MWR is on sale on PSN for $20. Didn't play much of it on XBone when it came out because that's when my One S decided to die, and after MS repaired it and sent it back, I kinda just moved on to playing Infinite Warfare until CoD burnout set in. Anyway, that campaign is still so good. Frustrating, but so good! I would pay $60 for a MWR Collection that was just MW1-3 remastered campaigns. Probably never will, though since people just don't care about CoD campaigns. I didn't see one SP trophy listed as less than "rare" under obtained.
MP has aged terribly though.
Anyhoo, MW campaign put me in a CoD campaign mood so I reinstalled my Ghosts disc. Overall not a great CoD, but it does have a damn good campaign. Also, Bad MP choices aside (like the awful, way too big maps) Infinity Ward did have some good ideas in there. Field Orders are really cool. And Squads! Squads is such a cool idea that I wish would make a return in future games. I want it expanded upon, though. I can already rank up and earn MP unlock tokens, let me earn camos and do challenges too and also prestige and stuff. I get the need for a match XP cap, since bots are always going to be easier than PvP. Still, give me a Squads mode with full MP progression so I can have a chill CoD MP experience once I hit that string of bad games in MP frustration.
Fuck, that would be so cool.
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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.
Clans/Squads are done with the companion app thing this time around, and there's bonuses for objectives and all. Seems like the squad challenges aren't linked to any platform either, which is kinda nice. Nothing quite as involved as the Ghosts thing.
I'm also finding out that I'm goddamned terrible at solo Blackout.
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Been bouncing back and forth between Blops 4 and WW2, and noticed that the WW2 Season Pass is only $25. Are people still playing the DLC maps a lot in WW2? How does the population traditionally age in DLC maps as the years go on? This is for PS4 BTW.
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I think that it typically becomes harder to find games on DLC maps the older a CoD gets. It's only roughly a year out from WW2's release, so it might not be too bad.
I also hopped on WW2 last night for the first time in a long time, and it's such a weirdly different game now with infinite sprint and the Divisions rework. Also everyone is decked out in ridiculous costumes and facepaints. Played some core games, and I just can't do it anymore. I'm too used to hardcore now, where people actually die when you shoot them. Had trouble finding full HCTDM games though, and then it loaded me into some map I've never played before. Something-haus. The enemy team had the spawns locked down, so the millisecond you spawned, you died.
That made me rage-quit. Think I'll just stick with BLOPS 4, thank you very much.
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Man, for not playing BLOPS 4 in a couple weeks, I did some work tonight with the Strife in HCTDM. Also had a game on Slums where the enemy team was trying to lock down the fountain area, and they plopped a sentry gun down in there. Except I was Zero and I hacked the bitch.
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So, I guess they did integrate the DLC maps into normal rotation and also implemented some weird warning symbol across all playlists and next to your name if you haven't purchased the season pass. But all it does is show you that the entire lobby you're in doesn't own the season pass, and the DLC maps still don't pop up.
Kinda feel bad for the (apparent) minority who did purchase the pass. I think Activision should refund them with CoD points, and just release the DLC maps to everyone. Not that they'd ever do that in a million years, but still...
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I got so burned with BLOPS3 season pass. I didn't play that much zombies and (anecdotal I know) I always ended up in lobbies full of real good COD players playing DLC maps. My KDR tanked from 2ish to 0.5 back then. It just wasn't that fun.
I've been working on diamond camo for everything so I've been using a lot of garbage guns and doing poorly. Man it feels good to load up the titan and remember what it's like to just annihilate everything. Why is that gun so much better than all the other guns.
I've been working on diamond camo for everything so I've been using a lot of garbage guns and doing poorly. Man it feels good to load up the titan and remember what it's like to just annihilate everything. Why is that gun so much better than all the other guns.
Same boat for me, although I saved LMGs for after AR's and Tac rifles, so loading up the Titan and Hades with delicious mods and watching people complain is fun. They especially like the gripe about the NVIR on the Titan. They... do know the starter class has that right? So if it's so great, why not use it more?
