How Good is Ninja in Cold War? | (Footstep Breakdown & Best Audio Setting!)

[@grandmaster2fast824]

Can we just appreciate how goofy the charaters look when they're running not sprinting?

[@St_Mindless]

The hips just swivel 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ProjectFraz]

Hips for daaaayyyyyyyys

[@loki76]

A second tier developer, second tier animations.. This game just feel like a B-movie to the Triple A movie that is MW.

[@larryt1004]

That is so funny that is the first thing I noticed watching this video. I'm like who approved that type of goofiness. I would have been like redo those models :)

[@jasonalen7459]

@@loki76 Predator's a pretty good movie, for what it's worth

[@e3thur]

I wish my team played the objective like your team.

[@theempowerer5718]

This must've been a good game for ace, watch his stream and 99% of his games he is carrying extremely hard and he can clear out the enemy spawn and his teammates won't even try and cap b

[@lionelosse1003]

Said every pro team

[@tigerlord5895]

Who cares about objectives lmao

[@e3thur]

@@tigerlord5895 People who play the game correctly. Go to team deathmatch and stop messing up domination.

[@leonardofregoso3180]

@@e3thur bruh everybody plays domination for kills since its the longest gamemode

[@DevinnnR]

The Ninja perk doesn't matter when the enemy team paid $200 for their headset

[@kevo300]

and 600$ gfuel

[@jessieomahony8101]

Absolutely it does make a difference. I get snuck up on more often than I want to admit even with my Astros lmao

[@molochz]

@@jessieomahony8101 I have flat response studio headphones for music production and can hear them perfectly.

[@42ZaphodB42]

@@molochz I do, too. Still can't hear shit.

[@Bamapride1985]

If you get a chance, try out a pair of open back headphones. They provide a good sound stage and make directional audio a lot easier to pin point.

[@babbabiamesser]

Super bass boost: Wide Putin walks in

[@masonpl4704]

Very underrated

[@rootchino]

The huge selling point on Ninja for me which you didn't touch on is that you don't hear your own footsteps while sprinting. That gives a huge situational advantage and I may never use a class without it because of this. It's 100% easier to spot enemy footsteps when the only ones you hear are enemies (fairly certain that your teammate footsteps are also silent or nearly silent).

[@IVRYmusic]

Absolutely agree!! Same with every other cod except MW, an absolute must

[@TheDSSlayer]

Nope friendly are loud as hellll

[@IVRYmusic]

@@TheDSSlayer friendly yeah but your own footsteps are close to silent

[@71kimg]

Running behind enemies with gun + tracking is fun - they rarely hear you while running

[@wi11iambruh91]

They gotta update the description of ninja if it doesn't completely counter the field mic

[@danielburriss7827]

It says “resistant” in the description.

[@briangreenfield311]

@@danielburriss7827 apearently it's not effecting at all to use ninja against it

[@DLBBALL]

@@briangreenfield311 It does. Did you not watch Ace’s video on it?

[@briangreenfield311]

@@DLBBALL you show up even walking. Croutch walking with or without is a stupid compromise. Way too op

[@wtpiv6041]

This reminds me of the MW3 days when it was Ninja vs Sit Rep. Sit Rep countered Ninja hard.

[@AELGamer]

MW: Footsteps are too loud BOCW: Footsteps have too much range Next CoD: No Footsteps EVER

[@adamali1165]

Good.

[@xTRUExiNsANiTYx]

That would be a massive improvement

[@ljr7933]

Mw has bad audio what do you mean

[@iMinx]

Honestly I'd prefer that. I've almost ALWAYS ran the silent footstep perk in every cod game. Last year and this year they ruined it.

[@bladeclanhalo3]

@@ljr7933 MW audio is great

[@silvametaru]

Hey Ace, we're really thankful for the vids, stay safe!

[@CDCI3]

I love how the "headphones" one made the footsteps harder to hear, like "Okay, let's trick this guy with headphones into using this so that the ones with speakers are at less of a disadvantage!"

[@Ayman_2575]

If you don't have Ninja, your footsteps sound like a big daddy's from BioShock...

[@georgethomson7271]

my issue is with direction identifying. I keep hearing people coming towards me but actually they are actually behind me.

