Call of Duty Black OPS

[quote name='Fjordson']Damn, that net code business sounds terrible. I do notice that the MP feels off sometimes, but it's pretty rare.

Though I suppose I could be one of those who benefits from an average connection. I only get about 15 Mb/s down and 4 up.[/QUOTE]

fuck no. You're way above average in both upload and download speeds. The connections he's referring to are like 1 meg or less down and half a meg or less upload.
 
Is there anyway of knowing if you are host?

One game this guy was on a rampage, got a chopper gunner, killed too many of his own team, but the game said "can not kick host". LOL No wonder he was a beast.
 
fucking Christ matchmaking sucks. I have yet to play a game today (out of 4) where me and my ONE friend can find a match with more than 4 people. This is fucking dumb.
 
I'll be going from my current 300KBps connection (Cantenna, you can only do so much) to a 25MB/s down 5MB/s up when I get net. Off-topic, but what's with internet companies bottlenecking the upload speeds? Is that a movement against piracy or suttin?

Anyways, my point was that even a crappy situation in Black Ops with their net code is infinitely better than what I have now. I'll just be happy I can play. Would be nice if they could get their act together, though.

Speaking of the cantenna, I've personally had to upgrade the thing the other day since Cantenna v1 stopped working. I guess height is the answer. Let's compare.

Cantenna v1:
Cantennav1.jpg

And now, ladies and gents, the Super Cantenna:
SuperCantenna.jpg

As for why the discs are on the wall...I bought some things a whiiile back that stick to the wall and you can put discs onto em. It seemed like a good idea at the time, until I realized it wasn't and stopped using em. Those have just been there and I keep forgetting to take em off. Ima go do that right now. Woot productivity!

Yes, that's One Tree Hill. Don't judge me.
 
[quote name='Trakan']fuck no. You're way above average in both upload and download speeds. The connections he's referring to are like 1 meg or less down and half a meg or less upload.[/QUOTE]
Ah, good to know. Comcast has been the only thing in my area for a while now so I've never been sure if it's any good or not compared to other ISP's :lol:
 
Muahhahahahaa fuck panda. I clicked that second image and spit my juice all over my screen.

It reminded me of my friend whos parents wouldnt allow internet in the house. (Old school, no cable, no internet, no fun) So he asked his neighbor friend could he run a 100ft Cat5 cable from his room into their house. Halarious to see. Neither set of parents ever noticed the bright blue cable that magically appeared overnight.
 
I just beat the story last night. I liked it. The locales were cool and certain set pieces were some of the coolest that I've seen in the COD series to date....what do you all think?
 
[quote name='Grizzly Gear']I just beat the story last night. I liked it. The locales were cool and certain set pieces were some of the coolest that I've seen in the COD series to date....what do you all think?[/QUOTE]

I personally loved the locations, thought it all looked really good. I started getting annoyed with Mason towards the middle, though, so that hindered it a little for me. Besides that, I thought the location, characters and story was awesome.

However...the part where you get captured and play Russian roulette (Poor Bowman :whistle2:| ) was very anti-climactic for me. After you take out the guys at the table and are chasing the Russian, I thought the objective was to cripple the guy, not kill him. Guess I wasn't thinking. Therefore, as he's climbing up to get out, I literally shot him in the foot and the game acted like I made the most badass headshot in the world or something. "For Bowman", my ass.
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']Muahhahahahaa fuck panda. I clicked that second image and spit my juice all over my screen.

It reminded me of my friend whos parents wouldnt allow internet in the house. (Old school, no cable, no internet, no fun) So he asked his neighbor friend could he run a 100ft Cat5 cable from his room into their house. Halarious to see. Neither set of parents ever noticed the bright blue cable that magically appeared overnight.[/QUOTE]

I wonder how my neighbor would feel about a 100 foot cable going from my computer to their router. They already moved their router to the other end of their house for me (Closer to my house, but it didn't help whatsoever). Not exactly sure how that'd work, though.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Is there anyway of knowing if you are host?

