Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Perks
Modern Warfare 2 Perks
It is essential to optimize your custom classes if you want to be effective in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′s multiplayer. Not only will you need to choose the correct weapons for your play-style, game type or map, you will also need to consider the best combination of perks for each class. Here are the perks you have to choose from.
To earn the pro version of a perk you must complete challenges related to the standard version.
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Marathon
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Tier 1
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| Standard: Unlimited Sprint
Pro: + Climb obstacles faster |
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Sleight of Hand | Tier 1
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| Standard: Faster reload
Pro: + Aim down sights faster |
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Scavenger | Tier 1
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| Standard: Full resupply from dead bodies
Pro: + Extra magazines
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Bling | Tier 1
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| Standard: Dual attachments on primary weapon
Pro: + Dual attachments on secondary weapon |
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One Man Army (replaces secondary) | Tier 1
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| Standard: Swap classes at any time
Pro: + Swap classes faster
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Stopping Power
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Tier 2
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| Standard: Increased bullet damage
Pro: + Increased bullet damage to cars and Killstreak vehicles |
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Lightweight | Tier 2
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| Standard: Move faster
Pro: + Quicker aim after sprinting |
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Hardline | Tier 2
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| Standard: Killstreaks rewards require 1 less kill
Pro: + Deathstreaks require 1 less death |
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Cold Blooded
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Tier 2
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| Standard: Undetectable by UAV, air support, sentries, and thermal
Pro: + No red crosshair or name when targeted |
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Danger Close
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Tier 2
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| Standard: Increases explosive weapons damage
Pro: + Extra air support damage |
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Commando | Tier 3 |
| Standard: Increased melee distance
Pro: + No falling damage |
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Steady Aim
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| Standard: Increased hip-fire accuracy
Pro: + Hold your breath for longer when sniping |
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Scrambler | Tier 3 |
| Standard: Scrambles the radar of nearby enemies
Pro: + Delay enemy Claymore explosions |
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Ninja | Tier 3 |
| Standard: Invisible to heartbeat sensors
Pro: + Move silently |
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SitRep | Tier 3 |
| Standard: Reveals enemy explosives and Tactical Insertions
Pro: + Louder enemy footsteps |
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Last Stand | Tier 3
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| Standard: Survive (on the ground) for 10 seconds after being killed. You can use a pistol
Pro: + Use grenades and equipment as well as your pistol |
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Totally badass. I wonder how these got out?
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@Chris, Most likely the fact that people own copies of the game and are releasing this information to us.
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@Ricky, Plenty of retailers break the street date, but I am sure that of the 1000+ on the leaderboards some of them are copies.
I wonder if MS can tell and if they’ll get booted on official launch?
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@BiggySsmalls, I heard that IW is gonna reset all the stats for MW2 when it’s released. If they do, that’ll be nice.
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@BiggySsmalls, well i heard they will reset all ranks and atchievments and everything when it comes out so every one will have to start from scratch but my neighbor has the game and it is a hard copy looks legit and everyting and he got it from china a month ago
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@Execution,Striker1000
Yea, I heard about the ranks being reset. That is a great idea seeing as IW has been playing it a while too!
Got it from China? Really? I thought the game went gold mid October?
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@BiggySsmalls, No they can’t for this game, they’ll be sued, for a few big games stores are forced to sign contracts in order to get the game. MW2 is one of those games, and they know who sold it cause each disc has a barcode and they track which barcode goes to which store.
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@BiggySsmalls, Yeah Gforce are selling it early in glasgow, 4 days early, for £50. i hope the get sued cos i hate the staff at that store, they are big headed assholes and totally not helpful at all.
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@Ricky, ya but then again it was just released and to know what these are and what they do
you would have to be a 65
i know it tells you the name and it says unlocked @ level _____
but still how would he know what they do without unlocking them first
and yeah so these are either fake or just wer leaked somewhere else and the magical copy and paste theory came into play…
jkjk
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@james, idk, maybe the people who got premature copies of the game looked at the coding on the disk. im no computer nerd so i dont know whether or not thats even possible.
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@Chris, somebody pirated a version of the game and people have been playing non stop on their x boxes *cough* *cough*
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Looks like I’m gonna have to get used not using stopping power. The new perk for me will be cold-bloded, I’m ….king tired of being at the one with the highest kills having to watch my back for horny choppers.
