The Clay Bird

hmm. what kind of reception would a "challenge round" get a la the exo survival challenge rounds. Something that if achieved would give you extra help of some sort, but if failed there was something actively working against you? I mean it isn't very original, but it might be able to be implemented in a unique way in zombies...

This I'm not crazy about... Moon and Shangri-la was too hard to PaP with Randoms. I mean it works perfectly fine when playing with my normal team or if in the rare case you get 3 other people that have microphones that actually listen and work together. I see the merit in it, but I think it's better to have the option to PaP flying solo ... just imho I would really hope it wouldn't be something that entirely difficult. Im with mocking in that I think something akin to the staff upgrades might be appropriate. I think one main problem with zombies in BO2 is that it became far too tedious. Buried spending 40 minutes just getting things set up on round 1. Mob of the Dead having to literally complete a side quest just to PaP. Don't get me started on Tranzit. I think it would be just fine if it were a little easier and faster to accomplish things, but have it still be difficult in the end game.

absolutely agree. Now that I think about it I believe that ascension, kino, and der reise.had the PaP process as right as can be., I don't think it should be more complicated than any of those 3 maps to access the pack a punch. If there was a legit second upgrade process, perhaps it could be a little more involved that

I like the idea, my twist would be have a readily available PAP from the start without jumping through hoops to activate or access it. The early rounds would go faster but players still need to be mindful of points as you can waste them at 4500 ammo refil. Don't change weapon damage so they still hit a wall round 40-50 depending on weapon of choice. Once at this stage you have the option of jumping through hoops to give these weapons elemental powers through attachments, when I say hoops I mean maybe each particular gun has a set method for individual elemental attachment upgrade. Still have one true wonder weapon per map, let the other players have the LITE version wonder weapon of there choosing I guess I could get on board with that if perhaps the first pack-a-punch was nerfed a little bit. so its a pack a punch once, weapons are effective until 25-ish, pack a punch again and they would be legit up til 50-ish something like that

Great responses so far guys. Hype train is already starting up. I would say, with how it seems to be popular among custom map players, There has to be some consideration of a true second pack-a-punch. it should be expensive and difficult, but I think obviously the wonder weapons are going to be best, but i think it would be smart to add a second pack-a-punch, which could make a simple weapon feel very powerfull in high rounds. I want treyarch to give me a reason to maybe hold on to a Spectre, or a PM63 or a SMR. add an elemental effect or something else crazy/awesome looking and effective. with the graphical capabilities of the new consoles, it could be really impressive. well thats my idea of the moment

The community couldn't ask for a better addition to the Admin team. 2015 is looking up for CoDz and zombies in general already!!! Congrats and thanks for all you do Craig

Great work Craig. I can tell already an improvement in performance. 2015 is already looking up for zombies!

so is the EE literally impossible to do now? I've heard people complain of the "glitch" but hadn't heard of it actually making the EE impossible now. If that is the case, then that is a real shame....

Hey guys! I know the waiting period between Black Ops 2 and CoD 2015 has been long and difficult, but I think we've done great as a community of keeping things fresh! This thread is for discussion, ideas, etc. I was thinking the other day that we have had multiple threads about "ideas for the new zombies" like wonder weapons, perks, maps, etc. Well this is specifically to discuss what the Xbox One and PS4 platforms will bring to the table as far as improvements and new features for Treyarch's Zombies. For those who are a little more technically knowledgeable, what were some of the limitations of the previous gen consoles that caused some things to be unfeasible in zombies? I mean obviously with the new hardware, we could probably have more than 24 zombies on screen at once, and graphical improvements will be there obviously, but are there any ideas of game play or weapons or mechanics that will only be possible because of the new hardware? I look forward to your guys' ideas!

difference is, Treyarch did that about a month after the release of Moon for Xbox, whereas now we are almost 18 months post-last DLC pack for BO2, Sounds like fun, but just isn't gonna happen, unless it was as a promo type deal leading up to the release of COD 2015, but even then i can't see it happening

i wouldn't even mind a couple throw back maps in AW, simply because of the new dynamic the exo movements provide, it could cause the maps to play totally differently. For that same reason, it may not be feasable to do throwback maps in AW... anyway, the throwback really initially came with black ops 1 if im not mistaken... i think "Hazard" was a revamp of Cliffside from world at war. I think it is good in moderation, but it is tough line to tip toe

I love love love this idea. Couple of questions. What kind of evidence will be necessary to offically be placed on leaderboards? Although I'd love to, I don't have the capacity to record games, thus end game screenshots or small phone videos is as good as I could do at the present moment. (Maybe the new game in 2015 will have an "export" feature for theater videos to directly export it to a dropbox or other file sharing service )

That would be fantastic. next gen world war 2 game with zombies and world at war style mp with contributions from the last 5-6 years worth of cod experiences. Could be fantastic

Id be ok with an in game reward too, but I think that is a really cool idea EJ. Its great because it isn't essential to play the game, but gives you incentive to complete the challenge as well.

Personally i'd rather see this implemented in the place of brains, and make it the primary +/- rep system of the forum, and then have brains be a secondary form like this specifically for the asylum, or other zombie-centric threads. The thing is, there is so much other good discussion on the forum, and to be able to more prominently attribute rep to those posts would serve us well, not only in the off-season, but during zombie season as well. just my 2 cents

@Electric Jesus Personally I don't really like the concept of a rolling rank at all. Not with weeks or with games played or whatever. Like i've mentioned elsewhere I feel like the Black Ops 2 rank system was such a failure, and it seemed that extinction enthusiasts enjoyed the ranking up and prestiging aspect, I think honestly that is the best way to go even though it may not be particularly creative or groundbreaking, it is still something we've never had in zombies. And i think the incentive/reward for prestiging or ranking up should be non-gameplay affecting customizations/callilng cards/emblems etc. idk maybe im just not creative lol

personally I hate the idea of losing rank in any shape or form, so I don't like the supposed idea of a rolling 7 day average rank type deal. Using rank to try and judge skill is pointless anyway (in my opinions black ops 2 pretty much proved this) so I think a simple rank up/prestige program would be much better received. i mean i like the idea of xp for certain actions, but just don't like the week/5 games/any other rotating average aspect

is it supposed to be Rouge? like french for red? or Rogue...

I like the objective idea, but i think those things should be used more in a challenge system to unlock camos or customizations (can be shared across zombie mode and MP mode). The ranking should be XP based like MP imo. where kills, rounds survived, downs etc go into the match XP that you would earn

Fan-fucking-tastic. Finally something legitimate to get excited about!