Thread 718969328

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good luck convincing an investor of this. actually don't, he's respond by proposing a subscription fee that lets you do this

>we COD drones suddenly have standards
sure....

>>718969328 (OP)
Or you could just waste your time on a game that isn’t fuckawful.

Its never happening
they want people to see the trash ass skins so that it incentivizes them to buy in

Didnt Halo MCC have this at one point? To hide all the cringe new 343 skins.
I like it in concept but it should select from a random series of premade skin / armor combinations. Like in MCC I didnt have to look at ugly skins, but everyone was running around in default MkV armor

>>718969328 (OP)
>Buy shit game
>Complain
>The next game is even worse
>Complain and buy it
>It somehow found a new low
>Buy it and complain
CODfags are cattle and deserve everything they get.

>>718969328 (OP)
>Buy skin
>No one but (You) can see it
What's the point?

>>718969328 (OP)
skinslop

>>718969328 (OP)
What fun would a filter be when you can have an experience like this?

>>718969328 (OP)
Would never happen, no point in buying skins in that case

>>718969328 (OP)
>speak for everyone
>except for all the people buying and enjoying the wacky skins

They add milsim skins every fucking season and all these faggots do is bitch.
The only real complaint I'll take seriously is that the hitboxes on beavis and butthead's head are smaller than their actual model and they need to shrink them.

>>718969328 (OP)
I don't care about this at all. I don't care at all about cod skins or lack of cod skins.

You're literally a faggot

>>718969328 (OP)
Maybe stop playing garbage instead.

>>718969328 (OP)
>I speak for everyone when I give an opinion contrary to the general public
COD faggots buy skins because they want to look different than everyone else. Nobody in that shit game wants a filter

>>718969328 (OP)
>copy fortnite 14 years later
brilliant strategy

>>718969328 (OP)
Yes

Yeah, I'm sure a franchise that has sold 500 million copies is going to listen to random youtube/ twitch streamer on how to be a successful franchise.

>>718969328 (OP)
>negating the reason people even buy cosmetics when it nets Actiblizzsoft billions of dollars

It ain't happening chief.

>>718969328 (OP)
>whales throw a shitfit over people not seeing what they spent money on
Who do you think Activision is going to listen to?

>>718969328 (OP)
I wonder if mod menu can do this

>>718969328 (OP)
Street Fighter did something like this.

>>718974554
even with all the bullshit street fighter still let you mod the hell out of the game with custom skins.

>>718969328 (OP)
this but literally in every single game with skins

>>718969475
gotta be real, CoD is just fucking awful, but if it didnt exist, what would we have as a containment game for all of the movementfags and aimbotting troons?

>>718976113
>CoD is just fucking awful, but if it didnt exist, what would we have as a containment game for all of the movementfags and aimbotting troons?
Thank god it acts as a containment zone, I don't want to go back to the era of game devs dumbing their games down again to the lowest common denominator so they can get a taste of "the cod crowd" that pays $60 to eat shit on a yearly basis

>>718969328 (OP)
>>718971618
CODkiddies have some really weird idea that the series is some sort of grounded ultra-realistic tactical millsim when it has the most hollywood action movie shit imaginable for campaigns with zombies & aliens running around in bonus modes and all the meme movement tech that the streamers & youtubers whine about starting in MW2 (aka the one they all say was the "best COD ever").

CODkiddies really need to accept that the games haven't changed much since CoD 4, they just got older and should just move on play actual millsims and/or tactical shooters. or you know...just join the fucking army.

>>718973389
>>718973609
>buying cosmetics in a game with annual releases where none of the skins carry over to the next game.
maybe if they had unlocks & cosmetics carry over like with MW22 & MW23 but you're just wasting money at this point. none of this >>718971186 is going to be in the next game and it'll be a whole new wave of crossovers & goofy skins they'll cry about.

>>718969328 (OP)
Publishers think people won't buy their gaudy troll skins if other people can filter them out, maybe they're right.

>>718969328 (OP)
Ok hear me out. Only the person who bought the skin should see it in game.

