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Call of Duty: Black Ops III |OT| No Content For Old Gen

Creaking

He touched the black heart of a mod
If they're going to be sticking in so many melee weapons to further dilute the pool, I wish they'd just make the unique weapons available separately.
 
Having a Lodestar doesn't make much sense unless it's a futuristic model. Even then I wonder where they'll put it. It's not going to be nearly as effective because of the movement and the cover that maps provide. Plus if it goes down in three shots like in BO2, that thing won't last a second.
 
My favorite specialist weapon in the game. I used a token on it and I'm just playing that now instead of trying to finish my hero armors. Fuck that grind lol

I think that is the root of my problems with this game, the grind. The grind for weapons, the grind for attachments, the grind for perks, equipment, scorestreaks, specialists... I'm just so tired of grinding in games. It kind of infects the rest of the game. I've been doing it nonstop since 2008 and its gotten more and more bloated every year, until Star Wars Battlefront. Weapon and equipment unlocks stop at rank 32 (of 50), only cosmetic afterwards and ranking is very fast. What grind exists is so small compared to Battlefield 4 and COD, it just feels good.
 
I think that is the root of my problems with this game, the grind. The grind for weapons, the grind for attachments, the grind for perks, equipment, scorestreaks, specialists... I'm just so tired of grinding in games. It kind of infects the rest of the game. I've been doing it nonstop since 2008 and its gotten more and more bloated every year, until Star Wars Battlefront. Weapon and equipment unlocks stop at rank 32 (of 50), only cosmetic afterwards and ranking is very fast. What grind exists is so small compared to Battlefield 4 and COD, it just feels good.

That's why they give you permenant unlocks every time you prestige, so that your grind will be one item less every prestige. I already have my favorite streaks and class permenantly unlocked (well, I'll have to get to level 10 for perk 2 greed but I could just permenantly unlock that later and then truly my class will be available from the beginning).
 

Ensoul

Member
Except it's not just pure re-skin if you compare it to the default melee weapon.

It's not but the sword, brass knuckles and wrench are functionally the same as the knife and does not provide an advantage. If people want to run around with a melee weapon and die a bunch of time let them.

What concerns me more about this game is the fact them keep nerfing every weapon. IE I used the vesper for the first time in a month and it seemed much much worse.
 

Daffy Duck

Member
It's not but the sword, brass knuckles and wrench are functionally the same as the knife and does not provide an advantage. If people want to run around with a melee weapon and die a bunch of time let them.

What concerns me more about this game is the fact them keep nerfing every weapon. IE I used the vesper for the first time in a month and it seemed much much worse.

Imagine the uproar if they ever nerf a DLC weapon (Garand), that will be a whole new level of uproar.
 

Daffy Duck

Member
The more stuff they add to supply drops the less chance you have of getting something you want.

Yep, which is exactly what happened in AW, there was so much shit in the pool (I'm looking at you Nigerian knee pads) that the chance of landing a new weapon drops even more.
 

kaskade

Member
They should really switch how the supply drops work if they are going to keep doing stuff like this. As SG-17 said, less chance to get the actual weapons I want. Rare crates should really be changed up to make it much more difficult to get commons. Once I got 2 commons and a rare with a 10 cryptokey bonus.

I can see the appeal of having stuff in the crates as it's pretty rare that you see the new stuff in game. I saw one Marshal 16 (that I noticed). So when you see one it's kind of like, shit, they have one. But, the fact that people can spend hundreds of dollars and not get anything they actually want is shitty though. It really seems like a legal form of gambling. Their argument is probably, well you're always getting something in return. I just don't want a damn camo for a gun I never use. I know the game is rated M but we all know a lot of younger kids play it so it's kind of sad to expose them to stuff like this. Also some unsuspecting parents wallets.
 
Battlefield 4 did the drop system right, just have camos and other faction's attachments (Reflex sight for Americans, KOBRA sight for Russians, Coyote for Chinese) able to be won for all
 
Yeah two commons and a rare is a joke I got that back to back recently with CP and a combined total of 9 keys I was really angry.

The thing that annoys me the most is I get so many great camos for guns I just don't use, same with specialists.
 
Yeah two commons and a rare is a joke I got that back to back recently with CP and a combined total of 9 keys I was really angry.

The thing that annoys me the most is I get so many great camos for guns I just don't use, same with specialists.

Likewise, like, can I get some shit for my girl Seraph?
 

Agent

Member
The more stuff they add to supply drops the less chance you have of getting something you want.

They should make it that you cannot get duplicate items. I don't see why it is such a terrible thing to only get new items when you open a case. It's not like everyone is suddenly going to get thousands of items within a week, especially given the rate keys are earned.

It is obnoxious to open a Rare chest and get 2 common items you already have so you can get a whole 2 cryptokeys back. It really makes for a poor experience for everyone. If anything, I could see people willing to pay for COD Points more if they knew they would get something new every time.
 

Creaking

He touched the black heart of a mod
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LEAVE BRECCI ALONE
 
Christ! I finally finished the Sparrow stuff I was trying to do this past weekend. I finished it in Hardpoint using some of the tips that people suggested here, so thanks for that! There was a dude on my team that was consistently getting 4 - 6 kills for each Sparrow that he got. It was insane.

