Post: Black Ops: Prestige is Time-Bound
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07-04-2010, 08:57 PM
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<u><font face="verdana" size="+3" color="black">Prestige Mode</font></u>
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Treyarch have revealed they are extremely considering Black Ops Prestige Mode to have a time lock i.e. you cannot prestige unless you have played enough time playing Black Ops Multiplayer. When you reach the top rank you will not be able to prestige unless you have played for a certain amount of time. Is this a response to mass boosting and hacking? Almost certainly.
Treyarch held a voting poll on their forums to see how much time the community would like to have to wait for Prestige Mode to become available:
David Vonderhaar's post on the Black Ops Forums:
Originally posted by another user
Let's have a discussion about how long it should take you to Prestige.
Imagine it is day 1. You just bought Black Ops and started playing MP.
Think of the time as "game time played" or "hours spent playing MP on an average day" and not "real time" or "when you have a good day."
Don't worry about which Playlist or game mode you are playing, your skill level, or any Double XP weekend.
Think about it like I need to think about it. At a macro level.
In development, we are logging the average XP earned per hour played, so I have a statistically accurate idea of how long it will take you.
Imagine it is day 1. You just bought Black Ops and started playing MP.
Think of the time as "game time played" or "hours spent playing MP on an average day" and not "real time" or "when you have a good day."
Don't worry about which Playlist or game mode you are playing, your skill level, or any Double XP weekend.
Think about it like I need to think about it. At a macro level.
In development, we are logging the average XP earned per hour played, so I have a statistically accurate idea of how long it will take you.
The vote fell to 24 hours. As long as Treyarch take the Community's decision it is either those who have played 24 hours that will be able to enter Prestige Mode or that only those who have reached maximum rank will be able to Prestige if they have 24 hours of playing time. Could this mean that boosters who have reached top ranks in under 24 hours will be unable to prestige? Certainly, although does it mean those who have struggled to reach top rank under 24 hours will still be able to prestige while they're under the max level of each prestige?
Is this a good idea, do you think this is better? It takes me more than 24 hours to hit top rank so I don't really mind! However, I don't think this will stop hacking since hackers can set your time played to any value they want. I don't think it is good for other reasons because many core and experienced gamers have gained the skill to prestige in under 24 hours and I believe it's unfair for them to wait. However, I've always been tempted to stay at level 70 to keep all guns, perks and attachments. I promptly prestige since I don't want to waste any of my score. This may be good as it could force us in certain situations to stay at maximum level for a while.
Oh, and as an added bonus I've enclosed a download link to Treyarch's official set of Black Ops Wallpapers:
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EDIT: Thanks to GQGK for bringing for bringing this alternative analysis to our attention:
He tells us this may mean they will change the top rank according to how much time it will take for you to reach it. Since they have the XP per hour they will change that to 24 hours. Here's an example:
It takes 10XP per hour
It takes 240XP to reach top rank
Therefore, it takes 24 hours to reach top rank on XP based per hour.
I do not think this is a better assumption in another way although it is certainly valid. Please take this into note as another possible option that Treyarch could take. I think it is alongside my assumption and while it seems a tad more likely I believe a well adjusted time-lock could be exactly what Treyarch are looking for to solve many of their problems. It'd be easy to implement, if tuned correctly wouldn't severely anger the community as it would only be an anti-hacking implement and could easily be adjusted.
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07-05-2010, 06:39 AM
#57
ShAdoW_RiDa
Former Blue Mod
Originally posted by WHITE
I didn't think about it like that but you're right. That would eliminate that argument. This is a fix I don't mind seeing (even though I did make a crap load of 10th prestige accts on mw2). It could help matchmaking some but I don't know.
The levels to prestige is my consern. How many levels will this have to actually prestige. If they follow there trend then it'll probly be like 75-80
The levels to prestige is my consern. How many levels will this have to actually prestige. If they follow there trend then it'll probly be like 75-80
That's also an issue, I wonder what the level will be?! Surely they can't make it so high?! I don't want it there to be 80 ranks, LOL.
07-05-2010, 06:54 AM
#60
GQGK
Skillz
Originally posted by RedKnight
<u><font face="verdana" size="+3" color="black">Prestige Mode</font></u>
<img src="https://www.codblackopsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Black-Ops-Hi-Res-Wallpaper-02.jpg" height="360" width="570">
<img src="https://www.codblackopsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Black-Ops-Hi-Res-Wallpaper-02.jpg" height="360" width="570">
Treyarch have revealed they are extremely considering Black Ops Prestige Mode to have a time lock i.e. you cannot prestige unless you have played enough time playing Black Ops Multiplayer. When you reach the top rank you will not be able to prestige unless you have played for a certain amount of time. Is this a response to mass boosting and hacking? Almost certainly.
Treyarch held a voting poll on their forums to see how much time the community would like to have to wait for Prestige Mode to become available:
David Vonderhaar's post on the Black Ops Forums:
The vote fell to 24 hours. As long as Treyarch take the Community's decision it is either those who have played 24 hours that will be able to enter Prestige Mode or that only those who have reached maximum rank will be able to Prestige if they have 24 hours of playing time. Could this mean that boosters who have reached top ranks in under 24 hours will be unable to prestige? Certainly, although does it mean those who have struggled to reach top rank under 24 hours will still be able to prestige while they're under the max level of each prestige?
Is this a good idea, do you think this is better? It takes me more than 24 hours to hit top rank so I don't really mind! However, I don't think this will stop hacking since hackers can set your time played to any value they want. I don't think it is good for other reasons because many core and experienced gamers have gained the skill to prestige in under 24 hours and I believe it's unfair for them to wait. However, I've always been tempted to stay at level 70 to keep all guns, perks and attachments. I promptly prestige since I don't want to waste any of my score. This may be good as it could force us in certain situations to stay at maximum level for a while.
Oh, and as an added bonus I've enclosed a download link to Treyarch's official set of Black Ops Wallpapers:
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dude. you're misunderstanding the article. i read it when it was first released. its saying how long should it take the average gamer to get to prestige. not when should it be unlocked. they know the average xp per hour. so say 24 hours wins the vote, they calculate the xp so you'll hit top level after 24 hours if you play average. better people will hit it faster, worse people will hit it later. its just an idea of how much time. its not "time locked" lol
07-05-2010, 08:50 AM
#62
Originally posted by GQGK
dude. you're misunderstanding the article. i read it when it was first released. its saying how long should it take the average gamer to get to prestige. not when should it be unlocked. they know the average xp per hour. so say 24 hours wins the vote, they calculate the xp so you'll hit top level after 24 hours if you play average. better people will hit it faster, worse people will hit it later. its just an idea of how much time. its not "time locked" lol
You know, I thought about this being an invalid assumption, I really did. However, I really don't think it is. They're severely considering it, it's definitely a legit thing to do and it'd stop a lot of their problems. It's' a very probable reason for him to ask this survey. Also, on many other news sites they've made the same assumption. What you've said is true but it's only another valid assumption alongside mine and is not the truth. However, I'll add it to the main article, thanks.
07-05-2010, 09:53 AM
#64
xKrypticModz
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i dont really like the idea of that if ppl want to hack y shouldnt they they bought the game so they can do what they want with it
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