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I've not had any sleep...but there are some changes made as of late last night to FG.
 
For a change, no long essay from me, no long explanation - go and have a look. Massive room for scope. Just want to hear your thoughts.
 
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Maybe, but with my family my gaming time is usually quite late here in the UK, maybe it would match up lol.
 
 
I don't mind playing Cold War, I am on xbox but happy to play crossplay if you are, my activision id is simply konvictvivivi.

There is quite a few that play CoD here @anticonscience . I'm finding its sometimes difficult to party up on CoD specifically of late because of a number of factors:
 
People are split between Warzone, MW MP and CW MP Some people specifically play Warzone and not the MPs Some people play the MPs and not Warzone The PSN Party system has really hampered playtime. Having specific groups isn't the most ideal imo as the onus is on the individual to join a party rather than be invited - which is what most ppl prefer from experience Lots of people play across multiple games atm but that doesn't mean they don't like or play CoD. Just other games are getting good partying up groups e.g. FIFA, GT Sport, Destiny, Ark, etc  
Having said all that, we just need to find a few nights to maybe have abit of a group up session to see how each plays. I've played Warzone this past week a few times and i've really enjoyed that still - you can get a little rusty after not playing much but its still lots of fun because of all the contracts/bounties you can pick up.
 
On Cold War I haven't played much of Season One but thats not because its super bad for me. It started really well but based on my K/D and quality of matches, its dipped slightly but not sure if thats because of my connection over the new year period was a bit dodgy. Still a good variation of MP which is back to faster gunplay whereas MW MP is more slower, tactical imo. The friends list i noticed is borked too on Cold War because you need them on the Activision list to play with which is stupid.
 
@anticonscience , you thought about picking up a PS4 or PS5? Might help us party up easier issall.

I play but the California time zone is probably a show stopper. I play Warzone and cold war and MW. I've gotten some pretty decent Randoms on XBOX, so no complaints
 
 

It's all good, yeah a bit further north of me but aye it looks like something familiar I've passed. I still think Glen Urquhart Castle is the pinnacle. It's more or less ruins compared to its former glory. But the setting is glorious and always blows me away.
 

I'm just not a Warzone fan, I've stated my reasons many times. It's a huge FFA on a giant map with extreme camping, extra health so people run away in long distance fights. Teams have early loadouts and quick buy backs. I find the whole experience extremely boring, slow and long winded. I'm literally yawning atm just writing about it.
 
If there was no Warzone? Great, then people would have to play MP. And the game would get better support and attention. Now I'm a fair guy, just because it's not my kinda thing doesn't mean others wouldn't enjoy it. I still think the warzone should be a separate game and reasonably well priced like £20. And the core game only £40-50. 
With different Dev support. I want it to be a separate entity and have nothing to do with the regular game. 
 
It's the we can do it all attitude with crazy money driven deadlines and ambitions that bug me and ultimately leave the game bugged.
 
Like I said all these Season/Operator challenges filled with warzone shite that I refuse to play. 

Hey, so is there many warzone/CoD players round these parts? 
 
All the people I used to play with seem to have binned off CoD, yet here I am still loving it but having to play alone a lot of the time.

Welcome and you will be happy you joined here. It really is an awesome place. I'm sure plenty will want to get you in on the online experience. Is definitely more fun gaming with others. 

I think what he meant is he tried a bit of CW multiplayer the other night, and his experience was that dissatisfied that he concluded Warzone is carrying the franchise. I could be wrong, but that's how I read that.

I'm just not a Warzone fan, I've stated my reasons many times. It's a huge FFA on a giant map with extreme camping, extra health so people run away in long distance fights. Teams have early loadouts and quick buy backs. I find the whole experience extremely boring, slow and long winded. I'm literally yawning atm just writing about it.
 
If there was no Warzone? Great, then people would have to play MP. And the game would get better support and attention. Now I'm a fair guy, just because it's not my kinda thing doesn't mean others wouldn't enjoy it. I still think the warzone should be a separate game and reasonably well priced like £20. And the core game only £40-50. 
With different Dev support. I want it to be a separate entity and have nothing to do with the regular game. 
 
It's the we can do it all attitude with crazy money driven deadlines and ambitions that bug me and ultimately leave the game bugged.
 
Like I said all these Season/Operator challenges filled with warzone shite that I refuse to play. 

I just wish they'd support it properly. I don't play Warzone but every COD MP is pretty much dead in the water come Christmas these days and now developers instead of bolstering that portion of the game and trying to win people back or keep people on board, they (particularly Treyarch) just give up and focus on the BR or seemingly the next title. 
 
