Call Of Duty: Warzone 2.0+DMZ [OT] Keep Your Friends Close And Your Danger Closer

[Blake the drunk]

DMZ — Play Your Way in a Completely New Warzone Experience

In addition to traditional Warzone modes — Battle Royale Solos, Duos, Trios, and Quads — Warzone 2.0 will launch with a brand-new experience known as DMZ.
DMZ is an open-world, narrative-focused extraction mode where Operator squads have free rein to complete faction-based missions, take on additional side objectives, engage with enemy Operators or AI combatants, and search for valuable items, all while fighting to survive toward exfiltration.
Expect a Tactical Overview into this mode closer to its launch next week.

Coming In-Season: Third-Person Playlists

As announced at Next, Warzone 2.0 will include Third-Person Playlists.
This shift in perspective could completely change the Battle Royale fundamentals in Call of Duty, allowing for different visibility tactics and an altered, but still action-packed gameplay feel. Modern Warfare II owners can already get a taste of Third-Person now through the game's Multiplayer.
Third-Person Playlists will be introduced into the Battle Royale weekly rotation during Season 01.

Warzone Intermission, Relaunch as Call of Duty®: Warzone™ Caldera

While we look ahead to Warzone 2.0, we also want to address our plans for Call of Duty: Warzone:
Access to Call of Duty: Warzone continues as normal until November 16, when a short "intermission" takes place during the launch window of Warzone 2.0:

• At approximately 8 AM PT on November 16, Call of Duty: Warzone servers will temporarily go offline as Call of Duty®: Vanguard Season Five concludes.
• At approximately 10 AM PT, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 will be released as part of Modern Warfare II Season 01.
• During this time, studio development resources (led by Raven Software) will be focused on ensuring the new Warzone 2.0 free-to-play ecosystem is running effectively.
• At this time, you are encouraged to jump in and play Warzone 2.0 for free.
• Once the Warzone 2.0 ecosystem is fully stable, and after a small development break for Thanksgiving for the developers who observe this U.S. holiday, Warzone is planned to be relaunched as Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera as a separate experience. This will happen at approximately 10 AM PT on November 28.
• As a token of our appreciation, those who played Call of Duty: Warzone will be gifted a few items to use in Warzone 2.0.

Relaunch — Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera

Following the relaunch, you will have two different Warzone games you can play: Warzone 2.0 and Warzone Caldera.
Warzone 2.0's weapons, progression, and inventory systems will be tied to the new Modern Warfare II content and systems. This is due to a combination of feedback from the community, technical limitations, and a need to simplify the next and newest Warzone to create a seamless player experience moving forward.
Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera continues as a separate game from Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0. Expect the following gameplay experiences within Warzone Caldera once it launches:

• Player progression, cross-progression for XP and Weapon XP, inventories, Battle Pass content, weapons, Store Bundles, and other purchases from Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® (2019), Call of Duty®: Warzone™, Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War, and Call of Duty®: Vanguard will be accessible only within Warzone Caldera (and within their respective games).
• Expect to access a standard Battle Royale Playlist.
• Modern Warfare II or Warzone 2.0 content, including new Battle Pass and Store Bundles, will not be available.
• 2XP and 2WXP Tokens will not be transferrable between Warzone Caldera and Warzone 2.0.
• While Warzone Caldera won't have an in-game store, COD Points will be transferrable between all games.
• Rebirth Island and Fortune's Keep maps will not be present when Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera becomes available to play.
• For those fans of small Battle Royale maps, expect exciting developments in Warzone 2.0 during future seasons.

 

[Blake the drunk]

BTW US Xfinity users get the Battle pass for free. log into your account to redeem.

 

[Hispanicguy]

Faction Missions

There are 3 Factions:

Legion
White Lotus
Black Mous

Each Faction has their own set of missions and they start at Tier 1. Once you complete every mission in a Tier, you move to the next one.
*Black Mous asks you to finish all Tier 2 missions from the first 2 Factions to unlock their own set*

These missions ask you to perform specific things within a game. Some missions ask for 1 thing, or they may ask for a set of things. In the picture above, look at the right side of the screen. These are Tier 2 missions, so they ask for more compared to Tier 1.
*Unless a Mission asks you to Exfil as part of their criteria, they will be completed in game once you're done*

When a mission is complete and you're back in the lobby, make sure you swap it out for a new mission.

These missions reward you with different things:

Outfits
Contraband weapons
Keys
Blueprints

They also offer XP. You can check the rewards in each mission before selecting one.

These missions will be your main goal.

Contraband weapons

These are weapons you'll come across during a run. You can find them when looting, killing AI and taking their weapon, buying them or killing actual players and looting them.

These weapons come with their own attachments, which you can't change, and the only way to actually keep these weapons is to escape with them.

You can keep a total of 20 weapons in your stash and can destroy them to make room for others.
*At the moment, there is a bug where if you try to destroy some weapons, it may show another. So be careful until this is fixed!*

Insured Slots (see the picture above, which shows the slot)

Is there a specific weapon with attachments that you like using during Multiplayer? This slot is where you can equip your favorite to take into the DMZ. You can customize it to your liking.

