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Old 09-09-2012, 18:32   #1
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How can COD recapture its former glory

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Old 09-09-2012, 18:36   #2
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It needs to get with the times a little. At least have some destruction in it.

Dedicated servers to stop all the host migration and other crap that comes with it.

THINK where they are puting spawn points and whether they can be abused or not.

Does the OP not have anything to offer ???
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Old 09-09-2012, 18:37   #3
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Make the maps ideal for camping like in MW1.

MW2 maps encouraged blind madness.
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Old 09-09-2012, 18:41   #4
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One giant circular map with no corners, so there's no complaining about camping.

No kill streaks so there's no complaining of kill streaks ruining a game.

One gun of each gun type only and even then they all have the same damage and rage, so there's no complaining of overpowered guns.

I think everyone would be happy then.
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Old 09-09-2012, 19:29   #5
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Rehire Infinity Ward quickly.
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Old 09-09-2012, 19:29   #6
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CoD4 + Points Streaks

That would do for me.

As much as the spawn issues, host migration issues and camping get on my t1ts - the maps are the worst factor for me. They're a mess, especially the DLC maps. Why must every one of them be a rubble-strewn, garbage-laden rat-run that offers up near limitless opportunities to camp? I prefer simple, and open maps. Overgrown, Creek, Bog - brilliant. Yes, you could camp on them if you really wanted, but they don't afford anywhere near the number of opportunities that every game's maps since have. It was far easier to recognize where these spots were and avoid them. Now? You can't avoid them as there's spots littered all over the maps.

Also - fook off with the ridiculous amount of killstreak rewards, many of which are stupidly overpowered. There's nothing wrong with everyone having the same three standard rewards - UAV, Airstrike, Chopper, worked well enough. I actually remember games back in the day where you didn't have some form of air support in the air for near the entire game!

I'm not entirely sure CoD can be saved to be honest. Look what happened when they tried to take quickscoping out of the game with BlOps - the fooking vocal minority started whinging and moaning their t1ts off until Treyarch caved and patched it back in. Can you imagine what will happen if people can't camp? I'm convinced that they'll end up buffing ghost or cold-blooded in BlOps2 to make you completely invisible again when the moaners kick off.

I fully expect BlOps2 to be my final CoD game. I can't face another IW effort, and at this point I don't think I trust anyone other than Treyarch with the IP anymore. Hopefully Respawn's first game will be out at some point next year. I think I'm more excited by that prospect than anything CoD related.
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Old 09-09-2012, 19:50   #7
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i remember the good old ps3 days of cod4.....

its never been the same since
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Old 09-09-2012, 20:05   #8
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Dedicated servers
Stop putting me into games were the team i'm on is been spawn raped.
Downgrade some of the power of certain guns
Stop letting little kiddies play on the game.
Mute all button in the lobbys
Make better maps or re use the good maps from past COD's
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Old 09-09-2012, 20:14   #9
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It needs to get with the times a little. At least have some destruction in it.

Dedicated servers to stop all the host migration and other crap that comes with it.

THINK where they are puting spawn points and whether they can be abused or not.

Does the OP not have anything to offer ???
I do gilly indeed I do! Spawn players within radius of other friendlies.
Also more variety and challenging maps, i.e harder to camp and snipe.
A bigger variety in 'team' based modes that actually promote teamplaying

As for the campaign, it needs to be longer to warrant the premium price.
And finally the missions need more excitement and difference as basically the same mission types have been rehashed.
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Old 09-09-2012, 21:59   #10
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They don't NEED to do anything it's the biggest selling games series and will continue to sell bucket loads. They can release the same game under a different name every year and everybody will still buy it.
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Old 09-09-2012, 22:53   #11
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Be more realistic with less kills ... Was kinda the last great cod game and still my favourite. Make it without guns!
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Old 09-09-2012, 23:27   #12
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I don't think that they can to be honest. Even if they rectified a lot of what makes the games so infuriating to play, there is still an enormous portion of the community that like to camp, cheat and generally play unfair. Unfortunately that portion of players seems to get larger with every release rather than smaller and while that continues, it can't be like it once was.
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Old 10-09-2012, 00:55   #13
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Mute all button in the lobbys
Yes it definitely needs a 'Mute All' button.

