- Black Ops hits stores November 9th, 2010
- Achievements can be found here: http://www.xbox360ac...s/achievements/
- Only 50 player levels (rank)
- 15 prestige levels
- Something special awaits you at the highest prestige level
- There are even more benefits to prestiging than ever before
- JD says "It takes about as long to get to 50 as it took to get to 65 in WaW"
- Scoreboard shows K/D ratio
- There are pages of in-game stats via the "Combat Record" menu in multiplayer. ie. Heat maps, weapon stats, KDR graphs and more
- Experience bar is now shown in the start menu vs. at the bottom the screen
- There is now Party Privacy setting and fine tuned search preferences
- Press Y to view your friends list while in the pregame lobby and in the start menu
- Game winning kill now called Final Killcam
- Ability to turn off aim assist
- Adjustable audio levels from COD:WaW return
- Purple hearth death icon returns from COD:WaW
- When you sprint to prone you do a dive move
- You can still dropshot though
- User controlled vehicles come via Killstreak Rewards.
- System link is confirmed. Split-screen is 2 player local only.
- Party Chat & Private Chat is enabled in every playlist except Search & Destroy and can be changed at will via a hotfix.
- You can report cheaters/boosters via their in-game Playercard
- Treyarch is dedicated to thwarting modded controllers.
- Treyarch has a record of everyone who doesn't finish games they start. Abusers will be punished.
- If there is DLC, Xbox 360 will receive it first as per the Activision-Microsoft partnership through 2010 announced at E3.
- Dedicated servers for PC only
- Mod tools are available for the PC only
- Servers are available from gameservers.com (PC)
- Unranked servers allow full customization (PC)
- Ranked servers allow map customization (PC)
- DRM'd via Steam. Mainly done for VAC's Anti Cheat (PC)
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Leaderboards
- Treyarch has tools that should keep the leaderboards clear and free of hackers.
- Treyarch has structured their leaderboards in such a way to incentivize capping objectives as well as getting kills.
- Lobby leaderboard and game mode specific leader boards return.
- Leaderboards are now sorted on Score per minute averages (which will reward objective mode players better for taking objectives and not just getting kills).
- Game mode objectives show Score per minute followed by key game mode stats. For example, in Search and Destroy it's Plants, Defuse, and Defends.
- There is also weekly, monthly, and all time variants each with a minimum game played (5, 25, and 50, respective) requirements to be listed on the board.
- It's Treyarch's most aggressive leaderboard effort to date.
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COD Points
- Currency and the xp system work side by side
- Unlocked weapons, perks, attachments, etc will still need to be purchased with COD Points
- Buy weapons, attachments, perks, backgrounds, and emblems with COD Points
- Flamethrower is an attachment for 750
- ClanTags are purchased for 1000
- COD Points is awarded every time you play
- Earn COD Points with kills, wins, K/D ratio, gambling, etc
- Various answered questions can be found here: http://www.se7ensins...ost__p__2103679
Contracts
- Regular challenges still exist
- Contracts are time limited challenges
- There are 3 categories - Mercenaries, Operations, and Specialist
- Each is attached to certain play styles and in-game achievements
- Mercenary
- SPAS Cruelty
- Twin Mags
- Lord of the SMG
- AK47u Ferocity
- AUG Ferocity
- Assault Rifle Prodigy
- Smells like...Victory
- Blackbird In Position
- Attack Dogs Unleashed
- MPL Brutality
- Operations
- TDM Victor
- CTF Tornado
- Headquarters Tornado
- TDM Bloodbath
- Domination Blood Bath
- S&D Blood Bath
- Free-For-All Warrior
- Headquarters Barbarian
- CTF Titan
- Demolition Warlord
- Specialist
- Steel Meets Spine
- Scorched
- M72 LAW Killer
- Ballistic Knife Killer
- Tears Taste So Sweet
- WA2000 Expert
- A True Soldier
- Elite Precision
Combat Training
- Requires you to be online
- Allows you to play against bots (AI)
- Rank progression separate from online multiplayer
- Play solo or with friends
- Great for map tactics, warmups, screwing around etc
- This is best explained by Vahn himself: http://callofduty.co...j8lf26#p3399110
Theater Mode
- Theater is for all platforms
- Slow-mo and Speed up effects
- Free camera, third person, or first person views
- View any player's perspective
- Treyarch out to top Bungie's theater
- You can make highlight reels
- All LIVE games are playable
- Allows tagging and sharing
- Will be able to get your videos to the web
- Can watch Theater with parties
- There is an in-game Sequence Editor so you can string together montages of your greatest moments in a match
Emblem Editor
- Ability to create your own emblems
- Emblems can be placed on your weapons
- 12 layers for emblems
- A lot of colors to choose from
- Purchase different emblem stocks with COD Points. Such as a skull, arrows, horse, bunny, and a ton more
Game Modes
- Wage your COD Points
- Put your COD Points on the line and wager on matches
- Top 3 players earn COD Points, rest lose their COD Points
- In some game modes the kill leader is shown as a glowing gold dot on the uav
- Hardcore playlists are now unlocked at a certain level
- Join Session in Progress is disabled only in Wager Match
- Can edit nearly ever aspect of the gameplay such as custom classes, the health system for specific classes, perks, killstreaks, jump height, movement speed and more
- Can create custom games, save them and upload them to your File Share.
