I never understood what all the fuss was about, a perk as any other.

They probably enable you to throw it at someone, in the same way that you can throw back other grenades.

Can't think of anything else they could come up with.

Sorry to be picky but you spelt Martyrdom wrong in the header.
But this is good news, Martyrdom is cheap how it is now, and I even feel bad when I use it.

The only time it really pissed me off was when a teammate would have it equipped, get sniped, and blow up half the damn team in S&D.

The fixes for it that have been constantly suggested since CoD4's release have been to have it either only work some of the time, or only work if the person still has a grenade in their inventory. Considering how much both fixes have been suggested and how much sense either/both makes, I would think(hope) that one of these is the case.

I think it should really only work if the grenade is their active weapon.

The only people who really whine about this perk are people who teabag and people who are stupid enough to stay near where they killed someone. I only used it if I was coming up against these kind of people, and it is pretty damn funny.

The only thing I hate about Martyrdom is when a teammate kills an opponent with it on, then I happen upon the body a second or two later, and it's too late to do anything about it. Other than that, it's easy enough to avoid, and who really stays around the spot where they killed someone anyway?

A deathstreak martydom seems like the only good solution.

Well, if you've played the game long enough you'll know what grenades sound like when they drop near you. This is no different.

The way it shouldve been is, if you have a grenade when
you die, then it drops. Martydom shouldn't drop what you don't have (at times)

Martyrdom on the enemy never bothered me. On team mates though.. Jay-sus. The amount of times I'm systematically clearing a passage for us to work through and some guy goes zipping by like he's Rambo only to get shot dead half a foot in front of me.. well, sometimes you manage to get clear, sometimes you don't.

Play with friends. It's the best way.

change "It sounds cheesy, and it is for the most part"
to It sounds cheap, and it is"

I hated that perk so much.

Martyrdom was awesome. What can you say? People who like to complain will complain no matter what. I rarely got killed with Martyrdom grenades, and my grenades rarely killed anyone else, either, so I don't see the big deal.

And occasionally, Martyrdom led to awesome moments. Like when you run towards a few guys camped out near each other, imagining your soldier screaming like a crazy terrorist madman, and they shoot you down, only to have your dropped grenade take them all out.

Martyrdom was one of the most poorly executed ideas in the history of the FPS.
In order for martyrdom to make ANY sense, two things are absolutely required.
1: A grenade must be in your inventory. In CoD4, you could toss three grenades but still have one magically appear when you died if you chose martyrdom.
2: A button must be pressed in order to arm it within a very short amount of time, say .5 - 1 second. So in CoD4 after the grenade magically appeared, it also magically armed itself.

No, martyrdom was not 'awesome', it was cheap and did not make any sense. Why wasn't I even allowed to toss the grenade away like I could if someone threw one at me?

I never used martyrdom, and I never will. Not even for an achievement. I don't need a perk to tell me I suck at the game, I already know I do.

I've been playing the game on and off since it was released, I've never been given the option to throw a martyrdom grenade. Perhaps the PC version lacks this 'feature'?

meh. there was nothing wrong with martyrdom. it wasn't unfair cause anyone could use it. if you played COD4 and got used to avoiding corpses within the first five minutes like everyone else it was rarely a problem.

people pretty much always complain about grenades for one reason or another. overpowered, too many etc. yes, it's annoying to get killed by a martyrdom, but it's supposed to be! now we're going to end up with less grenades, and probably have to save one for martyrdom which will probably end up being a gimp too far.

Martyrdom was really only a pain in games with Friendly Fire enabled. Otherwise, unless you royally sucked, you could get away from a Martyrdom grenade very, very easily.

@Konrad.

Could be; I've only played the 360 version.

Sure it can be avoided, but COD4 being so fast paced lead to many situations where it couldn't. The problem with martyrdom is that it rewards failure.

Escaping from an enemy, after taking damage, sprinting, and then another one pops up in front of you, you kill him, he drops the grenade, you don't have enough health and you don't have enough breath to sprint...

I always said you shouldn't be able to perform the perk when you have already used your grenade. What the heck would you keep an extra nade? You'd throw it consciously if you could, for sure, therefore, there shouldn't be an extra grenade, no martyrdom for you if you used your nade, or if you get a headshot (so I partially agree with etirflita)

Why did my comment get posted on the wrong story? My previous comment was meant for a different post, wtf?

What Emrah and etirflita said.

Why the hell was my last comment put here?

There is always going to be something in a game some people hate and some people like. Martyrdom is one of those things. It never bothered me that people used it. Stay away from the people you shoot. Sure you can't get away every time but it's much the same as people trowing grenades everywhere without looking.

The feeling is great though if you kill somebody with Martyrdom. It always make me laugh. But I have to say it's just a matter of getting used to. Almost everybody used Martyrdom for a while. So I just got so used to it. Until some dudes switched to Last Stand again. It's some sort of cycle.

Much of the suggestions here in the comments make sense. I'd love to see some in the final game.

Although there isn't something like a martyrdom perk in Uncharted 2. I must say that a similar thing happens. Just before you die you can trow out a grenade usually killing somebody. It's takes some skill and it's more of a choice. Do I keep shooting and maybe kill that guy or shall I drop a grenade and give up? I'd love to see something like that in MW2.

ok, if your hit by Martyrdom much, you suck at CoD4 and at life and should probably just die. People complain because they suck. (No, I don't use Martyrdom, its pretty useless because most people are to smart to be hit by it.)

So then it'll keep nutsacks off your chin after you die?