CoD Advanced Warfare - Rant thread

[JBR-Kiwi 286]

Right I think we should really have one of those set up and stickied for each Call of Duty that comes out ready for the inevitable rants!! 

 

Either way Im going to lead off...

 

 

As it stands at this moment in Advanced Warfares life cycle i am developing a huge amount of hatred for many aspects of this game and in all truthfullness it really shouldnt be this way with a franchise that i have loved for many years. So lts get to it:

 

• Connection - This has been the bane of my life throughout multiple call of duties ever since MW2. In AW this has been especially bad and right now it is making the game nigh on unplayable for me. I have 75/20 with 5 ping, how the f*ck are they still giving it to some person in the middle of dipshitville playing on something that is clearly being powered by a hamster in a f*cking ball via A PIECE OF F*CKING STRING!!!!!!! When 11 out of 12 people are having to jump over the same f*cking gap 5 times in a f*cking row before it registers there is clearly something wrong Sledgehammer!!! And dont even get me f*cking started on the whole "I shot him with my entire clip and i still f*cking die!!"... I could write an entire encyclopaedia and make 3 feature length films with the things that have happened to me in this game

 

• Connection Bars - Did Sledgehammer just put these in for a laugh at all us peasants? Dont tell me i have 4 bars of connectivity when it is clear the entire lobby is taking paart in their own version of the Jumper movie. 

 

• System Hack - This is single handedly the most annoying score streak in AW right now. Its role in the game i can appreciate, but what i cant stand is the bullshit that it generates on screen as some sort of visual impairment. The multiple flashes and weird 3d effect really messes up my eyes and after repeated SH i actually feel rather unwell. And then once you die you have to suffer it all over again...YAY!!!....   

 

• Gun balance - This one im willing to forgive...as long as they sort this out soon. Playing in lobby after lobby of everyone, team mates and enemies, using the BAL is just slightly disappointing. SMG's still feel like they get dominated up close compared to a BAL and the range drops off far too quick resulting in a full clip of nothing but disappointment. TL DR - SMG's need a slight buff and the BAL needs a nerf/other AR's need a buff.

 

• Teammates   WHAT PART OF PLAY THE F*CKING OBJECTIVE ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH YOU SPASTICATED PIECE OF PIGEON SHIT FOR BRAINS DUMB MOTHERFUCKER!!! 

 

• Bloodshed Helmet - Seriously fuck off! I dont give a shit about this piece of wank. I have already collected it (about 63 trillion times at last count) and never want to see it again. Only show me stuff that i have never unlocked before please!

 

• Sounds (or lack of) - So I can hear Captain Dipshit shooting his weapon on the other side of the map, GREAT. But can i hear his friend Rapey Joe running behind me to turn me into a human kebab, CAN I F*CK!! There really is little point to that Exo Mute ability when this game has turned elephants into f*cking Ballerinas mixed with SAS sneakiness.

 

and breath... (until i can think of some more...)

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[J4MES OX4D 10,034]

Skill-Based Matchmaking - worst implementation in Call of Duty history and a key factor for sever connection and lag issues due to excessive algorithmic stress on matchmaking. Theoretically a good idea but with lag compensation also a prominent feature; it just causes needless frustration. With League Play in the game; there is no need to streamline the core playlists. SBM was removed in Black Ops 2 after an outcry and there is literally no need for SHG to include it in AW.

 

Dedicated Servers - essential for a game of this magnitude so why are so many games still running P2P? Locale-oriented dedi's should be compulsory for games like this especially in this brand. The fact that they are still rolling majority P2P along with host advantage and then taking into consideration SBM and lag comp; I could be playing a game on a host based in India against fellow high K/D players whilst being sunk by lag comp. Simply ridiculous.  

 

Connection Bars Over Ping - This isn't 2007. The bar system alone is completely unreliable and isn't demonstrative enough for a clear reading. Ping counts should be once again compulsory and there is no reason on planet earth as to why it isn't a feature. 

[Madjonny 386]

Just the connection for me, and probably the lack of weapons...

I know there's a lot of versions of each weapon, but at the end of the day it's still a BAl or an AK12...

[techno 3,510]

Just got to say kiwi excellent post,

Connection

Lack of usable weapons

Cod community..camping/not ptfo

All equal rage.. Don't need it anymore.

[Dattebayo 446]

Good sh*t, Kiwi, Grade-A post.

 

Let me expand on one problem. The f*cking BAL.
 

Everyone uses this f*cking thing. That, or the AK12, but hey, the AK12 doesn't beat every gun at any range.

Someone pops out of the corner? That's all right. You don't even need to aim. It's high power and high ROF means you outclass pretty much everything at close range with just hipfire.

 

A sniper or LMG user giving you problems on the other side of the map?

Pfft. Don't fret. It's negligible recoil and rendonkulous range lets you snipe with this thing in full auto.

 

And it get's even worse when it's the Obsidian Steel variant. Which, if you see someone with it, you know that they try-harded the sh*t out of this game to get it.

[techno 3,510]

JDfromNY has that gun he got it in a drop hasn't used anything else since for the reasons you state.

[J4MES OX4D 10,034]

And it get's even worse when it's the Obsidian Steel variant. Which, if you see someone with it, you know that they try-harded the sh*t out of this game to get it.

The Obsidian Steed variant is also +2 damage on what is an already a completely overpowered gun. It's -1 on accuracy but seeing that the gun has basically no recoil particularly with the 2 hit kill tops; it's not much of a counterbalance. 