- Custom game creation includes a class editor, killstreak editor and perk editor.
Playlists
- Gun Game - Same as the CS/Cod4/5/6 mod where you start with a knife and kill to be given a new weapon.
- One in the Chamber - Start with a pistol with only 1 bullet. Miss and have to rely on your knife. Kill to get another bullet. Only 3 lives.
- Sharpshooter - All players start with a random weapon, after a certain amount of time everyone receives a new weapon.
- Sticks and Stones - Crossbow, Ballistic Knife, and Tomahawk
- Barebones - No perks, attachments or killstreak rewards
- Team Deathmatch
- Teach Tactical
- War
- RC Car Race
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Flag Rush
- Waypoint Flag Rush
- Free-For-All
- Search & Destroy
- Domination
- Headquarters
- Demolition
- Capture The Flag
- Sabotage
Game Mode Options
- Score Limit
- Kill Score
- Death Score
- Assist Score
- Suicide Score
- Leader Bonus
- Headshot Bonus
- Round Limit
General Options
- Hardcore Enabled
- Allow Killcam
- Headshots Only
- Allow Sprint
Respawn Options
- Respawn Delay
- Force Respawn
- Wave Spawn Delay
Lives and Health Options
- Number of Lives
- Max Health
- Health Regeneration
Team Options
- Spectating
- Friendly Fire
Target Dummies
- Friendly Target Dummies (Max 5)
- Enemy Target Dummies (Max 5)
- Target Dummy Difficulty (Recruit, Regular, Hardened, Veteran)
Maps
- Map specific challenges. Such as finding a shortcut in a map
- Choice to vote for two maps or a random map
- Levels are snowy, urban, jungle
- Maps when using killstreaks and when pressing start are broken up into quadrants. ie. A1, A2. C3
Map Name: Array
Description: Snow covered landscape. Good medium to long range fighting.
Map Size: Large
Map Name: Cracked
Map Size: Large
Description: Streets of Vietnam. Well balanced for Search & Destroy.
Map Name: Crisis
Description: Cuban base. Epic indoor and outdoor battles.
Map Size: Medium
Map Name: Firing Range
Description: Military practice facility. Hectic Domination games.
Map Size: Small
Map Name: Grid
Description: Russian power grid. Plenty of tactical spots for fighting
Map Size: Medium
Map Name: Hanoi
Description: NVA prison camp. Excellent for Headquarters matches.
Map Size: Medium
Map Name: Havana
Description: Cuban city. Filled with tactical street fights.
Map Size: Medium
Map Name: Jungle
Description: Jungle warfare. Great vertical gameplay.
Map Size: Large
Map Name: Launch
Description: Huge space launch facility. Perfect for any game mode.
Map Size: Medium
Notes: Has a missile in the center of the map that is launched randomly durring each round.
Map Name: Nuketown
Description: Nuclear testing grounds. Fast-paced action on a small map.
Map Size: Small
Map Name: Radiation
Description: Fully operating plant. A well balanced map for any play style.
Map Size: Medium
Map Name: Summit
Description: Research facility on a snowy mountain. Fight from all angles.
Map Size: Medium
Map Name: Villa
Description: Urban estate. Good corridors for long range firefights.
