a cardboard box and I chased after him, he went into a corner and pretended to be a normal box and he thought I didn't see him so I ran to him prepared with my gun when I noticed one dude in my back chasing me so I ran past the box guy and rolled, the guy in back of me followed while the box guy jumped out and tried to cqc me but instead caught his teammate and dropped him to the floor while I took them both out. Priceless :tpg:

I also tried out the new mode which was mentioned and that was a lot of fun, stealth still has its disadvantages which is a good thing I just hope they bring back some other modes like snake vs everybody like grawl mentioned before.
Oh and I finally got a chance to sneak people with snake, and now that I knew what I was doing it was awesome, I lost 4 seconds before the match ended ;_;

I still havent been able to play as snake :( how sad...

I got my first animal emblem. Pigeon - "Prefers not to kill"
I thought I killed quite a good amount of people seeing as I'm at the top of the killing list after a match. Or does it mean that my aim just sucks and I miss fire most of the time ~_~

The only ones that I got would be for getting trapped with magazines often and for getting headshots often (receiving end.. lol)

So the rat and the sloth huh?
I got caught in a trap like two times from some guy playing as snake, he kinda knew what he was doing.
Also I've been dying a bit much lately, looks like my luck in this game has run out. Still i don't know why I have a Pigeon since i heard you need to stun or tranquilize people and I've only done that like less than 10 times while my Kill ratio is a lot higher than deaths

Edit: has anybody received some awards, All I have are 3 consecutive head shots and 5 consecutive kills. I'm wondering if there are any "goof awards" like staying in a box for a certain amount of time or some kind of strange kojima stuff

Wheres that GFF Clan? :p

I still haven't reach the 20h of playtime lol, I really don't play often :\

I reached level 3 around my third hour and now I'm in my sixth and still in level 3. Now I see why some people are in such a low level with an incredible amount of hours.
I think I saw someone in level 1 with 18 hours @_@
I've been neglecting the knife and from what I hear it can be a handy weapon when it's leveled up. So I'm trying to use it lots more and now that I'm playing with a few more experienced people its becoming more of a challenge but at least my kills are higher than my deaths unlike cod4 ^^;
Oh and I have a new award 2 consecutive survivals in tdm. Hoorah =0
Anyways I'm still up for the clan if anyone ever starts it

I leveled my knife skills (both CQC and Blade) at Knife Club matches. Its quite exciting. I cant seem to find a lot of Sniper matches hence Im still stuck at a nearly mastered Sniper+ My Running skills are still at two and Assault Rifle skill at one :o

an expansion pack has been announced, adding three new maps, a new game mode, meryl and johnny as special characters. It also includes one free character slot and they now let you create female characters.

screenshots and detailed info here: METAL GEAR ONLINE OFFICIAL WEB SITE

The virtuous vista map looks like an awesome setting for sniper battles. I remember seeing the waterway map in one of the MGO trailers, I thought it was gonna be included in the disc.

Ooh.. Survival! :o

Ooh!!!

Reward Points!!! :D Nice!

the level system is not like an rpg where when you get x amount of pts you get a level up, the level system in MGO works with kill/death ratio. So if you really get good and get more kill than death, then your level will go up but if after you get kill more often your level can go down.

Basically you could be stuck at lv 3 with more than 50h of play if you stay in that specific kill/death ratio.

oh I see, i thought the leveling system was more similar to cod.
Well I finally finishes bis boss mode in 3 hours and 42 minutes and I don't think I'm going to be trying that again so I'll see if I devote more time to online. I did join a knife battle last time and it was a bit hard at first since I'm so used to gunning them down.
Oh and SVD is a bitch, got shot a few times by it and it sent me flying across the damn screen.
Expansion Pack sounds very cool indeed. After finding out that I can't change the gear or color of my character after creating it I've been wanting to change it's look so I guess the rewards system will be handy.
how is the expansion available are we suppose to download it from the konami page?

Man, the site's such a tease, it says the new pack is out now, but you can't buy it yet. I'm definitely making a purchase, especially since you get an extra character slot with it. The map I'm most interested in is the Coopertown Conflict/City of Sorrow, it looks like it's a remake of the Brown Town map which was one of my favorites from the first MGO. I'm curious about the Survival mode though, I wonder how that works. Hopefully it isn't too hard to rack up reward points, as I'm dying to get my guy some new gear (mostly new camo). The special character selection (Meryl and Johnny) is probably be similar to the MGO1's system, where if it's enable the heighest ranking or lowest ranking players (or random, depending on host) of each team will get to play as Meryl and Johnny respectively (kinda like in MGO1, how the KGB team got Ocelot, and GRU team got Raikov). Haha, no doubt Johnny's salute is gonna be the stomach ache one, though it'd be sweet if they included the one he used when Meryl introduced Rat Patrol Team 01.

