Modern Warfare 2 - Tips Tricks and Tactics

So all the five new maps are out and these maps all seem very fresh with some great ideas. The first thing that I notice is that all the maps are set in a bright time of day with clear weather, I love this as it makes everything so much better looking and also easier to see the enemies. On my youtube channel I have done reviews of each map as I played them for the first time.

Fuel
This is the biggest map in the pack and also maybe the biggest in the game it features two main factories and many side buildings to be explored it is set in the desert and is supposed to be a oiling company, there is also a huge rocky part to this desert that your can go in that is welcoming to snipers as high rocks can be used as perches for campers to just wait for the nest kill. In all a brilliant map that is capable of some diverse gameplay.
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Carnival
Carnival was the map that I was looking forward to the most as it looked very new and something that will bring the game back to life. This is very true as it incorporates different sections of an amusement park with many hiding places. There are four main places in the map the fun house, space area, roller-coaster area and then there is the castle area. All these are joined together by a main road that runs down the center. You can venture into the top of a rocket or even visit a fortune teller machine that you can destroy, be-careful though as if you stand too close it will blow you up. This is defiantly a map with character.
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Trailer Park
This is a medium sized map that is about the same size as scrapyard. But unlike scrapyard this is much more enclosed with allyways allover the map to get around. this is my least favorite out of all the new maps but I haven't played on it that much. It has mainly outdoor fighting places with many trailers that you can go inside. the fighting is focused around the pool area from what i have see and I think this will become a run and gun favorite, or maybe shotguns!
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Strike and Vacant
These two maps where originally from cod 4 and not much has changed on them, one thing that has though is strikes paint job. It looks alot better and each building looks neater and more colorful. Vacant seems to be grassier and alot more sunnier. Strike has undergone a slight change as a doorway has been added into one of the back buildings. This was to make the gameplay more balanced and less unfair. Also the C flag on domination has been moved slightly so it canned be captured inside the building anymore. All of these changed makes the maps better and a nice breath of fresh air.
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In all this is a map pack that I would say is well worth it and adds many more hours of gameplay to this already brilliant game!

The new map pack was released on the 30th of march and was a huge failure as xbox live didn't do the title update before the maps where brought out leaving everyone unable to play the newly bought maps. Later on in the night the maps where working and I began playing on them after many days of playing on these maps I think they have done a brilliant job in making the maps original and all feel different from each other.


Salvage

Salvage is the rusted snowy map that features many small corridors and alot of intense fighting. There are many places where you will see alot of camping. I love this map for run and gun tactics as the head on collisions that you see while running around the map are very frequent. The one two story building is a hotspot for fighting as the space is very controllable and you will normally find a camper at this location. Playing this map I found that harriers and many killstreak rewards do very well as there is not alot of cover apart from some buildings that are at the ends of the map. There are always several ways around the map. Sniping can be very successful on these maps but you will have to be prepared for people coming at you from all directions, as flanking can happen very frequently. Altogether this is a very original map that is not comparable to any other on the game and can be the map in which very intense fighting can occur.



Bailout
This could very well be my favorite map of the map pack as I love the fighting and the very linear structure of the map. There seems to be three main ways across the map. The apartments, the road and the walkway. All of these ways can be very dangerous and can also be seen by the other ways. This map is not suited much for sniping in my opinion as there are many trees that can get in the way of the view. One spot that I like very much is the house that looks over the walkway as this has a great view for defending many objectives like a bomb on demolition. There is only one way up into the house too so a claymore is your best defense. For me this map slightly resembles crossfire from call of duty 4 as this was also very linear.




Storm
This map is a very good map as there are many places to go inside and out. It is a very complex map with places to run and flank enemies all over this map. The various places to flank or be flanked on this map make the gameplay very unpredictable. There is one place that I find very fun to camp (displayed in the picture) This location has two entrances and three windows it can be very hard to keep defended but if you can manage it you will be able to rack up a very high killstreak. Altogether this map is very very complex with not many hotspots for fighting and will always be different gameplay.





Crash and Overgrown
These two maps are like a nice trip back to CoD4 and infinity ward have chosen two of the best maps from cod4 as the killstreaks and the new guns work very very well with these maps.


