Players have been critical of MW3 TTK being too high since the beta. They argue that instead of rewarding precision, it takes so many bullets to kill someone that it just comes down to who started firing first. But is the time to kill in MW3 really any slower than past entries in the series? We’ll take a look at TTK in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One below.
Is Modern Warfare 3 Time to Kill too high?
MW3 TTK is significantly higher than the two previous Modern Warfare games. The average TTK for MW 2019 and MW2 was on the fast side, with only 2ms of variance between them. For reasons unknown, Sledgehammer decided to increase TTK for MW3 by almost 0.15 of a second.
Below, you can see a comparison of the average TTK for each Call of Duty since the original Modern Warfare (via TheHybred/Reddit):
Fastest TTK
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – 104ms (SP)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) – 108ms (SP)
- Call of Duty: World at War – 120ms (SP)
Faster TTK
- Call of Duty: Ghosts – 141ms
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) – 145ms
- Call of Duty: Black Ops – 150ms
Average TTK
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – 173ms
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) – 182ms
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) – 184ms
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 187ms
Slower TTK
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – 227ms
- Call of Duty: WWII – 233ms
- Call of Duty: Vanguard – 236ms
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – 238ms
Slowest TTK
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – 313ms
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) – 319ms
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – 343ms
So, we can see that this year’s Modern Warfare 3 ranks as the second-slowest TTK in the series. However, many players praised Black Ops Cold War’s TTK, and it’s just above MW3 on our list. So, what’s going on?
Unfortunately, raw TTK data doesn’t tell the whole story. Things like server stability, weapon balance and feel, and movement all come into play as well. It’s likely that TTK is just one of the issues leading to players’ complaints. Whether it’s too slow is a subjective matter, but many agree it’s part of a larger problem with MW3’s gameplay.
