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  • prestonpreston Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    preston wrote: »
    new SPM milestone, fuck yeah :o


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    That's a hell of a ratio. Do you have any advice for a guy who wants to improve his k/d?

    Hopefully something other than "be That Jerk who sets the spawn trap on Dom/Demo games." I hate that guy, especially when I am playing with regular jerks instead of friends or PA guys and your team is just too damn terrible to take out a spawn trapper.

    Allow me to incoherently write down some thoughts on my gameplay style:

    I play mostly TDM and DOMINATION, the tactics listed below generally apply to those gametypes, even though I apply some common sense and they usually work fine for other gametypes.
    - I know its frowned upon but I dont really care - I use GHOST, SLEIGHT OF HAND, NINJA
    - My killstreaks are 3 RADAR, 9 CHOPPER GUNNER, 11 DOGS
    - I use the 74u with GRIP, even after nerf
    - The gun is perfect for players with a focused mid-range game. You have the speed to win close range battles and the distance to take care of mid to mid-long range fights with some decent aim (even though after nerf the success in those has scaled back some).
    - I use 3 sensitivity
    - I use semtex, flashbangs, and claymores
    - Ghost and Ninja allow me benefits in keeping my killstreak alive by catching enemies by surprise - I feel supremely confident in getting my last 2 kills after gunner thats why i dont use BLACKBIRD
    - Sleight of Hand is vastly underrated, it saves my ass constantly in 1 on 1 close range fights as well as keeping my ammo loaded in sequencial close range battles where i have a multiple enemies bearing down on me.
    - DOGS and GUNNER in sequence is generally pretty successful for racking up high kill counts, you have enemies focused on taking down air support getting killed by dogs, and you have enemies on the ground focused on avoiding dogs getting killed by my gunner
    - I try and stay moving
    - I try and stay away from my teammates, but not consciously?
    - I always take notice of the radar, in terms of general enemy area, not in terms of exact locations
    - I like having radar as my 3 KS because it gives me a push through kills 4-9.
    - I plant claymores in high traffic areas, in passing, not caring what happens with it
    - I plant claymores to cover a generally uncoverable area behind me, allowing me to focus on whats in front of me
    - Whenever I have a free moment I replace my secondary with a long range gun, it helps immensly. After I do this I switch back and forth depending on what area of the map I am in, and what type of situation im more likely to find myself in (long range vs short range)
    - My general gamesense and corner peeking ability has been molded over years playing CAL-i CS and DoD, as well as quake, UT, and numerous other PC games, MW2 was my first console shooter and while it did take me a few weeks to adapt to the sticks vs mouse/keyboard it's more about your smarts. Since I dont really have time to take games seriously anymore I subliminally try and re-live my competitive gaming "glory days" by being a try-hard pub douche
    - Anticipation is a FPS gamers most undervalued skill, if you can anticipate spawns and movements you will always be a step ahead.
    - Confidence - playing good vs playing bad, like in sports and many other areas of life comes down to confidence. I always play knowing ill kill the next guy i see before he kills me, if you play scared, if you over-camp, you wont play up to your potential.
    - All of this adds up to me having games like the ones listed below, having 40-1 games consistently will obviously help your KDR, because like everyone else i do have bad games and even sometimes finish with barely positive KDRs. Feel free to watch them, you'll notice pretty much everything i list above.

    Anticipation ;-)

    Sorry for the massive post

    preston on
    PSN = Rixan - MW2 - 3.2KDR
    360 = justtrollinthru - BLOPS TDM - 4.7KDR - 350+SPM
  • joshgotrojoshgotro Deviled Egg The Land of REAL CHILIRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Spoiler those videos

    joshgotro on
    does it?
  • prestonpreston Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    joshgotro wrote: »
    Spoiler those videos

    done

    preston on
    PSN = Rixan - MW2 - 3.2KDR
    360 = justtrollinthru - BLOPS TDM - 4.7KDR - 350+SPM
  • Spicy_RevSpicy_Rev Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I am about 20K in EXP away from Prestiging. It was my goal to at least accomplish that once. Took me longer than I can explain but shooting planes and choppers to get hardened Pro led to my demise too many times.

    I like the idea of the double exp weekend for Xbox map launch, maybe that means they will do it again for the PS3 launch. Plus, I was on the fence about buying the DLC, but maybe, just maybe a quicker second Prestige is the incentive I need.

    Spicy_Rev on
  • GanluanGanluan Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    preston, those videos are interesting. I run almost the same build, except I use Marathon and use Rapid Fire instead of the Grip. I tend to use Napalm/BB/Dogs but sometimes get into games where no one else uses SP, so I switch to SP/BB/Dogs.

