More comparable, but still noticeably higher. The pistol calibers without any bonuses seem to be just about realistic, but then the potential bonuses add way too much velocity. A fair enough kind of balance lever to use against SMGs in exchange for all the good things.
@@sonicace007 It's pretty damn simple. Bullet velocity exists. Therefore if you shoot someone really far then your bullets require more time to hit the target therefore making them harder to hit. Please, let's not start blaming connection issues for you not wanting to lead a target. I agree that bullet velocity is kind of dumb in CoD but it's here.
@@hi7535 cod has always been known to have connection issues or well lag. Especially modern warfare 2019 because it was rushed, Cold War was rushed as well. I know there is a thing known as bullet travel in real life. My previous comment was a joke but also meant to be taking a stab at Activision and they're cheapness when it comes to servers or hiring people that know how to code a server.
Yeah, the game isn’t as aesthetic as MW warfare but it plays much better in my opinion. Less campy play style and the movement reminds me of older fast paced boots on the ground cod. I hope they can patch the little mistakes to make it much better. It’s sort of like MW where it’s really close to being really good but not quite there.
@@ry_an. the mp5 is aids but it’s getting nerfed 100%, that’s an easy fix. Headglitchign isn’t a problem I’ve had with the game, at least not as bad as MW where the M4 was busted through its FULL lifecycle and people would just camp Windows with less light than black holes.
@@user-ey4ut9uc8w people camp in this game just as much in MW. MW had more campers due to the ttk and map design, but MW had a way bigger skill curve than this game. BOCW has AWFUL map design, not to mention the garbage movement. The M16 and AUG are some of the most busted guns I've ever seen, one bursting in the torso at like 100 metres. And that's just scratching the surface.
I’m convinced that the “damage increase” barrels are literally just High Caliber reskinned. If I put the damage barrel on the M16 I easily start hitting one-burst headshots across the map. Might want to look into that.
@@Clangokkuner And? That happens to literally every creator for a variety of reasons depending on the content niche you fill, it doesn't mean that their content is any less valuable to the CoD community
I'm actually really looking forward to more videos like these from you and Ace. Theorycrafting and build ideas sounds just as, if not more interesting, than having to dig out the nooks and crannies of inaccurate stat bars.
I noticed the biggest difference and best results with added bullet velocity to the Milano specifically. Because it already has a low fire rate, it makes it seem like your shots are taking forever to land on someone in motion, the Ranger barrel made that thing feel 5x better right off the bat.
Honestly as a Battlefield Veteran this seems so trivial. On BF4 you know that each class and weapon setup definitely has it's specific shortcomings and you just have to deal with it. You can't build a do everything setup. You can try but there will always be situations where you are quite outclassed.
Hard agree. I imagine a lot of CoD-only players are gonna have a hissy fit and cry "this game is garbo lol" just because they can't turn their brains off and shred people across the map with the same SMG they use to dominate close quarters with. Making it so that weapons ideal for close range really lose their effectiveness outside of that range means that you'll end up with a higher variety of weapons and playstyles you'll see in each game (assuming that CoD players eventually come to terms with actually having to use different weapons for once lol). I'm 110% with the changes, but unfortunately they'll probably get changed to work more like the other CoDs after enough kids cry about it.
Omg finally someone gets that a gun that is good in every aspect is not balanced or fun, it’s busted and annoying. If u wanna use a mp5 push if u wanna use an AR anchor and have good aim.
I laughed at that!! Used to love playing Black Ops 2 in high school & watching these in-depth videos... bought Cold War on a whim and Drift0r is still here making these great guides. "Like, favorite & subscribe" is the icing on the nostalgia cake 😂
@@WhyDo nostalgia is pretty much the only thing still gluing me to these new cod titles, I used to play hours upon hours of MW2 and Black Ops on the PS3 with my friends on weekends
I like this change to how bullet velocity works in the game. I feel the changes makes that stat actually meaningful. And you mentioning the need to make “sacrifices” when building the class sounds like the changes will help make class-building more interesting.
@@Dorkster81 I was actually about to throw a fit because suppressors don’t negatively effect bullet velocity or range irl but realized that old suppressors do
@Thee SharpShooter you sound like someone who has never played either of those games lmaoo. I actually can’t think of one element of BOCW that is even remotely like mw2.
