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COD: Black Ops: ______ is literally the ______ Call of Duty ever
PaperLuigi44
My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered User regular
My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered User regular
Call of Duty: Black Ops
With thanks to Jaunty and Dietary for the old OP.Old Thread with MW2 info and stuff
Penny Arcade Call of Duty Black Ops News Feed:
LIVE FIXES
1/27/11 (Title Update 6)
New Features:• New contracts added to the rotation.
• Added optional pre-match timer for LAN / System-Link games.
• Support for “First Strike” map pack. All First Strike maps will be available in every playlist on 2/1.
Issues Addressed:
• Fix timing specific issue where the game can be put into slow motion.
• Addressed "disconnected path" error when using the doors in Radiation after a host migration.
• Fixed stability issues navigating lobbies after client on Split Screen Zombies quits out of a game.
• Addressed issue/exploit when removing Counter Spy Plane effects with the Jammer.
• Fixed a freeze when quickly loading maps one after another in private match.
• Fixed issue where players get primary weapons in Second Chance.
• Fixed “NEW” stamp not disappearing for Custom Slot 9 when highlighting the slot.
• Removed water vision effect when respawning after dying in the acid pool in Radiation.
• Several contract fixes.
• Now allow players to connect to System Link Games even if they are not connected to LIVE.
• Fixed crash when host migration occurred during a join-in-progress.
• Fixed issue with players seeing incomplete Create a Class submenus when Party leader switches lobbies or kicks player.
• Fixed in-game Friends List from opening when viewing then closing the playercard of a player in a lobby.
• Addressed Zombies split screen issue where players sometimes get booted back in the lobby.
• Replaced debug text appearing for some content in the in-game Store.
• Fixed crash when attempting to watch a film or clip with 3 or more profiles signed in.
• Fixed freeze while watching films and changing sign-in status using inactive profiles.
• Fixed a freeze if a player opens the Xbox Guide while the match is ending and quits immediately as they arrive in the post-game lobby.
Gameplay Tuning:
• Second Chance – players that put an enemy into Second Chance are now credited for a full kill once that enemy dies. If another player kills the enemy while the enemy is in Second Chance, they will get assist credit.
• Adjustments to the PSG1 with attachments.
• AK74U adjustments.
• RCXD adjustments.
• Silenced sniper rifle adjustments.
• Removed hit markers when shooting friendly equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEB0H90lt_M&feature=player_embedded
HOW DO I PLAY WITH YOU GUYS IF I'M PLAYING...
ON THE PC?
You'll probably want to get in The Steam Group
which is invite only, so post in the thread with a link to your Steam Profile
like this: http://steamcommunity.com/id/jaunty/
And people have been gracious enough to have rented servers for us to play on! If you're not a regular already, be sure to put PA as your clan-tag so you don't accidentally get kicked when someone needs a slot:
Also a fair number of people have had trouble with performance on the PC, here are various tips and tricks that have helped a few people out:
which is invite only, so post in the thread with a link to your Steam Profile
like this: http://steamcommunity.com/id/jaunty/
And people have been gracious enough to have rented servers for us to play on! If you're not a regular already, be sure to put PA as your clan-tag so you don't accidentally get kicked when someone needs a slot:
#1 [PA] Black Wang Server (Chicago) IP: 173.199.94.45 Admins: DietarySupplement, Jaunty Currently Serving: Team Tactical, except SnD #2 BloodSport [West] 209.247.83.209:3084 Admin: Rage Currently Serving: Domination
Also a fair number of people have had trouble with performance on the PC, here are various tips and tricks that have helped a few people out:
I'm not sure if this fix has been posted yet, but I thought I'd throw it out there. I tested it myself and the difference is HUGE.
-launch blops multiplayer
-ctrl alt delete
-in your task manager, right click steam.exe and set priority to LOW
-set priority on blackopsmp.exe to HIGH
I still see people jumping around a little bit, but my PERSONAL performance is butter-smooth. It's like night and day, literally 100% better. Try it, if it works for enough people please put it in the OP.
I'm not 100% sure why this works, but there have been rumors that blops is not using video RAM effectively. If that's the case, setting the priority on the mp client higher is probably alleviating the problem at least partially by allocating a larger percentage of system RAM.
Reposted from some random website:If your PC supports multi-threading:
seta r_multithreaded_device "1"
in config_mp.cfg (Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty black ops\players)
How do I improve the game's sound quality?
You can change sound to CD mode: 16 bits 44000 hz CD via control panel sound setting.