Overgrown
This is an old favorite of mine and I love the slight revamp of the graphics. It gives it a very subtle but nice change. The grassy map with an old riverbed as  splits the map into two sides. Each side of the map has its own hotspots for fighting one side has the barn-house and the house that has a roof you can get onto. The other side has two two story houses that each has many windows. This map is a favorite of mine for sniping and you will see many snipers on this map. The killstreaks can be very dangerous on this map as a stealth bomber could easily wipe out the whole team if positioned right and as the map is mostly outdoors the killstreaks can also get many kills.




Crash
This map was a favorite of mine and many of my friends. This maps main attraction was the three story building with many people fighting over the roof of this building. This map works extremely well with all the objective games and I love playing search and destroy on this map as the bombs are well placed and also cannot wait to play demolition on this map. This map can be used well with any class as snipers can be very well hidden and defend themselves well in some buildings Altogether I love this map and think there are not many faults with it.







In my opinion this is an amazing map pack and well worth the 1200MS points I would recommend it to anybody as the extra hours of gameplay this provides is well worth the money. Each map is different and none are like the current maps on MW2.

Rust is a small multilayer map on modern warfare 2, The map itself is an oil farm with a big tower in the middle with open space and some more small parts of cover. This map is not seen in most gamemodes but when it is seen there are huge amounts of spawn killing. This cannot be stopped. What I am going to be talking about today is how to win at 1v1 on this map. There are many places to have an advantage over the other player. One way of winning a game will be to anticipate there spawn and kill them from there. There is one spot that I favor for doing this:

From the trailer you have control over two sides of the map, most likely where the person will be coming from because people spawn on roughly the other side of the map, the red area shows where you should be looking. Spawning normally goes from one side to the other. Once you have tried this out yourself you will understand. There is one way where you cannot see while you are in the trailer and this is the blue area. To counter people coming this way a claymore could be set so they cannot sneak attack you. This is just one tactic for this map! Subscribe to receive many many more!
 
Also the new map pack will be priced in at 1200 Microsoft points this was confirmed on major nelsons 353 episode of his podcast.
 

Underpass is a very big map with many hiding spaces. A good way to find people on this map would be to use the sniper with thermal sights. To counter this you could use cold blooded though. There is not a general fighting area on this map. But there are may places that you sniper from. When sniping always remember to use claymores to keep doors protected, unless you are planning to try assualt sniping. At the start there will be many players with snipers over the bridge as this is where the two teams spawn. A big tip I would give on Underpass is to watch where you throw your care package/emergency airdrop as there is they can land on the overpass, i have done this many times and not been pleased with myself. When trying to use an assualt class I would try to not stay on the bridge too long as this is where a sniper will be looking, if you need to cross the bridge make it quick. Stealthy classes should try a longer route to get the enemies from behind. There are many ways to get to the other side of the map and many bushes to hide in on the way there. Below I will show a map of Underpass.
Blue Box = Sniping area
Red Box = Bridge

Wasteland is a very big and open map. It is a remake of brecourt from call of duty. This map has many plus sides to it and also many negative sides. The plus sides are that it is a brilliant map for snipers as it has many bushy areas and lots of cover, ghillie suits blend very well with the environment on this map. But this can be counteracted with stealth classes. Also Mostly every killstreak is a awesome asset in this map as there is not much cover from helicopters or airstrikes. The stealth bomber is particularly devastating if position in the right place as it can take out huge portions of the map. When you are sniping I would suggest staying on the perimeter of the map, so you dont get caught in the hallways in the middle of the map and i would work around in a circle only stopping to get kills. Dont camp too long or enemy snipers will get you. If you want a more brutal rushing tactic then I would suggest a very powerful gun. Most of the people will be fighting in the middle hallways, if you are going to go in there throw a stun first to slow them down. The middle room is the most heated part of the map there will be people looking over the wooden walls in here, so look and stun before you start shooting the place up. You could use a launcher to clear out the room also using danger close increases damage done by explosives so more enemies will be killed. If you are wanting to take out the snipers I would use a stealthy class and run around the perimeter of the map shooting the snipers with a silenced gun.  Overall the map is a very good map for snipers, but most of the fighting is concentrated in one area. Below is a map with showing the recommended circle I would suggest taking for sniping.