Map Size: Medium
Map Name: WMD
Description: An old Soviet base. Intense Capture the Flag matches.
Map Size: Medium
Create-A-Class 2.0
- Described as "Gun Porn"
- Start with 5 custom classes
- Gain an additional 5 from prestiges 1 - 5
- Can customize the appearance of your character model
- Customize your weapon with your emblem, etched clan tag, reticule, reticule colors, lens color, and more
- Gun customizations are separate to each weapon
- Colored clan tags unlocked at prestige level 18
- All purchased emblem images, backgrounds, and layers remain through prestige
- Accolades are replaced with Awards
Perks
- Deathstreaks are gone
- No commando, danger close, one man army, stopping power or juggernaut
- Bling returns as Warlord
- Pro Perks return
- Tactical Insertions are restricted from all Free for All variants but will remain present in Team variants.
- Pro perks are unlocked by completing a Challenge Set; they also have to be bought too
- All equipment can be picked back up and re-positioned (including claymores).
- Scavenger no longer replenishes noob tubes
- Tactical/Lethal grenades are thrown with RB
- Equipment is placed with LB
Tier 1
Lightweight
- Move faster
- PRO: +No fall damage
Scavenger
- Pick up ammo from fallen enemies. Replenish lethal grenades.
- PRO: +Start with extra mags. Replenish tactical grenades.
Ghost
- Undetectable by the Spy Plane and the Blackbird.
- PRO: +Undetectable by aircraft, dogs, IR, and sentries. No red crosshair or name when targeted.
Flak Jacket
- Reduces explosive damage.
- PRO: +Immune to fire damage and allows you to safely toss back frag grenades.
Hardline
Killstreaks require 1 less kill.
PRO: +Change the contents of a Care Package.
Tier 2
Hardened
- Bullets penetrate better.
- PRO: +Bullets do extra damage to aircraft and turrets. Reduced flinch when you are shot.
Scout
- Hold breath longer.
- PRO: +Faster weapon switching.
Steady Aim
- Increased hip-fire accuracy.
- PRO: +Quicker aiming after sprinting and quicker recovery from knife lunge.
Sleight of Hand
- Faster reloads.
- PRO: +Faster aiming down sights with non-scoped weapons.
Warlord
- Equip two attachments to your primary weapon.
- PRO: +Start with 1 extra lethal and tactical grenade (except smoke).
Tier 3
Marathon
- Longer sprint.
- PRO: +Unlimited sprint
Ninja
- Silent movement.
- PRO: +Louder enemies and you're completely silent.
Second Chance
- Pull out your pistol before dying.
- PRO: +Survive longer, and any teammate can revive you.
Hacker
- Ability to detect enemy equipment and explosives.
- PRO: +Can sabotage enemy equipment, turrets, and crates. Invisible to motion sensors.
Tactical Mask
- Reduces the effects of flash and concussion grenades.
- PRO: +Reduces the effects of the flash and concussion grenades. Reveals the position of a flashed or stunned enemy.
Killstreak Rewards
- Killstreaks only go to 11
- Gunship is the highest killstreak
- Dogs are back
- Killstreaks don't count towards other killstreaks
- There is no game-ending killstreak
- Killstreaks will carry over to other rounds
- Killstreaks do not count toward your highest leaderboard kill streak
- Killstreaks seem more balanced
- RC car has no set time and is easy to control but leaves the player very vulnerable and can be destroyed easily
- SAM Turrent can take out helicopters
- Dogs and the gunship can be found in care packages
- If the care package helicopter is destroyed the care package will be dropped where the helicopter was destroyed at.
- The Gunship is a fully-controllable helicopter (fly it and shoot) while as the Chopper Gunner, you're just gunning it.
- 3 – Spy Plane - Shows enemies on minimap, can be shot down
- 3 – RC XD - Remote controlled car strapped with explosives
- 4 – Counter Spy Plane - Temporarily disables enemy mini-map
- 4 – Sam Turret - Airdrop a placeable SAM turret that destroys aircraft
- 5 – Care Package - Airdrop a random killstreak or ammo crate
- 5 – Napalm Strike - Airstrike that covers an area in napalm
- 6 – Sentry Gun - Airdrop a placeable sentry gun
- 6 – Mortar Team - Target three locations to bombard with Mortar Strikes
- 7 – Attack Helicopter - Call in a support helicopter
- 7 – Valkyrie Rockets - Launcher with remote controlled rockets
- 8 – BlackBird - Shows both enemy position and direction on the mini map. Cannot be shot down.
