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[excaliburps]

Super lame that supply drops can give something that you already have. I just got the Argus Hallucination camo for the 2nd time.

If someone wanted to get everything in game I'd say it might be statistically impossible. Of course you'd be insane as well. Being that you can get repeats and there's so many items....

UGH! Didn't know this. Yeah, they should have a filter or something so we don't get the same stuff twice.

]I'm glad I'm not the only one who seems to be having an issue with hit prioritization. It feels like I can hit a guy 4 or 5 times and do nothing but die in one hit myself. Now, I'm pretty awful, but it can't always be that it's just me being awful.[/B]

Same. This is by far, the Call of Duty that I'm the worst at in recent memory. I friggin remember calling in two Attack Dogs in one roun in Ground War Dom in Black Ops 2. Here? Fuck, can't even get a proper scorestreak going. And I always die in head to head encounters.

Oh finally, a double XP weekend. Wonder if they will put nuketown by itself again.


It was soooo much better in MW1 and MW2. I didn't get anywhere near as many fake hit markers as in BO2 and in BO3. I don't think my memory is failing me.

It might be because the experience is so fresh, but it is a lot worse in this than any other CoD for me even AW, which a lot of people hate around here, wasn't as bad. It happened there, but it just didn't seem as bad.

Same. I remember being in two-bar games in MW2 and wasn't anywhere this bad. Sigh.

It was better with CoDs before BO1. You're not imagining anything. I use to have an below average internet in MW2 and two bars never had me so behind. The game still felt responsive and I wasn't at any significant disadvantage, but it did matter more in a competitive setting. In BO3, I am at a bigger disadvantage against full four bar people if I am at three bars (even when my ping is floating somewhere between the 3-4 bar threshold), which is any game based on the east side of NA or Europe.



Lol, I usually see you on, but I never bother to join session or message you because I assume you're already full.

I'll just pester you if you are online and I am fed up with the meat shields I get, which is 90% of the time.

...

I'm running the traditional tactical setup and don't have much problem aiming whilst in the air. I'll probably try bumper jumper tactical to see the difference, but I already abuse the hovering too much already.

Yeah. Kinda glad to see it's not just me suffering through hit priortization then. I was thinking could I just be sucking...and then I'd get a monster game going where I didn't do anything different, but people would drop in like 2-4 hit markers. Another game, and it'd take 5-6. Mind, I can tell when it's the Sheiva since that has beast damage.

 

[Thebeardofknowledge]

Hit prestige 3 last night.

Unlocked the M8A7 with my permanent token...only cause it's the last gun I need for diamond AR's. Good thing the gun is also good, lol

I think next prestige I'll unlock scavenger. Don't really care to unlock ghost, tbh. I like when the enemy knows where I am. Saves me the trouble of looking for them

I would love to save 30 keys for the rare chest but I'm impatient. Haven't had terrible luck with the common drops...so far.

I need to unlock long barrel for the argus. Should be a beast in hardcore.

Double xp this weekend? I'll be there.

3rd prestige already ? you must play like 16 hours a day

 

[tigerin]

At first, yes, and I did arguably really good still. However, it's very noticeable how in this game suppressor is really nerfed, my pharo can kill in one burst, but not with suppressor.

So I now play without and I have realized I do not needed, getting my wraight, raps and mothership regardless. I like to play mind games, shoot here, then position yourself somewhere else he thinks I'm there then I go around, he doesn't notice with his UAV etc. I can also aim down sight with my pharo and stock, and while walking and ADS I do not appear on radar.

I use all these things to my advantage, and I do much better without suppressor, I do not think it's needed if you have good map control

That's a good strategy, I've never thought of that. I'm play mostly team death match where uav doesn't occurs as frequently. Do you still recommend using ghost in that case?

 

[tigerin]

Doing Spectre challenges as I heard him, Ruin and Outrider are all linked for their classified hero costumes.

Good lord his Ripper ability is balls at times. And I can't believe I've grinded over 800 kills with him today ...

Isn't his ability just a knife lunge? I don't see how it can be useful in a longe range combat maps.

