Tactical Nuke FTW
Tactical Nuke is one of the new (and highest) Killstreak Reward’s in Modern Warfare 2. You can only obtain the Tactical Nuke when you have it selected in your Killstreak Reward list and kill 25 enemies without dying. When you call in the reward the whole map gets obliterated, along with all the players (including yourself) and your team scores a win – but most of all, you look too cool for school!
We have already seen videos of the Tactical Nuke in action but only in private matches. Well, here is footage of the first (captured on video) Tactical Nuke in a public match over Xbox Live.
Is it just me or does the Chopper Gunner look like anybody that gets it is well on their way to a twenty-five streak? It’s made it on to my Killstreak Reward list, that’s for sure.
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Really Laggy
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Al Cap0wn Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
@Ethan, you were probably watching in HD, you can turn it off by clicking the HD symbol on the video
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samuel perez Reply:
February 21st, 2010 at 2:19 pm
TACTICAL NUKE DOESENT WIN YOU THE MATCH I FOUND OUT TODAY BECAUSE WHEN THERES A TACTICAL NUKE IT COES SLOW MOTOIN AND THERE WAS 5 PPL AROUND ME AND I KILLED THEM ALL DURINT THE NUKE AND IT WON ME THE GAME IT WAS AWESOME@Al Cap0wn,
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Got PWNED Reply:
April 20th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
@samuel perez, FAIL, Of course it does!
OH Damn!! I can’t wait to get a 25 kill streak and use that bad-a$$ Nuke!
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s**t son he raped with that heli
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the nukes good but the appache is the s**t
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sweeeeeet 1 day
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So all that sh!t i just saw is going to being happening a lot with me. so that’s goin to me pretty B-as$
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M16 sights are a little too elevated there, damn, thi game is gonna be o hard to play, Apache raped the whole team.
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Damn….. I’m gonna use that chopper gunner. Nice m16!
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Damn….. I’m gonna use that chopper gunner. Nice m16!!
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I need to play it so bad!!!!!
can’t wait
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Personally, I think the nuke will ruin mp matches. I mean, once you get the flybys and choppers it’s too easy to get up to 25 kills. I can see a lot of people getting very annoyed with this killstreak reward very quickly.
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Schnez Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
@m00, I agree. The nuke will get really annoying.
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nuker Reply:
April 1st, 2010 at 10:04 pm
@m00, i don’t think its that annoying, I usually get a 7 and 11 killstreak but does that mean I always get the nuke, maybe 2 out of 5, it is hard to stay alive even if you get to the 7th killstreak.
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He was a level 62 going up against a bunch of 20s and he owned. I think Ninja will be a good perk to use early in the games release because I think a lot of people will be rolling with the Heartbeat sensor.
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red tiger camo looks way better
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Hmmm….. Who thinks that a chopper gunner is better than an AC-130?
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bob Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
@Vgking7, its sooo much better theres a video on youtube of team deathmatch and this dude gets the ac-130 and its only for 20 seconds and he only got 4 kills with it
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Vgking7 Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
@bob, Actually, I think that the AC-130 can cause more destruction like the whole team is in one place the AC-130 can take it down, but the problem is it is slow moving in the sky, but with a lot of armor (2-3 shots to take it down). The chopper gunner is a fast moving so it is harder to lock on with it but with less armor (1 shot to destroy it) and it can only kill 1-2 people at a time while the AC-130 is one shot 10 kills.
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bob Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
@Vgking7, true but the ac 130 u have 2 reaload and it takes like 2 seconds and when u shoot the shots take like 2 seconds 2 reach the ground unlike this one but either one kick ass cant wait to play it
Vgking7 Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
@bob, well that is for the big cannon, the mini gun and the other one is no reloading though.
admin Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
@Vgking7, Chopper Gunner FTW.
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Damn. I think part of the reason why the game is being so hyped is because of video “leaks” like these. The “leaked” video has done wonders for the buzz surrounding the game
http://whowhatwherewheny.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/modern-warfare-2-launch-is-here/
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m16 is 1 shot kill still?
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mw2noob Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
@mw2noob, well maybe not 1 but 1-2 shot kill cause i think 1 shot is at the chest and above
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Vgking7 Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
@mw2noob, It is the same thing as the M16 in MW2, and the FAMAS is better because it shoots much faster and has more damage, but has a normal assault rifle accuracy unlike the M16 which has a sniper rifles accuracy.
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mw2noob Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
@Vgking7, It is the same thing as the M16 in MW2? what do you mean?
Vgking7 Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
@mw2noob, I mean CoD4: MW. Sorry about that. It was a minor typo.
Lol at comments at the end of the video, a f….. nuke sure comes as a surprise for people who don’t know it’s in the game.
That being said, I’m really surprised that killstreaks count towards each other. This means you can get 13 kills and let the airstrikes do the rest to get the nuke. It’s way too easy.In a way, I’m not complaning because I’ll be the one taking advantage of this. I still mean it’s a bit cheap. One things for sure, good players will rape a lot more in this game than COD4.
