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thebigcountry

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Oct 28, 2017
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How do you even compare a 3rd person BR experience like Fortnite to a first person shooter like Blackout? I'm just curious. I personally hated Fortnite in my time with it....I absolutely think Blackout is the best in this genre.
Prior to Blackout's release, Fortnite was essentially the only game in town for BR on console.
 

guitarguy316

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Nov 3, 2017
1,477
Does anyone else have the bug where you have to reboot your Xbox because nobody can hear you speak and you can't hear your squad? It happens after coming out of standby everytime for me.
 

yankeeh8er

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Oct 26, 2017
5,025
Dracula Georgia
I unlocked the tactical unicorn camo for the gks but I can't figure out how to equip it. Does anyone know how to do this on Xbox? I figured it out. You have to push up on the weapon select screen.
 

Stewarto

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Oct 27, 2017
1,217
Is there like a throw order to things? Like I have 4 different throwables, is there a way to assign what comes next after I throw all of one type?

Same with meds.. I can use a trauma and it goes to first aid when I have like 15 med kits, is there a way to set med kits after using the trauma?
 
Oct 25, 2017
29,415
I wonder if the SWAT assault rifle is supposed to be based on the SWAT-556 from Black Ops 2?
latest
 

poklane

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Oct 25, 2017
27,857
the Netherlands
Has anyone unlocked Woods in Blackout? I was under the impression that you can unlock him in Duos and Quads by winning, even if you die but your teammates make it to the end. Guess I was wrong.
 
Oct 25, 2017
4,840
Wait, they're adding new guns but the they can only be earned though the black market?
Yep. It's microtransaction time.

They're reducing the number of tiers to 100 but we don't know how long this "operation" will last. Or, remember when the black market first came out and it was glitched so that your progression was much slower than it was supposed to be? That'll probably be the progression rate here lol.

Always assume the worst when microtransactions are involved in an Activision game.
 

test_account

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Oct 25, 2017
4,645
Damn, Strike Team scorestreak is really overpowered when playing hardcore mode. The guys (strike team) can take a huge amount of damage and they kill you really fast, even from long distance across the map.
 
Nov 7, 2017
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There was some guy in ps4 Mp using a fully auto rifle who was one or two shot killing everyone to the body. is that possible?
 

ABK281

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Apr 5, 2018
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How did you expect that the guns should be earned if not through the Black Market? Honest question. This is basically how its been through the las 5-6 CoD games or so.
Added for free, maybe? Plenty of games that don't do nearly as well sales wise add free DLC, and it's not like they aren't getting money from selling DLC maps as well as cosmetics through the black market. Something like a gun that's relevant to the balance of the game should be unlockable for all players without monetary compensation.

And I haven't bought a CoD in 5 releases so it looks like I just so happen managed to skip most of the horseshit.
 

test_account

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Oct 25, 2017
4,645
Added for free, maybe? Plenty of games that don't do nearly as well sales wise add free DLC, and it's not like they aren't getting money from selling DLC maps as well as cosmetics through the black market. Something like a gun that's relevant to the balance of the game should be unlockable for all players without monetary compensation.

And I haven't bought a CoD in 5 releases so it looks like I just so happen managed to skip most of the horseshit.
Fair enough. Thanks for the answer.

If the previous CoD games are anything to go by, the new guns will not have any affect on the balance of the game. I unlocked most of the new guns added to CoD WW2, and none of them felt better than the stock weapons. I got all of these without paying a cent. Its the same with Black Ops 4, you can get all of the games without monetary compensation.
 

Skittles

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Oct 25, 2017
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Added for free, maybe? Plenty of games that don't do nearly as well sales wise add free DLC, and it's not like they aren't getting money from selling DLC maps as well as cosmetics through the black market. Something like a gun that's relevant to the balance of the game should be unlockable for all players without monetary compensation.

