COD AW - RIP My Friend...

So Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is now officially dead, well in my opinion anyway. It was really hard trying to find an online match when the game was actually a little busier, but now it's like pulling teeth! I spent around 2 hours just trying to search for a Team Deathmatch game in the Core playlist, sadly no one joined, and I was there alone :( Shame after all the time, they still haven't fixed the matchmaking.

I know that a lot of people thought that AW was a waste of time, and was a terrible game, but personally, It was one of my favourites, and still will be... I can only hope that they make a reboot but keep the core gameplay the same because it was awesome! It was actually a COD game I was pretty decent at!

All in all, we completed everything there was to complete in our Clan and got to Max Level, and now have the funky red clan tag, which to be honest did look awesome as opposed to the golden coloured one. I am sitting pretty comfortably at Prestige 9 or 10. There's no way I can get any higher with the way the game is...

So today is a sad day, and we put COD AW to rest! Sleep well, my friend...

Black Ops 3 was a mediocre reboot of the Black Ops Series, and lets not even talk about Infinite Warfare or the remaster of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare! I have no words, just disgust... sorry devs but the games are awful, the reviews speak for themselves, please do something to stop the franchise dying a horrible death!

Apologies for the whiney post today! ;)

COD AW - Domination Kill Challenge...

Hey guys,

Sorry that I've been quiet recently, I've been working on getting some great footage together for making some YouTube videos, and the first is below for your viewing pleasure...

Now I've always said that I'm not the best gamer in the world, so this is an achievement for me, it's not that often I get this many kills, but even when I don't and I watch my gameplay back it always makes me chuckle, but hey there are worse players I suppose.

COD AW - Two New Prestige Levels - Video...

Hello all and happy April, I'm really sorry that I haven't blogged in a while, I've been really busy spending a lot of my time over at my friends' house, playing A LOT of Call Of Duty, and staying up to ridiculous times in the morning, I've left now for a little while (Because I think they're getting sick of me a bit :P hahaha).

To celebrate the Launch of the DLC2 pack on COD AW, we had the opportunity to partake in some Double XP COD action, for a solid 3 days and oh did we play!

We played so much so, that I managed to get through two prestige levels, so now I'm sitting comfortably at Prestige 9 and most of the way through to Prestige 10.

Prestige 8 Emblem

Let me talk about Prestige 8 first...
So the emblem is pretty damn cool, it features a pretty scary snake with wings! Yes wings! I think I called this a Birnake half Bird/Bat and half snake...

This is one of my favourite emblems so far, I know I keep saying that but it really is...

Unlocks for this prestige level were 1x Atlas Tier 1 Pants, cool all red pants, similar to bloodshot design, and also one Advanced supply drop (Which I opened in the video below).

Now to move onto Prestige 9, the emblem in itself is a little bit of  a

Prestige 9 Emblem

let down, looks to be a series of swords, presented in a cross shape, with some sort of creaturey/animal thing in the middle, can't quite make out what it is, is it some sort of dragon? or is it some sort of other more friendly animal a Fox perhaps... I literally have no clue, if you do know... please enlighten me!

Unlocks for this prestige level again were a little disappointing, and I unlocked just one Advanced Supply Drop, which again is opened in the video below.

Let's hope that there's something pretty decent that we unlock at Prestige level 10, as soon as I get there, I'll let you know :)

One more point before I post the video, I've had a quick look at the new DLC pack, and the grapple playlist is awesome!! First time I used it, somehow managed to get a kill with it, by shooting it in between someones eyeballs, they must have had prior damage or something, not sure if this is a glitch or something! Gutted that I didn't record that shit lol...

Anyways here is the video of the prestige levels and the 2x Advanced Supply drop openings.

COD AW - Clan Raids/Companion App Update...

Good morning everyone, this is just a quick one as well to show you the recent updates made to the Call of Duty Advanced Warfare companion app.