Misc. "potential" performance tweaks:
Run Steam in Offline mode > Start Black Ops > End the steam.exe process > Set BO process priority to high
/r_multiGpu - should be set to "0" if you do not have a multi-gpu graphics card.
/r_blur_allowed - people are reporting minor frame boosts with this set to "0"
/r_distortion - people are reporting minor frame boosts with this set to "0"
/r_dof_enable - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "0"
/r_glow_allowed - people are reporting huge frame boosts with this set to "0"
/cg_brass - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "0"
/r_cachemodellighting "1" - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "1"
/r_cacheSmodellighting "1" - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "1"
I tried all of these and it made no noticeable difference, maybe some of you will have better luck.
ON THE 360?
Metatags aren't really used anymore, just ask in this thread for buddies to play with!
ON THE PS3?
If you want to get added to this list, send me a PM
PA Handle - PS3 Name
Spicy_Rev as Spicy_RevofDC
Mostlyjoe13 as Mostlyjoe
joemomma as soyhead
Project Mayhem as jnorrisiv
Algertman as AlbertBOMB
Duke Phillips as Grizz359
mFiend as mFiend
Saint Justice as Saint__Justice (2 underscores)
Ah_Pook as Ah_Pook
SLyM as OvertlyEsoteric
Ketar as Ketar
themaxvoltage as themaxvoltage
Handfalcon as Handfalcon
Deadspace as Deadspace
Garris as Garris256
PBC-66 as PBC-66
initiatefailure as Subtle_Ties
KidDynamite as NinjaForHire
Alazull as Alazull
ex_peludo as veryeasytarget
BeenieWeenie as BeenieWeen33
EvilMonkey as SciencePiggy
DouglasDanger as DouglasDanger
bhdavis1 as bhdavis1
DarkMecha as DarkMecha
proyebat as proyebat
Ruiner999 as borntohula87
Binary as Binary101010
Bloodshed as Velleriand
PA Handle - PS3 Name
Spicy_Rev as Spicy_RevofDC
Mostlyjoe13 as Mostlyjoe
joemomma as soyhead
Project Mayhem as jnorrisiv
Algertman as AlbertBOMB
Duke Phillips as Grizz359
mFiend as mFiend
Saint Justice as Saint__Justice (2 underscores)
Ah_Pook as Ah_Pook
SLyM as OvertlyEsoteric
Ketar as Ketar
themaxvoltage as themaxvoltage
Handfalcon as Handfalcon
Deadspace as Deadspace
Garris as Garris256
PBC-66 as PBC-66
initiatefailure as Subtle_Ties
KidDynamite as NinjaForHire
Alazull as Alazull
ex_peludo as veryeasytarget
BeenieWeenie as BeenieWeen33
EvilMonkey as SciencePiggy
DouglasDanger as DouglasDanger
bhdavis1 as bhdavis1
DarkMecha as DarkMecha
proyebat as proyebat
Ruiner999 as borntohula87
Binary as Binary101010
Bloodshed as Velleriand
EMBLEEEMS
Note: From now on, if you want your emblem in the OP, PM me and make sure the image is re-sized to a decent size.
Gun Chart (Temporary fix, we'll see if there's a new one after patch 1.06).
MayGodHaveMercy wrote: »
OLD STUFF
VIDEOOOS
Other thread stuff
Q: What's this I hear about a bus?
A: We rode a bus all the way to hypeville. This is what it looked like before we got here:
Q: Can I bitch about Halo:Reach in here?
A: That's not good form, but whatever.
Q: Is Quick Scoping still in this game?
A: No
Q: Are people upset about it?
A: Just a little.
A Really old, outdated list of features and stuff in the game that I am too lazy to update
Perks
Other Game Info
We're all off the bus. Our butts are sore, we smell kind of bad, and we probably left our cell phones in the seat-backs. But we're here! Time to shoot mans in the gun game!
"There's a soldier in all of us"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJerWQhMl6k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTOVQFRggI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0_r4-eTmlA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEs2tbL_tFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJerWQhMl6k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTOVQFRggI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0_r4-eTmlA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEs2tbL_tFU
Other thread stuff
Q: What's this I hear about a bus?
A: We rode a bus all the way to hypeville. This is what it looked like before we got here:
Q: Can I bitch about Halo:Reach in here?
A: That's not good form, but whatever.
Q: Is Quick Scoping still in this game?
A: No
Q: Are people upset about it?
A: Just a little.
A Really old, outdated list of features and stuff in the game that I am too lazy to update
Perks
Perk 1
Lightweight – Move Faster.
Pro: Aim faster after sprinting.