Be warned, though. If you die, there will be a cooldown on that slot. Meaning, you won't be able to use your favorite weapon until the cooldown period is over.
*Escaping the game with money can decrease the cooldown! More money = more time off it*
*You can unlock 2 other slots when you reach higher Tiers in the Faction Missions*

Contracts

The light green icons you see in this picture are Contracts. You pick one up and you're tasked to do something. Kinda like missions but these are only available during the game. Some examples:

Kill a High Value Target
Rescue a hostage
Find the radioactive caches
Hunt another sqaud

These Contracts reward you with money. Some may lead to loot, as well. You're free to choose which ones you prefer.

Buy Station

At Buy Stations, you can purchase Gear, Contraband Weapons or sell junk loot.

Gear consists of armor, backpacks, killstreaks, keys.
Contraband weapons are self explanatory.

When I say "sell junk" i'm talking about all the crap you'll end up coming across that has no real purpose other than to sell. Toothbrush? Lightbulb? Comic? Sell them all! They all have a value to them. A toothbrush might give you $10 when sold but a laptop might give you $2000.

*Look for the shopping cart icon on the map for a Buy Station*

Keys and Keycards

Keys are used to open up various locked doors. When you highlight them in your inventory, they may give coordinates that give you a general idea of where it may be. It's up to you to visit that part of the map and look around. Be warned, though, they are in random ass places all over the map.

Keycards are for Strongholds. These have AI guarding them inside and out. This is where you'll come across riot shield AI as well.

They usually have good loot so definitely check them out but be prepared!

Both Keys and Keycards can be found throughout the map. Enemies might drop them. You might loot them from human players. Or some can be bought at the Buy Station.

So what exactly is your goal in the game? What should you be doing?

1) Faction Missions
2) Contracts to earn money
3) Finding weapons to escape with
4) Upgrading armor and backpack
*Armor starts with 1 bar. Max of 3 bars. You'll find armor plates to recover when they're empty
*You start with a small backpack. There is a medium and large one, which lets you carry more stuff. They can also let you carry an extra weapon!

It's really up to you what you want to do. It's a big playground.

Some other random notes:

- Open your map and highlight each icon. They will tell you what they are. Highlight a contract and you'll know what needs to be done.
- SAM turrets are on the map and they shoot down aircrafts. If you control one, the enemy can come and control it themselves.
- UAV towers give a constant UAV around the tower. You'll see where enemy AI is. A notification is sent to the lobby so everyone knows it was activated.
- When an enemy opens a Stronghold, there's also a notification and the Stronghold icon on the map turns red.
- There are Ammo Caches, where you can replenish your ammo and find some weapons.
- Need to refill/repair your vehicle? Just pull up to a Gas Station. You'll hear a "Ding" and it'll start refilling/repairing automatically. If an enemy is near you, it'll stop.
- When you want to escape, there are 3 Exfils on the map (the blue icon guy). When you call it in, it takes a few moments to arrive. You'll then have 30 seconds to get on it but once you do, it'll take 5 seconds to leave.
- Don't be surprised if people camp out the Exfil. Be aware of any cars that may be around and just give it a double check before running to the plane. You can kill people inside of the plane, fyi. Or you can escape with an enemy, if you're lucky.
- There is a train that runs around the map. You'll hear the horn when it's near you. Each car has loot. Some have orange boxes, which means better loot.
- Supply drops come around when there's 10 minutes left..maybe a little less. Look at your map and you'll see a plane going across. You should see these orange icons afterwards, which are the supply drops. They take a few to actually drop though so keep looking up to keep track.
- If you happen to not have any more weapons to use for a run, equip a throwing knife. You can kill enemies instantly then take their weapon.
- Enemies go down but don't die right away. They can still shoot you when on the floor. Be careful with that.
- Enemies in general can be pretty crazy, especially in groups. You would think they have lasers because of how well they shoot you. And the range they see you is pretty far. You can sometimes be sneaky but still be careful.
- Other than vehicles, parachuting is another quick way to get across the map. You go really fast and glide well enough to cover a distance pretty quick.


There will be games where you won't see any human players. But there are ways to look for them:

- Choose a contract to hunt other players but be warned they'll know they are being hunted.
- Be aware when AI are shooting something. Chances are, it's another player.
- Players can activate certain things on the map which might give away their location.
- Exfil areas are a good way to meet people. If you go to the area yourself and you notice you can't call the helicopter in, that means someone already called it. So check your surroundings!
- When you ping an exit, you'll see the exit icon turning into a helicopter-symbol whenever a helicopter is coming. There`s also a green light in the sky (coming from the flare) after other players called a helicopter, so you'll immediately see when someone`s about to extract when you`re near an extraction point.

I'm sure i'm missing much more but this should be a general idea of how DMZ works. I would suggest just going in there and messing around. Who cares what weapons you lose. So what if you die too quickly. It's how you learn so don't be discouraged! It can seem boring or overwhelming when you don't come across other players or you just hop on with no direction. Once you get a feel for things, think about what exactly do you want to do. Accept one of the Faction Missions and that should be a good way to guide you through the map.

