I played a lot of hours as I said in the first and second part of this long post. For that reason I feel entitled to talk about what I saw on the battlefield.
First of all: DON'T CAMP. Campers are bad considered and, to be honest, camping doesn't take you anywhere. How many can you kill by camping? 7 or 8? Even 17? Of course, if you are protecting a flag, or a target, and in the radar you see people coming to you, you can hide in a corner for a while, but don't make you strategy on camping. You'll loose!
If I go to a room and there is a camper in a corner, I'll try to kill him the next time. If he is good enough, he will move a bit (staying in the same place is really stupid). Maybe he kills me twice in that case... But I promise I'll keep that player in mind for the rest of the game, and the evening if necessary and I'll use all my power to smash him.
Sniping sometimes is necessary. If you are an easy target on an open field and there are only snipers, fight them back, but usually it is a bit boring for me.
Shotgun and breking into rooms is a very funny option sometimes. Not always, but SPAS-12 with Suppressor and Ninja can give you a lot of kills in some occasions. Tactical Insertion can help to avoid running al the time.
Using the killstreaks is an art. Sometimes you see a lot of people in a spot, capturing a flag (typical example, taking B in Villa). It could be too late until your strike hits the point and you'll get barely nothing. Anticipate: cut the respawnding points or go to the unprotected flag, even if it looks safe.
Every Prestige you go further you have to forget about fullfilling all the challenges. Don't finish every Perk and every weapon. Move on. Do just what it is necessary to go to the last Prestige and then finish them easily. I did yesterday nearly all of them to the Pro version, just in an evening. Kill, grow and forget the rest. There are 15 times to do it and you waste your time if you stop on that point.
There are, of course, as many options and opinions as players on Black Ops, on every platform but I did this for being on the maximum prestige level. Are you that high?
I hope you liked, at least, my point of view and if you can take some of the tips to improve, I'll be glad.
Showing posts with label tutorials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tutorials. Show all posts
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 13, 2011
Level 50 15th Prestige. Rising levels tips (II)
How do I play?
I played with different options but having a more or less standard process to build up my profile after every prestige.
In the beginning of every Prestige I started using the faster profile available, with the MP5K. In a couple of games I already had level 6 or 7 so I could create some customized version of it. I'd wait until the 14th level for spending most of my money, improving it but the very first wast to buy Sleight of Hand. For me it is fundamental.
That would be followed by items like Rapid Fire, Claymores, Flash Grenades and Makarov Pistol with upgraded targeting. Marathon and Lightweight were always in my first levels.
After reaching level 14th I went most of the times for the Famas, creating different versions of the profile, one with Grenade Launcher, other with Reflex Sight and another one with War Lord and Reflex/Suppressor and Ninja.
The one with the Grenade Launcher usually had a rocket launcher too, in case some one is hiding in a hole for a long time. Hardline was important in my profiles many times also and I used to have some killstreaks as a regular basis.
Spy Plane or RC-XD (mostly the second), Napalm Strike and Mortar Team. Why so? You can have your Care Package, or the Attack Helicopter but you may find a problem on that. When the airspace is too crowded you are blocked. You can't use your stuff and there is no reward for you. The ones I used don't depend on that so you can use them whenever it fits to you. You can have more that 15 per game, because they are easy to get, and that is a lot of killing...
Once you have a high Prestige you can try others but think about if they are going to be available for you.
The weapons: Famas (I killed more than 14.000) with it, is the most balanced in my opinion. Strong power and not to shaky. AK 74u for short range stages, as Havana, and SPAS-12 for going to them. Sniping, in case you make it sometimes, for me is not that good without the L96A1 (two options as well: Thermal vision and Variable Zoom).
I discovered quite late the China Lake launcher and the CZ75 pistol (I used the Makarov mostly all the time).
These are my main weapons for reaching the top of the hill but you can try, of course your own. Commando is not bad but I still prefer Famas.
About the equipment I trend to use Claymores (killed nearly 2500 with that up to today) but just because of the type of game I play. There are interesting options for other modes. Frag Grenades reach longer than Semtex so, if you need a long range (for First Blood it is important) take them. For accuracy Semtex can give you more multikills.
And finally, some tips about tactics in Black Ops, in the next and last post. If you missed the first one, it is in here.
I played with different options but having a more or less standard process to build up my profile after every prestige.
In the beginning of every Prestige I started using the faster profile available, with the MP5K. In a couple of games I already had level 6 or 7 so I could create some customized version of it. I'd wait until the 14th level for spending most of my money, improving it but the very first wast to buy Sleight of Hand. For me it is fundamental.
That would be followed by items like Rapid Fire, Claymores, Flash Grenades and Makarov Pistol with upgraded targeting. Marathon and Lightweight were always in my first levels.
After reaching level 14th I went most of the times for the Famas, creating different versions of the profile, one with Grenade Launcher, other with Reflex Sight and another one with War Lord and Reflex/Suppressor and Ninja.