And I haven't bought a CoD in 5 releases so it looks like I just so happen managed to skip most of the horseshit.
You can earn them for free tho. Can unlock a free tier for the black market a day just by playing a single game
 

jorgejjvr

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Oct 31, 2017
8,423
Really excited about the new pass and specialist

Going to be really hard to leverage this and smash lol
 

Kalentan

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Oct 25, 2017
44,590
Man holy shit I went crazy into completing the Technical Camo challenges today. I only had the VAPR ones done and today I got the ICR, Rampart, Maddox, and the KN all done tonight. Rocking that diamond now!!! :D
 

JustInsane

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Oct 27, 2017
1,714
I only have 50 kills with attachments with the Spitfire/GKS, and like 10 kills with the Cordite and Dark Matter will be done.
 

Meccs

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Nov 1, 2017
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The post about the upcoming DLC (Operation Absolute Zero ) doesn't say anything about new MP maps. Do we get new maps too?
 
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Nov 23, 2017
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The post about the upcoming DLC (Operation Absolute Zero ) doesn't say anything about new MP maps. Do we get new maps too?

Yeah, seems like we are getting 2 new maps: Elevation and Madagascar. At least they showed up in the companion app.

I'm really looking forward for the update. I hope we get some nice skins. The skins we have until now are boring as hell.
 

AnimeJesus

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Oct 27, 2017
4,165
Im a little late to the game, just got it yesterday and the regular multiplayer feels good. Kinda shocked to see new MP maps will be part of the Season pass, which really sucks. It just feels like the multiplayer gets segmented once the new maps come out and queues start taking longer.

I guess at least that wont affect Blackout mode as badly though.
 
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Nov 23, 2017
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Boy, do I suck with the VAPR. Looking at my matches today you can see the exact moment when I switched from the Rampart to the VAPR:

Won - 3.57 k/d
Won - 3.50 k/d
Lost - 1.21 k/d
Won - 1.15 k/d
Won - 1.64 k/d

Switched to the VAPR:

Lost - 0.50 k/d
Won - 1.22 k/d
Lost - 0.00 k/d
Lost - 0.17 k/d
Lost - 1.08 k/d
Lost - 0.93 k/d
Lost - 0.82 k/d
Lost - 0.92 k/d

Damn.
 
Oct 25, 2017
4,840
Drone Squad is a really cheap and dumb scorestreak and they need to make Cold Blooded counter it at least somehow (currently it does nothing). I used a permanent unlock on it because it's that powerful, probably the best in the game as long as there's enough outdoor areas on the map.
 

TheMrPliskin

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Oct 26, 2017
3,564
Uninstalled this last weekend due to having a backlog of other recent games to get through and now I'm reinstalling it for the upcoming update. On the one hand it's great that there's a CoD game I'm actually interested in again on the other hand it's really not helping me get through my backlog.
 

sven

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Oct 31, 2017
2,544
Final 3 and I accidentally hit the emote button and my guy stands up in the middle of the desert to have a beer. I finished 3rd.
 

Rental

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Oct 28, 2017
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Final 3 and I accidentally hit the emote button and my guy stands up in the middle of the desert to have a beer. I finished 3rd.

But just imagine if you did that and won! That sucks though. I use the in game commands to point out items for teammates and I think the enemy can hear the voices from it. I know it's going to mess me over at some point

Anyone else playing battlefield V and completely messing up on the controls due to COD? I'm constantly throwing grenades when I'm trying to heal myself in battlefield.
 
Oct 27, 2017
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People are now just realizing how good the Tempest is, and his little Seeker Drone also is quite powerful. Might have something to do with the first Pro tournament which is taking place right now and the Pros are godly with it, so people might be trying to copy them.
He is amazing for headshots and you need headshots for skin unlocks.

Ahh both of those make sense. I was playing a free for all and it seems like everyone was using him.
 

Sande

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Oct 25, 2017
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I don't know if solo Blackout is just far worse for black market progress than other modes, but damn is it grindy. Barely gonna reach 165 by the time first strike ends and I played A LOT.
 

sven

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Oct 31, 2017
2,544
But just imagine if you did that and won! That sucks though. I use the in game commands to point out items for teammates and I think the enemy can hear the voices from it. I know it's going to mess me over at some point

Yeah that would have been awesome if I could have pulled it off. I did have a fully tricked out ICR, a bag full of cluster grenades, an active sensor dart, and a grapple gun but I only made it about one step after the animation ended. Oh well. I'd have probably choked anyway.