- 8 – Rolling Thunder - Carpet bombing airstrike.
- 9 – Chopper Gunner - Be the gunner of an attack helicopter.
- 11 – Attack Dogs - Attack dogs that hunt the enemy down.
- 11 – Gunship - Pilot an Attack Helicopter.
Weapons
- Weapon damage was compared to that of Call of Duty 2
- You can now see more detailed information about each weapon you’ve used; such as kills, deaths, K/D, wins, and more
- Extended Mags extend your magazine capacity. Dual Mags are two mags taped together for faster reload every other reload.
- Akimbo weapons return
- Famas is fully auto
- M16 is 3-round burst
- Shotguns are now primaries
- Shotguns have fair range
- Sniper Rifles guarantee 1 shot for headshots
- Some snipers have selectable zoom
- No red dot for snipers
- Grenade launchers cannot be used with Warlord
Primary Weapons
- Assault Rifles
- M14
- Famas
- Enfield
- Falil
- Aug
- AK47
- FN Fal
- M16
- Commando
- G11 (Classified)
- Attachments
- Extended Mag
- Duel Mag
- ACOG sight
- Red Dot Sight
- Reflex
- Masterkey
- Flamethrower
- Infrared Scope
- Suppressor
- Grenade Launcher
- Low Power Scope (G11 only)
- Variable Zoom (G11 Only)
- Submachine Guns
- Skorpion
- MAC11
- AK47u
- MP5K
- Uzi
- MPL
- Spectre
- PM63
- Kiparis (Classified)
- Attachments
- Extended Mag
- ACOG Sight
- Red Dot Sight
- Reflex
- Grip
- Duel Wield
- Suppressor
- Rapid Fire
- Shotguns
- Skateout
- Olympia
- SPAS
- HS10 (Classified)
- Attachments
- Grip (Stakeout)
- Suppressor (SPAS-12)
- HS10 (Duel Wield)
- Light Machine Guns
- RPK
- M60
- HK21
- Stoner63 (Classified)
- Attachments
- Extended Mag
- ACOG Sight
- Red Dot Sight
- Reflex
- Infrared Scope
- Sniper Rifles
- WA2000
- L96A1
- Dragunov
- PSG1 (Classified)
- Attachments
- Extended Mag
- ACOG Sight
- Infrared Scope
- Suppressor
- Variable Zoom
Secondary Weapons
- Pistols
- M1911
- Markarov
- ASP
- Python
- CZ75 (Classified)
- Attachments
- Duel Wield
- Upgraded Iron Sights
- Extended Mags
- Suppressor
- Full Auto Upgrade
- Snub Nose (Python)
- Speed Reloader (Python)
- Launchers
- RPG
- M72
- China Lake
- Strela
- Special
- Crossbow – Explosive rounds are always 1 hit kill
- Ballistic Knife
Misc
- Tactical Grenades
- Nova Gas
- Flash Bang
- Concussion
- Decoy - A non-lethal grenade that creates false radar blips by shooting
- Willy Pete - Smoke
- Lethal
- Semtex
Frag
Tomahawk - Throwing axe
- Equipment
- C4
- Tactical Insertions
- Claymore
- Camera Spike
- Motion Sensor
- Jammer
Camouflage
- None
- Dusty
- Ice
- Red
- Olive
- Nevada
- Sahara
- ERDL
- Tiger
- Berlin
- Warsaw
- Siberia
- Yukon
- Woodland
- Flora
- Gold (Classified)
Face Paint
- Clean
- Stalker
- Crom
- Highlander
- Sidewinder
- Mantis
- Militia
- Apache
- Sandman
- Zulu
- Blitz
- Commando
- Tundra
- Banshee
- Dutch
- Ranger
- Smoke
- Black Widow
- Death
- Reaper
- Jester
Reticules
- Dot
- Semi-circle
- 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
- Treyarch
- Triangle
- Outer triangles
- X
- X with dot
- Ying yang
Reticule Colors
- Red
- Green
- Blue
- Purple
- Teal
- Yellow
- Orange
Lens Colors
- Clear
- Red
- Blue
- Green
- Orange
- Yellow
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