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Interesting to say the least, especially if you like metal music....

Someone at work was saying allegedly that it was a 16 year old that was the hacker. Rockstar should of had a fit and said something like "We are deeply saddened due to leaked videos and images, we have decided to stop production of the game." Imagine how ballsy and wild that would sound. Would never happen tho, GTA 6 is the big cow with huge bulging udders screaming to be milked and heavily. Will be at least a decade of full blown milkage due course after it's release imo. 😁

@GazzaGarratt MW19 footsteps are the loudest of any COD without question. The MW2 beta footsteps are the 2nd place. All the older Cods, Cold War and Vanguard have the counters in perk form for the footsteps. I understand full blown tactical sprinting should be louder. Also the variation of different surfaces should change the volume. E.G running up or down metal stairs or the likes. I don't find the MW2 Beta footsteps unbearable, but there is advantages with good headphones and bass boost turned on. Veterans can pinpoint directions and abuse it. Another point I would like to make is campers triumph with louder footsteps. It's very hard to counter or sneak up on them if they are in a corner and they can hear you in advance before you reach them and they can ADS and prepare or turn round to catch you coming. It's more magnified in game modes like SnD when it's a 1 life deal and every decision is crucial. I would rather get destroyed by someone rushing with great gun skill and silent footsteps, than some dweeb in a dark corner that heard me long before I arrive to their dwelling. All and all there should be a balance and the option to track enemies audibally and visually, but not too over the top. If everyone has quiet footsteps and you get decimated, you weren't aware of your surroundings visually and that's on you. Unless by exception there is a heavy spawn trap in place. Now if a perk like ninja exists it will be used excessively. If none such thing exists, dead silence as a field upgrade will be used by most and then all the other field upgrades will not be looked at or utilised in any way.

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Yeah I get what you mean it's definitely the closest thing to specialist. And it has a similar idea, but it's not quite the same to me. My earlier post I didn't mean to shoot down your valid point and it probably came across a bit snarky which I apologise for Greebs. To me tho there is the OG Specialist (which I was very fond of) and then what we have now. Maybe the lighthearted classic meme will describe how I feel about it. "Mum can we get specialist?" No! We have specialist at home. (MW2 rubbish perk system we have currently) 😐

Will definitely need to watch that. I saw it pop up, but not had the time to watch it yet lol.

That just sounds a bit ridiculous to me. Sure grabbing some kills and capping flags and such will accelerate it a good bit. But I mean if it's TDM and your having a hard time and the enemies are spamming uavs like no tomorrow it's pretty shit. Any ideas on how long it lasts? If you die is it over or?

It's nothing like specialist, at least with specialist I knew what I was getting and how. More kills and more perks and you could pick the order. With hardline you could get ghost after a kill. After 7 or 8 kills you get all the perks in the game and run about like some super soldier. Awesome imo. In this game the base perks, bonus perk and ultimate perk. How are these earned? It seems I earn them randomly even without kills or just staying alive longer. I personally think this "perk" system is the weakest point of the game. It's not just because I'm traditionally used to the usual system, it's the confusion and inconcientency of whatever this system we are being offered. It's a flawed system imo and deserves to be scrapped!

After playing a couple of hours worth I would say it's reasonably solid. Mostly positive on my behalf. I think it's better than MW19, Cold War and Vanguards beta's because it plays pretty smoothly, the gun play is decent and the maps are desirable. The colour pallette and vibrancy are miles ahead of MW19 in particular. The footsteps audio is better than MW19's, but could still be taken down just a smidge or give us Ninja as a perk. On to the perks which I'm not a fan of, I really don't like what they have done with them. As @Greboth had said previously if the enemy gets an early UAV you can't counter it. I have been having fun with spamming decoys and inflatable decoy field upgrade to try distract the enemy whilst their UAV is up. I don't like the interface and menus pregame and in general. Just feels a bit pointless and confusing, quite like the attachments unlocking and other various small annoyances. I do think this game has the potential to really shine and be enjoyed. I can't find much really wrong with it. It is very MW19 ish, but in a good way. The movement feels better than what MW19 was and like I said I don't find any of the maps offensive. Like @J4MES OX4D said a lot of it's success or failure will rely upon the launch content and post launch content as well.

Wings Of Redemption style! 😂 To be honest apart from MW19 and your opinion on the new one, you could rush with success in all the other Cods over the years. I think the camping problem is always more apparent in a brand new Cod. The footsteps loudness are definitely a variable between camping. In Cold War and Vanguard you could rush hard. It's a shame people didn't enjoy them for various different reasons. Being able to rush effectively was not something those 2 games lacked. Treyarch and Sledgehammer are not the 2 most popular developers. Infinity Ward alltho made terrific games, their releases quite often cater to campers. They often use a horrible amount of dull colours in their map designs like greys and brown. In previous titles to my experience.

Never played Destiny in my life. 2 right wohooooo. Haha.

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Yeah ain't nothing wrong with that. Definitely the foreign and overseas lobbies to blame.

Latency, lag and packet loss is more often increased with distance. How is your connection? Is it slow, average or fast? Another good question is do you play over WiFi or wired? All these things make a difference, but I agree that different times can impact the lobbies and who you come up against.