I’m glad they made SMG bullet velocity relatively slow tbh. The MP5’s ranges are strong enough as it is, having a long range hit scan SMG would make assault rifles/LMGs even less viable than they already are
Sadly you can get the ak74u to hitscan level velocity. It already has a twice as high velocity than the other smgs. But with barrels you can make the bullet go faster than sniper bullets WITH velocity improving Attachments. It's honestly super crazy.
The bullet velocity boggled my mind in the beta. Took awhile to notice, but I was able to play above average in my opinion. I normally run the SMG but I used the AR. The smgs were crazy powerful tho as I was able to melt from distance against some ARs.
But didn't they confirm that warzone would remain with mw stats and they would convert all cold war weapons into an mw version to be like the current weapons in warzone?
I don't know if it's only me, but after like thounsands of hours of Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4, Black Ops Cold War feel very familiar in terms of TTK, recoil, bullet velocity, bullet drop and even a bit with the movement.
@@prodigalsoniv48 This is CoD at the end of the day. It's not meant to be a BF competitor. They're meant to sit alongside each other serving to different playstyles. CoD always has and always should be a little more arcadey, that's a design that a lot of people enjoy, if anything, I think this CoD is a little more complicated than it needs to be, I love it, but it's on the verge of drifting away from CoD
@Drift0r To focus on your point at 7:52 about damage increase attachments . I'd like to point out one exception that stands out to me. The AK47 turns into a 2 head 1 body within ideal ranges with the final barrel. Which is a potentially MAJOR change in performance imo. Especially when trying to challenge mp5 users. literally 1 bullet is the turning point for me currently in most engagements. I am grinding toward that barrel as we speak (tested on bots). So i think that is noteworthy.
I think Warzone will have this bullet velocity behavior too. Currently in MW and WZ, bullet drop is only relevant at very long ranges. A slower bullet velocity might force engagements to be more closer and people will have to lead their shots in order to hit targets at longer ranges
That’s good info. I was already building my classes in alpha and beta based on more velocity being better then range, but it was just an educated good guess. I asked Ace a few times before in his stream to go in depth in this, but spam chat prevented a response. Anyway I’m real happy you both have now tested this and confirmed I was right for once 🤣🤣🤣
I like how you can’t get the best of both worlds. In MW, you’re able to run the longest barrel and the mono suppressor for maximum range and bullet velocity. Here, you have to either choose between good bullet velocity and damage range, or sacrifice that and instead, suppress your weapon and be invisible on the mini map. I personally prefer the latter.
After not playing call of duty since GHOSTS and watching the hell out of driftor then, my reaction to seeing the video i needed by you sparked pure happiness. Stay classy😉
This makes my snipers more bearable now with the lack of ads... just tried it out and the velocity is definitely needed.. doesn’t feel like it is traveling a day and half to get to target now.
I have noticed that SMGs get -damage range instead of -velocity on their suppressors like the other guns. This is probably so you can't just lob the bullets into the other spawn cross-map
It seems that their way to balance the game is bullet velocity. You can have the max range barrel but it's slow velocity and another guy could have a barrel on the same gun but with twice the velocity and he would win over you if you are within the normal damage range. Because he could land bullets on you twice as fast, but IF you are both beyond the "base damage range" then you with extended range would or could win because you are doing higher damage. But there is likely a mid-point after the base damage range that the faster "velocity" barrel can still win, because bullets travel faster. But at range the 'extended range barrel" wins. They even have some barrels with increased damage, albeit not much damage increase and would be extremely dependent on whether it makes you kill in 1 less bullet or not. The top barrels or rather the last barrels usually have a mix of damage increase, range increase and velocity increase.. Making them the better average overall. Because increased damage, increased range (only 50%) and some 50% bullet velocity = winner. Because you now have 50% extended range and faster velocity combined and on top of that you get damage increase as well (whether is does give 1 less bullet is the factor here).
