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Call of Duty : Black Ops : OFFICIAL HYPE THREAD

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Yeezus
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*SPOILER ALERT* - thanks to http://blackops.digitalwarfare247.com

Perks

Tier 1
-Lightweight - move faster
pro : ?
-Scavenger - Pick up ammo from fallen enemies. Replenish lethal grenades.
pro : ?
-Ghost - Undetectable by the Spy Plane and the Blackbird.
pro : ?
-Flak Jacket - Reduces explosives damage
pro : ?
-Hardline - Killstreaks require 1 less kill.
pro : The ability to try for another Care Package item rather than using the original item.
-New create a class adds character to menus, selected Tier 1 perks change your look.

Tier 2
-Hardened - Better bullet penetration
pro : ?
-Scout - Hold breath longer
pro : ?
-Steady Aim - Better Hip-fire accuracy
pro : ?
-Seight of Hand - Faster reload
pro : faster ADS but doesnt work on sniper classes (sucks for us quickscopers)
-Warlord - 2 attachments on primary weapon

Tier 3
-Marathon - Longer Sprint
pro : ?
- Ninja - Silent movement
pro : ?
-Second Chance - Pull out your pistol before dying
pro : ?
-Hacker - Ability to detect enemy equipment and explosives
pro : Hack enemy electronic devices and turn them into your team's (claymore, Stationary Guns, SAM Turrets).
-Tactical Mask - Reduces the effects of flash and concussion grenades.
pro : ?

Killstreaks:
-Sam turret http://twitpic.com/2kedb2
-Mortars http://twitpic.com/2kedbc
-Care Pack (care package weapon and killstreaks?)
-Napalm
-Gunship http://twitpic.com/2kedao
-RC-XD http://twitpic.com/2kedba
KILLSTREAKS:

* 3 – Spy Plane
* 3 – RC XD
* 4 – Counter Spy Plane $1600
* 4 – Sam Turret $1600
* 5 – Care Package
* 5 – Napalm Strike
* 6 – Sentry Gun $3200
* 6 – Mortar Team
* 7 – Attack Helicopter
* 7 – Valkyrie Rockets $4000
* 8 – BlackBird $4500
* 8 – Rolling Thunder $4500
* 9 - Chopper Gunner $5000
* 11 – Attack Dogs $6000
* 11 Gunship $6000

Character Customization

So, not only can you pick the general look of your character based on your first perk selection, you will also be able to buy shit to alter his appearance. One of the things I can confirm is the Face Paint option. There are 21 different choices that can be purchased, with the top thirteen being $500. They are the following:

Stalker
Crom
Highlander
Sidewinder
Martis
Millitia
Apache
Sandman
Zulu
Blitz
Commando
Tundra
Banshee

Offline MP with AI confirmed


Game Modes

Normal

  • Team Deathmatch (12 players)
  • Merc Team Deathmatch (No parties)
  • Free for All (8 players, no really large maps)
  • Domination (12 players)
  • Ground War (18 players, TDM and DOM, no super small maps)
  • Search & Destroy
  • Capture the Flag (12 players)
  • Headquarters (12 players)
  • Demolition (12 players)
  • Sabotage (12 players)
Hardcore

  • Team Deathmatch (12 players)
  • Search & Destroy (12 player)
  • Free for All (8 player)

The ANTE UP (Free-for-all based, 6 players, low buy-in, parties allowed) category includes:

  • One in the Chamber
  • Sticks and Stones - tomahawk, knife, and crossbow only
  • Gun Game - You unlock a better gun with each kill...and lose a "level" with death instead of starting from the beginning
  • Sharpshooter

Wager Match-- gamble your COD points for a bigger pay day. Top 3 get the cash.

*SPOILER*

Purchasable guns.

Contracts - They look to be the replacement for challenges now. Contracts help you earn more CoD money throughout the game, but they do expire within a certain time-frame and in order to complete them in the future, it looks like you will have to buy them back.

Customize your weapon right down to the reticule
You can customize the color of the dot on your gun

Lots of camos

Clan tags on weapons

Emblem editor

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Theater mode

Maps

Summit – a snowy mountain base - http://blackops.digitalwarfare247.com/multiplayer/maps/summit
Launch – the rocket map we see in the teaser trailer. - http://blackops.digitalwarfare247.com/multiplayer/maps/launch
Radiation – an abandoned power station - http://blackops.digitalwarfare247.com/multiplayer/maps/radiation
Cracked – a secluded town in shambles - http://blackops.digitalwarfare247.com/multiplayer/maps/cracked

Misc
One of the reticule types is a pair of crossed bones as in a skull and crossbones.

Flamethrower attachment: three quick bursts range comparable to in WaW described as very powerful.

