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Nice to meet ya James! So what CODs are you into? Modern Warfare or Warzone? Have you got Black Ops Cold War? Whatcha make of it?

Hi, I'm James but people call me Lurch (I'm 6'4 and don't talk much). I enjoy playing Fifa, Rocket League and Call of Duty. Nice to meet you all! 

I think part of the problem with the maps is that they feel extremely open so you can snipe from anywhere and then have tons of hole in the middle people can camp and essentially get instant camouflage due to how they blend in with the background. There's no inbetween 'lanes' we're all very used to. However gun play is feels very good on the initial games i've played.

That is a high level shotgun. You may as well get that bad boy gold James!
 
I started using that Hauer on a newly made Aug class. I must say it's particularly fun on Armada Strike/Checkmate B Flag Dom.
Best I've managed was a triple with it. Mine is only level 5 with a couple of attachments.
 
That Gallo shotgun looks nasty and spamable. Can imagine it's brutal once you stack a few good attachments on it.

Great match this one

Been playing Nuketown constantly and at this rate I'm gonna look forward to playing on Miami🤣

Don't forget the assassin perk which also gives more points for killing someone on a streak.  All those things stack. Bloodthirsty gives you an extra 500 which makes a huge difference (and rewards campers not objective players)
 
 
 
 

Well like I was saying assault pack gives more score. A 50p ekia assist turns into 75p. A full kill 100p elimination is 125p.
 
Also the confirmed tags are more than the denied tags.
And Ekia is a mixture of 50p or 100p elimination kills.
Small things like running UAV/cuav churn extra score. And usage of equipment like field mic/jammer earn 15 score if an ally kills an enemy with that in use.
I believe it's a combo of all the things I've mentioned between my 2 posts.

Well like I was saying assault pack gives more score. A 50p ekia assist turns into 75p. A full kill 100p elimination is 125p.
 
Also the confirmed tags are more than the denied tags.
And Ekia is a mixture of 50p or 100p elimination kills.
Small things like running UAV/cuav churn extra score. And usage of equipment like field mic/jammer earn 15 score if an ally kills an enemy with that in use.
I believe it's a combo of all the things I've mentioned between my 2 posts.

A few things spring to mind. Obviously longer streak multipliers.
If they shoot streaks down, UAVs are 100, attack heli/chopper etc 300 score. Also ammo pack gives more score per kill and ally ekia.
 
Also if you picked up a lot of blue tags denied they are worth less.
Probably a combination of all these. 
 

- I go 38-21 with 43 total objectives and finish second
- Teammate gets 21 kills and 6 objectives and finishes top with over 1000 more points than me. 
 
This just goes to show how flawed the new scorestreak system is in places. No doubt the person had a huge streak with multipliers kicking in but it just seems so OP and objective play is shafted in some cases. It's really hard to build killstreaks in this game I must admit - 9 is probably my best but you don't even need to chain too many kills to land big streaks and insane points whereas objective players who may get two kills for every death don't have many points opportunities outside of the multiplier system

I kinda miss the traditional system really. Bad players still don't stand much of a chance in earning even the smallest ones yet better ones can now land big ones even after dying a few times.
 

That's awful, you put in some work. Is annoying losing like that.
I had that connection interrupted yesterday near the end of a match. Luckily it was finished soon after. Definitely a bit of lag here and there.
 
Was just reading your post about combined arms. I also played a couple of games to try it out and felt the exact same way.
The big crossroads map is dogshit and full of tanks and snipers camping for bloodthirsties, I do understand it tho.
Cartel plays better, I feel it's too big for 6v6. Again Armada is massive and just seems like people sniping from boat to boat.
Feels like you can't find anyone for ages just running through the insides of the map.
 
Armada and Crossroads Strike are excellent maps imo, I really enjoy them.
Satellite is getting a bit stale and Moscow just doesn't play that well sometimes. I'm finding Checkmate a bit annoying as well. Had to play it 3 times in a row last night. Altho I like the map, I think it's just the Sbmm and the sweat is taking over and exaggerating it and making it play worse. Was getting beamed by someone with Diamond snipers and MP5's. Ugh lol.

I've had a dreadful session tonight - lost more than I won and some of the teams I've been landed on have been embarrassing. Connection seems to be worse tonight and lag comp is out of control. I've even had the vintage 'connection interrupted' pop up.

This sums up the shit I've been playing with. 

This! I forgot there was a birthday section topic. 
Hope that massive lockdown party you had planned wasn't too wild James.
I hope the Tesco Delivery driver at least was friendly and well mannered. Would of been nice if he/she sang happy birthday to ya. 🥳

This! I forgot there was a birthday section topic. 
Hope that massive lockdown party you had planned wasn't too wild James.
I hope the Tesco Delivery driver at least was friendly and well mannered. Would of been nice if he/she sang happy birthday to ya. 🥳

Well I agree with everything James said. You will probably enjoy it as it is faster paced. There seems to be more action.
Also Cold War in my opinion brings back more of the gunfight encounters that we were all so used to. More gun on gun. Also you have to move somewhat to keep ghost working.
 