    I've been playing around with using Extended Mags instead of RF because while RF means you mow people down at close range, ammo burns up quickly and even with SoH Pro that quick reload may take too long. Plus, as long range it's difficult to be accurate with RF, and burst firing an SMG usually takes too long as it takes 5 bullets. Having the quicker ADS time from SoH Pro is a big help too. How much of a difference does Grip actually make?

    You even use the same emblem I do ;-) I'm not quite the same skill level though, 1.9 K/D overall and usually between 2-2.5 weekly. Maybe someday...

    Ganluan on
  • Spicy_RevSpicy_Rev Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Preston,

    Just watched your videos. Damn, the way you take corners is crazy. You take the corners slow but the straightaways fast.

    Also, why Ninja? What are you getting from that?

    Spicy_Rev on
  • iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Ghost and an unsilenced weapon seems ... uhhh ... lets go with "counter-intuitive," to me.

    iTunesIsEvil on
  • prestonpreston Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Ghost and an unsilenced weapon seems ... uhhh ... lets go with "counter-intuitive," to me.

    lol

    its more about gaps in my displacement from sound to sound, you can hear where i shoot, but if i relocate quickly you really cant trace that, i can cover large gaps of ground without an enemy knowing, i can also slightly adjust locations during a multiple enemy firefight without giving them the chance to lead my next peeked corner, etc

    though if i had a second attachment without sacrificing sleight of hand, id probably use a silencer

    preston on
    PSN = Rixan - MW2 - 3.2KDR
    360 = justtrollinthru - BLOPS TDM - 4.7KDR - 350+SPM
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    preston wrote: »
    Allow me to incoherently write down some thoughts on my gameplay style:

    I play mostly TDM and DOMINATION, the tactics listed below generally apply to those gametypes, even though I apply some common sense and they usually work fine for other gametypes.
    - I know its frowned upon but I dont really care - I use GHOST, SLEIGHT OF HAND, NINJA
    - My killstreaks are 3 RADAR, 9 CHOPPER GUNNER, 11 DOGS
    - I use the 74u with GRIP, even after nerf
    - The gun is perfect for players with a focused mid-range game. You have the speed to win close range battles and the distance to take care of mid to mid-long range fights with some decent aim (even though after nerf the success in those has scaled back some).
    - I use 3 sensitivity
    - I use semtex, flashbangs, and claymores
    - Ghost and Ninja allow me benefits in keeping my killstreak alive by catching enemies by surprise - I feel supremely confident in getting my last 2 kills after gunner thats why i dont use BLACKBIRD
    - Sleight of Hand is vastly underrated, it saves my ass constantly in 1 on 1 close range fights as well as keeping my ammo loaded in sequencial close range battles where i have a multiple enemies bearing down on me.

    tl;dr - Try hard all day erry day.

    Burtletoy on
  • GanluanGanluan Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    God forbid someone actually tries to provide some insight into how they do well at the game.

    Ganluan on
  • prestonpreston Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    preston wrote: »
    Allow me to incoherently write down some thoughts on my gameplay style:

    I play mostly TDM and DOMINATION, the tactics listed below generally apply to those gametypes, even though I apply some common sense and they usually work fine for other gametypes.
    - I know its frowned upon but I dont really care - I use GHOST, SLEIGHT OF HAND, NINJA
    - My killstreaks are 3 RADAR, 9 CHOPPER GUNNER, 11 DOGS
    - I use the 74u with GRIP, even after nerf
    - The gun is perfect for players with a focused mid-range game. You have the speed to win close range battles and the distance to take care of mid to mid-long range fights with some decent aim (even though after nerf the success in those has scaled back some).
    - I use 3 sensitivity
    - I use semtex, flashbangs, and claymores
    - Ghost and Ninja allow me benefits in keeping my killstreak alive by catching enemies by surprise - I feel supremely confident in getting my last 2 kills after gunner thats why i dont use BLACKBIRD
    - Sleight of Hand is vastly underrated, it saves my ass constantly in 1 on 1 close range fights as well as keeping my ammo loaded in sequencial close range battles where i have a multiple enemies bearing down on me.

    tl;dr - Try hard all day erry day.

    was posting in response to douglas' request, no matter how hard someone tries if said person is yielding noticeable results chances are they have plenty of ability as well

    was expecting some hate, though

    preston on
    PSN = Rixan - MW2 - 3.2KDR
    360 = justtrollinthru - BLOPS TDM - 4.7KDR - 350+SPM
  • glithertglithert Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I like ghost

    I don't care what y'all think

    I still don't understand how I killed a guy in second chance that I did not put in second chance and got a kill credit

    glithert on
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Nothing wrong with being a try hard.

    I was in MW2.