Hey Driftor, been watching your channel for years on youtube (since blops2) and have just recently started watching your twitch streams. Lets says this...you're not the greatest player in the world and neither am I. But theres something about watching your battle with the game I really enjoy. You're an everyman and to me thats much more engaging than watching twitch trigger 20 somethings' going nuclear each game. Keep at it and we'll keep watching bro 😎👍
@@superiorpew7277 same engine as MW and although yeah there are prettier games the game looks way better then the brightly colored no textures of black ops 4 lol
I think its the flash flash hider that lowers muzzle glint while having no downsides (2nd muzzle attachment) I've been running that with grip tape for ADS and a high velocity barrel plus target finder for longer nameplate visibility and fast mags for faster reload
Well Ill be damned. This should put a lot of the haters from reddit to bed. Super helpful and informative Driftor! Thanks for keeping us in the know! Looking forward to more!
I mean when I heard it’s gonna hard to make a “best of both worlds” type of build that actually sounds great why would I wanna get mapped by an mp5. this seems like a better but not the best way to balance compared to MW where an mp5 could beat ARs every time
So with this in mind, for the AK47 (or any AR really) should I used the reinforced barrel (100% range 40% velocity) or the 20in 150% velocity barrel? Been using the reinforced.
@Filthy Robb so you agree. yea i feel like if you can adjust for the lower velocity, that damage range boost is worth it in 99% of long range engagements
The mp5 suppressor doesn't reduce velocity but reduces range which is weird because there's the real life being different argument you made (which isn't a big deal because cod is nothing like real life to begin with) but it's also weird because on assault rifles it does reduce velocity. Weapon balance in this game is odd.
It seems like they're trying to keep the weapons suited to their strengths. for instance you would be okay putting a suppressor on an SMG if it meant you were rushing and flanking because you'll generally be closer to your enemy so the bullet drop off wouldnt jurt u as much, whereas you wouldn't do that with an LMG because the idea is staying far away so that the enemies youre shooting at not only wouldnt see u on the mini map as easily because of your distance but also you wouldn't want you to suppressor because it would effect tour ability to hit targets at long range
Do we know how bad the microtransactions will be this year? Haven't played since BO4 and that game drive me away with them :/ hoping I can get back in with this one.
The part explaining the slow bullet velocity in this video explains a lot about my troubles, though not everything. I do think ghost bullets are currently a thing as I have had repeated instances of getting the drop on someone, firing first at a range no more than 20 feet, only to lose when they turn and kill me in 3-5 shots after I put half a mag into them. It feels extremely inconsistent, I even had a few shotgun blasts at 5ft not register at all, on my end their face just ate 00 Buck, but my death cam says they took zero damage somehow.
Its not good, trust me, not only does the game keep in mind bullet velocity in a gunfight, it also has Lag Compensation, Ping and server host so you probably will never have an even gameplay experience, ever.
When I tested the FFAR with reinforced barrel it didn’t change anything. Is that because it wasn’t the 150 percent barrel? Idk might be smoked but it was 5 hit to 38m like it said and then 6 to infinite range.
Honestly, and I might be called an idiot for saying this. But, I actually miss the season pass system. These “free” maps they are giving us are clearly ready to get released but they are holding back to give to us for later. And no new content is being made. With the season pass, at least we knew what we were getting. 16 maps all year round. Four new zombie maps. Now that we have seasons, I feel like we are getting less content than we did before, but that’s just me.
If there’s maps that are ready for release in this game that their holding back, how do we know it wasn’t the same and they were holding back season pass maps too. Besides, I’d rather save the 50
This game was forced to be released a year ahead of schedule, so content density was going to be a problem. Two to three months from now the content problems will be a distant memory.
@@WingsOfLegends I think the total map decline started before that tho. Bo3 had 13 if you include nuke town. Infinite warfare had 12, and ww2 had 9. And they all had season passes, so I’m grateful that if we’re getting less then 10 maps, which is kinda bs, at least future ones are free
@@artemisfowl52 that tricked they pulled on us on black ops 4 to give us four remastered maps on launch would have been the perfect scenario for this year. As the resources are already in line. Honestly, they could just remaster all of the old maps if they knew this would be an issue and I bet no one would complain.
If you bring back that series that you did 1 episode of for MW where you make some crazy attachment combos, you should make a gun with slowest shot velocity possible
@Marco Varela bullets literally drop off over longer distances irl... thats why snipers have to calculate their shots very carefully because off the drop off as the earth spins. Hit scan is not realistic. Projectile based system is the way forward.
I like how concrete and existent bullet velocity is but I dunno if going with that slow of a base value is the way. Game still feels good but as you and others have said, this is just going to make people question hit detection or their connection.
