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Dannyb01y said:
Its double weapon xp all week. I've been having fun levelling up some different guns now I've reached 20th prestiege.

I levelled the Striker up to damage and range, not sure which is best but I assume its the best shotty, especially if the first shot doesnt kill.

Regarding Domination, no one really seems to want to play the objective, even less so during school hols. Having said that I played ground war last night and it wasnt that much of a struggle to win the domination games and have a mad kill fest.

Which is the best sniper to use? MSR? Havent used many apart from L118a.
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The striker is indeed the best shotgun even since it was nerfed a few months ago (it used to be even more horrendously OP). You generally want to put damage on it, the reasons being

1) if you start with damage you get range proficiency at 8 kills with specialist anywa, however if you start with range you don't get damage
2) striker pellet damage doesn't have that bad a drop off at it's maximum range. The pellets still do 15 whereas all the other shotguns except the KSG do only 5.

Adding damage will make you kill in 3 pellets close range (down from 4) and 5 at max range (down from 7) which is a huge deal. The striker fires 6 pellets. If you have range on, the difference within it's standard range is very negligible and will be at most 1 more shot. It'll let you hit people at further max range however at that kind of range you'll be doing only 15 damage and likely only hitting with 0-2 pellets meaning you'll be dead before you can fire enough shots to kill them.

The best sniper is the MSR although the L118a is extremely close. Their damage, fire rate, run speed, recoil and multipliers are the same so just use whichever you prefer. The MSR has very slightly faster raise and drop time so it's technically better but realistically the difference will probably be like 1 kill in 10,000 if that. The Barrett is good too and has a larger 1 shot kill area (includes lower chest) however you run slow. It can be fun running around with steady aim and speed though and using it like a shotgun cos the fire rate is ridiculous.

Everyone just farms kills in domination because it's so easy to get MOABs and high killstreaks and ZOMFG QUAD HEADSHOT NO SCOPE IM SO L33T!!11!1

I do it sometimes too but generally I prefer TDM, or team defender if i feel like going absolutely crazy with my rapid fire extended mags P90 and RPG class :D
 
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SheepBeast said:
The striker is indeed the best shotgun even since it was nerfed a few months ago (it used to be even more horrendously OP). You generally want to put damage on it, the reasons being

1) if you start with damage you get range proficiency at 8 kills with specialist anywa, however if you start with range you don't get damage
2) striker pellet damage doesn't have that bad a drop off at it's maximum range. The pellets still do 15 whereas all the other shotguns except the KSG do only 5.

Adding damage will make you kill in 3 pellets close range (down from 4) and 5 at max range (down from 7) which is a huge deal. The striker fires 6 pellets. If you have range on, the difference within it's standard range is very negligible and will be at most 1 more shot. It'll let you hit people at further max range however at that kind of range you'll be doing only 15 damage and likely only hitting with 0-2 pellets meaning you'll be dead before you can fire enough shots to kill them.

The best sniper is the MSR although the L118a is extremely close. Their damage, fire rate, run speed, recoil and multipliers are the same so just use whichever you prefer. The MSR has very slightly faster raise and drop time so it's technically better but realistically the difference will probably be like 1 kill in 10,000 if that. The Barrett is good too and has a larger 1 shot kill area (includes lower chest) however you run slow. It can be fun running around with steady aim and speed though and using it like a shotgun cos the fire rate is ridiculous.

Everyone just farms kills in domination because it's so easy to get MOABs and high killstreaks and ZOMFG QUAD HEADSHOT NO SCOPE IM SO L33T!!11!1

I do it sometimes too but generally I prefer TDM, or team defender if i feel like going absolutely crazy with my rapid fire extended mags P90 and RPG class :D
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Thanks for the post! The striker is fun to use and awful when people run around with it - seems to do funny things to the game! i thought I would do worse with it but in actual fact I wasnt that much worse!

Quite enjoyed running round with an ACOG MSR last night. Some of the shots I made I thought should have missed and indeed looked like they did in theatre (I know it isnt 100 accurate but I thought I got host a lot because my bros xbox kept overheating the other night and it ended the game both times) and some of the shots I missed I thought were hits.

I was under the impression sniping was actually hard but I reckon if I slapped on quick draw and turned my sensitivity up past 3 I could become one of those annoying kids I despise! Was a bit fun though!
 
The striker is deadly when wielded on a dodgy 3 bar you will never see or hear the first shot until after it's happened and with a bit of server frame lag thrown in you get even less time to react.
 
Dannyb01y said:
Thanks for the post! The striker is fun to use and awful when people run around with it - seems to do funny things to the game! i thought I would do worse with it but in actual fact I wasnt that much worse!

Quite enjoyed running round with an ACOG MSR last night. Some of the shots I made I thought should have missed and indeed looked like they did in theatre (I know it isnt 100 accurate but I thought I got host a lot because my bros xbox kept overheating the other night and it ended the game both times) and some of the shots I missed I thought were hits.