The one with the Grenade Launcher usually had a rocket launcher too, in case some one is hiding in a hole for a long time. Hardline was important in my profiles many times also and I used to have some killstreaks as a regular basis.
Spy Plane or RC-XD (mostly the second), Napalm Strike and Mortar Team. Why so? You can have your Care Package, or the Attack Helicopter but you may find a problem on that. When the airspace is too crowded you are blocked. You can't use your stuff and there is no reward for you. The ones I used don't depend on that so you can use them whenever it fits to you. You can have more that 15 per game, because they are easy to get, and that is a lot of killing...
Once you have a high Prestige you can try others but think about if they are going to be available for you.
The weapons: Famas (I killed more than 14.000) with it, is the most balanced in my opinion. Strong power and not to shaky. AK 74u for short range stages, as Havana, and SPAS-12 for going to them. Sniping, in case you make it sometimes, for me is not that good without the L96A1 (two options as well: Thermal vision and Variable Zoom).
I discovered quite late the China Lake launcher and the CZ75 pistol (I used the Makarov mostly all the time).
These are my main weapons for reaching the top of the hill but you can try, of course your own. Commando is not bad but I still prefer Famas.
About the equipment I trend to use Claymores (killed nearly 2500 with that up to today) but just because of the type of game I play. There are interesting options for other modes. Frag Grenades reach longer than Semtex so, if you need a long range (for First Blood it is important) take them. For accuracy Semtex can give you more multikills.
And finally, some tips about tactics in Black Ops, in the next and last post. If you missed the first one, it is in here.
Jun 12, 2011
Level 50 15th Prestige. Rising levels tips (I)
Afer 376.4 hours I made it. I reached the level 50 in the 15th Prestige this weekend. Black Ops is nearly done, and I'll be waiting for Modern Warfare 3!
It might be not that important but it is related to the emblems' matter somehow. Creating new emblems requires having a lot of items and the higher your prestige is, the more you unlock.
I though I could give some tips for rising faster your prestige, although there will be many opinions about that, mine is the following.
First of all, for climb onto the Prestige ranking you need to kill people, obviously. For this I recommend playing game types where there are lots of enemies. I used to play Ground War a lot because having 9 enemies is better than having 6. More multikills chances, more killstreaks possibilities and more action, in the end. Of course it is cool playing whatever other kind of game, with friends or just to try, but as a general rule, you'll go slower.
You have to find your weapons combinations, and for that, it takes some time. In the beginning you go for the easy ones, but the could be not the best ones for achieving the next level easily. The same happens with the killstreaks. Some of them are more effective than others for your purpose, some other are just simply attractive.
I know, because I see it, that there are many great players around. Sometimes it gets difficult to over performance, but I think I play good enough with my different profiles to give advice about it. For that, I'll appoint you to the next post, tomorrow.
It might be not that important but it is related to the emblems' matter somehow. Creating new emblems requires having a lot of items and the higher your prestige is, the more you unlock.
I though I could give some tips for rising faster your prestige, although there will be many opinions about that, mine is the following.
First of all, for climb onto the Prestige ranking you need to kill people, obviously. For this I recommend playing game types where there are lots of enemies. I used to play Ground War a lot because having 9 enemies is better than having 6. More multikills chances, more killstreaks possibilities and more action, in the end. Of course it is cool playing whatever other kind of game, with friends or just to try, but as a general rule, you'll go slower.
You have to find your weapons combinations, and for that, it takes some time. In the beginning you go for the easy ones, but the could be not the best ones for achieving the next level easily. The same happens with the killstreaks. Some of them are more effective than others for your purpose, some other are just simply attractive.
I know, because I see it, that there are many great players around. Sometimes it gets difficult to over performance, but I think I play good enough with my different profiles to give advice about it. For that, I'll appoint you to the next post, tomorrow.
Mar 28, 2011
Sniper (Making off / Layers set up)
Just a few days ago I was asked to explain how I made the sniper emblem, up to today the most popular emblem of the blog. I'll put it layer to layer. I had to do it again so although it is nearly exactly the same, it is not.
I hope you like it. I started with the moon, a white circle:
Finally, the layers explanation:
Of course, this is the way I made this, feel free to do your own one ;-)
I hope you like it. I started with the moon, a white circle:
Finally, the layers explanation:
Of course, this is the way I made this, feel free to do your own one ;-)
Feb 23, 2011
Tutorial: Basics emblems for Black Ops
I promised making some kind of tutorial for making emblems based on my experience. I already gave some tips choosing the objet or character, or whatever we want to create.
Let's start for something easy. What about starting with the Facebook logo. We are going to build it without reflections or shadows. Just simple:
I put first in different color so you can see the objets I used. Then, put the right colors and here you are! The final result is:
Of course, the more money you spend on objets the more things you will be able to build.
Let's see another example. The RSS logo, as well without effects:
The final result is this (note the color changes because of the picture I took, with less light):
I'll come back soon to this section with ideas for making some more complex emblems. By the moment, that's all... ;-)
Let's start for something easy. What about starting with the Facebook logo. We are going to build it without reflections or shadows. Just simple:
I put first in different color so you can see the objets I used. Then, put the right colors and here you are! The final result is:
Of course, the more money you spend on objets the more things you will be able to build.
