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Call of Duty: Ghosts online multiplayer discussion thread
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Hip Hop
Member
Doubt it. If past games are any indication, it will take the whole year to have the spawns work at an accepatable rate. Even then, it will not be perfect.
Mechanized
Member
Anyone else love the MAAWS killstreak? Holy shit, I just use it on people rather than anti-air. I always kill like 2-3 people with it. When you know where the enemy is coming from it's sick. I also really like that there seems to be no lock on for anti air. I haven't read anything about it, but is that actually the case? It seems like it's harder to get air support now so the balanced it by making all the AA have no lock on, so taking them out relies on skill to line up the shot, or in my case saving up for air superiority and calling it in and ruining their shit lol.
Lionheart1827
Member
They should really add some other kind of functionality to Air Superiority other than "take out all air support". Its pretty much useless when there is hardly anybody throwing up air support killstreaks, especially now that there are no more UAVs to shoot down.
wsoxfan1214
Banned
wsoxfan1214
Banned
Also, the new TU added support for S&D, which is coming Friday.
DR3AM
Member
get on xbl newb
Whenever I see people voting for Siege
Seriously. I was playing Squads yesterday and some dude had Siege picked, with Cranked as his gametype. Worst match ever. I'd get a kill and not see anyone for almost a minute (and I died at 30 seconds!). Just bad bad bad.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Got a headshot on some guy with the crashing satellite on Whiteout the other day, LOL.
legacyzero
Banned
K.E.M. Strike!
Care Package 
Really? I played a few quick matches after doing that Canadian trade in deal and Seige is by far my favorite map.
The Driver
Member
K.E.M. Strike!
Care Package
Fml literally picked this up out of a care package the other day with like 10 seconds left in the game. Didn't even get to use it.
TheSinkingKnight
Member
I'm only interested in this game for infected. Sure, it's a dumb playlist, but I've sadly spent about 48 hours in game playing infected in MW3 this past year and a half. I really hope they change it up and add more infected variants. Does anyone know if they plan on tweaking any playlists, because that might signal that there could be infected changes.
Lionheart1827
Member
I think it might be in moshpit.
You are correct.
Nothavingit
Neo Member
I love Extincion, had a ton of fun playing it earlier.
The Elite
BOSS
I was close to picking up the Xbone version but that 720p killed it for me.
See you in Forza 5.
Thickstone
Member
I kind of like CoD, although I suck online...but I got a lot of fun out of BLOPS 2 at least. The thing with BLOPS 2 is that it appears to have a visible learning curve and you see yourself improving a lot when you know the maps.
Yet the map design in Ghosts is really a bit of a joke.I don't know how one should memorize these labyrinths but perhaps that's the point. I definitely got frustrated due to the sometimes unfair conditions and the vastness of the maps, coupled with cheap campers and spawns. And fuck those dogs.
i might as well sell Ghosts and try B4 instead, maybe its more my cup of tea. But Ghosts is really terrible online imo and not fun in the least, especially in relation to Blops 2
Yet the map design in Ghosts is really a bit of a joke.I don't know how one should memorize these labyrinths but perhaps that's the point. I definitely got frustrated due to the sometimes unfair conditions and the vastness of the maps, coupled with cheap campers and spawns. And fuck those dogs.
i might as well sell Ghosts and try B4 instead, maybe its more my cup of tea. But Ghosts is really terrible online imo and not fun in the least, especially in relation to Blops 2
I'm new to the game, but are "air support kill streaks" the helicopters and such? Because in the games I play online, it feels like there are multiple each match.
Edit: I see some whining here. Maybe stop playing death match? I've only played domination and I see no camping or spawn kills. I've played about 5 hours so far.
Play Blitz if you want relatively stable spawns.
Spawns are stable in Dom if you're on a team of friends. If you're playing with randoms and they triple cap or push into the enemy spawn, you will get spawned on.
KC/TDM/Cranked are inherently run around like madmen modes, and that tends to cause people to spawn all over the map unless you're playing with a very stable team.
Also literally every single cod has people complaining the maps are the worst in the first few weeks. Every single cod.
(Except MW3 and BO2 maps were the worst)
Spawns are stable in Dom if you're on a team of friends. If you're playing with randoms and they triple cap or push into the enemy spawn, you will get spawned on.
KC/TDM/Cranked are inherently run around like madmen modes, and that tends to cause people to spawn all over the map unless you're playing with a very stable team.
Also literally every single cod has people complaining the maps are the worst in the first few weeks. Every single cod.
(Except MW3 and BO2 maps were the worst
)Truer words have never been spoken. I just don't know how to get myself to stop caring!
voltronbadA
Member
I'm waiting til Black Friday in the hopes that it will be at least a little cheaper. You guy are really making me weary about getting it at all. I really enjoy Call of Duty and although they are pretty inconsistent as far as my enjoyment goes with them, once I adjust to the new style of play I can usually have a fun time. So...... should I pick up this game or not?