Hopefully you still cover the guns, just because we have most of the key stats in game now doesn't mean we wont appreciate each weapon having a quick spotlight
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The bullet drop and bullet velocity stats seem way more comparable to a battlefield game than past COD games.
More comparable, but still noticeably higher. The pistol calibers without any bonuses seem to be just about realistic, but then the potential bonuses add way too much velocity. A fair enough kind of balance lever to use against SMGs in exchange for all the good things.
@@Xhaleon 9mm most definitely does NOT travel at 250 m/s
The base bullet velocities are way slower in here than in most battlefield games, the drop seems pretty similar though
@@guncolony most air soft gun don’t even travel that slow lol
I have a few hundreds of hours in bf4 so the bullet velocity isn’t gonna be a problem for me
This game kinda feels like WW2 and BO4 together. Makes sense since SHG started the development.
you nailed it
Its nothing like black ops 4 and there are so many facts to prove it lol
@@slicksmokegaming9857 ttk is about the same.
How does it feel like WW2? I don’t feel SHG at all in this game, it feels like a full blooded black ops game.
@@wumbobumbo9382 most combined arms maps are from shg i think
So THAT’S why I feel like connections are so bad. I swear I unload on people on the Satellite map and never get any hits.
Maybe the connections are bad and they just decided to put slow bullet velocity on the guns to kinda hide it
I would say try to swith to some better suited for mid range or stick to true cqc
man I feel the same. Is my internet garbage? Is my pc droping fps? i mean, I dont have this issue while playing MW MP
@@sonicace007 It's pretty damn simple. Bullet velocity exists. Therefore if you shoot someone really far then your bullets require more time to hit the target therefore making them harder to hit. Please, let's not start blaming connection issues for you not wanting to lead a target. I agree that bullet velocity is kind of dumb in CoD but it's here.
@@hi7535 cod has always been known to have connection issues or well lag. Especially modern warfare 2019 because it was rushed, Cold War was rushed as well. I know there is a thing known as bullet travel in real life. My previous comment was a joke but also meant to be taking a stab at Activision and they're cheapness when it comes to servers or hiring people that know how to code a server.
That is a T-shirt slogan for you
"The 0 is a zero"
Love this cod. Needs content really desperately though. It’s nice that when your raging you can just hop on zombies🤷🏻♂️
felt this
Yeah, the game isn’t as aesthetic as MW warfare but it plays much better in my opinion. Less campy play style and the movement reminds me of older fast paced boots on the ground cod.
I hope they can patch the little mistakes to make it much better. It’s sort of like MW where it’s really close to being really good but not quite there.
@@user-ey4ut9uc8w This game is just full of headglitching and MP5 cheese. Even in the high SBMM lobbies, no one moves.
@@ry_an. the mp5 is aids but it’s getting nerfed 100%, that’s an easy fix. Headglitchign isn’t a problem I’ve had with the game, at least not as bad as MW where the M4 was busted through its FULL lifecycle and people would just camp Windows with less light than black holes.
@@user-ey4ut9uc8w people camp in this game just as much in MW. MW had more campers due to the ttk and map design, but MW had a way bigger skill curve than this game. BOCW has AWFUL map design, not to mention the garbage movement. The M16 and AUG are some of the most busted guns I've ever seen, one bursting in the torso at like 100 metres. And that's just scratching the surface.
I’m convinced that the “damage increase” barrels are literally just High Caliber reskinned. If I put the damage barrel on the M16 I easily start hitting one-burst headshots across the map. Might want to look into that.
Mp5 actually goes from 32 to 34. So 4 to 3 shot kill. no other gun really I see the point on.
@@DrIBeast what attachment do you use on mp5
@@DrIBeast CW has 150 health, not 100. So it’s still a 5 shot
Do you mean the "damage range" barrels
The only thing missing for me right now is more maps. Game needs some content very soon
They are mostly good maps though. MW only had like 4-5 good maps
@@shonuff5297 eh for me I feel like there are 2-3 good maps. Rest are mid
People really thought that driftor and xclusive ace wouldn’t stay relevant 💀
people stupid and cant figure this stuff out for themselves
Oh please, people don't know what bullet velocity is 🤣
Well his content still experienced a large drop in viewership compared to before
@@Clangokkuner And? That happens to literally every creator for a variety of reasons depending on the content niche you fill, it doesn't mean that their content is any less valuable to the CoD community
I'm actually really looking forward to more videos like these from you and Ace. Theorycrafting and build ideas sounds just as, if not more interesting, than having to dig out the nooks and crannies of inaccurate stat bars.