Good luck and enjoy! And don't forget about that proximity chat! Have fun with it and mess with some people, lol.

 

[GoodCoffeeJoey]

I was just gonna ask if there was one! I'd join to find DMZ groups. I feel bad asking in a fast moving thread.

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I think there would be

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I'd be down as well. Just started fooling around with the DMZ mode tonight and it is incredibly unfriendly to solo play so finding good people to play with seems like a must

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I would love this. Definitely in need of more people to play with

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I'd be down for this for sure. I've been enjoying my time solo queuing the DMZ challenges, but I know I am going to run into issues in the future / already know the briefcase challenge is already probably out of my grasp solo.

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Here's a link to the discord: https://discord.gg/pjNmTf6nZT
I've never made a discord server before, so hopefully it is working properly.

 

[Blake the drunk]

MODERN WARFARE II OVERVIEW

· This is Atomgrad, the first Special Ops Raid. Grab two of your best squadmates and help Price, Farah, and Gaz uncover the secrets held within a highly fortified enemy facility.
· Shipment incoming! Now on the high seas, get ready to complete the rest of those Camo challenges or cause general chaos in this frenetic favorite for core Multiplayer modes.

Introducing the First Special Ops Raid: Atomgrad

Urzikstan: On the trail of their missing team, Price, Farah and Gaz make a grim discovery in an underground bunker.
Continuing from the events of the Modern Warfare II Campaign, the first Special Ops Raid is something that will take, in the words of the captain himself, "violence and timing."
Those who successfully complete this Raid will unlock a familiar face as a brand-new Operator to use in Multiplayer and Special Ops, as well as in Warzone 2.0. It will also unlock a harder difficulty Playlist that will test even veteran Operators. You can expect to find plenty of Intel that awards additional cosmetic items, in addition to some intriguing data it provides about the Modern Warfare II universe.

Preparing for the Raid

Accessing a Raid requires a Raid Assignment, which can be earned through the following method(s):
- Complete a specific Daily Challenge either in Multiplayer or Special Ops.
- Place within the top 20 in any Warzone 2.0 Battle Royale Playlist.
- In DMZ, use the final extract helicopter with at least $30,000 in Cash.
Once a Raid Assignment is earned, that player — and whatever squadmates they choose to bring in — can access the Raid for a full week.
Although there is only one mandatory requirement for Raid access — the Raid Assignment — we have a couple of additional tips prior to infiltration:

1. Warm up with Special Ops missions. Get familiar with how agents fight against you, how Special Ops Kits work, and the general strategies for completing a Special Ops run through its shorter missions. Completing them and earning Stars give you some permanent rewards as well, making this practice worth your time.
2. Tier up those Kits. Because Raids are part of Special Ops, it uses the Kit system. Having a high-Tier Kit means accessing those additional passive and active benefits during a Raid, increasing your options for survival and progression through it.

Shipment to Arrive in Multiplayer

One of the most iconic maps in Call of Duty history is reimagined for Modern Warfare II Multiplayer.
Set on a cargo ship taking on water in a storm-ridden part of the Atlantic Ocean, a new Shipment is ready to bring back the chaos that only an ultracompact map can provide. If you're thinking about working around and off the map's boundaries, which was possible in previous versions, then you might find yourself at sea…

Expect this map to be in featured Playlists throughout the rest of Season 01. Whether you are ready to grind out the rest of those Orion Camo challenges or just embrace chaos, prepare for Shipment's arrival with the Season 01 Reloaded update.

Holiday Shipment Available for a Limited Time

Decorated in the holiday spirit across its main deck, Shipment will receive a temporary festive visual overhaul from December 21, 2022 though the new year to January 4, 2023.
Those on the naughty list won't have to fret over any mythological creatures during this holiday season; the only threats here are your fellow Operators looking to get Camos that shine brighter than tinsel.

 

[Blake the drunk]

Limited-Time Playlists: Warzone Cup, Mini Royale

Following the Modern Warfare FC Support a Team Feature and the release of three limited-time Operator Bundles, Season 01 Reloaded will complete the hat trick of football festivities — or soccer special features — with Warzone Cup.
This limited-time mode brings two teams of three Operators to the Al Easima Field, home of one of the league rivals to Al Mazrah's football club. Here, they will have special ATVs with a pulse ability to push a massive football into the other team's goal. Collect and toss Shock Sticks to stall your opponents or boost through enemy vehicles to ram them out of the way!
The first team to score five goals, or the team with the most goals at the end of the five-minute time limit, wins the match.
Play this mode as any Operators, as well as the fearless Neymar Jr, Paul Pogba, or Leo Messi — all of whom are available in their limited-time Operator Bundles in the Store.

For more traditional Battle Royale fans, Season 01 Reloaded also sees the return of Mini Royale.
A tactical, condensed variant of a standard Battle Royale, expect fewer players but more compact safe zones in Al Mazrah right from the drop. Perfect for those looking to drop in and win within minutes, or who want to test their abilities in closer quarters, Mini Royales are planned to be included as part of scheduled Playlist updates.