Call of Duty: Black Ops Perks List
Call of Duty: Black Ops Perks
Below you will find the full Call of Duty: Black Ops perks list. Tier 1 perks now effect the appearance of your character. Pro Perks are unlocked by completing 3 specific challenges whilst using the standard version.
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Lightweight
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Tier 1
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| Standard: Move faster
Pro: + No falling damage |
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Scavenger | Tier 1
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| Standard: Resupply from dead bodies. Does not resupply launchers or equipment
Pro: + Doubles your starting ammo with extra magazines, replenishes tactical grenades |
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Ghost | Tier 1
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| Standard: Undetectable by Spy Plane and Blackbird
Pro: + Undetectable by aircraft, Infra-Red and Sentries. The enemy won’t see your name or a red crosshair when targeting you
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Hardline | Tier 1
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| Standard: Killstreaks 1 kill early
Pro: + Get a second chance on the result of care packages |
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Flak Jacket | Tier 1
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| Standard: Extra explosives resistance
Pro: + Extra fire resistance and reset fuse when you toss back grenades
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Hardened
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Tier 2
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| Standard: Extra bullet penetration
Pro: + Bullets do extra damage to Aircraft and Turrets. Reduced flinch when shot at |
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Scout | Tier 2
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| Standard: Hold breath longer
Pro: + Switch between weapons faster |
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Steady Aim | Tier 2
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| Standard: Extra accuracy when shooting from the hip
Pro: + Quicker aiming after sprinting and quicker recovery from knife lunge |
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Sleight of Hand
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Tier 2
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| Standard: Faster reload
Pro: + Faster aiming down sights with non-scoped weapons |
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Warlord
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Tier 2
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| Standard: 2 attachments on primary weapon
Pro: + Start with one extra lethal and tactical grenade (except smoke) |
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Marathon | Tier 3 |
| Standard: Longer sprint
Pro: + Unlimited sprint |
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Ninja
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Tier 3 |
| Standard: Move silently
Pro: + Louder enemy footsteps, makes you completely silent |
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Second Chance | Tier 3 |
| Standard: Pull out pistol before dying
Pro: + Survive longer and any team mate can revive you |
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Hacker | Tier 3 |
| Standard: Detect enemy equipment and explosives
Pro: + Booby trap enemy Care Packages and turn enemy killstreaks and equipment friendly |
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Tactical Mask | Tier 3 |
| Standard: Reduce the effect of Nova Gas
Pro: + Reduced effect from flash and stun grenades. Reveals the position of stunned or flashed enemies |
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TacMask is NOT NVG. Just sayin’. And Steady Aim has been confirmed to reduce recoil on hip-fire as well as spread. Other than that, this list is solid. Only Pro we don’t know as of yet IS Tac Mask.
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Does slight of hand pro really not work on snipers:( because that would be a disapointment
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Yes, that has been confirmed I believe.
And everyone that thumbed-down my response obviously doesn’t know how to do research. David Vonderhaar, the lead designer for the competitive multiplayer aspect of Black Ops, said on Twitter in response to someone asking him, “Tactical Mask Pro is Night Vision Goggles? That’s gotta be false.”
He said, “Magic 8 Ball says, ‘That’s the most r****ded thing I’ve ever heard.’” And of course, Steady Aim Pro has been confirmed (or so I’ve seen on youTube shots of the already-released titles stolen from GameStop).
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So why did the lead developer say this? Just because he felt like it? I’m prone to believe the developer over a random person that most likely got the game illegitimately.
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poor u maybe u shud go learn how to quickscope without like in every other COD
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SoupOrJuice, TacMask actually is Night Vision Goggles. I have already played the game and can confirm this.
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why do you guys hAVETO kill quick scope thats just said quickscoping is an extra tool when sniping thats just horrible everybody that quickscopes is gona be very mad
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Ok man If your a really good sniper or as the MLG’s call it pro, you will adjust. The best advice for you is to learn how to no scope .
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Quickscoping is pretty much a longrange shotgun, tell me how thats fair and why it should be in the game?
