BO2 Bonus: MTAR

[@Ahoy2]

At the very least, this season I'll be done with all guns by the time the next COD is out.

[@Ahoy2]

I didn't say there was no strategy to the scorestreaks in themselves, just that there's no particular link between a weapon with any such strategy.

[@SaveYourBreath01]

I don't know which I enjoy more, the actual guides or the bonus footage, they're both so good. Thanks XboxAhoy.

[@TheGoldCucco777]

Cont. The thing is that SMGs had low ammo because they were about running into a small area and dealing as much damage as possible (Similar in use to a shotgun, but a bit more forgiving). The assault rifles were meant for staying back behind cover and holding positions (Like an LMG, but with more mobility). When they took away the ammo from the assault rifles and increased the range on the SMGs, they made SMGs more useful.

[@LessThanThreeMan]

Black Ops Two is also my favorite of the call of duty games (loved MW2 as well. and COD4 was awesome too, but I wasn't as into gaming then so I missed it in its prime). Personally love the balancing in bo2, the fact that all the guns actually fit into their classes, the way the game feels and most importantly the pick ten system. I love the freedom I have in classes and feel that with so many options (with pretty much all of them good too) there is so much more to explore. and more to do

[@Struggler9996]

Why is XboxAhoy not raking in money from voice over jobs? Dude's voice is so perfect for so many things.

[@eatkittenbrains]

I look forward to the bonus footage commentary almost as much as the weapons guide. And I love that this one is 24 min long. Thanks stu

[@NomDatBass]

The SMG's have always had phenomenal hipfire. Back in CoD4, I liked to roll the AK74u naked with Steady Aim + Stopping Power and would effectively kill enemies from the hip out to 30+ meters. SMG's being hipfire machines is nothing new.

[@TheNegoneco]

It's weird hearing your voice in a less formal context than your guides. You sound so professional even when you're just commentating, it's ridiculous haha. You have a great voice.

[@LessThanThreeMan]

In addition to the smg dominant question, besides smgs being the 'best' class (in public opinion) the maps are in general small and favor them very well. so I think that is also a factor in it

[@rayven0011]

Dude, your voice... is AMAZING. I didn't think it was your regular voice, but it is so deep and it can make grass grow exciting. I love all your vids man!

[@Pvinini]

Right! Listening to him, especially his new documentary style videos, is awesome

[@laucianlidian]

Seeing as a lot of the weapons in the game fire from STANAG magazines, or equivalent, no. The M16 has a 30 round magazine, and the magazines are usually loaded with 10 round clips. You would have to use more clips to load a larger magazine, 4.5 to load a 45 round magazine, but I don't think you would make the clip itself larger. Soldiers rarely carry clips on the battlefield anymore. Reloading a magazine mid-firefight would take too long.

[@megamax888]

OMG this channel is even better than xbox ahoy, his voice is better than gold. Orgasmic even!

[@Jx4Cinema]

I've really enjoyed your weapon guides since MW2, but just a normal commentary from you is very very entertaining.

[@ulraflash]

A useful note on the black hat, I've used it before to help get care packages that have fallen off the map.

[@rapcorerocks]

It's actually a Black Magic Intensity. He used to have a PVR in the MW2 days, but during that same period he switched to the Black Magic I believe.

[@kieramori5180]

Shotguns are for close, Smgs are for close-mid, Assault Rifles are for mid-long, Snipers are for long (ignores quickscoping), Lmgs are for overwatch and covering fire.

[@Wolf_Buccaneer]

Ya know there is one thing that CoD needs and that is Beta Mags increasing AR capacity to 100 and having either a drawback in terms of reload speed or Aim down sight speed but it would be fun to fire aimlessly with an AK 47 (I know they don't work with AK varients) and never havbe to reload.

[@MrRdGra]

I think the weapons are balanced incredibly well. Same room Shotguns > SMG > ARs. Short to medium range SMG > ARs > LMG > Snipers. Medium to long range ARs > LMG > Sniper. Long range Sniper > LMG > ARs. Just most of the maps lend themselves close quarters gun battles. Turbine and Carrier being more Assault Rifle friendly than most maps.

[@briancorley1991]

i like how treyarch have made the maps bigger in black ops 2, in mw3 the maps were small and smg friendly

[@waffman11]

But clips are rarely necessary to load magazines in modern firearms. Sometimes loading by clip is faster and causes less fumbling, but it's just as viable to hand-load single cartridges into magazines so long as you're not unduly pressed for time.

