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[Call of Duty] BLOPS IIII out now, and pretty good despite Activision's best efforts.

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Rius wrote: »
    Are the first 200 tiers gone now? I got the Titan last week but it felt like there was still a bunch of time left on it. The Titan was my goal anyway, so I'm satisfied.

    Yeah, it's a new event now. A much more manageable 100 tier stream with set items every level, and random items if you make it past 100. New specialist unlocks at tier 1, new SMG at 50 and new AR at 100.

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
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    KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Rius wrote: »
    Are the first 200 tiers gone now? I got the Titan last week but it felt like there was still a bunch of time left on it. The Titan was my goal anyway, so I'm satisfied.

    Yeah, it's a new event now. A much more manageable 100 tier stream with set items every level, and random items if you make it past 100. New specialist unlocks at tier 1, new SMG at 50 and new AR at 100.

    You're leaving out that glorious mastercraft ABR 223.

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    Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    edited December 2018
    Double XP weekend plus holiday facepaints

    Also it's bs that zeros hack HUD thing still shows up in hardcore

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    Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    I bought the melee Bell thing. It feels bad to do, but I had 2000 codbux from getting the season pass I guess, and hitting people with a lighted bell that rings and shoots snow is pretty funny.

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    KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    Ah_Pook wrote: »
    I bought the melee Bell thing. It feels bad to do, but I had 2000 codbux from getting the season pass I guess, and hitting people with a lighted bell that rings and shoots snow is pretty funny.

    I've been pretty tempted to do the same. I have over 3000 codbux from whatever edition I bought, and haven't really been tempted to use them on anything else so far.

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    Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    Of course now they'll have something actually worth buying in a month once they've baited people into spending their free bux. Also, $20 for a gun skin and a melee weapon is fucking INSANE.

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    iRevertiRevert Tactical Martha Stewart Registered User regular
    Ah_Pook wrote: »
    Of course now they'll have something actually worth buying in a month once they've baited people into spending their free bux. Also, $20 for a gun skin and a melee weapon is fucking INSANE.

    If people will spend even free "funbucks" on a real money item they will keep churning out stuff, if no one bought skins they wouldn't be able to justify charging for them.

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    ZavianZavian universal peace sounds better than forever war Registered User regular
    I wanted that Roman Armor skin for Ajax, but only have 500 COD points I got for free for installing the app. It's 800 points for the skin, or $8. Which means I would have to buy at least $5 of points to afford it. Sooo not worth it! I mean come on, $8 for a skin? My wallet is safe for now, at least.

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    Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    iRevert wrote: »
    Ah_Pook wrote: »
    Of course now they'll have something actually worth buying in a month once they've baited people into spending their free bux. Also, $20 for a gun skin and a melee weapon is fucking INSANE.

    If people will spend even free "funbucks" on a real money item they will keep churning out stuff, if no one bought skins they wouldn't be able to justify charging for them.

    I mean people must buy this shit, but it's still wildly over priced. I definitely bought some dumb skins and voice packs and stuff back in... A cod years ago? Which one had the snoop dog voice pack? Wasn't that a thing? Anyway, those things were like $1-2, which I'm happy to throw at a silly thing. $20 for a couple skins is just asinine.

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    Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    edited December 2018
    Psa you can destroy a strike team if you Icepick the chopper before the guys drop out. Use this knowledge while you can, as I'm 100% certain a massive zero Nerf is coming in the near future.

    Also man knifing in this game feels like total garbage. I keep trying it but good Lord.

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    I'm sure they'll nerf her too, but I hope maybe they don't. All Vonderhaar posts about on Twitter is stuff about Blackout, so maybe he's too busy to mess with her :P

    Zero seems fine to me, and I love that Torque now has a super hard counter in hardcore. Her grenade can destroy razor wire instantly, so awesome!

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
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    Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    Zero definitely needs a Nerf, she's wildly too powerful atm and every match 2 per team. Streaks are instantly gone, most equipment is useless.. she's warping the game totally.