    But blops is easy and thus boring, to me, if I try hard.

    Burtletoy on
  • milk ducksmilk ducks High Mucky Muck Big Tits TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    10.0+ Win/Loss, finally. Woot!

    milk ducks on
  • iRevertiRevert Tactical Martha Stewart Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Ghost and an unsilenced weapon seems ... uhhh ... lets go with "counter-intuitive," to me.

    You'd be suprised.

    It gives me an advantage to get to a spot without being lit up with a big red fuck me arrow over my head. Then fire off some shots and cheese it out of there and I'm gone again.

    Only time its a disadvantage is if your camping in one spot or grab an over watch location.

    Also Glithert the person who put the guy into second chance might have left the game. At least thats my theory.

    iRevert on
  • ZarathustraEckZarathustraEck Ubermensch now with stripes!Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    iRevert wrote: »
    Also Glithert the person who put the guy into second chance might have left the game. At least thats my theory.

    Crazy theory time... what if he put the guy into Second Chance himself, got killed, then rounded a corner and finished him off without realizing it was the same guy?

    ZarathustraEck on
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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Only thing you can hurt yourself with are weapons that won't drop you into Second Chance.

    Burtletoy on
  • Steel-LionSteel-Lion Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    So me, Sizequeen and boostgotro came across the most obnoxious, idiotic and ignorant trio of douchebags out there, one of which was a girl!

    The story is: Women can be total bitches online too, it's not just the men.

    Steel-Lion on
  • iRevertiRevert Tactical Martha Stewart Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    iRevert wrote: »
    Also Glithert the person who put the guy into second chance might have left the game. At least thats my theory.

    Crazy theory time... what if he put the guy into Second Chance himself, got killed, then rounded a corner and finished him off without realizing it was the same guy?

    DIVIDED BY ZERO!
    Karrde1842 wrote: »
    There anything special I should do to add the [PA] tag?

    One tip as stated is when we are running as a group change it to something different so we don't have a bunch of PA tags.

    Granted when you enter a room with 6-9 people a lot of people will quit but the matching tags tend to make people just leave as they are under the impression that we are an organized group.

    It still boggles my mind how little we actually talk about things ingame and still win, its just randomly "Hes on B" or "A guy went over there". Its also quite funny when we run into a group with the same tag and curb stomp them, I'm talking to you crack domination 200-63 win


    In other news t-minus one hour till I'm home and killing mans.

    iRevert on
  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Nothing wrong with being a try hard.

    I was in MW2.

    But blops is easy and thus boring, to me, if I try hard.

    BLOPS is boring

    you came back after quitting due to it being boring

    =/= boring

    0Replace4Displace on
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  • Karrde1842Karrde1842 Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I gotta say, last night was the first time I was able to join a bunch of y'all in game. It was glorious to play with people who consistently knew what to do. I look forward to later tonight when I get off work and can hopefully join people again and kill more mans.

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  • iRevertiRevert Tactical Martha Stewart Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Only thing you can hurt yourself with are weapons that won't drop you into Second Chance.

    You need to use shotguns, they're soooo overpowered in this game you know.

    [Final killcam of a skillet]

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    Yesterday was just choc full of good times...Nine year olds, nerds, and over powered weapons...oh my!
    Karrde1842 wrote: »
    I gotta say, last night was the first time I was able to join a bunch of y'all in game. It was glorious to play with people who consistently knew what to do. I look forward to later tonight when I get off work and can hopefully join people again and kill more mans.

    You can use my friendslist as a good jumping point to get into PA games, normally if you check it and see a PA person on it you'll end up in a group of them.

    iRevert on
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Karrde1842 wrote: »
    I gotta say, last night was the first time I was able to join a bunch of y'all in game. It was glorious to play with people who consistently knew what to do. I look forward to later tonight when I get off work and can hopefully join people again and kill more mans.

    Also, yeah, don't send me voice or text messages.

    Because I will never listen to/read them.

    Also also, if you want to join us, we don't usually wait for other people to finish their game, unless they are in our party chat and are like "Gimmie 30sec, I'm flying my heuy 'round moping up some pubbies" You pretty much have to be willing to leave any game in p[rogress the second we send out an invite, or you will probably miss us.

    Edit: these apply to everyone. Not trying to be a dick to you.

    Burtletoy on
  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Burtletoy wrote: »
    Nothing wrong with being a try hard.

    I was in MW2.

    But blops is easy and thus boring, to me, if I try hard.

    BLOPS is boring

    you came back after quitting due to it being boring

    =/= boring

    reading fail!

    I don't try hard, because trying hard makes blops boring, because it makes the game too easy.