[@TheUKNutter]

1:26 no that's not what it means Stu... 😂

[@TheGoldCucco777]

The problem I have with assault rifles in Black Ops II is the ammo. In previous games the assault rifles were the all-round good class. They were to Call of Duty what Mario is to Super Smash Bros. They didn't have any particularly out-standing features, but were balanced in all stats, with good range, damage, accuracy and ammo. But in Black Ops II they changed this by making the assault rifles have the same amount of ammo per-clip as the SMGs.

[@liquorgunsandrhetoric]

Depends on the model, but the early SKSes had clips of bullets inserted through the breech.

[@omrcjh7]

The fhj can lock onto the agr, sentry gun, and guardian along with air streaks. In fact to get a gold fhj u have to destroy an agr as a challenge.

[@kfcknow]

I think another reason they are so common is because of the new emphasis on objective play. People tend to think they can only be helping their team if they get to the objective first, regardless of how they get slaughtered once they're there. SMG's let you run at full speed, so they're commonly picked.

[@Omanaite]

22:31 DAHRDAGDDAG-TDAAAt has to be their reasoning

[@TheMartin015]

I love when he says "Hello, this is XboxAhoy!, and this is....." :D

[@kieramori5180]

Thanks, it's subverted slightly through hybrid weapons like the KSG, Chicom QCB, FAL/SMR, Ballista, Executioner and B23R, not to mention the explosive sniper secondary we know as the Crossbow. Even the Select Fire is mixing things up. Naturally, you want the fastest movement possible due to the maps, so KAP-centric or SMG-centric classes are becoming the norm. Not for lack of good long range points, either. Shit has a meta, shit gets real.

[@kieramori5180]

To get more than one kill in close quarters is rare unless you're specialized at knifing and even then it's not as effective as using any of the shotguns. The main bonus of knifing over shotguns is that it's totally silent and you don't appear on the minimap. Knifing is only really useful on game modes like Search.

[@DeathlyPhantom7]

You just brought back so many memories...

[@KnightKiller1000]

Just put FMJ on and you're set... That weapon is like the M4 crossed with the TAR-21 and the F2000 from MW2. The damage is low, but the Fire Rate is pretty high, so you're going to need that extra damage from the FMJ and a Optic Sight on it.

[@navyvet05]

Its hard to imagine a fellow with a voice like that plays video games. Sounds like some dude that should be a museum curator that smokes a pipe.

[@Craney32]

For the knife, use lightweight, cold blooded, dead silence or dexterity and extreme condition, the others you can choose :)

[@Xelliz]

For me, I'm having issues with HC TDM vs HC FFA and I believe this is due to the map design. I have historically spent very little if any time in FFA when playing CoD. Mostly because I do poorly. However, in BO2, I am have considerably more trouble getting good games in TDM, where as I am 90-95% Top3 in FFA.

[@roofermike2007]

a knife only would be different than a ballistic knife video, because of the slot system. 6 perks and a refillable grenade sounds good to me.

[@wolfetrax]

I love the mustache sight- Please use more mustache sights stu!

[@Disatrbed159]

got this gun gold in the first week of bo2 being out, its amazing :D

[@VioStarclad]

Bithin' video as always, Stuart. We're all looking forward to many more.

[@mrjerrick]

Jack of all trades is a fairly common saying that dates back many hundreds of years.

[@KnopsLPs]

you might look into making a chart, giving points to "weapon stats". say, range is moderate, you put it in the middle etc. not directly a, but a chart that shows the weapons stats between a set of 2 extremes. range is just one example. would work with firerate 2 (semi auto excluded, burst guns with their rough effective rpm, not their theoretical. just like the mw2 famas had a burst rate of i think 800 and a practical rpm of ~500 because of delay). just throwing this out, you might try it once.

[@radz282003]

Glad you're getting going again. I'm looking forward to more :)

[@waffman11]

The M27? That thing's a laser; all you need to do is point it at your target and it dies. Unless I'm mistaken, it has some of the lowest recoil of the automatics period. I dunno what it does for damage, but maybe extended "clip" and an optic might help.

[@TheGoldCucco777]

Also, Stu mentions that the SMGs aren't as good at a range, but this isn't necessarily true. While it may take up to 6 bullets to kill at range, if it delivers those bullets in the same time an assault rifle delivers 3, then it's equal. Plus, they greatly reduced the recoil of the SMGs, meaning they can be just as accurate as an Assault rifle.

