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CoD Black Ops |OT| Always Bet On Black
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divisionbyzorro
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aku:jiki said:
I haven't ever seen the Rolling Thunder glitch out, although I will say that it's not immediately obvious what buildings will and won't protect you from it. It definitely has an incredibly wide hitbox compared to what the directional indicator shows, but I can't recall dying from it when it was on the other side of the map or something.
As far as Napalm is concerned, the biggest problem is that the hitbox is continuous from the start of the napalm to the end, even if the game doesn't properly render the flames through that entire space (and sometimes it seems that the hitbox "leaks" through doors and windows by a few feet, but I haven't played around with it enough to know what causes this and what doesn't). The first time I ran between what looked like a gap in the flames and still died, I learned not to do that again. As it is now, I just completely avoid the area where napalm was dropped for a few seconds, and I rarely have issues. I will agree that it's annoying though; it makes sense that napalm would be deadly and sneak into places you wouldn't expect it to, but the game doesn't necessarily do a good job of rendering flames on all of the places where you're going to die.
TacticalFox88
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God, the ACOG sight on Sniper Rifles are F-ing horrible. No crosshair and literally only just a sight that rises up in the middle with no other reference point for centering a target? WTF is this shit?
I really have to wonder how much time Treyarch needs to add that delay to the red boxes when you're in a Chopper Gunner or Gunship. Whenever I use it on Nuketown, all it does is make the other team rage, accuse me of hacking and leave, which may result in kick/ban from the admin.
BTW, some server admins in Black Ops PC are a joke. Too many times I've been banned just for playing good.
BTW, some server admins in Black Ops PC are a joke. Too many times I've been banned just for playing good.
Kermit The Dog
Banned
So Treyarch have released an official iPhone/iPad Map App:
What they don't comment on is the price: $2.99US...
I think I'll pass.
What they don't comment on is the price: $2.99US...
I think I'll pass.
Tim Schaefer
Banned
This took a while to find...
Any new details on the iPhone app?
Any new details on the iPhone app?
Kermit The Dog
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VALKYRAY said:
Good riddance. I'll always remember you as the guy who took 3 months to realise he intensely hated something he played every day.
WrenchNinja
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AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Sorry guys, i've been lurking this thread for long time and been meaning to get this off my chest and that is a clip is not a magazine. You don't change a clip on an ak74u or say it took half a clip to kill someone when you are referring to a magazine or mag for short. Its like saying you went hiking with your hiking socks instead of your hiking shoes/boots.
Anyway with that out of the way, i just have to say that i enjoy playing Black Ops on the ps3 nonetheless. I hate getting the short end of the stick when it comes to multi platform games, but this game fixed a lot of the cheap stuff i hated in MW2 which was the tubing, people boosting, and a lot of people quickscoping to make youtube videos. Theres a lot more i hate about MW2, but it did many things right like the almost parity with the console versions, and smoother and steadier framerate. Also Black Ops was the only COD game i ever prestige in and i am actually 5th prestige now.
Anyway with that out of the way, i just have to say that i enjoy playing Black Ops on the ps3 nonetheless. I hate getting the short end of the stick when it comes to multi platform games, but this game fixed a lot of the cheap stuff i hated in MW2 which was the tubing, people boosting, and a lot of people quickscoping to make youtube videos. Theres a lot more i hate about MW2, but it did many things right like the almost parity with the console versions, and smoother and steadier framerate. Also Black Ops was the only COD game i ever prestige in and i am actually 5th prestige now.
They seriously just released a shitty map app that shows where the stupid Dom flags are instead of fixing the game? Yeah, I get that's two different employees but still. It just looks lame.
(I agree, it's really retarded.)
Like I've already posted many times, I kind of "have to" play this because I recently moved across Europe and this is what my friends are playing. It's just a social thing for me - I get to "hang out" with 10 of my buddies from back home. Whenever I play alone, I play other games. If I go online with an FPS alone, I go MW2 or Blacklight (it was on sale this week).zesty said:
Only the L96 gets that cumbersome, unusable ACOG. The others have proper scopes for ACOG.TacticalFox88 said:
(I agree, it's really retarded.)
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Mr Sandman said:
I'm sure that you do, but some us care like myself
AwesomeSauce said:I'm sure that you do, but some us care like myself
Just wanna get this off my chest, but myself is not the same as me or I. Myself is a reflexive pronoun; it redirects the action of the verb back to the subject. You don't care like yourself and John, Jim, and yourself didn't go the disco, but my dog did lick himself.
Stallion Free
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Nice, we go from K/D to W/L to personal fights to now caring about the difference between clips/magazines.
Boom remaining five people unsubscribe out of complete boredom.
Boom remaining five people unsubscribe out of complete boredom.