    Burtletoy on
  • Tridus1xTridus1x Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I dunno I think sometimes when I run with the PA group we have trouble with some of the other teams out there. Not sure how we can fix it since we kinda just depend on everyone to be better than the enemy player.

    Tridus1x on
  • iRevertiRevert Tactical Martha Stewart Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Tridus1x wrote: »
    I dunno I think sometimes when I run with the PA group we have trouble with some of the other teams out there. Not sure how we can fix it since we kinda just depend on everyone to be better than the enemy player.

    Protip:

    Tridus soundboard makes PA people shoot bullets 4x faster.

    iRevert on
  • MrVyngaardMrVyngaard Live From New Etoile Straight Outta SosariaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Tridus1x wrote: »
    I dunno I think sometimes when I run with the PA group we have trouble with some of the other teams out there. Not sure how we can fix it since we kinda just depend on everyone to be better than the enemy player.

    Probably because we're all doing our own thing at the same time and sometimes that doesn't come together as well as others.

    MrVyngaard on
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  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I'd love to go home early from work to play some BLOPS.

    Instead I'm going to leave early to go to Best Buy to get a point card (using a gift cert/have no money til Thursday) to get the map pack. Then I can go home to play.

    Fawst on
  • glithertglithert Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    iRevert wrote: »
    iRevert wrote: »
    Also Glithert the person who put the guy into second chance might have left the game. At least thats my theory.

    Crazy theory time... what if he put the guy into Second Chance himself, got killed, then rounded a corner and finished him off without realizing it was the same guy?

    DIVIDED BY ZERO!

    Oh come on, guys. If it were that simple I would have figured it out. I joined the game halfway through, he was the first guy I shot at. So iRevert is probably right.

    glithert on
  • iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Points for tomorrow = buyed. Woo!

    iTunesIsEvil on
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Tridus1x wrote: »
    I dunno I think sometimes when I run with the PA group we have trouble with some of the other teams out there. Not sure how we can fix it since we kinda just depend on everyone to be better than the enemy player.

    I don't think that's the case. I mean, yeah, sometimes you come upon a team that's just great, and half of the PA guys go out of their way to not be try-hards, but when we all put on our Fuck You Hats, we can really do some damage. Last week we got beat by a group of dudes and decided "fuck this, we're going to fuck shit up from here on out," and we absolutely did just that. I mean, we won a domination game on Havana where we never flipped the spawn, and never let them cap (or even threaten) our two points. And we did it again after that, and again, and again. We steamrolled every comer for at least an hour or two. Most of the time, though, yeah... it's just everyone running around doing their own thing (and flipping spawns/three capping) with no rhyme or reason or semblance of organization.


    TL;DR - Stop flipping the goddamn spawns, and stop three capping.

    MayGodHaveMercy on
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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    So does the new map pack add new weapons or is it just literally new maps?

    BigDes on
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  • BurtletoyBurtletoy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    map pack.

    Burtletoy on
  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Oh :(

    Kind of getting bored with the weapons now.

    BigDes on
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  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    BigDes wrote: »
    Oh :(

    Kind of getting bored with the weapons now.


    I could reload the Commando all day, every day.

    MayGodHaveMercy on
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  • glithertglithert Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I actually named my Commando class The Obama Loadout

    Well I mean I had to cut the "The" because it didn't fit but whatever

    glithert on
  • iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    BigDes wrote: »
    Oh :(

    Kind of getting bored with the weapons now.


    I could reload the Commando all day, every day.
    I love that animation. I'm worried though, about magazines that fall out that easily when I basically give the weapon a good shake.

    [ed]Glit, extra points if you can get "Hussein" in there somewhere.

    iTunesIsEvil on
  • oldsakoldsak Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I just got a round in with the FN FAL. I'm starting to dig it.

    oldsak on
  • Tridus1xTridus1x Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    iRevert wrote: »
    Tridus1x wrote: »
    I dunno I think sometimes when I run with the PA group we have trouble with some of the other teams out there. Not sure how we can fix it since we kinda just depend on everyone to be better than the enemy player.

    Protip:

    Tridus soundboard makes PA people shoot bullets 4x faster.

    BOOM!

    @mercy- So what's the secret code word? "Jigglypuff GOOOOO!" and then we turn into super try-hard mode? Because that would be pretty cool.

    Tridus1x on
  • DomhnallDomhnall Minty D. Vision! ScotlandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Yeah, I'm usually annoyed when playing by myself (or one of my pals one of which is average the other is alright but rages hard (even when it's just me doing better than him)) and when I lose to a clan I really just get annoyed at everyone else on my team giving those guys points because, more often than not, they're just cheap and campy and are easily beatable.

    edit:

    Since I've prestiged I've actually been doing better. Pro perks are for tryhards.

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