[@flamesword300]

no one will agree with me on this but I think the tar should get one more buff- it should get a slightly tighter hip spread(between the scar-h and type 25's and other assault rifles) and its ads should be lowered from 230-245 milliseconds since it plays like an smg with a slower rate of fire and higher damage. This will make it compete much better with the type 25 and peacekeeper(the other AR/SMG hybrids)

[@2sites]

you could do a video for all the optics.. reflex, mms, eotech, etc. then maybe one for damage, like long barrel, fmj, etc.. then magazine and gun attachments like stock, grip, etc. maybe do like 4 videos to cover all the attachments in groups.

[@TheGoldCucco777]

For example, the PDW has better ammo than most of the Assault rifles, and I use it as I would have the Famas or G36C in previous titles.

[@BeastDrummer243]

I think that the reason for everyone saying that SMG's are prevalent in Black Ops II is entirely due to the maps. Like Stu said, the SMG's are supposed to be dominant at close range, and a large portion of the maps have plenty or perhaps too many corners and places where the SMG's are awesome. So far I think that the balance is pretty damn good, far better than MW3 was, and I have high hopes for this game. But as with all CoD games, the game is always different during launch week/month.

[@randomdude32]

Stu would you ever consider revisiting Time to kill and covering the melee in CoD? Would be good to tie in the combat knife as a lot of people seem to want it! Also when answering the question about SMG-dominance you sounded like you were on acid (no offence) "the shotguns are good... Everythings... Pretty good" :P

[@monkeyman55580]

He already made a video saying he won't. They're some bf3 weapon vids, just the thing that sucks is that they are not made by Xbox Ahoy and his amazing voice.

[@mememe5987]

Every time I see one of his reviews for any game, I really want to play it. 5 minutes pass and another controller is broken.

[@Kaxopilla]

I think they named the attachment 'Extended Clip' because they didn't want to make extended magazine models for the weapons.

[@Hally199]

Nice to see you again Stewart!

[@dhvsheabdh]

Yes. Encouraged it by reducing knifing ranges.

[@OceanlabTech]

What kind of connection do you have? Do you have your router configured a certain way? I never get kills as fast as you and in as few hits. I love your guides man. Playing the configurations you set up makes these games fun for me. :)

[@waitingforcivictyper]

Hey, any plans to do a video on the FAL? It is a monster of a gun and I love it so far. It is fun to snipe snipers across the map in carrier with it!

[@joco571]

01:11 if you shoot at the basketballs on the table correctly you can shoot them in the basket.

[@50CaliberElliot]

Sorry Stu mate, have to correct you here. You said "cartridges" and "bullets" in reference to rounds ;) A round is the complete ensemble, a bullet is the projectile and the cartridge is the empty shell which was used to hold the cordite/propellant. As a bit of a firearm nut, I feel I have to correct where video games failed to educate, love your stuff mate, as always :)

[@mahilo3550]

Just as a heads up, you are aware the Tac. 45 is the FNP .45 Tactical handgun IRL. Hate to see any mistakes on your part and I'm sure you do a lot of research of the fire arms, but it's good to get help from your loyal viewers from time to time ;)

[@TheMediaEdit]

in your vids, your always professional, in this, you're always saying um and stuff. it's just cool seeing that even you have trouble on youtube. im not hating, I loved this.

[@theras18]

Stu, If you could choose to be any musician on the planet (change places) who would you like to be? (dead musicians count)

[@darkdragonsoul99]

I've played the most of call of duty 2 8 hours a day for 2 years is hard to top in terms of play time.

[@iglumajor]

aside from some of the multiplayer maps had a lot of bugs where you could go under the map and shoot people without them able to do anything. also the game is now hacked to hell, every server has people flying invulnerable with flamethrowers that kill instantly, also the game only has about a maximum of 1000 players in the day (where i am) so there's not that many lobbies to choose from. Other than that the game as huge atmosphere and feeling to it more than the other newschool CoD games

[@snake63cardiff]

suppresser, lazor, primary gunfighter

[@ucallmeschnitzel]

the problem with smgs is that they got awesome tight hipfire and less recoil than assault rifles. so they are on most ranges better than assault rifles..

[@TheTacoman555]

we only make a big deal about you making a new video after a break because we love you :c

[@ZUV617]

About the first "question", I think that even if it was a break and you were working in your new BO2 series, there is nothing wrong with saying "you're back", because you technically are.

[@ThatsMrFrank]

SMG's should be dominant at such ranges that CoD tends to exist. If you want ARs to be more practical, you need bigger maps, and maybe more opportunities for bullet penetration.

[@cptwinters10]

Happy days are back again!!

