Is the NEW Shrapnel Radar Perk Any Good in Black Ops 6?

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

Seems pretty shitty. Just getting a small ping isn't that helpful, the hitmarker is already enough info that someone's in the general area. Also being countered by ghost of all perks is a death sentence. Definitely needs a buff

[@blackopspro6455]

Took the exact words out of my mouth. Redundant perk

[@alonzor.2912]

Definitely as some people decide to run to the completely other side of the map to avoid another frag or to be found out by the enemy team

[@cobaltcardsgaming5982]

Even if it just gave 2-3 seconds of live tracking (WAY less than MW3) that’d be a huge upgrade over one little ping.

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

It should prevent them from healing for 5s too

[@Pr0ject2]

Yeah useless perk. In the no thumbs protected sbmm bracket the enemy will be in the same spot. In my lobbies they will have either instantly left the room or already slid out and started shooting you. The dot is useless.

[@acomputernerd3505]

“Combine that with the tactition wild card so you can get three flashes per life”. Oh god, Ace. Please…. NO!!!! PLEASE NO

[@knvb10]

Everyone spending more time seeing Jesus than playing

[@JOExSPARTIAN]

Time to make black ops fun again😂

[@coryb9514]

We need pick 10 back so badly. The amount of all types of grenade spam in this game is INSANE.

[@JOExSPARTIAN]

@@coryb9514 naw

[@rasjahovah]

@@coryb9514 Pick 10 was peak. It balanced all the flash and nade spam

[@CompleteAnimation]

I'd appreciate it if you would go in-depth with the Morphine Injection field upgrade. It seems there are more instances when it doesn't activate than it does.

[@joecrow7666]

Explosive death, headshot death and...?

[@BroleeTM]

Melee​@@joecrow7666

[@Riggz1]

Most useless perk of them all. Throwables already alert you that someone is there by icons on screen. Why waste a perk slot?

[@ybfelix86]

I noticed that since this perk was added, you can hear enemy operators’ vocal calling out for “incoming grenade/tacticals”(without actually equipping the perk). I think this might be a bug, since we don’t hear any other enemy voice lines.

[@nathanstevenson7505]

Nah Shadow is more useless than this if I'm being honest

[@Justinmiller10]

@@nathanstevenson7505shadow is good you don’t have to use engineer and sometimes even flat jacket. I’ve caught a lot of campers of guard with shadow.

[@nathanstevenson7505]

@@Justinmiller10 IMO if Engineer was unlocked by levelling up not by default, Shadow would actually be a great alternative consider the other options for green Perks in perk 2

[@kingoftherevolution4855]

Based on my experience using this perk in 2012, it's extremely underrated. Find a flashbang into a building and knowing exactly which corner somebody is sitting in on the hardpoint or whatever is a big advantage

[@NormalSuitNick]

The *only* thing it’s good for is allowing you to use the Recon specialty from Level 1 on a fresh prestige if you have either Ghost or Ninja permanently unlocked, before you have an actual worthwhile blue perk (Vigilance) in the Tier 3 slot.

[@alexstromberg7696]

imagine using the recon bot wallhack, get good instead

[@blackopspro6455]

@@alexstromberg7696Not even the best part of recon lmao

[@alexstromberg7696]

@@blackopspro6455even using it is just saying you are a cuck

[@GoBlueHTB]

@@alexstromberg7696 the wall hack is basically useless if you understand how spawns work and know how to read the minimap.

[@alexstromberg7696]

@ lmao

[@goonjar34]

There’s no point because when u throw an explosive you usually know someone is there or are expecting someone to be there anyway

[@CT3LA]

If it only marked them out for you this would make sense, but it marks them for teammates as well which is huge.

[@blackopspro6455]

@@CT3LA A call out would achieve the same thing. It’s just a very weak perk

[@kingoftherevolution4855]

Knowing which corner of the hardpoint somebody is sitting on before you jump in is pretty good

[@InfiniteSatoshi]

I miss the old days of MW3 when you would spawn at the base of the map Dome, and then proceed to throw flashbangs right away and tag the whole enemy team. I feel that this version should be a bit more stronger but nothing too crazy.

[@YourInnerTaco]

I'm curious since you miss this type of thing from MW3, are you saying it should be as strong Recon? Because I would totally advocate for it to be that strong

[@InfiniteSatoshi]

​@@YourInnerTaco I would actually like to keep it like the original. However, I can understand that if the entire team had this perk, could get out of hand but there is still Ghost that can counter it. So honestly I can see it working really nicely in this game. But if anything as a side option, you could make this a default perk for the Recon class upgrade instead of the wall hacks off spawn. That way, you actively have to make use of your abilities but that's just me.