One game this guy was on a rampage, got a chopper gunner, killed too many of his own team, but the game said "can not kick host". LOL No wonder he was a beast.[/QUOTE]

If it's like MW2, you need to watch the countdown. With a second left the timer should disappear. That signifies host (at least it did in MW2, not sure about this one)

Follow up to the latency issues. My buddy said that was pulled from one of his forums but all the links were leading back to the official Black ops forums. I found a thread in there with some pretty pissed off people...

http://www.callofduty.com/board/vie...st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=evso6muefkklkbfca0kag306h6

And since when is this game referred to as Blops? That sounds completely retarded.
 
[quote name='blk00civicsi']Follow up to the latency issues. My buddy said that was pulled from one of his forums but all the links were leading back to the official Black ops forums. I found a thread in there with some pretty pissed off people...

http://www.callofduty.com/board/vie...st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=evso6muefkklkbfca0kag306h6

And since when is this game referred to as Blops? That sounds completely retarded.[/QUOTE]

There was a lot less "fuk u treyarch ur game suks mw2 ftw" than I thought there'd be.
 
Damn i got my first booby trap care package, and no one even fell for it. I watched a replay and the dude who called it in was just sitting there, waiting to kill people. I slipped behind it prone right at the moment he wasnt looking at it. But as i booby trapped it, it changed from a RCXD into a Counter Spy Plane from his view. After so long it just disappeared. :cry:

Man i was playing on Summit and seen a claymore through a wall twice, and tried to shoot it but my bullets wouldnt penetrate through the wall. Such BS. And it wasnt like it was between 2 or more walls, i was right on the other side of the wall, prone, shooting at it. It was right next to the wall on the other side.

PS I love G11, wish i would unlock earlier.... and wish it had a silencer, LOL. That would be so bad though... everyone would be using it if it had a silencer.
 
[quote name='Trakan']fuck no. You're way above average in both upload and download speeds. The connections he's referring to are like 1 meg or less down and half a meg or less upload.[/QUOTE]People like me, who have 1.5 DSL and the like. Maybe I should open this xmas gift early and take advantage of having poor net. It's funny as I completely stopped playing cod and gears mp bc of lag and now this. Getting ready to take advantage of Bellsouth's 6.0 DSL for $20 a month which will probably coincide when I start playing this and I'll still be at a disadvantage.

[quote name='blk00civicsi']
And since when is this game referred to as Blops? That sounds completely retarded.[/QUOTE]Blops? I just dropped a couple of those in the john.
 
I wish that A) You could do Combat Training offline so I didn't have to attempt to try to get on Live with this connection and B) You could do Wager Match training in Combat Training.

As soon as I get internet I could care less about either of those, but for now it's irritating.
 


Those are the results of a speedtest I just ran. I consistently get 3 bars in about 80% of the games I play. This game's netcode is a POS.

For kicks, I also ran a test on a NY server. Moral of the story: I should not experience the amount of lag that I currently get. Get your shit together Treyarch.

 
Just a quick question about the motion sensor, if I set it down will my teammates also be able to see if anyone shows up on it, or is it just for me? Couldn't figure this one out.

Btw Trakan I also experienced one of those BS knife moments yesterday, was shooting this guy with the AK74u, first 3 shots were hitmarkers, and then I swear he lunged like upwards of 5 feet to knife me. Looking from his angle it looked like he panicked when I started shooting and just hit the knife button randomly.

Its nice to know Black Ops has a "get of jail free card" even if it did fuck me over in getting a blackbird.
 
[quote name='iKilledChewbacca']Hey do you think TreyArch will fix that God Damn knife anytime soon ?[/QUOTE]


they are in the process of releasing a bunch of patches to fix their in-game issues. their first issue is match making and network connections. next will be fixing the in-game sounds so Ninja can become effective again..but i think they do not want it to be a point where you can sound whore. the knife lunge deistance will be reduced. Thats all i know from watching woodysgamertag on youtube. He spoke about the patches and his chat with a treyarch employee.

This is how treyarch goes through their patching process.
http://www.callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=346952&sid=mo12jg0pq72jk6qtha5auehkg0

they do listen to the community so if you guys have any complaints take it over the COD boards there and they will listen to you. The knife lunge is huge complaint even the bigger youtube guys like Xcal and Blame Truth have been constantly complaining about.
 
