KoreanBarbecue
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Tried to add you, but Xbox.com is telling me "gamertag not valid."
God, that guy sucks. Love it how the game is broken, not his lack of skill.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II |OT| Black to the Future
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Tried to add you, but Xbox.com is telling me "gamertag not valid."
God, that guy sucks. Love it how the game is broken, not his lack of skill.
Officerrob
Banned
The reality is that both are true. The fact that the connection issues continue to exist as severely as they do with almost no acknowledgement from Treyarch is ridiculous.
KoreanBarbecue
Member
Heh, true. But the dude's hipfire and hope for the best strategy certainly doesn't seem to be helping
Now they just need that playlist permanent. Still excited, though.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Thanks!!!!!!
What's your GT? I'll try adding you.
Heh, true. But the dude's hipfire and hope for the best strategy certainly doesn't seem to be helping
Yeah, he's so angry that he forgets to check his UAV. He also never slows down. Changing up his strategy would help him a bit, but he's always had that problem. You can see it in virtually every video he uploads.
That's a good way of looking at. Still don't think a sidearm is worth of the Pick 10 slots unless you're running a sniper.
The extra perk wild cards are way too valuable for me.
I don't get why people love that stuff, though.
RocketDarkness
Member
I tend to run sidearms with anything other than SMGs. Shotguns I'll occasionally run the Five-Seven for a better ranged option. Depending on what I'm using the build for, I'm usually willing to sacrifice some or all of my grenades. The B23R is my constant companion for LMG usage, since you have increased mobility and close range potential when not hunkered down.
I think I may be ten times crazier than him.
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Mr. Enigma
Member
Hotfix update just rolled out.
buy teh haloz
Banned
What's it do?
rangersfan414
Member
I haven't played this long in a row for a while lol. Good games and we'll def play in the future
I haven't played this long in a row for a while lol. Good games and we'll def play in the future
No doubt. The connection was a little iffy but we pulled our wins regardless. Those matches on Raid were bonkers. Lol. Overkill.
rangersfan414
Member
Yeah this game is great when you're playing with at least one other person who you know you can trust to win the gunfight while you're planting or just to get radars etc...
It's a completely different experience playing solo and usually going up against people playing together, but fun regardless.
Now if only you'd fix your mic so there'd be some sort of social aspect to us playing besides me having to rush to type out messages between games lol
Yeah this game is great when you're playing with at least one other person who you know you can trust to win the gunfight while you're planting or just to get radars etc...
It's a completely different experience playing solo and usually going up against people playing together, but fun regardless.
Now if only you'd fix your mix so there'd be some sort of social aspect to us playing besides me having to rush to type out messages between games lol
Haha. I'll get a mic ASAP. I tried my best to be a competent teammate. The 4 other randoms weren't helping too much.
rangersfan414
Member
Yeah you were good. Sometimes we'd both have 35 kills or so and the rest of our team combined wouldn't even add up to that many.
....I still can't believe we got destroyed our first match of the day on Raid though. It was the first time I've gone negative in quite a while.
And I'm even more annoyed that we didn't get to play my favorite/best map Standoff once! All those hours of gameplay and it never showed up!
No kidding! I'm not the biggest Plaza or Aftermath fan, but those came up repeatedly. Smh. Yeah the match was terrible. I can't stand going negative.
And I'll be sure to use the warthog from now on. Lol. Our back to back VSATS definitley caused some panic for the opponents.
rangersfan414
Member
Yeah vtol lasts more than a minute sometimes and when everybody is using it, it's bad enough that other warships are blocking yours and usually they call in a lodestar right after, but when a stealth chopper which lasts like 90 seconds is blocking your warship, it can get a bit frustrating. Warthog usually only gets me 3 kills max, and i think escort drone is cheaper but doesn't block other choppers from going up and should get you more kills. For sure the best setup is vsat-lodestar-vtol though without a question.
And aftermath showing up so much was crazy. That map usually never shows up lol. I spend more time sprinting on that map than i actually do killing people. I did manage to get a vsat on there with only 3 kills though cause plant/destroy and my kills were on them defusing so bonus points.
And I'd also say the connection wasn't too bad for utah and north jersey cause in older games, I'd pretty much be able to play with east coasters only cause others wouldn't want to play cause the 3 bar and if i would play with 4 ppl from la, my connection would be awful too but it seemed to figure out the lag compensation pretty well for us, but it'll never be perfect lol.
