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Tactical Insertion boosting problem crushed in Call of Duty: Black Ops

The tactical insertion in Modern Warfare 2 is known mainly for one thing amongst players online: boosting. The epidemic known as boosting is quite generally frowned upon in the online community and to some players it can be put into the same category as cheating. So, last week when videos from the Black Ops multiplayer reveal appeared showing the tactical insertion in action, viewers became some range of angry or irritated. Why oh why would the developers over at Treyarch add this monstrosity of an equipment into this game, didn’t they see what it had done in Modern Warfare 2? With the games release date arriving quickly, the people over at Treyarch felt the need to address this issue and hopefully lower a couple of pitchforks.

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JohnnyBadfinger5400d ago

The game has its OWN reporting system? i dont like the sound of that.

All ready that idea is majorly flawed because most gamers are arseholes, and dont like being beaten, whats to stop people from making false reports just because they are completely out classed by another player?

Being able to cancel a insertion doesnt stop people from boosting, it mearly gives you the option to cancel selected spawn, something which boosters will opt out of and continue to spawn in the same place to get their buddy the top kill streak.

Would rather they bin tactical insertion and re introduce a more realistic commando perk.

Wobbuffet5399d ago

The hackers and glitchers always find a way to exploit the system, this will be no different.

The_Count5399d ago

I'm impressed so far. IMO Treyarch have been better than at Infinity Ward at keeping on top of things in their games. I hope they continue to do so because no doubt hackers will find new exploits.

xAlmostPro5399d ago

whats not to like about it?.. im pretty sure theres measures to stob people abusing the report function, it will be pretty obvious when one guy keeps reporting people.. or when a whole party keep reporting..

i think you've also misunderstood the tactical insertion thing, the cancel thing is to stop legit users dying twice in a row.. so i lay it a guy kills me he sees my insertion & waits..i cancel it in the killcam and respawn as normal..

its also disabled for use in public free for all matches so there wount be many boosters will there? its not often they go into other game modes

NarooN5399d ago

You won't have to worry about false reports because of the game's theater mode - every match gets recorded automatically anyway.

r1sh125399d ago

@johnnybadfinger
lol yea..
People will just report others simply because some players are significantly better.
The stupid thing, even if people are boosting and they get reported for it, its not against the terms of use for XBL and PSN, so how can they just ban people?
I guarantee they will just have to disable it as a whole.
I actually use tac inserts when playing CTF, just so I can spawn near the flag I need to take.

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xYLeinen5399d ago

I like how boosting is labeled as an epidemic >_>

xAlmostPro5399d ago

well it sort of is, isn't it?.. you join a free for all only to realise 2 boosters(who have paid for a game to not play it) are winning.. and killing you with the airsupport they got through cheating?.. but no your right, it hardly ruins the game for people who want to play legit

xYLeinen5399d ago

Not sure if you can label it as cheating, because in theory it really is not. It's exploiting and exploiting is legal since you are using in game mechanics provided by the developers.

BX815399d ago

I think hardcore gamers re guard it as cheating! There are certain unspoken rules in gaming that must be followed imo.

HarryMonogenis5399d ago (Edited 5399d ago )

Well, when every Free-For-All game in Modern Warfare 2 has boosters popping open Tactical Insertions, it should be labelled as an epidemic..

MiloGarret5399d ago

Played free-for-all in mw2 lately? 8/10 lobbies will have at least one pair of boosters. Guaranteed.

I only play free-for-all when I play MW2 and all I ever seem to do is kill boosters. It's ridiculous. I might add that it's actually fun to hunt these sad kids down, as long as you accept that it's going to happen and you're prepared for it.

4pocalyps35399d ago

They start moaning and saying "What you doing?! You're ruining everything!" Ahhh...their tears brings me joy >: D

DrillaKid5399d ago

Same here, and the funny thing is Barebones didnt help since i found just as much boosters in FFA w/o killstreaks.

mcnablejr5399d ago

who has ANYTHING bad to say about this article is CLEARLY a booster.

tdrules5399d ago

the only way to get rid of boosters is remove ranking and unlocks.
boosters will ALWAYS find a way

BX815399d ago

Good point! I can't remember if halo 2 had a ranking system. Not that I can recall and that game was fun as hell!

claterz5399d ago (Edited 5399d ago )

"The game has a reporting system. Report boosters and let’s make examples of them. Once you lay the ban hammer on enough bad people word will get around that we don’t take too kindly to this sort of thing."