[quote name='JohnBoy1280']Just a quick question about the motion sensor, if I set it down will my teammates also be able to see if anyone shows up on it, or is it just for me? Couldn't figure this one out.[/QUOTE]

A buddy I play with always uses the motion sensor, and I can confirm that teammates cannot see the blips, only the person that laid it down can.
 
[quote name='integralsmatic']they are in the process of releasing a bunch of patches to fix their in-game issues. their first issue is match making and network connections. next will be fixing the in-game sounds so Ninja can become effective again..but i think they do not want it to be a point where you can sound whore. the knife lunge deistance will be reduced. [/QUOTE]

Got a link? Cause that sounds a lot like the patch we already got.
 
They need to fix the RC Car, everytime i shoot it, it just drives through all my bullets and kills me. Also i hate people who knife. I dont have that 2nd nature thinking of knifing someone if they are close. My bad habit is to back up and start shooting, but that rarely works because i always get knifed.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']They need to fix the RC Car, everytime i shoot it, it just drives through all my bullets and kills me. Also i hate people who knife. I dont have that 2nd nature thinking of knifing someone if they are close. My bad habit is to back up and start shooting, but that rarely works because i always get knifed.[/QUOTE]

That's not a bad habit, it's called not playing like a retard, which is to be respected.

Can't wait for them to shorten the distance so there's fewer idiots who can shit their pants and slam on the melee button for a cheap kill.
 
lol? I understand not liking the knifing because of bullshit lunge and/or network issues, but I'd hardly call/consider knifing someone in your face "playing like a retard." If you weren't smart/quick enough to go for an easy knife then that's your fault, doesn't make the other person's kill cheap.

Same thing in Halo with melee; if someone's a short distance or in your face, melee. There's no reason not too.

integralsmatic, what's this about a Ninja fix? I only play the game a couple times, but I noticed when you have Ninja equipped you run silent, but make noise when you crouch (lolwut?). Is that what the fix is about?
 
[quote name='lolwut?']lol? I understand not liking the knifing because of bullshit lunge and/or network issues, but I'd hardly call/consider knifing someone in your face "playing like a retard." If you weren't smart/quick enough to go for an easy knife then that's your fault, doesn't make the other person's kill cheap.

Same thing in Halo with melee; if someone's a short distance or in your face, melee. There's no reason not too.

integralsmatic, what's this about a Ninja fix? I only play the game a couple times, but I noticed when you have Ninja equipped you run silent, but make noise when you crouch (lolwut?). Is that what the fix is about?[/QUOTE]
???

No one has qualms about the short distance knife. It's the lunge distance, which you said you understand the hate for, and also the fact that we can be shooting first, yet the magic lunge will teleport the knifer through bullets.
 
Yeah, they should make it so bullets interrupt any meleeing. Just not realistic to pump a few bullets into someone and still get knifed (and I mean when it shows that way on the kill cam, not the lag situations where it shows you never hit them).
 
The RC should be a 4 or 5 kill streak at least, IMO. If they won't do that, at least change it so the RC car has to be dropped via a crate like the sentry/sam/valkyrie.
 
If I misinterpreted the posts above my previous one, then my bad, but it didn't seem like the lunge knife was the only thing being talked about, but rather knifing over shooting in general.

And I don't think the developers are too concerned with realism, considering some of the weapon choices they included, and the fact that you have to shoot people multiple times in the head to kill them, or that you can die by being shot a couple times in the foot, lol.
 
[quote name='lolwut?']If I misinterpreted the posts above my previous one, then my bad, but it didn't seem like the lunge knife was the only thing being talked about, but rather knifing over shooting in general.

And I don't think the developers are too concerned with realism, considering some of the weapon choices they included, and the fact that you have to shoot people multiple times in the head to kill them, or that you can die by being shot a couple times in the foot, lol.[/QUOTE]

While I am talking about the lunge, my personal opinion is that they need to completely rework the knifing mechanic if not take it out completely. There's no need for a one hit kill button in COD. There are also many things they could do to fix it. Make it so you can only knife when you're out of bullets, make it so you can't knife if you're being shot, make the knife a secondary, etc.
 