>>718969528
outside of the halo 4 & 5 styled armors i didn't really have a problem with the new armors they added in the MCC.

that said all i use is the armors they added from the arcade game which are all just variations of ODST armor.

>>718970440
*Gamers are cattle

>>718977052
>none of this >>718971186 is going to be in the next game
I believe its been confirmed that skins from black ops 6 will carry over to 7 just not at launch and a bit later instead

>>718977579
Some player are complaining that the Black Ops 6 skins should not carry over to the newest one because they are unrealistic shit. They are shit but seems like shooting themselves in the foot in trying to stop the practice all together

>>718977579
well that's comforting for people who bought skins in BO6. the way they've been monetizing CoD just feels like they want to have their cake and eat it.

like they want CoD to be this live service game BUT they also want to still do yearly releases.

>>718977541
They're more like drug addicts, always need their fix no matter what it's laced with.

>>718977907
I do understand why they not would want to see beavis and butthead and American dad skins running around since those are just extra out of place but getting to keep using stuff you bought it just better

>>718969328 (OP)
I think it's time for a new IP. Retire COD already.

>>718969328 (OP)
If Dota doesn't have that why would COD?
People paying for skins would stop if every streamer playing the game had disabled cosmetics. They would think it's a waste of money.

oh shit tblawg finally gave us his take on skinslop? what about pepperino's take? has coleblawg said anything yet???

>>718969328 (OP)
Cod and battlefag arguing over skinbox and battlepass lol

>>718977052
>Games can only have a military artsytle if they don't have arcade gameplay
Why? ARMA is fag shit for niggers btw

>>718977052
Christ the fact that any time anybody ever says the word grounded dumbasses immediately think you're talking about squad or arma is legitimately killing the FPS space. This is the exact same discourse we've just seen with battlefield. Grounded is the tone, milsim is the gameplay. They're two completely separate factors. The two are not mutually exclusive see for example perhaps every fucking call of duty prior to black ops 3. Just because people don't want to see squid game hit the giddy while a weed chameleon uses a pony to fart rainbows doesn't mean you want to play arma.

>>718969328 (OP)
Would never happen, paypiggies buy the skins specifically for the purpose of others seeing them. Adding a filter devalues that transaction and would lead to paypiggies no longer paying.

>>718969528
Yes, but they also fucked up the standard Spartan mesh under the armor, so even with the setting turned on their taint still lingers

>>718969328 (OP)
>i speak for everyone when i repost an image that some other accoutn made months ago
sounds like he was soft and got spoken for lol

>>718969328 (OP)
But will it filter dark skins?

>>718980804
>Grounded is the tone.
because zombies and rayguns are epitome of grounded.

>milsim is the gameplay.
if COD is a millsim then 80s buddy cop flicks are an accurate portrayal of the daily lives of police officers.

>Just because people don't want to see squid game hit the giddy while a weed chameleon uses a pony to fart rainbows doesn't mean you want to play arma.
meanwhile nobody would've cared about this shit 25 years ago in counter-strike but in call of duty in the current year? "IMMERSION BROKEN THE FRANCHISE IS RUINED!"

>>718969328 (OP)
World of Warships has had skin filters and I honestly doubt it's impacted anyone's decision on buying skins

PARTY'S OVER ZOOMERS
LACE UP AND GET YOUR WARFACE ON THIS BATTLE BUS IS DROPPIN' IN THE GAZA STRIP

>>718969328 (OP)
just move to battlefield or counter strike. cod been ass since 2020.

>>718971186
I remember when these kind of dumb skins were just shitty mods for CS, Q3, UT, etc. that you could download for free from Gamebanana.

>>718981807
>modern cod defender has 0 reading comprehension
Fucking retard

>>718969485
skin filters would mean skins don't have a point other than thinking you look cool when no one else can see them

They should add an execution where you inflate your opponent with an air pump.