Oh, and I've been leveling blades as well. I got it to Lv 3, so I can slit throats now. Heh, it's which pretty effective and efficient for TSNE (which is my new favorite mode to play, next to Base). Though I personally find the ol' CQC grab (the one where you slam em to the ground) and stun knife combo to be much better. You can get both a stun and kill, it doesn't require any of the skills, and it's just as effective.

Only thing I hate about CQC is when the other player is lagged.... >.>

Oh hey got to level 4 now :D and sniping at master :D

Its kinda stupid where 'ghosts' (during TSNE) can still be affected by magazines... lmao

I lagged a number of times ~_~
The most annoying thing about lagging is when you die, then you respawn, then the game glitches up and you die as soon as you respawn and transparent. It still only counts as one death but its annoying as heck. Fortunately I only lag when my damn bluetooth is on for some damn reason.
Oh and I joined a Knife Only team DeathMatch and got so many kills. I was mostly killed by my teammates but I was always number one by the end of each round. I was able to get to knife level 2, not only that but I went up to level 4 =0
Then everyone decided to kick me out of the room because i was doing too good or something ~_~
Well I did see some enemy guy coming towards my teammate. My teammate was crouched down and tried to stun him so he missed, so i took down the enemy cqc style and knifed him. I guess sorta technically I stole his kill. Immediately after that they decided to kick me. The way I see it he would have been dead anyways. I never even took anyone's kill before that, if anything my team was messing me up by "accidentally" stunning me from behind when there was an enemy at my front. They kinda pissed me off.
There was this one moment like 5 seconds till the match ended where two guys were stand in front of each other and I had to make a rapid decision on either, trying to cqc one and take him down while the other kills me, or just run away. Luckily enough they were standing very close to each other and I went forward while slicing my knife at the air like no tomorrow and was able to get them both. It was awesome.

What pisses me off during knife games is when other people stun/kill you while you are stunning/killing another. Sure, its natural for them to do that since you're vulnerable, but its cheap and it sucks.

But meh, I'll just do that to them as well >:E

New update released, here's the details from the MGO official site:
the expansion is supposed to be released today, I haven't checked if its up for download and I'm pretty sure it has to be downloaded through the MGO shop, rather than the PS store.
biggest changes are probably being able to see friendly traps through SOP and the prices of the M14 and E. Locators

So um...there's this new Expansion pack and all, along with a new update. Wow, did the update takes ages for me.

And this reward points system...will it be something everyone will be able to use, or is there a catch or something to it? For instance, like only if you're in a clan or whatever.

EDIT: Wow, that post above me answered everything as I was asking it. rofl.

awesome! I'm guessing the rewards is for everyone not just the expantion users. Don't know when I'll get the expansion though but it all sounds awesome.
Any news on the gff clan or has everyone already joined one. I have a few 17 hours under my account with a few invites but still will join a gff one if its in the works.

Oh and new extras for single player as well. Crying and Screaming Camo

EDIT: After forever and an age ago I was able to get the damn mgo update. From what I see the konami servers are way to careless since they keep having to do maintainence after a huge update. There are now "Grade Points" in which everybody is starting off at Rookie. Also I'm guessing that everyone has started off at 500 reward points? I thought we would start off depending on our stats but I guess not. Not only that but the expansion is unattainable since the mgo shop is out. So is the reward shop, so we can't even browse though it at the moment. I did notice that there is now Face Paint option so i wonder what kind of things we'll see there. I for one am hoping for all the face paints from mgs3 and i'm guessing the Grim reaper one will be wildly popular.

Quick question, do we need the expansion to play on the new maps?

when you try to select a room thats gray or something it'll tell you something like Unable to connect to host go buy the expansion.
If your playing in a room and all of a sudden the host decides to use a new map, then I don't know what happens. Maybe you'll get kicked. So it kinda sucks cause 60% of the rooms I saw yesterday were people trying out the new maps.

I'd love to start a GFF clan, but I'm only at about 13 hours (Lvl 5 holllla)...

Hmm, well, it will be kinda wrong if we can play on the new maps without the expansion.

