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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 |OT| Late to the party
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The Black Market loot grind is fucking ridiculous. It's the worst loot system in any call of duty hands down. Even Advanced Warfares stupid ass system was more fun than this.
It took me 9 MP matches to get Tier 1, then 10 to get to Tier 2. So lets say 10 for each tier assuming it doesn't get harder as I go.
There are 200 tiers, so 2000 games to get to 200.
The event lasts roughly 50 days (I think it's 52), so that is roughly FORTY games of Multiplayer every single fucking day......
And do you know what I got for playing 19 games of Multiplayer? Two shitty emblems. The first two skin unlocks will take roughly 400 games to unlock and they are BOTH for Seraph.....
And I didn't see a single weapon variant in the first 30 levels.
Is this some kind of fucking joke Treyarch? You cannot be serious, this has to be bugged.
It took me 9 MP matches to get Tier 1, then 10 to get to Tier 2. So lets say 10 for each tier assuming it doesn't get harder as I go.
There are 200 tiers, so 2000 games to get to 200.
The event lasts roughly 50 days (I think it's 52), so that is roughly FORTY games of Multiplayer every single fucking day......
And do you know what I got for playing 19 games of Multiplayer? Two shitty emblems. The first two skin unlocks will take roughly 400 games to unlock and they are BOTH for Seraph.....
And I didn't see a single weapon variant in the first 30 levels.
Is this some kind of fucking joke Treyarch? You cannot be serious, this has to be bugged.
Getting tiers in black market takes forever, they need to add some daily challenges or something.
I doubt we'll ever see a double merits weekend. Blackout ranks are a grind, but you can't prestige. You can only go from 1 to 81.
Yeah, I'm gonna need treyarch to work on the circle placement in blackout. It ends up at the bottom right nearly every time. Having the final 10 people in the desert every time is starting to get boring.
I almost prefer loot drops to this fucking black market right now.
At least when I did a daily order and got a crate I knew I had a chance at some Epic or Heroic piece of gear, even if it was only a moderate chance.
This black market is like, hey, the first 100 games you are going to get a bunch of shit you don't want and there is nothing you can do to change it, have fun!
At least when I did a daily order and got a crate I knew I had a chance at some Epic or Heroic piece of gear, even if it was only a moderate chance.
This black market is like, hey, the first 100 games you are going to get a bunch of shit you don't want and there is nothing you can do to change it, have fun!
Lame I figured they would want to push people to try their br mode especially since it is so good.
Yea they should make it faster for sure but on the other hand maybe they shouldn't have added it all with the amount of complaining being done, it's litterally just extra free stuff. I would've been fine with what we have already.
Yea, I would be ok if they just for rid of them. They obviously don't know how to make them so they're actually used as a sniper - holding down a point/area, instead people just run around with them and you're dead even if you get a few shots on them. I ran out of ammo for my gun today at about 8 kills and picked up a sniper (first time in this game using one) and got about 16 kills with it before the game ended.
It's crazy how long it takes to download these updates. I think I have a pretty solid internet connection and between downloading and installing the update, it took over 2 hours. Since I only had 2 hours to play today, I got to play for 0 hours.
Holy shit, I haven't enjoyed a Call of Duty game this much since.... well, since Treyarch's last game.
I really havent done much else outside of a couple specialist missions, the traditional multiplayer and a couple rounds of Blackout (that part hasn't hooked me yet tbh but I never played a BR game before this so maybe it'll take me a while), but even so, I'm amazed how much their games hook me while Sledgehammer/IW's last couple attempts at multiplayer were utterly forgettable.
I really havent done much else outside of a couple specialist missions, the traditional multiplayer and a couple rounds of Blackout (that part hasn't hooked me yet tbh but I never played a BR game before this so maybe it'll take me a while), but even so, I'm amazed how much their games hook me while Sledgehammer/IW's last couple attempts at multiplayer were utterly forgettable.
Yes. Quads anand even sometimes duos goes berserk anytime you run into another team on xbox. Its borderline unplayable
I'm sure "Call of Duty has a battle royale mode" was enough to push people to play it.
Holy hell, is the Black Market Tier bar filled up by EXP or Time based? Because it takes sooo long just to rank up a tier. I ant got that kind of time to play 10 matches of TDM just to rank up one time. At that rate it would be about 1-2 hhoursto rank up 2-3 tiers. That's 100 hours to get to Tier 200.
