Modern Warfare 2 guide: How to dolphin dive in the game
The highly anticipated Modern Warfare 2 cross-platform beta is already underway. PC, PlayStation, and Xbox players can now finally play together in the same lobby. With the competition already heating up, fans are exploring new ways to outmaneuver their enemies and gain an advantage. While certain movement mechanics like 'slide canceling' have been removed from the game, others such as 'dolphin diving' have become more viable.
Dolphin diving is a movement technique that was first introduced in the franchise with Call of Duty: Black Ops. It involves the character sprinting and then going prone while in motion. When players execute these two actions correctly, their character proceeds to jump forward and drop down into a prone position. This enables the player to quickly change their stance while on the move, throwing off their enemies' aim and giving themselves an edge.
Dolphin diving has been in the Call of Duty franchise for some time now, with the last COD title featuring the movement mechanic being Call of Duty: WWII and has been absent in every subsequent game since.
Fortunately, dolphin diving isn't difficult to execute. This guide will explain how both PC and console players can perform a dolphin dive in Modern Warfare 2.
Before you head into the game to dolphin dive, there are a few things you will need to change. Although it's not compulsory to tweak this setting, doing so will allow you to dolphin dive more consistently.
This setting will always make your character perform a tactical sprint when you press the forward movement key, which, by default on PC, is the 'W' key.
Once the above setting has been changed, head into a match. Pressing just the 'W' key now will immediately make you run at maximum speed. However, if
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