LTTP, waited for a good price, got $30 off PS4 version, Kijiji.
Long time COD player who's very skeptical about AW, some thoughts after my first 16 multiplayer matches:
-spawning is a definite improvement over Ghost. Ghost gave me PTSD so I am frequently doubling back from where I came from because I think the enemy has spawned behind but it never happened.
In some matches our teams never switched spawns and that's brilliant because you're fighting the enemy head on, side-by-side with your team, there's an almost constant firefight happening. I can't remember the last time a COD could do this, well done. When a COD has you constantly changing spawns, that's pure garbage.
-Did not experience any poor network performance; hit detection was very good, did not feel any of my deaths were the cause of anything network related. Some teammates did have poor experiences though. Our squad consisted of players from the Eastern seaboard to the West coast.
-I think the maps are still shit but an improvement over Ghost; fewer sight lines, fewer blind side deaths but still too many. Way too few maps overall.
-The exo movement is fun in itself but I'm not finding it adds to the overall multiplayer fun yet. I'm still newb. Haven't found any exo-abilities that I find really beneficial or even interesting yet.
-I'm looking at the minimap nearly as much as the main screen, things can get very hectic. Trying to interpret it is hard sometimes, still learning. Definitely keeping the perk where it gives you a larger map.
-Foot step sounds are terrible, can't hear anything but my own. The weapon reports seem good though, gives me a good sense of where the engagement is happening.
Holding a 1.41 KD ratio for now, from all the things I've read in this thread, I expect it to plummet in a few days. Fun so far but I'm not sure it has legs.