It shows that the Clan Raids are definitely coming soon to a clan near you, and you have the chance to participate.

Take a look at the screenshots below, before I go into more detail about the clan Raids, and what they have to offer...

As discussed in a previous blog post, there was a preview of Clan Raids for Diamond Division clans to take an exclusive sneak peak, before it's released to all clan leaders worldwide.

Releasing a preview to a certain 'Elite' squad of players is a bit of a mixed bag of reactions for me, I think it's slightly unfair that these clans get to see this in action, and earn rewards before the rest of us do, I feel like we have put the same amount of effort if not more effort into getting our clan where it is today than they have.

On the other hand however, they have worked hard and deserve rewards for that, so I can see it from both sides if i'm honest.

Anyway... the results are in from the preview, and the reviews were mixed, A commander or Lt. Commander can start a clan raid at any time, and you either have to follow a set of objectives in a set amount of time in the correct order, or you can compete in objectives that can be done in any order.

These are fairly similar to clan wars, being that you have to win certain matches, the only difference is you have to win a certain amount of matches within a restricted time limit...

There were comments that a clan of 3 people had to win 75+ matches in 3 hours, is this even possible? I think Sledgehammer have set the bar a little bit too high here, because if the average Domination match takes 10 minutes to complete, then that's 18 matches you could win in an hour, and if you times 18 by the number of clan members (18x3) this equates to 54 and that's assuming that all 18 matches were won in a row... so what are they thinking?

An important note to add is that even if you have a clan of 10 people, the leaders get to choose who competes in the Clan Raids, and get added to a 'Firing Squad' team, the firing squad can then earn the following rewards:

• Exclusive in-game items
• Clan XP
• Clan Tokens
• Enlistment to other Clan Raids 

All in all I think the reviews are fairly positive, albeit the challenges are a little bit difficult, but this opens up a new dimension to Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, and brings clans closer together, Sledgehammer have really focused on bringing the community together here, and they have done a great job in terms of increasing the social aspect of the game! so credit where credit is due.

Again if you are interested in joining our clan (RHN) not to be the best, but just to socialise and win some goodies perhaps, then leave a comment below, or shoot me a message (I'm all ears)

Thanks guys :)

COD AW - Prestige Level Challenge Resets...

This is just a really really quick post to share my excitement about something I've just found out today *Can I get another drum roll please*

LOL just kidding, it's not really that exciting, but I have found that when you do prestige in COD AW, all of your challenges reset (bit of a bummer) but your camo unlocks and challenges stay active!

This is a very very good thing, because getting those dogfight, and longshot medals are an absolute nightmare!!

Thank you Activision/Sledgehammer :-) 

COD AW - Update/Clan Wars & The Prizes...

So as promised, this is what I won from finishing first in the Clan Wars, I'm also going to share my thoughts on the two new weapons I have received from being a season pass holder, and my thoughts on the new game patch that went live not so long ago...

So first things first can I get a drum roll please...

And the Winner is?! Dweelan!! Woohooo #Obviously

Again I'm really sorry about the picture quality here, I promise that when I get the capture card it will be much better (In my opinion). So yes we won the Centurion Pants and our clan has reached the dizzy heights of level 22, this is to go with the previous prizes won The Centurion Exo, The Centurion Knee Guards (Shin pads) and the Centurion gloves, below is a picture of what they look like again poor quality (So shoot me)...

So that's that, I'm not too sure what other prizes can be won, I know there's a centurion Helmet, maybe a top and boots I'm guessing, well i'll let you know how our clan progresses and what prizes we can reap :D

The second subject is with regards to the recent call of duty patch that was sent out to everyone not so long ago, as soon I logged in I had received two very smart looking weapons, the Ohm - Werewolf and the Ohm, in my humble opinion the Ohm is the better designed because the colour orange is #Awesome and it looks like it has teeth around the front of the gun, and scary teeth are just what you need as a COD player regardless of skill level :P

Now I've used these two weapons and I'm quite impressed with the short range shotgun option, but the long range just doesn't do it for me, I struggle with the long range kills on this gun, it might just take some getting used to though, as I like to use the hybrid sight on my AK12 R.I.P for long range gun fights, I'd probably say that my long range skills are much much better than my short range ones, which is slightly weird considering I prefer the short range on this gun.

