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Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Bumper Stickup posted:

Turns out most of the fan base hates advanced movement because "realism."

I think it’s less hate and more of fatigue. Three advanced movement titles in a row didn’t do the series any favors.

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Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

I think it’s less hate and more of fatigue. Three advanced movement titles in a row didn’t do the series any favors.

A truly advanced movement system that was ahead of its time!
I have no doubt the playerbase will accept the freedom of mobility envisioned by the developers with open arms when it's reintroduced in the future!

IM DAY DAY IRL
Jul 11, 2003

Everything's fine.

Nothing to see here.
macys, please don’t make me put you on my ignore list

objectively bad
Nov 11, 2006

ABANDONS HIS FRIENDS
I am Hyped Up for this. Papa Jeff being in the reveal gave me the confidence in them to get it on pc instead of mouse cheating, first cod I'll be doing it for since MW3.

RBX
Jan 2, 2011

Anybody else playing on PC, I really only play COD online on PS4 and paying for PS+ just for that feels wasteful.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

objectively bad posted:

I am Hyped Up for this. Papa Jeff being in the reveal gave me the confidence in them to get it on pc instead of mouse cheating, first cod I'll be doing it for since MW3.

PC is an excellent choice for playing Call of Duty; supporting higher resolutions, enhanced graphical options, and increased framerates beyond even the excellent console release SKUs!

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Mister Facetious posted:

PC is an excellent choice for playing Call of Duty; supporting higher resolutions, enhanced graphical options, and increased framerates beyond even the excellent console release SKUs!

There’s no way you can keep this up until October.

Fried Watermelon
Dec 29, 2008


How much do I need to pay monthly for the battle royale

Lambert
Apr 15, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
Fallen Rib
There's a 2 lootbox minimum.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Fried Watermelon posted:

How much do I need to pay monthly for the battle royale

Assuming they don’t tie anything about it to the black ops pass and they continue to support it / include it with future COD titles it could be anywhere from 0* to $60-100/year to get the new blackout content tied to the new COD game. Blackout is essentially the foundation of COD as a service. If it’s not horrible dogshit and has enough legs to last a year they’ll definitely tack it on to IW’s next game. At that point you’ll be able to play blackout from 2 separate CODs. My guess is each COD will bring a new map for Blackout and in order to play on that map you need the new game.

That said, this all assumes Blackout as a game mode exists and will be ready for October and not being desperately coded right now as they desperately try to put something together by year’s end. I am extremely hyped to see Call of Duty netcode handle a giant loving map and 100 players simultaneously.

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
Is this coming out for the Nintendo Switch? I'm really looking forward to being fully immersed tightly gripping my HD Rumble activated Joy cons using the technologically advanced motion controls furiously jerking off Activision for more loot boxes. The HD rumble fully immersing my fists as I feel the build up in what could hopefully be a rare or legendary pistol grip that I can slap onto my futuristic m16 that shoots a 20 round burst equipped with a sick Carl's Jr but replaced by a marijuana leaf logo skin.

Bumper Stickup
Jan 7, 2012

Mmm... Offshore Toast!


Grimey Drawer
Give me fully functional multiplayer cod vr.

housefly
Sep 11, 2001

Bumper Stickup posted:

Give me fully functional multiplayer cod vr.

In my head this would be amazing but in reality I think my furniture would end up broken from me flailing about.

WattsvilleBlues
Jan 25, 2005

Every demon wants his pound of flesh

housefly posted:

In my head this would be amazing but in reality I think my furniture would end up broken from me flailing about.

Samesies, I'd probably boost jump into my dog's ashes or something.

Lambert
Apr 15, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
Fallen Rib
https://twitter.com/ForkParker/status/1009580828886790145

Seems like he didn't understand what he had to do. Deleted that tweet and posted this instead:

https://twitter.com/DeandreAyton/st...%2C3331395.html

objectively bad
Nov 11, 2006

ABANDONS HIS FRIENDS

Mister Facetious posted:

PC is an excellent choice for playing Call of Duty; supporting higher resolutions, enhanced graphical options, and increased framerates beyond even the excellent console release SKUs!

I'd normally agree with your sarcasm but I believe in Jeff. I won't pre-order it but his involvement and the fact that it's gonna be on battle.net has legitimately given me a lot of confidence that they're going to try and do right by PC players and not just abandon the platform after a couple of months.

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

Destiny 2 is great on PC, Battle.net keeps the hackers out. Treyarch’s PC CODs used friggin VAC and they managed to deal with the hackers, unlike IW (no anticheat for the first 3-4 months) and WW2 (no anticheat in the beta, SH took a few months to ban the hackers).