You can turn voice volume down, but I still have to mute each player as I hate that speaker icon coming on and off all the time.
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Old 10-09-2012, 00:56   #14
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Remove quickscoping.
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Old 10-09-2012, 01:00   #15
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Also more variety and challenging maps, i.e harder to camp and snipe.
The maps have been designed so that sniping is difficult.

Anyone who is a true sniper (eg not a quickscoper) can tell you that lines of sight are made difficult by the placing of objects, such as cars or vans.

If there is a room, then there will be camping (which is not sniping).
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Old 10-09-2012, 01:05   #16
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No kill streaks so there's no complaining of kill streaks ruining a game..
You can always play 'Barebones' if you don't like kill streaks.
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Old 10-09-2012, 06:38   #17
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The maps have been designed so that sniping is difficult.

Anyone who is a true sniper (eg not a quickscoper) can tell you that lines of sight are made difficult by the placing of objects, such as cars or vans.

If there is a room, then there will be camping (which is not sniping).
I stand corrected!
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Old 10-09-2012, 09:50   #18
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To stop campers they should include a new rule across all games, or at least the option to use this across all games

I'd call it quadrants and it would work in a similar to battle royale every so often in a match a quadrant would become unavilable to you if you stay in the same place for to long, the penalty for staying in the quadrant would be death after a few seconds, as will the penalty for returning during the match

the map on the pause screen would say which quadrants are unavailable in a clear and understandable way by spliting the map in to square like in battleship, so if square A,1 was red that quadrant is unavailable

this would force people to move around the map more and not stick to one camping spot
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Old 10-09-2012, 11:57   #19
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To stop campers they should include a new rule across all games, or at least the option to use this across all games

I'd call it quadrants and it would work in a similar to battle royale every so often in a match a quadrant would become unavilable to you if you stay in the same place for to long, the penalty for staying in the quadrant would be death after a few seconds, as will the penalty for returning during the match
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the map on the pause screen would say which quadrants are unavailable in a clear and understandable way by spliting the map in to square like in battleship, so if square A,1 was red that quadrant is unavailable

this would force people to move around the map more and not stick to one camping spot
You should just work for them because thats sounds like a perfectly feasable idea!
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Old 10-09-2012, 11:59   #20
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Roll back everything that has been added to the game since W@W.

People hated that because it was set in WWII but apart from that it was an immense game with immense maps, much like Cod4.

Or, start supporting Cod4 again, wash out the cheaters, and Cod is saved.
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Old 10-09-2012, 12:56   #21
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I think a better design of maps would be a good start, they seem to have gone downhill since the start.

I don't get all this bitching and moaning about camping, it's just a different play style to running and gunning. Just adapt to it. I like to mix it up with a between both styles.
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Old 10-09-2012, 13:10   #22
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Well for me personally a stronger and longer single player campaign would be wonderful. I have little interest in the online play as I find it very repetitive and boring, but since they have continued to concentrate more on the online play then it is this point that needs to readdressed for me.
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Old 10-09-2012, 13:24   #23
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The Mute Lobby option is coming into force in Black Ops 2. About f'n time!

The maps should be designed better, don't make every map have dark corners, rumble, cars, things for people to hide behind everywhere. A mixture of open and tight maps would be better, appeal to everyone, rather than just campers.

Quick Scoping needs to be taken out of the game, everyone will agree it's bullsh!t.

Sit Rep Pro, needs to go. Or it needs a counter. Decoy grenades from Black Ops would have been great in MW3 for example.

Playing with headphones already gives you an advantage, but playing with headphones and Sit Rep Pro is ridiculously over powered. Decoy grenades would of helped to f**k up the people that sound whore the sh!t out of the game.

Assasin/Ghost needs a counter.

Spawning, spawn points should not be limited to a few spots on the map, you should be spawned at the furthest possible point from any enemy. Thus killing spawn killers.
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Old 10-09-2012, 13:32   #24
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Dedicated servers/no lag comp

No deathstreaks

Less killstreaks rewards to deter people from camping for the high end ks

Possibly remove K/D ratio stat and more focus on W/L ratio

Make the game work the day it's released!
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Old 10-09-2012, 13:33   #25
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Some of you appear to have a somewhat rose-tinted view on CoD 4. Its spawns are just as poorly placed as all the other instalments. Not as bad as WaW however.
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