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its sniping but requires more skill and more accuracy but its fair cause shotgun spreads or you can spray with it and so does fully atomatics , sniper 1 bullet only, NOT OUR FAULT YOU CARNT QUICKSCOPE!!
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I am so psyched they’re killing quick scoping. It just ruined modern warfare 2 when you’re trying to play an objective mode and you have these idiots on you’re team you can’t capture OR even kill. Black Ops is gonna be amazing just because their whole idea is “nothing should be cheap”
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k i quick scope and im kinda pissed there talking it out but if i had a ump instead of a intervention and we came across id kill you evean faster. 90% of quickscopers are good with any weapon. we just got bored of easy kills
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Seriously, Intervention IS overpowered! you can say WHATEVER you want, it just it! Its a long range shotgun just as someone already said, quickscoping on mw2 was easier than using a UMP, seriously! anyone can qs in mw2!
Only thing that bothers me is that Last Stand Pro, its gonna be a pain in the ass when you have a full man party as the enemy and they keep reviving each other
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Thats how all Bolt action snipers are suppose to be, only real men use intervention and m40, panzies use things like the barret. takes no skill
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it also means you have no life
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that would be true if it werent for marathon pro and lightweight. i saw that and i must say i was greatly dissapointed
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11 days and im never going to school ever
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because your one of those kids who came over onto mw2 without even playing cod2, or cod4. play those and actually learn how to quickscope. mw2 quickscoping sucks.
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that was uncalled for.
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Cool, but steady aim pro ? just one idea: steady aim pro: better hud when aiming from the hip like a + or something like that
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a good sniper class,
ghost pro so u arent seen by any spy plane or dogs or anything
scout pro because well… ur sniping
ninja pro so u can hear people getting near u
thumbs up if u think this is good for sniping…
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however i may replace ninja for mara honestly. i believe in moving after sniping. so get a few kills while ghost covers you, move quickly to new spot. plus i dont think you will need to hear footsteps with a motion sensor or something covering your butt. and if you cant see who is coming in front of you.. then i guess you suck lol
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COULD IT BE, NO MORE COMMANDO??!!! YES, IT IS!!! PRAISE THE LAWD!!!!!
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well marathon pro = no falling damage but w/ the knifing thing i agree w/ u but im gon use marathon cuz i always die frum falling
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yeah those pesky 30 ft drops come out of no where don’t they lol
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ROFL
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Exactly what i was thinking asa. This is suppose to be call of duty not Halo. On MW2 you could shoot someone with half a clip and they could lung 10 ft. and shank your ass. Really infinity ward what were you thinking.
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Anyone who know if hardened is like stopping power and gives extra damage or is it just giving bullet penetretion thrugh walls? Any ideas of what perks you are going to use?
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Hardened is just better bullet penetration like FMJ, at least I think that’s all it does. Perhaps it will make your bullets slightly stronger (hence being able to go through walls). When you select FMJ on MW2 you see the damage increase a tiny bit, but nothing significant, perhaps this is the same?
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No, it’s just better bullet penetration, no extra damage.
FMJ in MW2 didn’t add damage either, those weapon stats in game are a load of bulls**t.
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Are u crazy? The number one attachment used in MLG competitive gamplay is FMJ. Why? because it adds like 20% extra bullet damage. Now this “hardened” perk proably doesnt add any extra damage. Thats why most people will use sleight of hand or Warlord for their second perk.
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FMJ is the topped used weapon attachment because 1 what the f**k else are you gonna use? and 2 if your opponent goes behind a wall and you dont get that kill because your bullets are doing less damage because you are shooting through a surface is bleh and no FMJ does not add more damage at all and they would never make an attachment do 20% extra damage thats stopping power level and that would be game changing.
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That is untrue, and has been PROVEN untrue many a time. FMJ adds extra bullet damage ONLY when bullets pass through material. The stats on a weapon and attachment(s) for said weapon are subjective and not always recorded the same. It’s based on a number of statistics to give an overall average of DPS, which is why FMJ is only a slight increase in the damage bar, because damage through material is only a slight amount of total damage in normal gameplay.
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I have to agree with you. FMJ does do extra damage. If you don’t believe try stopping power with FMJ then take it off and see what you think people.
