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This is a pretty informative video outlining all the new features in BO4 - a few of which may have gone unnoticed in the reveal event

I’ll be posting a video tomorrow, so everyone has about 24hours to guess the game.

Here's the deal. I want to make it clear when I took over FG I was pretty disheartened by how people use other formats and ignore the website. It took a long time to engagement back to a steady state but also I had time to learn over the months and years that if we want FG to be fun and engaging then we have to accept all formats of FG. That includes Discord, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, etc. At the same token, if you look at any family or community they will always have a base where you come and then branch out to other sections, acknowledging not all will go to every section. However, the reason we keep the Hub at the website is that we are far more than a forum. there is so much on here than anywhere else and because we're relatively small due to active users (people who post) you feel the quietness a little more than say reddit. Rob, I agreed with you initially that people who care most about FG should be on both. But equally the most active Discord users can't get pissy when we share stuff on FG and ask nicely to give their view. It goes both ways and at the size we are we know we probably ask people to help the FG cause a little more. Theres enough examples out there to show that places like Reddit (a forum) can work together with all the other channels of contact. But remember, this is more than a forum. We must remember this is how we met and this is why I keep this going. What I need people to get off their high horses on both fucking sides (regular members and new ones) stop being so god damn lazy and help the FG cause, if they truly care about FG. This place is bigger than any one person, including me. End. P.S. This isn't like me but I care more than anyone to keep FG going. If you did you will understand where I'm coming from is a positive place.

They're really going all out towards competitive, this looks completely geared towards team play, I wish they'd just leave pubs and competitive separate. I really don't like the pick a specialist especially for solo players and those that like to do challenges and wonder if it leads to people quitting games. Im not sold on the scoreboard especially for tdm players but if it helps people play the objective it might be ok. Do like the change to Dom part capping is actually a nice idea it always sucked getting killed 1 second before it's capped and now you can retreat if necessary too. Shotgun secondaries 😁 One thing I do hope for is an improvement in hit detection so I don't have to default to hardcore. Oh and sniping isn't as much aids as ww2.

This was interesting watch, thanks James. Good points - I like that they are trying something different with the health regen. We're always asking for something different so no harm in trying it. - Good to see its not all about kills and assists count as the same as kills. Coming from a person that wants to try and support the team with a kill but doesn't get rewarded much from it, seems like a great move. Bad Points - 5v5. I wish games could hold down a standard party size but at the same token, there doesn't seem to be many games going forward that support 6-8 player teams which would be a nice change. Undecided - The select player at the start of game. It's trying to follow Overwatch's style but I'm not sure that works in a CoD. Like some of you guys say, keep OW to OW. Depends if it really changes the way you play or its just another gimmick. Overall though, seems like a game we could get some time sunk into it.

I'd love to start a schedule for streaming, it doesn't take much to start broadcasting. Although i don't seem to be able to get it working on my ps4 :/ It would be great if more people followed us on Twitch, we could easily become affiliated with them. We currently have 17 followers, which is pretty fucking poor to be honest.

As part of trying to create a simple schedule so people have the chance to at least have a fun large party to play with, I want to get a list of games you'd like us to feature, similar to FG GTA Fridays but more on a monthly basis. I think its unrealistic to expect people to follow a weekly guide as alot of the time people like to pick up and play a game of their choice on any given night. We need to give things a chance though and it will turn out alright just like GTA Fridays did. It can even be small party games and we all jump on to do specfic challenges we set ourselves e.g. Pistol only Fortnite sessions or team speed runs on Co-op games. I'll start. I think we need at least a night on: - Black Ops 3 - Cards Against Humanity I want some real feedback here and for everyone to stick by it and give it a chance.

I've managed to watch a fair few of the gameplay videos from the event and I must say the game seems to play reasonably well and the maps look good. The trailer certainly doesn't do the gameplay justice. Still not sure if the competitive nature of the game is for me but even with the sweeping changes, there could still be a decent COD experience in there. Be good to see more at E3.