 

[jorgejjvr]

That's a good strategy, I've never thought of that. I'm play mostly team death match where uav doesn't occurs as frequently. Do you still recommend using ghost in that case?

I do not play too much TDM, it is campers Paradise. I mostly play domination.

If it is not too common in TDM, then perhaps you don't need it, maybe shooting them down might be a better option for you

I personally cannot see myself without ghosts

 

[Hazaku]

Isn't his ability just a knife lunge? I don't see how it can be useful in a longe range combat maps.

He's got that and a temporary cloak ability. His knife lunge isn't practical or useful most of the time imo ... even when sneaking since you can one hit melee enemies from behind most of the time anyway.

The lock on targeting which appears on the HUD when the ability's ready is probably the best thing about it. Really helpful if you run smokes when capping flags in domination.

 

[aristotle]

Doing Spectre challenges as I heard him, Ruin and Outrider are all linked for their classified hero costumes.

Good lord his Ripper ability is balls at times. And I can't believe I've grinded over 800 kills with him today ...

This has already been solved. You have to unlock everyone's skins before the classified skins are available.

https://www.reddit.com/r/blackops3/comments/3sssbc/heres_how_you_get_hero_armor/

 

[Hazaku]

This has already been solved. You have to unlock everyone's skins before the classified skins are available.

https://www.reddit.com/r/blackops3/comments/3sssbc/heres_how_you_get_hero_armor/

Oh ... well at least I've got Outrider, Ruin and soon Spectre out of the way.

Thanks for the link

 

[Bolivar687]

He's got that and a temporary cloak ability. His knife lunge isn't practical or useful most of the time imo ... even when sneaking since you can one hit melee enemies from behind most of the time anyway.

The lock on targeting which appears on the HUD when the ability's ready is probably the best thing about it. Really helpful if you run smokes when capping flags in domination.

It's mostly for style but the real advantage comes from being able to chain lunges together really quickly to move fast and wipe out a crew. You also get bonus points so it helps with streaks a bit. It's also easier for me to lunge in mid air than it is to shoot lol

 

[Hispanicguy]

3rd prestige already ? you must play like 16 hours a day

Lol, during launch weekend, I played a ton...but to my surprise, I didn't reach 55 during that weekend. That first run took longer than any other COD.

My run from 1st to 2nd prestige was much quicker. Probably because of the challenges you unlock after you prestige. When I reached 2nd, it slowed down again.

I play every night when I get home from work. Put in about 5 hours give or take. Some food and TV in between... but yea, if this was any of the past games, I would have been much higher.

 

[PeskyToaster]

That's a good strategy, I've never thought of that. I'm play mostly team death match where uav doesn't occurs as frequently. Do you still recommend using ghost in that case?

I'm mostly a TDM player as well. I used to use suppressors all the time in previous CoDs but they hurt the gun's potential too much in this one. Be loud and proud I say.

 

[the_prime_mover]

It's mostly for style but the real advantage comes from being able to chain lunges together really quickly to move fast and wipe out a crew. You also get bonus points so it helps with streaks a bit. It's also easier for me to lunge in mid air than it is to shoot lol

Yup, Ripper matches my run and gun style so well. I am too lazy to pull up iron sights so running ghost, awareness and gung-ho with a silenced and long barrel Brecci and ripper is just non-stop momentum. I suck at wall running and aiming, so the ripper lunge is great for getting up close and personal from above.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

I dunno if it's the spawns or the movement or the maps or what but damn if I just can't get a handle on map control in this game. Always feels like I'm getting flanked even on the side routes and if I ever try to stay still and lock down an area it feels like my team is a million miles away in less than a second. I remember playing Black Ops or MW2 and being able to reliably guess where the enemy way just based on where my team was but now it just seems like everyone is everywhere all the time.

Is it just too early for people to play the maps "properly" (i.e. everyone just running crazy) or has there some fundamental philosophy shift to spawn flipping/map control that I should be aware of?

 

[crpav]

Ok I am dumb and probably didn't pay attention in the "tutorial" and can't find in any controller help section but how do I select a different core ability? I know how to select a core but I want to equip blinding swarm and can't figure out how.

