Air Support you can duck into a building and hide from. That and the person had to at least get 7 kills one way or another. That fucking RC-XD. Are you kidding me? 3 kills and that thing is on my ass and there is a 5% chance of me shooting it before it kills me. Are you kidding me? Fuck.
What I hate is getting a chopper gunner only to be shot down in the first five fucking seconds. Jesus Christ. Why bother getting one at all?
This is how you survive an RCXD: - Get a perfect 4-bar connection. (There goes 80% of the COD population right there.) - Climb on top of something high and stay away from the sides. (I've been killed from the ground on the TOP part of the C dom spawn building in Firing Range, for example.) - Flak Ja-.. Oh wait this doesn't do shit against RC cars. You're thinking your safe and shooting around to get its attention, maybe to divert it away from your teammates so it doesn't get kills, right? Wrong motherfucker. Enjoy watching killcams. In my opinion, it should be a 4 killstreak reward. By the way for a quick XP boost: Equip the Tomahawk, find a camper standing still, aim for the floor in front of you and get the banked shot medal, worth 5k. P.S.: Fuck those RC cars. Everyone that uses them probably corner camps with ghost and second chance pro. It's like this in every game. People find stuff that annoys and just spam the shit out of it. At least they're not all tubing.
In regards to the RC cars, if you can't find somewhere to jump onto (a box won't do shit you'll still get killed), run indoors. The smaller the corridor, and the more turns, you should be able to out maneuver those fuckers until time runs out and they blow up. As fast as they are, they're not agile at all.
I recently rediscovered something this past week: shotguns, despite their obvious limitations in BO, can be a fucking blast. A few days ago I was playing TDM with a couple buddies on Firing Range. There was one particular guy on the other team that was extremely effective with the SPAS-12 (he had the highest score overall for a few games leading up to Firing Range). Eventually I got so frustrated being killed by the dude over and over again with what I considered a supremely inferior weapon that I said, "Fuck it" and grabbed my shottie class that I hadn't used in a long time... -SPAS-12 w/silencer -dual wield M1911 pistol secondaries -lightweight -steady aim -marathon Wow. I had way more fun than I expected, and have pretty much stuck with this setup for the last 3-4 days. Normally the silenced shotgun setup would seem detrimental in a game where shotguns already have a shit range for a primary, but apparently the silencer doesn't affect the range on the SPAS-12 at all and not showing up on the HUD is a huge advantage. Steady aim makes hip firing much more effective, and marathon is great since I tend (heavily) to rush. But the icing on the cake? Dual wield M1911s. They look good, sound even better, and somehow I seem to be fairly decent with them. My buddies and I kept playing against those guys and I ended up in the top 3 most of the time. While probably not THE most effective class, playing with shotguns can actually be enjoyable. Plus having people get openly frustrated in the lobbies between games and rage quit becomes comical when they're being gunned down repeatedly by something other than a SMG or AR. "Who is that fucker with the shotgun!?! WHO THE HELL PLAYS WITH A SHOTGUN IN THIS GAME???"
I love - LOVE - the silenced SPAS. You're right, it doesn't affect the range, other than the minimum hit damage range, but if you choose your battles wisely and stay in CQB, it's a non-issue. It's fucking DEVASTATING if used properly. Last night I was in a TDM on Crisis with Cap C (PeruvianSoup on TiB) and got a triple kill with that bitch. I try to make an effort not to rush so I can use Sleight of Hand Pro, because I tend to unload all 8 rounds when I shoot, but I'll give Steady Aim Pro another try. I'd prefer the reduced spread if I can help it. The raging is hilarious, too. I was in an S&D party last week, and the other team's best player would, without fail, talk shit to me every single time I killed him: "Who's that fag with the silenced SPAS? You're a fag, dude." I knew he was talking to me, because my 5 teammates were using either snipers or ARs. Meanwhile, what was this guy using? AK-74u with rapid fire. That's double douche, if you ask me. As much I love pissing people off on XBL, hypocrisy is my biggest pet peeve in real life, so it was very conflicting to listen to this guy get his nuts in a bunch because I was owning his sorry little ass with an (allegedly) inferior weapon.