[quote name='Trakan']While I am talking about the lunge, my personal opinion is that they need to completely rework the knifing mechanic if not take it out completely. There's no need for a one hit kill button in COD. There are also many things they could do to fix it. Make it so you can only knife when you're out of bullets, make it so you can't knife if you're being shot, make the knife a secondary, etc.[/QUOTE]

I guess that'd fix it, but those seem like really annoying alternatives. Obviously they wouldn't take the knifing mechanic out of the game as its already been in for a while, and you need an option for when you run out of bullets. I agree that you shouldn't be able to knife when getting shot, but with the knife being the way its been for so long, the other 2 options wouldn't really make sense.

People sometimes take stuff like knifing and other tactics as a thing where, when they're doing it and getting kills it's fine and dandy, but as soon as it happens to them they practically explode in rage. I'm sure theres been a few times where you were getting shot and knifed the guy and didn't think anything of it. It's like when people get really angry about camping, but then spend 10 seconds at certain times just sitting in a corner, waiting.

Basically, what I'm saying is that we all complain, but in the end we usually end up being hypocrites. I don't mean that in an insulting way, it just happens.

On that note, fuck camping.
 
[quote name='AlphaPanda']I guess that'd fix it, but those seem like really annoying alternatives. Obviously they wouldn't take the knifing mechanic out of the game as its already been in for a while, and you need an option for when you run out of bullets. I agree that you shouldn't be able to knife when getting shot, but with the knife being the way its been for so long, the other 2 options wouldn't really make sense.

People sometimes take stuff like knifing and other tactics as a thing where, when they're doing it and getting kills it's fine and dandy, but as soon as it happens to them they practically explode in rage. I'm sure theres been a few times where you were getting shot and knifed the guy and didn't think anything of it. It's like when people get really angry about camping, but then spend 10 seconds at certain times just sitting in a corner, waiting.

Basically, what I'm saying is that we all complain, but in the end we usually end up being hypocrites. I don't mean that in an insulting way, it just happens.

On that note, fuck camping.[/QUOTE]

The knifing thing is different. I'm fairly confident that all the guys I play with, hardly ever use the knife. In fact I know no one really uses it unless they completely have the jump on someone because we all bitch about it all night and have talked about how we don't use it.

But as far as other bullshit, I'm very aware when I get a complete and utter BS kill and I pretty much always say "that guy's gonna be pissed when he watches the killcam"

Yes fuck camping as well. But camping in the very truest sense, where some idiot is literally sitting, not moving, in one spot which only watches 1 particular point. I have no qualms with people "floating" in an area, but are actively moving around and covering multiple points down themselves. It's when some moron is camping some obscure corner of the map and manages to kill me is when I get pissed.
 
I would bet a lot of the knife lunge problem is more about the crappy netcode than the actual knife mechanic.


If it were mechanic, the distance would be a constant... but it doesn't seem to be...
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']The knifing thing is different. I'm fairly confident that all the guys I play with, hardly ever use the knife. In fact I know no one really uses it unless they completely have the jump on someone because we all bitch about it all night and have talked about how we don't use it.

But as far as other bullshit, I'm very aware when I get a complete and utter BS kill and I pretty much always say "that guy's gonna be pissed when he watches the killcam"

Yes fuck camping as well. But camping in the very truest sense, where some idiot is literally sitting, not moving, in one spot which only watches 1 particular point. I have no qualms with people "floating" in an area, but are actively moving around and covering multiple points down themselves. It's when some moron is camping some obscure corner of the map and manages to kill me is when I get pissed.[/QUOTE]

This x10. I was playing a merc TDM match at like 8am because I couldn't sleep and 4 out of the 6 enemies were using ghost camping in the most bs spots and only getting 1-2 kills every like 2-3 minutes. It wasn't like I was horrible (bad for me, but a 1.7 k/d is not too bad), it is just the stupid deaths that make me rage. I am tempted to get scavenger pro and just start chucking tactical grenades left and right just to start seeing if I hit a guy camping in a corner now.
 
You want to talk about bullshit deaths, i really hate it when i get killed when im....

