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The main issues with Black Ops 2

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:53:45 GMT

I didn't write this because I hate the game, and never want to play it. I wrote this because I think black ops 2 could be a great game, but there are a bunch of issues stopping this.

Lag compensation. The lag in this game is crazy. You point your gun at a guy and nothing happens. You get hit around corners. And yes, this problem does exist. Go on to Youtube and you will see. It's really annoying that some people seem to be behaving like the lag's not there. 3arc haven't put out a patch yet, the focused on some gun balencing which was good, but I would have preferred a lag comp fix by far. Maybe they will quietly fix it in an upcoming patch, but this makes the game really annoying to play.

The killstreaks need to be nerfed. There are so many things in this game that just rain down on your spawn. When you're on a bad connection and most of your deaths aren't your fault anyway, it's just not fair. Plus there are so many things in this game that have no counter. Ghost should counter the VSAT. There should be some way of getting a guy's death machine or war machine off him before he runs out of bullets. You used to be able to kill the guy, but now there's nothing you can do.

There's no map variety. The last time we had decent map variery was MW2. I like large, open maps and small enclosed ones. It makes the game more interesting. All of the maps except two or three seem to have been built for SMGs.

Snipers are too powerful. They are kind of balenced, but on these tiny maps they shouldn't be. Look at BF3. The snipers only one shot kill to the head, yet they are balenced because the maps are larger. In MW2 (and to a lesser extent black ops 1) the snipers were less powerful but they were balenced because the maps were larger and more suited to snipers.

Solutions:

- Please fix lag compensation. If you do I will buy the Season Pass. If not, then I will play a different game.

-Make there be more counters to killstreaks.

-In the DLC, I would like to see a lot of map variety (large maps please)

-Snipers aren't that big of an issue to be honest. A nerf would be appreciated, but it's honestly not that bad.

-Increased spawn protection would be appreciated too.

Re: An Open Letter to 3arc from a Disgruntled fan.

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:04:02 GMT

MW2 was the best COD, but the guns were not balenced. The game just made sense. Deathstreaks were a problem, but they weren't more powerful than the killstreaks like in MW3. The spawn trappying by air support needed fixing, and they never patched the one man army noob tube. Apart from that MW2 is the best game.

Screw quickscopers. The game needs to stop trying to make these people with their stupid gimmick satisfied. It's a gimmick, not a playstyle.

This game suits objective players. That is one positive thing they did.

Oh, and stop trying to prevent "camping". I will defend the B flag all game long if it will get my team the win.

With COD so many people fuss about anything that's not their playstyle. If you want to quickscope, fine, but you don't deserve extra stuff on top of what there already is to help you. Some stuff, like the noob tube deserves to be hated on. But if you're going to complain about a guy camping just because he's standing still when he kills you...

Re: Host Migration - Ban the Culprit

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:04:33 GMT

You should be able to leave a game at any time you want. I lost an AGR because a host migration failed, but hey- it's a game. If you are lagging and not having fun, you should be able to leave.

Re: double xp never worked !!!=(

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:12:40 GMT

Im pretty sure we are getting double xp, i am ranking up fast. Remember the points you see on screen (when you get a kill for example) are your scorestreak points, not your XP.

Need a lag compensation fix

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:05:59 GMT

My NAT type is always open. I am on a 4 bar connection 80% of the time, and a 3 bar the rest of the time. Half of the time, lag compensation is spot on and I have a lot of fun.

The other half of the time, this game is unplayable. I'm getting shot round corners, no hit detection, etc etc.

When the game lags, I go 6-27, 3-18. Now you're going to get troll guys on the forums saying that you're just making excuses about how you suck at the game. They tend to ignore the rest of the matches where I had half decent scores like 25-18, 17-9. Plus, if you go on Youtube you will see a lot of commentators complaining about the lag. It is there. It needs to be fixed.

Please post a comment if you are having the same problems.

Re: Who thinks that this game is easy?

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:36:00 GMT

My KD is around 0.95 and my W/L is about 0.65.

I know you said don't make excuses, but the reason for this is lag compensation most of the time. I played a match and finished with a 2 kd. Then, in the same lobby with the same players on the same map (we voted it in again) I ended up finishing with 0.4 kd, and i was getting shot around corners and getting no hit detection.

This isn't just me. Go on Youtube and you will see that there are a lot of commentators complining about lag right now.