I bet there will be some kind of way to purchase tiers in the game to get over the grind. But after buying a $60 game and a $50 season pass I don't want to spent a lot more just to get cosmetics faster. I hope Activision fixes something and respects my time more.
I bet there will be some kind of way to purchase tiers in the game to get over the grind. But after buying a $60 game and a $50 season pass I don't want to spent a lot more just to get cosmetics faster. I hope Activision fixes something and respects my time more.
Morocco is seriously the worst map in the game. It feels like I'm playing Ghosts. Just haphazard shitty design
My most hated map so far. Can't stand it.
Played about 7 or 8 Blackout matches on PS4. Just messing around. I'm about halfway to Tier 1. I don't know if that's faster than MP. When I say I played 7 or 8 games, they lasted anywhere between 3 - 10 minutes.
I was looking through the list of rewards and when this update comes to Xbox, I gotta grind for this, lmao:
I played this at my girlfriend's house and on her 4k 60" tv I can't read shit. The text and UI is so incredibly small. I've never seen text that tiny on a game.
Weird, I like that map. It's a great SMG map, one of few.
It reminds me of CoD4s District map for some reason.
Just won my first Blackout. Think it was maybe my 5th game of it or so? All I can say is, being completely new to Battle Royale, I can totally understand the draw now. I'm still shaking from that last 60 seconds XD
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Awesome. Congrats!
This mode gives me a feeling like no other. The intensity shoots up to 1000 during that last circle. Hands shaking. Eyes wide open. Doing whatever you can to not make a mistake.
It's the first of many ;)
Had a few pretty decent runs on Blackout tonight. I'm worried that 9-bangs and concussion grenades are too strong now. 9-bangs way more so than concussions, of course, but unlike previous CoDs, those force you to stance up straight, leave you totally unable to ADS, and you can't move normally until the effect is over. It's super annoying in multiplayer, but it's game-ending in Blackout, and that's not okay.
Having a shorter stun duration and the ability to crouch/prone and aim while stunned would go a long ways towards making them more balanced. Being able to stack two of each per slot is particularly ridiculous, given how common they are.
Having a shorter stun duration and the ability to crouch/prone and aim while stunned would go a long ways towards making them more balanced. Being able to stack two of each per slot is particularly ridiculous, given how common they are.
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Carry a trophy system with you itll stop the grenades. You can also pick it back up after you place it unless the enemy destroys it.
Got ten kills in a round of Solo Blackout doing some John Wick shit and at the end the damn circle cornered me and collapsed on me. I was even able to survive the bug where I can't pick up a Trauma Kit or a Level 3 Armor from the Supply Drops and Death Stashes because of reasons.
I always finish in the top 15 and even get into the top 3 most of the time but can't get a win. I'm on the verge of letting it go.
I always finish in the top 15 and even get into the top 3 most of the time but can't get a win. I'm on the verge of letting it go.
That's not a good solution. Stuns and 9-bangs have a larger effective radius than a trophy system, so they can go off outside of its range and still get you. On top of that, they're thrown faster and farther, and can be thrown in an ambush to make a fight you could've potentially fought back in impossible.
Trophy systems are something to deploy when you're indoors and know you're about to be attacked. When you're in the open and you don't really have many options, they're not practical. Not to mention they're loud and very visible, so people can just shoot them, then throw stuns.
Stick to the "edge" of the circle and move around the perimeter, always making sure your back is as close to the circle as it can be. Be in the circle as late as you can, unless you're giving up an advantageous position or going without cover.
When the storm circle has a "large" and a "small" border around the safe zone, stick to the "small" border (marked in red), and trace its perimeter as you creep into the new safe zone while the storm circle closes around you. If you find yourself on the "large" border, move along the outside if at all possible (try to avoid being in the safe zone too early, or you'll expose your flank).
Just played on my brand spankin' new XB1 X and I can concur haha. I was worried it wasn't going to be much of a difference but I'm glad to be wrong. It's night and day.
I'll try this, thanks! I'm always stressing about getting better gear to have the edge in firefights. This is why I mostly play very aggressive looting houses and hunting down other players.