Also to be honest, I've never been a huge fan of raid but i really enjoyed it when we played. I think I've figured out a pretty good strategy there now and you complimented whatever I was doing.
I also only started using a silencer this playsession and wow does it take alotta bullets to kill. I still use it cause i like it, but double kills barely happen and you can forget about triple kills or more. But switching long barrel for suppressor is going from one extreme to the other i guess.
The Warship is awesome. I just enjoy being able to run around the map while my killstreaks are working their magic. That's why I like KC so much. The tags get me a lot of points. I usually run Stealth Chopper, VSAT & Warthog. My Chopper & Warthog would rack me enough tags to loop my score cycle at least three or four times in one life. So yeah.. Unmanned killstreaks for me. I feel like a God when I have air support above me, reigning down on the opposition while I'm on the ground picking up the scraps.
Slums is definitely my favorite map. I will ALWAYS vote for it, only cause I feel like I can never lose on that map. Lol. I was hoping that would pop up more often.
I actually equip a suppressor on all my weapons. It's just out of habit and I've been equipping it on all classes since MW2. I prefer to stay off the map. Lol. The silenced MSMC is my baby.
Maybe I should switch to my Ethernet cord because I'm currently using the wireless adapter. I'm assuming a direct connection will help me get a 4 bar. But I don't know.
rangersfan414
Member
Depends how much u played during dbl xp
Only got like 30 lvls on the last double xp.
rangersfan414
Member
MagicWithEarvin
Member
I prestige like every 4-5 days or so and all I play is Kill Confirmed. I rack up like 6k-8k per match - would've been crazy for double XP if I was good at the time. I'm at Prestige 5 now, half-way to 6. I'll probably be Prestige Master before the next double XP weekend.
Polydeuces
Member
Managed to get to prestige 5 in a week.
Hardcore kill confirmed running with UAV, Counter UAV, and Blackbird. The assists you get with UAV and counter UAV stack up so you only need a few kills to get the blackbird. Once you do get it and activate it, you get even more bonus points from the Blackbird and the UAV and counter UAV if you managed to get the blackbird that fast.
If you rush alot, I ALWAYS run:
SMG with Quickdraw Handle, Adjustable stock (Like Stalker in MW3)
Perk 1: Ghost OR Hardline, Lightweight
Perk 2: Fast Hands
Perk 3: Dexterity
Lethal: Semtex
Tactical: Tactical Insertion
Exceptions:
Vector with Quickdraw and Silencer is a good combo since it has the least recoil when playing in my experience.
Chicom CQB Quickdraw and any sight attachment (red dot, milimeter, EO Tech) Since the sights barely move when aiming.
You could switch Semtex with a launcher to take out air support
Playstyle: You run faster, you can aim faster and look around corners faster. With the tactical insertion, you can deploy it fast with fast hands so you can still be near enemy spawn rack up the kills. If you are fast enough, you can kill those camping in your tactical if you turn around fast enough. The only cons are you have no silencer, and you have to be pretty patient to land long range kills with the iron sights in these SMGs although they aren't that hard to aim with. I managed to get 10005 points in one match with this setup.
test_account
XP-39C²
Earlier i threw out a care package and i went into a corner to take cover, waiting for the package to drop down. Then one guy on my team walked infront of me and blocked me into the corner, then he used a black hat to take my package. That is some of the biggest bullshit i've seen so far in any COD game, so fucking annoying! I cant believe that this is actually possible in the game, to block people on your own team from moving.
It wasnt really a big deal losing the care package on its own (it was only a War Machine, luckily not a Swarm or K9 Unit), but it is just the incredible rude behavior of the guy to do that, this annoys me a lot! Pity thing is that i cant really do anything about it. It is no cheating, boosting or anything like that, just dirty play style, so i cant report it. I just had to vent about it.
On a more positive note, i really like that Treyarc made it so that challenges arent being reset after each prestige. I hope this will be used in the next COD games as well. And despite the bullshit black hate abuse that is possible, i like that it is now possible to get care packages that are thrown wrong or bounced out the map.
It wasnt really a big deal losing the care package on its own (it was only a War Machine, luckily not a Swarm or K9 Unit), but it is just the incredible rude behavior of the guy to do that, this annoys me a lot! Pity thing is that i cant really do anything about it. It is no cheating, boosting or anything like that, just dirty play style, so i cant report it. I just had to vent about it.
