Community: Message List - REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:58:27 GMT

Prestiging once earns you an achievement(50G). Just saying.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:48:22 GMT

Just thought I would throw this up on here. Vahn's Tips for prestiging-

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:11:48 GMT

I know how you feel. I actually like the challenge of getting headshots to get a special camo. We will see how these things pan out very shortly. I heard you can also prestige your weapons up to two times.So maybe we will see some cool new camos, but yes i would love to get the headshots for camos once again.

REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:18:51 GMT

in the last 4 cods cod4-blops prestige was pretty useless besides the fact of getting gold on 14th prestige blops or a few extra custom slots and badges. mw3 improved slightly with adding prestige tokens. what i want to see is maybe instead of the usual 40-50 guns in this next call of duty, maybe add up to 100, giving us reason to prestige. lets be honest prestiging after a while gets boring and what, ( in my opinion) would make this game last to the very end would be awarding us 1 or 2 guns at a certian level of prestige. example: prestige 3, lvl 35 unlock (this). and on a side note to this post, i was hoping to see the prestige token on mw3 allow me to keep my gold gun after i prestiged. this did not happen and i was dissapointed. also maybe a pack a punch camo for multiplayer? requireing 1k headshots? hope you guys like this suggestion. if you guys got any more suggestions just post, maybe treyarch will read this!

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:35:29 GMT

I just want things to actually be rewarding. For example, in Cod4, to get the gold weapon you had to complete all the headshot challenges for the guns' class. When you see someone in Cod4 with the gold AK you instantly know that they have worked for it (before the hack lobbies...)

Anything that has no impact on weapon stats and is purely anaesthetical should be something you have to earn in my opinion. Where is the fun in earning gold guns after half of a prestige by just using it, I like to earn things.

It was OK in Black Ops because you had to work your way to 14th prestige but I would still rather the more prestigious camos to be something you have to aim for rather than just conveniently unlock. It would be nice to see various camos being exclusive to certain prestiges rather than just gold. Jet black, pearlescent white, chrome or maybe unique patterns etc.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:23:39 GMT

Good point they have made it worth our while to prestige now, nothing gets a reset like in the past.

Re: reasons to prestige in blops 2

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:50:30 GMT

yea i agree with you mostly on that. I would like to see extra customization aswell. Such as 11 point system on prestige 5 and a 12 point system on prestige 10, just for the people who put the time into the game. Also yes i agree with the extra layer idea for player cards and such.

Another good idea is to put unlock weapons in campaign for the people who beat the game on hard and veteran. I would also like to see a co op mode with its own story line with an extra bit of unlock weapons.

Re: reasons to prestige in blops 2

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:54:27 GMT

People think that you have to prestige. You honestly don't and for the people who do prestige it adds some kind of honor. I maxed out all ranks in the past COD and when I get into a MW3 Lobby I get like nearly 70% positive reactions. If you got the dedication and time then prestige if your a casual player then it faint for you. Unlocking guns isn't the way to go for rewards,it just wont balance out. I'm more for the weapon camos or even player customization. I like the eblems or playercards and the challenge factor.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:40:06 GMT

I like prestiging just for the fact of using new guns or new set ups. I really don't see a reason to not prestige. What do you loose? In black ops nothing.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:25:05 GMT

Well yes, this topic comes up quite often, the fact that others might not play as much as the other. Quite honestly, thats a sad reason to not let others have extended fun with their game. Bf3 did this and i think im still unlocking things, and of yet i havnt seen unbalanced gameplay from it.

people who do play a little more then others shouldnt be restricted because others dont play that game as much.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:07:19 GMT

Agreed...although if they were just reskins or camos for existing guns it could work; would fire and sound the same, but the look of the gun will have changed; could do it for similar tpyes of weapons that have the same reloads, like the MP5k and the normal MP5, or the ak47 and ak74 etc.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:00:08 GMT

And what's the total ram available in a console?

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:05:07 GMT

The solution I came up with would be to create replicas of base guns, but just change the look.