Hmmm... still...... I dont think I'll be grabbing it :o Sorry, im a leech :p

you can,t you must have the expansion to play on the new maps...

For now I think that 15$ is too much for only 3 maps and one mode that is only available on the weekend... and beside that Konami don't know shit how to manage they server...

and they broke my filter... now no matter what i put in them it always show 0 server if I enable the filter...

Got my headset, however, I dont think Im enjoying this anymore since I'll be left out without the damned expansion. I dont feel like buying it anyways. So meh...

Cant even get this headset to work... It works with the ps3 settings but when it goes in-game, it can detect it but I dont think they hear me when I speak :o

No mute button on it sucks as well... bleh...

you have to hold select for like 2 seconds until the speaker icon is white next to your name. I accidentally found this out and while not knowing it, I kept on saying "fuck" and "shit" and "what the hell are you doing, help me ><!" while not knowing while the mic was on.
Yeah and the expansion thing, it really is putting out a lot of people especially with the servers always on the damn fritz. Even more of a reason for us here to get together and play on the regular maps. I saw A few rooms that had the snake sneaking mission but everyone joined on the red team so that it would be a custom "Snake vs Everyone" Match. This would be really fun to play.
If anyone is level 20 yet, the clan would be great and I'm like an hour away but I've never had much experience with clans.

One more thing, not sure if some people gave out their psn ID's instead of their Konami characteer ID, because none of you are searchable through mgo ~_~

I'm 15min away from the 20h play time XD so I'll probably have it today lol and I'm still lv 3, so I could create the clan.

I don't feel like buying the expansion either, at least not for now... so with the clan we could get together and play on normal maps.

And yes you have to hold select to speak in MGO. I don't have an headset but I have the playstation eye so I don't know how good it could work...oh wait I have the playstation 2 headset somewhere, this will probably work.

I'm not sure to who I said that on the ps3, but English is not my first language, so my speaking English is not that great lol that's why I don't use mic very often.

You said that to me lmao.


And seriously...I really would like to play someone on here. I see you guys on my list, yet no one asks to play together. You guys suck :(

Well good news guys I just create the clan named simply: GamingForce

And I did my best to create some sort of a GF emblem lol

So if you see me online on my ps3 give me a pm so that I log in MGO, to add you in the clan :)

Okay, will be searching for the clan now :)

-edit-

Sent my application :D


Looking forward to a GFF match! :D

Awesome Inhert can't wait to play, I'm going to make a quick search for it. I already added a bunch of you through psn so give me a quick pm if you guys are ganna D-d-d-d-d-duel

edit:
woah i'm like a few kills/deaths away between level 3 and 4. I must have switched between them like 3 times already ^^

Well I didn't had a lot of time to play today but I accepted both of you in the clan.

so we just need to get together sometime and play a match or two :)

I'm all free this weekend! :D

I'm not home this weekend so I can't join you guys :\ well maybe Sunday after-noon/night or something.

I'll just send a quick message through mgo if I see you guys online.
Anyways there's a new update and I thought it would have been for the rewards shop but it was just for fixes on traps and glitches or something.
I'm still waiting for the damn rewards shop but it looks like they might delay it for another week, hope not any more than that.

Eww... I was excited to play since I caught Inhert online however, theres a stupid update!!! Tsk...

well the update just took me 30sec to download (dont' use peer to peer, http is way faster)

so I may be up for a game or 2 but I can,t play a lot tonight.

Meh, will be having lunch soon :( Will try to finish quick to catch up with ya while you're online

I sent you a mail to see if you wanted to have a quick match with cobalt and your busy =0
Now I feel like an ass :mad:

well I got your mail and reply that I sure wanted to join :\

edit: btw anyone know a Forever0zero in MGO? because he asked to join the clan but I don't want to start inviting anyone outside GFF for now

I hate you for killing me so much :(

haha but usually I'm not that great

I despise all of you X|
I think each of you had a chance to kill me as snake ~_~ I usually rock better than that online but I guess I was up against some more noobish type people before and plus I kinda sucked. I have my off and on days. I'll be completely serious next time. I tried using svd at first since i was trying to level up but I think you guys notice how badly I sucked at aiming with that thing.
I also don't know if my mic worked at all. i spoke in it a few times but I didn't get a direct response to anything. And in case it wasn't working, Chip yours was working fine. A lot more clearer than other people I hear online.