Scavenger – Pick up ammo from fallen enemies. Replenish lethal grenades.
Pro: Extra magazines (2000CP).
Ghost – Undetectable by the Spy Plane and the Blackbird.
Pro: No red crosshair or name when targeted (2000CP)
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Flak Jacket – Reduces explosive damage.
Pro: Extra fire resistance.
Hardline – Killstreaks require 1 less kill.
Pro: Second chance on care package results.
Perk 2
Hardened – Bullets penetrate better.
Scout – Hold breath longer.
Pro: Reduces weapon sway while aiming through a sniper scope.
Steady Aim – Increased hip-fire accuracy.
Sleight of Hand – Faster reloads.
Pro: Aim down sights faster (Doesn't work with sniper rifles).
Warlord – Equip two attachments to your primary weapon.
Pro: 2 attachmedents on secondary weapon.
Perk 3
Marathon – Longer sprint.
Pro: No falling damage.
Ninja – Silent movement.
Pro: Move through motion sensors and camera spikes undetected.
Second Chance – Pull out your pistol before dying.
Pro: Can use equipment as well as pistol.
Hacker – Ability to detect enemy equipment and explosives.
Pro: Booby trap enemy care packages and turn enemy killstreaks and equipment friendly.
Tactical Mask: Reduce the effects of flash and concussion grenades.
Pro: Night Vision Goggles.
Other Game Info
belligerent wrote: »From a different forum, some of this stuff I've confirmed for myself. Anything bold is confirmedHey People... This is all the info I have so far about the Black Ops Multi-player Reveal.
(This information comes from very reliable sources. 99% Accurate all will be confirmed in the next few days I'm sure.)
Weapons & Attachments
Note - You will keep all of your weapons when you prestige, since you bought them with your own COD points. (CoD Points Explained Later)
There will be 16 different gun camouflages. Not 100% sure of what they will be.
Pistols: ASP, M1911, Makarov, Python
Pistol Attachments: ACOG Sight, Snub Nose & Speed reloader (possibly only for Python), Dual Wield
Assault: Enfield, M14, Famas, Galil, AUG, FAL, AK-47, Commando , M16 (100% Confirmed, each worth 1000 COD Points)
SMG: MP5, Skorpion, MAC11, AK74u, UZI, PM63, MPL, Spectr
LMG: HK21, RPK, M60
Snipers: Dragunov, WA2000, L96A1
Lethal: Tomahawk, Frag, Semtex
Shotguns: Olympia, Stakeout, SPAS.
Launchers: M72, RPG, Strela, China Lake
Tactical Grenades: Smoke, Nova Gas, Flash bang, Concussion, Decoy
Attachments:
Extended Mag (500CP) ACOG Scope (750CP) Red Dot Sight (750CP) Reflex Precision Sight (750CP) Grip (750CP) MountedShotty (750CP) Flamethrower (750CP) Infrared Scope (1000CP) Grenade Launcher (1000CP) Suppressor (1000CP)
- Note: Shotguns are once again primary weapons.
Equipment:
Camera Spike (2000CP), C4 (2500CP), Tactical Insertion (2500CP), Motion Sensor (3000CP), Claymore (3500CP) & Radar Jammer (2500CP) - All 100% Confirmed.
COD Points
Every time you play, you earn COD Points -- CP. What you used to unlock by level is now purchasable with the in-game currency. Unlock what you want when you want (Cannot be purchased with real money)
Contracts
Contracts are time-limited challenges you buy and get more CP if you finish them. "Using any combination of stats, we can make any kind of Contracts we want, and can change them at any time." Mercenary, Operations, and Specialist contracts - Contracts are going to be huge, do challenges for what type of gun you want and earn more XP and more CP! (Something like challenges)
- Wager Match - a new Free for All game type. Put your COD Points against other players and the top three people get paid in the match - top 3 get paid. One in the Chamber (pistols only, one bullet, 3 lives gain ammo from kills), Gun Game (go through each weapon), Sticks and Stones (Ballistic knife, tomahawk and crossbow) Sharpshooter (everyone gets same random weapon - each kill = perk and score multiplier.)