That said, once I got to the VKM it took almost leveling it up completely before I got comfortable using it a lot. It's slow THUNK THUNK THUINK seems like such a big change from the other faster firing LMGs but once you get into a rhythm with it with HiCal 1 and 2... OH LAWD HE COMIN'
Once that was done I prestiged to 6 and I'm kind of wondering if I want the hassle of trying to do SMGs. I gold'd the MOG, but the other shotgun requires headshots (seriously?) and I don't want to grind pistols. I can't snipe for shit so I might stop the chase for diamond there. I'm one or two challenges away from a half dozen or so challenge sets, so I might get those done once I get my Tac Mask back.
The regular camos for snipers only require OHK's for progress. Hardcore is good for those. Unsure of the next tier of camos though, if you have to get headshots or what. Pistols are also great in hardcore.
Really just Hardcore is great, heh.
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The regular camos for snipers only require OHK's for progress. Hardcore is good for those. Unsure of the next tier of camos though, if you have to get headshots or what. Pistols are also great in hardcore.
Really just Hardcore is great, heh.
Yeah while I can't say I'm a huge fan of the HC game modes in general, I've had to hop into there more than a couple times to get that last bloodthirsty that I just couldn't pull off in regular.
I may give pistols a go in there just to see how it goes; the launcher was the first gun I got gold on and I do like carrying it around in matches since no one else seems to anymore (ever since Zero came out, I notice more people rely on her than launchers).
I've also been grinding some of the Zombie camos for some of my more favorite guns, too.
Pistols are insanely good in HC. I've got 2 smgs to go, then I've got snipers and secondaries left. I hate sniping, so that might end the quest for dark matter right there. Have to see how it goes I guess, but I don't know if I hate myself enough to go through that.
Edit: also, since this is the COD thread, GameStop has Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies Risk on clearance for $25 these days. I have no insight into the quality of the game... My guess is it's probably bad... But I definitely threw some GS trade credit at it. My brother and nephew are both obsessed with zombies mode so I figure they'll get a kick out of playing it a few times at least.
Edit: I think the spitfire is actually making me hate game
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Both the spitfire and the cordite are the go-to SMGs for everyone not named me in this game. It seems to be what everyone seems to run these days (on PC at least).
That looks like I've seen it before; granted I didn't play much BLOPS since BLOPS1, but I seem to recall that pistol from another game in the series? Or is that Ajax's pistol for his shield?
Also, I was browsing reddit yesterday, and came across an interesting tidbit, if it's true: it seems like Black Ops Pass holders (like me) who have the DLC maps are ONLY able to matchmake with other pass holders; this leads to much longer queue and lobby search times because it's trying to find people who actually bought it and it doesn't sound like it sold incredibly well. Apparently, on consoles, you can choose to uninstall the maps, which then prompts the game to matchmake you with other non-map havers. However, no such option exists on the PC. Which makes me super sad because I just want to play the damn game and I don't care on what map. Heck, I don't even like the new maps all that much so I'd be fine having them on a separate playlist (like it was before).
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I got a copy of the game for my boyfriend and we played a little more than half a dozen rounds of Blackout. We literally got one kill between the two of us (I got it) that entire time. We were able to down a few enemies, and had fun the whole time, but man Blackout is just brutal unless you get a really lucky run. Also we were shockingly pleased with how LGBT tolerant the teams we played with were. Though I have a feeling playing on PC played a major roll.
I got a copy of the game for my boyfriend and we played a little more than half a dozen rounds of Blackout. We literally got one kill between the two of us (I got it) that entire time. We were able to down a few enemies, and had fun the whole time, but man Blackout is just brutal unless you get a really lucky run. Also we were shockingly pleased with how LGBT tolerant the teams we played with were. Though I have a feeling playing on PC played a major roll.
Blackout definitely has a steeper learning curve than regular CoD multiplayer. It takes a while to learn the map, learn where you have the best chance of gearing up well without enemies around based on the drop line, and learn how and where other people tend to move as the circle shrinks (and what areas you should avoid at pretty much all costs). I think it's easier to learn in Solo rather than Duos or Quads, but obviously there's a lot to be said for playing with people you know.
