I'd wait and keep an eye on it. The game is amazing, but it has too many flaws at the moment.
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare |OT| House of CODs
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I'd wait and keep an eye on it. The game is amazing, but it has too many flaws at the moment.
constantstatic
Member
Sledgehammer is definitely using some type of skill based matchmaking. I decided to play on a new gamertag and start fresh tonight. I was matched with all low level players.
I'm currently at a 6 kd and my bullets are actually registering. I almost got the DNA bomb my first game but I choked it at 26.
I'm currently at a 6 kd and my bullets are actually registering. I almost got the DNA bomb my first game but I choked it at 26.
Junior Mint
Member
So is the reload thing definitely a bug or is there something causing me to lose all my bullets that I'm not aware of?
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Disagree, the IMR is like the COD4 M16 its a great gun.
ARX kinda sucks.
MK14 is horrendous, a single shot rifle that takes 100 shots to kill.
Reckless Onion
Member
100% a bug. patch in the works
geordiemp
Member
Sledgehammer is definitely using some type of skill based matchmaking. I decided to play on a new gamertag and start fresh tonight. I was matched with all low level players.
I'm currently at a 6 kd and my bullets are actually registering. I almost got the DNA bomb my first game but I choked it at 26.
No surprises there - they are there own worst enemy...
Instead of giving players decent lobbies based on ping (which would maybe save their COD fanbase), they go out of their way to bugger it up.
NullPointer
Member
How many games will it be until COD can fix these long-standing campaign mistakes?
* If you saddle me with allied AI at every turn, at least have the allies holding position behind me cover my flank. There's nothing worse than seeing an enemy walk all around the battlefield, past your so-called squad mates, stand in the open and then shoot you in the back of the head.
* New rule: AI in the middle of what would appear to be a large scale battle between multiple forces don't have to always prioritize the player as the #1 target. Really, its OK to sometimes shoot at my allied AI that is firing on their position from a few feet away and in the open.
* If the allied and enemy AIs are hard to make out in battle, I'm going to want to at least be able to use known allied AI positions, and see what they're firing on to get a bead on the enemy. This only works if the allied AI actually engages enemies right in front of them, otherwise when I move to join my team I'm actually running right into a cheap death at close range, while my so called allies watch from their crouched positions.
* New rule: If the enemy AI hasn't established line of sight with me - they shouldn't have psychic understanding of my position, from range - to shoot me through light but concealing cover. If you want to explain this with Threat grenades, have the enemy actually throw them first and light the player up.
* Special new rule for Exosuits which should be simple: If you tell me at mission start that I have a certain capability - say the double jump - and I use it several times - and I still have Exo battery juice, DON'T start ignoring my attempts to use the power when it doesn't fit the script. In a particular running battle along a bridge I could use the double jump sometimes and not others and there was zero sense to be made of it.
These AI and hand-holding issues have existed since the series began, and have been a mix of decent to frustrating, depending upon which studio made the game and even level to level within the same game - Advanced Warfare's campaign quality is all over the place, and its too bad, because its a pretty damn solid COD campaign, yet again held back by cheap AI and in some cases here some undercooked levels.
* If you saddle me with allied AI at every turn, at least have the allies holding position behind me cover my flank. There's nothing worse than seeing an enemy walk all around the battlefield, past your so-called squad mates, stand in the open and then shoot you in the back of the head.
* New rule: AI in the middle of what would appear to be a large scale battle between multiple forces don't have to always prioritize the player as the #1 target. Really, its OK to sometimes shoot at my allied AI that is firing on their position from a few feet away and in the open.
* If the allied and enemy AIs are hard to make out in battle, I'm going to want to at least be able to use known allied AI positions, and see what they're firing on to get a bead on the enemy. This only works if the allied AI actually engages enemies right in front of them, otherwise when I move to join my team I'm actually running right into a cheap death at close range, while my so called allies watch from their crouched positions.
* New rule: If the enemy AI hasn't established line of sight with me - they shouldn't have psychic understanding of my position, from range - to shoot me through light but concealing cover. If you want to explain this with Threat grenades, have the enemy actually throw them first and light the player up.
* Special new rule for Exosuits which should be simple: If you tell me at mission start that I have a certain capability - say the double jump - and I use it several times - and I still have Exo battery juice, DON'T start ignoring my attempts to use the power when it doesn't fit the script. In a particular running battle along a bridge I could use the double jump sometimes and not others and there was zero sense to be made of it.
These AI and hand-holding issues have existed since the series began, and have been a mix of decent to frustrating, depending upon which studio made the game and even level to level within the same game - Advanced Warfare's campaign quality is all over the place, and its too bad, because its a pretty damn solid COD campaign, yet again held back by cheap AI and in some cases here some undercooked levels.