But to sum up, two very good guns with great damage stats, the let down for me is that they are classified as 'Heavy Weapons' so it's slow and sluggish to move around with them.

Moving onto my final point of being able to buy supply drops which are known as Advanced supply drops, this is only currently available on the Xbox One (these are going to be released on other platforms later on), and can be bought in multiples of 1, 3, 5 or 10, if you buy the 5 pack you receive an extra one or if you buy the 10 pack you receive an extra 3, each supply drop guarantees you 3 items, and at least 1 gun above professional level, they also come with there own armory slot, so if you're full that's fine :P but the word on the street is that the drop rate for the really great items is still pretty low, and its still pretty similar to opening a standard supply drop, and would I want to pay for the privilege of having some more clothing for my character? erm... nope.

Having said that though, you can get some exclusive items out of these drops, so it all depends on whether you're the gambling sort. I would probably buy a couple to see what I get, but just for the excitement of opening one, there's always a moment of awe when you hear that noise and then your heart beat raises slightly when you hear 'Elite' you're like woooohoooo!!! Or is that just me?

COD AW - Clan Wars...

Hello, I just wanted to say that another thing I like about Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is the Clan Wars option, I'm in a clan called RHN which is short for Rhino and is the name of a cute little guinea pig :)

There's 3 active players in our clan, so if you are looking to join a clan not to be the best, but just so your'e in one with decent people who like to play and win then let me know :)

We recently competed in the last clan war in the platinum division and came 1st, we've won two in a row now, so we are eligible for the Diamond Division, but we haven't collectively decided whether or not to go for this yet, as there's a sense of fear that were not good enough to win :P

#Awesome

This is a screen shot from the Call of Duty companion app, that we use it's not as good as the old Black Ops 2 Elite app, or the competitions in there, but it's still great, intense fun...

We dominated this one, but lost Team Deathmatch right at the end grrrrr... 

And might I just add, that I find Search and Rescue/Destroy to be the most difficult game mode I've ever played, it must have taken me 5 or 6 hours at least to get the 6 wins needed to take control of the hospital.

When our rewards come through, I'll let you know what they are :-) 

See you again later on :)

COD AW - Personal Achievement...

Good afternoon, hope you all managed to have a nice lie in, I know I said I would only post one a day, but I came across this picture and wanted to share it with the world, because i'm 'Buzzing' about it, if you don't know what buzzing is, then basically it's another word for really really excited/happy.

I'm not a chav also I might add, but I do often get 'Buzzing' lol...

So I was playing Call of Duty Advanced Warfare with my clan, on Domination (Which is my favorite game mode), and we were playing on a map Called instinct, which is one of my favorites as well, and the end result for me, was aaammaazziinnng!!!

Sorry JENNorthernSoul we love you really :P

So as you can see the end result was a very tasty 55 kills, and a very very respectable 10 deaths, this is a mixture of using my favorite gun in a COD game everrrr the AK12 R.I.P splashed with a gold camo, I do have diamond camo for this, but it just doesn't have the same effect:

And using my scorestreaks usually the system hack, the sentry gun, the warbird and the paladin, I always have my warbird set to 'Defender' so it will seek out targets near me and kill them, I personally feel this is better than aggressor, because it just seems to have a break and get some mojitos or something without actually killing anything, my sentry gun acts as a sentry and can fully rotate 360° I think I got my first ever 30+ kills without dying in this particular match, and considering I'm not really the greatest player in the world, I'm proud of that!

Sorry the picture quality isn't great, its just a pic from my phone, until my capture card arrives in the next few weeks :)

Enjoy your afternoon.