Diving Ability: Dive into prone/Dive behind cover/dodge grenades/can’t shoot while diving (Heard it was glitchy and the animation takes about a second to get out of, haven't seen much so far)I have also heard that you can dive through windows and over cover.--Holi
Customization: You can customize your weapon so it looks the way you want it to look - 16 New camouflages patterns, and you place your emblem on it, customize your red dot sight
The reticles you can choose when you use a sight- (Dot, Semicircle, Line with Dot, Circle, Smiley Face, Arrows Horizontal, Arrows Vertical, Arrows with Dot, Boxes, Burst, Circle within a Circle, Circle with Dot, Circle with Crosshairs, Circle with Inner Line, Circle with Outer Line, Circle with Arrows, Circle with Triangles, Outer crosshairs, Small Crosshairs, Large Crosshairs, Diamond, Diamond Outline, Heart, Radiation, Skull, Square, Square Outline, Star, 3 Dots, Treyarch Logo, Triangle, Outer Triangles, X, or X with Dot, and Yin-Yang.)
The colors you can choose are Green, Blue, Purple, Teal, Yellow and Orange.
Emblem Editor – Images, layers, and a background. You change the scale, move, color, rotate, all that stuff. Create layers, then purchase the option with COD points to put it on your gun.
Killcams show customization so you will know exactly who shot you just by seeing their weapon.
*NEW* Face Paint - More info coming soon.
- Theatre mode: All Live games can be played back, searched, tagged, everything. The footage is yours. Storage up to 7 days or 100 games.
Bot Mode: Practice offline vs. Bots.
Create a Class
You see your character on this screen because Perk 1 has an impact on how your look in the game. If you are Ghost, you wear a Ghillie. If you take Flak Jacket, it's shown and you take less explosive damage.
PERKS
Tier One Perks: Lightweight . Scavenger. Ghost. Flak Jacket. Hardline. All 2000CP
Tier Two Perks: Hardened(FMJ/Deep impact). Scout. Steady Aim. Sleight of Hand. Warlord (Bling).
Tier Three Perks: Marathon. Ninja. Hacker (like Sitrep). Tactical Mask(Resists Flash/Gas Grenades). Second Chance.(Last Stand)
There ARE pro versions of all perks.
---NO STOPPING POWER---
No Commando, No One Man Army, No Danger Close
Kill Streaks
You can no longer rely on your Kill Streaks to get you higher ones. You have to get 11 kills in a row by yourself if you want to earn higher Kill Streaks.
(Prices listed are in COD Points)
2 – Spy Plane
3 – RC XD
4 – Counter Spy Plane $1600
4 – Sam Turret $1600
4 – Care Package
5 - Arch Angel Guided Missile
5 – Napalm Strike
6 – Sentry Gun $3200
6 – Mortar Team
7 – Attack Helicopter
7 – Valkyrie Rockets $4000
8 – BlackBird $4500
8 – Rolling Thunder $4500
9 - Chopper Gunner $5000
11 – Attack Dogs $6000
11 Gunship $6000 (Helicopter you see in the first Black Ops Trailer)
Returning Stuff
Host Migration
Game Winning Kill Cam
There will be 50 player ranks and 10 Prestiges
Maps
Radiation
Launch
Summit
We're all off the bus. Our butts are sore, we smell kind of bad, and we probably left our cell phones in the seat-backs. But we're here! Time to shoot mans in the gun game!
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One thing I have been noticing lately is that when I play late at night / early morning, my game will start to fill with Japanese people. Then after 4 or 5 of them enter the game, the host randomly migrates to one of the Japanese people, thus giving their entire team 4 bar and everyone else 2-3 bar. It also seems that if you play a game of sabotage with Japanese people and put down a Napalm, the napalm falls to the ground and then dissapears doing no damage - this happens EVERY time a Japanese person gets host, 3-4 times a game.
Anyone notice this happening when people of another origin country nab the host?
I love the smell of new thread in the morning.
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Also, I managed to get attack dogs twice. I have never gotten 11 kill streaks before. Ghost/SoH/Ninja all pro is so, so nice.
Fawst stole my post! Well, minus the attack dogs and ghost parts. I still haven't earned attack dogs. I should really try that sometime. I could've stolen an enemy care-package with attack dogs the other day, but some trollingdickbagfacepoohead* re-rolled the care-package on me.
New maps are awesome though. I just need to get Stadium figured out. I think its that I have trouble keeping track of the sight-lines near the B-point. There are just so many places to get shot from right there. Maybe I just need to avoid that area altogether. herpderp Volatile smrt
[ed] Also, disappointed that I didn't get into Zombies last night. Tsk tsk. Volatile wants to kill the undead and take off in the lunar landers too!
On the plus side, I'll be getting 20mbps down and 2 up, where I was getting 2 down (on a good day) and maybe 500-700kbps up before. All for less money than I was paying.
