TheGoreMagala
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Anyone want to get in a party and play? I might be slightly rusty, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to hold my own.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III |OT| No Content For Old Gen
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
I guess I am good enough to stop people from going on big killstreaks because I hardly ever see people call in Wraith and RAPS without care packages. It's very rare.
It's necessary if you are going for the headshot challenges and it makes all three shot ARs two shot kills since the damage increases to 1.6x. So XR2, M8, KN-44 and Man Of War all become two shot kills if you land the first two shots on the head. It's been a god send on pistols too.
lol there you go. pretty insane how three kills turned a game around. In TDM, that gets him 300 points.
I am not saying TDM is perfect or that Jorge wont be able to get Wraiths in TDM. It's just more balanced than any other mode in terms of killstreaks. There is a reason why its the most played mode in the game. 45-48% are in the TDM lobbies every night. Next highest is Domination with like 20-25%.
TimeEffect
Member
Man Im the opposite opinion with streaks. Way too easy to take down on any team with 2 competent players
Taking down raps and wraith is easy peasy if you run blackcell + blind eye
Abilities also are way insane at taking down big streaks.
The problem is, most pubs are too selfish or stupid to realize that they need to take down streaks. And most probably dont care either, they just want to run, gun, and kill.
Taking down raps and wraith is easy peasy if you run blackcell + blind eye
Abilities also are way insane at taking down big streaks.
The problem is, most pubs are too selfish or stupid to realize that they need to take down streaks. And most probably dont care either, they just want to run, gun, and kill.
THIS a million and one times, I confess I suck at this game because I'm getting older by the day and it takes more and more games for me to warm up but killstreaks can be easily shutdown with a launcher or 2. If you're finding yourself getting hammered by killstreaks its an L2p issue mainly as they can be taken down REAL easy.
My personal issue is that because I tend to suck, I'll never see any of the really badass killstreaks so I'm forever stuck playing a sort of defensive role which I don't mind at all but sometimes... just sometimes I'd like to be the guy who gives a big FU to the entire enemy team
TheGoreMagala
Member
Want to party up?
excaliburps
Press - MP1st.com
Even one. With the Black Cell and Scavenger, one player can take down RAPS, Wraiths, etc. I've called in countless RAPS and Wraiths and even GI Units and they don't last half the round in Dom since they get taken out super fast. EMP grenades, Specialist shit, Black Cell etc.
Not that I'm complaining. Well, maybe a bit, but I understand why that's made that way. I certainly wouldn't want a game decided on by AI killing stuff. And there is the chance that goobers won't have anti-scorestreak loadouts which means you're going to rake in the kills. Mwahahah!
I play odd hours.
Add me on PSN, my PSN ID is the same as GAF.So. Very. Broken. I lost count how many times I've posted pics on Twitter of my teammates going 5-30, 2-22, etc. Literally feeding the enemy streaks. It got to the point that I just quit, since I can't carry 2-3 gooblets the entire match.
I go 40-10, and someone goes 4-28. Yeah, completely negates what I just did.
As for High Caliber. I've been using it a lot on the XR-2 and the M8A7, and honestly? Don't notice it that much. It's OK if you're always aiming for headshots (with the game's flinch, I don't), but if you aren't, maybe don't. Up to now, I still use the XR-2 with Rapid Fire (not even sure if worth it on XR-2), High Caliber, ELO sight and Grip (not sure if worth it either). Heck, I think I can just slap the XR-2 with a sight and it'd be good. Long Barrel and High Caliber gives some placebo-type effect sometimes. Use it with or without to test it on the gun.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
THIS a million and one times, I confess I suck at this game because I'm getting older by the day and it takes more and more games for me to warm up but killstreaks can be easily shutdown with a launcher or 2. If you're finding yourself getting hammered by killstreaks its an L2p issue mainly as they can be taken down REAL easy.
My personal issue is that because I tend to suck, I'll never see any of the really badass killstreaks so I'm forever stuck playing a sort of defensive role which I don't mind at all but sometimes... just sometimes I'd like to be the guy who gives a big FU to the entire enemy team
Play custom games. Set A.I to Recruit and go nuts. Mothership is a lot of fun to use.