On a more positive note, i really like that Treyarc made it so that challenges arent being reset after each prestige. I hope this will be used in the next COD games as well. And despite the bullshit black hate abuse that is possible, i like that it is now possible to get care packages that are thrown wrong or bounced out the map.
KoreanBarbecue
Member
Yep, had this happen to me the other night. Hope that douche on my team enjoyed getting that UAV.
Also, I'm done with Claymores. They used to be a viable backup method of defense, but after last night, I don't think I'm going to ever use them again. Match after match of dudes just running right through them, without Flak Jacket, and barely taking a scratch. Maybe it's the netcode, maybe it's my connection, but they are absolutely worthless to me now.
Absolute same lol
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
The Multiplayer lobby music cracks me up every time I just let it play. Sounds like Goku is about to throw down on Vegeta.
rangersfan414
Member
Warning: Long Post Incoming
My faves are standoff, slums, and hijacked.
The rest are nothing special maps to me.
I despise carrier and express.
In MW3, I liked every map. I wasn't too fond of Downturn, but it only showed up like once a month, so I wouldn't mind playing it. This game is so much different with the maps, that I'm not really a fan of them.
*Extra note: If playing DEMO on hijacked, using low killstreaks gets you more kills than the high ones. If you use your lightning strike first and put all 3 on their spawn, chances are you'll kill a few and if your teammates kill people to, then 95% of the time you should call in the hellstorm right after and just zoom it down on their spawn even though they won't appear til you almost land and it gets you 4-5kills every time unless they have less than 6 heads on their team. It makes hijacked alotta fun
Well Blops 2 demolition is all about map control. If your team has even just 65% of the map and the other team has 35%, then that means when you spawn, you know you can freely sprint up a bit to their side of the map without anybody killing you on your side.
Slums seems to be on the more lopsided maps because of the whole fountain area in the middle, which makes it a ton of fun if you're on the good team. If your team owns that, theres only 3 ways to get past there and they can be seen from so many angles and because it's demo, you know the one and only side of the map they'll be on, so alotta spots are predictable and once you kill them enough trying to get into the middle of the map, you can push up even further into the car repair shop or to the washing machines if you're going up the other side etc...
Almost every map in this game basically is:
3 ways to the other side and possibly a path in the middle connecting them, with long lines of sight on all 3 ways. They're all like Rundown from MW2, which i didn't like for that reason. Raid, Slums, Aftermath, Cargo, Hijacked, Overflow, Express, Yemen, Plaza, Meltdown, Drone, Turbine, and Standoff. So in the end I've named every single map.
And about the Ethernet cable, wired connection is always better. Back in the MW2 and Black Ops days, I would pull host and have it for hours til i finished my playsession. In MW3, i upgraded my internet even more and i pulled host EVERY game. If i joined session, the first host migration or first time the host leaves during intermission, I got host. In Black Ops 2, i get it fairly often but it seems to switch between people a lot. And in Black Ops 2 and MW3, having host isn't what it used to be with an advantage. Wired connection, Open Network Address Translation, and a good upload/download speed are essential for gaming
TL;DR: Maps only have 3 ways to the other side. In demo, where teams only spawn on their side, it makes map control huge and once a team pushes up a lot, it's very easy to kill people right after they spawn.
hairypeckpeck
Member
anyone use the iron sights on the ballista?
it's hard as hell for me to get a kill with that thing. my kd averages about 0.5 with that gun
it's hard as hell for me to get a kill with that thing. my kd averages about 0.5 with that gun
Mr. Enigma
Member
I can't stand how fast this game moves and the turbo speed the soldiers move. I wish they'd slow it down.
Liquidsnake
Banned
I feel your pain man. I like Blops slow prodding style. I have grown used to this game now, but it is not my favorite.
maximum360
Member
This is an interesting video for the BLOPS apologists out there: http://www.denkirson.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=5816
So missing the netcode from MW2...
:/
So missing the netcode from MW2...
:/
Mr. Enigma
Member
I can't fucking hear shit in that video.
He made the video while he was sick. He's going to upload a better version soon. Just crank up your volume. There's no sudden changes in volume levels, so you won't blow out your speakers or anything.
Another video about the lag popped recently. This one shows off the rendering lag the game has. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EyojLjUh5Q
Another video about the lag popped recently. This one shows off the rendering lag the game has. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EyojLjUh5Q