 

[mackattk]

Ok I am dumb and probably didn't pay attention in the "tutorial" and can't find in any controller help section but how do I select a different core ability? I know how to select a core but I want to equip blinding swarm and can't figure out how.

You have to go back to the specialist menu and unlock that ability, and then equip it.

 

[Calabi]

I like the Nuketown map, my KD on it is always usually 0.5. You spawn so quickly and the map is so small so I dont give a fuck.

 

[Hazaku]

It's mostly for style but the real advantage comes from being able to chain lunges together really quickly to move fast and wipe out a crew. You also get bonus points so it helps with streaks a bit. It's also easier for me to lunge in mid air than it is to shoot lol

Yup, Ripper matches my run and gun style so well. I am too lazy to pull up iron sights so running ghost, awareness and gung-ho with a silenced and long barrel Brecci and ripper is just non-stop momentum. I suck at wall running and aiming, so the ripper lunge is great for getting up close and personal from above.

Appreciate the tips!

I guess I've gotta get use to that lunge range then.

 

[drotahorror]

Same. This is by far, the Call of Duty that I'm the worst at in recent memory. I friggin remember calling in two Attack Dogs in one roun in Ground War Dom in Black Ops 2. Here? Fuck, can't even get a proper scorestreak going. And I always die in head to head encounters.



Same. I remember being in two-bar games in MW2 and wasn't anywhere this bad. Sigh.



Yeah. Kinda glad to see it's not just me suffering through hit priortization then. I was thinking could I just be sucking...and then I'd get a monster game going where I didn't do anything different, but people would drop in like 2-4 hit markers. Another game, and it'd take 5-6. Mind, I can tell when it's the Sheiva since that has beast damage.

Word...

In BO2 I would run attack dogs and swarm, I was that confident. Since AW I have been awful. But I'm just cheesin things now in BO3. Ghost, Awareness, Dead Silence (and that

Spoiler

sound mix someone mentioned a few pages back)

. FFA is really fun as well. I love the movement in both AW and BO2 but I just get slaughtered, I'm too bonkers with jumping around and whatnot. I even have R3 as my jump button BO3. Melee on X sucks but...melee sucks (which I'm happy about)

I've had what seems like, really solid hit detection. MW2 was still the best and I played that on a constant bad 3 bar. Like, there was good 3 bar and bad 3 bar, I played on bad 3 bar and it was amazing. It's crazy how the hit detection got progressively worse over the course of the franchise, but I thought BO2 was fine, and BO3. My connection is much better than MW2 days as well.

 

[Bolivar687]

I dunno if it's the spawns or the movement or the maps or what but damn if I just can't get a handle on map control in this game. Always feels like I'm getting flanked even on the side routes and if I ever try to stay still and lock down an area it feels like my team is a million miles away in less than a second. I remember playing Black Ops or MW2 and being able to reliably guess where the enemy way just based on where my team was but now it just seems like everyone is everywhere all the time.

Is it just too early for people to play the maps "properly" (i.e. everyone just running crazy) or has there some fundamental philosophy shift to spawn flipping/map control that I should be aware of?

I think once you get a handle on the maps you'll be more aware of the routes you need to watch out for. Some maps have more flanking routes than others, some really separate the lanes off.

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

3rd prestige already ? you must play like 16 hours a day

It doesn't take long to prestige. Plenty of people I know with day jobs and social lives are 2nd prestige or about to be. The key is to not suck and also know how to play objectives.

Like, the last time I remember it taking forever to prestige is MW2, honestly.

 

[thebesttheworst]

I've only logged about 3 hours in MP so far, but really enjoying it and having that itch to play it whilst at work etc. like I did with old COD games - always a good sign.

I have a query if someone could help, its regarding 'Custom Games' mode.

Ive never really dabbled in it before and even in BO3 I do any testing of weapons or bots stuff in 'Local'

However I might want to do some messing around with a couple of mates in custom games and so was wondering if anything done in that mode has any negative affect on the proper MP stats/mode. Do any stats or deaths in that count negatively towards you proper MP stats ? Or are you free to just mess around with pals in it without it having any consequences ?