I have lost count of the times the choppers have shot me throUgh walls and tiny cracks.
My main classes will probably be something like :
Core: Sleight of hand/Bling (depending on ironsights)
Cold bloded/ Stopping power
Ninja
Killstreak: Predator Missile OR Pave Low
Pave Low Chopper Gunner
AC-130 AC-130
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@Ghost, There are so many possibilities for this game that it will take a while to figure out which perks you want to use. It is no where near as easy to decide as it was in the previous games.
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@BiggySsmalls, hey dude i saw ur vid and when u clicked multiplayer an option for campaign came up, is this something new?
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@Enzo, Hey, no it’s just the campaign AKA regular story mode.
There are basically three games to play: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Spec-Ops
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@Enzo, I just re-read what you wrote.. it was a dialog box saying ” We strongly recommend you to play the campaign first.. do you want to proceed to multiplayer”
Or something to that degree. Nothing new.
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@Enzo, oh ok nothing new then
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Definitely, for me, ninja or cold blooded
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@admin the steady aim pro perk is basically iron lungs so you should probably put that on
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@fiddlesticks, Thank for heads up. Fixed.
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ya i think he is right its iron lungs, and how does one man army work that does not make sense switch classes any time what if ur a LMGunner and you magicaly swich to a ghilie suit and start sniping WTF!!!
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@andrew, ya thats pretty much how it works
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@andrew, wat if u r out of ammo and switch to a similar class????????????
will u get all ur ammo back cuz this could lead to never ending killstreaks?????????
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@buzzmcclune(xbox live gamertag), I’m assuming they would only allow you to change classes once in a life, they’re really focusing on making everything balanced so changing constantly wouldn’t be very logical, lol.
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omg no deep impact noooooooooooooooooo
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@steven lincoln, don’t worry, they made deep impact into an attachment. If you see “FMJ” that stands for Full Metal Jacket, it’s a deep impact bullet
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oh thank god
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@Guids, Was gonna cry if i couldn’t head shot n00bs through walls solely shooting where i think they are running or using radar
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@steven lincoln, its an attachment now so is double tap
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hope they have more then 16 perks
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hopefully…they will have mroe perks than this..i mean the first game had alot of perks form all tiers
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@Janan,
This is it for the perks. I think it is too many perks to be honest.
You gotta remember, for every one perk you can have its pro attachment as well. So you’re looking at what? 32 perks?
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THANK GOD NO MARTYRDOM
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@Sam, It’s a deathstreak
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@Sam, it’s actually been moved to death streaks but theres no jugg.
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@Jalen, …Dude… juggernaut is Painkiller
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@Sam, AMEN!
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what and how do u get the pro+ thing?
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@thomas, For most of the perks you just have to earn kills with them equipped. For others it’s a bit different ( stop and opposing players killstreak rewared with the said perk equipped etc )
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@BiggySsmalls, what does the sight of hands pro mean
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@mw2, You pull the sights up faster. If you are sniping and it takes a long time to pull the scope to your eye you will want it.
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hey i found some multiplayer footage of the harrier killstreak and of one of the maps http://www.justin.tv/clip/eb7eb431d8742144 http://www.justin.tv/zevr
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@fetaboy1, That guy sucks royal… not a single kill.
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@Auptyk, on the second one its a live stream I just put in the first one cuz it showed the harrier kill streak but the second one has some good info
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holy f**k yes
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Anyone who already has the game is going to get banned by Xbox. They’re cracking hard on those guys.
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I dont undestand the One Man Army perk pro. I get the switch in between (regular OMA), but does the pro just mean that you dont have to wait the five seconds to switch your class? Seems pretty useless to me.
Also, the first tier perks are DEFINITELY the best IMO. Sleight of Hand, Scavenger, Bling. They all sound the best.
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@Schnez, Only real use would be you hear footsteps while sniping and you change to pull out a short range class, but I will probably have a shotty anyways so oh well.