Kermit The Dog
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AwesomeSauce said:I'm sure that you do, but some us care like myself
If I had waited months and months to post in this thread, I wouldn't have chosen to commence my posting career with the most trivial, asinine technical correction that absolutely no-one bar yourself gave a fuck about. But hey, we're all different. Welcome.
Anyway, I can't find any more info on the BO app anywhere. Help?
computers putin'
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Just played a couple matches, as the host , where the game literally dropped to less than 5 frames per second. First match i played it stopped after the first time i died, but the match after that it didnt stop, i had no choice but to quit. I mean i usually get dropped frames as the host, but never was it this bad before. Does Treyarch ever intend on fixing this, or have they even acknowledged this as a problem yet?
divisionbyzorro
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AwesomeSauce said:
Glad to hear that you're enjoying the game! What sorts of classes are you playing around with these days after five prestiges?
I checked all over iTunes and all I could find were u8nofficial ones - maybe it's not out yet?3ur4zn said:
It's probably very similar to this one anyway:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/call-duty-world-at-war-companion/id324314533?mt=8
Edit: Wait, that's not the official Treyarch one? I swear theirs looked exactly like that...
bobs...onGaf
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First off I love Black Ops. I am feeling series fatigue in general, but Black Ops is one of the better CoDs. A lot of my friends do prefer MW2 so I recently played with them, and after my first 3 deaths where to a shotgun a camper and a noob tuber I switched my xbox off lol.
That said I haven't been able to get many smooth games since about double exp. This doesn't just seem to be affecting me ive heard it loads from a range of people... so what the hell?
That said I haven't been able to get many smooth games since about double exp. This doesn't just seem to be affecting me ive heard it loads from a range of people... so what the hell?
cuevas. PhD.
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VALKYRAY said:
VALKYRAY said:
BigBlue1974
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Playing in a clan has done wonders for rejuvenating the fun I have while playing. We've usually got enough that we run in Ground War and I find that our overall skill means we lose a fair bit of the TDM battles but usually destroy when it's Domination. Every one actually communicates and is trying to win rather than just hit that next killstreak.
One funny thing I notice though is that we always have our clan tag on. I guess it can be somewhat intimidating to see 9 people in a room with a tag, but there isn't a single smack talker amongst us(being all 30 years old at a minimum, I guess we've mellowed with age). After a match where we lose though, we often will get some major smacktalk directed at us about how we thought we were so good and how they showed us. ??? We didn't say a word and just looking at our members would make it pretty obvious we're not really going to be a massive threat.
One funny thing I notice though is that we always have our clan tag on. I guess it can be somewhat intimidating to see 9 people in a room with a tag, but there isn't a single smack talker amongst us(being all 30 years old at a minimum, I guess we've mellowed with age). After a match where we lose though, we often will get some major smacktalk directed at us about how we thought we were so good and how they showed us. ??? We didn't say a word and just looking at our members would make it pretty obvious we're not really going to be a massive threat.
divisionbyzorro
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bobs99 ... said:
Yeah, I've noticed matchmaking has been pretty bad lately. I played some mid-level wager matches last night, and it took forever to find anything! Although I did win a Sticks and Stones match with only 45 points through some furious last-minute tomahawking. That felt good.
Pretty sure Sticks and Stones is the single stupidest game mode in the entire game!
XeroSauce
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cuevas said:
Feeding the troll, mate.
I'm sure you guys have watched Xboxahoy's videos (if you haven't, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPHWnnK9JdQ), but have you tried any of his suggested classes? I've found them to be extremely rewarding when you pull off a good streak.
^ A small list of his suggested classes so far, try some of them out if you've just Prestiged or you're looking for a change of pace.
cuevas. PhD.
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Once you go flak you can't go back.
People complain about ghost but flak jacket is the most overpowered perk out there.
People complain about ghost but flak jacket is the most overpowered perk out there.
bobs...onGaf
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VALKYRAY said:
Out of those only Ghost really annoys me. Nothing on Black Ops comes close to being as ridiculous to the op'd shotguns and noob tubes on MW2.
divisionbyzorro said:
I still don't get why the dressed up the party gametypes with the wager system. The wager system would be awesome for competitive modes but modes like Sticks and Stones really aren't designed to be taken seriously.
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Yeah, I only play wager mode matches in Ante Up. It's kind of nice to play a game mode with no penalty for failure.
divisionbyzorro
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XeroSauce said:
Some interesting stuff. Initially, a few things jump out at me.
- That "Marksman" class might as well be called "camper" (motion sensor, flak jacket, and tactical mask scream "I'm not moving and you can't make me!").
- On the "Raider" class; why would you put Hardened on the Stakeout? The only thing I can think is that he wants the Hardened Pro "anti-flinch" ability, but I'd can't imagine playing the Stakeout without Sleight of Hand Pro.