Thanks

 

[jorgejjvr]

I love the ripper, next thing I'm going to permanently unlock

And at prestige 3, I'll have ghosts, pharo, and ripper, everything I need!

I'll probably permanently unlock afterwards the wraith, in order to have some good streaks, takes a while to get, and raps gets unlocked soon, and later mothership probably.

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

My next token is going towards Dead Silence, probably, but with Awareness completely countering it, that may change.

I've only logged about 3 hours in MP so far, but really enjoying it and having that itch to play it whilst at work etc. like I did with old COD games - always a good sign.

I have a query if someone could help, its regarding 'Custom Games' mode.

Ive never really dabbled in it before and even in BO3 I do any testing of weapons or bots stuff in 'Local'

However I might want to do some messing around with a couple of mates in custom games and so was wondering if anything done in that mode has any negative affect on the proper MP stats/mode. Do any stats or deaths in that count negatively towards you proper MP stats ? Or are you free to just mess around with pals in it without it having any consequences ?

Thanks

Custom games have no impact on multiplayer stats. Only ranked games in MP count.

That isn't the same in Zombies. Private games there count.

 

[Gorillaz]

Can anyone recommend a 101 guide on zombies mode? I've never played any of the previous CODs that had a zombies mode and I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I have questions like, why should I open the gate instead of just staying in the first area (well, I answered that one pretty quickly by getting overwhelmed with enemies after a few rounds), and are there objectives I should be doing?

you will learn the more you play

Dont do the story and ritual shit yet until you get the basics of zombies, perks, herding, level/gate direction etc.

 

[zsynqx]

As much as I love the MP the campaign is terrible. Just recorded this and I swear to god I am walking as fast as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AYU8kIJ6nE

 

[Goreomedy]

As much as I love the MP the campaign is terrible. Just recorded this and I swear to god I am walking as fast as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AYU8kIJ6nE

Ah yes, the Everybody's Gone to the Rapture moment.

 

[ShinMaruku]

Man do I love battery for hardpoint. When people gather up drop bombs. What Specialists are your go to guys? I can't wait to unlock the Immortals lady her ablity seems stupid as shit too.

 

[JamboGT]

As much as I love the MP the campaign is terrible. Just recorded this and I swear to god I am walking as fast as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AYU8kIJ6nE

Yeah that was terrible, I browsed twitter on my phone for five minutes then was able to catch up at normal speed!

 

[thebesttheworst]

Custom games have no impact on multiplayer stats. Only ranked games in MP count.

That isn't the same in Zombies. Private games there count.

Thanks man.

 

[computers putin']

It feels like this game's netcode changes day to day; a few days ago I was pulling 3 to 4 k/d's left and right while playing sloppy, and now it's 1 to 2's while I'm try-harding, and it's been up and down like that ever since launch ( it played well for me the first two days). I'm having a hard time getting shots to register and I'm getting killed behind corners left and right now. Treyarch must be making adjustments server side as we go, because that seems like the only thing that can explain such inconsistency.

 

[Stormhammer]

So I cleared the cache on my xbox one, and am on a wired connection via an ethernet wall adapter, but I still get the stuttering I had with wireless, though admittedly not as much.

Still is a blast to play though, probably my 3rd favorite CoD MP experience as of now ^^

 

[RMI]

Man do I love battery for hardpoint. When people gather up drop bombs. What Specialists are your go to guys? I can't wait to unlock the Immortals lady her ablity seems stupid as shit too.

Battery is my favorite so far. War Machine is the shit! it's crazy powerful and you can get random kills pretty easily just lobbing grenades, and it's also very deadly at short range or indoors as well. Was using Kinetic Armor for a while but it very rarely made a difference for me.

The key is to not suck and also know how to play objectives.

not sucking is what i'm having trouble with right now. global K/D is like a measly 0.8 :-(

Still having a great time with this game, but wish people would try and get the objectives more in Domination. Also wish there was a matchmaking mode that rotated game types that wasn't ground war. Ground war is way too chaotic for me.

