*** Official Call of Duty: Black Ops thread ***

[ilovewilly]

World at War was cheap in ASDA and MW2 was cheap in Sainsbury's last year. Wonder if either of those 2 will decide to do a cheap launch deal again, or if another chain may do the same this time round.

Hope so. Hotukdeals will be the place to look a couple days before.

 

[RoryW]

I'm sure I read somewhere that the supermarkets had agreed to stop all these price wars on games. Then again asda selling fifa cheap if you trade games in is a way around if I guess.

 

[Sanders]

Cant wait for this, pre-ordered it from coolshop not queuing at midnight ftw

 

[Geddes]

whats the killstreaks for this game also whats the ranking system?

 

[RoryW]

whats the killstreaks for this game also whats the ranking system?

Echo in here?

 

[RoryW]

3 Kills – Spy Plane: Shows enemies on the mini-map. Can be shot down
3 Kills – RC-XD Explosive RC Car: Remote controlled car strapped with explosives
4 Kills – Counter Spy Plane: Temporarily disables enemies mini-map
4 Kills – SAM Turret: Airdrop a*placeable SAM turret that destroys aircraft
5 Kills – Care Package: Airdrop a random killstreak or ammo crate
5 Kills – Napalm Strike: Airstrike that covers an area in napalm
6 Kills – Sentry Gun: Airdrop a placeable Sentry Gun
6 Kills – Mortar Team: Target 2 locations to bombard with Mortar Strikes
7 Kills – Attack Helicopter: Call in a support helicopter
7 Kills – Valkyrie Rockets: Launcher with remote controlled rockets
8 Kills – Blackbird: Shows enemy position and direction on the mini-map. Cannot be shot down
8 Kills – Rolling Thunder: Carpet bombing airstrike
9 Kills – Chopper Gunner: Be the gunner of an attack helicopter
11 Kills – Attack Dogs: Attack dogs that hunt the enemy down
11 Kills – Gunship: Pilot an attack helicopter

 

[H.Maxim]

so what's people doing when they get it, straight onto Campaign single player or straight onto multiplayer?. I'm going onto multiplayer i think get use to the maps

I always like to do the campaign first. I know this game is all about multiplayer but it'd be nice to have a decent single player campaign too.

 

[JJ!]

'There are only fifty levels per Prestige this time, and only five Prestiges.

You'll unlock different categories of purchasable things for customization as you level up, with all Perks unlocking at level 4, and all Killstreaks unlocking at level 10.

You buy stuff with CoD Points that you earn via normal play.'

Taken from gamespot

 

[Gally]

Is it a "modern war" game? Ie no f**king vietnam water pistols?

 

[kev182cup]

Yeah it's modern warefare gal. No bouncing bettys in this 1. Lol thank f**k. So why is there basically 2 sentry gun type streaks and 2 onboard helicopter killstreaks. Why not keep the ac130 for the last streak and then harriers aswell. It seems between these cod games ya could make a great game but they will never quite get it right. I don't like the fact ya only get a pistol as secondary either. I never used the pistol in WAW ever so it's wasting a small part of the game I feel cos most people won't use them.

 

[Scutch]

Was reading about all the multiplayer modes availble for this, and there's quite a few. Some seem a bit mental.

 

[JJ!]

Weapons/perks etc are here:

http://www.cod7blackops.com/weapons/

 

[kev182cup]

So basically all the noobs are going to have rpg as a secondary and people who can play will have ballistic knife or crossbow. Noticed the range on the spas looks quite low and f**king tac inserts are still in. b******s. Lol

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

Theres a video somewhere of the mortar strike and they chose three locations not two :/ Hm

Theres always gonna be some noob setup in every game they make, you know they always find ways and means to stoop to another alltime low!

 

[treemanx]

^^ There always is. They find the cheapest/least skill required way of killing someone and spam it. Where is the satisfaction in that?

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

I always had a noob tube oma class setup for occasions where thats all i get killed by.

Im sticking with BFBC2 and medal of honour til black ops now

 

[Benson]

Cannot stand the attack dogs, but at least they aren't as easy to get as they were on WaW.