You can pick up and reposition claymores, camera spikes, etc.

ACOG available as AK47 attachment.

About 40 reticule shapes and about 8 colors

ATTACHMENTS:

-Extended Mag
-ACOG sight
-Red Dot sight
-Reflex
-Infrared scope

RETICULES:

The reticles you can choose when you use a sight--
-Dot
-Semicircle
-Line with dot
-Circle
-Smiley
-Arrows Horizontal
-Arrows Vertical
-Arrows with dot
-Boxes
-Burst
-Circle within a circle
-Circle with dot
-Circle with Crosshairs
-Circle with inner line
-Circle with outer line
-Circle with arrows
-Circle with triangles
-Outer crosshairs
-small crosshairs
-Large crosshairs
-Diamond
-Diamond outline
-Heart
-Radiation
-Skull
-Square
-Square outline
-Star
-3 dots (PREDATOR?)
-Treyarch
-Triangle
-Outer triangles
-X
-X with dot
-yin yang

RED DOT SIGHT COLORS:

-Green
-Blue
-Purple
-Teal
-Yellow
-Orange
-Red

*SPOILER VIDEOS*









Weapons
Oct 10 2010 1:13PM
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-ROY-
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SharpShoot is fun as shit
Nov 26 2010 8:17AM
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Black.Bird
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^^Hahaha so lucky

Nov 26 2010 10:13AM
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Bodhisattva_
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Yes. There are 3 modes of wager matches where you choose how much to wager per match. then you choose the game type. Either Gun Game, Sharpshooter, One in the Chamber, or Sticks and Stones.

Ante Up mode- 30 CoD points per match

Weekend Gambler- 1000 CoD points per match

High Roller- 10000 per match. But in this mode you don't pick what type of match you play. It randomly selects the type of wager match.

You can also double down, which doubles the bets in that particular game, if a majority of players in the lobby choose to double down.

Dec 4 2010 4:29PM
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.AR6rider.
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Funny trick I found out you can do with your care packages on the map Jungle:

Dec 10 2010 6:07PM
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ya the rc paths are fun but you ned nitrous for it and you only getone hit per run
Dec 13 2010 8:41AM
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.AR6rider.
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What are the RC paths? And how the fuck do you use the nitrous?  I feel like I've tried every button and can't get it to work.
Dec 13 2010 10:33AM
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Mestenberg
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gotta try this...
Dec 13 2010 11:59AM
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RubberSoul
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^
Dec 13 2010 12:06PM
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dunkaroos
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on xbox, its the left button (LB). its the button you would normally use for a concussion or nova gas grenade
Dec 13 2010 11:08PM
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cwoodskiier
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a patch will soon allow you to quick scope again
Dec 13 2010 11:10PM
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RubberSoul
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whaat really?
Dec 13 2010 11:13PM
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dunkaroos
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wait are you being serious? where did you hear that?
if you're right, that is awesome.
Dec 13 2010 11:14PM
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RubberSoul
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also where do you get information on what will be in upcoming patches and stuff?
Dec 13 2010 11:19PM
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cwoodskiier
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Im not sure if it was the official site it may have been on an unofficial site but i recall it being somewhat of a legitimate source.
Dec 13 2010 11:37PM
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.AR6rider.
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Well, that sucks.  Now we're gonna have all the MW2 noobs running around using their sniper rifles as shotguns again.
Dec 13 2010 11:47PM
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Bodhisattva_
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You already can, L96A1 with a variable zoom, google that shit.
Dec 13 2010 11:50PM
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gmack24
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worse game ever. Just sold it on ebay, fuck treyarch.
Dec 14 2010 12:04AM
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tjski
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i know its bad to laugh, but that comment is so perfect. hahah
Dec 14 2010 12:12AM
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.AR6rider.
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U mad, bro?

I think it's a pretty sick game.  Way better than MW2, in my opinion.
Dec 14 2010 12:15AM
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treyarch is way better than infinity ward, mw2 was the downfall of CoD black ops got it back on its feet, but the multiplayer is a little gay on black ops. its basically who sees who first
Dec 14 2010 8:31AM
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tjski
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there is no such thing as a bad cod. the multiplayer isnt as good as MW2 but every cod was worth it for the campaign
Dec 14 2010 10:41AM
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dunkaroos
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quickscoping is officially back.
Dec 14 2010 7:14PM
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Black.Bird
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Really!? im going on right now
Dec 14 2010 7:16PM
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dunkaroos
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yep. its basically the way it was in MW2. awesome if you ask me
Dec 14 2010 7:17PM
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LoftyLawnChair
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what did they do to change it?
Dec 14 2010 7:19PM
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dunkaroos
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they just patched it so the shot goes straight right as you scope in...instead of having to wait 2 seconds to hit your target. they also reduced the sway of the scope
Dec 14 2010 7:32PM
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LoftyLawnChair
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This game just got a whole lot better....
Dec 14 2010 7:33PM
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dunkaroos
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really? i was on like an hour ago and wasn't having any trouble at all.

and yes this game just got a whole lot better.
Dec 14 2010 7:36PM
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MANDER
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what was the patch? i havent played in a few weeks
Dec 14 2010 7:41PM
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dunkaroos
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im not really sure because treyarch hasn't released an official/detailed list of what the patch fixed.

