What I want to be in Black Ops 2 Zombies

[ZombiesUK]

Basically I wanted a few things to be/not be in Black Ops 2 Zombies and I wasn't sure if Treyarch really know about them so I'm going to go ahead and say them. I hope Treyarch sees this and I'll post more as I come up with it.

1. No more g_spawn

g_spawn is a error that happens to a lot of high rounders in zombies. Its very annoying as your score doesn't register if it happens. I think it happens because the game is fully utilized all the entities available so has nothing to do but post the error. First solution I suggest is that they don't spawn those entities when it happens therefore stopping it from happening completely. Second solution is that you increase the capacity for entities in zombies. Third solution is that the game respawns the game (Giving like a host migration intermission while it does it). This would make an environment which is similar to round 1 or a fresh game of zombies. The thing they definitely need to fix is the scores not registering after this error.

2. No more frame lag after 80

Maps like Ascension and Call Of The Dead are the worst effected by this but has known to happen on the other maps too. Basically the game goes into a mode where the frames per second slow down causing you to lag. This even happens in solo. Yes running with Claymores does fix it but who really wants to run around with a claymore. Fix this please, for all the high round zombie players.

3. No more random restarts

This has known to happen to a lot of players in solo where after about a weeks worth of play the game just randomly restart. I believe this happened to Sithbas on his 101 and Spiderbite on his 142. You really need to fix this programming bug, I can't imagine how annoying this must be.

4. Guns Failing/Hit Detection

This has happened to me a lot of times and this usually ends in my down on zombies. Its where guns that have the strength to kill all 24 zombies decide not to work (Thundergun, Wavegun, Scavenger and even Winters Howl sometimes with other rare happenings with other guns). This is probably another easy to fix but hard to find programming bug.

5. Red Screen not happening, dying with just 2 slaps even if you have jug.

Another programming bug that needs to be fixed. Basically sometimes you die from no warning what so ever which can be very annoying when trying to dodge zombies.

6. Dvars/Binds

These basically allow hackers to run around with god mode and unlimited ammo. I expect that Treyarch already knows about this and has programmed the game to stop it from ever happening. The leaderboards on PS3 are ruined thanks to these dvars.

7. MOST IMPORTANT No limits on leaderboards

Now with this one I didn't really know why they did it. I mean hackers already hold the top ranks and thanks to the limits, no-one can beat them. If you didn't know, on Co-Op leaderboards are limited to 99 rounds. 2H 59M 59S 900NS round time, 1999990 points and 5,000 kills. I thought that these were put in to stop hackers however how can you stop them when they could just get the highest rank anyway? In BO2 I expect these to not be there along with ban support for hackers/modders/glitchers/cheaters.

8. Solo leaderboards

I thought this might be obvious however I'll say it anyway. This game needs solo leaderboards, too many people have got passed 150 and they receive no credit what so ever for it. Another type of leaderboard with I don't expect to be implemented is a challenge leaderboard, now a days a lot of the zombie community play zombies for fun therefore resulting to challenges such as the first room or a select room and attempt to get a really high round on it. Evidence of these rounds has only really been passed through capture cards and word of mouth which isn't really right considering some of the work these people do.

9. Classic maps + Black Ops maps already on disc or Free with Hardened Edition

Now I've not seen Treyarch release any information on how they are going to handle the release of classical zombie maps if they are going to even release them which I hope they do. Some people really like these maps and I hope they make an appearance with the new lighting engine etc.

10. Zombie Playercards/Combat Records

Now this is another feature which I would really like to see, this would be a way of recording how many zombies you've killed and even a novelty level up system could be added just to encourage the player to play more. I would hate it if there was a level up system and it worked out like MW3s (Unlocking stuff along the way, everyone wanted SoH and most people would just play level up games to get it).

11. Zombie Theatre Mode

I know this is confirmed but I would like to mention it anyway, I would like a theatre mode which was capable of recording whole zombie maps no matter the length of them, not for YouTube but just so you didn't have to record while you were playing. You could click on some ones name on the leaderboard and click "View Game" to see how they did it. This could potentially eliminate glitchers.

[ZombiesUK]

12. Completely ditch round times

Now one thing that Co-Op people need to know how to do is time their 99s. If they get a higher time on a map they get a higher rank. Now I say you completely ditch this as running around with zombies for 2 Hrs 59 Minutes 59 Seconds is not the purpose of zombies. Just relate to the number of kills a person gets and rank them like so. Time in a game like zombies shouldn't matter.

13. Clever Matchmaking

Now I seen this might already make an appearance on multiplayer but how about zombies? I don't want to be matched to a bunch of split screens who end the game if they get downed. I want to be matched to people of my ability not according to how close they are (Which doesn't really work in the UK well). Maybe even speed up match making to W@W standards (Even though it wasn't efficient it was still fast)

14. Better Mics

Now everyone complains about this and they are not wrong. Communication is so bad on CoD games I have to result to using Skype to talk to people while I'm playing. I'm sure if you increased the input bitrate on the chat algorithm then it would fix it. I also want to be able to see at the top of my screen that my mic is working, why did you take that out?

15. Not using Old Invites to join people

Now I usually get a lot of people trying to join me so I flick it to Invite only just so I don't get everyone on PSN in my party. Sometimes I get a nasty surprise when people still join using Old Game Invites. Please remove this, its not cool.

16. More Trophies/Achievements for zombies

I know achievements don't take time to design as I tried to design some myself just to see what it was like and I was shocked at how easy it was. I hope they include a lot of achievements for zombies as many people play this game a lot and I would really like to get rewarded while we are playing.

17. Disconnection Intermission/In Game Host Migration

This is another very important one. Disconnections aren't rare on Zombies so they really ought to fix them soon. You could add like a disconnection intermission where they disconnected player has time to rejoin instead of getting disconnected and losing score completely. A lot of people would also like Host Migration which would be good for times when a Host has to use his connection to download stuff.

18. No cut scene when returning to the main menu

This has always annoyed me, why do we need a stupid cut scene when were are returning to the main menu. I've noticed this scene (Apart from the COTD one) has nothing at all to do with zombies so why have it? I would rather just be transported to the main menu as soon as possible if its all good.

[Shooter]

I wouldn't sweat it! It looks like you'll get alot of what you're looking for in BO2!

1-6: I believe these issues will be covered by the upcoming use of the multiplayer engine in Zombies. I think the use of the MP engine will ensure that any of the problems that plauged Black Ops (specifically for high round players) will be non-existant in BO2.

7 & 8: Hopefully this will be fixed so that the leaderboards are not limited as they are now. Nothing can be more frustrating to reach a 100+ round game and only having 99 show up on the leaderboard. I'm sure there will be a bit more focus and detail on the leaderboards this time around, and hopefully some more safegaurds from keeping hackers and glitchers off the leaderboards.

9 & 10: I believe Elite will most likely support these additonal features and data tracking. That extra $50 for Elite will be worth it this time around.

11: Theater mode has already been confirmed: viewtopic.php?f=100&t=22633#p218185 :)

[ZombiesUK]

This is like a just incase, I know Treyarch and I know that they won't just not listen to the community like IW always seems to do. They have probably added most of these features which will make zombies more enjoying to play.