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Epic_RE-Tard, hardened will not be like stopping power, in my opinion seeing as I have played the game the killstreaks to use are Marathon, Hardened and either Scavenger or Ghost but Hacker can be useful also.
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FMJ Adds no extra bullet Damage except if you are shooting some-one through a wall, Silencers reduce the range on the stats bar yet people still snipe across the map with silent ump45 also IT JUST DOSEN’T lol
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f**k campers and f**k commando knifers they just annoy me when they get me killed
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Same today i was on a 51killstreak on rundown(demolition) then a f**kin camping tac knifing commando noob popped out and knifed me and i was like AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thn i farted joke!
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15 days and i will be HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don’t understand scout pro
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when using a sniper you can breath longer
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And also it helps your sniper rifle not sway as much when zoomed in.
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it allows you to switch between weapons faster, meaning you can switch to your secondary quicker
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And switch back quicker, remember pistols have an automatic switch boost but this will be almost instantly no matter what secondary and will be just as fast going back to your main gun. If infrared allows you to hold breath, I might try Scout on an infrared assault rifle setup.
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the perks look sik cant wait but wait does hardline pro mean
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If you see a uav in a carepackage and you dont want that you can have another chance and hope you get something better, like a gunship
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In soviet Russia Black ops Blogs about you ahahahahahahah!
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hacker is nice
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Lol, now you really can call people a hacker, and it’ll be true ;D
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wow man, no more quickscoping?! thats soo stupid, i got bored of MW2 soo ill i did was run around with snipers. that made me happy! this game is seriously gonna suck. and no more nuke either?! cmon
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BTW, in Modern Warfare there was quickscoping, you just didn’t have that perk to HELP you, so it took f**kin’ skill instead of in MW2 where it took very little with SoH pro being the way it was. I like the new changes. No commando, no SoH on Snipers, NO STOPPING POWER, NO MARTYRDOM, stuff they should’ve done IN THE FIRST PLACE in Modern Gayfare 2, f**k my life will be complete with this game.
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I agree. In CoD 4 it took skill to quick scope. SoH pro was a boost in mw2 but it made alot of noobs think they could quick scope. Black Ops is gonna be beast
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Stopping power being in the game makes people feel like that have to use it to not get molested, unless of course you are a ump45 fanboy rushing like the faggot you are.
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I would love to be able to go back to cod4 quickscoping that way quickscoping wouldn’t get spammed and it wouldn’t be so easy and when you do something like quickscoping you want a challange not an easy kill
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why wouldnt you want stopping power? and yea commando was gay, and soo was martyrdom but i loved quickscoping and i only use SoH in a 1v1 but online i used marathon or scavenger
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I guess I wont have my Scavenger and Cold-Blooded together anymore.
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im retarted, didn’t read that SoH doesn’t work with snipers so ill actually use:
Scout Pro
So that pop shot quickscoping is easier
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WTF? No Danger Close or Fireworks?
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Boo f***ing whoo, darn no more AC-130 shots comming out of my RPG, whatever will i do? i dont know, maybe USE A REAL GUN!!!
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Does anyone think that with Tactical Mask Pro(NVG), a player will be able to see through smoke? Because wouldn’t have been logical to make the pro effect reduce the effect of Nova Gas?
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Read the new descriptions, they changed a lot from prior info, it will reduce the effect of Nova and also give a location indicator for enemies that you flash / stun. What we don’t know yet is whether that just means the regular hit marker (which means it will no longer do that normally) or if it somehow shows you exactly where the person is rather than just the marker.
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i think tac mask is more useful than we know atm. i think it has potential to be a great 3rd perk to run
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If yous like to prank people in mw2 listen up >> right see if ur ina game and someone has to leave so the game can start if u want someone the leave listen >>> right say everyone look down at ur controller and press B,up,X quick and they leave ihts so funny and for PS3:( its press O,up,Square quick!!! honestly someone leaves every time infact better idea say to everyone if u want all tittles and emblems look at ur controller and press Ect Ect Ect!!! its 3p!<
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this is a s**t i really want
quick scope !!!!
