User blog comment:Imrlybord7/How to be amazing at Call of Duty (really)/@comment-74.100.55.105-20120607192550/@comment-74.100.55.105-20120608010701

@Interceptor7: You're very welcome. I hope those tips help your gameplay out, I don't have Live so I haven't actually gone out and done MP, so all those just come from split screen gameplay and theories I come up with practising in the campaign and Survival and Zombies.

Adding on one more note:

16: Use the weapon's you mastered and feel natural using. Don't just use a weapon because everyone uses it. My friend has seen time and again his FAMAS/Type 95 wielding allies get cut down by someone who is using the MP5K or a .50 Cal and simultaneously seen Enfield and M16A4 wielding allies consistently come out on top of a fight. Use a weapon because you like it, not because everyone else is using it.

17: Try stuff. Don't just use one thing exclusively, use many things. People with Riot Shields will on occaisons find themselves being sniped at, and may drop the shield and pick up the guy who just got cut down's LMG and learn the joy of using LMG's, and have their eyes opened to things other than just a melee weapon.

18: Improvise. If the guy on the minigun gets killed, and the enemy is rushing at you, get on the thing and open fire. Don't just stand there like an idiot, do something.

19: Pick killstreaks with the least vulnerablilities. Of course anything electronic is subject to the famous EMP, first introduced in COD6's "Second Sun", so you don't really have a choice of killstreaks that are immune to the EMP.Missiles are nice and all, but while you control the bloody thing, someone might come up on you and steal the flag, or kill you outright, and cause your missile to go awry and smash your allies ambush to pieces. AC-130's are extremely fun and tough to fight with, but like all other killstreaks that take to the air, they can be shot down. Two sets of flares should be adequate warning though, and lock free launchers don't tend to hit the thing.

20. Use AI controlled killstreaks when possible. Obviously this means the UAV, Dogs, Counter UAV, Nuke, MOAB, Sentry and maybe the Care Package. Anything you have to control probably will end your life should you forget that you're in the middle of a battle or you just like standing near windows. The UAV and C-UAV do all the hard work for you and will expose anyone who doesn't have Ghost *Not Him*/Cold Blooded/Assassin/Blind Eye on. Dogs get you extra kills and usually tend to drive everyone on the other team nuts. Care packages are nice, but they will reveal your position should you throw it down right next to you, as the enemy will see the smoke, the helo, and probably head there, if they aren't heading there already. Throw the CP Smoke while everyone is busy fighting, as the last thing most people do is go after someone getting a package. Sentry guns obviously do some of the work for you, and are best used if you are A. Defending a spot with claymores and a team or B. Just want to fire on a group of guys coming through a broken hole in your defences, but you can't get at them, or C. You need to harrass the bad guys and have no ammo/grenades/claymores/any other killstreaks that could actually do some work for you.

21. Distractions are neat. For some weird reason, command scrapped the oh-so-overpowered Decoy bombs from other games, possibly because everyone was spamming those things with the help of Warlord Pro *I use this in my BO Split Screen main class to acommadate my MP5K multiple attachments* and therefore luring people right into a huge ambush. Consider throwing decoy grenades into the middle of nowwhere during a quite moment, it gets everyone's attention, however predictable the thing is *CZ75 and Uzi fire in a consistent basis means it's usually a Decoy, but it's best to check things out anyhow in case someone really is using the said weapons*

Back to distractions, try throwing a frag at where you think the bad guys are, and it'll probably bring everyone there if it's all quiet. Enemies and allies alike are attracted to the action, and it takes a skilled person to know that the action might be where his/her luck will run out and all the ammo and whatnot spent trying to get the game ending nuke or Rolling Thunder killstreaks will go to waste.

21. For snipers mostly: Ask almost anyone here, chances are they have played COD4's infamous "All Ghillied Up", and they'll remember they couldn't keep hidden because they wanted to shoot off some rounds. I've done it before, got an itchy trigger finger, opened up on a guy who didn't notice me, got totally mashed up as a result when everyone else noticed.

For the next person who wants to be a sniper, consider silencing your rifles. Obviously, this reduces range significantly, and on a high powered sniper rifle, this would be serious. The lower damage lower recoil rifles such as the M21/M14EBR tend to be more forgiving should you silence them, as you can put a bunch of shots on targets before they get you. But anything that is high powered, like the .50 or L96A1/Intervention, will not be so forgiving. Provided you only need one shot to kill, not silencing a .50 or other high powered weapon will not be too much of a sacrifice to a stealth class.

22. Go loud. If some idiot opens up on you when he spots you hiding in the grass *Thermal Scope required, batteries not included*. Don't just stand there and get picked off, shoot him down. Then run for cover, and wait at least 15 seconds. If not a sound shows up, assume that no one heard it. If anyone else shows up, either try and wait for them to go away, or pick them off. People who think the enemy spotted them and are wrong will go down like ducks after a shotgun volley at PBR.

23. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. - Teddy Roosevelt

24. Remember you aren't one of those plot armored characters like Soap, Ghost and Price. You die as easily as anyone else on the battlefield, or on Veteran.

25. When you are the last one standing, or there are only two of you left, don't make some last stand, go into hiding and let the enemy split up and go search the map for you, pick off stragglers, do everything Guerrilla style in the event things go south. *Play Star Wars Battlefront 2, I've learned that if you only have 9 guys on your team and the enemy has 35, you might want to consider letting them spread out and pick off the stragglers. It's worked for me.* Let the vastness of a map work toward your advantage. Don't make a last stand when you know it's not feasible. If playing on a small map, use the tight corners to create an ambush. After all, how did Price and MacMillan escape Pripyat? Team Work, ambushes, not engaging enemies directly unless they had to, and of course, picking off stragglers.