[@sebpropper6437]

I think you’re wearing your headset backwards then ! 😂

[@georgethomson7271]

@@sebpropper6437 wish it was that simple

[@alang4902]

I totally agree, I have an expensive sound setup and I know this is the games fault. I could always pinpoint anyone on MW

[@georgethomson7271]

@@alang4902 Good to know its not just me.👍

[@aimlogacc]

Me too. Front and back seems bugged. Sometimes the sound go estou the front, and go to back, and front.

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

Society would be in a much better place if there were a real life ninja perk when going to get a midnight snack with your parents sleeping.

[@CDFortsonIII]

Parents gonna use a field mic to catch you. Maybe even use a gas grenade to discourage raiding the snack cabinet after you’ve brushed your teeth for the night. 😤

[@DrWiley-fm3ik]

Get good noob

[@ethandonnelly1973]

Wear no footwear and walk down the stairs with your feet as far to the side of the steps as you can, the sides are stronger and don't move as much, thus less creaking. Instant Ninja perk

[@burb3ryy]

I've mastered walking quietly, I just have a creaky ass floor lmao

[@ethandonnelly1973]

@@burb3ryy Excuses!

[@tecwzrd]

Time-stamped each setting from the furthest away. 1:20 Trey Arc Mix 1:27 FLAT 1:35 HEAD PHONES 1:43 VOCAL CLARITY 1:51 QUITE 1:57 BASE BOOST 2:06 HIGH BOOST 2:15 SUPPER BASE BOOST

[@user-ts2tm7zu1b]

Thankyou!

[@jessebindra2539]

Ace: I could pinpoint that guys location pretty well Meanwhile he gets shot in the back by someone sprinting towards him

[@Slaqin]

I just don’t know what I would do without you

[@aju7855]

It’d be dope if you brought back that series where you analyze subscribers gameplay/play style! I watched those a lot during BO3 🔥

[@503rpf]

I was thinking that last night when I got a 32/6 kdr on dom💥 I'm sure I could have done better! His videos have helped me so much especially the subscriber break downs. Maybe he will once done with all the gun guides??

[@Elote20]

Same I liked his advice!

[@pharrispatton]

Man Ace you are mathematical with these videos

[@PaulCozma]

They could tone it down a notch, but all in all it's way better than mw 2019. Like way better. I would keep it like this so if you like running around you don't get punished by campers, and running any thing else than ninja when you move you get punished, so fuck ghost campers, finally I have some fun.

[@ethandonnelly1973]

See I don't like this because it doesn't matter if you're camping or moving around. These are so loud that two Runners can hear each other and just hold the angle regardless of you don't run silence. And if you only run silence, you either need perk greed, or lawbreaker which drops other perks. A bit louder than MW's steps would be perfect in my opinion. This has so much range that you can hear someone START their fucking flank and track them by audio up till they actually arrive. It's far too much

[@squattingbear1668]

Yeah that's right, I paid $70 for 1 single perk that allows me to play CoD like its meant to be played.

[@panagiotiskonstantopoulos8723]

You know everyone will be using it as well though, don’t you? Ninja was fun in older CoDs where only 2 - 3 people were using it and the rest of the lobby ran nooby perks, such as engineer or six sense. In the SBMM era of CoD, “no one hears no one” is the exact same thing as “everyone hears everyone”. Why don’t you play without a headset then? You aren’t gonna hear anyone in either case.

[@xrayl7392]

@@panagiotiskonstantopoulos8723 uhm well it reduces Camping by A LOT couple that with maps that arent made to catered to camping this game actually feels fun to play while moving not just while sitting in a corner

[@XboxNightmare_NM]

Perk Greed with Tact Mask, Flak Jacket, Gearhead, Ninja, and Ghost

[@atticusnari]

@@XboxNightmare_NM What you pairing with Gearhead?