I had my first flawless game today on Firing Range, 17-0. I honestly never thought it would happen, but my team was just dominating. There was pretty much a spy plane above the whole game and one of my team mates got a blackbird. I'll admit I camped the last 500 points but I don't care I was just so shocked and excited that I even had a chance at going flawless.
Yeah, it is a definite trade-off. I love SoH since I am a chronic re-loader in all of my other classes (mainly AK47 and the AUG). The spread on the SPAS is so random without Steady Aim though that I have a really hard time playing without it since I am mainly hip firing that beast. That being said, the reload time SUCKS on the SPAS without SoH and it's pretty easy to get caught with your pants down if there is more than one enemy in the area. So yeah, definite balancing act between the perks. Thankfully there is a lot less shit talking on the PSN since a much smaller percentage of people have headsets. Sure doesn't stop Dmix3 on here though.
While Steady Aim is awesome for quick shots, SoH is great if you want a tighter spread with your shotgun. In this game, aiming down the sights reduces the buckshot spread, unlike MW2 where it increased. Since I can't tolerate the ironsights, I choose Steady Aim.
Not sure if it's already been posted (even by me, I drink a lot.) Great MW2 montage with IMO kickass music.
A muzzle and strep throat wouldn't stop him from talking trash. I decided I loved the Stoner63. And not to mention the G11 is better than sex with my girlfriend. I don't see how people use other guns. It's the greatest thing in the world. I turned on "Locale" as my game search options preferably finding games close to me so the ping doesn't suck. When I knew the lag was negligible, the games were fun, since I've stopped hating BO so much (mainly because I can go back and play good MW2 games still). But man the most frustrating shit in the whole wide world is jumping into a game and within 10 seconds you realize the lag isn't on your side and you either need to leave with your whole party or play defensive as fuck. I only use shotguns on one map. Nuketown in that house where the window doesn't look directly into the backroom. Spas-12(or whatever the pump action is) + Crossbow + Motion Detector. You either have someone watch that other window, or you go and crossbow check the room across the way, and watch the two doors with the shot gun. They'll either have to coordinate coming in both doors to kill you or you just rack up kills. It's lovely. Only other way is a lucky grenade banking but most people suck.
Hah, I totally forgot about that video. That was where I learned about the predator computer/knife trick and managed to get a couple of pretty cool kill cams out of the deal. Ghost actually started playing on the Sandy Ravage live stream a while back, and that dude is definitely good. That actually made me a bit nostalgic for MW2. It really is a pity Treyarch dropped the ball graphically on BO.
And the world is a place because of this. Hearing, "Oh you little bitch, I'm gonna fuck you in your ass and make your mom watch..." in a Hunter S. Thompson-esq drawl never gets old. I gave the Stoner63 a cursory try a while back and just couldn't get into it. The G11, on the other hand, I loved. I may have to go back and give the Stoner a second chance though. Have you tried "Locale Only" yet? I haven't, but wondered if there really is a difference between the two. I get pretty impatient waiting trying to find a lobby so I just stick with "Locale" and hope for the best. So far it has worked out decent for me, but it does absolutely suck when you get an opposing party that are all 1-2 bars. I swear the lag actually works in their favor. Yeah, that seems to be one of the common lock-down methods for the house on Nuketown. I need to pretty much be moving the entire time though so I can't really sit upstairs and monitor the doors. Shotguns can also be fun on Firing Range, and...well...pretty much any other board except WMD. Fuck that map.
If I had the disposable income, I'd consider getting a PS3 just to witness that. Legitimately good shit-talkers are very hard to come by, so it's always hilarious to hear one in action.
Thank you, you other fuckers were starting to make me feel bad about berating guidos and kids up way past their bedtime..... I always use the motion detector and crouch behind the desk & bookcase, depending on which building you're ass-planting it, easy to do solo.