It was ok, they’ve still got a bit of a way to go before it gets released. It could be good fun though, teams of 5 is pretty decent. I went on practice mode and killed about 10 people before dying, that was fun! 😄

I’d be up for: - blops3 - Overwatch - ww2 cod - driveclub - Loadout I think we should start looking more seriously at PC thursdays because we could have a lot of fun there.

It’s not just bungie. It’s most of the developers.

Same. I didn't see one user in the whole BF community in recent months say they wanted a WW2 game. Just hope it is different enough from the last as I don't want to feel like I'm playing BF1 DLC.

I just don't get why they persist with making competitive a priority when it represents such a tiny amount of players and alienates the majority. Also the only good competitive format this franchise has ever had was on Black Ops 2 when COD was a dominant force in the genre and gaming as a whole. This franchise was at its best and sold more copies than ever when it was purely primarily casual. Heavy SBMM factors and general sweaty gameplay has seen the games become dead soon after Christmas. Activision need to accept that this series will never thrive as an eSport, it will never see the online viewership like it used to and it wont generate commercial revenue like other more appropriate titles. I do find a lot of the changes interesting and potentially refreshing but BO4 is trying to be something that it's not and with no campaign either, people are going to be put-off in droves I fear. The scoreboard is a joke too - seems they rate 'damage dealt' as fashionable over more fundamental factors. I dunno if they are trying too hard or have even completely misread the market or if they are just building the game around Activision's wishes but it's another developer and another year they have really missed the mark on how to make a hugely appealing COD game again. Already people are getting hyped for the prospect of MW4 because you don't really need to play BO4 to know if you will like it or not.

Ww2 suffice to say im a little disappointed.

W/C 22nd May Developer Update They're continuing to make little steps forward with the QoL updates in game. I still think next week is the time to hop back in though as May 29th brings the first free content drop to players The Hungering Deep. Their plans to keep campaign drops in-game after completion are a good one, however that will have more impact when you can replay 3 or 4 different campaigns they need to drop. May set aside a night on PC to try it out next week - @phil bottle you game?

Main art leaked

Had good fun briefly playing this the other day, i'll try and get on again this weekend at some point if you're about? @phil bottle

Maybe a shoutbox would be a good idea, i've never been against it. Anything that gets people on here tbh

The weekly Tuesday status report, here summarised by Septic Falcon

It would be worth it if people were interested but we can't even get FGers to follow the FG Twitch, never mind stream from it. It's really only me on PC, plus you and Crispy on PS4 doing any streaming. Maybe do a 'sign up and follow FG on Twitch' campaign? Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I was always in favour of the Shoutbox but I'm in the minority there. A lot of people who access the forum rarely post anything, maybe a Shoutbox might pick some of those guys up. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

We need to think of a schedule that we have actively open slots for people that would like to do this. Anyone want to help look into this?

It’s a hard one, I wanted to test the water and see how hard I could make it. Only a few will possibly get this one 😄

@Tadnothad Tad finally got his package Friday...he can now finally find his way on to GTA Fridays! Hope it brought the Feel Good factor to last week mate! Hopefully the final package that was currently out on delivery to another FGer will get there this week or next. Thanks for giving the Feel Good's out FG!

Great idea dude, I can't actually see what the first one is 😂 Would be nice to see people give this a go!

The quickest thing to do is 2 party chats which I like the idea. Discord helps getting hold of people instantly too. Atvthevend of the day though, if the regular FGers are not attempting to use Discord I suggest start at party chat until theyvwork Discord out (although there really isn't anything to work out). Unless you want me to look into shoutbox, or whatever it was called again?

I love this game.

Too little too late maybe? Imagine if they adopted this with BO1 or BO2, or even MW2, please let this franchise die already, or MW3. Keep supporting those games, adding maps etc and they could've ran for years

Both agree and disagree with a lot of points here. Personally, I'd love to see a developer (Treyarch ideally), make a 100% proper Vietnam set game. There will glimpses in the original Black Ops but a whole CoD Vietnam would be so cool.