[@nuclear4x]

@@xrayl7392 still has one of the biggest problems with camping I've seen yet

[@SMKGAMING]

Awesome video, thanks for this. I've never really been sure on which to choose, ghost or ninja :-)

[@jessieomahony8101]

Use perk greed and just use both

[@SMKGAMING]

@@jessieomahony8101 I prefer using lawbreaker though. I like having an option for cqc and distance engagement weapons

[@kablamo9409]

@@SMKGAMING i just use lawbreaker for classes with 2 pistols

[@anoobisgod202]

I don’t run ghost as it’s useless I run ninja and spy craft

[@donjarrocho2329]

Impressive breakdown. Your channel is the wikipedia of call of duty.

[@DavidA20200]

I always run ninja as one of my perks. It seems to keep me alive more than any other thing

[@dgrdaz2332]

Its a must

[@Phenex56]

Thanks for the detailed guide. I don't think ninja is worth running compared to cold blooded or spycraft unless your footsteps are completely silent. I turn my other audio settings to about 50-70 then keep sound effects 100 and use super bass boost works fine for me

[@rileybazan9747]

An important thing to note is sliding and dropping/jumping with ninja. To me they are still fairly loud, if they are reduced at all. Several times I've caught people using ninja because they slid or jumped off of something and vice versa.

[@AJ_Nightfall]

The running reminds me of Lancelot in Holy Grail storming the castle.

[@medivh1035]

you can change minimap setting so you can see a constant red dot going through your minimap, then you can compare the sound to how close your test subject is from the other side of the wall

[@kurt4735]

Great content. This is always one of my favorite videos every year.

[@stompingpeak2043]

I wish footsteps were completely silent like in the past. Then we should have a field upgrade that let's you hear all footsteps(even if they are using ninja). So basically the opposite of mw. Cause people getting kills from footsteps is bs imo. It take half the skill out of multiplayer when they can camp and hear people coming

[@KrsJin]

This is the first CoD where I’ve opted to use the default audio setting lol.

[@flaminG-Ghost]

which really doesn't give you an edge as it is default for even the noobish players, audio settings wise....

[@ethandonnelly1973]

It's worth noting that jumping, falling, mantling and anything like that is VERY loud and not dampened by perks. If you're moving around with these perks and methods, do everything you can to avoid leaving the ground or falling onto it because it's very loud.

[@highfiveghost___4558]

I love footstep audio in this game, way better than modern warfare

[@atticusnari]

9:11 Anyone else see Ace just completely miss someone run right past them? lol

[@S.g248]

I think the footsteps when using ninja are too loud. You should only be able to hear slight footstep audio at 5m when using ninja not 20m

[@maxferrie8279]

Ninja is only really effective for crouch walking or walking the sprint is still pretty loud

[@xPanda25]

@@maxferrie8279 "ninja is effective for crouch walking" bruh did you even watch the video? Ninja literally had 0 effect on crouch walking audio

[@primmsysjs2203]

Ninja is overpowered tf🤷‍♂️I have turtle beaches and am constantly caught from behind

[@b0rrr]

One tip for videos like these: it would be nice if you also showed gunshot sounds right before the footstep sounds, because the volume of gunshot sounds determines how loud I can put my headset before hurting my ears.

[@batman7401]

Im so glad that ninja is a perk in cold war, the footsteps are as loud as modern warfare and that was one of my biggest complaints of the game when im trying to rush or flank. Trying to unlock ninja was torture .

[@shadowguardian321]

I feel like default or high boost is best for clearly hearing enemy footsteps through all the other sounds in game for enemies out in the open of basically not obstructed by a wall. When they get behind a wall, I feel like the bass or super bass boosts are superior as the sounds of them walking are already very bassy (if that's a word) and this just further amplifies the footsteps

[@aaronbrasel8462]

“some adjustments” to literally the whole franchise would be nice tbh

[@gamermanhaney3089]

Me: turns my sound up super loud to hear the steps good. Ace (out of know where) : ALRIGHT THERE YOH HAVE IT!. my eardrums ded

[@LORVCN]

Lmao

[@Evileyeddre]

I swear all I hear is loud ass crunches whenever someone walks or runs like they walking on leaves 😂😂

[@eternalvigor1190]

I don’t hear anything because everyone runs ninja and ghost

[@coletanner3500]

What about crouch ads walking? Since ninja wouldn't be active, would it even out?

[@BlackOctoberFox]

One thing I've noticed about this game compared to MW2019 is how loud your allies' footsteps are. I've turned around hearing what I think is an enemy sprinting near me because of the sound but nope, it's a teammate.