I also noticed if you run ghost and climb a ladder, at the top you will ping slightly for a split second as your dismounting.
 
Well MW did get slow at times, Picadilly/Azhir Cave Kill confirmed. The score limit has never been seen.
It goes 38-25 or 42-35 and the time limit expires 😂
 
I countered MW's slowness by playing Shipment most of the time.
Over and over again.
If they added Shipment to Cold War I would play it probably. Nuketown will be nice tho for challenges.
 
Would be awesome to have WaW maps. Upheaval would be beast!

Sounds good! I haven’t played the alpha or beta so no clue about it, MW really killed my love for CoD as it was so god dam slow paced!

You'll probably like this one as it's much faster - the maps are slightly larger than the usual Treyarch offerings of late but there is plenty of action to be had and the game is pretty decent fun. Lack of content could prove a big sticking point in keeping users on board but what's there is actually very good. Not quite as refined as MW but way more enjoyable. 

Well to be totally honest, it's a decent game and fun to play. But having a small selection of maps on launch makes it feel like you get some of them too often in rotation.
 
The guns take ages to level up xp to unlock challenges and to get gold. A lot of guns go up to level 55. It seems to take forever past level 30.
 
The Sbmm is extremely thick imo and sometimes it feels like you are punished for having a few good games in a row. 
 
Overall I'm enjoying it for the most part. Feels like an older cod like BO1/2. They will add more maps, apparently Nuketown coming next week.
Guns will level up, just takes time.
As more content gets added I'm sure it will get better.
 
Definitely a bit buggy at times, but they already released a patch 1 week in to iron out some of these.
 
I think the game will be smoother over time. If your used to MW, the feel of Cold War is very different. Not sure if you played the Alpha or Beta?
 
Fov slider on console is pretty sweet. No claymores or masses of doors or windows. Maps are smaller, more options to run and gun etc.
Primary gunfighter wildcard allows a 7 attachment gun which is interesting. Perk greed allows 2 of each perk, so 6 in total.
 
Lots of potential and options the game has to offer. Depends on what kind of experience your after. Does have that old school arcade shooter cod feel.
 
Not gonna lie tho, some matches are very sweaty. You would swear there was money on the line and CDL Champ Finals were getting played.

Patch update 1.06 went live. Not a whole lot of info. But I noticed personally that the calling card bug is fixed and that the prestige level in-game bug looks fine. 
 
Some security and stability issues apparently. And rumours that the M16/Aug/FFAR have had adjustments. Also I heard some scorestreak values have been adjusted.
The MP5 also had a slight nerf yesterday to base damage range.
 
In my humble opinion, Treyarch have done more in 1 week than what IW for MW done in months. Let's hope they continue to listen and balance the game the best they can while adding content. 

That's a lot of content, like said I would welcome some of the remakes just to bulk out the selection. But I agree with you, less firing range/jungle/summit etc. Some of the other maps would slot in nicely.
 
 
There was some great maps on BO1, BO2 had some good maps too. Still haven't heard anyone hate Standoff.
MW2 maps are classic. Yeah I was on Xbox back then too haha!
 
 
I'm not entirely sure, we have folk who play the game. Don't think many have grouped up yet. I heard the party chat is a bit iffy. I'm on PS4 and can play some. But depending on timezones etc. I've recently had a baby and working so my gaming time is very uncertain. I will hop on for an hour or 2 if I get the chance. 

The BO1 maps were the best they ever made, in my opinion. MW2 comes a close second but its probably the COD I played most and have some great memories despite all the lag switchers and hackers on the Xbox 360 😁

26 in total I believe and it could've been 30 if they didn't make the final DLC exclusively zombies maps. We'll probably be lucky to get 15 at this rate in Cold War and that's including remakes. 

I did like Havana on the original BO1, just played really well. Wasn't there a Stockpile map on BO1 DLC? It was alright.
Hotel was a really fun map. I would love to see it, but it clashes with Miami seeing as it has large hotel areas.
But yeah Radiation, Launch etc were solid maps. I enjoyed Stadium as well.
I think Array would work well in the Cold War setting. Personally Raid from BO2 would play well imo.
 
I think BO1 including DLC had 20+ maps easily. Correct me if I'm wrong guys.

Instead of us getting Jungle, Firing Range and Summit once again, I'd rather have Grid, Radiation and Hotel which haven't been remade I don't think. BO1 had many great maps but Treyarch are fixated on the same old shit. LIke-for-like remakes of Havana, WMD and Stadium would be great IMO and even maps like Array would play well with Cold War's mechanics. 

Nuketown sounds great, it's dependable chaos that can be enjoyable from time to time.
 
I would love Kowloon or Grid. 
Now I know nobody has ever suggested such a ridiculous idea, but I will.
 
Daytime version of Hanoi from BO1 anyone? I'm serious! 
 
BO1 had a lot of DLC map packs and I loved most.
Give me Zoo or Berlin Wall anyday, I will play it. 😀