Is there any reason to Prestige in this game? Granted, I haven't touched Multiplayer in weeks (gotta chase dem Blackout wins) so I may be a bit out of touch.
Is there any reason to Prestige in this game? Granted, I haven't touched Multiplayer in weeks (gotta chase dem Blackout wins) so I may be a bit out of touch.
If you're going to play a lot there's no reason not to really. It just gives you more bars to fill. The first one unlocks a bunch of new challenges as per usual, so that's with doing if nothing else.
Also, they changed HCTDM to 100 kills and I think it's a terrible change. Matches drag on forever and people are infinitely more prone to quitting if a match is 60-30 and it's got 40 kills to go instead of 15.
I mean, they were still technically there but just buried after the last tier. Don’t particularly care for the KC/TDM changes but do like the theme for the next set, looks like a fun kind of stupid.
EDIT: I’m an idiot and didn’t read the whole update, disregard me.
Is there any reason to Prestige in this game? Granted, I haven't touched Multiplayer in weeks (gotta chase dem Blackout wins) so I may be a bit out of touch.
I did a dumb and Prestiged. Mercy didn't even have to talk me into it #RIPHoli
I forgot how hard lower levels are until you can unlock decent guns. Why do I do this to myself?
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So I was playing last night and all of a sudden got a random crate? I though those only showed up when you got past Tier 100 in a season or purchased them with Shrute Bucks COD Points?
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They changed it a bit after the initial, uh, reaction to the new model. You earn those with regular gameplay now on top of the Contraband thing, but you can also just get them outright with the crates. So basically you earn reserves alongside the tiers.
MWR is free for PS+ in March! Time to finally enjoy Soap/Price in HD, but I'm not touching that Mutliplayer with a 10-foot pole
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Man, I've been enjoying MWR multiplayer. I can actually get kills because if you hit a guy first he actually goes down. Plus there's a lot of people that just seem to run around the maps without checking corners, etc. and there are tons of easy kills to be had.
Blops 4 is fun but I still die to a lot of bullshit, even though the feedback I get from my GUI shows 4 -5 hit markers on guys (and they don't die! Why can't you just die?!)
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MP has aged terribly though.
Anyhoo, MW campaign put me in a CoD campaign mood so I reinstalled my Ghosts disc. Overall not a great CoD, but it does have a damn good campaign. Also, Bad MP choices aside (like the awful, way too big maps) Infinity Ward did have some good ideas in there. Field Orders are really cool. And Squads! Squads is such a cool idea that I wish would make a return in future games. I want it expanded upon, though. I can already rank up and earn MP unlock tokens, let me earn camos and do challenges too and also prestige and stuff. I get the need for a match XP cap, since bots are always going to be easier than PvP. Still, give me a Squads mode with full MP progression so I can have a chill CoD MP experience once I hit that string of bad games in MP frustration.
Fuck, that would be so cool.
Clans/Squads are done with the companion app thing this time around, and there's bonuses for objectives and all. Seems like the squad challenges aren't linked to any platform either, which is kinda nice. Nothing quite as involved as the Ghosts thing.
I'm also finding out that I'm goddamned terrible at solo Blackout.
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I also hopped on WW2 last night for the first time in a long time, and it's such a weirdly different game now with infinite sprint and the Divisions rework. Also everyone is decked out in ridiculous costumes and facepaints. Played some core games, and I just can't do it anymore. I'm too used to hardcore now, where people actually die when you shoot them. Had trouble finding full HCTDM games though, and then it loaded me into some map I've never played before. Something-haus. The enemy team had the spawns locked down, so the millisecond you spawned, you died.
That made me rage-quit. Think I'll just stick with BLOPS 4, thank you very much.
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Kinda feel bad for the (apparent) minority who did purchase the pass. I think Activision should refund them with CoD points, and just release the DLC maps to everyone. Not that they'd ever do that in a million years, but still...
