Friday, 30 November 2012

Black Ops 2 - Tips for gameplay and objective modes!

Howdy rushers and campers!

So we've all been playing Black Ops 2 until our little thumbs have been bleeding, but that's not where the pain is coming from right? The pain is coming from the god-awful teammates who fail to play the objective despite the markers and the announcements and your lovely, guiding words of encouragement coaxing them to 'B'. So I'm here with some tips on general gameplay and objective gamemodes for both you and er... them.





TEAM DEATHMATCH


  • I know we all want to rush around the map with lightweight and akimbo weapons but until you know the maps like the back of your hand (and I know you don't want to hear this but..) camp when you need to for selective periods of time. The barrels and boxes are conveniently placed around maps so that you can swoop around a corner, clear the area, look over the box into the next open area, knock out whoever you can and go about your business. 
  • As soon as you kill someone, flee the area. You may be running ghost but no silencer, you may be running silencer but no ghost, either way you are now visible on the map and the opposite team will be coming for you. You know how you react when you see the enemy on the UAV and run towards them? Yes, they're doing that to you.
  • Be logical, don't run into open spaces, aim down sights if you need to, flank around the outsides of maps as you begin to learn them.
  • Always shoot down enemy air support. Again, you know how you love friendly UAVS? So do they.




KILL CONFIRMED


  • Unless you're getting the final 75th tag, do not run into the open unprotected to collect 1 tag. Here the enemy can 1) kill you and take your tag 2) tag the tag that you were running for and consequently get a confirm or deny.
  • Use a tag as bait for the enemy team. If you're sitting pretty, head clip behind an object and knock off the enemies as they run desperately towards the tag sitting infront of your sights.




DOMINATION


  • Don't be afraid to set shock charges and betties on a flag you need to protect. The objective is to maintain the possession of your flags by doing anything necessary.
  • Always run towards B at first spawn, encourage your team mates to do so. Clear out any enemies by throwing your tac. and lethals as you run towards it.
  • Sit and protect B if you need to. Again this isn't camping but protecting the objectives.
  • Warn your teammates not to switch spawns so often, you'll lose valuable positioning and flag safety.



Black Ops 2 - Nuketown DLC Controversy

SO Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was released on the 13th of November, 2012 with the promise of the Nuketown DLC map with every launch copy of the game. For many gamers, this was the prime reason for pre-ordering copies (particularly the Hardened versions).

Of course many gamers were happy with their Nuketown DLC from the start, with the map being available on 24/7 rotation with different objective game modes. All was well and happy in Nuketown, Nevada until 6 days after release where the map and lobbies were REMOVED from rotation.

I give you, this image:


Well of course the very vocal COD community shot the messenger and tea-bagged his body until the situation was fixed... kind of. 

The replacement has been a 'bonus' lobby (which still pulls a huge amount of the user base, anywhere from 20,000 - 50,000) with multiple small, chaotic maps with varying objective game modes. Maps include 'slums', 'carrier' and well.. the maps are so unmemorable that I can't actually name the others despite 30 hours of game play up until this point.