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@Blazing Cheeze, That is EXACTLY why I think that this perk is stupid. The secondaries in this game are awesome and way more powerful. I dont understand why someone would want to use this perk over the other perks in tier one that I mentioned (Bling, Scavenger and Sleight of Hand) as those, to me, seem like much more useful perks. Especially their Pro advantages.
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@Schnez, You wont be saying the first tier perks are best when you keep getting killed by sentry guns, choppers, predator missles, and AC130s.
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wow sam ur stupid martydom is a deathsreak!
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That “one man army” perk seems awesome. it really does. some seem like a waste of time. also, someone said 25 kill streaks was a nuke. anyone confirm? btw, Is it just me? or does it seem like this games going to be overkill and maybe “too hectic”. wonder if itll get game of the year :S
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@Anthonyyyyy, It is too hectic. I have it and have witnessed the onslaught of predator missles, helicopters along with constant rifle grenades.
The fact that you can have rifle grenades along with scavenger is stupid. You can constantly get grenades if you run over dead bodies.
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@BiggySsmalls, Seriously? Oh my. Unlimited NoobTubes = Rage Quit
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@Anthonyyyyy, yea the nuke function has been confirmedd. http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2009/10/31/nuke-your-opponents-in-modern-warfare-2-multiplayer-spoilers/
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this is all real perks you have to unlock the pro part of it i was talking to a guy in a party chat while he was on the game its all legit and you cant be in a party chat and play the game no more cheating or parties in search
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Why is there an illuminati symbol for the sit rep perk?
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@Colonel Cuba, It is the all seeing eye. You see the bombs, insertions and even the future
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WOW. This game is gonna be f**ked up they have too many rewards for people. It will just be whoever gets a killstreak first will win the game. f**king r****ded. With this many veterans to the game already, it won’t be skill, it’ll just be sit in a corner get your streak and then kill yourself so you can get the exact same streak.
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@r****dED,
EXACTLY. I couldn’t agree more.
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@r****dED, ok r****d they balenced it so you can only pick a few kill streaks only 3 and you cant stack up kills with them and you only unlock them at certain levels and if someone gets the tactical nuke the other team had it coming anyways so ya
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They are definitly going to reset the ranks and xp on the release date. 5000+ people have played the online
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that can’t be all the perks, CoD4= 22 perks, CoD-MW2= 16 perks, there MUST be more that IW havent reveiled
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@Andy, It is all of them.
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@Andy, If you count the Pro perks there are 32, which is much more than CoD4!
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@Andy, There’s the pro version of the perks, and some of the perks from Call of Duty 4 have been turned into weapon attachments. Like, Double Tap has been turned into an auto-fire mechanism, and Bandolier has been turned into extended magazines.
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no extended mags is just extended mags scavenger is still bando its just the pro version.
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No Bandolier?!
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@Geoff,
Did you look at the Scavenger Pro perk?
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@BiggySsmalls, Touche,
What if im sniping on a map similar to bloc?
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@Geoff,
What are you asking? In case you haven’t read my overwhelming amount of posts on here I have the game so if you got a question you can outright ask it and I’ll answer it as long as I have got that far in it. I posted a video of me playing on here somewhere.
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@Geoff,
I’m saying what if I’m sniping on a large level, and I run out of ammo, but because it’s a large map, I can’t get to an enemy’s corpse?
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@Geoff,
Lol, got ya. Yea I should test that out, but I think that the Pro automatically gives you extra magazines at the start since its regular version already tops you off once you run over dead bodies.
In any case, use one man army then switch to another class, then switch back to your sniper class and then you should have full ammo again.
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@BiggySsmalls, are you sure that One Man Army works like that? Because that would mess up the whole game. That perk is really bothering me. It just seems like it will be the dominant perk.
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@Geoff, it is an attachment
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My class: scar, bling(red dot+silencer) cold blooded, and steady aim. With preditor missile, ac-130, and pave low. 6 days!!!!
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My class: scar, bling(red dot+silencer) cold blooded, and steady aim. With preditor missile, ac-130, and pave low. 6 days!!!!!
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also can anyone even admin answer this do you get both the pro and normal for every perk?
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that would be cool if you could choose witch pistol you use in last stand i hope its not just the M9 if you already have your secondary and primay taken up with weapons that arent pistols
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and im really pissed that theres not a sniper like the M40 or somthing in multi player, and that there is no M1911 in multi player i mean cmon! thats the pistol soup killed zakaev with!!!