I noticed the biggest difference and best results with added bullet velocity to the Milano specifically. Because it already has a low fire rate, it makes it seem like your shots are taking forever to land on someone in motion, the Ranger barrel made that thing feel 5x better right off the bat.
Honestly as a Battlefield Veteran this seems so trivial. On BF4 you know that each class and weapon setup definitely has it's specific shortcomings and you just have to deal with it. You can't build a do everything setup. You can try but there will always be situations where you are quite outclassed.
And that is what the definition of balance is. When it comes to guns anyways. Perks make another tier of balance to... "balance"
Hard agree. I imagine a lot of CoD-only players are gonna have a hissy fit and cry "this game is garbo lol" just because they can't turn their brains off and shred people across the map with the same SMG they use to dominate close quarters with.
Making it so that weapons ideal for close range really lose their effectiveness outside of that range means that you'll end up with a higher variety of weapons and playstyles you'll see in each game (assuming that CoD players eventually come to terms with actually having to use different weapons for once lol).
I'm 110% with the changes, but unfortunately they'll probably get changed to work more like the other CoDs after enough kids cry about it.
@@kohai-kun9261 people did get triggered when they were told to adapt. So...
For real though I wish I had more classes in MW back before CW
Omg finally someone gets that a gun that is good in every aspect is not balanced or fun, it’s busted and annoying. If u wanna use a mp5 push if u wanna use an AR anchor and have good aim.
someone still asking me to "like, favourite & subscribe" in 2020 just makes me feel happy for some reason
I laughed at that!! Used to love playing Black Ops 2 in high school & watching these in-depth videos... bought Cold War on a whim and Drift0r is still here making these great guides. "Like, favorite & subscribe" is the icing on the nostalgia cake 😂
@@WhyDo nostalgia is pretty much the only thing still gluing me to these new cod titles, I used to play hours upon hours of MW2 and Black Ops on the PS3 with my friends on weekends
I like this change to how bullet velocity works in the game. I feel the changes makes that stat actually meaningful. And you mentioning the need to make “sacrifices” when building the class sounds like the changes will help make class-building more interesting.
This and Ace are the only guides I follow so much learned!
so far I actually love this cod just hoping for content
Yup, already enjoying this cod more than I ever did MW
Fax
Me tOo. I think bullet velocity helps change the game for the better
@@Dorkster81 I was actually about to throw a fit because suppressors don’t negatively effect bullet velocity or range irl but realized that old suppressors do
@Thee SharpShooter you sound like someone who has never played either of those games lmaoo. I actually can’t think of one element of BOCW that is even remotely like mw2.
So this is why using that default Milano blueprint with a suppressor was awful lol
I’m glad they made SMG bullet velocity relatively slow tbh. The MP5’s ranges are strong enough as it is, having a long range hit scan SMG would make assault rifles/LMGs even less viable than they already are
Sadly you can get the ak74u to hitscan level velocity. It already has a twice as high velocity than the other smgs. But with barrels you can make the bullet go faster than sniper bullets WITH velocity improving Attachments. It's honestly super crazy.
That bullet velocity difference is crazy.
The bullet velocity boggled my mind in the beta. Took awhile to notice, but I was able to play above average in my opinion. I normally run the SMG but I used the AR. The smgs were crazy powerful tho as I was able to melt from distance against some ARs.
3:32, don't be that guy proning on the B flag in Checkmate.
This is all fine. SMGs have to decide if you want longer range, or you decide if you want to be stealthy and play up close.
Fair. Perfectly fair.
I wonder if barrels are balanced for Warzone, and not having monolithic suppressor and compensate for suppressors that have negative range.
Probably onto something there
This is what i was thinking
I have been saying this since the Alpha. I bet they make one of the suppressors act monolithic like in WZ.
But didn't they confirm that warzone would remain with mw stats and they would convert all cold war weapons into an mw version to be like the current weapons in warzone?
Does anyone know if CW perks are going into WZ also ?