I was under the impression sniping was actually hard but I reckon if I slapped on quick draw and turned my sensitivity up past 3 I could become one of those annoying kids I despise! Was a bit fun though!
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Yeah, it's not too diffucult. I use 4 sensitivity for normal play but 5 when I'm using a sniper. Used to use up to 8 but then I took a long break from the game, came back and couldn't deal with it so I turned it down. I then realised that once you go past 5 there is no benefit as you can turn round pretty much instantly so only "l33t" 1080 no scope kids should use the higher settings :)

The theatre mode is completely screwed even if you're host. It's like killcams. What you see isn't representative of what was actually on your screen while you were playing. This combined with the games poor hit detection makes theatre mode rather pointless for watching 1st person gameplay. It's only useful for things like 6 kills with fake care packages etc where the lag is irrelevant.
 
sorray as a bit behind here - but I've Collection 1 already, and only play multi online really - not co-op - which is better for multi Collection 2 or 3 ? or both worth having please ?

many thanks
 
Buckster said:
sorray as a bit behind here - but I've Collection 1 already, and only play multi online really - not co-op - which is better for multi Collection 2 or 3 ? or both worth having please ?

many thanks
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For collection 2 I like the maps Foundation and Oasis but Sanctuary not so much. Foundation is set in a cement factory and can be a bit one sided for domination games for one of the spawns. Oasis is quite good too for hectic games but for some reason Im not the biggest fan of Sanctuary's layout.

Collection 3 actually seems to be mainly face off maps so if you like that mode of small teams then perhaps its a better choice for you. Personally I prefer 6v6 upwards. It also has chaos mode which is a spec ops mode where you kill lots of enemies and collect dog tags to multiply your score. Hectic fun if thats your thing.

You can check the content out here:

http://www.callofduty.com/contentcalendar
 
is the DLC actually worth buying?

i bought the first DLC pack for black ops but ended up uninstalling it. it took longer to find games, and when i did the players were all much better so i got a KD of more like 1.5 rather the 2.5 i would usually get without the DLC. less fun.
 
Why the heck does nobody move around the map on this game? Its just one big campfast, whatever the game mode.
 
I play a lot of domo and i'd say 90% of the people i play with/against don't bother for captures. They either sit round flags waiting for you to try and capture or they find some room somewhere and wait for you to run by.

I managed to get a full team of people i know yesterday and we was kicking some serious bottom. I've never seen so many people quit and all because they couldn't get some kills. They had no interest in the flags.
 
Schizophonic said:
Anyone else having trouble playing online? Just tried firing it up in like 2 months and it don't let me go online.
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Yeah mate, I haven't been able to play since 2 days ago. It says "can't connect to MW3 servers". Nothing I do seems to fix it :(

Woden said:
Why the heck does nobody move around the map on this game? Its just one big campfast, whatever the game mode.
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I play mainly TDM and while there is the odd campy game, for the most part I don't see too many campers. If there's just 1 or 2 it doesn't matter - they are easily dealt with or just avoided.

For games where the whole enemy team is camping I have a special class:

ACR with impact & noob tube
akimbo FMG9s
C4
flashes
recon
blast shield
marksman
counter UAV, ballistic vests, recon chopper

the aim is to pick them off with marksman if possible. If they're out of view, I flash and noob-tube the **** out of them so they're painted on the minimap, then kill them through the walls using impact (assuming they survived the noob tubes). I then run in wiht the akimbo FMG9s and clean up anyone I may have missed. I then shamelessly camp in the same spot they were in, with my FMGs out. I call this counter-camping. If the enemy are going to play like ***s then I'm going to do it right back - and better since I have blast shield and a ballistic vest on :)

The above strategy is insanely fun especially on resistance when they camp in the main room, or hardhat where you can throw your C4 over the wall into the middle area (see tmartn's video if you don't know what I'm talking about). However like I said, I don't usually have much of a problem with campers. Just to be clear as far as I'm concerned camping is sitting in a corner or behind cover ADS waiting for someone to turn up while having no definite knowledge that they'll do so. If someone sees me coming and waits for me then that's not camping, that's just playing smart. If someone is sniping from a window or using an LMG to hold down an area that's not camping either - that's how those weapons are supposed to be used.

ps. you should try team defender, it's ridicullously fun. Paradoxically it's premise is pretty much camping but it ends up being the least campy game mode, cos everyone is madly running towards the flag. R.F. E.M. P90 ftw in this mode.
 
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I play TDM mostly and I agree with the above, never much campy going on, well apart from obvious places but then they're easy to take out. Plus I'm usually in the complete opposite of my team so just take them from behind, oo'er.

Why the hell is every other map Terminal, they're forcing it down our frickin' throats!
 
I've grown somewhat infuriated with this game, used to play for hrs now I seem to only get 10-30 minutes until something sets me off and I quit the game, tonight it was a combination of a lack of team play, with ppl being more concerned with their k/d ration than winning the match and being unable to hit anyone even when aiming straight at them.
 
Last Kronin said:
I've grown somewhat infuriated with this game, used to play for hrs now I seem to only get 10-30 minutes until something sets me off and I quit the game, tonight it was a combination of a lack of team play, with ppl being more concerned with their k/d ration than winning the match and being unable to hit anyone even when aiming straight at them.
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Same, I get 2 maybe 3 games in and give up. Really isn't worth the time anymore.
Pity as I loved black ops. Hopefully Treyarch will do right by us again.
 
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