>>718982005
I remember cs 1.6 you could mod the game for free

>>718977052
It's a lost cause. COD4 is now almost 18 years old. There's kids about to be in college who were born after it came out.

the eu just needs to make a law that forces publishers to offer players the choice to opt out of cosmetics when installing a game, simple as

>play with cosmetics?
>game is a +100 gig download
>you will see all the silly shit

>play without cosmetics?
>game is a 30 gig download
>you will only see what the devs intended

>>718971186
Fortnite virus. Though I'm sure Epic saw how big skins were in Gmod and knew they could make bank with it.

>>718982267
>what the devs intended
What the devs intended and what the publishers force them to put in would create two entirely different games

>>718982304
gmod the goat of modded games

>>718982327
there is the dev team who tries to make a neat game
and then there is the live service team who the publisher hand over the game to after launch

>>718982267
Fortnite is actually launching a new client soon that removes all of the content from the game and makes it all download on demand.
So any game modes, skins, high res texture packs, etc don't download until you need them

>>718971186
This is like Doom WADs that changed all the enemies on screen to Barney or something, except now companies charge you for it.

>>718970706
>buy skin
>can't even see it because the game is an fps and mirrors make devs piss themselves
>paying something to show it to others and gaining nothing yourself is retarded
Why buy skins at all

>>718971186
This can’t be real

>>718969429
At the very least you'd have to pay for it. Players that would buy the slop wouldn't like it, because the whole point for them is to be unique with the unicorn fart gun and the beavis ninja model to annoy you with.
If they ever introduce said function, it will be their last fuck-you before sundowning the game/ online service.

>>718982595
lmao yeah it would be a pretty smart thing to put right before the game is killed. Make it cheap so that non-whales all buy it.

>>718969328 (OP)
Jesus I assumed that was default and skins were just for the owner to see

they either need to implement this filter, or better yet. Split off the blops IP or get a new one that fully embraces the off the rails skins and shit. Its this half assed catering to both the military crowd and the section 8 housing bozo with meme skins that sucks.

Timesplitters has a bunch of wacky characters but it works because its tonally consistent with the game.

Nonetheless, I picked up blops6 recently and despite the artstyle trainwreck its a lot of fun. Nobody makes guns feel as satisfying as cod does, the models look nice and the sound design is fucking CHUNKY. Oneshotting people with the yeehaw rifle is pretty peak.

>>718983789
>Timesplitters has a bunch of wacky characters but it works because its tonally consistent with the game.

FYI, Blops 7's campaign is basically an excuse to go full-in with slop skins and weapons. It's not going to stop. It's gonna go the opposite way.

>>718969328 (OP)
Everyone keeps complaining about the skins in CoD like they don't generate billions of dollars in revenue every quarter.
Stop buying them and they'll stop making them, it's really not that hard.

>>718971186
If this wasnt CoD but fortnite, it would be funny. It isnt tho.

>>718984137
Yeah but that’s like saying “just stop drinking soda” when Coca-Cola is literally available everywhere and being pumped into people’s faces 24/7. They’ve engineered all of this to prey on FOMO and brainrot impulses. People buy ‘em because the systems are built to make NOT buying feel like you’re missing out. It’s not that gamers have no self-control-it’s that publishers throw decades of psychological manipulation into these shops and battle passes.

At this point, they could put a $40 “invisible enemy” skin in the store and some TikTok child would call it a "stealth meta loadout."

>>718985059
>At this point, they could put a $40 “invisible enemy” skin in the store and some TikTok child would call it a "stealth meta loadout."
Yeah about that...they did multiple times already lol.

>>718971186
its kino desu you guys are bad at the game

I still don’t get why CoD is so desperate to be Fortnite. They have millions of barely functioning NPCs willing to spend $80 a year on the same game every time and that’s not enough for them

cosmetics have little to no affect on gameplay, so whats the problem?

>>718985653
it's never enough

>>718969328 (OP)
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 doesn't have that problem.

call of duty...my franchise with integri-
ACK!

>>718969475
>hating cod in 2025
embarrassing

tbf I don't care what they do in CoD. I don't care if they poop on each other and lick up poop. It doesn't matter.