I like bullet volocity better than hit scan
I don't know if it's only me, but after like thounsands of hours of Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4, Black Ops Cold War feel very familiar in terms of TTK, recoil, bullet velocity, bullet drop and even a bit with the movement.
idk, recoil still feels too arcadey for a bf game. same with movement.
@@prodigalsoniv48 This is CoD at the end of the day. It's not meant to be a BF competitor. They're meant to sit alongside each other serving to different playstyles. CoD always has and always should be a little more arcadey, that's a design that a lot of people enjoy, if anything, I think this CoD is a little more complicated than it needs to be, I love it, but it's on the verge of drifting away from CoD
Those bullet velocity attachments make them damn near hitscan!
It's funny because the old cods were all hitscan
@Drift0r To focus on your point at 7:52 about damage increase attachments . I'd like to point out one exception that stands out to me. The AK47 turns into a 2 head 1 body within ideal ranges with the final barrel. Which is a potentially MAJOR change in performance imo. Especially when trying to challenge mp5 users. literally 1 bullet is the turning point for me currently in most engagements. I am grinding toward that barrel as we speak (tested on bots). So i think that is noteworthy.
The slow velocity had me thinking I was crazy for the first couple days. I didnt play the beta at all so I had no idea what to expect
I think Warzone will have this bullet velocity behavior too. Currently in MW and WZ, bullet drop is only relevant at very long ranges. A slower bullet velocity might force engagements to be more closer and people will have to lead their shots in order to hit targets at longer ranges
That’s good info. I was already building my classes in alpha and beta based on more velocity being better then range, but it was just an educated good guess. I asked Ace a few times before in his stream to go in depth in this, but spam chat prevented a response.
Anyway I’m real happy you both have now tested this and confirmed I was right for once 🤣🤣🤣
I figured this was the case in beta. I started getting way more killstreaks when I chose velocity on every weapon
I like how you can’t get the best of both worlds. In MW, you’re able to run the longest barrel and the mono suppressor for maximum range and bullet velocity. Here, you have to either choose between good bullet velocity and damage range, or sacrifice that and instead, suppress your weapon and be invisible on the mini map. I personally prefer the latter.
I didn't know this is how the guns work in this CoD. This explains a lot of the odd feel I've been experiencing.
"makes it feel like the smg shots aren't hitting very well"
I must be playing a different build of the game
At range, not so much. The MP5 is the fastest, but try hitting anything further than point blank with an unmodded Milano.
For whatever reason a fully built MP5 has the ability to out shoot a sniper at long range and something about that doesn't sit right with me.
After not playing call of duty since GHOSTS and watching the hell out of driftor then, my reaction to seeing the video i needed by you sparked pure happiness. Stay classy😉
that's insane. best stats vid everrr gg drift
I remember this guy doing a hbra3 in depth loooooooooong ago in advanced warfare. I have found him again now🙂
last time i was came this early, my step sister was disappointed
Oof
You disgust me.....go on
Having the huge maps alongside the regular multiplayer really makes balancing the core 6v6 harder.
All these attachments but people are still going to be running the same exact ones as everyone else. At least the non sweaty, non tryhards get variety
Helped a ton! Thank you for this video man. I wouldn't ever thought about this.
This makes my snipers more bearable now with the lack of ads... just tried it out and the velocity is definitely needed.. doesn’t feel like it is traveling a day and half to get to target now.
Thank you for doing this so we can just enjoy the game brother.
New Game name: op5: Bullet velocity.
I jus assumed velocity was pointless but this makes so much sense why I’ve lost so many gunfights even when I get the first shot off
Great video. Keep them coming. I'm near prestige 2 and I didn't know how important bullet velocity is
I noticed the bullet velocity when i sniped a guy across map, went prone AND started to reload before the kill even registered
Just wanna say thanks for all the indepths the past year they are so helpful
I have noticed that SMGs get -damage range instead of -velocity on their suppressors like the other guns. This is probably so you can't just lob the bullets into the other spawn cross-map
i havent played cod since BO3, I cnt wait! hardcore only!
You have earned a sub purely because you saved the sub shilling till after the video. You are a rear gem and an absolute giga chad.