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if ur actually good a qs then youll be able to but i bet you just think youre good because its so easy on mw2
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Second chance pro makes it so you can revive people, not use equipment in last stand. If you don’t believe me then your not watching the trailers.
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wow i can’t believe it there is no one man army, danger close, or commando. This is the best thing that has ever happened.
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ur freaking r****ded! go fall in a hole and die! those were the worst perks ever in the history of mankind!
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Read it again…
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it’s called sarcasm.
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everything was looking so good but now no quickscopes thats gay
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First of all, wow! Treyarch has made one of the biggest impacts that call of duty has ever had.Night vision goggles, more guns, contracts and Wager matches? Treyarch has been one of the most creative companies I have ever seen. If you want to reason and talk to me about treyarch I will be happy to apply. If you agree please, thumbs up.
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the people who disliked obviously are the people who quickscope and use running class combo w/ commando + tac knife in modern fagfare 2.
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Im thinking of some really good new perks tell me what you guys think
Tier2 (RED) Double Tap- Faster shooting with primary and secondary
Pro- React to objectives faster e.g capture HQ’s, Flags quicker
Tier3 (GREEN) Explosives- Extra damage on your lethal grenades
pro- Your tatical grenades last longer than normal.
Them to perks would really be good i think and I also would like to say please dont put in tactical insertions and noobtubes
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Tier2 (RED) Double Tap- Faster shooting with primary and secondary
Pro- React to objectives faster e.g capture HQ’s, Flags quicker
Tier3 (GREEN) Explosives- Extra damage on your lethal grenades
pro- Your tatical grenades last longer than normal.
GREAT PERKS RATE HIGH
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explosive just sounds like danger close.
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I have one request Treyarch. Please, PLease fix the glitch where if you run around a wall and they dont fmj and they continually spray you dont get killed. Thats what makes cod4 better than MW2
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Alot of these perks are wrong, here is a video with the PRO version of every perk for Black ops.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX3Q6VDTkAU
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Hey everyone add me on MSN : Dilshy_boy_1@hotmail.com
So we can talk easyier about Black ops than on this its anoying thumbs up if u add me so i know
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dude anyone who disliked is such haters seriously…he just was wondering if anyone wanted to talk, damn…
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No Commando, Heartbeats, Danger Close, OneManArmy….THANK YOU BLACK OPS!!!
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LOL ! if the game comes out then, we will see everything ! i hope that: most of you guys are fair players (hackers are No-Pro players)
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OMG FLAK JACKET YAAAAAAAY! Best perk EVER for world at war and blast shield was a JOKE! What? The pro is Toss Back AND Fireproof? OMG IT’S LIKE PLAYING WAW AGAIN!!!!!
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Am I the only one who feels these pro perks are kinda off…
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OH MY GOD!!!! This now seems completely better! I loved unlimited sprint in mw2 with marathon, but it as overpowered but now that its only the pro it seems better and ghost will let u survive aircraft which is great and all the perks seem so balanced!!!!!!!!!!1
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I agree, only one that bothers me is Marathon because it is the only perk where the pro just builds on the base perk and nothing else. Feel as though the base perk should include faster climbing like before but I guess the ability to run forever is so beneficial they decided to remove any extras so that people will choose other perks more often. In fact, besides Ninja I can see a lot of variation in what third perk people use. I’ll probably be one of the few loving Tactical Mask but I loved Tabun in W@W and Nova looks even better.
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They should have The Gas Mask actually have a mask on your character
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I just wish november 9 would just be here!! Every time I see a black ops comercial I Jizz alittle in my pants?
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Still looks like knifing will be used easily.
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WHOA WTF. They changed a lot of things since the last time I’ve been on this blog site. Why did they move the perk abilities around?? Holy s**t Dude!
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Tactical Mask = Anti-Camper
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slight of hand pro doesnt work with sniper rifles
and no stpping power
bad game
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Duuuude lightweight pro + marathon pro + soh pro?!!?!?!??!!?!?!? Das gonna rape!
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In Soviet Russia The Tactical Mask Wears YOU!
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Seems like the rushing is back “Pro: + Unlimited sprint” and now people with headphones who have ninja pro makes other have louder footsteps? Are you people stupid? I can already hear people a mile away.
