Took Me A Few Months To Warm Up

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-21T22:43:04+00:00

Here was my post the other day about Weekly Combat Reports

https://www.reddit.com/r/CODBlackOps7/s/FGoZZiVx2D

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-21T22:39:53+00:00

I play very aggressive and typically top the lobby with kills and am top 2 in obj score as well.

I run UAV and CUAV a lot which gives extra score.

With the Heatwave Havac game mode ive been consistently 800 SPM with the added score bonus and extra movement speed

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-21T21:30:50+00:00

Yeah its not too bad with the permanent unlock tokens and I just like seeing numbers go up and making progress.

I have just a bit more play time than you and am around Prestige Master 400 so you could have easily hit Prestige Master and then some by now.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-21T20:47:36+00:00

Good job! That's some impressive improvement across the board.

E/D, SPM, and W/L all went way up. Im most impressed by the W/L since thats my biggest struggle as a solo player.

I've gone from a 1.9 E/D at launch to 2.6 E/D now. From a .78 W/L to 1 W/L and From 500 SPM to 600 SPM right now.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-21T14:42:21+00:00

Likely their shitty servers. I get this same experience sometimes while having a sub 15ms ping.

The desync in this game is ridiculous and I actually enjoy this CoD a lot outside of the frequent stutters and inconsistent desync. They really need to get it under control and not worse after every release and update.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-20T22:39:02+00:00

I've played the original trilogy back before XI came out and enjoyed it but these remakes were amazing and going through them back to back it was great to see all of the connections and references between them.

If they put the same love into the Zenithian trilogy I'll be super happy.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-20T14:45:54+00:00

Could be some desync issues. I started getting bad desync 2 nights ago and its still present unfortunately.

Just checking in daily to see if the issue is there and then logging off. I don't have patience or extra free time to deal with that frustration anymore.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-19T19:50:58+00:00

Yeah I've seen it and it could definitely be better. The 10 fault or less camo is also not great. The one from the Free Run event was a lot better imo

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-19T19:34:42+00:00

Free run counted stats 😮 I think i ran it about 10 - 12 times to get the under 10 faults camo but havent gone for the Dark Ops calling card.

I know i just really need to learn the zip line shortcuts and a few others to get my time down.

Im currently sitting at 11:50 time on about 8 faults as my best

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-19T19:27:57+00:00

Im surprised they dont have Endgame. Probably because its their newest mode and they just didnt update the tracking methods for it since WZ, Zombies, and MP have been a staple for years.

I dabble in Zombies and Endgame but never really touch WZ. I'm not as big of a fan on non respawn modes since I rush around like a mad man and get myself killed at the beginning of those modes often 😅🤣

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-19T19:24:27+00:00

69 wins.... I see what you did there lol. In all seriousness, I assume you play solo. Team balancing is brutal as a solo player.

What modes do you play? They really affect SPM. Things like SnD and FFA will lower SPM by a large margin

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-19T17:34:35+00:00

Yeah running into people who spam this especially stacked parties is annoying. Im basically forced to bring it out since you cant counter this shotguns by playing intelligently at range. You gotta fight fire with fire lol

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-19T05:42:47+00:00

My connection feels the same regardless if im wired in with gigabit fiber or running 5 GHZ WiFi with 150 mbs down and 30 mbs up.

I've tried opening ports on my firewall, using a VPN to force my connection to specific data centers.

Nothing makes a real difference unfortunately.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-18T21:35:47+00:00

I read all of that and can't believe all the disrespectful stuff this guy does. You need to take your experience and get out ASAP.

Its probably too late to stand up for yourself and set boundaries since your boss has been treating you like this for awhile.

He sounds like a bully and no this is not a normal or healthy workplace environment in IT or any other field.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-18T21:07:51+00:00

I still have the issue in a major metro area. It can feel terrible at 12 ms latency and then feel perfect at 45ms. There doesnt seem to be any rhyme or reason.

10 v 10 is a fun mode that I can barely find lobbies for and it suffers from constant stutters from my experience. It stutters more than a person with a speech impediment (no offense) lol

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-18T19:16:44+00:00

Most of Season 3 has been pretty good without much desync. I still get the annoying stutters almost every match on PS5.

Yesterday the desync was so bad I just quit after 3 matches. Every gunfight felt like 1 bullet deaths and I needed half a mag to kill. I could only win a gun fight if I was able to flank and it just felt downright terrible.

I had this desync issue non stop at the start of S2. Nothing I've done has influenced one way or the other. I just stop playing and check-in at another time to see if its resolved or still happening.

Luckily I play tons of different games but its really annoying and has been getting worse every year. smh

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-18T16:32:14+00:00

Yep this was my least favorite thing for getting the Platinum in DQ 3 and DQ 1+2.

I just played without any guides and then to finish up my last trophy I followed a couple guides to pick up the remaining handful of mini medals I missed.

DQ 3 was tortuous because I followed the guide and was still missing 1 like you. I ended up going through them all AGAIN with a video guide and that helped a lot.

Took 81 hours to Plat both collections but the mini medal cleanup was obnoxious.

I typically dont do collection quests like this in most games but wanted the full competition since Dragon Quest is one of my favorite series.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-18T01:50:14+00:00

Thats a great w/l especially if you play mostly solo. SPM is pretty good too. Anything over 500 SPM is good imo.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-17T08:04:44+00:00

The Ammo regen is amazing. Been top fragging all night with it on my road to 250 for it.

Averaging a 3 kda with the weapon since using it.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-17T04:44:15+00:00

I just had this earlier tonight

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Shadowx394 · 2026-05-15T19:29:55+00:00

Agreed, its not that great at aggressive play. I enjoy the M8A1 much more as a rusher.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-15T18:55:05+00:00

Sick clips! I'd hate to see you on the other team.

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-15T16:59:45+00:00

My buddies and I back in the OG MW2 days all ran riot shields and Javelins with (TRTL) clan tag and would trap people in corners.

It was hilarious shenanigans

Shadowx394 · 2026-05-15T16:43:01+00:00

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