It seems that their way to balance the game is bullet velocity. You can have the max range barrel but it's slow velocity and another guy could have a barrel on the same gun but with twice the velocity and he would win over you if you are within the normal damage range. Because he could land bullets on you twice as fast, but IF you are both beyond the "base damage range" then you with extended range would or could win because you are doing higher damage. But there is likely a mid-point after the base damage range that the faster "velocity" barrel can still win, because bullets travel faster. But at range the 'extended range barrel" wins.
They even have some barrels with increased damage, albeit not much damage increase and would be extremely dependent on whether it makes you kill in 1 less bullet or not.
The top barrels or rather the last barrels usually have a mix of damage increase, range increase and velocity increase.. Making them the better average overall. Because increased damage, increased range (only 50%) and some 50% bullet velocity = winner. Because you now have 50% extended range and faster velocity combined and on top of that you get damage increase as well (whether is does give 1 less bullet is the factor here).
Hey Driftor, been watching your channel for years on youtube (since blops2) and have just recently started watching your twitch streams. Lets says this...you're not the greatest player in the world and neither am I. But theres something about watching your battle with the game I really enjoy. You're an everyman and to me thats much more engaging than watching twitch trigger 20 somethings' going nuclear each game. Keep at it and we'll keep watching bro 😎👍
I’ve noticed the slow bullet velocity while going for gold pistols. Not to much of an issue though as I’m not trying to shot far away
I'm enjoying the game feels a little like black ops 2 mixed wit MW am I crazy?
Yeah
Crazy
Nah j/j it is
Feels like back ops 1.5 both in terms of gameplay and graphics
@@superiorpew7277 same engine as MW and although yeah there are prettier games the game looks way better then the brightly colored no textures of black ops 4 lol
Brooo I swear I thought I was lagging every time I would aim dead center on them and my bullets wouldn’t hit and I was like what
I think its the flash flash hider that lowers muzzle glint while having no downsides (2nd muzzle attachment) I've been running that with grip tape for ADS and a high velocity barrel plus target finder for longer nameplate visibility and fast mags for faster reload
The barrels that increase damage are only really useful on snipers because it increase the ones shot kill area
Well Ill be damned. This should put a lot of the haters from reddit to bed. Super helpful and informative Driftor! Thanks for keeping us in the know! Looking forward to more!
Stealth classes are gonna be interesting this year
Wow....this is super insightful. I thought I was lagging but it was just bullet velocity
You said that you thought you were losing frames or lagging as soon as I pressed send on thos
mostly run velocity barrels anyway, still i see that the bullets hit and often they didnt got detected, its still a server side issue
This explains a *lot...*
Gonna have to *seriously* level up my guns.
Informative and concise, great vid!
Love the vids, can’t wait for more in depth!!
I mean when I heard it’s gonna hard to make a “best of both worlds” type of build that actually sounds great why would I wanna get mapped by an mp5. this seems like a better but not the best way to balance compared to MW where an mp5 could beat ARs every time
So with this in mind, for the AK47 (or any AR really) should I used the reinforced barrel (100% range 40% velocity) or the 20in 150% velocity barrel? Been using the reinforced.
@Filthy Robb so you agree. yea i feel like if you can adjust for the lower velocity, that damage range boost is worth it in 99% of long range engagements
Well this makes a lot of sense now.
A suppressor would increase velocity IRL as far as I know.
The mp5 suppressor doesn't reduce velocity but reduces range which is weird because there's the real life being different argument you made (which isn't a big deal because cod is nothing like real life to begin with) but it's also weird because on assault rifles it does reduce velocity. Weapon balance in this game is odd.
sometimes lower velocity ammunition is used to make the suppressors more effective
Cold war has literally shutoff my xbox one x, almost every damn time. My reticle flicker in and out. Hit detection seems off.. very disappointed
Thank you for this video. I just returned to call of duty. Been a learning curve after 5 years. Thanks again
0:53 i could hear my old hs math teacher laughing at me...she probably has all the best attachments 😒
Just recently found your channel and am liking the videos!
It seems like they're trying to keep the weapons suited to their strengths. for instance you would be okay putting a suppressor on an SMG if it meant you were rushing and flanking because you'll generally be closer to your enemy so the bullet drop off wouldnt jurt u as much, whereas you wouldn't do that with an LMG because the idea is staying far away so that the enemies youre shooting at not only wouldnt see u on the mini map as easily because of your distance but also you wouldn't want you to suppressor because it would effect tour ability to hit targets at long range
Laughs in gunfighter wildcard
Do we know how bad the microtransactions will be this year? Haven't played since BO4 and that game drive me away with them :/ hoping I can get back in with this one.
