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Re: They better not nerf Drop shotting in Black ops 2.

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:14:14 GMT

I am a drop shotter because I click that ******* stick in accidentlly when in CQC.

I would say I have "skillfully" drop shotted maybe 10 times ever.

Opinion from a drop shotter? Go ahead and nerf it...it'll make me learn to control my analog sticks better.

Re: Infinity ward are trying to destroy Black Ops 2! (Possible delay on release date or even cancellation of the whole game)

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:29:15 GMT

I don't disagree with you. My whole point is...Infinity Ward isn't at fault for citing breach of contract when indeed there was a breach of contract. Sounds like Activision should have been a little smarter with what they agreed to - so if there is any blame it should be on them.

I don't blame 3arc for violating contract - but they should have to pay for the violation. Simple as that.

Re: Infinity ward are trying to destroy Black Ops 2! (Possible delay on release date or even cancellation of the whole game)

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:21:43 GMT

Yea it's very restricting...but that's why it's in a contract. If everything was sunshine and roses all the time, no one would need contracts.

Re: Infinity ward are trying to destroy Black Ops 2! (Possible delay on release date or even cancellation of the whole game)

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:24:58 GMT

I favor neither game studio - just to get that out there up front

Is it kind of an a-hole move on IW? Eh, for fans yea but in business - no way. A contract is a contract is a contract and their should be penalties for breaking contracts.

Each call of duty makes more money than the one preceeding it - and black ops will be no different. Activision will not let anyone screw that up. So don't fret too much - you'll still get your game on time.

Re: The Christmas noobs are nigh. How are you preparing for them?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:02:24 GMT

In my experience, it's pretty close between the two but the recon drone gives SO many points i think it even beats specialist+hardline. Especially if you can get 2 drones.

Re: Recon Drone Over Powered

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:42:37 GMT

Overpowered? No. Super annoying? Yea for sure.

I do use it from time to time especially considering the massive amount of points you can rack up. You get 2 recon drones in 1 match on a map like dome, you'll come out with no less than 4500 points on the lobby leaderboard.

When i'm on the other end of it, I do find it annoying and shoot it down every chance I get. It really isn't hard to shoot down as long as it comes over by you. 1 magizine from a SMG will bring it down if you can land enough shots. Its difficult as it doesn't have aim assist helping you - probably a lot easier for PC gamers to bring these down with guns i'd imagine.

Re: The Christmas noobs are nigh. How are you preparing for them?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:34:17 GMT

Nice shotgun work.

I was playing yesterday and I think the xmas n00bs are starting early....or maybe it's the hanukkah n00bs. Can't be sure, but I do know that I put down more **** yesterday than I have in a very long time. Got my higest non-lethal KS TDM score in my COD history at 37 kills - was pretty pumped about that.

So yea, excited about xmas noobs. Wish I was at 10th already so I could use this easy period to level up the shotguns

Re: Riot Shield Tips

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:09:25 GMT

Thanks for the contribution all!

One other thing I thought i'd mention as the results were solid...

Standing in a doorway leads to endless fun. For instance, the map Resistance. Entire enemy team was camping in that damn middle building. About midway through the game, my team cleared them out. So I stood in the door frame looking out toward that courtyard and courched. I probably deflected 500 or so bullets before someone stuck me. Didn't get any kills, but racked up some points and prevented people from hanging out in that stupid building.

Re: What level and pristige are you in the game?

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:06:29 GMT

5th, level 55.

Re: So the patch made lag comp worse, GOOD JOB !

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:35:52 GMT

Did someone say post their speed test results? Sure i'll brag about mine, thanks for asking

http://speedtest.net/result/1613882849.png

On topic though....I recently switched to the mega-awesome comcast package coming from ATT U-Verse. I never played a <50ms ping game on uverse due to the imposed latency with interlacing. I had a terrible gaming experience on uverse.

On comcast, sub 50ms games... all...day...long. I host a lot (i think, hard to tell), but don't generally run into big problems with lag comp now. Every once and awhile I will notice my game is just completely off. I'll either deal with it or if it's real bad I'll quit out to the lobby and try again.

Riot Shield Tips

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:01:59 GMT

Been struggling to do "well" with the riot shield. I'd like to get a tips & experiences thread going for the rare people that actually use this thing.

So far, I've found my best results are using a class like this:

Primary: Riot Shield w/melee

Secondary: Akimbo 44

Lethal: Semtex or C4

Tactical: Flashes or stuns

Perk 1: SoH Pro(faster weapon swapping)

Perk 2: Blast Shield Pro

Perk 3: Steady Aim Pro

Strike Pkg: UAV, C-UAV, Recon Drone

Now realistically I could run around using the .44s as a shotgun and do pretty well, but then all the riot shield does is slow me down.

My strategy: Run to a choke point or area where I know i'll get action. Crouch walk forward toward enemy. The enemy will generally do one of three things:

1) Run away

--->I let these people go

2) Empty magazine into you

--->Wait for when I think they will be reloading, switch to secondary and blast them.

