Normal MP getting stale already.

[MrBiron 1,453]

I gotta admit that I'm getting a bit bored of normal MP. I think there are a few reasons why.

 

1) It feels a similar to BO3. And I played a lot of that game.

 

2) 4 of the maps are old maps that I've played 100's of games on already. And I seem to play Firing Range and Jungle more than any other map.

 

3) Lack of challenges and no skins to unlock for the Specialists means I just use the same couple of Specialists. Which gets a bit boring.

[J4MES OX4D 10,034]

I think the tiresome prestige progression system needs a major overhaul as it doesn't keep people engaged and the Battle Pass is a complete embarrassment where you are just encouraging users to grind (or pay for) empty tiers which is even more soulless and worthless than the standard XP leveling. Had they made tier system properly with challenges, daily missions and proper rewards instead of pathetic generic cosmetic artwork every 20 hours/$20; that may have kept more people interested and playing daily. That's how Fortnite keeps people on board and the game fresh. This game looks like it's fading badly in interest just like Infinite Warfare and WW2. Even Blackout has no real goals or long term appeal and it's clear that Activision and Treyarch don't have the foresight or means to keep people playing. 

 

This is a tiring brand with a stale format, saturated gameplay design and even with a fresh competitive approach (poached from other games) it still fails to captivate because the progression and engagement is bloody shambolic. Activision being more greedy than ever monetizing thin air and recycled guns plus Treyarch not having any proper rewards in place doesn't ooze any confidence or assurance that people's efforts are worthwhile so I can see why people are being driven away in droves. 

 

What's left of the community are soon to be split with the Black Ops pass content coming. They seriously need to rework the leveling and progression format to keep people interested and the game feeling fresh.  They also need to have proper rewards that are satisfying to earn and not sprays of chickens and thumbs up gestures for every 50 hours played or $500 spent. Too late now on BO4 though and Activision wont care as they have people's money and the game is in decline. Give it a month and people be hyping the next COD anyway - sometimes that is better than the actual game itself! 

[Dan94 913]

Have to admit I agree. When Nuketown 24/7 playlist was up I was having a blast, I love fast chaotic gameplay. Now it's gone and its back to normal maps, the game just feels so slow and boring.

Like you say, there's no challenges or decent stuff to go for. MW2 and MW3 there were tons of challenges, callsigns, emblems etc to go for.

Not sure why but it's gone from being an absolute blast to being boring and slow, and I've only played 2 days game time [emoji23]


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[GazzaGarratt 11,049]

So I ended up playing this the last few days with @TigerBurge and abit with @Nutcuttlit and @Diddums.

 

I'm not finding I'm bored of it however I don't play Cod exclusively. I don't think the game is made like that any longer. Maybe if the Blackout mode had more unlocks and achievements and variations to play but it's more of a fun MP with friends if you are all on at the same time.

 

If they wanted more gametime out of us, then its definitely fleshing out challenges more and maybe offering rewards at the end of the grind. I can see they've started to change the UI to support some much needed exposure to challenges but if I'm honest, people like being told in an easy way what to do and then get great loot from it too. Developing the UI, having the right grindy challenges and rewarding players with loot i.e. new guns to play would be the perfect way to gain more CoD players playing for longer.

[TigerBurge 2,375]

I’m still really enjoying it more so than any CoD since Blops 2. It’s fun. I enjoy the challenges in CoD games though.