Oh wait? Last stand with that crap from WaW so now everyone in SD will have it and revive.. just great. Like i wasnt dissapointed enough about no overkill or 1 man army.
This just gonna be like world at war.. back to MW2 i go just like i did with COD4.
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Whoa, some big changes for the pro versions.
Scout pro seems nice, whipping out your secondary really quickly if you get a hit marker with a sniper at closer ranges.
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Alittle worried about ninja pro seems kindof like the god perk of the third tier because no noise from you and louder foot steps from everyone else is a little ridiculous but i bet it will be balanced in some way
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They took away the invisible to camera / motion sensor thing we all thought and in fact Ghost won’t work on motion sensor either so Ghost users are not completely protected. Unless they use Hacker, but then they won’t be silent so a total stealth isn’t possible. I do agree that Ninja will be the most used though but the others all seem like fun. Besides Second Chance; not that I see it as a problem, revive is not that useful because when you down someone you can just wait for their team to try to save them then kill two people. I just hate going into last stand, it never helps me.
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How many people think there will be to many people running around with ghost pro and machine guns? That will ruin the game i believe.
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That’s basically the same as the other games, UAV Jammer / Cold Blooded except there are better perks to use in it’s place this time.
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HAHAHA Those RPG and Grenade Launcher FAgs cant replenish their ammo anymore cause scavenger doesnt replenish launchers ammo !!! YES
Im gonna jizz at my TV when black ops is in the Ps3
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9 days until i get a divorce and actually get pleasured and be happy.
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Whoa. I thought unlimited sprint wasn’t going to be considered for Marathon pro?
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For hardcore, very much looking forward to Lightweight Pro, Warlord Pro and Tactical Mask Pro.
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Well this isn’t going to be much different than modern warfare 2…
Steady Aim Pro Shortens the recovery time of knifing, Marathon Pro makes you run for ever, Lightweight lets you run faster…
Plus if i’m not mistaken the knifing range is pretty far too.
Bad move treyarch.
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Thumbs me down if you want but, put Lightweight Pro, Steady Aim Pro and Marathon Pro together and you’ve already got f**king annoying knifers.
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The thing is with no stopping power, even regular matches you die easier to bullets so they often won’t survive long enough to reach you. Remember how many times in MW2 you would have killed them except the Commando teleport? Well that doesn’t exist, so if you’re watching and listening (can’t use Ninja with Marathon) then they won’t be a problem at all.
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I dont really like the fact that Ghost is in Tier 1. It should be in Tier 2 with all the combat perks. Ghost is a godlike perk (in HC), and should be thrown in with other strong perks, Sleight of Hand, warlord, and hardened.
Every player in hardcore will have Ghost, since there is no reason not to take it. You dont need extra ammo from scavenger cus everything dies in 1-2 bullets. Flak Jacket wont save you, cus grenades are even more deadly. And the rest are also meh.
Its almost as bad as HC in MW2.
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Maybe they figured many people would use it in Hardcore anyway so at least they keep some of the more interesting perks available for choice. As you said, we don’t really need Scavenger, Flak Jacket I think might still work because it reduces the damage to a percentage so it’ll save you from that last claymore or an indirect grenade at a bomb site on S&D, Hardline is marginally useful but again not so important.
The only other heavy contender is Lightweight, it’s pretty damn useful. Basically it’s choosing immunity to killstreaks vs amazing mobility. As great as Jammer / Cold Blooded / Ghost seems to be the one thing that balances it is that it doesn’t give you anything, just prevents outside events from interfering. I’d rather be super fast with an SMG all the time than count on Ghost to save me from things that don’t last forever anyway.
Only thing I’m mad at is how far they took Ghost, I was hoping it would just be immunity to aircraft / radar and not from sentries / dogs which seems like too much.
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I’m so damn happy that Lightweight Pro is “no falling damage” instead of “faster ADS after sprinting”. This makes it so much easier too choose away that perk, except for the few times I’ll be rushing with a SMG. For me that means my Tier 1 perk will for the most times be Ghost when playing team based matches and Scavanger when playing Free For All.
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