3) Try to stick you

--->Wait for lethal throw animation to start and then blast them.

Danger areas:

1) More than 1 enemy, you will likely die.

2) Someone with a striker / AA12, you will likely die.

3) Walking out in the open / middle of the map, you will likely die

Anyone have any better strategies or class setups? Most I can average with this is about 10-15 kills per game.

Re: So, does anyone else hold a 4.0+ KD

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:03:31 GMT

Almost everyone I see with a K/D that high in TDM is a super-mega-headglitching pro.

Now i'm not making assumptions that EVERYONE with that high of a K/D ratio is a pro headglitcher.....just stating every one i've ever played with.

Also - factor in lag comphensaion and if you are on the lucky end of it. I've had plenty of those games where god mode gets enabled because lag is in my favor.

Re: Anyone think the UMP is way to powerful?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:50:14 GMT

I've used all the SMGs pretty extensively and in my opinion of killing potential, UMP is 4th on the list behind MP7, PP90, and P90.

That aside, it is my favorite SMG to use now (prevous was the MP7). I've used it so much that I have a 6th sense on how to control the recoil, even with RF at long distances.

Re: How a 6 K/D guy does it - Bootleg

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:09:55 GMT

Stupid picture thing never works for me.

http://tinyurl.com/7srd5fh

How a 6 K/D guy does it - Bootleg

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:00:43 GMT

Saw a guy in my lobby yesterday with a almost 6 K/D ratio in TDM - over 5,000 kills. My interests perked up a little. Perked up even more when I saw he/she had the opsrey gunner title. Not many people can pull that type of thing off - even ones who dashboard to preserve stats.

Map comes up - it's bootleg and this guy is on the enemy team. Was excited to see what type of competition I was up against. The match begins and I'm doing pretty good. About 75% through the game I checked the score and I had about 20 kills and maybe 8 or so deaths. Looked at the 6k/d guy and he was 17 - 0. Granted, 17 - 0 by itself is not that unheard of (pretty common I suppose) but it was odd. I'm thinking....how could I have killed 20 people and not yet killed this guy? Match was pretty slow paced as everyone was crouch walking everywhere not taking risks. So I went searching....

I found him - got sniped in the face by him to be exact - he had himself perched behind a nice head glitch spot between A & B flag - you probably know the one. I decided to flank around to the other side on my next life...thought the coast was clear and BAMB! Sniped again. The guy was pretty quick on the trigger. I got closer this time behind the head glitch and saw he had a riot shield buddy spotting / protecting him. Third time I was able to double kill them with C4 (he had blast shield and probably raged a little).

Here is a picture showing this pretty huge power position, but annoying as hell. Line of sight to A is super solid. Line of sight by B is solid. Head glitch prevents easy deaths from A side. Riot shield user covers any flankers, either A or B side. Without the riot shield guy, this wouldn't be nearly as much of a power spot.

If you are having trouble getting rid of this guy - my suggestion is to come up through the B dom doorway outside, stay to your left past the truck & toss C4 over that oval stone thing.

Re: Rage Quitting - Who does it?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:39:30 GMT

I really only rage quit when I am doing terrible for whatever reason. Could be lag, could be i'm widly outplayed, or could be just cause I am sucking. I justify it by telling myself i'm helping the team win by not giving them excessive amounts of death.

Also, if my wife gets upset cause i'm playing too much and ignoring her i'll sometimes quit in-game to demonstrate my love for her

Re: The ACR 6.8 needs a nerf.

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:06:38 GMT

What people consistently fail to understand about weapon balance is that not every gun should be exactly the same. If every gun had all the same stats, I probably wouldn't have been playing COD for the last 5 years.

If you line every gun of a class up, there should be a top and there should be a bottom. People who want to use the easy mode weapons can pick from the top of the list. People who like a challenge can pick from the bottom of the list.

The only time problems are introduced is when one gun is WAY above the rest in it's class (or compared to other classes). I don't feel the T95 & FMG fall directly into this category, but i'd be lying if I didn't range when I get hit by wild T95 / FMG hipfire and insta-die. I think toning those down a bit isn't a bad thing.

People need to keep an open mind about this stuff. Remember, this isn't YOUR game (even though in most peoples view it is)- you bought it from a business who created it.

Re: Double XP - How do people get so much!

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:20:25 GMT

Potential for total XP:

DEW XP: 24 Hours

Elite Founder: 2 Hours

ClanXP: 2 Hours (I think)

Prestige Tokens: 28 Hours (4 tokens from previous, 10 from MW3)

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Total Potential Double XP Hours: 56 Hours

Re: MW3 C4. Press xx, or use detonator?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:17:31 GMT

For sure! Insta-explode makes C4 the explosive of choice for me....too bad it's such a late unlock though.

Re: specialist bouns

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:01:22 GMT

I can confirm. Easiest way to test:

1) use class with kick

2) get specialist

3) ADS and observe the lack of sway

4) profit