[@RaphaMasterOriginal]

Man ur vid have such an amazing production, good job!

[@austinc7963]

Ace we appreciate your work so much. You help make Call of duty better and keep the devs honest and accountable for what they put in the game and how it works. I would love to know two things: Does assassin show you on the Radar even if your running ghost and/or your gun is silenced. How do the attachments that offer partial muzzle concealment work (I.E. socom eliminator on the MP5 offers 85% muzzle concealment)

[@austinc7963]

TylerDurden1987 many thanks makes sense to me.

[@COALEDasICE]

Headphone and vocal clarity I could hear the steps 2 strides sooner personally

[@MH3Raiser]

I actually really like that Ninja is such an important perk, because the other perks in its catagory are also very important: Spycraft making you immune to Paranoia and able to hack field upgrades is incredible good, Ghost is naturally an incredible perk (even with the stationary downgrade) and Cold Blooded is a must have when dealing with enemy Aircraft in the likes of Dirty Bomb or some of the combined arms mode... despite clearly being the weakest option in slot three. It means you get more people showing up on spyplanes (because they took Ninja over Ghost) and gives people more of an incentive to shoot them down rather than negate them entirely, and overall has a positive effect on game balance. If they nerf it, I genuinely worry about how that will effect the overall flow of the match. For example, Snipers often don't run ninja because they're engaging at long range and prefer ghost/cold blooded/spycraft to be immune to UAV, Thermal Sights or Paranoia, but in doing so they forfeit a huge number of stealth benefits at close range if flanked by a short range player.

[@ace22pmike]

Great video! Can't wait for Pick My Class to return

[@SlusheezPlayz]

As a knifer in CoD, I would be happy to see crouch walking be more quiet than ADS walking. I rely heavily on being able to sneak up on people, making Ninja my ultimate crutch. Unless they give us ballistic knives that we can ADS somehow... that would be cool.

[@RioTheHitman]

@9:17 that looked like flinch Ace I thought you said it was mainly visual 😳

[@jonathanvilla6964]

Everyone is using Ninja right now and I absolutely love it!

[@wakonbp]

Ive been waiting for this video for so long

[@ryanguercio7061]

Thank you ace for this awesome vid. The best vid I’ve seen yet in CW. I can’t play without ninja it’s a crutch along with the Stimshot.

[@rpaustex]

Awesome breakdown! You are an invaluable resource, thanks!

[@oOBizzaroOo]

Love your stuff, would like to see the contrast of friendly footsteps vs enemy ninja footsteps!!

[@StaRaider5]

basically started playing cold war last week and currently lvl 32. Its BRUTAL being the only one in lobbies without ninja. Every killcam is someone hearing me through a wall and ADSing before i can get even remotely near them. only 6 more levels until i can stop crouch walking everywhere because sprinting is almost suicide without ninja. they definitely need to fix the footstep audio asap.

[@Nuggetsyal]

“Anyone with a headset and half a brain” I feel like 80% of my teammates don’t have the latter haha

[@crazyoreo9454]

I think that high boost is the best.

[@itsabe90]

You forgot to mention if you mantle you will grunt pretty loud I also noticed if you step on something like water you hear the splash still. I noticed on raid if you step on those bullet shells they well make a pinsound.

[@sanchmario]

Great work!

[@mistapista5195]

Honestly, footstep audio is in a good place currently. I very much notice that sound-hoaring is less integral and crutch in this game than mw, but when hearing this I was surprised how far you could hear these footsteps. Probably could use a decrease in overall distance that you can hear the footsteps.

[@ThekappaConvict]

They shouldn't remove the loudness, but yeah I do feel reducing the distance you can hear them because gun noise and explosions will make the difference in hearing footsteps in-game.

[@Gsta613]

Should do a follow up video of movement on different surfaces; metal, concrete, sand, etc. and how/if ninja makes a difference.