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    JusticeforPlutoJusticeforPluto Registered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    I'm sure they'll nerf her too, but I hope maybe they don't. All Vonderhaar posts about on Twitter is stuff about Blackout, so maybe he's too busy to mess with her :P

    Zero seems fine to me, and I love that Torque now has a super hard counter in hardcore. Her grenade can destroy razor wire instantly, so awesome!

    An EMP grenade takes out barbed wire?

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    DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    I'm sure they'll nerf her too, but I hope maybe they don't. All Vonderhaar posts about on Twitter is stuff about Blackout, so maybe he's too busy to mess with her :P

    Zero seems fine to me, and I love that Torque now has a super hard counter in hardcore. Her grenade can destroy razor wire instantly, so awesome!

    An EMP grenade takes out barbed wire?

    Companies just going all-in on this IoT craze.

    Push notifications like: "There's motion at your barbed wire"

    Torque creating IFTTT workflows.

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    MechanicalMechanical Registered User regular
    I mean, I guess the hit notification had to come from something.

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    KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2018
    If it's Tuesday, it must be update time on the PS4!

    Only 11 GB this time so, uh, that's something. 14.3 GB for Xbox One because fuck you, I guess.

    Ketar on
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    DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    Hm, reddit is pretty quiet so far. Would have thought with the Xbox and PC patches today the subreddit would be louder.

    But all we've got is this:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackops4/comments/a7bilk/nomads_dog_cant_kill_you_when_youre_emoting/?ref=share&ref_source=link

    Which is downright hilarious

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    Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    Zero Nerf, custom games in blackout. Good stuff.

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    chuck steakchuck steak Registered User regular
    Something fucky is going on in the XB1 version of Blackout. Matches just aren't filling up. The last one sat at around 50 people for a good five minutes, and then just launched with that many.

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    ZavianZavian universal peace sounds better than forever war Registered User regular
    PSA: Brawler perk is now OP in blackout. Like, one punch kill even if they're trauma kitted to 200 health with full level 3 armor. It's kind of hilarious actually.

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    KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    Zavian wrote: »
    PSA: Brawler perk is now OP in blackout. Like, one punch kill even if they're trauma kitted to 200 health with full level 3 armor. It's kind of hilarious actually.

    Wow, I might have to try that just for laughs. I've been trying to do a character unlock that requires starting off at the Asylum, and I'm getting a little too used to crouching right around the corner from a high traffic doorway with a bowie knife and stabbing people who are coming for the same item I am.

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Jeeze, Treyarch got a little overzealous with the Zero nerf...

    Pretty cool that they unlocked all the specialists for Blackout, though. If only they'd nerf that body armor =/

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
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    DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Jeeze, Treyarch got a little overzealous with the Zero nerf...

    Pretty cool that they unlocked all the specialists for Blackout, though. If only they'd nerf that body armor =/

    I haven't touched Blackout since launch(ish) but I'd love to see if anyone else on PC wanted a little 12-man PA BR action anytime soon?

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    KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Jeeze, Treyarch got a little overzealous with the Zero nerf...

    Pretty cool that they unlocked all the specialists for Blackout, though. If only they'd nerf that body armor =/

    I think they actually made it easier to repair level 3 armor :P

    Got one quick game in today and the level 3 armor I was wearing had about half as many repair boxes as it used to.

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Gross.

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
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    chuck steakchuck steak Registered User regular
    They should just get rid of the level 3 armor. I'm pretty confident going after anybody I get the jump on, but if I see they have level 3 armor I will just hide and hope they don't detect me. Feels so bad to start shooting a guy from behind, have them take a second to find me, and then take me out after I just put a whole clip in him.

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    SecretagentmanSecretagentman Registered User regular
    Feels so bad to start shooting a guy [with level 3 armor] from behind, have them take a second to find me, and then take me out after I just put a whole clip in him.

    Can I get some of that Level 3 armor? Because when I have Level 3 armor equipped I get melted in 1/2 second.

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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited January 2019
    I just got BLOPS 4 on XB1 and it's dang fun. Got 3rd place on my second game of blackout and have been super enjoying using Battery in regular multiplayer. Can you do clans or anything? Any tips? (I guess i'll read the past few pages) I've never played zombies so i have no idea how that stuff works.