The part explaining the slow bullet velocity in this video explains a lot about my troubles, though not everything. I do think ghost bullets are currently a thing as I have had repeated instances of getting the drop on someone, firing first at a range no more than 20 feet, only to lose when they turn and kill me in 3-5 shots after I put half a mag into them. It feels extremely inconsistent, I even had a few shotgun blasts at 5ft not register at all, on my end their face just ate 00 Buck, but my death cam says they took zero damage somehow.
Been looking forward to this!
Nice vid it helped a lot. These new stats always trippin me out bro🤣
I don't even want to imagine what it will be like using the Pelington or the Tundra in Warzone
Do attachments that improve vehicle damage make the gun more powerful against enemy players as well?
Slow bullets make me actually wanna play this now. I love projectiles
Its not good, trust me, not only does the game keep in mind bullet velocity in a gunfight, it also has Lag Compensation, Ping and server host so you probably will never have an even gameplay experience, ever.
The damage barrels on the shotguns are very noticeable
When I tested the FFAR with reinforced barrel it didn’t change anything. Is that because it wasn’t the 150 percent barrel? Idk might be smoked but it was 5 hit to 38m like it said and then 6 to infinite range.
Honestly, and I might be called an idiot for saying this. But, I actually miss the season pass system. These “free” maps they are giving us are clearly ready to get released but they are holding back to give to us for later. And no new content is being made. With the season pass, at least we knew what we were getting. 16 maps all year round. Four new zombie maps. Now that we have seasons, I feel like we are getting less content than we did before, but that’s just me.
If there’s maps that are ready for release in this game that their holding back, how do we know it wasn’t the same and they were holding back season pass maps too. Besides, I’d rather save the 50
@@Koersky good point. However, the cod’s with the season pass launched with WAY more maps than we got in this game and the last.
This game was forced to be released a year ahead of schedule, so content density was going to be a problem. Two to three months from now the content problems will be a distant memory.
@@WingsOfLegends I think the total map decline started before that tho. Bo3 had 13 if you include nuke town. Infinite warfare had 12, and ww2 had 9.
And they all had season passes, so I’m grateful that if we’re getting less then 10 maps, which is kinda bs, at least future ones are free
@@artemisfowl52 that tricked they pulled on us on black ops 4 to give us four remastered maps on launch would have been the perfect scenario for this year. As the resources are already in line. Honestly, they could just remaster all of the old maps if they knew this would be an issue and I bet no one would complain.
yes bullet velocity is what isnt letting me shoot the guy 5 ft away
Thank you so much for explaining this. I swear I thought I was going insane lol.
Love ur vids keep it up
If you bring back that series that you did 1 episode of for MW where you make some crazy attachment combos, you should make a gun with slowest shot velocity possible
the bullet velocity will make a huge difference
Really interesting how cod ditched hitscan in their recent titles. Feels more realistic. Honestly Cold War is my favorite cod since 2012!
@Marco Varela bullets literally drop off over longer distances irl... thats why snipers have to calculate their shots very carefully because off the drop off as the earth spins. Hit scan is not realistic. Projectile based system is the way forward.
I feel like cod is leaning towards battlefield every year
I like how concrete and existent bullet velocity is but I dunno if going with that slow of a base value is the way. Game still feels good but as you and others have said, this is just going to make people question hit detection or their connection.
Much needed video, thanks 👍
Quality upload!
Question: Which GPU are you using that is that cool?
Wait so scopes show how far you're shooting?
Hopefully you still cover the guns, just because we have most of the key stats in game now doesn't mean we wont appreciate each weapon having a quick spotlight
The mp5 barrel does change shots to kill. It goes from 32 to 34.
still the worst part to me is the .50 cal wont 1 shot kill to the shoulder, but the .338 lapua will.
So which one is better for ARs and which one is better for SMGs? Effective damage range or bullet velocity
m16 damage barrel is incredibly overpowered i haven’t used the rapid fire barrels tho
With the gallo's damage mod it turns it into a one shot beast
Very helpful! Thank you.