- Reloading
- Camp a door for 1 minute, look away for 1 second and dude walks in and shoots me
- Picking up a weapon
- Switching guns
- Looking at the stats/menu screen for a second
- Going to set a claymore
- Calling in some killstreak

I really hate when im owning some people, have a good streak going from being in a certain area/room, and then someone throws a nade in by me and kills me. Since they cant shoot me, lob a nade... yeah!

Not really a bullshit kill, but i hate being shot in the back, or knifed for that matter. RC cars are annoying too.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']You want to talk about bullshit deaths, i really hate it when i get killed when im....

- Reloading
- Camp a door for 1 minute, look away for 1 second and dude walks in and shoots me
- Picking up a weapon
- Switching guns
- Looking at the stats/menu screen for a second
- Going to set a claymore
- Calling in some killstreak

I really hate when im owning some people, have a good streak going from being in a certain area/room, and then someone throws a nade in by me and kills me. Since they cant shoot me, lob a nade... yeah!

Not really a bullshit kill, but i hate being shot in the back, or knifed for that matter. RC cars are annoying too.[/QUOTE]

I use sleight of hand a lot for the reloading issue (I am a reload junkie, so I used it a lot in past games too). The other ones actually are annoying deaths, but not really bullshit deaths. My thing is when it spawns an entire team on me and I die reloading... When I kill 3 people that just spawned trying to kill me only to die because I didn't have enough bullets because of bullshit spawns, that is the worst.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']You want to talk about bullshit deaths, i really hate it when i get killed when im....

- Reloading
- Camp a door for 1 minute, look away for 1 second and dude walks in and shoots me
- Picking up a weapon
- Switching guns
- Looking at the stats/menu screen for a second
- Going to set a claymore
- Calling in some killstreak

I really hate when im owning some people, have a good streak going from being in a certain area/room, and then someone throws a nade in by me and kills me. Since they cant shoot me, lob a nade... yeah!

Not really a bullshit kill, but i hate being shot in the back, or knifed for that matter. RC cars are annoying too.[/QUOTE]

Not to be a dick or start any type of war, but honestly all those mentioned just kinda go to show you that you need to be more aware. Half of this game is skill and the other half is just being aware of where you are and where your enemies are.

I do totally get what your saying, it is fucking annoying getting killed when your doing something that won't allow you to shoot the enemy in time.
 
Man ive been trying to get ghost pro, all i needed to do was destroy a sentry gun. I dont know how long ive been trying to do this, but its been a long while. So i decide to change ghost to hardline to get more killstreaks, and my FIRST GAME without ghost i end up destroying a sentry gun. What luck. OH well, im already level 50, so ghost pro wouldnt have been much use since i will prestige, but what are the odds.
 
[quote name='AlphaPanda']People sometimes take stuff like knifing and other tactics as a thing where, when they're doing it and getting kills it's fine and dandy, but as soon as it happens to them they practically explode in rage. I'm sure theres been a few times where you were getting shot and knifed the guy and didn't think anything of it. [/QUOTE]

I very rarely use the knife. This prestige I'm level 38 and just hit 10 knife kills. I always explode in rage, and would be fine if they took it out. The only time I really knife is if I run up behind a guy and want to kill him quietly.

Got a bunch of sweet clips tonight. Too many to post, so I'll just post this link.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Trakan1?feature=mhum
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Man ive been trying to get ghost pro, all i needed to do was destroy a sentry gun. I dont know how long ive been trying to do this, but its been a long while. So i decide to change ghost to hardline to get more killstreaks, and my FIRST GAME without ghost i end up destroying a sentry gun. What luck. OH well, im already level 50, so ghost pro wouldnt have been much use since i will prestige, but what are the odds.[/QUOTE]
Just a lil tip about the sentry gun:

1. Put on hardline
2. Put on the Sentry gun killstreak
3. Run around until you have 3+ sentry guns
4. Start lobbing them like mad into the enemy spawn(the more the better)
5. Put on your Ghost and Hacker loadout
6. Knife your sentries that the enemy team has put up
7. Profit!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: While my theory hasn't been tested(by me) it is 99% percent guaranteed to get you one step closer to Ghost Pro. That lone 1 % is reserved for when the game decides to switch spawns on you and now all your greedy teammates are picking up your sentries. If that happens just keep on trying.
 