>>718969328 (OP)
Lmao no you don't faggots. CoD is finally getting a feel for skins and I'm happy to get the next installment in the series because of it.

>COD what is historically a Counterstrike knock off takes 21 years to get to Counter Strike: Source custom skins (forma de brand deal and microtransaction)
>Cod babs start crying because it makes the game "harder to play"
Lol

>>718969328 (OP)
even a shitty old mmo like gw2 has this in the form of graphics options
there's a slider that decreases the amount of people you see with cosmetics and having it all the way down makes it so that even your teammates in small instance activities just show up in placeholder armor

>>718986279
>Counter Strike: Source custom skins
Entirely optional to view, by the way. In CS:S, you choose to download the mods or play on the custom servers... unlike modern CoD, where you see the skin because the matchmaking algorithm chose to put you in the same game as the guy who wants his unicorn fart gun.

>it makes the game "harder to play"
It looks retarded and out of character for the game. That's the argument. The fact that some skins *also* obscure hitboxes is not an excuse to say people are crying over difficulty only.

>>718985059
A can of Coke is $2 and has practically zero marketing beyond a branded fridge at some take out joint and them announcing a new spin off flavour. A CoD skin is $40 by itself and costs even more if you want all of the extra crap that comes with it. They do not compare.

>It’s not that gamers have no self-control-it’s that publishers throw decades of psychological manipulation into these shops and battle passes.
It is 100% a self control issue. I've never brought a skin in CoD despite having a few thousand hours in all of the games across multiple years and I personally know people that are the same. Again, is it not that hard.

>>718987429
>coke has practically zero marketing
The fucking insanely retarded state of people who just want to blame everything on "personal responsibility" and ignore society's problems.
>I've never brought a skin in CoD despite...
And yet the skins are still a problem. What, you're going to fucking not buy a skin even harder and make the problem go away?

>>718987962
When was the last time you saw an ad for Coke that wasn't them announcing a new flavor. Go on, I'll wait.
You don't get to spout "we live in a society" every time YOU spend $40 on a skin because you have ZERO self control and have to have the latest shiny toys. People refusing to take responsibility for their own actions is a major reason why any society goes to shit. So stop being a little bitch, stop blaming Activision's magical mind control device that forces you buy $40 skins, take control of your own fucking life and accept responsibility for your own actions you stupid cunt. Fucking hell, you're no different from those retards who spout "muh socioeconomic factors" every time some nigger rapes someone.

>And yet the skins are still a problem.
A problem that I don't fucking contribute to, you fucking retard. Go piss and moan to the people that do buy the skins.

>>718969429
pro-skins and no-skins have paid tiers
if you paid up to no-skins tier 3, you will only see skins on players who have paid up to pro-skins tier 4
tier 1 starts at 5 burger dollars and doubles in price per tier
give me money, money me, money now, me a money needing a lot now

What if the skin filter is a paid upgrade or subscription? $$$

>>718986097
You have fucking dogshit taste and need to be killed for supporting always-online live service.
You are not a human being and I will never treat you like one.

>>718984137
>Stop buying them and they'll stop making them

WRONG

YOU MOTHERFUCKERS HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FACTUALLY WRONG BULLSHIT FOR 20(TWENTY) YEARS AND
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I HAVEN'T BOUGHT INTO THIS SHIT
YET HERE IT IS

FUCK YOU

>>718990048
Did they stop running yearly christmas coke ads or something?

>>718993221
Fuck it; Might as well. We passed the event horizon of acceptability long ago. Milk those whales for all they're worth.

>>718983789
what did you do to that AK

They should just make two games:
Cod
Cod:ecks dee

>>718969328 (OP)
Instead of a filter just make it matchmaking setting so you only get matched with people who have the no skin setting on, that being said, these games don't have factions so every player would just be generic us military guy

>>718969485
most people buying these skins are kids, so its not like they'd realize anything is different, but yeah you are right, Activision just wants to piss off their audience anyway

>>718981807
Zombies is a completely separate game mode with a completely separate community, lumping it in as if it contributes to the tone of the rest of the game is incredibly disingenuous

>>718969439
Anon, it's gotten so much worse since MW2 came out and BO6 really was a bridge too far.
>very few "normal" skins exist, they're all fantasy stuff, animal mascots or licensed characters

The tame ones are the Zombies ones and that's still like robot plague doctor skins.