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    DietarySupplementDietarySupplement Still not approved by the FDA Dublin, OHRegistered User regular
    Guess what I learned the hard way? If you didn't finish your diamond camos on SMGs or ARs prior to obtaining the new guns, the number of guns you need to "complete" before you get diamond just when up by one.

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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    also can somebody explain to me this black market tier business? I've never played a DOTA or anything and the whole thing is confusing.

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    lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    imho, seriously go watch a Youtube video to get zombies. Or do what I did play with a FAQ next to you on the easiest difficulty so you can learn the map and learn what you have to do to Pack a Punch. Then either play until you die or try to do the Easter Egg.

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    also can somebody explain to me this black market tier business? I've never played a DOTA or anything and the whole thing is confusing.


    It's just a Fortnite battlepass if you're familiar with that. As you play Blackout/MP you'll progress through the tiers and unlock the rewards for each level.

    imho, seriously go watch a Youtube video to get zombies. Or do what I did play with a FAQ next to you on the easiest difficulty so you can learn the map and learn what you have to do to Pack a Punch. Then either play until you die or try to do the Easter Egg.

    The AI teammates in Zombies are seriously good. I recommend just playing on easy with three bot teammates and look up a FAQ/guide on how to activate the Pack a Punch machine, then just play till you die, which might take a while on easy but it helps you learn what to do.

    You can't do the easter egg on anything lower than normal difficulty though. You can do a few early steps, but then it just wont spawn a thing you need unless you're on normal or higher. Also, for the alcatraz map, if you're playing solo make sure you're playing as Richtofen. There's at least one step in the easter egg that he has to do, and the bots wont do it.

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    also can somebody explain to me this black market tier business? I've never played a DOTA or anything and the whole thing is confusing.


    It's just a Fortnite battlepass if you're familiar with that. As you play Blackout/MP you'll progress through the tiers and unlock the rewards for each level.
    so.. do you have to buy it?

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    KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    also can somebody explain to me this black market tier business? I've never played a DOTA or anything and the whole thing is confusing.

    Nothing in the black market matters at all - start there. Otherwise, there's a bunch of emblems and stickers and specialist outfits and gun camos and extra characters for Blackout and whatever that can be unlocked just by playing the game. The stuff that goes from Tier 1 to Tier 100 all gets unlocked progressively over time. There are a couple of new guns in the current set of tiers (1 SMG and 1 AR) but neither one is really better than any of the normal guns, so it's no big deal if you don't manage to unlock them.

    There are some additional black market unlocks available that require spending whatever they actually call CoDbucks. If you bought a deluxe edition then you got some with your purchase. Otherwise you have to pay for them. You can also get a small number (400 or so?) by downloading the CoD app and registering for it with your Xbox acct info. The stuff you can get this way is entirely cosmetic - new gestures that you really never use except during that pre-match waiting period in Blackout, outfits, emblems, camos and so on. I would ignore it entirely, except I got a pile of CoDbucks for purchasing the edition that came with a season pass. I've picked up a Blackout character and a couple of gestures and outfits and still have a pile of these stupid points.

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    You don't have to buy the 100 tier one, no. There's special orders for cosmetics where you can overpay for the privilege of grinding out smaller 10 tier passes.

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    i bought the xbox regular ass digital version which came with 1100 COD points and just signed into the companion app which gave me another 500. I look forward to never spending these 1600 points on anything lol

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    Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    You can use them to skip 16 black market tiers if you want.

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
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    KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    You know how I know I play this game too much?

    I'm already about 16 tiers past the end of the current set.

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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    I don't remember playing it in the past but this Hardpoint mode is FUN AS HELL

    Also my fav CoD multi experience was always BLOPS 1 and daaang son, there are blops 1 maps in this game!

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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    omg, I've still got it!!! lol, check out my l33t skillzzz you guys:
    https://youtu.be/IfaRO_GSXEI

    Now lets travel back in time to 2011 for my only other call of duty video on youtube from black ops 1:
    https://youtu.be/98oTFFC_XZI

    I don't think I've gotten better after 7 years!

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