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13 hours ago, Tove said:
Yes and thats a choice which the player can make but anyway whether or not anyone chooses to prestige or not isn't the point. My point is that it would be a pretty shitty move for them to take the insured slots away from people and then make them purchasable. Thereby more pay to win
I honestly don't mind the slots being taken away and I also don't mind them being made purchasable, but if they do both then that is just a shitty move.
That I agree with but I have not seen anything indicating that would be the case. Perhaps you have. What they said is that they would be earned differently which strictly speaking would mean that you don't have to purchase them. I could be wrong
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57 minutes ago, Tove said:
because entering prestige mode was an optional choice. You had the option to keep all of your weapons at max level if you didn't want to grind for them again.
Then you would not have prestige. I agree with what you are saying, however I remember every person in this group prestiging so it don't that would be a big deal. A lot of people were upset at not being able to do that anymore as they didn't have anything to work towards and there were a number of challenges that were available only after prestiging
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5 minutes ago, Tove said:
how is taking away insured slots and possibly making them purchasable the same as the old prestige system?You lost your guns, you perks, your kill streaks, your letals, your equipment and you had to earn the back until you maxed out your level again.
You started over with 4 default classes and some default guns. Everything else had to be earned again
Later on you could purchase bundles with blueprints and Voila and level 50 Gun with maxed out attachments the minute custom slots open up
How is not?
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36 minutes ago, Luseth said:
Where this may affect things is game pass, if Microsoft chooses to go down this route and sell Activision titles only by distributors it would mean that the UK could end up being the only country that COD does not come to game pass ^_^ Or at least that's what I read and tbh I would find that quite funny 😄
That's exactly what it would mean.
Activision has a unique version of Cod for China. So there is precedence of a product not being available everywhere. This would be as a result of the UK refusing to allow the merger and a limitation imposed by the UK
So activation would be following the ruling. They wouldn't operate in a country which denied the merger
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1 hour ago, J4MES OX4D said:
And when they operate abroad they have to follow laws in those external jurisdictions. They also cannot withdraw their services when they have legally binding commercial contracts in place and as I said earlier, it's not just about profits - Microsoft would probably lose 100x their UK revenue in overall value if they pulled a move like this as this would have a reaching knock-on effect to hospitals, education, military and other ethical services. Not even companies like Alphabet and Meta who have their on on-site lawyers full time in the UK High Court due to continual litigation have such disrespect from local judgements. If MS didn't bork their proposal then they wouldn't have egg on their face. They don't seem phased by the FTC which is far more significant but I'm sure they can buy their way out of that one.
No way would Xbox lose an entire market either not in their fragile situation - in fact, Activision would probably be better off without Microsoft. This is a deal to benefit executives pockets only. The consumer and staff will experience no change whatsoever and if anything like we saw with Bethesda, the acquisition will have a far greater negative impact. It's not like either of these companies need the deal either - it's just a desperate attempt to chip away at Sony's dominance using money because MS have absolutely nothing else to offer other than a ever-stale game pass and Redfall.
The deal will eventually go through as the CMA will buckle if they price is right with the chancellor or if they make some further amendments to get it over the line. The deal is absolutely nothing to celebrate for anyone other than the money men at MS and Activision. It's also put MS in an even worse light that what they are right now from a market player standpoint and just shows that corporate greed and blackmail is still rife within American companies.
MS does not need to be affect by this at all.
The option would be for Activision to exit the UK for another European country in a bid to remove itself from the CMA's jurisdiction. Its games could continue to be sold via a distributor. One rub is that any such decision must be taken by Activision to avoid breaching merger laws that stipulate that merging companies must be managed separately and independently until they actually close
So MS can continue to sell non XBOX products. XBOX products could be sold via distributors.
Activision from now on makes the UK the villain in every game moving forward just for shits and giggles 🙂
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3 hours ago, Luseth said:
I see this kind of thinking, it will come down to profits for Microsoft, whichever route makes them the most money, at the end of the day they are a business.
I suspect it will be a climbdown by the UK yet but they will find a way to get Microsoft to give some tiny concession i.e. a note at the end of the credits on each future call of duty game or something saft like that so we can go yeah we made them do this.
Every company in the USA has a Fiduciary responsibility to the share holders. So yeah it always comes down to profits.
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I don't know, remember when you use to be able to prestige in COD?
Kind of the same thing. However I do agree that some of those missions can be a pain in the ass
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8 hours ago, J4MES OX4D said:
That's just a baseless threat from an immature corporation and would prove the CMA spot-on in part of their wider findings. The funny thing is that they are still being sued in the US by the FTC and had to make astonishing concessions just to get the EU in their pocket. No uproar about that but we all know why. As predicted, they are now playing the 'victim' card in a lame bid to get the deal over the line with the CMA and limit the amount of amendments they may have to make to do so. I'm surprised the chancellor is even entertaining this as other companies would not get such privileges but he'll no doubt get a nice backhander out of it. Other companies would've done a blanket appeal as is their right but as per, an American one resorts to blackmail.
