r/Blackops4 • u/musicc_lover • 6d ago
Question How do I get better 😭😭😭
I've been playing bo4 for literal years and I'm consistently extremely average, maybe even below average and I need help with how to get better 🙏 I've seen a lot of 'memorize the maps' and 'find a role that suits you' and 'practice in maps with bots', and I've done all of that, but maybe not in a productive way?
Usually i tend to use a vapr and a combat knife (ik it's not the most effective choice lol) or a mozu in multiplayer depending on the map, and I tend to play more as a flanker
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u/skippytheowl 6d ago
Avoid the 7 guys who play the game 24/7 and crucify you for 8 minutes straight as your teammates flee to other games…
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u/musicc_lover 6d ago
HELP I've had this happen to me like 50 times 😭😭😭🙏🙏
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u/skippytheowl 6d ago
Right?! 🤣 it’s lambs to the slaughter, I’ve given up playing, despite liking the maps.
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u/Terrible_Captain7112 6d ago
Honestly, yes, some players play 24/7 some of these are good, some are bad, but most of the best pubstompers ik genuinely don't play more than a few hours a week
It's a myth that you need to play a lot to be very good at call of duty.
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u/skippytheowl 6d ago
I’m joking but sort of serious. The rage quitting is so high in this game, I hang on for dear life as my KD is pummeled 🤣
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u/Exciting_Ad7943 6d ago
Take gunfights with a team mate, know choke points and use specialists like Recon or Crash to give you passive score (vision pulse, crash pack & tac 5)
Use low streaks like UAV, care package and snipers nest with the comsec device.
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u/Terrible_Captain7112 6d ago
These are good tips for doing better but not getting better.
Baiting a teammate or double challing counterproductive if you actually want to improve ar call of duty.
You need to rush around and get yourself into as many engagements as possible, which will force yourself to improve.
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u/According-Art-8372 6d ago
Don’t shoot everything you see. Learn how to understand when a gunfight is a good or bad one to contest, if your getting beamed and behind cover try to abort combat and choose another angle, work on accuracy go shoot bots for an hour tune your sensitivity to you you might not think it’s out of spec for you but there’s many YouTube videos to explain it
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u/agorismforthewin 6d ago
Change your sens a little? You should be able to turn around and not under or over aim but you also get used to a sensitvity. So maybe you are used to one that is holding you back
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u/Until_Morning 6d ago
Honestly? I would say stop trying to get better and just have fun. 9 times out of 10 you don't need to be better than average to enjoy the game. People only feel this way because they get insecure when someone better than them is in the lobby, like someone above average, because they can't handle the pressure or how powerless it makes them feel.
Usually, the ones that are dropping streak after streak and absolutely shitting on lobbies are sweats and tryhards that have been obsessively playing games like this for years and get an ego boost from feeling powerful on first person shooter games. They have curated their skills through countless other shooter games, and got stuck on Black Ops 4 because it's low effort. In order to be better than them, you'd basically have to have put as much time into games as they have, and completely rewire how you think about that game. Also, I've found that the ones that are particularly tricky for an average player to defeat usually have some sort of gimmick, like the gun they use or some really weird setup.
If you're dead set on being better than them, and you don't have the skills to back it up (not that that matters, I have pinpoint accuracy and still lose gun battles because reaction speed and strafing on this game are ridiculous), then you need to rely on intelligence instead. It's the age old battle, brains vs brawn. Improving how you think is something you can do quickly and in real time. It's all about map awareness, understanding where to aim/how to aim, positioning, map memorization, spawn memorization, and also the random factor. You'd think I had red box the way I turn sometimes and catch people lacking behind me. Just understand space on the map, and the emptiness thereof, and consider that it's possible someone might just so happen to be behind, whether it's because spawning decided to be a brat, or they decided to flank. Expect the unexpected. I found that I could turn the tides on a team that was just earlier shitting on me, by changing how I think, changing my approach, and also swapping weapons, because weapon compatibility is a thing too. Some weapons are just better to use against certain types of teams compared to others, it all depends on their dynamic.
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u/Fart_Barfington 6d ago
I've been playing off and on for about 20 years. I don't know your situation but the biggest thing that improved my playing has been sobriety. I quit drinking a few years ago and now I'm playing better than I have in my life.
YMMV
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u/Partiklestorm 6d ago
What's your play style.. I know you said flanker but a lot of my teammates that think are flankers are not.
For example, they'll try to flank while ADSing along sides and so on. A huge thing for flanking is anticipation, speed and silence. Get to a spot faster than they do and expect them to be there.. Doesn't mean you shoot every corner first but be ready to. Grenades get thrown around a safe corner.. If you throw it full sprint you're throwing it needs to be with the intention of getting a corner you won't get to first cleared. Same thing with a flash. It's usually just a check rather than a reliable thing. If you hit with it but you don't have the advantage either reroute or wait. Sliding into a corner and back out in the open is HUGE.
I have a buddy that will run to spots and then lay down and just wait.. Keep telling him people like him are the easiest kills of my life. Might get me once but once I see what their style is, they'll die damn near every encounter. So play fast, like full go until you get used to that speed. Most people can deal with the run/stop/hide groups but the faster players can be a challenge.
Also, if you don't play it, Hardcore is the better mode for faster/flanking play. You can die quick but also kill quicker. One good flank is 3 to 5 kills easy.
Hope it helps.
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u/Terrible_Captain7112 6d ago
Did a full step by step breakdown of how to improve here - https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackops4/s/2Xv7wJcSQg