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Call of Duty: Black Ops II |OT| Black to the Future
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LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Just started to play MP for the first time. Wow this is unforgiving. Haven't managed a 1.0 k/dr yet. Seems to be an SMG fest. ARs and LMGs feel useless when every gun fight is fought at 10 yards.
Oh please tell me you were there for BF3s horrendous hit detection for a good long while after launch, lol. There are still some very damning issues like framerate on consoles, sound ALWAYS cuts off so you can never hear a damn thing, "enemy has set a/b" is always late or is never played - leaving you to watch the map all the time to see if the bases are flashing if you are on defense, navigating menus is like swimming through tar, kit selection when downed - someone revives you - you are back up but the menu UI stays up on screen and can't be turned off...
My personal favorite - swapping kits and spawning without a weapon for 5 seconds. Gotta love spawning on your team with nothing to shoot in a firefight.
Netcode is only a tad better. BO2 has its issues, yes, but the BF3 issues have been there since launch and are still there today. Not to mention they were present in BC, just not as often. In terms of issues - BO2 has fewer. Netcode is game-breaking.
Dice and BF are off my list and anything with "Frostbite". If BO2 doesn't get fixed. Treyarch and COD are off my list, too. I'll go to CS until Valve does something stupid.
There was a patch which improved it - but barely. I still plug people with entire clips and watch them run away ha!Still there
It is probably the worst console tech next to Skyrim. I mean who thought 15-20fps in firefights was OK?
Was thinking the PC version, the client side hit detection is just an atrocity. Playing on a local dedicated server with a ping of 10 and seeing the same BS you do in a client-hosted CoD game is just laughable.
This is my hot combo for Domination:
FAL + Select Fire + Target Finder
1x Shocker
1x Betty
Wildcard: Perk 1 Greed
Perk 1: Lightweight, Hardline
Perk 2: Toughness
Perk 3: Extreme Conditioning
Scorestreaks: UAV, Guardian, Sentry Gun
With hardline it's easy to get those scorestreak rewards. If you stack a guardian and a sentry gun next to each other at a capture or choke point then you can rack up the kills and assists like crazy. The guardian bogs them down and the sentry picks them off. I leave the shocker and betty to cover the rear of the guardian/sentry duo or sometimes I'll do it myself.
FAL + Select Fire + Target Finder
1x Shocker
1x Betty
Wildcard: Perk 1 Greed
Perk 1: Lightweight, Hardline
Perk 2: Toughness
Perk 3: Extreme Conditioning
Scorestreaks: UAV, Guardian, Sentry Gun
With hardline it's easy to get those scorestreak rewards. If you stack a guardian and a sentry gun next to each other at a capture or choke point then you can rack up the kills and assists like crazy. The guardian bogs them down and the sentry picks them off. I leave the shocker and betty to cover the rear of the guardian/sentry duo or sometimes I'll do it myself.
sweetvar26
Member
Takes time but when you get used to the maps and the corners, you will start getting the hang of it.
Just keep playing, as much as frustrating it is, the only way to excel is practice.
Sadly I play shooters on consoles for friends despite building a gaming rig last year. I played Skyrim on my PC but heard enough about it from friends on PS3 ha!
Scratch suppressed. I can't hear gunshots 5 meters behind me. PC w/ headphone.
Thank god, i only got shit matches today with lots of instadeath
That's reassuring.
EDIT: Does that go for all platforms or is it only a recognized issue on PC?
sweetvar26
Member
Thank god, i only got shit matches today with lots of instadeath
I'm surprised that they replied to that. Kudos.
Glad to keep the community updated but they will happy with the actual fix.
Anyone having an problem with
The cordis die mission where you need to drive to rescue the president? I seem to fail it almost every single time when I make it to the downtown sign no matter what I try or do it says I failed to protect the president. I have watched countless videos and I don't get it its a straight driving scene.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
What is the point of the MMS? its absolutely useless.
guess I will stick to the Target Finder after I get the MMS prestige title.
guess I will stick to the Target Finder after I get the MMS prestige title.
Bah apparently you need to restart the mission it is a bug
Its a SMG fest because the maps are too small. The maps being too small throws off the spawns because people are everywhere and the game just spawns where ever it can.
One tweak Treyarch should definitely consider is reducing the fire-rate of the SMGs so ARs can stand a better chance as well.
LMGs are a lost cause at this point. When was the last time LMGs were useful? RPD from CoD4?
User Name Here
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjPBiZ9JSzQ&feature=channel&list=UL
Edit: Opps, misread your post lol.
Kinky John
Member
AUG in MW2.
Stoner in Black Ops was pretty good, the best LMG at least.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
my favorite gun in the game.
Freezie KO
Banned
Downloading the Update of the Rings. After that, I'll sign up for NiN, I'll tweak my controls, post my NiN ID, and I'll play.