Re: Broken lag compensation returns.

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:28:38 GMT

I watched a woodys gamertag video and he said set your search preferences to "best". This doesn't completely remove the problem but it means you get less laggy games. I tried it and it helps.

My connection must be decent, because my nat is always open and I normally have a 4 bar connection.

This problem needs to be patched.

Re: Went 3-31 on Plaza

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:30:27 GMT

This game has lag problems, that's for sure. And I thought I was getting hit hard when I went 6-21...

Honestly though, persevere. I find lag is worst in Ground War. Plus, you will improve when you learn the maps. When you don't know the maps it can feel like you are a full second behind everyone else because you haven't had anywhere near as much experience as them.

It sounds weird, but I find no lag problems whatsoever when I play Nuketown 2025. If you have nuketown, i suggest you try it. Might work for you too.

My take on Black Ops 2

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:21:56 GMT

This game reminds me of MW2. I know a lot of you guys are probably shaking your heads in disagreement as you read that statement, but hear me out. What do you remember from MW2? Noob tubes, glitches, powerful killstreaks, and, for some players at least, an excitement factor which the recent games didn't have.

This game has no grenade launcher. Thank god. But this thing is absolutely full of glitches. Some guys like me can't even get into a public match right now. There is a custom class glitch, the game freezes on some players, there is an escort drone glitch.

The killstreaks in this game are powerful. No overpowered like the chopper gunner was, but powerful so they are actually worth getting. I mean, when I call in the lightening strike and get a few kills, I feel like I'm playing mw2 again- my killstreaks are actually doing work.

This thing is also exciting when you get into a game. Plus, the maps are COLOURFUL. MW2 was the last game where we had colourful maps. In Black Ops everything was grey and in mw3 everything was grey or in the case of the DLC, brown. If you were getting a new map, it was going to be brown. End of.

So this game reminds me of MW2- A great game if they can fix the darn thing and get it working. I'm not saying it's an identical game. It's set in 2025 and the guns are somewhat balenced. It rewards objective players.

Overall, this is a great game. It rewards skilled players heavily, with all the scorestreak bonuses playing the objective gets you. Im not just saying this is a great game because im good at it, either. my kd is around a 0.9, and the reason for that is some guys seemed to have played all night so they know the maps. My map knowledge has been what is letting me down. I know this because I jumped into Nuketown 2025, and was able to pull decent scores. I even earned a couple of dragonfire killstreaks. Personally I'm really bad with them, as I only picked up a couple of kills from each, but that's another thing I like- I have to get more skilled at Black Ops 2, not just COD in general. As I get better with the dragonfire, I will get more kills with it.

But before all that, they have to fix their game.

Most important stats in recent games section missing

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:51:19 GMT

If you look at your recent games, you can see your KDR, your kills, your deaths and so on. Where are your captures, your defends? Your kills confirmed, your kills denied? These are surely the most important stats in the game, seeing as they are contributing to getting the win.

Is there somewhere where I can view these stats in Elite, have I just not seen them, or are they seriously not there?

Re: PS3: Tracking "error " when looking for a session. [Focused Thread]

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:44:00 GMT

I exited Multiplayer then logged out of PSN then logged back in. Problem still there. I turned my PS3 off then on, logged in to PSN, problem still there.
I was playing on Nuketown 2025 before this issue happened. There was a host migration in the lobby (after the game was over) then I got a message saying the host migration had failed, then when I tried to find a new game the problem occured.
I am in the UK
My PS3 is a 320GB model
Don't know blu-ray code
I was playing by myself, there were no friends in my party
Ground War, Nuketown 2025, Combat Training (Online in public playlist)

Re: multiplayer create a class bug????

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:28:16 GMT

I have been having this problem too. (Im on PS3) In some matches my custom classes set to default. When I back out then they are all back to normal.

Re: "Error occurred while trying to find session, please try again"

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:47:12 GMT

Started getting this at around 5:30 GMT today. Might have been caused by losing connection to host or losing connection to 3arc servers, both have happened to me a bunch since I got the game.

Re: Mulitlplayer online error during matchmaking

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:41:46 GMT

If this helps the error I get is "an error occured while trying to find a session, please try again". I have played Ground War, Nuketown 2025 mainly. Could play last night without this error, but now I can''t play pub match but can play custom match and league match. This started at around 5:30 GMT.