[@Ahoy2]

I probably will.

[@Sell2wales-1941]

Stu do you think that LMG should be more power but a looser spread? Or taken out of CoD and replaced by more mounted LMG?? Nice vid

[@carl239701]

When i first herd u i thought u worked for treyarch making guides

[@MasterOfTheEggs2029]

I've heard people saying the Vector is overpowered, even though I personally disagree. I don't think there is a truly "overpowered" weapon at all, as even those mighty SMGs can't compare with the other weapon classes at range, and still lose to shotguns and the mighty Combat Knife at close range.

[@Arbyit]

If any of you have the M8A1, try it with the select fire attachment. It feels like the BO2 Famas since it shoots soooo fast

[@supersamurai808]

The reason BO2 is an smg dominant game is for the fact that the maps are fixed to have less long range lines of sight.

[@fiordeliber]

On PC I found BO 2 hitboxes to be abit weird. Sometimes I would hit them with a sniper when I clearly missed or the other way around. Oh and lag on PC seems really bad where I live. Im level 25 and Ive never even had a 4 bar so far.

[@chriszilla1123]

Black hats + engineer is the best combo on BLOPS2

[@nerdlydood]

Coffee makes the world go round. Tea makes the world go all squidgy and potato-shaped.

[@BoBaNdY69]

I agree. I liked MW3 overall, but the maps were inconsistent

[@nysiko3]

I mean, smg's should beat ar's, lmg's, and snipers in close quarters. I wish the shotguns would be better (but a less tight hipfire spread on shotguns isn't bad in some circumstances-sometimes I didn't run steady aim on my class because even when my aim was slightly off I'd still hit my target due to the spread. Same reason in mw3 I used damage instead or range) but at least they're an improvement from bo1.

[@123themysteryman789]

If you want to know the exact range and damage dropoff of a gun, watch Drift0r's black ops 2 in depth series.

[@SiKaHe]

come back in an hour, the servers of youtube uses more time to process 720p than 480

[@Billionthswine]

not sure if it speaks about your ability to read a script or our you are just an amazing speaker but these are just as professional as your weapon guides. Almost like they are scripted but I cant imagine they are. So overall good work Stuart and good luck on another successful year.

[@postalpsyco]

Yeah,I tried stripper clips with my SKS.They suck bad.BTW did u use the SKS in BF3?Effective range is like 1300m in real life,but it played like an smg in that game,I was let down by the lack of realism.

[@anu7ho]

Your voice sounds so formal... even in bonuses

[@thatchannel195]

Where is the G11, Kiparis bonus footage and the MW2 Riot shield guide?!

[@AndreyChichagov]

its hard because finest hour cod 2 and 3 were some of the best

[@yusei1996]

what prestige are you and what's your favourite weapon so far? and i really love that you're back :D

[@linxz6]

SMGs have always had the tightest hipfire spread

[@TheSuperBanana24]

the series starts!

[@AWPtical800]

"[the SMG's] are not particularly good at range?" Six words, XBA: MSMC Long Barrel Laser Sight Grip. Kicks my ass every time >.

[@finalfantasy50]

I have an idea for the attachments. It would be more effective for you if you put all the same attachments in the same video. Like the reticules, and if there are anything different about them, you can go in to greater length. But the reticules such as the Red Dot or Reflex are nothing new to the series. So there isnt a whole lot new you can tell us about them. Unless there is

[@locawoodpuncha]

Stu! How do you feel about the fact that many pointstreaks are now arguably overpowered? Do you think they are? (In my opinion the most overpowered pointstreak is the Lodestar, that thing is a reaper on steroids!)

[@ythandlename]

And it's because most maps have tight corridors and close range combat.

[@minglimchau1335]

Stuart,what sensitivity do use think is the most suitable when using MTAR?I find it a bit hard to use in long range combat=.= Also I think for those who get used to the iron sight of it,adjustable stock can be equipped instead of RDS>.

[@oscarmejiavera]

would you consider singing for us? may be under the bridge by the red hot chilly peppers?

[@zeuscannon115]

If u know ur way around the maps what would be a good replacment attachment for the suppressor? Ive been using the grip

[@VigilanceStudios]

ooh, so the ARs are the good all rounder? (not amazing at lr or sr, but fulfills alot of the problems that LMGs (at SR) or SMGs (at LR) have)

[@levindy6]

22:30 thathathathathathat has to be their reasoning. Just having fun Stu.

[@t0psecret3]

An epic anti-air class- 2black hats and an fhj with scavanger