Call of Duty 4..Veteran

[moonieass13]

Well I just played through the campaign on normal and some of it was tough, what are your thoughts on making it through veteran?

I think its going to take forever or I may just give up lol

[H2O Raiden]

The 2nd part of the sniper mission on HARDENED is nearly impossible as is. Veteran would make me want to gouge my eyes out with a spork.

[Akasha PMS]

I'm not sure I would want to play this game on veteran, I watched my fiance beat it and it is tough to say the least.

[CrazyLSU]

I just got through act 1 on veteran. Not so bad so far. It is like playing Gears on insane!!!

[H2O Raiden]

Bull! Gears on Insane is not even as hard as Halo 3 on Heroic. Insane on Gears just requires a different approach on "normal" battles. (ie: rushing through a courtyard to chainsaw everything in sight instead of even firing a single shot.. remember Moonie? lol)

PS: LSU, come on live man, let's play some MP :)

[CrazyLSU]

My internet is out right now. I am having to connect off a neighbor. i will be back up tomorrow night just in time for a clan match i hope.

[H2O Raiden]

:< That sucks. If I am online when you are playing (not a clan match, of course), invite me sometime. :)

[moonieass13]

lol yes that rushing thing was freaking awesome... lol didnt think it would work, to bad you hadnt figured that in the eariler hours we played that part but ya Gears on insane wasnt that hard. but Vet in CoD4 is gunan suck
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I am done the first 2 missions... arent that hard, just let the AI do most the work

[Crash]

I've only played the first two missions and then started working on leveling up in mulitplayer FFA matches. I was really impressed with the single player campaign, but I wants me some more perks!

[Chocopolka]

The 2nd part of the sniper mission on HARDENED is nearly impossible as is. Veteran would make me want to gouge my eyes out with a spork.

I just beat that part today. So tough that I had to restart the level.

[H2O Raiden]

I've restarted on it about 3 times already. I finally figured out how much the wind actually affects the first sniper shot (with the .50), and popped the guy with a massive curve shot to the head. I hate that they tried to go super-realistic with the sniping.. it is supposedly an 800 (ish) meter shot, with a Barret .50 cal (M82?), yet the thing is affected by the "Coriolis effect" (effect of the curvature of the earth, resulting in the shot not hitting where you want it to), which he speaks about but doesn't actually explain, so someone new to the idea of tactical rifle usage is left to wonder what it means.
Furthermore, the sniper shot is like watching a laser being bounced off a mirror.. the wind doesn't make rounds do a bloody u-turn.. sad attempt at realism.


Anywho, the 2nd part of the mission is nearly impossible on Hardened.. the NPC you have barely does anything, and even if you are the world's best crack shot with any/all of the sniper rifles, you get swarmed by hundreds of NPC's. So hard.

[moonieass13]

lol I just attempted it on Vet... ya I cant even make it past the part RIGHT after the long shot... NPC isnt even injured yet... freaking ridiculous

[Black Capone]

Veteran is a *****!!!!! Two shots in the back and l died! l did do the first two missions, but my plan is to take it much MUCH slower than l normally would on easier difficulties, especially since it takes more shots to kill them as it does to kill you. My fear is the Sniper and the last level.


Has anyone gotten the Mile High Club achievement? l couldn't do it last night and a friend at school told me how he did it today.

[ToX1C]

Hey i beat it on veteren. Basically just take it slow sneak around corners. Theres two places I had trouble one was the ferris wheel. (i took cover behind the pavilian). The next was no fighting in the war room which was almost impossible for me. Ive got all the achievments except the high mile achievment, I made it to the hostage but accidentally shot him. Overall I dont think its to bad just take it slow. Remember use those grenades.

[LiquidMetal H2O]

Just finished it on Sunday on regular and last night started it on veteran. I think its already getting intense. I had serious trouble in the t.v. studio. too many grenades flying, very frustrating but finally got through it. I only thing I can't figure out is that i shot all the t.v.s with the speech and i still didn't get the achievement...... this game is incredible though

[Crash]

On veteran mode I just sprint for the checkpoints, I find that if I try to fight it out I get owned sooner or later. Flashbangs are great for this because they can stun a group of enemies while you get by, and detonate fast enough that they don't take you out.

[ToX1C]

Its not really to bad just take it slow. Sneak around and rake cover as soon as your shoot. Let your other soldiers help ont go to far ahead from them.

[CrazyLSU]

I am on the level were you try and escape the safe house. TOTAL hell on Veteran.. I can get half way across the map but no checkpoints. Right when i think i have it clear 5 guys come from nowhere and shoot me.