How about you just take out tactical insertion and stop expecting gamers to do Microsoft's job of banning cheaters?

"It also solves a problem. A lot of you are super convinced you can make a better spawn system than we can. That’s cool. So, here you go. Here is Tac Insert. Pick your own spawn point and stop yelling at me."

This guy sounds like a right ass hole, the spawning can be easily fixed by using symmetrical maps like 90% of the ones in CoD4, each team has a side of the map, once one of the teams pushes passed and takes that side, spawn the other team on the opposite side, that's what infinity ward tried to do with Mw2 but it didnt work because the maps were too random. A better option would be to use the BFBC2 spawn system, it works perfectly because you can see whether or not it is a crowded area, so if someone dies just after spawning they can't blame the game.

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10 Classic Games That Are Desperate for Remasters

Licensing issues often leave many games forgotten. But all that aside, here are 10 classic games desperate for remasters.

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Iceball2000133d ago

The getaway
Smugglers run
Dead to rights
Worlds scariest police chases
Sure I’m missing a few.

FPS_D3TH132d ago

Mannn… worlds scaries police chases… that took me back lol

Knushwood Butt133d ago

Ape Escape.
Fun game but, wow, you need a college degree to understand the controls.
A remaster would also save you from having to constantly fight the camera.
Keep the music though. Those drum and bass tracks fit really well and haven't aged. Made me think that more games could work well with drum and bass tracks, but unfortunately it's a somewhat niche genre now.

Abear21133d ago

Max Payne Series
Infamous 1 & 2
NBA Street Vol 2
SSX
Skate

M_Prime132d ago

i could have sworn i read somewhere that Remedy is remaking May Payne 1 but things have been quiet lately

YourMommySpoils132d ago

They are making the first one, as we speak.

jznrpg133d ago (Edited 133d ago )

One of the few Xbox games I own. I have 3 copies of it because of the many discs it has, for just in case reasons

jznrpg133d ago (Edited 133d ago )

Xenogears, Xenosaga trilogy, Vagrant Story, Drakengards, Parasite Eve and many more but I’ll start with those

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Best Classic Call of Duty Black Ops Maps, Ranked

The Black Ops series has featured some of the best and classic multiplayer maps in the Call of Duty franchise, and here's the top of them.

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All Call of Duty Black Ops Games Ranked

The Nerd Stash: "Developed by Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty: Black Ops games are some of the best in the series in terms of gameplay, story, and -- of course -- Zombies."

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Rynxie387d ago (Edited 387d ago )

Black ops 4, because it was the last cod of duty I was able to dominate with a +2 k/d ratio. Before all the freaking cheating started to happen. It was nice catching people off guard and shooting at them first and getting the kill. Unlike now, where I shoot people first, but they gun me down with less hits, less time, literally feels like they can kill me in a split second. At times, they are able to run away after me shooting them way more than necessary, yet, the second I'm spotted, I'm dead, there's no me running away to cover. They can do cartwheels, summersaults, backflips and gun you down perfectly. They can shoot you across the map with perfect accuracy. They can jump around like morons and gun you down without even having to correct their aim. They have superman split second perfect reactions. That's the best way to describe it, everything they do is spot on perfect. They can spam and spray (no praying) their gun from far away, because they have no recoil or bullet spread. It always feels like I have to aim and also correct my aim when moving around, while these pricks don't have to do the same.

And yes, I know how to play fps games. I dominated many fps games like: Resistance 1&2, kz 2&3, Socom, MAG, Crysis, Gotham City Impostors, blitz brigade etc. all with 2-4 k/d ratio. Kz2 (lag input controls) and resistance (no aim assist in resistance) being the hardest and were the games I reached either close to a 3 k/d ratio or above.

I truly got to enjoy blacks ops 4 and got my money's worth out of it. Afterwords, I would either stop playing cod games after a while, because of the cheating, or would skip buying cod games for a year or two before buying another.