For example:

Prestige 2, Level 10 - (Insert SMG) with exact stats as MP5k

Prestige 4, Level 10 - (Insert AR) with exact stats as AK47

Prestige 6, Level 10 - (Insert LMG) with exact stats as M60

Prestige 8, Level 10 - (Insert Shotgun) with exact stats as SPAS

Prestige 10, Level 10 - (Insert Sniper) with exact stats as PSG

This way, it's "in a sense" a new gun, but there will be absolutely no way that the gun will be overpowered.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:10:53 GMT

Just keep camo's challenge based and don't include the CoD Points system. It takes the prestige and merit away from the camo. Certain camos meant a player was very experienced or spent a lot of time with a certain weapon. i'd like to see that return. Remember, prestiging is for prestige, not a whole lot else.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:05:32 GMT

Agree that your idea would be good for blinkered players like me that exclusivly play COD for hundreds of hours.

But it's a bit anti-casual player, as many probably don't play for that long, and taking a long time to unlock all the guns might mean they never get to use them all.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:34:57 GMT

This is where my idea would work perfectly for everything. Take prestiging out completly and give us 1 straight line of levels from 1-1000. While slowly working our way up to the max lvl, we would always be unlocking new guns,equiptment,kill streaks. So that no body can trully be almighty and powerfull at lvl 80 just because they choose not to prestige. Constantly unlocking new titles emblems and camos depending on challenges and head shots. Flag caps and bomb planting will also unlock you special gear, that supports caping flags more. Please consider this idea, i cant seem to find many flaws with this, please give this idea support.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:25:01 GMT

I agree, game balanace must be paramount.

To a certain extent, extra create a class slots, already provide an advantage, like reserving one for an anti-point streak class.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:23:01 GMT

The thing is, prestiging should be something you feel like you want to do, not something you have to. I agree that you should be awarded a bit more, but not to the extent where you receive guns, maps and a more powerful voting role. I think gun camos, titles, class slots, xp boosts, emblem characters, challenges and maybe character model changes are fine. You know, cosmetic things that don't alter the game.

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:11:54 GMT

Appologies, I didn't read the lot, just wanted to flag the idea.

In any event, i am in agreeance with you!

Re: REASONS TO PRESTIGE IN BLOPS 2

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:34:25 GMT

I have pondered quite a bit on what they could do to make prestiging more worth the effort. Some of my ideas included:

1. Introduce a new map for players who reach 5/10/15. Problem is you split the playlist, but it also siphons it out so that you are playing against players that have played as much as you have. Can't say as skilled because time =/= skill, but players who have played as much as you. They could make these new maps a bit of a higher difficulty. By that I mean more falls, more explosives, and more tactical options. Players who are lower levels would play on maps that are kinder to the player and don't require as much thought into playing. This will certainly piss some of the community off because they don't want to start over but want to experience the entire game. It does incentivize prestiging though.

2. Give players a more "powerful" vote when it comes to picking maps. If you are 1-4, your votes count for 1, if you are 5-9 they count for 2, if you are 10-14, it counts for 3, and 15 is 4. Because people prestige you will see many people with 2-3 votes, and they will be able to counter balance the one guy who votes for the crap map and is 15 prestige. This additional power in choosing how they get to play the game will make it sort of worthwhile to prestige.

3. Tactical video analysis of maps and gamemodes. The developers make the game with tactics in mind (most of the time). They understand the tactics needed to win certain gamemodes on certain maps. They also know the spots and sight lines that they put in. If you unlocked a 5-10 minute clip every prestige that shows clever tactics and hidden sightlanes on a specific map, you may see players prestiging to get that small advantage.

I think the thing with prestiging is that players have to feel more powerful because they prestige. If you have ever played a game where you are leveled, then you know what its like to be a low-level character compared to a high-level character. The advantage should not be so great that the game is broken, but it be enough to warrant the player doing it again. Overall, prestiging needs to respark the desire to do it all over again. Provide some element that keeps it fun. Even if it is a small one that keeps the interest from level 1-30, it may be enough to keep the player playing.