Call of Duty: Black Ops

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Have the fastest connection you care to pay for. Upload speed is the primary consideration, but download speed won't hurt.

Use a wired connection. You can get a decent connection with wireless, but wired is always better. Always.

Your router is the next most important link in the chain. The key here is a router that can prioritize uploads from a specific IP. Some routers will claim to automatically do this for certain types of traffic, but it's always better to do it manually.

I use a linksys router with tomato firmware. The 360 is set on a static IP, an it's given the highest outbound priority, even higher than dns lookups. It's the king of my network when it's on. Tomato also allows you prioritize overheard packets like ACK, which also helps in responding to requests ASAP.

BD, I wanted to thank you for this post from yesterday. It got me motivated to finally figure out why my 360 refused to go to an open NAT. I was always stuck on moderate even though I set a static IP and DMZ, but installing the Tomato firmware to my v1.1 WRT54G seems to have finally opened it up. I also played around with the QOS settings, but wasn't entirely sure how to configure my 360. I basically just set up a priority of "Highest" for both "to" and "from" the 360 IP, so hopefully that will be fine. I left my DNS at Highest also.

I did this late last night and haven't played any online yet, I'm curious to see if I'm going to be able to see any difference in connection stability or latency.

 

[BD2003]

I don't think it has anything to do with the number of players online, I think it's just shitty code. So much is wrong with this game and that's just the obvious stuff that everyone runs into. I shudder at how it's going to be a month from now when the grievers figure out to exploit the code even further. You know the capability is there because they didn't even bother to fix the fucking leaderboards, what would make us think they tested thoroughly for exploits?

Its definitely number of players online. This has happened with CoD every year without fail. For the first few weeks when everyone and their mother is playing, parties and matchmaking can be a little iffy. It always straightens itself out within a short period of time.

 

[BD2003]

BD, I wanted to thank you for this post from yesterday. It got me motivated to finally figure out why my 360 refused to go to an open NAT. I was always stuck on moderate even though I set a static IP and DMZ, but installing the Tomato firmware to my v1.1 WRT54G seems to have finally opened it up. I also played around with the QOS settings, but wasn't entirely sure how to configure my 360. I basically just set up a priority of "Highest" for both "to" and "from" the 360 IP, so hopefully that will be fine. I left my DNS at Highest also.

I did this late last night and haven't played any online yet, I'm curious to see if I'm going to be able to see any difference in connection stability or latency.

You have it configured slightly incorrectly. The priority should only be set "from" the 360. The way you have it set up right now, its only prioritizing traffic from the 360 looped back to itself, which doesnt make any sense at all.

Also, have it prioritize the ACK SYN FIN and RST flags, but not ICMP.

 

[SR1729]

No way. Grip is reduced recoil when ads.

Sorry for some reason I read "Steady Aim" in his post. My bad.

 

[blurredvision]

You have it configured slightly incorrectly. The priority should only be set "from" the 360. The way you have it set up right now, its only prioritizing traffic from the 360 looped back to itself, which doesnt make any sense at all.

Also, have it prioritize the ACK SYN FIN and RST flags, but not ICMP.

OK, thanks, makes sense to prioritize packets coming out of the 360 so my hits get detected as fast as possible. I'll delete the "to" rule altogether.

 

[BD2003]

For those not sure which version to get:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-call-of-duty-black-ops-faceoff

The 360 is the clear winner here, although theyre both solid.

Summary:
Both are sub-HD, but the 360 runs at 1040x608 compared to the PS3 at 960x544. Both with 2x MSAA.

While neither are locked at 60fps during gameplay, the 360 tends to be in the 50-60 range, where the PS3 can drop to 40 or less. Neither is perfect, but there is a clear winner.

This also extends to 3D for those that can take advantage of it. Enabling 3D in either case will basically halve the framerate, but the 360 retains its framerate advantage in either case, with the ps3 dropping as low as 20fps.

The 360 also has a few less texturing and shadowing issues.

 

[JoPh]

You should have got the xbox version Seems like we pretty much rape the other team every round basically.

tell me about it. thing is right now my xbox died. so its good that i got ps3. but my ps3 coworks are awful.. im 5 wins and 20 losses right now. they all are k/d at like .4 lol.. i can only carry a team so much.. im sitting around 1.5 i think

im hoping around black friday there is a good xbox bundle deal. maybe they will put in a game of black ops.. since i dont plan on rebuying the game. a free copy would be nice since i need a new xbox.

 

[Anubis]

Joph, ill try to get you on when im playing with my work buddies, some of them are pretty insane, we tore shit up last night

 

[JoPh]

Joph, ill try to get you on when im playing with my work buddies, some of them are pretty insane, we tore shit up last night

if you guys have a deticated night or whatever let me know. i can prolly work that in.

 

[Anubis]

lol at this point every night is a decicated night

 

[PimpJuice]

You should have got the xbox version Seems like we pretty much rape the other team every round basically.

hah, thanks to you.....nothing like having a shitty game only to win because you have buc on your team.

In other news, I'm back to 1:1 k/d. I stopped running around like a crazy guy.

 

[blurredvision]

In other news, I'm back to 1:1 k/d. I stopped running around like a crazy guy.