Free maps was actually one of the worst things to come out of this now because there is no set content timeline or anything consistent to what we got with the paid map pack content. Not only are we getting less maps and material than ever at launch, the staggered release of new stuff and lack of information is causing huge harm. At least with paid map packs the devs were obliged to support the game and we knew what to expect. 
 
Core MP is more worthless than COD Mobile now which is tragic. 

It is a sad state the YouTubers, Twitch Streamers and big content creators have to hide or on the other side of it prove they are legit.
Activision will always protect the big names, those guys draw in views and hype etc.
 
I'm all for mixed lobbies of varying skill with decent sensible matchmaking/team balancing and priority on as stable a connection as possible.
I would rather a fair fight, I've held my own in some of the sweatiest lobbies if the connection is alright and I play good. I've been smoked by beasts and clans and I'm fine with that some of the time.
 
Well to put it into perspective, my internet is pretty shocking in terms of DL and Upload speeds. It's very basic and I need to upgrade in general, waiting for the old contract to finish before looking into something else.
Now on a few occasions I have had 3-4 very good games in a row and been severely punished.
I was put into an Asian lobby one night, I reckon so because the whole enemy team had Japanese or Chinese letters in their names. They all ran MP5's and AK74U's and I got destroyed. They were indefinitely better players than myself, but because of the SBMM I was put there and some of the gunfights lagged a bit and I had no chance.
As the skill rating goes up and so does the sweat and the higher quality connection. I'm guessing I was in the 100-150ms ping range in that match or something.
 
Just to paint the picture of my setup, I have a 14mbps DL and a 1mbps upload. And I never ever get that full amount. I'm playing on an old 42 inch LG TV that's about  9 or 10 years old and is probably 50-60hz max if I'm lucky. On a PS4 and sitting on a couch about 10 foot away or so. That's why I very rarely use crossplay. I feel I get screwed with it when up against next gen consoles and PCs.
 
I'm not trying to make myself sound better than I am, but I upload whatever clips I feel were decent or I enjoyed at the time and saved. 
So if I can do it so can anyone. But for my sake and everyone else with below average internet, please prioritize the best we can get Activision and stop making it harder than it needs to be.
If the connection is stable and fair I will try hard and sweat if needs be to beat some guys. But the overall punishment is an even harder laggier lobby eventually.
 
Now I also heard they are going to add League play to Cold War. My question is what have we been playing the last 2 months?
We will have the normal sweaty public lobbies, then an even sweatier lobby for League play?

It’s also destroying the experience for average/casual players but Activision don’t really give a shit about those - it’s all about the sweaty tryhards spending money in-game, creators with their codes and simply giving the game exposure through gameplay garnered against the very foundation and metrics ironically in place.
 
None of this is also considering the artificial factors such as ping manipulation based on performance. This is what happens when you design your game around money first rather than quality. 

It is a sad state the YouTubers, Twitch Streamers and big content creators have to hide or on the other side of it prove they are legit.
Activision will always protect the big names, those guys draw in views and hype etc.
 
I'm all for mixed lobbies of varying skill with decent sensible matchmaking/team balancing and priority on as stable a connection as possible.
I would rather a fair fight, I've held my own in some of the sweatiest lobbies if the connection is alright and I play good. I've been smoked by beasts and clans and I'm fine with that some of the time.
 
Well to put it into perspective, my internet is pretty shocking in terms of DL and Upload speeds. It's very basic and I need to upgrade in general, waiting for the old contract to finish before looking into something else.
Now on a few occasions I have had 3-4 very good games in a row and been severely punished.
I was put into an Asian lobby one night, I reckon so because the whole enemy team had Japanese or Chinese letters in their names. They all ran MP5's and AK74U's and I got destroyed. They were indefinitely better players than myself, but because of the SBMM I was put there and some of the gunfights lagged a bit and I had no chance.
As the skill rating goes up and so does the sweat and the higher quality connection. I'm guessing I was in the 100-150ms ping range in that match or something.
 
Just to paint the picture of my setup, I have a 14mbps DL and a 1mbps upload. And I never ever get that full amount. I'm playing on an old 42 inch LG TV that's about  9 or 10 years old and is probably 50-60hz max if I'm lucky. On a PS4 and sitting on a couch about 10 foot away or so. That's why I very rarely use crossplay. I feel I get screwed with it when up against next gen consoles and PCs.
 
I'm not trying to make myself sound better than I am, but I upload whatever clips I feel were decent or I enjoyed at the time and saved. 
So if I can do it so can anyone. But for my sake and everyone else with below average internet, please prioritize the best we can get Activision and stop making it harder than it needs to be.
If the connection is stable and fair I will try hard and sweat if needs be to beat some guys. But the overall punishment is an even harder laggier lobby eventually.
 
Now I also heard they are going to add League play to Cold War. My question is what have we been playing the last 2 months?
We will have the normal sweaty public lobbies, then an even sweatier lobby for League play?