[NeoViper9889]

I'm having problem on the mission where your Soap again (wtf is up with soap?) and your chopper is shot down. Yeah thats where I am. I didn't really have any problems with any levels before that though.

[OneBad PMS]

I figured that if i went through it on some other level then i'd never redo it on Veteren and im an achievment ***** LOL so i am almost done with Act 2, im stuck at the ferris wheel, hiding behind the bumper cars waiting for the chopper! ....which landed once but i had so many enimies around that i couldnt get to mcmillian and get to the chopper :( idk what to do....

[Black Capone]

l jumped ahead and completed "All Gullied Up", but just said "FORGET IT!!" on the second half. l either have some......blank, shooting me, or those mutts would come and bite me. But hey, l did it on Veteran without being spotted!!! even though it took me four tries :D

[H2O.pry0r]

CoD4 is fun on veteran. Some of it gets pretty hard though. I think veteran makes the game more realistic so I'm trying to beat the entire game on it. :D

[Black Capone]

good luck to you!

[H2O.pry0r]

good luck to you!

haha

I think I'm gonna need a lot more than luck to beat it. It's insane

[LiquidMetal H2O]

You definately need more than luck. I'm also stuck at the ferris wheel. Ive restarted the level twice so I can plant the claymores I have before getting the ones he give you. Its still tough to do but i refuse to not finish each level.

[Doll PMS]

I've finished it on hardened and veteran. The war room has to be the hardest part in the game. I had to restart it on veteran a couple of times and it took me a couple days to complete.

[Osiris H2O]

I made it through to the second sniper mission, too. I can pull of the shot, and can even last a while in the firefight afterwards by using the buses for cover, but have yet to make it past that point.

[LiquidMetal H2O]

What you need to do is stay to the left and run around them. they seem to keep shooting at your partner and normally I get through it without getting shot. from there its not too bad until you get past the swimming pool. make sure to plant your claymores before you take him to the spot for sniper support because he gives you more. and good luck. I've been trying for the last week to pass it.

[Black Capone]

l don't think l'm gonna try Veteran anytime soon, or at least not before my Christmas break. l'm just too.....uptight right now.

[DropinBodys]

I just got it today...And WOW I got flash backs of Veteran On COD 3 Damn....the first 2 missions aren't that difficult the TV station one is hella hard.

[H2O Raiden]

Pff.. COD2 and COD3 sucked. COD1.. now that game is hard. The expansion (UO) is even harder.

[Black Capone]

l don't understand how some people can call COD4 on Veteran easy. Halo 3 on Legendary was easy, or easier, l should say, but how the hell is Veteran easy?

[Doll PMS]

Scarface, Whoever said COD4 was easy is "trying" to look cool. COD4 was definitely hard as hell. I mean it wasn't as hard as COD2, but it was hard.

You know how it goes, people love the exaggerate after they spend 3 days (x8 hours a day!) trying to complete one mission. But of course, it's easy after that... *eyeroll*

[Black Capone]

lol, l hear ya. COD4's a ***** on Veteran. l used to play games on easy, get used to it, and still own people online, but damn, COD4 is harder than Halo 3 on Legendary by yourself. At least l got through at least two missions, the first Flood and the mission where you destroy the second Scarab. l guess when l can finally get my heartrate down, l'll try "Charlie Don't Surf" on Veteran, and continue from there. l'm 16 now, gotta grow some nuts sooner or later lol

[Freakstylez]

I won't even play Halo 3 on Legendary (except the first mission), but I managed to beat Call of Duty 4 on Veteran. The way I see it, Call of Duty isn't Call of Duty unless it's on Veteran. I had no choice.

Not that it was an easy ride.

Charlie Don't Surf was the first mission that gave me any problems, thanks to that shootout in the broadcasting room. I ended up camping the server room the entire time. Slow, but it worked.

Hunted wasn't exactly a cakewalk, either. The very end with the chopper was the first part I wanted to go homicidal on. The chopper shoots you the very millisecond you move from cover, even if it's shooting at a teammate already. Stupid, but eventually I was able to take out the gunner and move up to the building.

Then, of course, was One Shot, One Kill. The first half of this mission was fun, in my opinion. Somewhat challenging, but fun. Then I sat for several minutes waiting for a chopper to show up. That was not challenging. That was impossible. I made it through pure luck and nothing but. When I made my break for MacMillan and the chopper, it was pure luck that I picked him up and jumped on the chopper before being taken out--though it still took two tries once I made it to that part.

Safehouse was pretty difficult as a whole, but wasn't particularly troublesome.

