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Call of Duty: Black Ops III Beta Thread [PC/Xbone now up!]

It has been years since I have played a CoD game. Man do I still suck at it, I am much better at Battlefield games.
 
Pre-ordered it yesterday at Best Buy to get in the beta, have to wait 72 hours to get the code...Wonder if Activision would float me one through support if I tell them I don't want to wait to play.

Might as well give it a try
 
I dont suck at the game... But unlike you guys i notice things like host advantage etc... people eating more than me etc...

Netcode is still trash.

So where does the game show who is the host in a match? If it doesn't show it, you're just guessing. People eating more than you, the players on the other end sees exactly the same perception of disadvantage as you. It's unavoidable in a P2P shooter.
 
When people suck they always pull out the poor hit detection card lol

I suck big time myself because I haven't played CoD since MW2, but I only blame myself, not the game.

No one likes to blame themselves :)

But yeah, AW had really bad hit detection when it came to boost jumping and all that. This feels like it registers hit much much better than any other CoD. Based Treyarch.
 
Yehhhhh this still plays like cod with a tiny bit of wallrunning thrown in.

Titanfall still trounces it in the mobility department.

Just played two games and was running into people camping round corners and waiting down sight lines, it's still CoD through and through. Dunno why I thought the added mobility would change how people played, it actually did for a while on AW.
 
I dont suck at the game... But unlike you guys i notice things like host advantage etc... people eating more than me etc...

Netcode is still trash.

The hit detection isn't trash though. I had a big problem with Black Ops1 hit detection when it came out, but this is alright. The lag though plays a big factor into it and when your not getting lag spikes it runs pretty smoothly.

Last night I was getting massive lag spikes and it was just an unplayable mess. Don't know if there is a host though as there is never host migration. I thought this was supposed to be on dedicated servers? My ping is generally 30 or below.
 
meh second crash the dash im at level 23 now think im done with this game...its ok wonder if the main game has more guns...?
 
Yeah, the netcode is still really bad even after all of these years, doesn't even feel tweeked from Black Ops 2; all of the little quirks with hit registration and issues in general I experienced are exactly the same between Blops 2 and 3. Seems like Sledghammer is the only one of the three developers to actually put out some decent netcode, too bad Ghosts sucked though.
 
Regular COD players can easily tell when its lagging, it shows itself when rounding corners or bopping in and out of cover.

When you are shot and in cover, the enemy guy is lagging and still shooting you in the open.

Its lag and its shit, and has been a problem that has got worse with COD and its lack of local matchmaking / low ping lobbies and p2p.
 
So where does the game show who is the host in a match? If it doesn't show it, you're just guessing. People eating more than you, the players on the other end sees exactly the same perception of disadvantage as you. It's unavoidable in a P2P shooter.

ever post by that guy in this thread is negative. not sure why he's still playing lol
 
I think my favorite specs are war machine and gravity spikes.

Still they're all fun to play.

I haven't played cod since 4 so custom kill streaks has me going a little nuts.

Right now I'm rocking HDXC, Dart and Talon.

Overclocked, fast hands and awareness for perks.

ARK-7 with FMJ, Grip and dotsight. And rocket launcher for UAVs lol

Love all the gadgetry though. So cool.

I'm liking the "chemistry" between the specs.

War machine and Ruin are buddies. Ruin hates Prophet apparently, etc.

Would love it if they went the Bad Company 2 route for the campaign.
 
To be perfectly honest, this is the first time in a while I have had fun in a multiplayer console shooter. Advanced Warfare was interesting and fast, but man it was sweaty (stupid skill-based matchmaking).

What are some of your guy's favorite specialist abilities, conversely, which ones do you hate, and which one needs to be buffed?

My favorite specialist ability is Prophet's Glitch. It has saved me so many times and it's just stupid fun. I hate the Battery's War Machine because it is much easier to kill with than the other "instakill" specialists. I think the Battery's Kinetic Armor needs to be buffed, personally it's not even close to the defense of a ballistic vest in MW3.
 
The map with the mini tank on the center (combine I think) needs a re design in dominion, when you are on C there is no way you can proper move to B without being spawn trapped from A
 

No, seriously. I hate overpowered things, and from my experience that's the only overpowered weapon I've seen (I don't think the Razorback is OP). I can almost never kill someone using an M8A7, it's superior in practically every way, heck it instantly kills you. It feels like it only needs two of the four bullets for you today. I can't kill a wielder of an M8 nor can I survive one, EVER. I hate it.
 
It's the best hit detection in any CoD game lol

Bullshit. For all the crap that Ghosts get, no one can deny that that is without a doubt the best as far as this aspect goes. Let's give credit where credit is due.

BO3 is an improvement over the abysmal netcode and hit detection from BO2 and BO1, though, yeah.
 
Regular COD players can easily tell when its lagging, it shows itself when rounding corners or bopping in and out of cover.

When you are shot and in cover, the enemy guy is lagging and still shooting you in the open.

Its lag and its shit, and has been a problem that has got worse with COD and its lack of local matchmaking / low ping lobbies and p2p.


The main reasons I stopped playing cod.


Local matchmaking in shooters should be standard ffs.
 
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