Infinity Ward announced today that they have completed the latest Call of Duty 4 the patch and it has been sent off to Microsoft for certification. Most developers don't announce such a thing, but given the fan demand it could be a strategic move on IW's part to put pressure on Microsoft to get the patch released.
Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward Community Relations Manager has announced the following details about the patch:
New Kill Cams
We’ve added new Kill Cams for everything. So now those “WTF!” grenades that seemingly come from no where, you can see that a guy threw it over the house, it hit a tree branch, bounced off a rock, into a tiny window, where you happened to be pointing out of, and say…… whoa. Follow behind RPGs and M203’s kill cams, claymores, Airstrikes where you can follow the bomb from the plane until it hits you.
Host Migration
Now you won’t have to be dropped back by yourself when a host leaves. Instead, everyone will stay together, a new host will be assigned, and the game will auto-start back up. Keeping everyone together, no more re-inviting, re-joining games because some host leaves. This has been a tall order and something that we’ve put a lot of work into which has allowed us to really optimize online play all around not just specifically with Host migration.
Improved Sniper / ACOG Accuracy
Sniper and ACOG scopes have been tweaked and are really improved. I use to not snipe at all (mainly because I’m a horrible sniper), but now it’s so much more fluid and natural, while still having the same difficulty to use, it has no more “WTF I know I hit that guy!” moments.
Upgraded Spectator Cam
Now when you’re in spectator mode you can follow them in 3rd person, switch to their first person view, or rotate the camera in a full 360 degrees around whoever you’re watching.
Quick Mute Option
Users will now be able to quick mute players on the fly by pulling up the scoreboard in-game or via the lobby by simply going to their name and hitting the mute assigned button. As quickly as calling in and designating an airstike. So no longer getting killed while trying to make your way through the Xbox blades for the mute option so you can shut up the guy who always seems to find it funny to sing into his mic or cover up for his lack of skill by telling you how to play Domination his way.
The Host Migration patch is probably the hottest debated topic mostly due to the wording. People aren't sure what exactly this fix is implying. We take the fix as meaning if the host of your party drops out, the game will pick another party host on the fly. Right now if the party host drops out, the room is disbanded and everyone needs to be re-invited. We don't believe this should be confused with the in-game host who is essentially the server for the game currently being played. If they were to drop the room, most likely the same actions will take place as they do now and you'll be disconnected from the game and return to your party screen, party in tact.
We welcome the patch and eagerly wait for Microsoft to get it through the certification process and posted up on Marketplace.
