Call of Duty: Black Ops

[Macky]

Thats because MW2 was agame for kids where anyone could have a positive KD ratio by getting 5 kills and watching the stacked kills roll in. You can't play this game like Mw2 where the AI gets half the kills for you. Which is probably why you are not doing as well as before.

Now you have to shoot stuff for KD it makes a huge difference

The killstreaks in MW2 I used were UAV, CUAV and Stealth bomber. I used those for 2 prestiges no deviation. So nah, I didn't atall rely on killstreaks in MW2.

 

[Simon]

I give up with this game. At least on MW2 when I tried hard, I got my good games. On this I struggle to go positive. Whaaat am I doing wrong?

Initially I would have said try slowing down as I thought Black ops needed a slower pace, however I don't think that's true now.

To be honest a lot of games are massively dependent on the connection so it could be that?

 

[ONESHOTKILL]

i think on this ,the game is so even and not dependent on mega rape killstreak rewards,just breaking even is doing well on tdm,and for dom ,hq doesnt matter,long as you win

 

[Simon]

Chopper gunner can rape mind you, the 'red diamond delay' doesnt seem to have done much, but yeah Im happy with a +positive K/D and a match win.

Had a game of demo earlier on Nuketown 56 - 49 i think I ended!

 

[Alrik]

My K/D is pretty much similar in Black ops and MW2 and the only killstreaks in Black ops I use are UAV/Counter UAV/Care Package.

 

[oldbag]

After prestiging I've realised how crappy the rifles you start with are, and I hate last stand.

 

[5punk3monk3y]

I give up with this game. At least on MW2 when I tried hard, I got my good games. On this I struggle to go positive. Whaaat am I doing wrong?

As Simon said earlier, don't worry about it it's not you its probably the game. You can't be not good in one and good in the other, your playstyle, tactics and habit should have blended in to this after probably the first week if moving straight from one COD to the other.


Motion sensor comes in handy though doesn't it Alrik

After prestiging I've realised how crappy the rifles you start with are, and I hate last stand.

Yes but Last Stand gives you god mode for 0.5 of a second (It's written in to the game) why wouldn't you use it especially on HC.

 

[Bevysters]

I couldn't cope with playing on my own anymore last night,my team was full of retards

It's kl mate plus I understand the difference in hours we work so trying to get a game is hard enough as is. I've ended up having a couple of nights off this and its been bliss

In other news NEW PS3 WITH FIFA AND GT5 ON SUNDAY!!!

 

[PearliePops]

Team player..... Yeah I suppose we have to love your rousing team speeches!

Sorry for my somewhat poor attendance the last couple of days, Ive once again realised there is less lag in the real world... Also I like beer and women!

They've been thin on the ground lately, not been on for almost a week
Literally not enough hours in the day but should be getting on tonight

New signature is ******* A!

 

[Simon]

Had a gunship on the other team last night that we couldn't lock onto, really wierd.

Ended up all just shooting at it with bullets to take it down.

 

[finite]

I hate to see that because it demonstrates how the player who put it up earned it. Poor hit registration on them through the magic of packet damage/jitter.

 

[antijoke]

Why is the netcode so awful in this game? And why did they try to balance it out for people with poor conections?

It's kl mate plus I understand the difference in hours we work so trying to get a game is hard enough as is. I've ended up having a couple of nights off this and its been bliss

In other news NEW PS3 WITH FIFA AND GT5 ON SUNDAY!!!

I'm getting GT5 on Saturday.

 

[5punk3monk3y]

Why is the netcode so awful in this game? And why did they try to balance it out for people with poor connections?

It's not balancing poor connections in the way you would think it's balancing on ping rates individually for each user but it uses a banding system which apparently is huge something like if your ping falls between 0-100ms then you get AL applied, the main problem I reckon is that if you inflate the ping before the match starts (which is when it decides to apply the AL) then remove it you become untouchable. It doesn't cater for shared connections or if the host artificially raises the ping to you etc so it really is a lottery. If you ever manage to find a lobby and everyone's ping is nice and low then I guess you would have a decent game, all it takes is one player to join with a high ping and it will throw the balance off completely.

Oh another thing searching for Locale games is a waste of time all this does is put AFAIK a ping limit on the search and uses a game geography number to match other players, that's all well and good except for the fact that a US player that doesn't use local searches for a game and for some reason gets dropped in to your lobby cue artificial lag again .


All COD games had this to an extent but this one seems to have amplified the problem.

 

[antijoke]

Why would they design it that way?

It is so noticebale though in game, when it's happening.

 

[5punk3monk3y]

I don't think they did intentionally. I assume it is quite high on the fix list as the official forums is full of hate because of this, it seems to put as many posts on the forum as QS does.

I suspect that it certainly isn't an easy fix either like a game mechanic would be.

A public beta would have sorted this easily.

Yes it is easily noticeable in game especially when the player you are facing is a good player as no mater what you do he will beat you EVERY time in a 1 to 1, he will raise his gun and fire at you before you even have time to ADS or pull the trigger. If and when it does happen watch the kill cam you will find that he does nothing different to you, raises gun aims and pulls trigger but it just seems that he can do it in a hundredth of a second when facing him.

 

[antijoke]

Despite the faults, I'm still bloody hooked.

 

[Syph]

Yes it is easily noticeable in game especially when the player you are facing is a good player as no mater what you do he will beat you EVERY time in a 1 to 1, he will raise his gun and fire at you before you even have time to ADS or pull the trigger. If and when it does happen watch the kill cam you will find that he does nothing different to you, raises gun aims and pulls trigger but it just seems that he can do it in a hundredth of a second when facing him.

I had this last night playing SS with my bro. One guy constantly got the drop on me, I could kill him only if I shot him from behind. Even then, I might take him down to one last bullet, he'd turn and drop me.

It's frustrating, but I still prefer it to MW2.

 

[antijoke]

Have they changed any weapon stats? Reading how they have changed the AK74.

The official forums are so annoying, all people moan about is:

Perk X is overpowered
Weapon X is overpowered

it's a complete joke.

 

[Nymins]

Have they changed any weapon stats? Reading how they have changed the AK74.

The official forums are so annoying, all people moan about is:

Perk X is overpowered
Weapon X is overpowered

it's a complete joke.

Have they changed the 74u? Didn't see that in the patch notes.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

Have they changed any weapon stats? Reading how they have changed the AK74.

The official forums are so annoying, all people moan about is:

Perk X is overpowered
Weapon X is overpowered

it's a complete joke.

And all we get in this forum is: "OMG THIS GAME IS SO UNFAIR" type posts, or ones where the exclusive 360 club members have a big ol' circle jerk.

I'm of course just kidding.