 

Apparently the original BAL has been nerfed on the old gen which has added more muzzle climb but people are saying with the grip; it's just the same as before. Wonder when they patch the current gen and PC versions they'll dock attributes on the Elite versions too like the Obsidian? 

[NCA-Paendrag 2,758]

ADS time on snipers. Its a sniper not a run n gun weapon.

Melee. You are not supposed to kill me with a punch from 10 feet!

Youtube-gits.

[J4MES OX4D 10,034]

The melee system is a joke - I was killed by someone with their back to me who punched a wall instead and I still died. Even on his killcam; he was facing the fucking wall

[JBR-Kiwi 286]

Right so we've recently had a big patch to AW and its brought about a few more points:

 

Skill based match making: Why the f*ck is this still being used to determine what lobby you get put into?? I have been placed against people on the other side of the world just because my skill level is similar to theres. This results in unplayable matches full of constant bullsh*ttery and moments that make you want to punch your way through walls like the Hulk after stepping on an upturned plug. Keep the SBMM for the competitive side Sledgehammer, but for the love of God take it out of pubs. Don't get me wrong, I love a competitive match, and as some of the FG boys have seen when I played with them recently, I can still put up decent numbers even on a bad connection, but getting shafted time after time after time by some PS4/F/A/ MLG wannabe dipsh*t on a wanky connection is putting a lot of people off of this game.

 

 

Spawns: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK! Getting arse shafted by Mandingo is surely going to hurt even the most seasoned pornstar, but the spawns in TDM in particular take it to a whole other world of pain and frustration. Being prepared to die for a second time, precisely one nano second after spawning from a previous death, should be almost expected in this game at this point. Slaying 5 enemies in 2 seconds may make you feel like Scumpii mixed with Crimsix but to then get destroyed by three of the same people you just killed, spawning directly behind you, so close that you can feel the tip of his (inevitably) BAL ramming itself inside your anus is a cause for concern in fairplay by Sledgehammer. There are many videos out there on the YouFace Sledgehammer, are you telling me you have never seen them and that the spawns are fine??? Get fucked you cu...

 

 

System Hack: FUCK!!!!!!!!!! MY EYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! Fuck this f*cking f*ckerdy f*ck piece of fu*ck...

 

 

SMGs: They are more viable now. Thanks Sledgehammer

[NCA-Paendrag 2,758]

System hacks are annoying as fuck but I counter it with a perk.

Spawns are iffy but goes both ways.

Connections are still bullshit alot of times.

[GazzaGarratt 11,049]

Spawns: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

That is the EXACT phrase.....[emoji35]

[kylebees 242]

After playing AW for a considerable amount of time this past weekend, I have to say I really like this game, even with all the bullshit jumping around. But there are flaws, MAJOR FLAWS.

 

I couldn't agree with Kiwi more. Both of his posts are spot on. My biggest gripes are the revenge spawns and the fucking lag. It's absolutely incredible how I can have a game of TDM or KC where I can go 21-6 and then the very next game, with noticeable lag, go 3-13. It changes instantly and it's so frustrating.

 

At first I loved Detroit and now I despise it. Campers fest. Everyone fights for the building in the middle of the map. If not there, then they hide in corners waiting for dumbasses like me who run around trying to get kills.

 

I'm a bit tired of the maps already. Maybe it's just CoD.

 

Last thing, this game is so much better when you play with non-randoms. RANDOMS SUCK!!!!!!!

[J4MES OX4D 10,034]

Some more fine BS on OPC this week

[JsinOwl 644]

That dude was annoying as hell, but I did have a good chuckle at the melee refrigerator.

[TigerBurge 2,375]

I'm a bit tired of the maps already. Maybe it's just CoD.

There's a easy fix for that....... Play Destiny. That's where the cool kids are.

[JsinOwl 644]

Kyle brother, it's the same shit every year. Do we need a CoD intervention where we all show up at your house, take your CoD discs and force you to play Destiny? If you want that competitive something, the PvP is actually fun and there's nothing as thrilling as your first successful Raid. Now I just need that elusive hard mode raid...

 

You won't be way behind, I just started a Titan couple weeks ago and he's almost right there with everyone else and for PvP, level doesn't even matter

[Plumbers Crack 4,062]

Yes Kyle.....play Destiny....all your troubles... will go away....

 

[JBR-Kiwi 286]

Not so much of a rant but

 

RELOAD notification

 

Is it just me but does this thing come on far waaaayyy to early when you are using up your bullets? I seem to be always reloading just because it is ingrained in my head that it means i am low on bullets and, especially in this game, i get caught short when i come up against an enemy and my guy is still reloading.

[kylebees 242]

Amen Kiwi. I was just thinking this yesterday. I killed killed at least a handful of times a game where I'm reloading. It sucks. It could be that I constantly reload but I did notice the the reload notification does pop up a lot. 

[crippled_viper 258]

I've noticed majority of the guns have small clip sizes and high rate of fire. But this is what I have noticed in my opinion.

[kylebees 242]

So I've actually been enjoying this game in the Classic Playlist which takes out all the jumping around. Been playing mostly TDM, with some KC thrown in.

So I just turned the game on and guess what these morons have done? They've taken the Classic Playlist and just made it Classic Moshpit with TDM, KC, S&D and DOM. Now if I wanted to play those other modes I would have. I have no choice now. How fucking stupid is this?!?! This may be my last video game for a while. I'm so disappointed right now. Actually thinking I may buy BO2 and MW3 for the PS3 and just go back to playing those.

[ChaosGladiator 811]

This pissed me off too Kyle. I've started playing Ghosts on the ps3 again. Might join you for some mw3 if you want