Activision have now started blocking data apps used to expose cheaters in Warzone and Multiplayer in a shameful bid to protect their SBMM framework. These apps use the API and can showcase lobby data such as k/d's which can quickly identify if a content creator or streamer has been cheating the system. Before Christmas many of the big names were caught and admitted guilt in regards to the multiplayer aspect but now even Warzone is being significantly impacted by this behaviour from a wealth of big names. There also seems to be people actively policing the system so when someone gets a nice clip, these users quickly scrutinise the lobby quality rather than the clip itself and even then, questions are further asked about input cheats being used.
 
What an absolute dire situation Call of Duty is in from a gameplay and social standpoint. Connection-based matchmaking + lobby balancing = good times. SBMM + gameplay manipulation and cheaters = dead game. The fact Activision are only interested in protecting themselves rather than the community wishes says it all. 

Welcome and you will be happy you joined here. It really is an awesome place. I'm sure plenty will want to get you in on the online experience. Is definitely more fun gaming with others. 

Welcome and you will be happy you joined here. It really is an awesome place. I'm sure plenty will want to get you in on the online experience. Is definitely more fun gaming with others. 

That is the Train Station map? It was actually pretty good. Good sightlines for longshots and flanking. Again another superb map I enjoyed for Capture the flag in BO2.
 
I never played Advanced Warfare or the other ones like BO3 and the advanced movements. For me it still stands Ghosts is the worst COD ever. Although I heard it's DLC was good, I never made it far enough into its cycle to play it. Had abandoned the series into January 😂.
 
I probably would of liked WW2, I loved WAW so that style would of suckered me in. 
 

Some interesting games. I haven't played board games in years, but I remember a lot of the classics from childhood.
 
Some of my favourites include. Monopoly, Cluedo, Game Of Life, Hungry Hippos, Mousetrap, Payday.
 
Not to mention the ultimate in world domination "Risk" that's a game and a half. 
Great thread Stretch, was a great read!

..playing a recorder as a controller🤣
 

I totally agree with everything you said, however MW last year wasn't any better it terms of quantity.
There was even less base 6v6 maps at launch. Some of those maps were Picadilly and Azhir Cave which make Miami and Cartel seem like good maps in comparison.
 
In MW fair enough they created Shoothouse, but the other 3 Season 1 maps included. COD4 Crash, Vacant and Shipment.
Season 2 Rust and 2 new maps of Khandoor Hideout ok and Atlas Superstore which was pretty dogshit and no doubt part of the already in progress Warzone map soon to be released.
Season 3 was a smaller version of Aniyah palace, Hovec Sawmill (New) and Hardhat MW3 and COD4 Taslik Backlot. 
Season 4 Cheshire Park and Scrapyard from MW2. 
Season 5 Petrov Oilrig and Suldal harbor. Both forgettable maps and boring to play.
Season 6 Was Tank Factory map which played pretty awful and Broadcast another COD4 Bailout.
 
Now I think IW recycled more in MW than BO4 and Coldwar combined. And also like I said all these smaller maps like Vacant,Scrapyard etc were all part of the Warzone map anyway and part of the files.
 
To top it off aside from the 6v6 Launch maps on MW aside from Azhir and Picadilly we had treats like St Petrograd and Ramazaa. Then Gun Runner and Hackney Yard as the remaining 2. The 10v10 maps of Aklov Peak and Euphrates Bridge were hardly a joy either.
 
But I do agree BO4 was heavily recycled. IW are just as bad as Treyarch in recent times IMO.

I love it up there, I missed out on going back last September.
The one scene I always regret not stopping for was one early sunny morning winding down the edge of loch awe no wind so the loch was like a mirror, stunning.

It's all good, yeah a bit further north of me but aye it looks like something familiar I've passed. I still think Glen Urquhart Castle is the pinnacle. It's more or less ruins compared to its former glory. But the setting is glorious and always blows me away.
 

I'm actually getting sick of Treyarch - do they not realise how uninspiring and pathetic it is to keep releasing the same old content for every new game? They talk as if it's the second coming of christ when Summit returns once again but this would only be welcoming if we had about 5 new maps to back it up with. This should be the case with any old content they draft back into their newest product. Literally Cold War content is just gonna be a few new weapons (mostly for Warzone fodder) a new old map and that's it practically for post-launch support - even lamer than Black Ops 4 shambolic showing. 
 
I just find this approach insulting and completely unforgivable but it's become the norm with Treyarch. Not sure how they've gotten away with it really. 

Lol I thought you were American so I was confused by your post🤦 yeah it was up towards the Highlands, can't remember but think we were heading to ullapool at the time.
 
A quick Google and I think it's the Eilean Donan castle