Gameplay Tips

[The Lost Prophet]

Just need a place to store these, partly so that I can remember them in a few months time.

* Climb ladders with your pistol drawn, to increase weapon raise time. Pistols work in close combat. Accidentally discovered this when a sniper climbed a ladder and got me (they run around with the pistols, find their spot then swap). You could always run scout pro instead to do this. This tactic works well on Array, Radiation, Firing Range etc. Any map where you can flank campers by climbing. Dual CZs are a good choice for the pistols, because of the super raise time and close quarters ownage.

* Your nades tell everyone where you are, you can use this to your advantage, players will home in on that position and you can be ready. You can also locate enemies from where they're throwing them (obviously). The main point is, you can throw a nade to trick an enemy into rushing that position, so nade and flank.

* Snap to targets by letting go of your ADS. You don't need a high sensitivity. Most players will instinctively learn this and not realize they're doing it. I think running a higher sensitivity works reasonably well without this though, and it does depend on the ADS time of your gun.

* Never die with grenades or tacs in your pockets. Yeah, we all know that one, but I forget sometimes.

* If the enemy is running backwards and you're sprinting at them, hipfire. The knife will usually not work. I'm finding Default works better than tactical in Blops, it's slightly down to preference, but a super fast knife reflex can get you a lot of kills if you like getting in the enemies face.

* If you sprint a lot, Steady Aim Pro. Slight of hand pro never saves me (except on guns that require frequent reloading), and running is too slow. Or you can trust your judgement for safe sprinting and never get caught sprinting down a popular line of sight. Completely up to preference.

[winkdink12]

Nice tips, not much too add, other than the obvious learn the maps. And, you never have to climb a ladder in BLOPS, there is always a second way into that area.

[The Lost Prophet]

Nice tips, not much too add, other than the obvious learn the maps. And, you never have to climb a ladder in BLOPS, there is always a second way into that area.

I'm impatient, and it also applies to anything you have to climb over, and you can switch gun while climbing, which is handy.

[The Lost Prophet]

* Get more exercise. Since this game is about reaction times and twitch reflexes and whatever. I've been running much more lately, and just had a reasonably consistent and easy 3KD, it works, trust me. Nothing too strenuous, 3 days a week Jogging with frequent breaks for a kilometer or so is perfect, it will make your brain stronger, your reflexes more badass and it will get the endorphins flowing.

* I seem to be almost commando lunging people when knifing while stationary. I don't get it, but it needs to be looked into. Might be able to get more range by running at people then stopping and knifing. I always used to think the knife was just buggy... but it just seems to be more complex than it used to be, there's usually a reason it didn't hit the enemy.

* On smaller maps, avoid cramped areas, like doorways. Particularly if you're getting spawn trapped in any way. And get the hell out of your spawn if you're getting spawn trapped. People instinctively think that if they're getting beat, they should hold back and camp their spawn and they force the entire team to spawn in one spot, particularly in demolition. They will know you're going to be there, there are only a finite amount of places you can spawn and you wont be prepared. It's a lost game when your teamates camp their spawn, especially on objective gamemodes.

* If you want fast, easy multikills, put on hardened. When the time comes, you'll shoot through your enemies like butter, which would normally reduce damage by a hefty amount; meaning that you would need more bullets for the extra enemies. Hardened is a very underrated perk as it is, couple it with an extended mags LMG and you'll be a beast in no time.

* If you know someone is hiding around the corner behind cover (like you can see/hear them shoot), duck. yeah, if you walk straight around the corner, you'll probably cop a mouthful of lead, even if they didn't know you were coming, because they will have their finger on the trigger firing at some guy in the distance. Better safe than sorry, crawl under his sight then pop him.

* If you really want to play better, don't play too much. When you first start playing, you will pay more attention. After an hour or so, you'll probably get more careless, though your aim will improve if you're warmed up. So have a CoD session, then go do something else for a while. Then go play a different game. This will also help ease frustration.