(play styles - shotguns for running and gunning, riot shield/throwing knife or riot shield/C4 combos, and LMG's for just about everything else [love my LMG's])
(play styles - shotguns for running and gunning, riot shield/throwing knife or riot shield/C4 combos, and LMG's for just about everything else [love my LMG's])
LMGs are awesome in this. Also probably the best thermal ever (you can flip it down to a holo), which is nasty on LMGs.
Shotgun running is harder, many of the maps are large. They're fine on the smaller maps, and you can use them on the bigger maps with the right build/mode/playstyle.
Riot shielding antics still work fine, but you can't do as much C4 hilarity because no explosives restocking (probably for the best really, I see a lot less grenade/explosives spam in general across the board)
Shotgun running is harder, many of the maps are large. They're fine on the smaller maps, and you can use them on the bigger maps with the right build/mode/playstyle.
Riot shielding antics still work fine, but you can't do as much C4 hilarity because no explosives restocking (probably for the best really, I see a lot less grenade/explosives spam in general across the board)
PaulKersey
Member
This might be the most inconsistent game I have ever played. Ever. Core feels like hardcore 99% of the time because I get shot 1 time in the toe from across the map with an SMG and I die. Meanwhile I hit somebody in the face 3 times with a shotgun at point blank range and they survive. While other times I hit them once from 10 feet away and they die instantly. So dumb. And the unlock system is pure garbage.
This is what alot of people miss. I think the only thing I care about is getting certain patches other then that. I don't give a shit.Game isn't on even playing field enough to take it serious enough to care about k/d
legacyzero
Banned
I am such an ASSHOLE for using he Bulldog shotgun. Its so OP!
TheChewyWaffles
Member
It's like the map designers really don't understand what makes COD fun.
GodParticle
Member
I think it's the absolute worst. I went several games where I was shooting no more than a few feet away and not even getting hitmarkers - like 3 shots and not a single one registered. Never had that problem with the other shotguns. Tac12 all the way
Hip Hop
Member
Is it really?
I haven't used in a regular match but when playing Infected, the range and damage really suck.
legacyzero
Banned
Put on a muzzle brake, forgrip and Steady Aim, and come back and tell me how ya did
"On The go" helps too.
GodParticle
Member
Put on a muzzle brake, forgrip and Steady Aim, and come back and tell me how ya did
"On The go" helps too.
Yeah, that's what I was using. Really weird. Maybe I was just having some lag games. I thought about trying the slug with it
legacyzero
Banned
LOL Its not the maps, its the spawns.
I take it more as they don't know how the basics of map control and how the flow of battle works
Edit: spawn is also a problem but that will probably get fixed in time like BO2...can't fix maps unless your adding new ones.
Nabs
Member
Exactly.
legacyzero
Banned
Any map can be controlled with the right strategy and team. The spawns can ruin that.
True, but the map must have a balance to be controlled in the first place. With MW3/Ghost (and even BO2 in a way) there isn't any balance. It's 20 choke/intersection points and no real corridor setups. You can't hold down a chokepoint or an area because there is a good chance that there are 89 different entrances into that section or someone will revenge spawn around you. The series might be known for it's "run around like a headless chicken tactics" but the maps here basically encourage it and discourage really any strong strategy.
GroundCombo
Member
One of the support streaks summons a bot with a riot shield. "Support Squadmate" I think. I've been messing around with it, but it isn't that great. Usually gets some kills though, and serves as a distraction.
LOL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu5lZRsOwog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8chrBAK5w0
This fucking game...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu5lZRsOwog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8chrBAK5w0
This fucking game...
Admittedly, the game is fine in Domination. There are still spawn kills and whatnot, but it's not so bad. Unfortunately the strategy's changed though. It's actually beneficial to cap all three as opposed to before where you can control the other team by just capping two points. Capping all three forces pressure on the opposition splitting up the resources they have for capping one of your two points. I doubt this was intentional though. Spawns are still out of whack and ridiculous, but the game is controllable in this particular game type.
GroundCombo
Member
I used to be a domination fiend back in COD4, but I've only tried it a few times on Ghosts and gotten my ass thoroughly kicked every time. It seems like every flag has about 129 possible sniper points, sightlines and alleyways that can be camped. I'll give it some more time because I'm really really getting sick of the goddamn ridiculous spawning bullshit in KC/TDM (where's the T in TDM when people get sprinkled all over the map?), but so far it just hasn't worked. Maybe I'll make a dom class with smokes and trophy systems and whatnot.
MarshMellow96
Member
Was just killed twice in the same killcam. I don't know whether to be embarrassed or angry...