I got a "special" MK14 in a supply drop so I decided to give it a go. My god what a piece of shit, I didn't get one kill. It's a miracle if I win any face to face shootouts with a full auto, trying to land 8 consecutive shots with the MK14 is a fucking joke.
I have to agree about the IMR, I used it for two matches after unlocking it and had a lot of fun with it.
It also forces you to play a little differently, not just running in.
The auto reload bug is a really weird thing to make it through QandA. I'm also shocked that the game shipped with the audio levels so off, all the sounds that are meant for your ds4 speaker are so freaking loud with headphones that I take it off after each game or don't even use my headsets.
Stranger In The Alps
Member
This had to have been one of the most disappointing moments I've had with this game. The MK14 is one of my favorite guns in every CoD it has appeared in. I love semi automatic rifles. Yet this one is impossible to do well with. It does such low damage to enemies, I might as well be shooting a super soaker at them.
RedAssedApe
Banned
hmm...i actually prefer the HBRA over AK and BAL. don't really see the OP of BAL...think it might just be lag introducing a ton of unpredictability to the actual performance characteristics of each gun?
7DollarHagane
Banned
I dunno guys. I play mostly objecitve modes and I am not seeing the kind of network jankiness you guys are.
Sure you get the occasional bad connection but I think they must have the lag compensation turned up in tdm because its the most popular and casual mode.
Sure you get the occasional bad connection but I think they must have the lag compensation turned up in tdm because its the most popular and casual mode.
Succinct Verbosity
Member
Is there an unlock guide for customization? Ikeep unlocking stuff and I have no idea how.
ComputerBlue
Member
You unlock items through Supply Drops, which seem to happen about every 30-60 in game minutes (multiplayer), what you get is completely random and everything you earn from supply drops you get to keep, or you can sell it for XP.
You unlock some items temporarily by completing objectives such as 5 headshot medals in a match, these items expire after a while and aren't random.
You also get some items from the single player campaign which you keep forever.
Lastly, from Exo Survival. For instance if you completely level up your shield you'll get a zombie loadout, if you level up the gun ability to 10 then you'll get a zombie helmet or gloves or something, these you also keep forever.
Edit: You also get a full set of items once you prestige. Prestige 1 at least, that's all I can confirm, but you might get something for each prestige level.
barneystuta83
Member
Completed single player.
dat ending... Erm...
Lionheart1827
Member
I second this. I was so excited to unlock this gun since I used it along with the M16/ACR in the past CODs as my go to weapons. This game its nearly useless. Really let down
Yeah, I'm not quite understanding everyone's obsession with the BAL minus its high fire rate. I mean, I do okay with it, but 9 times out of 10, I do much better with the AK mainly due to its increase in range and accuracy.
My assumption is that because of the higher speed and focus on run and gun there's little need for range and accuracy. I personally use a little sub with a red dot and run and boost around the map like a mad person. It's the best I've ever done in a cod game lmao.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
I was in a game of SnD and a teammate was using it for the first time...
Enemy just standing there pop, pop,pop-pop-pop-pop, pop enemy turned around and killed him almost instantly.
Played a few rounds on PC for the first time. Games definitely feels alot different than compared to the older Cods. Strafing left and right when encountering people with a shotgun is really amazing. So far the Tac19 is a beast. Haven't had any net problems at all on PC, but I encountered an aimbotter on my second match, so yeah.
Also, that laser weapon is dope. I like that you don't have to ADS with it. Just pop that sprint-exo and run and gun.
Also, that laser weapon is dope. I like that you don't have to ADS with it. Just pop that sprint-exo and run and gun.
shungokusatsu
Member
I can't catch a break.
LowParry
Member
I don't think those bars represent actual connections. I've had plenty of 1 bar games where it felt pretty good.
This was the main reason why I abandoned the multiplayer gaming on PC (I'm talking about some specific games, especially the FPS) ... It's a real shame
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I've finally found the gun for me. IMR with Stock, Quickdraw, and Suppressor.
KnightHart
Member
This was the main reason why I abandoned the multiplayer gaming on PC (I'm talking about some specific games, especially the FPS) ... It's a real shame
That's a pretty strange reason unless you have the shittiest luck when it comes to running into hackers. I can vividly remember each instance I've encountered a hacker in the past 13 years of my life, and most of them were on CS Source, and they've all been banned within 1-2 minutes. The PC platform isn't a rouge state overrun with hackers if that's the impression you have.
The one thing you can't escape anywhere is people trying to find weird glitches or exploits. The only one I ever took advantage of because of how fucking stupid it was, was the Javalin-Semtex glitch in MW2. Where if you pulled a semtex, and while pulling it you switch out to a Javalin, so when people killed you you'd just fucking explode with the impact radius of a Javalin and kill anyone around you.