I have been getting something like "You have lost connection to the Treyarch server" as well. Also, when I look at COD Elite and look at "Recent Games" then it says "not enough data. Play some matches and earn some XP."

A fix would be much appreciated.

Re: Error: an error accurred while trying to find a session, please try again later

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:33:00 GMT

This is exactly the same problem I have been having. I can't join Public match (the game boots me out of the lobby as soon as I select a game type) but I can play league match, and custom game. Im on PS3 in the UK.

2 suggestions to improve Black Ops 2

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:39:37 GMT

On the whole I enjoyed my first experience of Black Ops 2 a lot. I kept losing connection to the first few games I joined, but then either my connection sorted itself out or Treyarch did something to their servers, either way the problem seemed to be fixed in the last few games I played. I have got a couple of suggestions to make the game a little better, though.

1. In Kill confirmed, denies are currently worth 25 points. In my opinion they should be worth 50, because denies aren't really worth sticking your neck out for a few points at the moment, but if they were worth 50 that will make denies worth getting.

2. I'm not a big fan of the way you unlock scorestreaks at the moment. You have to reach a certain rank and then unlock the new streak with a token. I don't like this whole idea of having to reach a certain rank before I can unlock a particular streak. Personally I think it would be awesome if you just pay for the new streak with a token. The reason I'm suggesting this is there are a bunch of streaks I really want to try out but I can't unlock them yet. I don't really see how it would do any harm to make all streaks available to buy with a token from the start. That system worked well in MW3, and you still have to rank up to get the token. It's frustrating to me that the streaks I can unlock are ones I don't want to use. What do you guys think of this suggestion?

Re: Original black ops CoD POINTS or mw3s WEAPON RANK?

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:21:43 GMT

COD points all the way. COD points give you choice of what you buy. MW3 style unlocking benefits people that play the game all the time and gives you stuff which you won't use a lot.

Black Ops 2 Unlocking System

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:19:06 GMT

- Custom Classes available from start

-You have 1 AR, SMG, LMG, shotgun and sniper unlocked for primary. You have 1 pistol and the Stinger (or furturistic equivalent) unlocked for secondary.

-You earn a couple of "unlock points" when you rank up. An unlock point can be used on the gun, perk, equipment, pointstreak of your choice.

By the time you are max rank, you will have enough unlock points to have unlocked everything.

-This means that there is a point to ranking up, but it gives you what you will actually use. In MW3, I badly wanted a high level assault rifle but was getting given shotguns which I never use. Many people have probably experienced same problem.

-Attachments can be unlocked via kills with the gun, or seperate unlock points only applicable to attachments for that weapon.

Custom Classes unlocked from the start

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:09:20 GMT

Why in all previous CODs have we had to use terrible default classes before getting to use what we want? Keep default classes, but make Custom Classes unlocked from level one. I have just put this disc in my PS3 or whatever for the first time and now I have to use a gun with a noob tube on it and an illogical pointstreak setup. Care package? I don't want care package, Reaper and AC130. Im new to the game, I don't know the maps. How the f*** am I going to get an AC130?

How to Massively Improve the Pointstreaks in COD

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:52:16 GMT

1. Pointstreaks under a 9 pointstreak should chain. Pointstreaks over or at 9 should not chain to the next one. The reason for this is it makes the game more fast-paced, as I like to be able to get a couple of kills with my Predator Missile and then have an attack heli. However, chaining kills in a Reaper to an Osprey is ridiculous.

2. Removal of the EMP, Stealth Bomber and Juggernauts.

3. Make pointstreaks more team supportive, and reduce their offensive capability. Just because you got a few kills in one life doesn't entitle you to free kills. "But if you and your team are bad enough to let the enemy get a high killstreak then you should die for it." Not true. Someone on the opposition called in a MOAB a couple of days ago, but we won the match. So how were we a bad team?

4. Reducing the killing power of killstreaks will reduce campers. A lot of campers camp for streaks, and a lot of other players dislike the game rewarding them for this. Reducing the power of offensive killstreaks will reduce camping for streaks. It will also reduce camping to avoid streaks, as when someone gets that AC130, most players on the opposition sprint to the buildings, and stay there.

5. The UAV and CUAV should both be a 3 pointstreak. When one is called in, the other is negated. If a UAV is up, a CUAV scrambles the radar. If a second UAV is called in during this time, the CUAV is negated and the radar is restored.

What do you think? Comments would be much appreciated.