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@andrew, Soup? I hope you mean soap.
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@Blazing Cheeze, ya soap lol soup! whoops lol and the sheytech is cool but cmon its a lil big
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@andrew, Actually the intervention is bolt action just like the M40
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admin lightweight pro is faster knife speed im 80% sure
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Wheres Martrydom?!?!?!?!
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@poopyface, its a deathstreak
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ok you cant please everyone but this game will be exellent
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m16 in the game?
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@Enzo, M16A4 Yes
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@Enzo, what kind of shooter game would not have the most widely used weapon in the world next to the AK
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Admin, Lightweight Pro is faster knifing.
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@Ricky, Thx. Fixed.
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When you upgrade to pro, do you lose the abilities the non-upgraded version gave you, or do you get to keep both?
Ex:
Ninja- Non-Upgraded: Invisible to heartbeat sensors
Pro: Move silently
Do you keep the first one when you upgrade to pro?
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@dont_feed_the_trolls,
Yes you keep the original perk, both work when you earn the Pro.
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ok i think this games gonna be amazing but what about overkill i thought that was one of the best perks in cod4
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@ktp, there no over kill perk you can have a secondary weapon with no perk like a shot gun or machine pistol or pistol i think its in one of the videos
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So with One Man Army on HCS+D you could put down 2 claymores, change class put 2 more down etc etc until there’s s**t loads of claymores covering both A and B? I doubt it. I think One Man Army will let you change class once per life. I also doubt that Lightweight Pro is faster knifing, but if it is, that is by far the lamest pro perk in the game.
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If you use OMA to switch from lets say, a sniper class to an SMG class, can you switch back to a sniper if your SMG class doesnt have OMA? Or are you stuck as SMG until you die?
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@Schnez, I think you can only switch to other classes that also have OMA
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Hi
Great site! I have a couple of questions. Hopefully you can answer.
1. Is there anything that feels unbalanced or overpowered? I heard a rumor that the Famas was a bit to good.
2. Have you found any unusual combos with the perks that work surprisingly well?
3. The Sleight of Hand Pro perk looks awesome! Is it that good? I’m thinking that it might eliminate the need for hip-fire.
4.The Tactical Insertion looks worrying, especially since I’ve seen a lot of glitches and elevators on the leaked footage online. Have you discovered anything yet? Silent Sniper with Tactical Insertion, Jammer and good glitch skills seems unbeatable! Yes? No?
Thanks! Looking forward to the game =)
S
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@sofus80,
The tactical insertion is about the size of a quarter of the players body. It’s not like its microscopic and you can only place it right where you are standing; you can’t throw it. Also its a constantly glowing flare so its pretty obvious where it’s at.
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@BiggsSmalls, That’s good to know! Size (as always, haha) does matter. But my concern isn’t the normal use of this thing. It’s more based on the placed that you can’t reach if you don’t glitch, or jump on to that from this after you have bounced off from that. See the point? Take COD4 as an example. On the map Showdown it’s possible to reach the roof of the entire building by taking an elevator (a glitch) to the top. Once there the player puts down his Tactical Insertion (he walks on the roof, so it doesn’t fall down through the building). The only way to take out that TI is to glitch yourself (or by Heli etc.).
I guess my question then is: have you seen anyone use TI like that? If not, what are your thoughts about it? Could IW make sure that TI only works on the intended parts of the map?
Thanks!
S
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@BiggsSmalls, WHAT IS THE TACTICAL INSERTION?
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@ALFREDO, it makes u spawn where ever u throw it down
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ok so ive been looking ate these for awhile now
and i do believe some are real..but there are a few here that dont quite convince me
it also doesnt convince me that some of the pictures that are for these new perks look exactly like the ones from call of duty 4
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@Daaaaaannnnnnn!, Well I guess it’s a good think your opinion doesn’t matter because the information about these perks is concrete and confirmed that they are the only ones in the game.
Many sources have confirmed it, me being one of them.
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heyy guys am really exited about cod6, but do you need prestige edition to get pro perks? and what do u get with prestige edition?? amm really greatfull for advice, thanks in advance
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@hiiiiii233, No.