Microsoft are failing so hard with Xbox right now, any withdrawal of their services out of spite and disregard for law will be the final nail in their coffin in the gaming sector. The disrespect of local laws in domains they operate and other businesses is pretty disgusting but I'd expect nothing more from these politically connected American corporations.
I happen to agree with the approach. MS and Activision are are companies incorporated in the USA and follow USA law. I wouldn't have a jurisdiction outside of where I am incorporated dictate what I can or cannot do as long as it does not brake any laws. So if the UK, Europe, China, Russia, Canada, Australia does not like what I am doing I can go sell my stuff somewhere else.
Like I said before the UK revenue for MS is about what Activision contribute in profits alone. So financially having Activision and dropping the UK is a much better deal for MS.
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I guess will see this week what happens. It's being reported that the just Activision just might withdraw from the UK market and press ahead with the deal (as I said). The EU and others have approved the deal.
MS is meeting with the UK chancellor. They already said we can withdraw from the UK or we can just go ahead and we will see you in court. Either one would seem to tell the CMA to "suck it".
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Just give me some more DMZ stuff and I'll be happy. I just play MP when new guns come out in order to unlock then I go back in the DMZ.
It's an outstanding mode. Unfortunately it does not seem to resonate with this group. The new mid-season is tons of fun. It's really a mini raid. Building 21 and the other 2 maps are great.
A lot of people have complained about P2W. The only thing I would say is a true advantage is the 15 minutes weapon cool down with two of the best weapons for the mode.
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5 hours ago, J4MES OX4D said:
Because the UK is still a huge business of their commercial, educational and entertainment sectors and despite throwing a tantrum, they have to respect the legal ruling if they wish to operate within the region and they certainly aren't going to pull the plug of crucial services just because their merger was rejected at the first hurdle. American money and laws can't buy influence of rights in other countries like it used to.
It's fucking hilarious because I've lost count of how many times the EU has taken legal action against American companies for breaching anti-trust and competition laws. I swear Apple and Spotify have been buttfucked all over Brussles in the last few years alone. Love seeing these capitalist corporations get schooled by basic laws.
The merger is dumb anyway - two companies of this magnitude shouldn't be allowed to merge. Doesn't benefit anyone but the money-men. There's not been one successful acquisition so far from Microsoft's recent aggression. It probably will go through with amendments in the end but anyone thinking this will radically change the world is beyond delusional.
According to their revenue report the UK is 4.86B GBP which is about $6B USD. The profits are 168m GBP
Microsoft is a $198B dollar so the UK is about 3% of the revenue
Activision Gross profits were about $5.3B last year which is more than $5B that of the UK profits
So I agree that the UK could tell them they cannot operate in the UK if they don't play ball. However it seems to me that MS should just tell the UK to suck it and they will go ahead without them. The Activision profits are almost the UK revenue so it would not be a lost of revenue for them.
Then they can tell the UK to go find a substitute for MS Office, Outlook, teams, cloud ..... and wish them well in their future endevor
Maybe have a tea party in the Boston harbor for good measures
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3 hours ago, phil bottle said:
Lol at Microsoft though, chucking their toys out the pram. Saying today this is going to hurt Britsin and they're going to focus more on business with the EU.
Oh well, seems you boys were greasing up the wrong palms 😅
They're appealing, but does look like this merger is dead and buried.
I don't quite understand. The UK population is like 67 Million. How can the UK prevent a merger with two USA based companies?
I don't see why Microsoft simply doesn't tell the UK to suck it and don't buy our stuff if you don't like it. Then tell them to go run Linux and google docs and see how long that lasts
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38 minutes ago, GazzaGarratt said:
Thanks @Tove. Is it the same reward? The Caution Tape from Season 1?
I believe so. We capture case at 10 times since the season began (always on the train). Never go any reward for doing so. There are 7 rewards in total. The last one being the Kronig skin
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2 hours ago, Tove said:
A few Season 3 tips
It seems that when you enter building 21 you now get a free 3 plate, large backpack, self revive, fennec and also it doesn’t consume your keycard, I went in yesterday for a single match to see if it was consuming your keycard fully expecting to die as I used an operator with no gear. Then I spotted the extra items after I spawned in, mulled around a little took some bots out and made the first exfil!
If you have a secure backpack you can use this to bring out items to regear a different operator. Any items in your secure backpack are kept in your inventory for your next deployment. If you come out with a vest, backpack, self res, etc you can select a different operator and spawn in with this gear, then head into your inventory to equip them.
DMZ Barter Recipes
Which is why all this pay to win stuff does not bother me. It's pretty easy to get all all pimped out operator for free. People are putting their stuff in the scavenger backpack. And the scavenger backpack in the secure backpack (or large backpack if you want to extract an extra gun).
The med backpack with 15 minute LMG cooldown seems of very little value
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3 hours ago, Tove said:
you most likely will only have access to the blueprint, to unlock the base gun fully you may need to go into DMZ with the blueprint gun and exfil with it.personally I’m pleased the m13b was only available for dmz. As I wouldn’t have touched dmz otherwise and I have been playing dmz primarily since Christmas.