[@Viper3220]

When the enemy was sprinting with Ninja at 5:30 I heard the last 2 foot steps right before he got to you. That's it. I didn't hear either any other footsteps with Ninja the rest of the video

[@XboxNightmare_NM]

I think everyone NEEDS to run Perk Greed with Tact Mask, Flak Jacket, Gearhead, Ninja, and Ghost. Don’t forget, they HAVE to run this exact wildcard setup

[@flaminG-Ghost]

Yeah but I go with Assassin since I run Cruss miss, war mach and chopper gunner/vtol.... I need them points...LoL

[@Inhindsightpod]

I never realized how quiet footsteps were made with ninja until my idiot teammate in nuketown was running around like a donkey without it

[@insanegamer52]

Didn't treyarch say footstep audio was directly tied to the speed you were moving, so just going at 50% speed (or whatever it really is) would be the same as ads walking or crouch walking

[@jordanmcarthur8332]

ninja is always on my classes. its a blessing after what mw did to my boy

[@lukehumphries9012]

Ninja/Dead Silence should be SILENT. Nothing worse than in a SnD match, you flank the enemy only to have them hear you, turn around and preaim you, only because they are sitting in a corner with their headset cranked. That’s not getting outplayed, that’s just the developers straight up being bad at their jobs.

[@adammalone2909]

Anyways, I'm excited to see Cold Wars addition into Warzone. Multiplayer, be it MW or CW, just doesn't satisfy me like it used to. I'm glad so many others are still loving it though. The more avenues of enjoyment you have, the better!

[@Konstantinos340]

This aspect of cod cold war is the most realistic in any cod ever. Gonna make snd super difficult. Id like search and rescue as a mode also. I like the thumping thats how it is if u think about it you have ears for a reason and even in airsoft being quiet with footsteps is super hard, if you wana be sneaky then be sneaky approach slowly. Feel the tension

[@alecmoen1587]

Everybody just forgot about the walk feature, not ads walking, there is button to walk slowly. So I wonder how that would play in this experiment.

[@takuo9779]

The video I've been waiting for 😁

[@EddieGarciaVQ]

I heard footsteps with the $50 xbox headset. It definitely helped. Even if I didn't know exactly where, I knew they were around me.

[@yovannydominguez2860]

Thank you Ace, you just upped my k/d ratio by 12% (estimate). I’m now aim walking everywhere.

[@patricknadeau2086]

Can you do a video looking into strafe speed vs aim walking movement speed? Not entirely sure what strafe speed effects vs if aim walking movement speed effects lateral movement

[@thenoiseph]

Footsteps are fine, except perhaps in non respawn modes. Once you factor in all of the other footsteps you'll hear plus everything else, anything outside of 20-25 meters will probably not provide meaningful information. I'm not sure if there's a way to balance that once non respawn modes are factored in, though

[@MutatedAmerican]

I have to say, while Ninja as a perk again in CW is nice, I did like MW's approach on Dead Silence better. That being said, I really believe that the next CoD would include Ninja from CW, but also Dead Silence from MW with an added bonus of extended audio reaching capability to make it more distinctive from Ninja.

[@khristianwilliams8746]

Hey Ace, idk if its the same on console n im sure u tested this but if not on pc there is a walk button. Its description says "Use to slow down movement speed. This can be useful when trying to sneak or to peek" I figure this is a mechanic similar to CSgo or Valorant. In most games with this mechanic its normally just as quite as it is to crouch walk and from my memory (correct me if im wrong) this is the first COD to have this.

[@bsesq249]

Thank you brother I was about to ask you to check this all out!

[@AlexA-sz9yj]

So excited for sbmm vid btw!!!!

[@HaBbYbOy12Y]

Thank you for this video !

[@therealcrikey]

Happy with footstep audio as it is.

[@k45207]

I love how they have the same amount of audio settings as they do maps 😂😃

[@joshricker7574]

annnd tbh. i love the state footsteps are in. maybe they could deacrease distance by 5 meters but not more than that

[@AmpedZWeb]

Hey Ace! Us PC players have a setting called walk available. Which is the equivalent of a 50% forward press on an analog stick.