Let's see another example. The RSS logo, as well without effects:
The final result is this (note the color changes because of the picture I took, with less light):
I'll come back soon to this section with ideas for making some more complex emblems. By the moment, that's all... ;-)
Dec 7, 2010
Tips for creating an emblem in Black Ops (I)
Creating an emblem in Call of Duty Black Ops can be as easy or as difficult as you want. If you have some talent for arts then you have an advantage but if not, this is not a problem at all.
Before I start to write I have to say that I saw the menu for the three platforms (Xbox 360, Play Station 3 and PC) and it looks quite similar so for this post I won't make any difference.
At this point first of all is to know what emblem you want to do. It is quite simple to take a monkey, a gun and a FTW (WTF?) symbol and just put them without order and with some ugly colors. The game is plenty of those, unfortunately. You can create as well some penis or similar but it looks like more like you are a 12 years old person. If you are you shouldn't be playing this game (+18)...
Let's suppose that you are grown enough and you want to do something nice or just original. Pick up a logo, a cartoons character, a brand or just your own idea and think that you have twelve layers to do it. Choosing is not so easy. Many people has been working on it for a long time now so being original is not a real chance anymore. If you see what you wanted to do and it's made by someone else you can still make it better, or different, there is not a big deal on that.
Avoid stupid content for your emblem like swastikas or animals having sex. You can be banned for some matters like some news say (check here). You don't really want that so take a nice idea.
The more you practice, the cooler the emblems will be.Once you have done some of them try to introduce elements like shadows, brights, reflections or perspectives and you'll gain in quality quickly.
Think of some images of your childhood, about your favorite series or movies, about the teams you are supporting in sports or about those cool brands you like so much. You can take a review to your music collection and think about some records cover or just use your old drawings. Whatever is fine.
Take into consideration if you can make it in 12 layers and look for the way to fitting in those layers making it simple. Choose the right colors and try to take care of the contrast they make. Think about how it'll look like in the title bar and which of the title backgrounds will suit better so maybe you can save a layer for the background.
If you don't like how it is working, just reset and try something different, you have time enough, haven't you?
Buy as many emblems as you can with your budget. You don't need to buy all from the beginning on but just think that when you go to the next prestige level it doesn't make sense to buy new weapons maybe so spend the money in emblems, otherwise you will loose all the money.
Finally, by now, think that a dog is not just a dog if you turn it and fit it onto another shape. A gun machine could be a letter F or a letter could be the body for that character you want to do. Think in the overall picture and find the way to do it with the stuff you have bought.
I'll continue soon with a graphic explanation and some examples but I hope you can find some sense in this words by the moment.
Before I start to write I have to say that I saw the menu for the three platforms (Xbox 360, Play Station 3 and PC) and it looks quite similar so for this post I won't make any difference.
At this point first of all is to know what emblem you want to do. It is quite simple to take a monkey, a gun and a FTW (WTF?) symbol and just put them without order and with some ugly colors. The game is plenty of those, unfortunately. You can create as well some penis or similar but it looks like more like you are a 12 years old person. If you are you shouldn't be playing this game (+18)...
Let's suppose that you are grown enough and you want to do something nice or just original. Pick up a logo, a cartoons character, a brand or just your own idea and think that you have twelve layers to do it. Choosing is not so easy. Many people has been working on it for a long time now so being original is not a real chance anymore. If you see what you wanted to do and it's made by someone else you can still make it better, or different, there is not a big deal on that.
Avoid stupid content for your emblem like swastikas or animals having sex. You can be banned for some matters like some news say (check here). You don't really want that so take a nice idea.
The more you practice, the cooler the emblems will be.Once you have done some of them try to introduce elements like shadows, brights, reflections or perspectives and you'll gain in quality quickly.
Think of some images of your childhood, about your favorite series or movies, about the teams you are supporting in sports or about those cool brands you like so much. You can take a review to your music collection and think about some records cover or just use your old drawings. Whatever is fine.
Take into consideration if you can make it in 12 layers and look for the way to fitting in those layers making it simple. Choose the right colors and try to take care of the contrast they make. Think about how it'll look like in the title bar and which of the title backgrounds will suit better so maybe you can save a layer for the background.
If you don't like how it is working, just reset and try something different, you have time enough, haven't you?
Buy as many emblems as you can with your budget. You don't need to buy all from the beginning on but just think that when you go to the next prestige level it doesn't make sense to buy new weapons maybe so spend the money in emblems, otherwise you will loose all the money.
Finally, by now, think that a dog is not just a dog if you turn it and fit it onto another shape. A gun machine could be a letter F or a letter could be the body for that character you want to do. Think in the overall picture and find the way to do it with the stuff you have bought.
I'll continue soon with a graphic explanation and some examples but I hope you can find some sense in this words by the moment.
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