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@hiiiiii233, lol you’re so stupid.
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if theres the nuke thing for 25 kills streak that will be the best itle be mint! and if they reset the ranks ill never play cod 5 and cod 4 again im on ps3 anybody wanna add me its ajpadp p.s. im well looking forward to cod 6 MODERN WARFARE 2
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I HOPE THEY DONT RESET RANKS OTHERWISE I WILL NEVER PLAY COD AGAIN -_- AND IM LOOKING FORWARD TO COD 6 FOR CHRISTMAS ADD ME ON PS3 ajpadp no caps or spaces
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@ajpridding,
According to IW the ranks and leaderboards will be reset for launch day.
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nah they are only resetting mw2 leaderboards at midnight when it comes out
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admin the lightweight pro is not knie faster its really aim down ur sights faster after sprinting 100% positve i just saw it on the stratigy guide
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To admin, you should probably say that the “One Man Army” perk replaces the tier 2 as well as with tier one. The video, located at the link below, shows that when “One Man Army” is selected, on the description after it says when it’s unlocked, it stats the phrase “replaces secondary”. One Man Army probably is a awesome perk then, eh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1l9FTgMvWU
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@The Man, one man army is tha bomb! you have a 3 second wait for pro, but having unlimited ammo and a choice to swap guns/perks at any time really makes it worth it… especially if you have the class you change into a one man army class as well, just switching between stealth and hardline or assault and sniper.
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No martyrdom!!!!!!!
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@thatkid, Does anyone read anymore?
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I pre-ordered, but i lost the money….. can i get the game and pay them back for it or not?
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One man army lets you switch infite times in any of your lifes, trust me I got it
And i used it to get the one where you need to kill enemies with explosives whilst having the explosive perk on
i just set a semtex on my equipment threw it got a kill and then i pressed ‘Y’ because that goes onto your big cask thing and then you chose which class, if you chose a class without one man army though, you wont be able to change your class again. hope this helped
No overkill
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i think OMA replaces your secondary weapon so it is more balanced
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In a sense, One Man Army perk replaces “Overkill”. Think about it. With Overkill you had 2 primary weapons, no? So people would be using like an M4 and then a sniper.
One Man Army replaces your “secondary” weapon, with another class to switch from. That’s like having another “primary” weapon (just like Overkill), BUT with the added bonus of specifying different perks for your 2nd class.
I haven’t unlocked it yet, but I think it will be interesting, and I certainly hope it doesn’t freaking allow you to replenish your ammo infinite if you switch your class and then switch back, because that’s not balanced at all.
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Best perks – Slight Of Hand Pro … Stopping Power Pro … Ninja Pro with M4A1 Red Dot Sight
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what’s totally the best for perks is:
Bling Pro
Cold Blooded Pro
Ninja Pro
Dragunov SVD| ACOG Sight/Silencer
M93 Raffica| Holographic Sight/Silencer
you’re invisible and it takes 1-2 shots depending on the gameplay mode to kill with either gun. The pistol is about the same range as an Assault Rifle and the sniper owns!
Then you have 3 more with
One Man Army Pro (ammo resupplied after changing into the same class)
choice of Hardline Pro, Stopping Power Pro, and Cold Blooded Pro
and Ninja Pro
Choice of Gun/Secondary
Then one with
Marathon Pro
Lightweight Pro
and Ninja Pro
Choice of Gun or Riot Shield
As for Kill Streaks, Emergency Airdrop should always be one of them as should EMP and Nuke. If you get one of those really good days, best be prepared.
of course, this is all opinionated based on a stealth playing style aiming for minimal deaths and getting behind enemy lines.
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just take the time to unlock the tar silencer and red dot, not holo sight, and the fully auto pistol second one in the list silencer and red dot. Then do all your moving with the pistol, you’ll haul ass with the red dot sight engaged and switch to the tar when needed. Then for perks go bling 2 stopping power and commando 2. Boom your a killing machine. Number one rule be and if your thinking about using your knife on someone switch to the pistol and charge. You move faster with it.
Originally the fully auto pistol isn’t very good but once you spend the time to get the red dot and silencer its sweet. The silencer is really what does it because it makes it easier for you to time your shots.
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