Yeah SMG's are everywhere but AR's aren't totally useless
The FAL is a beast, especially with select fire. I always go positive with it.
Yeah.
SJRB
Gold Member
Thanks for the quick reply. That is fucked up though, I don't have Nuketown. What a weird thing to do.
M.W.
Member
It was part of the pre order bonus.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Sniper rifle + smg combo is fantastic.
didn't have to pre-order it to get it. It was in the boxes of first wave I believe.
TurboLibre
Member
Are you sure? It looked like it came with most of the early copies of the game. It's not advertised all that great, just a line of text on the back of the box and a small sleeve in the game. I actually looked over it myself until I was reminded by the XP weekend.
Seeing the yellow bar guys sit a top of the leaderboards is so frustrating. It's always the same: join server on the losing side, half the players in the enemy team have a bad connection, lose, leave server, repeat. But why is it still fun?
I think P2P gaming just doesnt cut it anymore, now that most players are on a shared (wireless) connection and thus the connection quality / speed constantly varies.
I think P2P gaming just doesnt cut it anymore, now that most players are on a shared (wireless) connection and thus the connection quality / speed constantly varies.
I have literally been letting itunes match or steam download a game while I play, in order to balance the lag compensation for myself. Having the best connection and being at a disadvantage is ridiculous, and I hope this is fixed before Thanksgiving weekend.
sweetvar26
Member
hahahaha Jets.
EDIT: Oops, wrong thread. LOL.
EDIT: Oops, wrong thread. LOL.
Gaming Truth
Member
I picked up two copies at TRU (no preorder @ $45 each) and both had Nuketown. Just check for the Nuketown label on the back box art
I dont understand the logic behind lag compensation, i mean it's the players fault if they are on are bad connection. And it's something any player can fix for himself, with lag compensation however, those who are on a good connection are punished and there's nothing they can do about it. I'm sick of people running through the maps like they are Neo in the Matrix.
SJRB
Gold Member
I just double-checked, no line on the box and nothing besides the game manual inside the box.
Tough luck I suppose. Still think that restricting double XP weekends to certain groups of users is silly.
It is a little lame that Elite doesn't seemingly have anything to do for BO2 yet, no challenges, clan ops or whatever. Considering Elite was suppose to be a bigger part of BO2 compared to MW3 I was hoping they would have things to do by now.
I think it is suppose to be a plus for those that pre-ordered it.
Except that some shops had Nuketown copies regardless of pre-ordering or not and some shops that people did pre-order from didn't get Nuketown copies in the end.
I think it is suppose to be a plus for those that pre-ordered it.
Except that some shops had Nuketown copies regardless of pre-ordering or not and some shops that people did pre-order from didn't get Nuketown copies in the end.
This will be the last time I complain about this, because I feel like I've been doing it a lot since release, but why are we paying $60 a year for xbox live again? Why doesn't Activision have dedicated servers? Battlefield has them, how hard can it be to allow players to play on a server when your product is making 500 million the day of release?
At the very least let the user base pay to rent a server.
Nah, man, beaten out by the RPD. Very similar handling but RPD has higher damage and the gigantic magazine. The AUG was just an assault rifle that made you slow.
Dedicated servers can't fix busted netcode.
Thank god, i only got shit matches today with lots of instadeath
How is it a matchmaking issue? It happens in every server under any condition. If matchmaking is pairing with suboptimal servers then they should let us see numerical pings, this makes the bars sound even more useless than they currently are. I really doubt it'll get fixed, at least until they give more information.
teruterubozu
Member
This is true. I do much better when I have Netflix streaming simultaneously.
Ardenyal
Member
Seeing the yellow bar guys sit a top of the leaderboards is so frustrating. It's always the same: join server on the losing side, half the players in the enemy team have a bad connection, lose, leave server, repeat. But why is it still fun?
I think P2P gaming just doesnt cut it anymore, now that most players are on a shared (wireless) connection and thus the connection quality / speed constantly varies.
Wireless connections aren't even the worst offenders. I know a few people playing on a 3G connection.
I wish devs would bring back kicking players with a ping that is too high.
Yeah but it's not like Battlefield is any better when it comes to lag. I dont get what's wrong with online gaming on consoles, i thought this shit was figured out a long time ago.
It worked for Gears 3 didn't? Or did Epic change something from 1 to 2 to 3? Because 1 was "host advantage." 2 was shit. 3 had dedicated servers for a limited time(s) and was excellent during those periods, now it's setup like 1.
Because matchmaking teams you up willy nilly with people all over the place, no sense or direction for connection speeds or quality. In previous Call of Duty games I'd be playing with Danes and Swedes all day long - I haven't met a single damn Dane in the game yet. Constantly teamed up with people 3-4 countries over - Even damn Americans!
So lag compensation will be toned down a lot when you play with people in your vicinity, among one of the changes they can / should make.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Hey anyone know how to upload videos? I edited + saved one. But then what do I do?