 

[Silver Arrows]

Anybody here need somebody to play with on PS4? Send me a friend request, the name is Silver-Arrows21

Just need somebody to play with after work.

 

[Xeilyn]

The fact that you have to unlock all outfits for all the specialists in order to unlock the classified outfits is bullshit... "Oh you want that cool outfit for Seraph? here play a ton with all the other specialists you dont like". Its not hard only extremely time consuming, they could have done something more unique there

 

[Victrix]

Its not hard only extremely time consuming

Modern corporate game design

 

[Bolivar687]

Man do I love battery for hardpoint. When people gather up drop bombs. What Specialists are your go to guys? I can't wait to unlock the Immortals lady her ablity seems stupid as shit too.

I've used Outrider Sparrow, Seraph Combat Focus, and Spectre Ripper. I recently got some Black Market taunts for Repaer, so I started using him and his illusions, which I think are amazing for both objective and slayer playlists.

I play CoD for the variety so I'll probably keep bouncing around but the best all around bet would probably be to stick to the weapons of the starting specialists. As with CoD unlocks in general, the stuff you get down the line is much more situational.

 

[tigerin]

I love the ripper, next thing I'm going to permanently unlock

And at prestige 3, I'll have ghosts, pharo, and ripper, everything I need!

I'll probably permanently unlock afterwards the wraith, in order to have some good streaks, takes a while to get, and raps gets unlocked soon, and later mothership probably.

Damn, 3rd prestige? That's crazy. I've been stuck on level 40s of the pre-first prestige this whole week.

 

[Stranger In The Alps]

It feels like this game's netcode changes day to day; a few days ago I was pulling 3 to 4 k/d's left and right while playing sloppy, and now it's 1 to 2's while I'm try-harding, and it's been up and down like that ever since launch ( it played well for me the first two days). I'm having a hard time getting shots to register and I'm getting killed behind corners left and right now. Treyarch must be making adjustments server side as we go, because that seems like the only thing that can explain such inconsistency.

I've been having a terrible go at it today, while all day yesterday it seemed absolutely perfect. I've been experiencing all of this since launch, and as you said, it's extremely inconsistent. So annoying, because beta was nearly perfect for me and when it's good, this is my favorite CoD.

 

[biteren]

finally reached my first presteige

 

[TheOfficeMut]

I love the H.I.V.E. specialist. That thing gives me at least six kills or more every game. Love hearing the sound of my enemies getting crippled by those critters. lol

 

[GodofWine]

I've been having a terrible go at it today, while all day yesterday it seemed absolutely perfect. I've been experiencing all of this since launch, and as you said, it's extremely inconsistent. So annoying, because beta was nearly perfect for me and when it's good, this is my favorite CoD.

But when it was perfect for you, the guy on the other end was probably complaining of lag. That's part of COD unfortunately, sometimes you'll be a god because you have the gunfight advantage, and sometimes you dont.

Its just like with guns, if it kills me, that shit Is OP, if it kills you, its great and balanced and 3arc keep your hands off it.

If I get a lo by that gives me the bad ping feeling I just quit out and try again

 

[Liferebooted]

Finally played through the story for some trophies.... Lets just say it makes all the battlefield campaigns look amazing.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

finally reached my first presteige

What cha spending that first perma-token on? I'm lvl ~20 first prestige and havent decided yet lol.

 

[Roussow]

So I finally started doing better in multiplayer -- dramatically better, and it's due to one specific change in mindset. I'm taking it slower, I feel a bit deceived by the emphasis on mobility, the wall runs and boost jumps are undeniably useful tools, but actually taking my time, and actually not constantly sprinting around getting into firefight after firefight has been far more fruitful, taking advantage of people who were playing like me, latching onto every wall just because it felt good -- I've even been getting my higher level drone killstreak, feels good man, feels good to improve.

Unfortunately Battlefront comes out today in my country so it looks like Call of Duty is going to take a backseat for a little while.

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

Thanks man.