What I did to get ghost pro was rather simple.

I didnt worry about it until I saw a sentry up, then I intentional died, switch to one of my other classes that had ghost on it....ran and stabbed it. Easy.

I can tell how annoying that would be if you spent all your time trying to get it. Your better bet is simply to wait for a opportunity and then go after it. Much less of a headache.
 
yeah well i wasnt really searching each round to get it. But its really rare for me anyway, to see someone set up a sentry gun. Seriously i think ive only seen 3-4 the last day or more, and i play for hours a day. When i do see one i try to get to it, sometimes people kill me on the way, other times it gets destroyed by someone else. I already prestiged, but ill be trying to get it early this time. I really hate how many times in a row ill die from spawn+helicopter instant kill.
 
Alright so lets talk about the maps, since the games been out for a while. At first there wasnt a map i didnt like. Well thats changed.

Maps i like
Cracked
Firing Range
Grid
Havana
Jungle
Launch
Nuketown
Radioation
Summit

Yeah i like maps that are somewhat small, where there is always action going on. But its hard to get a high killstreak for me in these type of maps. I really like Grid, Launch, and Summit.

Maps im indifferent to
Array
Villa
WMD

Array and WMD i dont like because they are big maps. But at the same time i dont hate them. Villa is okay, just too many weird corners people can camp in.

Maps i dont like
Crisis
Hanoi

I use to like Hanoi, i mean its a cool setting, but i always seem to do terrible on this map. I dont know if its the overall layout design, or what. Too many corners, and doorways/windows? Crisis though, i try to avoid that map as much as possible, sometimes i even quit a game if it gets picked. I just dont like that map.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']You want to talk about bullshit deaths, i really hate it when i get killed when im....

- Reloading
- Camp a door for 1 minute, look away for 1 second and dude walks in and shoots me
- Picking up a weapon
- Switching guns
- Looking at the stats/menu screen for a second
- Going to set a claymore
- Calling in some killstreak

I really hate when im owning some people, have a good streak going from being in a certain area/room, and then someone throws a nade in by me and kills me. Since they cant shoot me, lob a nade... yeah!

Not really a bullshit kill, but i hate being shot in the back, or knifed for that matter. RC cars are annoying too.[/QUOTE]

As someone who hasn't played games like this yet, but who's been considering it, what exactly is "bullshit" about any of this? It sounds like you got killed legitimately. For example, what could possibly be bullshit about using a weapon such as a grenade? If they are in the game, why is using them bullshit?? Why should somebody NOT shoot you just because you are reloading? Reloading takes time, and that's part of the game, right? I'm sure I'm missing something.
 
Maps i like
Cracked
Firing Range
Grid
Havana
Jungle
Launch
Radiation
Summit
Array
Villa

Yeah these maps are great, close quarter combat but can also support long range. Some great objective maps in there as well, particularly CTF on Villa.

Maps im indifferent to
WMD
Nuketown
Crisis

Nuketown can be hell if the other team has you spawn trapped, god help your team if the enemy has a chopper gunner or gunship in the air. WMD and Crisis are alright, just alright. Nuketown however can be a doubled edged sword thats all I can say.

Maps i dont like
Hanoi

I'm with you on Hanoi 7th, I used to like it as well but now I dont really like playing on there. I like the spotlight feature on it, but thats about it. Mostly why I dont like it is because you constantly have to be on your guard, because you dont know where the enemy spawns. They can spawn before you or behind and with multiple doorways and entry ways it can be a bitch in both TDM and OBJ.

Although must say that I like the maps a lot better then MW2 selection of maps.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']As someone who hasn't played games like this yet, but who's been considering it, what exactly is "bullshit" about any of this? It sounds like you got killed legitimately. For example, what could possibly be bullshit about using a weapon such as a grenade? If they are in the game, why is using them bullshit?? Why should somebody NOT shoot you just because you are reloading? Reloading takes time, and that's part of the game, right? I'm sure I'm missing something.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, bullshit wasnt really the right way to describe these kinds of deaths. They are all legitimate kills, i just get really frustrated when i keep getting killed while im doing one of those things.
 
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