The Xtortionist
Member
If your console/PC connected through ethernet or wifi?
shungokusatsu
Member
Ethernet, NAT Open on an R8000 router.
That would make no sense, and I've yet to have any good game where the bars were red and I didn't encounter awful lag.
ComputerBlue
Member
Replied to you in the other thread.
The majority of my games are full bars, for everyone. There are some bad games but I've experienced those screen shots you posted about twice.
It's crazy how you can have such a bad experience given you've got such better internet. My PS4 is wired, the speed test was done through wifi on my laptop so I should have less ping and better speeds on PS4.
Agreed. This is almost as annoying as the lag issues, if true.
shungokusatsu
Member
Please don't let this be true. The MK14 (and EBR) has long been my favorite gun throughout the entire series.
Apologize if this has been answered in the thread here, but are there major issues with the SP? My exo challenges and Intel are messed up. I am about 70% done with the game and my exo challenges are all reset except for my head shots which are complete.
Please tell me I'm not alone. For example I have collected every Intel and it says I only have 2 of them. And I can't chapter select past the first mission and I am on mission 9 I think.
Please tell me I'm not alone. For example I have collected every Intel and it says I only have 2 of them. And I can't chapter select past the first mission and I am on mission 9 I think.
You actually got Stock? How did you manage to get 20 hip fire kills with IMR?
shungokusatsu
Member
Omfg, it took me forever to get it for the AK. The need to fix that shit and let it be unlocked by traditional means.
I use the IMR as well it is amazing, so good.
I was only able to get a stock for the AK once I unlocked the Gung-Ho perk. Then I obtained it quite easily lol.
th4tguy
Member
It's a bug. You have to start a new game to fix it. You can finish the game but from what I understand you won't get a trophy. Sorry.Apologize if this has been answered in the thread here, but are there major issues with the SP? My exo challenges and Intel are messed up. I am about 70% done with the game and my exo challenges are all reset except for my head shots which are complete.
Please tell me I'm not alone. For example I have collected every Intel and it says I only have 2 of them. And I can't chapter select past the first mission and I am on mission 9 I think.
shadow_shogun
Member
What's wrong with it? It was certainty more satisfying that ghost's.
This was kinda similar to MW3,which was pretty good
Sledgehammer is definitely using some type of skill based matchmaking. I decided to play on a new gamertag and start fresh tonight. I was matched with all low level players.
I'm currently at a 6 kd and my bullets are actually registering. I almost got the DNA bomb my first game but I choked it at 26.
This seems the case. I'm sure I'm playing with people from the US(I'm europe)or from far away lots of matches I've played have been with high level players compared to my own.
I based my opinion on my experience and well, even some of my real life friends enjoyed to play MP with some hacks... I played an huge amount of MP games on PC and the last one, Nosgoth (a very nice game indeed!) has some trouble with a good number of cheaters.
CS is a different thing. It's a very well supported MP game.
Glitches and exploits?
This is another very sensitive matter and well, I agree with you. We can't simply escape that.
Of course I'm still playing MP on pc and I'm enjoying it even with some hackers here and there, but if the same game is on console and unless is not broken, I prefer to skip a pumped visual in favor of more peace of mind
Neuromancer
Member
I haven't gotten sucked into a PVP MP game like this since MW1. I fucking love this game. And somehow I do all right online, I don't know what it is but usually in these kind of games I just get slaughtered and don't have fun.
This is my go to loadout. I am just flying all over the fucking place wrecking fools.
I really dislike scorestreaks. All of them are slow and cumbersome and won't get you many kills. The time it takes for me to kill 1 or 2 people with a missile, I could have killed 8 with my SMG.
Those damage buffs on dat Mp11 doe.
I really dislike scorestreaks. All of them are slow and cumbersome and won't get you many kills. The time it takes for me to kill 1 or 2 people with a missile, I could have killed 8 with my SMG.
Those damage buffs on dat Mp11 doe.
LowParry
Member
I've seen plenty of launch games do it. It eventually gets patched and you're set. There are some other instances where the game starts for maybe the first couple minutes with those low bars but then evens out where everyone's got full connections going. Netcode is just bad. Plain and simple.
As for a gun of choice, this is the first time I'm loving a 3 round burst weapon for COD.
Uno Venova
Banned
This red bar stuff...it's like people forgot about COD4, those glitches would happen all the time and it never represented actual connection quality.
darkwing-buck
Member
Nice varient, the original mp11 was a pea shooter.
dragonlife
Member
Never bought a modern Call of Duty in my life, but this one seems like it could be fun. I really wish I could try it out, but $60 is a hard pill to swallow, and on top of that, the game has a $50 season pass on Steam.
What the fuck. Not that I ever buy season passes, but still. What the fuck.
What the fuck. Not that I ever buy season passes, but still. What the fuck.