Heat, on the other hand, was no walk in the park. Rushing through that initial field was maddening, and when I reached the other side finally and hit a checkpoint, I realized it would be maddening until the very end. It didn't help that I got a checkpoint while injured and in the open with guys converging on me. I'm so lucky I found a way to go that kept me alive or I would have had to restart, and needless to say, I would not have been happy.

The rest of the game was pretty tough, but No Fighting In The War Room was just insane. Reaching those checkpoints made my brain hemorrhage, I'm pretty sure. You needed to make it within a certain time or it wouldn't give it to you, but that wasn't easy because there were some points where enemies would shoot you before you could sneak around the corner enough to even see them, causing you to duck back behind the wall until you were recovered, wasting more time.

I don't think I'll be doing Mile High Club anytime soon. If ever.

[Black Capone]

l saw a video on Migh High Club. The guy ended up skipping about half the enemies, rushed upstairs, and killed the guy.

[Freakstylez]

I wish I could do that, but I'm guaranteed to die if I try to rush ahead.

[Gooner]

I beat COD4 on Vetren, there are some parts that are almost impossible to beat but i spent time on it and got it about after 32764923 F bombs dropped out of my mouth

[Kestral H2O]

After playing Multiplayer so much it wasn't really that hard haha

[BlackwaterReap]

53 times (yes, i counted) i attempted Mile High Club on Veteran difficulty, couldnt even get to the second floor without being gakked up.

I've completed Crew Expendable on Veteran mode but that is the first level so i wasnt expecting too much pain, i attempted Hunted but kept getting shot every time you try to get into the basement, i tell you what, its bloody impossible.

To be honest, i can't play the campaign again because it was so good the first time round, nothing will compare to the first time that McMillan tells you to drop down and wait for the russians to pass in All Ghillied Up.

[Vendetta]

this makes me want to buy COD4 for my computer even more lol, I played quite a bit of COD3 on the 360 at a game store on a school trip before lol.....some annoying little kid kept trying to tell me how to play....he shut up after 2 hours of seeing me play and not die once :)

[Kestral H2O]

:) yay cod4

[B1gg Randall]

I beat the whole game on Veteran....I did it bout 3-4 weeks ago....Mile High Club is Hell....OMG..I got to the end of Mile High Club and I shot him in the leg,then it told me Veterans get head shots.WTF....I almost threw my controller out the window...lol...But I did it...It took me more than 100 times man....

[BlackwaterReap]

I only ever shoot the guy at the end in the head. And when i try to shoot him in the leg, i always end up double tapping the hostage :(

[H2O Raiden]

I beat the whole game on Veteran....I did it bout 3-4 weeks ago....Mile High Club is Hell....OMG..I got to the end of Mile High Club and I shot him in the leg,then it told me Veterans get head shots.WTF....I almost threw my controller out the window...lol...But I did it...It took me more than 100 times man....



OMG. That is SO MEAN!! :eek:

That's ridiculous.. I have issues beating it on hardened..

[H2O Commando]

HAHA me too. I have only beat the first 3 missions on veteran.

[Rare]

Im on sins of the father ATM on Veteren, I just need 3 more levels and im fully done with it . Minus the new squad record that is .... I just cant beat 23 secs, ARRRGHHH .

[H2O Commando]

I think that achievment MAY be impossible. my best is like 25 seconds.

[FadedTempest]

I've finished everything except for 30 intel items; I just haven't gone back through to do it. The squad record is easy to get, use the pistol for the accuracy bonus. It makes a heck of a difference, my best time is 16 seconds.

No fighting in the war room was by far the hardest and most frustrating mission on veteran to me. I was so happy when I finished that one up. Afterwards I played Mile High Club, it took about 50 tries but it wasn't as bad as I expected. Watch a video of it being done on youtube and you shouldn't have many issues.

[H2O Commando]

NO Fighting In The War Room is FRUSTRATING! I have hurt myself banging on my controller lol

[PMS Pinky]

I'm stuck on no fighting in the war room i pop my body round the corner and i'm dead instantly, i didnt have to many problems with the other missions (prob cus my bf already comepleted it and he had some easy stratergies to get through some of the hard parts :p)

[NugzRus]

yea anyone trying to complete the sniper mission just make sure you get an ak or mp5 and go all the way to the back right side of the map behind the bumper cars and white fence. make sure your claymores are set up around the ferris wheel and bumper cars (enemies like to go all the way around the bumper cars) begin sniping through the white fence until they get close then just bring out your mp5 or whatever you have close range and be sure to dodge all the nades that are going to be coming your way.

[Black Capone]

my best time for the sqaud thingy is 18.5 seconds. Veteran l've only cleared up to "Charlie Don't Surf", and l did the sniper mission (first half) without being spotted on my forth try...