>>718986989
>CoD went from knocking off counterstrike to knocking off the TFTumors crying about an alleged artstyle molestation
Doublol

>>718971186
Behold: the endgame of copyright laws.

>>718993468
I'm not quite sure how to explain this to you nicely so I'll just say it.

Companies do things to make money, if the thing stops making money, they'll stop doing it. It is THAT simple. Obviously someone is buying the skins, because if they weren't , then the company would stop making them.

Like they did with all of the skins that had the operators dressed in various military gear. They all sold like shit so the company stopped making them. All of the meme skins that people love to complain about sell like hotcakes, so they're going to make more. Because that is what the CONSUMERS are choosing to buy. So the COMPANY will continue to do what the CONSUMERS want them to do. CoD has evolved and changed to appeal to it's playerbase, you know, the people that give Activision MONEY.

It is not FUCKING complicated. Now, are you going to accept reality or are you going to sit there and say that Actvision is going to go out of their way to lose money and consumers buy releasing skins that consumers apparently don't want.

>>718993496
I certainly haven't seen one in years.

>>718971186
Fortnite and its consequences have been a disaster for gaming.

>>718969328 (OP)
How about you just stop giving activision money retard.

>>718997884
Yeah that's why I don't play these games, cause they aren't for me. But then they could grab a game that is for me and make it not for me, making the money I spent on it a waste. Hope it doesn't happen. #slavetocompanies

>>718977541
Not all gaymers are bad. Plenty have pushed back successfully against shady practices, like when Warner Bros. was forced to remove microtransactions from Shadow of War. Some communities are still holding the line, refusing to buy into Ubisoft’s recent slop. Call of Duty fans are subhuman, thought.

>hurr durr just play ARMA
But there has to be a middle ground.
>grounded setting
>no movement bullshit like sliding and diving
>no crazy skins
>no vehicles
>no classes
>no stupid weapons
>but you also don't have to zero your scope
>you don't have to wait a full minute when you die
>you don't get domed from across the map by a guy you had no way of knowing he was there

That game has to exist. There has to be a market for a less cuhurazay CoD and less autistic ARMA.

>Complete nonsense in multiplayer with various skins and out-of-place maps
>Campaign and side gamemode are the most generic crap possible
I really don't understand why modern Call of Duty exists

>>718999298
IW4x fits all of those except no classes, it even has a server list instead of matchmaking.

>playing cod
Are you 14?

>>718971186
Explain in 500 words why this is bad.

I've wanted something like this for TF2 for years.
Let me disable all of the hats, plz.

>>719002343
Already exists
https://gamebanana.com/mods/205768

i haven't played cod in a decade, why don't you just mod the shit out?

>>719003332
>mod
Anon...

>>718969328 (OP)
>a toggle to turn off the paid skins other people buy
You buy a skin for other people to see, its a first person game. You’re not paying $15 to just look at a ninja turtle’s hands.
Never happening.

>>719003401
if cheat programms can run in the background, then i'm sure you could unfuck skins as well

I remember when CoD was just a fun WW2 game where you could drive tanks through italian towns, or sub spam in a castle or replay the bocage assault from Band of Brothers.
What happened?

>>719003551
Treyarch

>>719003551
Fortnite attracted the most cancerous middle school kids with their parents credit cards to multiplayer games and Activision decided they wanted a piece of that pie.

>>719003551
When was that, CoD1?

>>719005645
>a fun WW2 game where you could drive tanks through italian towns
United Offensive and Big Red One
>replay the bocage assault from Band of Brothers.
COD1

>>718969328 (OP)
I didn't buy those skins to see them myself. I bought them to force others see them.