Hell no. That's why I love it when DraterBeans plays with us. For some reason whenever we team up, we always get put in lobbies full of ghetto ass shit-talking motherfuckers. The back-and-forth between games gets comical pretty quickly. Speaking of which, I probably won't be on tonight but will most likely be on tomorrow evening for a few hours. Hit me up if you want to play.
So last night while battling insomnia, I got online for the first time since New Year's just to dick around. My class setup was weird: SPAS-12 w/ suppressor Ballistic Knife Tomahawk Decoy Motion Sensor Ghost Pro Steady Aim Pro Ninja Pro It actually turned out to be a very fun class to use. I would default to my ballistic knife and bring out the shotgun only when I used up both knives and my tomahawk and couldn't immediately retrieve them. Not really a knife-only class. More like knife-mostly. Anyway, the real point of the story was when I was in FFA on Hanoi, and turned a fail into a win. I was coming up on this guy from behind and threw my tomahawk. In the middle of the motion, I realized I hadn't quite lined it up right and immediately shot the ballistic knife to take him out. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the kill feed register two kills. At first, I thought the tomahawk also hit him and some weird glitch caused the game to register two kills on the same enemy. Nope. I went back in Theater Mode and watched it: the tomahawk missed the guy, banked off the ground, and hit a second dude as he was running around the corner. I switched to spectate from the second player's perspective to see what it looked like, and he didn't even get to see me. All he saw was a partial view of the first enemy's leg and then bam! God, he must have been PISSED when he saw that killcam. Sorry for the nerdgasm. But that was probably the coolest thing I've ever done in a Call of Duty game, even if it was by accident. It was also my first Bank Shot medal in Black Ops. Funny it happens now, since someone mentioned recently on here that it's worth 5k XP or something like that. For you 360 guys, it's under slot #6 of my file share if you care to see it. For you PS3 guys, I pity the fool. Seriously though, give that loadout a try. It works better on FFA when you can make better use of Ninja Pro.
I tried Local Only and I couldn't keep my friend who lived 40 minutes away in the suburb in the same party. This was probably two patches ago so I'll give it another go. And yes Magz, one of my top 10 problems with BO is that lag works in the favor of the person with the shitty connection. The person with the good connections sees them as teleporting around and nothing hits. Then you're dead and trying not to throw your controller into the TV. The Stoner is probably the best machine gun with its damage/accuracy/firing speed. I want to use the M60, but if you don't have a grip, you're fucked, but if you have a grip, you can't hit anyone 40 yards away. The Stoner acts sort of like the AUG-HBAR did in MW2, the LMG that is actually an OP AR. Also is the Aim-Assist in this game ridiculous or is it just me? I can't get any one of these headshot contracts because unless I'm using the G11, I'm shooting someone in the crotch.
Yeah sure, say that like it's a bad thing. Last time I checked the majority of the GW kill cams when we play is cockshots. It's a dog eat dog world online, you're either shooting people in the dick, or getting shot in the dick, and I prefer to do the shooting...
Excessive fanboyism(?) incoming: Not wasting any more time with this sham of a game. The WaW engine is a piece of shit and if anyone needs me, I'll be shooting at (not THROUGH) people on MW2. This is what happens when a product is forced to be a cash cow when it sure as shit doesn't have what it takes. If BO came out before MW2, everyone would be hating on it instead. This game had the biggest hype ever and now I see why. Because it doesn't bring shit to the table except for wager matches, contracts and non-stacking killstreaks. Awesome, that was totally worth the 60 bucks. Just wait a few months and you'll see, the cream will eventually rise to the top. Machinima will go back to MW2 or at least not spam BO clips every fucking second. Congratulations, you went 40-7 on a Domination game not capping any flags? Wow, that is impressive. Let's compare, shall we? Try to ignore the assraping he's dishing out, just pay attention to the flow of the games. MW2 is just the better game. I'll get some red dots for this but I figured it had to be said. /rant