If you cant get to streaks like Cerberus and Talon then just roll with a care package with the Engineer perk. You can re-roll care packages with scorestreaks you dont like. You'd be surprised at how often Wraiths and RAPS can drop from care packages. i have never earned a Wraith (never even bothered) but have called in over 60 wraiths and over 50 RAPs from around a 1000 care packages. Hardened Sentrys drop a lot too. Cerberus and Talons dont drop as often. I will get hard numbers tonight.
Doctor_Mosh
Member
so 10 minutes ago i encountered a bug.
i was playing hardcore domination and suddenly my screen went black and i joined another match, but all of my teammates stayed in the old match.
has anyone else encountered this bug?
i was playing hardcore domination and suddenly my screen went black and i joined another match, but all of my teammates stayed in the old match.
has anyone else encountered this bug?
Glad i'm not the only one. I was on a 20 kill streak with the LCAR9 in HCKC, got a huge lag spike and got killed by my teammate. smh...
excaliburps
Press - MP1st.com
Yep, Went online now and just hit with shit lag. This happens every fucking time they roll out a hotfix, too, which is almost every week.
Can't stress enough how I loathe Acti for not going full-on dedicated servers. Not that they need it but man! I hope BF5 gives CoD some serious competition this year so Aci has to up their game.
The ease in which people can get high scorestreaks that lead to Mothership in Domination isn't a problem for me. The ability for the Mothership to completely suffocate the other team is though. There are times when we're on the same team as Jorge's Mothership and we're just twiddling their thumbs as he's just playing whack-a-mole.
The connection problems are likely because the dedicated servers are buckling (be it exceeding hardware resources or bandwidth resources); not because dedicated servers aren't being utilized. That Battle(non)sense video highlighted that fact that N.A and other big markets are being served by dedicated servers. BF4 had dedicated servers but their servers were being overloaded too easily by DICE's poor early 'net code'. One of the fixes is to do periodic restarts of the servers to flush resources!
I'm with you though, Acti should have more servers or utilize someone who have more resources.
- I think the Mothership shouldn't highlight people (thermal or via red marker) unless you zoom into an area.
- It shouldn't have unlimited ammo but instead have different weapons that force you cycle while the other weapons reload -- like the AC130.
The connection problems are likely because the dedicated servers are buckling (be it exceeding hardware resources or bandwidth resources); not because dedicated servers aren't being utilized. That Battle(non)sense video highlighted that fact that N.A and other big markets are being served by dedicated servers. BF4 had dedicated servers but their servers were being overloaded too easily by DICE's poor early 'net code'. One of the fixes is to do periodic restarts of the servers to flush resources!
I'm with you though, Acti should have more servers or utilize someone who have more resources.
mangochutney
Member
Yeah this is pretty bad. I mean I've had lag before but just switch to another lobby and all good back to my great connection. But having to switch lobbies like five times before I find one even then it is flaky.
Good Guy Gone Bad
Member
Yup. Ridiculous right now
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I've been fine. My ping has been jumping between 32 and 55, but otherwise it's fine for me.
Nakkilokki
Banned
This! Thank god I'm not the only one who experiences this. I don't get how people stay in lag lobbies.
Likewise
crashnburn
Member
Dang son.....
I was hoping to play some tonight but doesn't look like that'll happen. I'll keep an eye out tomorrow though for Gaffers. Have fun tonight gents.
RedAssedApe
Banned
so 10 cryptos or 30?
Dang, I wish I had connections like that in this game. There's a several situations in that video where I would have died. It feels like I'm playing a different game, its very frustrating.
Hamster Plugin
Member
Get the packages of 10. The more expensive one still doesn't guarantee you anything but a rare, and when you get 9 items instead of 3, your chances of getting a rare are very high.