Anytime, meng.

not sucking is what i'm having trouble with right now. global K/D is like a measly 0.8 :-(

Still having a great time with this game, but wish people would try and get the objectives more in Domination. Also wish there was a matchmaking mode that rotated game types that wasn't ground war. Ground war is way too chaotic for me.

I'm probably one of the people who would be mad that you have a couple capped flags but went 10-23 or something. lol

Not that is bad if its just one or two bad games, as I sometimes end up feeding a guy a couple times and I have to go buzzkill him from RAPS or something.

And I always get two extremes with my teams: team doesn't bother capping and rather go and revenge kill people on the edges of the map or bothers capping but feeds the enemy team UAVs and Hellstorms.

 

[biteren]

What cha spending that first perma-token on? I'm lvl ~20 first prestige and havent decided yet lol.

to get the setup i truly want, ill net to presteige a few more times, but i went with Scavenger, it serves me well enough and i can use it with most my setups.

 

[jorgejjvr]

Damn, 3rd prestige? That's crazy. I've been stuck on level 40s of the pre-first prestige this whole week.

Sorry, I meant that I am prestige 2, once go to prestige 3 I'll permanently unlock ripper

I'm like lvl 30 prestige 2

 

[mackattk]

So I finally started doing better in multiplayer -- dramatically better, and it's due to one specific change in mindset. I'm taking it slower, I feel a bit deceived by the emphasis on mobility, the wall runs and boost jumps are undeniably useful tools, but actually taking my time, and actually not constantly sprinting around getting into firefight after firefight has been far more fruitful, taking advantage of people who were playing like me, latching onto every wall just because it felt good -- I've even been getting my higher level drone killstreak, feels good man, feels good to improve.

Unfortunately Battlefront comes out today in my country so it looks like Call of Duty is going to take a backseat for a little while.

Yeah, same here... I have tried the run-n-gun approach but just keep failing miserably. Right now I really like using the BRM and the ripper to help out in close combat.. It is nice to activate the ripper ability prior to entering a room that more than likely has people in it.

 

[Roussow]

Yeah, same here... I have tried the run-n-gun approach but just keep failing miserably. Right now I really like using the BRM and the ripper to help out in close combat.. It is nice to activate the ripper ability prior to entering a room that more than likely has people in it.

Only in the high twenties right now as far as level is concerned.

Haven't found specialist abilities especially useful. The first one I unlocked was glitch, because considering the TTK is so slim anyway, I figured a utility ability would be more useful than an offensive one -- turns out I was right about TTK, it's so slim I barely can get it off before death, I guess if you play with four fingers on each shoulder button and trigger at all times this would be easier. I'm running with Vision Pulse now, it's fine, although sometimes you just don't pick up anything, I'm not 100% sure what determines why it highlights enemies, it's not just proximity I take it.

As far as loadouts are concerned, I've abandoned a secondary altogether, taken 3 weapon attachments on either my assault rifle or smg of choice (usually one of high accuracy), and thrown on a second perk 2, being the one that paints footsteps, as well as the default second slot perk.

 

[mackattk]

Only in the high twenties right now as far as level is concerned.

Haven't found specialist abilities especially useful. The first one I unlocked was glitch, because considering the TTK is so slim anyway, I figured a utility ability would be more useful than an offensive one -- turns out I was right about TTK, it's so slim I barely can get it off before death, I guess if you play with four fingers on each shoulder button and trigger at all times this would be easier. I'm running with Vision Pulse now, it's fine, although sometimes you just don't pick up anything, I'm not 100% sure what determines why it highlights enemies, it's not just proximity I take it.

As far as loadouts are concerned, I've abandoned a secondary altogether, taken 3 weapon attachments on either my assault rifle or smg of choice (usually one of high accuracy), and thrown on a second perk 2, being the one that paints footsteps, as well as the default second slot perk.

Pretty sure it is proximity based.. You can see when you activate the ability there is a pulse emanating from your location outward. I liked the annihilator ability quite a bit, its an incredibly powerful weapon provided you have decent aim.

As far as secondary, I can't give up a rocket launcher to take down scorestreaks. It is just easy xp that can fuel my own scorestreaks.