During the last free for all match I tried to get everyone to gather in the middle of the field for a group shot by shooting wildy in the air but it erupted into a free for all anyway ^^
Still got some not so great shots, plus I caught some video as well.


anyways, it was all good fun. I'm glad I forwarded the mail to all of you becuase i didn't expect chip to finish his luch so quickly =p

Edit: nope haven't heard of Forever Zero

Meh, yeah, I eat lunch quickly ;) lmao Anyways, I was ready for that group shot part, however, when I saw you get shot, I knew there was something wrong... lmao!

Whenever I try to grab most of you, I get killed... so much for using my blade skills... lmao! I need to level assault rifle and pistols for now though ;)

I'll try to use my mic more next time, I never really thought that it'd work :o

Great game guys! :D Sux that I had to die a lot x_x lol

omfg the reward shop is finally open =0
Lots of goodies to pick from, I just picked up a cheap helmet just to test it out and I have to say that if your going to shop it's a lot better if you do it from an actual PC rather than the PS3.
No face Paint yet but the actual opening of the rewards shot is finally a refreshing look. Now we're not confined by the colors we chose at first which i was unaware of.

Also there's new camo for the single player and its the best one yet. Snake Camo! It reduces your camo by 10% but it allows snake to knock out any normal soldier with one hit. It looks like they just faint. This would have been a bit helpful for big boss mode ~_~

Oh and one more thing, seems like people are finally making use of the training grounds

just a notice, since I don't play mgo a lot, I just past the leadership of the clan to Chip since he seem to play a lot.

I do? Meh~ :p Anyways, anyone up for some matches during the weekend? :o

I saw ya online and would have liked to join you in a game even if only 1 on 1 but my bro came over for the weekend and playing online comfortably wasn't much of an option.

I got to level 4 (AGAIN!) after finally using the magazines for the first time. I little cheap, yes, but it gets the job done.I also got the awards for 5 consicutive deaths, something I tried to avoid for a while ~_~
Can anybody clarify what an "Official Match" is. Is it clan matches? After the end of each match you get reward points but as i've seen, they're useless. They don't get added to your current reward points and all we get is like 10 points for each day that passes by. Is it only the expansion people that can take the rewards o-0?

the only way to get more Reward points is the 10pts each day and by playing survival on weekends only and to play survival you have to buy the expansion...

300 Reward points for taking a survey.

http://mgo2sns.konamionline.com/us/c...t_enquete_id=4
(login and re-click the link)

I've gotten confused from the points now. I didn't sign on for a week and now I have over 1500 points.
Oh wait is that the 1000 extra points the mentioned for the faulty servers? Because I didn't even get the beta so I'm guessing it counted towards everyone.
And I'l try out that survey, 300 free points, eh nuthin to lose.

Yeah the 1000 points is for everyone because of Konami's server probs. I don't have the expansion either.
Hell, I don't even have a PS3.. I'm usually playing on my cousin's login since he rarely plays MGO.

I can't wait until I can get my own system. I'm still a noob at Level 3 (only getting to play once a week.)

The other day I was in a Narc leveling room and I saw another form of "teabagging." The other players were switching their weapons rapidly from pistol, grenade, and to nothing equipped. That of which resulted in them looking like they're jacking off..

Any of you guys see some funky movements?

Yeah I kinda found out how to how to spin and spin and spin and thought "wow did anyone else find this out =0"
Which they did because after that I found plenty of people doing it >_>

I dont know how to do that :(

oh it's so easy.
If you have a knife equipped just do the punch punch kick combo but before the kick comes up start rotating the analog and you'll spin until you stop rotating.
Or if you have a two handed weapon, just press R1 once and your character will try to hit once, before the animation is over just rotate the analog again.
We should have another snake vs everyone match, even if it's just 1 vs 1 ^_^

Sure sure! Im okay this weekend :D

I'm finally able to play this after getting a new PS3. So if you guys are still playing, I'm game, I'm not that good, but at least I'm fun. hehe. :D

I know we haven't had a group match for the longest time but this new expansion looks so badass and worth getting.
Gametrailers.com - Metal Gear Online - TGS 08: Japanese Meme Expansion Trailer HD

Whoever's in charge of the Gamingforce clan, I applied for it, so someone accept me already. Lmao.


I've been playing it lately, and id love to play some GFFers in it. Please lets all play one night :)

I passed the lead to Chip since I don't play anymore. I might return when the new Meme expansion will be out, but I still haven't bought the first one, so I'll way to see if there will be a bundle of the two expansions...

People still playing this? I'm on pretty often, but I get my ass handed to me everytime.