BUT

i know it fixed quickscoping and some issues with the AK 74u being too overpowered
Dec 14 2010 7:44PM
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rigzz
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To the people on Xbox360 who are playing tonight. Send me an invite to your games.

GT: BounciestKey06
Dec 14 2010 8:04PM
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.AR6rider.
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From what I've read...

Quickscoping is back = fail
Chopper Gunner doesn't get red diamonds around enemies unless they are targeting with a launcher.
Knife lunge is reduced
People with hardline pro can't re-roll SAM turrets like they can with care packages
You can't cancel your reload by pressing YY quickly (I never knew you could do that in the first place, so meh.)

Not sure if all of this is valid info.

Dec 14 2010 8:20PM
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squibble
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that all sounds good, except qs, i could see that coming back because all those whack quickscopers were complaining
Dec 14 2010 8:24PM
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RubberSoul
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-but you still can't use sleight of hand pro on snipers right? so it's still not as bad right?
-i think someone told me that the red diamonds will be delayed, like they won't immediately appear as the dude spawns. that may be wrong though
-meh, that's fine cause i almost never stab. hope they didn't cut the lunge TOO much though
-that's fine
-that sort of sucks, but you can still cancel it by sprinting for a split second right? so no biggie?
Dec 14 2010 9:21PM
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shibby
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Quickscoping is NOT back, at least not in its MW2 incarnation. I just spent an hour using the L96, your crosshairs line up straighter (and maybe faster now), but it's nothing close to what it was with SoH in MW2. There's also no Stopping Power and a weaker Steady Aim. It's similar to MW sniping, hella fun but actually takes some skill.

Chopper triangles have a delay now so that you can't rain on people right when they spawn.

Not sure if the knife lunge range was reduced, couldn't really tell. I think the auto aim lunging that made it wack before is gone though.
Dec 14 2010 10:43PM
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dunkaroos
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its WAY better than it was in black ops before though
Dec 14 2010 11:12PM
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HKizzle
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Does anybody else go through Reznov's 8 steps in their mind a lot? Every time I am about to go drive i think "Step 1 - Secure the keys!"
Dec 18 2010 2:33AM
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hellyeaaaah
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ahaha that's amazing
Dec 18 2010 2:48AM
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Bodhisattva_
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When you're about to have sex do you think "skewer the winged beast"??
Dec 20 2010 1:41AM
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gmack24
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no you don't. I had it for 2 weeks then sold it. sucks.
Dec 20 2010 1:52AM
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siversex
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thats gay. it is what it is. definintely better than the rest of the call of dutys but not much of an improvement.

but its not terrible. There is no way you can consider it terrible.

Dec 20 2010 2:50AM
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kino der toten is fun as balls zombies are the best
Dec 21 2010 8:26AM
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RubberSoul
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www.infinitywardfanboyscirclejerk.com

you're welcome
Dec 21 2010 10:38AM
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skidaeastcoast
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my boy just got this game. and we cant find out how to turn on the power with 2 players. does anyone kno how to do it?

Dec 21 2010 11:05AM
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on kino you have to get to the stage and its right next to the m16

on five its downstairs in the basement when you first get down the second elevator its the first left and then the first door on the right and its in that little room... if you want help with teleporters i can whats your gtag
Dec 22 2010 8:53AM
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skidaeastcoast
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alright good look ill try that
Dec 22 2010 1:13PM
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Ski_the_east01
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damn...thats a lot of dough

http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/278-call-of-duty-black-ops-sets-record-for-activision
Dec 22 2010 1:39PM
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Sam.Carson
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why does everyone hate on this game. its fun and just like all the other cods.
Dec 22 2010 11:05PM
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Ski_the_east01
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first strike map pack out on feb 1st

$15 = gay

Jan 20 2011 11:41AM
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RubberSoul
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that shit is so weak, they always do that shit..


on a brighter note, i just got a huge 3d tv and i'm gonna try out 3d black ops later tonight! ..assuming i ever leave work
Jan 20 2011 12:33PM
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