[IRonCanucK]

Mile High Club on Veteran, intense, love it :D

[H2O Mercury]

Veteran difficulty is funny, the AI never targets your team mates in a gun fight and instead all focus their attention on you. On mile high your best friend is the flashbang, let the squad do most of the shooting (the squad only advances when they are behind you though which sucks, they also have a habbit of shooting you in the back).

As for the FNG, 14.5 secs :P

[AstralSoldier]

the FNG, my best time in it is 15,6 secs. that was run'n'shoot style run from me..

imho, the worst mission is Game Over in veteran, tried it, died 59times..then i gave up..

[ShadowWolf9]

I got all the achievements in the game besides the 30 intel items and all tv's on the second day I had the game I think. All easy stuff, but mostly because I had already beat Veteran on COD2 and COD3 pretty quickly.

[H2O SkywalkerX]

the only one i couldnt beat on veteran was One shot, one kill. the part right after you snipe the guy, i just get overwhelmed and can't do it, enemies from the front, the sides, the back. ive tried EVERYTHING and i just can't do it. other than that the other levels were pretty easy on veteran, well except mile high club, but i didn't really spend time on that, i was just happy i beat it :p
honestly though, if a game has a harder difficulty like that, instead of making the AI just shoot at you with more rounds and only a few bullets kill you. they should make them smarter and more aggressive. also not being able to see you through a friggin wall. it should be REALISTIC not you having to hide every few seconds cause your about to die. i dont think people realize that the hardest difficulty, it should be very hard of course but not enemies seeing through walls and just grrrr it ticks me off sometimes.
other than that, the single player was AMAZING. the end caught me totally off guard, not what i was expecting at all

[H2O Hamlet]

I only played the game on Veteran, so I have no idea what it's like on other difficulties. I thought the entire thing was pretty difficult. I always play campaign before I play online, and so I wasn't accustomed to Halo Jumping or belly flopping. I agree with those of you that stated that the 2nd part of the sniper mission is difficult, especially when you are in the court yard waiting for the chopper to come. That part is near impossible, especially picking him up and running to the chopper! Mile High Club took me about 5 hours non-stop to complete...

If you are planning on playing veteran, expect to die and memorize the little catchy phrases... It happens. Be patient, and let the AI do a lot of the work. You really need to stay calm to get through it on Veteran, because you'll get frustrated. Especially in the TV station room with all the TV's, I think that is 2nd hardest IMO.

Good Luck :)

[-paradox-]

i'm also finding incredibly tough and frustrating, i was stuck on the war room on vet for days, eventually had to turn it off for fear of launching my controller airbourne.

took it back up a week or so ago and breezed past it somehow first time( wierd ) now im stuck trying to get to the evac within 3 mins. impossible i tells thee!!!

still not done it, due in no small part to not wanting to replace yet another controller as the one i was using had its aerodynamics severely tested, suffice to say it didnt pass :mvshakefist:

i'm now 1 controller short :( still love the game though lol

[VioletRIOT]

I just can't do veteran. It's just one of those things.. -sigh- Wish I could.

[-paradox-]

I just can't do veteran. It's just one of those things.. -sigh- Wish I could.i'm exactly the same with oysters, i want to, but just know i couldnt do it:mvsad:

i know what you mean though, it was the same for me on cod2, i never really bothered with the 3rd installement, fell seriously short imo, got so far on vet but just hit a wall, infinity ward sure know how to test their loyal gamers skills to the limit!

[VioletRIOT]

I like oysters =D

And indeed they do. I'm not one for collecting achievements so i decided to save myself the cost of having to buy a new controller because if I did have another go at veteran i would crush it. lol

[H2O Hamlet]

I found that after I had played online, the campaign aspect became quite easy. Granted, if you stick to playing public matches you won't gain much experience, but by playing in competitive ladders and clan matches, one gains a feel for the game and quickens their senses. After playing 100+ clan matches, I can assure you live players shoot truer then AI do. So, if you are having a hard time; take a month or two off and try again after you play LIVE.

[Mofobian]

Agreed. Once I started playing online I didn't do anything else for the longest time (in many games) and when I tried SP or bots again it had become incredibly easy. It did the same thing in Quake and Unreal Tournament for me.

[H2O Sonik]

just got my 1000 gamerscore (:
played through the campaign 2 1/2 times.

veteran was very difficult... well more time consuming since i had to restart a crap load of times.
but im glad i got all the achievements for the game!

now i have to go get all the campaign achievements for gears of war -_-

[PHiNiX]

i tried it on veteran

its hard man im stuck with mcmillian

[H2O Sonik]

just wait until you play the game over mission in the plane.
that will be tons of fun hahahahaha

the mile high club was the hardest achievement to get imo.