- On the "Tank" class, why would anyone subject themselves to using the RPK? Use the M60 with Warlord, Extended Mags, and a Grip.
cuevas said:
My steady stream of bullets disagrees.
The crossbow is just for shits and giggles when I feel like goofing off; this class is all about spewing as many bullets at your enemy as possible, and staying mobile to keep picking up deathbags. It's one of the most satisfying classes to use.
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Actually he does shoot people through cover quite a bit with the Stakeout. Check the video. As for the RPK, it's only because he's doing every gun in the game, it wouldn't make sense to skip it for no reason.divisionbyzorro said:
Strider2K99 said:
I'm pretty sure the focus is the reduced flinch from Hardened Pro but since he also has Lightweight Pro and Marathon Pro then Hardened Pro is trivial because the two former perks make that class an ambush loadout, the whole point of it is that the player will be too fast for their opponent to even shoot back. What should be in the Perk 2 slot for any shotgun class is Sleight of Hand or maybe Steady Aim, but Sleight of Hand is a must for the Stakeout as well as Grip.
Hmm, I didn't think the classes were all that clever either...divisionbyzorro said:
What's with the Olympia on a sneaking class? SPAS silenced is the obvious choice there.
Also, why Skorpion RF with Sleight of Hand, when you can go AK74 RF with Steady Aim and have enough in the clip for four kills? No SoH needed, and Steady Aim is overall more useful for RF than SoH is.
divisionbyzorro
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luoapp said:
Ahh I see.
I still don't understand Hardened on a Stakeout though. Is there a link to a video where he actually uses this?
divisionbyzorro
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divisionbyzorro said:
Okay, so I found and watched his video. His argument for Hardened is compelling; you should be ADSing, so Steady Aim isn't any good, and if you're picking your engagements correctly, you should be able to reload with plenty of time to spare. He's essentially trading faster ADS for less flinch, the ability to pierce bodies (as always, enemies count as penetrable surfaces), and insurance against bits of cover getting in the way.
I'm still not terribly convinced, but I might give it a shot to see what it's like.
XeroSauce
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The point of most of his suggested classes are to revolve around a specific gun, and variety. Sure, he could suggest Ghost, SOH, and Hacker for every gun, and it'd do well, but he likes to change it up.
I think the only perk he hasn't suggested so far is Second Chance (hah).
For example: The "Breacher" class features a silenced Enfield with Steady Aim. Why not SOH? Why not Extended Mags?
Because the Enfield only has a 2 second ADS time compared to other rifles, and it also has a relatively fast reload time, negating SOH Pro.
Plus, being a low-power rifle, the con of reduced range from a Supressor doesn't affect the gun as much. The Ballistic Knife is to take advantage of SA Pro, and then it has Flak + Marathon + C4 for objective game types. Every gun he does is given a "mindset" to play with.
You may not get the best score, but it's terribly fun to play with after a long time with rifles/SMGs.
I think the only perk he hasn't suggested so far is Second Chance (hah).
For example: The "Breacher" class features a silenced Enfield with Steady Aim. Why not SOH? Why not Extended Mags?
Because the Enfield only has a 2 second ADS time compared to other rifles, and it also has a relatively fast reload time, negating SOH Pro.
Plus, being a low-power rifle, the con of reduced range from a Supressor doesn't affect the gun as much. The Ballistic Knife is to take advantage of SA Pro, and then it has Flak + Marathon + C4 for objective game types. Every gun he does is given a "mindset" to play with.
divisionbyzorro said:
You may not get the best score, but it's terribly fun to play with after a long time with rifles/SMGs.
divisionbyzorro
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XeroSauce said:
Oh, agreed. But my Stakeout class has Ghost, Sleight of Hand, and Marathon. I've never tried using Hardened on it.
His videos are incredibly well thought-out. It's inspiring me to go back and try some weapon/perk/attachment combos that I haven't really tried before.
cuevas. PhD.
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79 game win streak on the line and my party gets put into an unwinnable match but I get blackscreened, THANKS FOR SUCKING MATCHMAKING.
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
lol to some of you about my earlier post.
Anyway does anyone go around using Tactical mask pro and Hardened pro? I feel like ever since I've been using the combo along with flak jacket that i just straight beast on people. Hardened pro lets me shoot people behind cover, and tactical mask pro is awesome in that i let people throw stun grenades or flashes at me and once they get the hit maker 99% of the time they run out and i just pop them off.
Anyway does anyone go around using Tactical mask pro and Hardened pro? I feel like ever since I've been using the combo along with flak jacket that i just straight beast on people. Hardened pro lets me shoot people behind cover, and tactical mask pro is awesome in that i let people throw stun grenades or flashes at me and once they get the hit maker 99% of the time they run out and i just pop them off.