Another thing, it looks like being the gunner on a chopper beats the AC-130, but I’ll have to try them for myself before I can be absolute positive.
To all the noobs out there, forget the secondary shotgun or machine-pistol, you better hold on to your anti-air launcher as if it was your imiginary girlfriend :p
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By the way, fourzerotwo said MW2 will not have a leaderboardreset:
http://www.nextgenupdate.com/forums/call-duty-modern-warfare-2-discussion/72042-will-not-full-leaderboard-reset.html
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Ghost Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
@Vgking7,
My first thought was ¨bulls**t¨, but when I think about it it’s fair, people who bought the game legit should not be punished because of stupid shops selling the game before the official release date.
Besides, who gives a damn about leadersboards? The people on the top of the leaderboards are either people with no life(60 days played lol) or modders/cheaters.
If theres one thing we know from COD4 is that rank does say anthing about skill.
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Holy s**t. I am sooo glad I canceled my MW2 preorder. This game has zero balance. D:
Bad Company 2 for the win!
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Ghost Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
@kylegetsspam,
Did not like the first Bad Company that much, but BC 2 is really starting to look good. From the latest trailers I can see several improvements from the first game.
I’m definitely going to get BC 2, it will be a nice change besides playing MW2.
MW 2
Bad Company
Splinter Cell Conviction
Gigedy gigedy giggeedyy
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People who are waiting for their game are probably better players.
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Hey the M-16 is still an overpowered weapon….HOORAY FOR NOOBS!!!
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OK, this sucks. I had heard from numerous sources that a killstreak cant help you get another one ie. you have to get EACH AND EVERY kill on your own, using your guns, knife, grenades etc to get reach your target. I thought that that was a great idea. But this is ridiculous, this game is going to be absolutely dominated by killstreaks. The first person/team to get a killstreak will win. No doubt about it, half of the kills in ANY game type (i guess not in SnD) will be from killstreaks. To me that seems stupid. Just my thoughts… Anyone agree??
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BlazingCheeze Reply:
November 9th, 2009 at 3:14 am
@Schnez, Yeah, if someone has like 9, 11, and 11 killstreaks, as soon as they get 9 kills in a row (Not terribly difficult) game over, because you get like what 15 kills from them.
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chillin Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
@BlazingCheeze, i’ve been playing all day and haven’t seen much of the outragous kill streaks. i have seen someone with an ac130 but it didn’t amount to much. all i can say is get a good team.
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nuker Reply:
April 1st, 2010 at 10:10 pm
@BlazingCheeze, you have to respect those killstreakers it’s not that they get it from camping, staying alive in MW2 is no easy thing.
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Matt Reply:
November 9th, 2009 at 3:35 am
@Schnez, I think only kills from controlled killstreaks count, the normal ones such as the attack heli or pavelow won’t
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Ghost Reply:
November 9th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
@Matt,
Wrong, just watch the video from 2:19, you will see that the harrier gets him the chopper gunner.
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am i the only one who thinks the heartbeat sensor is a piece of ugly crap
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o DeadlyKilla o Reply:
November 9th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
@cod4isepic, yes
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at the end if you look at the scoreboard one guy survived it
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i got mw2 1 day early(today) am i gonna get punished cuz it wuznt my fault they sent it early and wud u say no??????
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admin Reply:
November 9th, 2009 at 10:51 am
@buzzmcclune(xbox live gamertag),
Punished?
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Ghost Reply:
November 9th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
@buzzmcclune(xbox live gamertag),
No, IW will not do anything to those who purchased it legit, your rank won’t be reset. I can understand that the average gamer does not think that’s fair. Personally I don’t giva a s**t, I won’t have time to play until the 15 Nov.
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No. PC users cannot install the game without activation, until tomorrow (10th); console players can play the game, but their stats and the leaderboards will be reset on release day.
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Chopper Gunner and Nuke is without a doubt the best Kill-Streak Combo. Ever. The first can either be a Predator or an Attack Heli.
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i use TAR-21 w/grenade launcher, RPG-7 Flashbangsx2 and Semtex with Scavenger Pro, Danger Close Pro, and Steady Aim Pro and i went Harrier, AC-130, Tactical Nuke on Wasteland that was my first ever Nuke then i used the same loadout but used Chopper Gunner instead of AC-130 on Rundown but on both times i only got 4-6 kills using the explosives the rest were TAR-21 Kills and i picked up FAMAS on Rundown but used Mounted Machine Gun on Wasteland
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i use TAR-21 w/grenade launcher, RPG-7 Flashbangsx2 and Semtex with Scavenger Pro, Danger Close Pro, and Steady Aim Pro and i went Harrier, AC-130, Tactical Nuke on Wasteland that was my first ever Nuke then i used the same loadout but used Chopper Gunner instead of AC-130 on Rundown but on both times i only got 4-6 kills using the explosives the rest were TAR-21 Kills and i picked up FAMAS on Rundown but used Mounted Machine Gun on Wasteland I was playing ground war i got the first one on Domination and the other one during Team Deathmatch
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This game is garbage.
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