[cdplayer96]

* If you want fast, easy multikills, put on hardened. When the time comes, you'll shoot through your enemies like butter, which would normally reduce damage by a hefty amount; meaning that you would need more bullets for the extra enemies. Hardened is a very underrated perk as it is, couple it with an extended mags LMG and you'll be a beast in no time.

have you tested this? because this hasn't been the case in every other cod, but speculated in all of them

[The Lost Prophet]

have you tested this? because this hasn't been the case in every other cod, but speculated in all of them

I killed 3 guys with a stoner and hardened with what seemed to be 3 or 4 bullets. There's no way that would have happened without hardened. I might test it properly sometime, just to be sure.

[The Lost Prophet]

* When using care packages (and probably hardline pro to increase the chance of getting good stuff) be careful of booby traps. You know what was in it, usually the game will tell you when an enemy pulls up a killstreak, so just pay attention to that. If you can confirm that it is rigged, you're obviously not going to get killed by it, but your teammates will, probably 3 or 4 of them. So either chuck in a mic and warn them, or if you just happen to be using FJ or have a friend using FJ with you, take it and back off as fast as possible and you will not die, and save all of your foolish teammates pitiful lives. It kills me to watch 4 teammates to get killed because I f**ked up .

* Try to stay alert. You'll be caught off guard if you just assume that an area of the map is safe. You can spawn and there will be some smart ass 2 meters from you hiding behind a wall, always just assume that there's enemies EVERYWHERE! hiding in bushes, hiding in corners, ready to pop around a corner and FAMAS you. The one of the major reasons running into spawns is effective is because nobody expects to be killed 2 meters from where they just spawned, to them they're in the safe zone, free to sprint... straight into your bullets.

* The other reason spawn killing is effective is because some spawns are located on extremely disadvantageous ground... which comprises 2 of 3 spawn locations on Nuketown, lol. Spawns are always gamemode dependent though, Array has some pretty bad ones on Domination, but it's TDM ones are close to being even. Analyse your exits, if it's a small door or alley way, that is a death trap. Try to stick to more open spawn exits, or the ones less traveled. If you have to funnel into an area that's open, with a whole heap of cover just beyond (like the fountain area on Havana), you may want to stick to the sides of the map and try to sneak out under the cover of buildings and some super covert dolphin diving. It might help to take out some spy planes before you make a break for it, if the map/other team permits you to do so.

* If you ever get flash banged, stun yourself. It cancels it out and you'll be able to actually shoot at them. Rarely do people use Flashbangs though, and it might not work if they rush you hard enough, but that's also rare.

* Stop prestiging. Go and get Marathon Pro and Flak Jacket Pro and never do it again. Best perks ever. You don't need gold guns, you don't need more classes. It's seriously nothing special, there is no advantage. In fact, there is nothing but disadvantages. 5 classes is enough, though if you need an excuse to play the game or you're in for a challenge (grind), then go for it.

* Make your Stuns do all the work for you. Get into the habit of throwing them down sidepaths that you aren't going though. If you get a hitmarker, don't run straight at them, chances are, they just saw your Stun go off and they will be expecting you, flank, nade or C4.

[The Lost Prophet]

I'm impatient, and it also applies to anything you have to climb over, and you can switch gun while climbing, which is handy.

Without doing this, I would still be climbing in through the window, lugging a big ass stoner63.

[PissyPants]

i have thought about flak jacket, but i find it hard enough to get killstreaks with hardline, and i dont get blown up enough for it to affect me, or am i missing something?

Also, hardened doesnt seem to do much for me, if i run into two people im usually as good as dead anyways lol

[The Lost Prophet]

i have thought about flak jacket, but i find it hard enough to get killstreaks with hardline, and i dont get blown up enough for it to affect me, or am i missing something?

Also, hardened doesnt seem to do much for me, if i run into two people im usually as good as dead anyways lol

It's effects are subtle, unlike slight of hand or steady aim. If you're an in-your-face kind of player that darts between close quarters walls a lot, then hardened is quite useful, you just back off and blast them through the wall, and you can easily pick people off from behind their cover, without relying on perfect aim. I am yet to notice the flinch reduction helping in any way though...