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Online Tactics #1 - Running Naked Class (Black Ops 2)

Tony shows you his Running Naked Class setup for Black Ops 2.

csreynolds4123d ago (Edited 4123d ago )

I expect some people might react badly to what I'm about to say, but ce la vie...

This video demonstrates exactly what's wrong with Call of Duty today: you can dominate without needing any real skill. This is a 5-perk class, which offers increased mobility and speed, unlimited ammo (providing you collect Scavenger packages from downed foes), and completely removes the need to aim down sight. It screams noob. Seriously, the guy's hip-firing at people from across the map.

When Treyarch announced Pick 10 I was excited about the changes it'd bring, but in hindsight I think the original Create-a-Class paradigm worked better. Able to choose only 3 perks, you had to make careful loadout decisions, and make up for any shortcomings by actually being good at the game - y'know, aiming and everything. Now, you can just load up on perks/attachments and beast without having any real ability.

*shakes head*

csreynolds4123d ago

I'd rather not fall into the category this sort of class belongs to - call me a CoD snob if you will, but I'm better than 'hip spray all day' loadouts...

Lucid844123d ago

The reason why I made this class was for people I knew who never used their secondary or equipment. I thought it was a waste to do that, so I thought about making a class for that. However, I'm going to stick to Black Ops 2 for two more episodes before I move on. They both will have all 10 slots filled and one of them I'm going to make really interesting.

CoTton_MoUtH4123d ago

i do the same but i use engineer instead of dexterity i feel i can move around the whole map without the hassle of being claymore'd or running over a betty.

Lucid844123d ago

I can agree with that, but remember with a betty you can just crouch down to avoid its damage ; )

up2snuff4122d ago (Edited 4122d ago )

Exactly! I knew this pick 10 would suck and it does. Of course most like it. It gives them MORE without hardly a sacrifice. Most want easy mode crap. I'd rather they go back to a stricter design where it was a tougher choice on what Perk to choose. That is, as long as they make the Perks balanced and put them in the correct Tiers.

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These Call of Duty games are officially dead as servers go offline

Following the Wii U and 3DS servers being taken offline, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 and Ghosts are officially dead.

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Call of Duty players are playing this game for the last time before it's taken offline

Call of Duty players are jumping into Black Ops 2 for the final time before its Wii U servers go offline for good.

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Xbox backwards compatibility sends old Call of Duty games back into the Top Five | UK Monthly Charts

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shadowT252d ago

Xbox $70 billion bet paid out

fr0sty252d ago

Guess that's what happens when there's no good new games to play...

4Sh0w252d ago (Edited 252d ago )

Well regardless of exclusives, or whatever else there is to play on Xbox or ps, CoD has has still been the top selling game on ps platform since forever also.....so no surprise that the most popular game franchise on any console could easily have a revival due to servers coming back online...this is just credit to xbox backwards compatibility & thats good thing for Xbox gamers.

wiz7191252d ago

@Frosty orrrr maybe it’s a breath of fresh air to be able to go back to the peak of the series .. and it’s beem great lol

mkis007252d ago

It's going to take 10 years for xbox to generate that much profit...

Rhythmattic251d ago

Why worry when they have OS, Server and Background Data in their hands...
Gaming is just the small piece, at the top left in a few K piece jigsaw.

EasilyTheBest251d ago

If you buy a house with cash for 1 million dollars you still own the house. Microsoft don't need to make the money back.

Rhythmattic249d ago

But its not money back, its about how it goes missing.

jznrpg252d ago

Shooters is what Xbox people play most of the time and that’s about it by the numbers and sales of games.

shinoff2183252d ago

Atkeast older gamers nostalgia is good. Jeez.

Jin_Sakai252d ago

Mostly because the new CoD games are garbage. The old games were much better.

Rutaprkl251d ago

Agree 100%. Cod 4, WaW, Black ops 1 & 2, those were the days.

Rhythmattic251d ago

For MP, Unreal tournament , QIII Arena (loved the UT mod) FTW!

RaidenBlack251d ago

Unreal Tournament and Quake III were simply amazing ... CoD's and CoD-likes' rise killed the arena shooter popularity ...
Unreal Tournament 2004 is my favorite in the series.
Didn't enjoy Unreal Tournament III, Quake Champions that much.
Too bad Epic cancelled Unreal Tournament 2014 becoz of Fortnite

Rhythmattic251d ago (Edited 251d ago )

I got hooked on the QIII Urban Terror mod (and my work colleagues I introduced them to)... LAN Sessions at the closing of the doors at work, into the night , sinking beers and eating pizza..... Good times.

thesoftware730252d ago

Wow, good games never get old I guess.

CoD will always be a beast of a franchise, and how awesome is it that you can just boot it up or pop it into your Xbox and play, MS BC is really a neat feature.

CrimsonWing69252d ago

Shows you that backwards compatibility is a worthwhile feature.

1Victor251d ago

@crimson:” Shows you that backwards compatibility is a worthwhile feature.”
I agree it’s worthy at the start of the generation when there’s few new generation games but halfway through the generation it’s not a feature.
Now it’s good that this game is finding a renewed life for its fan but it shows a mayor flaw in new games release when a close decade old game is toppling the charts

CrimsonWing69251d ago

I don't know if I understand what you mean. It's a feature regardless of the time into the generation.

Let's take Armored Core 6 for example. Let's say I'm interested in checking out the previous Armored Core games, sure would be nice if I could play them on my current-gen console.

We're about 3 years into current-gen and old games are hitting in the top 5 for sales charts in the month.

I do get where you're coming from with older games possibly being better than the newer games, but the feature stays the feature. I can only speak for myself, but when there's a lull in game releases or nothing great is out, I like to go back to old titles. It's just nice to not have to have a bunch of consoles out to do so.

I think moving forward it'll be less and less of an issue as like with the PS5 you can access most all of the PS4 games, but I like going back to PS1 and PS2. Would be awesome to kind of make backwards compatibility a prioritized feature moving forward. Hell, Sony was the first to implement it.

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