 

[scott9]

Cannot stand the attack dogs, but at least they aren't as easy to get as they were on WaW.

MW2 was my first Modern Warfare game so ive never seen the attack dogs as a killstreak reward... are they a pretty useful tool to use then or do they get killed pretty easy?

 

[Benson]

They're good if they're on your side, absolute pain in the arse if they aren't. I think they last for 60 seconds, which if you're on hardcore (which is all I play) feels like a life time. They're easy to kill but very fast and seem to come from all directions.

 

[kev182cup]

yeah there c***s. lol 'release the hounds'. oh balls. lol

 

[Geddes]

Cannot stand the attack dogs, but at least they aren't as easy to get as they were on WaW.

can you kill the dogs? I've never played WAW were they lethal
edit sorry ^^^

 

[Geddes]

see 11 is the top kill streak, so it shouldnt be too hard to reach it a fair few times in the game

 

[kev182cup]

yeah you can kill them gedi but there is quite alot of them. they must be better to be right up the killstreak list as youd only get 4 kills at most off them in WAW and thats pants.

 

[Geddes]

i'd say of the killstraks the maximum damage would be 5 or 6 with 9 and 11

 

[scott9]

I meant first call of duty game there...

didnt understand what the big deal was until i actually got into it myself, dont think ive ever been as gayly excited about a game ever.

Best place to pre-order??

 

[kev182cup]

Maybe there trying to tone them down so people don't rely on them. Good ill kick ass even more. Like us in barebones. Lol

 

[Brand86]

Personally I thought the killstreaks (or some of them at least) in MW2 were far too easy to get. Pretty easy to get 5 for predator, then with that get 1 or 2 kills with harriers, then that leads to chopper gunner...pretty easy to get a killstreak of 15/16. I like the ideas of them messing around more with the opposition like radars, comms etc, not directly getting kills as it unbalances the game. Or maybe only have 1 killstreak you are able to choose which gives you kills (or potential to).

The nuke option was pretty lame too.

 

[kev182cup]

I liked the idea of the nuke cos it gave ya something to aim for when ya get alot of kills. Like say if I have pred, harrier pavelow I'd die on purpose to get my streaks again for even more kills.

 

[Brand86]

Yes and it gets to the point in some games where 2 or 3 people on the same side have got so much air support out it's like an RAF exhibition, and the team in front can all hide and let their air support do the hard work. Yes I know there is cold blooded etc, but still messes the game up.

 

[kev182cup]

Hahaha reminds me of a game me and fiestec were fighting for air space. Lol destroyed them.

 

[Brand86]

It can be silly, especially on mercs when everyone is even more selfish and no one carries rockets to take out the planes. Harriers are too good for a ks of 7 though, often you get 5+ kills with them. Should be a 9 or 10 at least.

I would however like more frag grenades like original MW...1 is too few.

No SCAR in this one either though???

 

[Mr Pants]

I had a harrier strike yesterday, 0 kills and taken down in about 15 secs was deeply upset haha.

 

[treemanx]

On quarry me chopper gunner got shot down before I'd even started shooting once lol

 

[Mr Pants]

On quarry me chopper gunner got shot down before I'd even started shooting once lol

Haha okay you win! :star:

 

[C.J]

I wonder if vehicles will be brought back in with it being Treyarch (COD3 = Bikes / Tanks / Jeeps. COD:WAW = Tanks)

I used to laugh at bombing around with a bike + sidecart, with a mate shooting as you drove.

 

[kev182cup]

Nothing has been mentioned or seen in the released videos about vehicles.

 

[McBunny]

i hope not i hate those damn tanks

 

[seb]

killstreak rewards don't count to your next killstreak so you have to get 11 kills with your gun.

 

[kev182cup]

Really? Where does it say that seb?

 

[Brand86]

COD isn't really designed for vehicles, only in massive levels in things like BFBC2 are they worthwhile, in smaller tigher maps like you find in COD / MW then they aren't needed.