Probably what I'm going to do more consistently.

 

[Anubis]

In other news, I'm back to 1:1 k/d. I stopped running around like a crazy guy.

yea that helped me a lot, then i laps and try to play it like its halo, and that doesn't work. getting better tho

 

[SunnyD]

Dear god... FPS's on console controllers are an abomination spawned by satan himself! I'm lucky if I manage more than 3 kills in a match at this point. I have no fucking clue how people do it. Assisted targeting simply doesn't work. Blah blah blah... I want my mommy!

Not sure what my average K2D currently is, but I'd venture it's somewhere about 0.33 at this point.

 

[digiram]

I honestly haven't seen a single one... and to my surprise, the XD-RC isn't being abused like I thought it would. I hear of maybe 3 or 4 per match (includes both sides) and I've only been killed by it three times since I got the game Sunday (and thanks to Treyarchs kickass stat tracking, I could give you an exact number on that!)

I used the rc-xd a bit, and it's a fun little toy to use. I find the spy plane though to be much more usefull. The rc-xd gives you maybe one or two kills max in tdm. Still fun to use, and I turn it on here and there.

 

[digiram]

Man, I am doing surprisingly well in this game. Last night was great (sorry I couldn't take your invite Kabob, was playing with the usual guys I normally play with), I got to the chopper gunner 4 or 5 times. I even got a gun ship from a cp, and it was at nuketown, too bad the match was just about to end when I got it though. I'm sitting at about a 2.0 or so in kdr. Love running around with mp5k or ak74u silenced or going into stealth mode with my silenced m16+ghost+warlord (I like the dot sight)+ninja

 

[SR1729]

I used the rc-xd a bit, and it's a fun little toy to use. I find the spy plane though to be much more usefull. The rc-xd gives you maybe one or two kills max in tdm. Still fun to use, and I turn it on here and there.

Yep, I really like it, too, but I use UAV almost exclusively. It shocks me how few people are using Ghost. I mean seriously - there's almost always a UAV in the sky!

Man, I am doing surprisingly well in this game. Last night was great (sorry I couldn't take your invite Kabob, was playing with the usual guys I normally play with), I got to the chopper gunner 4 or 5 times. I even got a gun ship from a cp, and it was at nuketown, too bad the match was just about to end when I got it though. I'm sitting at about a 2.0 or so in kdr. Love running around with mp5k or ak74u silenced or going into stealth mode with my silenced m16+ghost+warlord (I like the dot sight)+ninja

Yep... sitting at 2.09 right now - almost where I was with COD4. Really like the AK74u and the Galil (even a silenced Galil is a beast).

I got a Gunship last night... holy shitsticks... when someone gets that, the game. is. OVER. It is a BLAST - you not only control the firing, but you actually fly it, too, so you can put it anywhere you want. It absolutely dwarfs Chopper Gunner and AC130. Very fun to use.

 

[JoPh]

what does everyone like in perk3? im trying hacker out but i havent found anything really good in that slot.

 

[SR1729]

what does everyone like in perk3? im trying hacker out but i havent found anything really good in that slot.

I like Hacker - I've had a good heads-up a number of times against claymores and sentries... and saw a SAM tucked away in a corner that I never would have seen otherwise.

But Second Chance is pretty nice... especially once you get Pro (you can be revived) and especially with my coc... err... I mean Python.

Barring headshots, I've had very good success taking down my target in Second Chance. I'd guess around 25%.

 

[DrunkenSano]

What's the trick to Nuketown? I can't seem to figure out how to do well on the map. Most of the time when I spawn, I spawn in front of the enemy and die within a couple of seconds. The game also tends the spawn the enemy next to me or behind me as well.

 

[Anubis]

i was running 2nd chance/pro which was easy to gut but i moved over to marathon

 

[jman19]

AT___XBOX360
gorcorps - GORcorps
kabob983 - I Kabob I
Cuda1447 - Cuda1447
peritusONE - peritusONE
bucwylde23 - bucwylde23
coldmeat - BUZZKILL1NGT0N
Grantmethepower-Grantmethepower
dougp - dougism
bowdenball- Solid Orange 08
DrunkenSano - DrunkenSano
SunnyD - Khegobier
PimpJuice - pLmpjuice
BD2003 - Darius510
fbrdphreak - ecetim

AT___PS3
Joph - jophypants
RavenSEAL - RavenSEAL
Tek_Ed - dustipher
Velillen - Velilen
Anubis - Sibuna2
jman19 = jmanz619



Just picked it up this morning...

 

[SR1729]

What's the trick to Nuketown? I can't seem to figure out how to do well on the map.

Let everyone else run around with their heads cut off. NEVER venture through the middle. Pick a window/bush, set up a claymore, mop up.

 

[Regs]

I'm under Regs. I play with the TRl clan. Should be on after 8 Est tonight.

 

[fatpat268]

Yep, I really like it, too, but I use UAV almost exclusively. It shocks me how few people are using Ghost. I mean seriously - there's almost always a UAV in the sky!

Not if you're in the same game as me. If I hear there's a spy plane, I whip out the rocket launcher and shoot it down. It amazes me how people don't do this.