I had to play in non-hardcore, which was kind of infuriating to me. I haven't played competitively in those modes for years, probably since Call of Duty 4. It's so frantic, and the TTK is insane. I also didn't realize the standard HUD was so cluttered! I have respect for those of you that do well in that playlist.
 
Christ! I finally finished the Sparrow stuff I was trying to do this past weekend. I finished it in Hardpoint using some of the tips that people suggested here, so thanks for that! There was a dude on my team that was consistently getting 4 - 6 kills for each Sparrow that he got. It was insane.

I had to play in non-hardcore, which was kind of infuriating to me. I haven't played competitively in those modes for years, probably since Call of Duty 4. It's so frantic, and the TTK is insane. I also didn't realize the standard HUD was so cluttered! I have respect for those of you that do well in that playlist.

I have respect for those who are able to do good in Hardcore, where you die instantly and the HUD is so empty.

I'm just so used to the pace and TTK of Core, and it is definitely the way to go for me. Maybe I'll try to go for a Mothership in Hardcore Domination.
 

kaskade

Member
Wow I'm kind of surprised the 2 commons and a rare was happened to a few others. That's not too reassuring. If I'm getting two commons I better get either an epic or almost all my crypto keys back.

They probably aren't going to do anything about it since they're most likely making insane amounts of money. I'd just like to see someone come out and acknowledge the plans. Just saying hey, we're going to make it a little easier to earn crypto keys or the better drops will be increased in rare crates. They're really going to start turning off their audience if they keep this stuff up.
 

eek5

Member
think im gonna start playing arena

pretty tired of pubstomping

gold hero camo unlocked for every specialist, dark matter unlocked, maintained a 3.2KD and 560SPM whilst doing so blah blah

finally getting tired of it bros, gonna switch it up with some arena for sure, maybe even dive into zombies finally

I'm surprised you'd stop playing KC right when they changed teammate confirms to 75 pts instead of 25. So many mothership
 

Daffy Duck

Member
if you think for a second there isnt a very deliberate algorithm at play for what you get and dont get from free supply drops, then ive got a bridge in new york to sell you...

What are you saying exactly, the chance of getting weapons is less from free cryptokeys vs using CoD points?
 

patchday

Member
So sad, this was first time ever I prestiged. I didnt think to spend my permenant unlock on something from higher level like Razorback or Trip mines or a high level specialist

Noooo, I blew my perm unlock token on Vision skill on that specialist :(

My tears have no end

I pray for Double XP weekend (even tho I'll be out of town for most of it)
 
So sad, this was first time ever I prestiged. I didnt think to spend my permenant unlock on something from higher level like Razorback or Trip mines or a high level specialist

Noooo, I blew my perm unlock token on Vision skill on that specialist :(

My tears have no end

I pray for Double XP weekend (even tho I'll be out of town for most of it)

My permanent unlocks (mostly in order, if I'm recalling correctly):

1. Ghost
2. Mothership
3. Spectre's Ripper
4. Wraith
5. Razorback
6. Scavenger
7. Primary Gunfighter
8. RAPS
9. Perk 2 greed
 

patchday

Member
My permanent unlocks (mostly in order, if I'm recalling correctly):

1. Ghost
2. Mothership
3. Spectre's Ripper
4. Wraith
5. Razorback
6. Scavenger
7. Primary Gunfighter
8. RAPS
9. Perk 2 greed

You are a much smarter man then me. I'll get more clever next time tho. Thank you for your post good to see what others choose
 
I used my first unlock token on the M8A7 and I had gold camo for it by like level 20, such a waste of a token. After that I used my 2nd token on the fire specialist, and then my 3rd on primary gunfighter 3, so that I could do the 5 attachment challenges sooner.
 

Radec

Member
My permanent unlocks (mostly in order, if I'm recalling correctly):

1. Ghost
2. Mothership
3. Spectre's Ripper
4. Wraith
5. Razorback
6. Scavenger
7. Primary Gunfighter
8. RAPS
9. Perk 2 greed

Mine was..

1. M8
2. HCXD
don't ask. lol
3. Engineer
4. Ghost
5. Ripper
6. HATR
7. Flashbang
8. Flamethrower
 

Ghazi

Member
I've been using my perma unlock tokens on guns/wildcards for the challenges, since I was going for prestige master it didn't matter. I did unlock Ghost, though, with my first one. My ability to enjoy the game has been severely hampered lately, the game keeps kicking me out of sprint making it impossible to slide around (which I rely heavily on), it only happens in CoD for some reason.
 
I've been using my perma unlock tokens on guns/wildcards for the challenges, since I was going for prestige master it didn't matter. I did unlock Ghost, though, with my first one. My ability to enjoy the game has been severely hampered lately, the game keeps kicking me out of sprint making it impossible to slide around (which I rely heavily on), it only happens in CoD for some reason.

This has been happening to me, and it's upsetting! From what I remember, the older Call of Duty games didn't ask me to hold down the L3 button in order to sprint, but that's what Black Ops 3 wants me to do....sometimes.

Sometimes it works like expected, other it doesn't and forces me to start and stop.
 
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