Nah I am going for the expensive ones during this event. Getting mutiple Rares and potentially more keys back is great.
excaliburps
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Skipped after a few games. Was sleepy and my net was giving me 200-300ms! Bwahaha! We still dominated, though. xD
Nah. Expensive ones are fine since the patch for it. It gives you a few (and in some cases 30 keys!) Cryptokeys every time. It can be 3, 5, 10, etc. And I blew through the regular crates and I don't doubt Treyarch lowered the chances of people getting a legendary or epic from 'em. If you've been playing a while, rare and the regular stuff won't cut it. Epic or go home. Haha!
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Man, going on a rant here. I've quit from four straight games due to (in Drift0r's excellent terms), "potato teammates." I had people literally going 3-25 (prestige players even!). I mean, I just snapped and quit. I fucking can't carry these supernewbs when they're feeding scorestreaks to the other players.
Just this week check these out:
https://twitter.com/excaliburps/status/688369956778450944
https://twitter.com/excaliburps/status/688150405620957184
https://twitter.com/excaliburps/status/687740035492282368
https://twitter.com/excaliburps/status/687397789475717124
Granted, I could have played better in some cases, but man, UAV, etc. spam is NOT fun. I mean, can't Treyarch implement a "noob" room where players below 30 should learn the ropes? At the very least, get them some bearing and some good gear. It's just maddening. And what's even worse is, most of the time, I play with noobs AND go up against groups or clans. Mercenary Moshpit take ages to find games in.
Also, just my opinion, the worst design decision in Black Ops 3 is tucking away the anti-scorestreak stuff in the 15+ levels. Black Cell, EMP nades, Cold Blooded, etc. I noticed it since I prestiged again, and fuck it! I can't take down RAPS, etc. due to not having anything to mask my character, nor have any equipment to do so.
One game, we were winning in Combine and the enemy rolled out a Sentry Gun. Yep. my potato teammates didn't even take it out. We won but super close. I couldn't destroy it since I didn't have Cold Blooded, EMP or a Black Cell. I tried with the 2-ammo launcher, but I almost always got taken out.
Shit like those (scorestreaks stopper stuff) should be available early on, so even if you're not a good "killer," you can contribute by taking out UAVs, etc.
This is where Treyarch and the other CoD devs need to learn from DICE. If you want people to play as a team (not sure if they do), then give them stuff that encourages them to do so. As it stands now, I don't give a shit if I win now since no one seems to. It's all about KD all the damn time.
My mentality for shooters is: for Battlefield, go after wins; in CoD, go after kills.
Just getting tired with scrubs being lumped in with me all the damn time! It's not like I have an insane SPM or KD, either. Shit team balancing and matchmaking by Treyarch just annoys the fuck out of me.
In case anyone's curious what I'm talking about, here's a vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfZYDrDJazI Explains it perfectly!
ShinMaruku
Member
One day Activision should go full ham and give specialist skins to characters in their IP.
I just want to snipe people with Sylvanas in this game for comedy.
ChubbyHuggs
Member
Ugh, got put in a lobby with a guy who's like 9,500 in HC TDM. The next guy and I are like 300,000. Even with half his team doing horrible he mopped the floor with us.
Would rock Nova or Raynor skin.
ShinMaruku
Member
Garrosh Ruin skin. Holy hell!
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
First time shooting a mothership with a blackcell and wonder: what am I even suppose to target to take it down?
crashnburn
Member
Anyone on this morning (PST)?
PSN: crashnburn85
PSN: crashnburn85
The two support gunner turrets in the back first, then you can fire on the main turret in the front to take it down.
Like another gaffer and saving all my cryptokeys until the 2x event is over to see how many I get. Up to 120 so far haha
Saucycarpdog
Member
I have the opposite problem. Nearly every other game I'm being lumped with clans and organized teams that just decimate my team and whip out scorestreaks like nothing.
And I'm only an average player. The only thing I'm really good at is shooting down scorestreaks. Maybe the system is looking at that and is like "Hur der, sweaty tryhard found."
crashnburn
Member
Nice. Got your invite but can't join yet. I'll keep trying.