Same boat for me, although I saved LMGs for after AR's and Tac rifles, so loading up the Titan and Hades with delicious mods and watching people complain is fun. They especially like the gripe about the NVIR on the Titan. They... do know the starter class has that right? So if it's so great, why not use it more?
That said, once I got to the VKM it took almost leveling it up completely before I got comfortable using it a lot. It's slow THUNK THUNK THUINK seems like such a big change from the other faster firing LMGs but once you get into a rhythm with it with HiCal 1 and 2... OH LAWD HE COMIN'
Once that was done I prestiged to 6 and I'm kind of wondering if I want the hassle of trying to do SMGs. I gold'd the MOG, but the other shotgun requires headshots (seriously?) and I don't want to grind pistols. I can't snipe for shit so I might stop the chase for diamond there. I'm one or two challenges away from a half dozen or so challenge sets, so I might get those done once I get my Tac Mask back.
Really just Hardcore is great, heh.
Yeah while I can't say I'm a huge fan of the HC game modes in general, I've had to hop into there more than a couple times to get that last bloodthirsty that I just couldn't pull off in regular.
I may give pistols a go in there just to see how it goes; the launcher was the first gun I got gold on and I do like carrying it around in matches since no one else seems to anymore (ever since Zero came out, I notice more people rely on her than launchers).
I've also been grinding some of the Zombie camos for some of my more favorite guns, too.
Edit: also, since this is the COD thread, GameStop has Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies Risk on clearance for $25 these days. I have no insight into the quality of the game... My guess is it's probably bad... But I definitely threw some GS trade credit at it. My brother and nephew are both obsessed with zombies mode so I figure they'll get a kick out of playing it a few times at least.
Edit: I think the spitfire is actually making me hate game
Except the Garrison, which seems to exist purely to spite me because it sure doesn’t kill well.
That looks like I've seen it before; granted I didn't play much BLOPS since BLOPS1, but I seem to recall that pistol from another game in the series? Or is that Ajax's pistol for his shield?
Also, I was browsing reddit yesterday, and came across an interesting tidbit, if it's true: it seems like Black Ops Pass holders (like me) who have the DLC maps are ONLY able to matchmake with other pass holders; this leads to much longer queue and lobby search times because it's trying to find people who actually bought it and it doesn't sound like it sold incredibly well. Apparently, on consoles, you can choose to uninstall the maps, which then prompts the game to matchmake you with other non-map havers. However, no such option exists on the PC. Which makes me super sad because I just want to play the damn game and I don't care on what map. Heck, I don't even like the new maps all that much so I'd be fine having them on a separate playlist (like it was before).
Blackout definitely has a steeper learning curve than regular CoD multiplayer. It takes a while to learn the map, learn where you have the best chance of gearing up well without enemies around based on the drop line, and learn how and where other people tend to move as the circle shrinks (and what areas you should avoid at pretty much all costs). I think it's easier to learn in Solo rather than Duos or Quads, but obviously there's a lot to be said for playing with people you know.
If you're going to play a lot there's no reason not to really. It just gives you more bars to fill. The first one unlocks a bunch of new challenges as per usual, so that's with doing if nothing else.
Also, they changed HCTDM to 100 kills and I think it's a terrible change. Matches drag on forever and people are infinitely more prone to quitting if a match is 60-30 and it's got 40 kills to go instead of 15.
*ha ha, just kidding, 19th for the PS4, a week later for everyone else. Because that's the world we live in.
So it looks like Loot Boxes are back? Man...Activision needs the money I guess?
EDIT: I’m an idiot and didn’t read the whole update, disregard me.
I did a dumb and Prestiged. Mercy didn't even have to talk me into it #RIPHoli
I forgot how hard lower levels are until you can unlock decent guns. Why do I do this to myself?
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Blops 4 is fun but I still die to a lot of bullshit, even though the feedback I get from my GUI shows 4 -5 hit markers on guys (and they don't die! Why can't you just die?!)
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