So a progression system that takes an insane amount of time - "feeling of pride and accomplishment". Locking away 2 platforms of a new base game system for an exclusivity period just because money (it's literally sat in the files right now locked away). Along with a patch that breaks the GKS, breaks Blackout looting even more, ignores Xbox's Quads major gamebreaking stuttering, ignores PC's Blackout stuttering, ignores Blackout loot bags d-pad quick loot getting stuck on consoles, ignores sniper scope misalignment, ignored hit detection issues, ignores Blackout footstep audio issues, but introduces a hula hoop dance.
Most I've been enjoying a CoD in years but damn if this doesn't leave a bad taste in the mouth.
Most I've been enjoying a CoD in years but damn if this doesn't leave a bad taste in the mouth.
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I wish the killcam didn't play after every match, it really slows things down. I get it, one guy got ONE kill.
No problem! I'm always happy to offer advice. My teams have been having really good luck with that strategy.
As for aggressive play, you can hunt down other players, but pick your engagements. You're inaudible while crouchwalking, so make sure to do that often, and stick to shadows.
The best perks for keeping track of enemies while simultaneously avoiding detection are Awareness, Skulker, and Dead Silence. There's other useful perks, but those are at their best when you're under pressure, or in the final zone. It's typically good to also keep a reflex sight or holosight on hand for the final engagements of a match. I'm a big fan of using the 2x scope on my ARs for the majority of the game, and only switch to the reflex in the final moments, but it's good to have a clean optic that doesn't zoom in too far and make tracking close targets difficult.
Wow, my brother and I were playing a match on Icebreaker when the game freezes at the PS home screen, have to hard reset, and then am told the game is corrupted and needs to be redownloaded. We were playing on the same system with his profile signing in through the PS app on his phone. Even upon deleting the game, it still said that he was playing Blops 4. Between the freezes, the terrible spawn system, and bad maps, I think I might throw in the towel. Otherwise I'll just stick with Blackout because multiplayer has way too many issues trying to play co-op.
The default sound setting in blackout really make the audio ques just so much worse. I recommend turning off in game voices otherwise be prepared for this while youre trying to hear where someone is amidst the ambiguous audio ques:
SITREP CIRCLE IS COLLASPING, HEAD TO SAFE GROUND IMMEDIATELY
SITREP PREPARE FOR CIRCLE COLLAPSE
(circle begins collapsing) BBBBBBBZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
HEY, HEY...SITREP....CAREPACKAGE IN BOUND
(inception sounding airplane flies over head) BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
SITREP
SITREP
HEY
SITREP
SITREP
SITREP SItrep
The best part about this is if you turn off his obnoxious voice the game STILL mutes the in game auio for when he should be speaking or when they decide you need that damn buzzing noise to inform you the circle is getting smaller.
SITREP CIRCLE IS COLLASPING, HEAD TO SAFE GROUND IMMEDIATELY
SITREP PREPARE FOR CIRCLE COLLAPSE
(circle begins collapsing) BBBBBBBZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
HEY, HEY...SITREP....CAREPACKAGE IN BOUND
(inception sounding airplane flies over head) BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
SITREP
SITREP
HEY
SITREP
SITREP
SITREP SItrep
The best part about this is if you turn off his obnoxious voice the game STILL mutes the in game auio for when he should be speaking or when they decide you need that damn buzzing noise to inform you the circle is getting smaller.
I think what we need here is a moment of self confession.
Admit your eyes are crap and you need a trip to the opticians
Yeah, we really need to get those modelers and animators on the programming side of things. Would really speed things up.
After playing some more, I think this is my least favorite CoD so far. And it's mainly performance issues during regular multiplayer on the standard PS4. A lot of stutters throughout matches. And some maps its worse then on others. I always enjoyed CoD because it gave me a stable 60 fps without issues. But this is shit. Besides that, I think this game looks worse then Blops 3 and WW2. There's this blurry haze over everything. I wouldn't advise buying this game to play it on a standard PS4. This kind of soured my weekend :(
I could've spent the money on other stuff :( Oh, well. At least Red Dead is coming.
I could've spent the money on other stuff :( Oh, well. At least Red Dead is coming.
I've literally never had a game give me so many fucking problems in my life.
I've owned this game for a week and I've spent 95% of the time troubleshooting why it is playing like shit on my PC that can very clearly handle it. I wish so badly I hadn't bought this from GOG or I would have refunded it days ago.
I've owned this game for a week and I've spent 95% of the time troubleshooting why it is playing like shit on my PC that can very clearly handle it. I wish so badly I hadn't bought this from GOG or I would have refunded it days ago.