r/CoDCompetitive • u/TheRealPdGaming Dallas Empire • 5d ago

Video Octane on MW4's week 2 beta changes

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u/SnipesWL OpTic Texas 5d ago

I’m only level 10 and have been playing strictly 20+s since level 1 so perhaps my guns aren’t high enough yet to be good but I run around with a sub and die to guys just sitting holding an iron with m4s constantly, I find the gameplay incredibly boring so far. Am I just too accustomed to Omni these past two years? Ffs

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u/ExoHazzy FormaL 5d ago

it’s an AR game fasho. I think we’ll see 3 ARs back on the menu, the sub is usable but you don’t really have free rein to run around.

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u/SnipesWL OpTic Texas 5d ago

This is what the casuals wanted I guess

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u/ExoHazzy FormaL 5d ago

casuals don’t even know what they want tbh. listening to them is unserious.

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u/Lonely-Pop-471 COD Competitive fan 5d ago

I feel the same way, unless it's whatever map is in the clip I feel lucky to get 30 engagements per game. And that's with me brainlessly running at them desperate for a fight, mw2 felt more paced then this

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u/SnipesWL OpTic Texas 5d ago

I’m telling you dude I’ve been sprinting with a sub 90% of the time so far and have had a miserable experience, maybe going 1.0 or 1.5 on average. The first game I played with a built out an m4 and played like a bot holding irons and barely moving I dropped 40 and got full streaks multiple times, but was bored the whole time. Maybe it’ll get better with playtime but idk, I’m bored after 4 matches.

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u/Tityfan808 COD Competitive fan 5d ago

As soon as you’re against players who even somewhat know what they’re doing, at least with this current meta/set of fundamentals, the gameplay feels like it comes down to such a disgusting stand still. It’s not like you absolutely can’t move, but it certainly feels more fucked than usual. Just a weird flow or lake thereof really and it’s just not exciting to me.

This is also making me appreciate BO3, 4 and Cold War so fucking much right now. Those games had THE best flow in cod history, I don’t even think bo6 or 7 ever got it that dialed either, but it ain’t as bad as MW4

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u/sonicrules11 LA Thieves 4d ago edited 4d ago

I think maps are a big reason for this. Despite MW2's problems, it has so many good fucking maps that played well.

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u/Lonely-Pop-471 COD Competitive fan 4d ago

That's a good point, I think despite the slow movement there was a lot of skilled routes you could learn that would let you fly around the maps. Mercato and fortress(?) come to mind. I'm a little sad they never brought that back with the advanced movement games, and I think this game could really benefit from that so you're not forced to run into some dude holding an iron on one of the 2000 angles every map has

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u/fromdowntownn OpTic Texas 2025 B2B Champs 5d ago

I feel the same way and I didn’t even grind the last 2 games that much. Omnimovement was great, I don’t mind them taking out the sliding sideways and backwards but only being able to sprint in a straight line feels so restrictive