It's getting really annoying how the only chance you have at killing someone is with a headshot. I unleash a full M4 clip on some guy from behind, he turns around and caps me in the head with a pistol as I'm still shooting him. It just seems so broken sometimes.

It's also too bad that there's only, like, 4 people in the clan. I have yet to even play with one of you guys.

That was one of my biggest problems, getting headshots. But after taking a few training classes with a couple of friends I'm finally getting the hang of it, see, there are training rooms that aren't only auto grad rooms. haha. But yeah, I was lucky to find a good instructor.

Oh yeah, eprox, if you want to just go one on one and just chill and have fun without a care in the world, then just send me a message over to my PSN ID. I'm all for having fun playing MGO with you guys from GFF.

Oh hell... Sorry I was not online to approve the clan application, my connection died for almost a month. I will be going for it later, just lemme finish my update of Life with Playstation. XD

Guys we all should really play and do survival. Id love to work together with all of you and develop a good team.

Im still debating whether or not to grab the expansion... lmao

When I get some money next week, I plan on purchasing it.

Already purchased, just waiting for its release on Tuesday! Also, it seems that inorder to get Meme you must have Gene. But they got a great deal where you can get both for $14.99, hopefully more people will start hosting the new maps. Can't wait to try Ocelot, though I imagine Meiling probably won't be too popular since she's purely support.

For that price, I think I'd grab SF II HD Remix first :|

Wow,thats pretty generous of konami,might grab it when I have the chance.

Yo. Bumping this thread because I've been playing the MGO demo, and I fully intend to play the real MGO once I get MGS4, which I have been meaning to do for a while now.

So, just checking to see if any of you guys are still active in MGO. Oh, and the demo is on a seperate server, I confirmed this with a random PSN friend the other night.

While I don't know if he's still around on the boards, I still see Karasu on my PSN buddy list playing it from time to time. It might be worth asking him via AIM or PSN message, since I'm unsure of anyone else who's still actively playing it.

Everyone got bored huh? Seems like a pretty decent game to me, especially considering the base game comes free with MGS4. Oh well. Guess I am just too late to the party.

Actually that's pretty much all I play nowdays on my PS3. Dont get me wrong, I play some CoD4 and what not...but MGO is all the rage for me. im a lvl 13 right now, and ive gotten pretty good at the game, thanks to some training I got. MGO isn't dead.

It's not that I got bored, just bored playing with random people ^^
I enjoyed the snake matches I had with people here though. I just pop it in from time to time when I feel sneaky :3

You just gotta play some friends and stuff. For instance, I frequent the SRK forums a lot, and they have a bunch of people there that play MGO. Plus the clan im in, ive developed friends there as well. So when I play, i try to not play with randoms, but at the same time...its good to play with high lvl people, that way you can lvl yourself up.

Haha, yea MGO really is one of the reasons why I still use my PS3. Though to be honest, I don't even play that much MGO anymore either. It kind of got boring since all people ever host are TDM or TSNES games, and they're always on the same 5 maps. Plus very few hosts actually use unique characters, who really add another level of fun to the game. My favorite game type is Base and very few hosts dedicate to it, and times that I find one the game is really stacked (like 8 vs 5).

Now the only time I actually bother logging in is when there's survival. And I'm pretty much guranteed a team every survival since my clan members frequent that and tournament. Though, even now I don't frequent survival all that much, I used to never miss a single night, too much BS during it (trash talking, glitching, and occasional network errors on my end) plus there's not much in the reward shop that I want (they really need to start adding more than 1-2 items everyweek).

Well I made a new character and I plan to do it right this time. Since my first character was my newbie one, the one I learned the game on, my kill/death ratio is all fucked. With this new character, I know how the game plays, and how the players play. Now, i'll be able to get FOX or Foxhound properly.

Seriously, for a shooting game..it is deep. There are tactics and things you can learn in this game that you can't in other shooters. Infact for me, the game has helped me improve on my accuracy and offense. MGO should get more credit than it does.

Yeah, that's why I like it. While you can still semi-successfully play it as a run-n-gun game like CS, it really becomes a game of its own when you apply stealth tactics.

Plus, in most shooters the best feeling of accomplishment you can get is going on a headshot spree and staying alive for a good K/D ratio. In MGO not only can you do that, but you can also utterly humiliate people in the process. Trap them with a skin magazine, shoot em in the head with a tranq gun while they're helpless, and then knife them while they're asleep. They'll probably remember that one.