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Wazzit posted:

Is this coming out for the Nintendo Switch? I'm really looking forward to being fully immersed tightly gripping my HD Rumble activated Joy cons using the technologically advanced motion controls furiously jerking off Activision for more loot boxes. The HD rumble fully immersing my fists as I feel the build up in what could hopefully be a rare or legendary pistol grip that I can slap onto my futuristic m16 that shoots a 20 round burst equipped with a sick Carl's Jr but replaced by a marijuana leaf logo skin.

Call of Duty would be an excellent franchise to port over to the Nintendo Switch gaming system, bringing to millions of gamers the full breadth of player and character customization options via emblems, cards, banners, skins, new unique weapons, and more!
The Call of Duty franchise has been a pioneering trailblazer in bringing personalization options to players in the multiplayer FPS genre for over a decade!

Puckish Rogue
Jun 24, 2010

Looking forward to the broken rear end Vesper re-skin and subsequent bouncing from "gently caress me :D" to "gently caress me :(" on the gun scale every patch.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Treyarch beta testing monetization features in BO3: You can now buy specialist outfits "directly".

quote:

It appears Activision/Treyarch is experimenting with new ways to add microtransactions in Call of Duty with a direct way to purchase select new Specialist outfits in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.

There are two options available for the new Specialist gear sets, which fans can find in the Black Market in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3:

Purchase a Contract for 300 COD Points. This activates a certain contract (i.e. win 15 games) to unlock the outfit.
Purchase the outfit directly for 600 COD Points. This allows you to directly buy the selected outfit using COD Points.

There is no option to use Cryptokeys to get these; it is with Call of Duty Points only.

This would be 100% cool and good (especially the discounted cost for buying a contract that makes you play the game) if you could use keys. But nope, COD points only because gently caress you.

Macys, can you give me a positive spin on this.

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

Buying cosmetics directly instead of loot boxes is a much better. Fortnite is making mountains of cash this way.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Treyarch beta testing monetization features in BO3: You can now buy specialist outfits "directly".


This would be 100% cool and good (especially the discounted cost for buying a contract that makes you play the game) if you could use keys. But nope, COD points only because gently caress you.

Macys, can you give me a positive spin on this.

Black Ops IIII is still in the weapon/character balance, bug-fixing, and DLC economy testing stages in the final ~four months until release, and it should be emphasized that any pricing structure is subject to change!
If you want me to speculate, I will hazard a guess that the removal of cryptokeys, if permanent- (or to be more accurate, additional secondary/tertiary scrip capable of being acquired through game progress for free; see: scrap + keys in IW) is a helpful simplification of the economy to reduce consumer confusion with the elimination of redundant scrip methods!
Continuing to speculate, it is entirely possible that some amount of CoD Points™ may be acquired through standard leveling/faction/etc. progress through the game's many modes! Nothing has been finalized at this time, and anything can happen!

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Jun 28, 2018

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


IW Hacks for the weekend:
- Triple Quartermaster Collection Hack - Guarantees 3 Quartermaster Collection weapons. (150 keys, 1000 CPs)
- QR-M5TR Assault Rifle Hack - Guarantees 1 Legendary or better Assault Rifle. (1000 salvage)

Both appear to be dupe protected and 50 keys for a gun seems... decent? Actually just ran numbers and it’s kinda bad if you have a ton of Mk 2s left. Of which I’m missing a gently caress ton.

May burn a bit of keys on it and the salvage hack chasing the Horizon for a bit longer.

Kizurue
Apr 5, 2006

There's somethin' fishy goin' on here...

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

IW Hacks for the weekend:
- Triple Quartermaster Collection Hack - Guarantees 3 Quartermaster Collection weapons. (150 keys, 1000 CPs)

I gave the Triple Hack a go. Ended up with a Mk.2 G-Rail Barrage, and a legendary atlas and 2187. Pretty happy with the results, I mean it's not a Horizon but no dupes between regular and Mk.2

Also seone come save me from pubbie hell.

Kizurue fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Jun 29, 2018

Manxome Foe
Apr 6, 2005

Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Gonna buy and play BLOPS IIII just like every other CoD every other year and pray it doesn't suck.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:




quote:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be released worldwide on October 12, but eager fans will have a chance to spend some early hands-on time with Multiplayer in August through the Private Multiplayer Beta, and with Blackout through a Private Blackout Beta coming in September.
Read on for more information about the Multiplayer and Blackout Beta dates and how you can play, then head over to Treyarch’s blog for intel about all the content you can experience in the Multiplayer Beta.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Blackout playable enough for a beta in September? Color me surprised.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


So apparently there’s a Blackout reveal this week? Or a BLOPS panel on Comic Con. Anyways here’s some “leaks” on Blackout:

- Largest map in Call of Duty history, but lots of focus on verticality. As seen in the teaser, the map features pieces of iconic maps from previous games. Nuketown is located in the middle of the map as an island, surrounded by water, set after the nuke is dropped. The layout and theme of Nuketown in Blackout is similar to that of Nuketown Zombies from Black Ops 2.
- Aiming for at very least 50 players, currently testing 64 players right now with plans to increase if possible.
- Health is 150HP, replenished via scavengable Medical Kits. Equipping scavenged Armor allows the player to take 1 extra shot, Armor Piercing Rounds will counter the effect of Armor.
- Limited Inventory slots, increased space via scavenged Backpacks.
- Weapon loot has rarity, depending on the rarity your weapon will have different attachments (Higher Rarity = Better/More Attachments). *Subject to change, there are currently talks about attachments being scavenged rather than rarity-dependent.
- Consumable abilities such as the Multiplayer Specialist Abilities. For example, Torque's Portable Barricade with 1x use, Ruin's Grapple Hook with limited uses, and Nomad's Dog which can be commanded to follow the player or guard an area.
- Equipment such as the Recon RC, an RC-XD without explosives, can be scavenged and give the player an advantage. Currently, a Monkey Bomb equipment which doesn't explode can be found, likely a placeholder for a Decoy Grenade.
- Land, air, and sea vehicles as seen in the teaser. The ATV is the only fully-functioning vehicle in the current build.
- The Storm/Gas mechanic is currently a simple visible wall that closes in on the map.
- While players simply parachute into the map. *Subject to change, talks of moving to a spawn-in system similar to Call of Duty: Online are happening

Sooooo it’s basically PUBG with Fortnite weapons which... is probably the best way for them to go about it. Aside from that everything else points to a rushed and nowhere near ready mode which really only further sells the idea that they scrapped the campaign and changed directions halfway into development yet again. The storm mechanic should absolutely be zombies themed so it stands out. You can be “alive” in the storm but more and more zombies will keep spawning around you, forcing you to deplete ammo to stay alive and get out of the storm but it can reward flanking or even luring the zombies from outside of the storm to aid in taking a position. Hopefully they steer further away from the other BG by going all in on streaks and the things that make COD fun but who knows.

Get hyped???

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

So apparently there’s a Blackout reveal this week? Or a BLOPS panel on Comic Con. Anyways here’s some “leaks” on Blackout:

Nomad's Dog which can be commanded to follow the player or guard an area.

Get hyped???

It has dogs! :neckbeard:

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Hello BLOPS4 Zombies story trailer is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ-vta0oFDw

But no one gives a poo poo about that skip to around 1:30 because BRECCI IS BACK, BABY

Happy Noodle Boy fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Jul 18, 2018

Bumper Stickup
Jan 7, 2012

Mmm... Offshore Toast!


Grimey Drawer
Bring back the Executioner you cowards!

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


No. Just no.

Also Treyarch has a panel going on right now but I think it’s all zombies related.

EDIT:

New zombies trailer, announcing a new UI to help newer players (showing objectives and poo poo), and a new zombies special edition. The special edition still includes the BOP as announced so they’ve made no changes on that thing yet :lol: Also the new trailer was 100% what the leaker said it would be so you can go ahead and take the earlier post of blackout “leaks” as probably true now.

Happy Noodle Boy fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Jul 19, 2018

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Treyarch is pulling out all the stops to make Zombies the premier game mode for the Call of Duty franchise; pushing the limits of co-op play with great characters, alternate weapons, and interesting mechanics and easter eggs!

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Here’s your dumb box, Macys

https://twitter.com/charlieintel/status/1020047753852989446?s=21

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
finally something to bury my ashes in

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

Represent.



Dinosaur Gum
I'm gonna skip merrily through the maps throwing ammo at people

widespread
Aug 5, 2013

I believe I am now no longer in the presence of nice people.



Complete with dumb puzzle. Also $200 USD. (I think $160 USD if your GCU membership was made before May)

Javes
May 6, 2012

ASK ME ABOUT APPEARING OFFLINE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TELL FRIENDS THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY VIDEO GAME TEAM.
Beta is coming up, I guess I gotta pre order this drat game soon. Can someone confirm if the Amazon pre-order/cancel technique still works?

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

Battle Royale with only 50 players sounds dumb tbh

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Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Javes posted:

Beta is coming up, I guess I gotta pre order this drat game soon. Can someone confirm if the Amazon pre-order/cancel technique still works?

Been reading on reddit that the beta is available (for free) through the HK store. Making an account, getting the beta, then switching to your main account to play here. Apparently this has been a thing for every COD beta the last few years.

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