[@dajokaman759]

It should at least hard counter the Ghost perk. Maybe make it so Tac-mask significantly reduces the time you show up on the dot instead.

[@lightofthesevenstars]

PSA : the quartermaster perk doesn’t work as intended. Stims recharge in approx 26 seconds without the perk. With the perk, they recharge at approx 22 seconds. And yet, the perk description says that stims recharge twice as fast

[@kevsgamingworld7718]

I don't find this perk to work when I use it. I throw stun grenades & molotovs, the opponent gets hits, but nothing appears

[@zaccarman6683]

He said flash not stun. Molotov probably didn't get a direct hit he said the fire doesn't ping them just being hit from the initial explosion. Your just using all the wrong equipment.

[@Redmont_]

Molotovs my new non lethal grenade

[@Adderflail]

​@@zaccarman6683 he literally says concussion grenade 1:53

[@Spikezillian_]

Ghost probably. It counters this perk.

[@MiladYalda-e1y]

What really works in this game? Only SBMM works as intended

[@BR4JK21]

It is underwhelming. Vigilance is much better as it counters cuav

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

Yeah. Cuav spam is crazy, vigilance feels almost mandatory. Especially with them taking 2 launcher shots!?!

[@blackopspro6455]

@@BR4JK21 I’ve come around to vigilance just for the CUAV counter. 2 rockets to shoot them down is just stupid

[@lolschrauber]

Does vigilance actually enable teammates to use your UAV under a CUAV as well?

[@Zombie-b3t]

@@lolschrauberthey have to be running the perk to benefit from it.

[@YourInnerTaco]

I appreciate your video Ace, but seeing this result is frustrating. Just another watered down, uninspired, garbage perk. Just like they watered down hardline into dispatcher and bankroll. And then they nerf dispatcher in the first week. Honestly how is this content fun for anyone? Perks are weak, streaks are too expensive. I would love if you made a video comparing these perks and streaks to something like BO2. The relative power of everything is so much lower nowadays, and its just plain boring

[@TobiramaSenju212]

Brother… the last time the streaks in COD were extremely OP was BO4 and every was crying about them being too good. Blame the community for this one.

[@YourInnerTaco]

​@TobiramaSenju212 This is where my age must be showing or something. I thought streaks were one of the main things that made cod addicting and unique in the first place. People would post videos of cod4 about getting helicopters. MW2 it was about choppers gunners and nukes etc. Main point being that you played these games to get cool streaks and destroy people. It's just a shame if that's really what most of the community thinks now.

[@MiladYalda-e1y]

Be nice to Treyarch they’ve spent 4 years making these uninspired perks 😂

[@chendo2731]

Can u do an updated ames ranked class? I'm curious after the range damage deduction/nerf and the visual recoil buff

[@CT3LA]

What do you take in this perk slot when running recon? Neither of the competing blue perks appeal to me, even if i'm just using lethals to activate it.

[@Chodaboy65]

Just a thought with the fire, will it ping them running through the fire if they weren't affected by the first "blast"? In the example you showed, you had them get hit first, then run through again after the point faded. Maybe it pings the same player only once per lethal?

[@rickyschools8406]

It will be pretty useful for domination and hard point

[@zero11010]

Just a suggestion ... tactical expert is neat. Scavenger would be HUGE for this. With scavenger you can get 3 or more sets of your tactical and lethal per life. That's 6+ chances to ping groups of people for your whole team (8+ with underbarrel). This is compared to 4 if you combine tactical expert and your lethal (and with tactical expert if you pick up supplies from scavenger or assault pack you only get 1 of each, and I think nothing for the underbarrel from scavenger and 1 round from assault pack). The assault pack does allow for a quick 7 options (unload lethal, tactical, and underbarrel, then follow up with assault pack for 3 more). Depends on game mode, depends on the map a bit. But, I think this new perk has a lot of potential. Especially for things like hardpoint where you can figure out (basically) where people are beyond the typical hiding spots at each location. And, I love that it works for your whole team! tactical, lethal, underbarrel, scavenger, quartermaster, assault pack, tactical expert, and danger close are all solid modifiers for this. Of the 6 that give you extra options I think scavenger will have the most impact. I feel like assault pack is a close second as it can be taken advantage of by teammates as well.

[@blackopspro6455]

if the enemy ISNT an idiot and repositions the perk is useless. The hitmarker would give you the same information. If it were a live ping or was constant on the radar then it would be worth using.

[@zero11010]

@ still has more usage in defensive situations, right? Are there 2 defenders? 1? 5? When I play with friends in a team of 3-6 I’m definitely going to try this out to give info about how areas are defended. Feels like you’re being overly negative. It definitely has very little value in free for all. As with most stuff, different maps and game modes will adjust the value. The more fun stuff isn’t just hugely powerful all the time and in all ways. The most fun stuff is situationally great.