[@murphyc15]

I miss the good old days when sound whoring wasn't a thing and your actual gun skills and map awareness are what determined if you won or lost gun fights

[@xtremefps_]

What days was that? Cause I definitely sound whored a lot in mw2 and so did plenty of others

[@murphyc15]

@@xtremefps_ COD 2-WaW were pretty bereft of them and then they started showing up more and more but didn't get too terrible until MW3

[@xtremefps_]

@@murphyc15 ah. I didn't really get into it until mw2. I tried WaW but everyone was leveled up basically and I didn't care for it.

[@thelonelysaltine9545]

Yee right around COD 4 I remember the first gen turtle beach headset 😂 so many cords but sound whoring was started that day. I was 13 and didn’t have a job so for modern warfare, modern warfare 2 and black ops 1 I always used the head piece the 360 gave us 😂 I had to use dead silence with all my classes so I could hear other footsteps through a tube TV and later on a plasma. Life was good 😌 I tell you what though, playing like that made the radar my best friend my eyes were like 👀 constantly. Anyone that used a counter UAV as a kill steak was an instant targeted enemy

[@alwayssorry346]

It has always been a thing. Not everyone is a poor, dumbass gamer

[@tgwilkinson12]

can't wait for your Krig gun guide!

[@zkywolf9407]

Also a thing to note is that ninja does not seem to affect jumping. If you jump aim/shoot around corners. The enemy can clearly hear you jumping. Yet, another technique that we can not use against campers 🥺🥺

[@willceli5977]

I think it’s fantastic having Ninja be a crutch because that means they either have to give up ghost or run a wild card to have both. It definitely can mess up someone’s class if they opt out of ghost

[@flaminG-Ghost]

Nah I opted out of ghost a long time ago (except for satellite/ Miami sniper classes)... Gungho (if perk greed) and Ninja (must) seems to be better.. People in my lobbies atleast are running high teir scorestreaks and counter uavs, not many uavs (even I run Cruise Miss, War Mach and Chopper Gun/Vtol)... Also the uav frequency is not really that high on minimap... for me being agile and quiet is better...

[@willceli5977]

@@flaminG-Ghost I also prefer Gung-ho and Ninja. Being able to run and cook a grenade while running your route is huge! I only play SnD though, so ghost is on everything, but my SMG classes lol

[@nicknackdaddyack]

I think the footstep audio is perfect!

[@snuker650]

I think it is balanced because of where the perk is. It's with some other useful perks like ghost, spycraft, and cold blooded. So unless you use perkgreed or lawbreaker, you can have more than 2-3 of those 4 perks. If you dont use ghost they can see you when you have a UAV. If they call I'm streaks and you aren't using spycraft or cold blooded you become vulnerable. So all these perks you are sacrificing one thing for another and I think that is balanced.

[@jmm1357]

What about aim down sight crouch walking and also sliding? Would be interesting to know

[@JessieDoidge]

the slide is very interesting, from my perspective sliding with ninja on makes a pretty loud sound but no idea what its like on the other end

[@timotejtrampus8131]

Love the new intro!

[@xSkysplitter777]

I agree with the high boost!

[@crokett5861]

Ace can you do video on the Flashlights. Ads vs Reveal distance. Driftor did one but hoping for a bit more detail between the two.

[@CODOnlineInfoCODChina]

Since nuketown came out, I'm 100% always the one with most objectives obtained, sometimes even more than all the rest of my team combined. It's like somehow my teammates don't see the letter B on top of the point like I do.

[@LeeKirkman88]

My go to weapons are the QBZ-83 and the AK47 The QBZ_83 had the fastest ADS of all the assault rifles more like a smg. I only play hardcore though so any weapon kills really.

[@mldway1]

Ninja should make you 100% silent in all situations. It should be a true Dead Silence like in the popular CODs of the past.

[@blobsnaps]

Great video, great comparisons: I wonder if the footstep audio is still as loud outdoors as it is indoors? Seems to bear less acoustics outside. But then again, if you’re ninja-ing around it’s probably being done indoors anyway. 🍻

[@Beelzebub0407]

i personally think that the occlusion isn’t strong enough, so many times i’ll think that an enemy is right near me but in reality they’re behind a nuclear blast door and forgot to run ninja one day

[@calebsmith1926]

I'm okay with treyarch mix this time around. Perfect balance between steps and gunfire. Kinda sucks for pinpointing parashoot ripcord direction, though. Maybe it's just like that.