Hopefully, that'll make playing online less of an excersize in frustration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNPkSUG7vLo
Psh. That was going on long before this.
also, 74u has the ability to make 1.0 KDR players into 10.0 KDR players with little to no extra effort whatsoever. That doesn't seem right to me.
Yeah, I don't like that part about this game.
It's a good gun, but come on - it doesn't make that big of a difference if the person was already using a gun like the FAMAS/AUG. I highly doubt a random player can pick it up and get 10 times the kills unless they went from getting 1 kill a game camping to 10 actually moving around.
Perhaps Acid was using hyperbole. Perhaps. What makes the 74u so good is that you can move around much faster with it, even while ADSing, and it does AR damage, at a mugh higher RoF (w/ Rapid Fire, obviously). Oh and has easily manageable recoil.
EDIT: Actually, the 74u does more damage than the AUG/FAMAS per bullet, and fires faster. Nah, that's not silly at all.
And dropshot speed!
It does actually allow you to go from standing to prone faster. Heh.
So, it basically does everything an AR does, only better.
Edit: I've seen 74 apologists say its fine because it fits the rock paper scissors template in that it still lacks long range ability. I have to wonder what game they're playing that has so many engagements at long range.
I swear that all they need to do is move it to the AR class (where it belongs) and that will be an easy and decent way to nerf it without actually nerfing it.
It's only faster than the FAMAS if you use the attachment slot for RF, and even then it's marginal (1000 instead of 940 is a much higher RoF?) The 74u also has higher recoil than the FAMAS (assuming you don't use a Grip).
Raise time is actually slower on the 74u, not faster.
EDIT: The 74u is only "bad" at long range if the person shooting you has decent aim and is using an AR. It's easy to pick off people at long range who don't retaliate quickly, but's true with the MP5k too in my experience.
It is still better than most of the assault rifles.
I don't use it anymore because I am tired of it. It is pretty much a FAMAS except you move faster because it is grouped with the SMGs.
Try anything with Steady Aim Pro. With that perk there is no reason what so ever to ADS.
You do all sorts of crazy stuff like throw black holes at items on the map, fire PaP's guns through portals in certain combinations, and have your whole team stand near a clock for a whole minute without moving. Apparently it actually leads to being able to "help" the guy you hear talking at the beginning of the round.
The G11's hip spread is already the same as an SMG. Steady Aim just makes it even more ridiculous.
XBL : lJesse Custerl | MWO: Jesse Custer | Best vid ever. | 2nd best vid ever.
I'm using the Olympia, so the faster switch to my Ex-clip 1911 and the faster bitch nade throw sounds like it might work nicely for my playstyle. But I'm not sure if it'd be worth losing SA for. Any opinions?
And if so, can I get the One Shot, One Kill Medals with a shotgun? I don't remember ever seeing that pop up when I kill someone, but I could just be oblivious.
XBL : lJesse Custerl | MWO: Jesse Custer | Best vid ever. | 2nd best vid ever.
I got my 3 blackbird contract last night running a silenced spas12 lw/sa/mara.
Sounds good to me. Keep on keeping on.
And, no, shotguns do not award one shot one kill medals.
If I was running with a SPAS, I probably wouldn't even consider anything except SA. But with the Olympia, I find I'm switching to my 1911 pretty often (since I only get two shots before having to reload), and at range a quick flash makes closing the distance gap much easier.
Maybe I'll just give it a shot and see what happens. Although I'll have to play a bunch of sniper to get the pro challenges, so that sucks. Maybe I'll go into hardcore for them.
I am using GhostPro/SoHPro/HackerPro and ScavPro/SoHPro/MaraPro.
Step 1: AK74u + Rapid Fire
Step 2: Ghost Pro
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!
It's really just that easy. I refuse to even buy it since I've prestiged because I found I'd fall back to it like a crutch whenever things weren't going my way.
To the second powah!
step 2: aim at assault rifle guy at medium distance, kill him with 3 rounds shot faster than he can refire his famas/aug/m16/galil.
step 3: aim at smg/shotgun guy at short distance, kill him with 2 rounds shot faster (with less recoil) than he can refire his rapid fire mp5k/spas12.
step 4: come back here and trollface/umad everyone on the forums, then put your shades on and say "deal with it"
edit:
I'm not really bitching about it but I just find the gun boring because function/form the 74u is simply better than all other SMGs, and about as good as all the AR's (except you move faster so it's at least slightly better)
Also have there been things you guys have stopped even trying for, knowing that you still have some prestiges left? I don't bother to pro any perks other than lightweight (it practically pro's itself), flak, hardened, soh and hacker anymore. 15th is so close and yet so far