[@blackopspro6455]

@@zero11010 I mean I guess that’s a better use but does that still relatively weak ability justify choosing it over Vigilance, Double Time, Bankroll, Quartermaster or even Gearhead?

[@zero11010]

@ well, bankroll does absolutely nothing in some game modes where there are no scorestreaks at all. And, the less you die, the less this does. Vigilance isn’t very strong at all. The counter for CUAV is anyone on your team with a SAM turret. Quartermaster also isn’t very strong. The recharge time on it is pretty long. Assault pack can replicate this, even if someone else drops it. Scavenger is WAY stronger for the same basic uses. Double time is solid, depends on the map. On maps like nuke town, steakout, pit … and a handful of others it’s useless. But, I run this in some builds regularly. Especially in FFA. Gearhead is over powered. That’s a really strong perk on almost any build (weaker with assault pack). Depending on the game mode, I’d pick guardian over some of your choices (another strong choice that is ONLY useful in some situations).

[@blackopspro6455]

@ No one is running SAM turret at this stage in the game unless you’re in a party. 2 rockets for one CUAV takes a long time. That alone puts it above Shrapnel Radar. I agree Quartermaster is outclassed by Scav and packs but in SND it is viable since ppl take Ninja/Ghost/Gungho over Scav. The new perk is clearly among the weakest if not the weakest in Perk3

[@ybfelix86]

Hi Ace, I noticed that since this perk was added, you can hear enemy operators’ vocal calling out for “incoming grenade/tacticals”(without actually equipping the perk). I think this might be a bug, since we don’t hear any other enemy voice lines. Can you confirm it with devs?

[@еблан-щ8х]

WHAT? I thought it would be like that combat scout perk, just for minimap Something like 3-5 seconds with ping being in real time But this.. what is the point?

[@Zombie-b3t]

Sounds incredibly busted to know where someone is for 5 seconds because you got a hitmarker with a flash bang. This is a good middle ground, provides info without playing the game for you.

[@uvealsandpiper3496]

Does anyone happen to know the effective range of flashes and concussions? Like how far away from the blast they will tick someone and show them on radar?

[@erikandrehoglund55]

Feels like a worse recon perk from MW3, without liveping. Just a question is this enemy showing up for the team or only for you? By throwing flash or any lethalobjective

[@OdysseyHome-Gaming]

I've been using it. I like the idea of it as it changes how you play. Shifts focus from gun play to equipment use. I tried the obvious scav + intel + vigil (greed) class with under barrel tube and launcher. Works okay except when countered by ghost, trophy, and getting killed due to slow launcher switching speeds (under barrel and secondary). Fun to try but found wanting. Consequently been using it on an acoustic amp + ghost + tracker + quater (greed) class. Bit more consistent as a team flanker / spotter. Except the map design n operator skins make stealth / flanking very difficult; and also problematic with constant spawn side flipping. All in all, finding the loadout system is very team play orientated (i like that) but majority of COD community aren't team play oriented, they're kill to deaths oriented, so will always pick selfish speed and consistency kits so can get streaks and brag on social media about their mad skillz.

[@1andonlysam100]

Thanx ace looking forward to mercenary mode video 👍

[@bruceharrison9308]

This makes me wonder about the proxy alarm, I use it a lot , and I often get proxy alarm assist , so I'm wondering if my proxy alarm goes off do my teammates see it also?

[@82guitarman]

Does it ping all enemies affected by the explosion or just one?

[@nikomint4894]

Does it work in hardcore? Do i get a minimal for the 5 seconds?

[@peterfile9049]

Will you do a vid on forward intel ?

[@TheXclusiveAce]

Yep! It's actually almost finished and should be out within the next 2-3 days

[@peterfile9049]

@ thanks for the response.

[@CypriotMalaka]

Get Ace to 1M already people! He is COD useful information gold

[@everchangingcod3293]

When do we get the wildcard for the 4th kill streak?

[@Jmoon789]

Please Do a video about the trophy system. It seems a lot different than other years. Sometimes I throw it down and it seems to last forever and other times I throw it down it explodes after one grenade

[@AlecMercer-135]

How many enemies can it hit? that may make the perk more powerful if you could hit multiple enemies that are camping and see how many their are

[@TheGreatChrisB]

Shrapnel Radar is very good for points. I play 10v10 and sometimes just launching flashbangs and grenades or rockets will land so many points. Otherwise it's bad, but I often use Perk Greed and this is the extra perk I use

[@Anonymous__________]

are u immune if ur using tac mask?