Agreed. It was the same for me
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I don't personally care about the boosts. I like the idea of the self-res for solo players also
At this point I know the places to go to in order to get a mid or large backpack or a 3 plate. The barter system makes it easy to get stuff which is better than that any ways.
It seems that you can only get one of the boosts per operator so it isn't that OP. Me and my friends with sniper rifles should be able to take care of it.
I can get better stuff in 5 minutes of play time so I really don't care. This gives entry level or marginal players an entry point which I am ok with. It also give me the opportunity to kill operators which have a higher probability of having self-res, med packs, and 2-3 plate vests early in game.
Since season 3 all of my operators have been rocking 3 plates with large or scavenger BP with a Self res and some kill streak or another. I wasn't able to do that in season 2 as easily. I already killed the scavenger, Chemist and got the weapon's cases a number of time. This really isn't pay to win since not one has stood in my way and I didn't buy it
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1 hour ago, techno said:
Regardless of peak anything from what I see season 3 is atrocious from a 6v6 pov. The rest I could give a fuck.
Don't like the two new maps? Why not?
I find the night one annoying because I go in with iron sights and I still have to canter with the laser rather than aim. I like the Rohan part of it because I am familiar with the map due to DMZ
the light house one is meh. But the only mode that ever comes up for me is hardpoint which I don't particularly like. Might feel differently if it was DOM or TDM
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6 hours ago, J4MES OX4D said:
Top sellers is just the daily revenue garnered from the product - with the game loaded with microtransactions and still costing £40, it's always gonna spike at the top now and then especially on days where there are minimal releases or just cheap indie games.
The game has actually lost another 8.3% of players on Steam since season 3 launched and two days ago it dropped to less than 31,000 at peak time.
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4 hours ago, Tove said:
that’s interesting as I found it to be faster but I completed mine mostly within DMZ I was earning 4-6 tokens each evening and finished the battle pass right around the mid season launchIt was mostly the same with me
I believe what they change is the progression. It use to be that complete a match would be the major part to progress. So if you played something in MP that was quick (KC, TDM) you would earn tokens quickly. They they seem to have tied it to XP and what you achieve in Game. So DMZ, WZ, Grind, DOM became better ROI to get your tokens.
I had 100% completion about 25 days in. I don't play on weekends at all. I did all on DMZ, DOM and shipment. So I didn't really notice it being slower either.
13 hours ago, Tove said:Those packs are completely different from this because the cost of them is the same cost as the CP which they come with.
I have the Desert Rogue bundle which you reference and it cost me £16.79 it contains 2400CP to purchase 2400 CP would also cost me £16.79 therefore making the additional content free.
People's point was that if you already had the CP you couldn't buy the pass. So in this example if you had 2400 CP already you still would have had to pay 16.79 except now you would have 4800 CP. So the net cost is zero only if you intend on buying other stuff with the CP. I have not problem with it not being a net zero cost if they feel they are giving you that extra value. People can play the game without it. You and I will just go earn our skins in DMZ for free instead
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31 minutes ago, Tove said:
The shitty move is making it a cash only purchase. £25/$30 would probably be around 3500 CP, if you had the CP available it would be nice to be able to use that for the purchase rather than shelling out even more cash.
That's not unique to this however. There are some bundles that are cash only and give you some CP if you purchase them. The desert rogue bundle for example is like that. $19.99
Some of the "starter packs" are the same
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1 hour ago, The3rdWalker said:
How long was season one? I cannot remember for the life of me if this is too soon or not. Thier battle pass is surprisingly worth the value.
Season 1 got extended about a month because they decided to do a number of fixes to appease the community. It ended Feb 15.
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On 4/9/2023 at 4:38 AM, MrBiron said:
Activision have pulled another shitty move with this new BlackCell Battlepass. You have to pay a straight £30 for it and can't use COD points. So even if you have loads saved up then it's tough shit.
What's the problem? The regular BP is still 1100 COD points and will get you the majority of the items. It still give you 1400 CP if you do the whole thing (from what I believe I read)
The black cell more expensive. I don't know what it will cost in Canada. But it gives you 1100 + 1400 CP (which is less than the price for sure) and a bunch of skins and crap that you don't need if you don't want it.
So what's the shitty move exactly? If you don't want the stuff. don't pay for it. There is nothing in there that you need in order to be able to play. I won't be getting it. If people feel strongly about it, don't by the passes and they will quickly change course to get our money
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Looking forward to the DMZ updates and plunder which I also like
The sniper riffle will be a nice addition.
the light house is a partial remake of the estate map from what I read. I always liked that map so that's fine with me. It will be a good map for thermal optics
The $40 battle pass I am not going to do. I see no value in that. The 2500 COD points are not going to make up for it and I hardly ever use skins or camos anyways.
Will see how it plays.
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I kind of have the Santa look but plenty of hair.