[H2O Hamlet]

Mile High is very difficult. Just watch a video/guide to do it. It'll take most of you 5 hours; at least that is how long it took me haha.

PHiNiX: Oh my... that is like the 2nd hardest part of the game. Especially when you have to lay him on the hill and wait for the chopper to come in. Even worse is picking him up and carrying him to the chopper with 1 shot kill AI's shooting at you.

PWN5TARR: Nice. I can't seem to do the TV station challenge. I need 2 more, Intel and Your Show Sucks. I keep missing a TV on that map.

[H2O Sonik]

Mile High is very difficult. Just watch a video/guide to do it. It'll take most of you 5 hours; at least that is how long it took me haha.

PHiNiX: Oh my... that is like the 2nd hardest part of the game. Especially when you have to lay him on the hill and wait for the chopper to come in. Even worse is picking him up and carrying him to the chopper with 1 shot kill AI's shooting at you.

PWN5TARR: Nice. I can't seem to do the TV station challenge. I need 2 more, Intel and Your Show Sucks. I keep missing a TV on that map.

speaking of mile high club!
hahaha.. my avatar.

with the your show sucks achievement just take your time in the tv station.
i suggest doing it on easy difficulty too.. just makes life easier on you.

same with intel, do it on easy.
then you will have 1000 gamerscore for cod4!

[IngrownThunder]

hmm i was on harden and it was pointless.. so after the ferris wheel part.. i restarted on veteran.. now im up to the shot.. im stuck.. i cant kill like rushes since i only have a pistol..i cant imagine the ferriswheel part.. geez.

[H2O SkywalkerX]

hmm i was on harden and it was pointless.. so after the ferris wheel part.. i restarted on veteran.. now im up to the shot.. im stuck.. i cant kill like rushes since i only have a pistol..i cant imagine the ferriswheel part.. geez.

that's the same exact one i was stuck on in vet. i spent hours on that single part, eventually i just said **** it and did it on hardened, that level and mile high club are the only things i cant finish on vet.

[PhX Sailin]

Its really hard. but playin mp gets u a bit easyer... u just have to take it very slowly and what i do is beat a checkpoint and leave before i get too mad at the game

[Hasty Dragun]

Im the same way!
I can only play veteran up to "Charlie Dont Surf"... Hordes of unrelenting terrorists!

[PhX Sailin]

i am stuck on the level where ur heli crashed in the night and u have to go some place in town.. i can beat it easy but just too busy..

[kalamity]

ok man ill tell u what cod4 is a great game veteran was a walk in the park i did it in one day it is prty much the same as normal all u have to do is relax and take your time going through if u have any trouble with it msg me over x box live my name is fudgems69

[H2O Pyro]

I beat it on Veteran.
some missions took me minutes, some hours...

"No fighting in the war room" is the hardest map on Veteran.
get ready to dedicate a few hours.

[Black Capone]

Let's not forget about the Mile High Club achievement......it's actually easier if you throw flashbangs and skip some of the enemies....still haven't beat it on Veteran.

[H2O Sonik]

you must throw flashbangs, if you dont.. you wont pass it.

[NmE Seth]

I've been trying, but I always see playing multiplayer a better use of my time.

And yeah, I recently found out flashbangs are teh awesomeness

[Black Capone]

oh yea.......well, anyway, you can still skip some of the enemies by throwing flashbangs and walking past them while they're blinded, considering that you didn't blind yourself.......also, the guy at the very beginning at the right has killer accuracy (literally), so l suggest taking him out first......enemies don't get smarter, you just get weaker........

unless they updated the A.I.......

[Maxman]

On veteran mode I just sprint for the checkpoints, I find that if I try to fight it out I get owned sooner or later. Flashbangs are great for this because they can stun a group of enemies while you get by, and detonate fast enough that they don't take you out.

OH Yes this is the only and best way out to accomplish. If you've already experienced Crytek's Crysis then it won't be impossible to compete under the instant scenario. The key elements are speed, accuracy and most importantly good head-shot practice.

[Maxman]

Further to my previous post, please see below:

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll97/Maxlore/COD4_SniperShot.jpg

How you may shoot this man while playing in with Veteran abilities?

[N0 ONE Special]

Teteran mode wasnt very hard for me and I beat the airplane mission first try.

[Maxman]

Teteran mode wasnt very hard for me and I beat the airplane mission first try.

Do you consider it as right answer to my question as referred above?