[@NuYorican1972]

Could you look and check about Danger Close Wildcard. For me it's been broken since the beginning of Season 1

[@DeMinoTheDragon]

The problem is that if you are going for Recon specialist Cold Blooded is also in that slot and that's far more useful

[@Arctic3OD]

Recon already has the best perks from every tier. I'm glad they didn't buff it further.

[@lightofthesevenstars]

u should make a video on the forward intel perk

[@TheXclusiveAce]

Already finished and scheduled

[@lightofthesevenstars]

@ hell yeah, might i also suggest a video on perks as a whole? the best perks to use?

[@Godric_71]

Does sleeper agent have any special effect?

[@dinkleberg794]

Its a gimmicky perk that is only useful in very specific situations and can easily be countered. I would only use it in snd as people don’t typically run ghost in snd and getting that brief info on an enemies location would be pretty valuable

[@LD-sx9pr]

How do you feel about the perk balance? I feel like Blue has all the good perks and Recon Specialty still is busted. Red Perks are honestly the most worthless few perks too.

[@blackopspro6455]

@@LD-sx9pr Honestly feel like Blue has the worst overall. Besides ghost and ninja I don’t use them too much. Red perks have benefits that don’t require conditions be met. Gung-Ho is crutch. Assassin is super useful as it tracks people live and gives you bonus score. Scavenger is just better Quartermaster+Assault pack. Bankroll is always a good bonus and same with Double Time. Bruiser and Dexterity are the only truly weak ones

[@OscarMartinez-jd8gd]

I thought this was highlighting people bright red through walls. Which perk or equipment could that be then?

[@savy957]

Why are you not playing ran-snack??? Literally loosened sbmm and it’s so much more fun. I dropped my first nuke in it

[@itzimperiumxvi2620]

Really? Plays the same as any other mode for me

[@adam.md7183]

Can you use this in ranked

[@yourgoodfriend276]

The hitmarker already does what this does but without requiring a glance at the radar Buff it, give it an effect like snapshot grenades in the MW series. Just a brief real-time wallhack so you can use it to scan a room before running in

[@BreakfastDP]

I feel like activating a real time enemy arrow indicator on the map for 3-5 seconds would make it viable, it’s far too weak at the moment especially since it’s so easily countered by ghost

[@acronce]

With the mobility in this game, a static indicator of position that's going to be stale seconds later seems weak.

[@mintocake]

Please, make breakdown of tactical equipment, especially stun. I feel like stun does absolutely nothing.

[@jamesabaileyjr]

So Today I started seeing "Premium XP Boost Activated" at the end of my matches. What does this mean?

[@nathanstevenson7505]

If anyone has the time or is willing to look at this, I was playing Nuketown and running Gearhead and I was able to hack an enemy spring mine about 7 times in a row while getting 25 score for each hack before the mine killed someone, theoretically on a larger map, if the mine isnt triggered are you able to just hack it dozens of times and earn a lot of score or am i just tripping?

[@DangOldRegularOld]

I wont be using it because the hitmarker I get from a successful stun is enough information to tell me there's somebody there

[@flameofarnor2021]

Seems like something I'd never use in core, and something that would be almost completely useless as a primarily hardcore player. That's one of my gripes with the perks in general in this game is that so many of them revolve around scorestreaks and the mini map that they become obsolete if you play anything outside of core 6v6 like hardcore or face off

[@CT3LA]

This perk is wicked good in face off due to how clustered people tend to be, you can hit three or four people with a flashbang easy and it alters your whole team to their location.

[@alexstromberg7696]

they dont make perks for hardcore, because everyone who plays hardcore should just get good. hardcore is the easiest bs gamemode ever.

[@JohnSmith-XYZ]

don't play gimmick noob modes like HC then.

[@alwinuding8926]

It seems only usefull to let you know when you stunned or flashed someone, where that person is.

[@Mitsonify]

congrats on your will to play this game

[@justinstroer612]

What about tac mask and flapjacket

[@Godric_71]

When he was testing the molotov, the dude oked lie Richard Pryor running around. 😂😂😂

[@pochoclowo]

4:53 Scavenger is a good choice too

[@frazfrazfrazfraz]

I expected it to track them a bit. Seems pretty weak overall, especially with the ghost counter that basically kills it. Feels like you would have to use it with assassin to justify its use at all

[@ChuckDaBear]

Did something happen to aim assist? I feel like I'm missing shots more often.

[@nagelflaviu5981]

Hello guys, I guess the event bug is in warzone. Only play multiplayer had 0 jolly archies when event started. It does not drop once for every player in the opposite team, so you could get 6 every game. It is random :))) I got 4, sometimes 7. It droped 1 nuketown domination other teams flag :) I couldn't reach it where I killed the player there :) I always died and we didn't switched. Have to play a lot to unlock all 12 items. this sucks :))) I believe face off is the best mode to get jolly archies. Hope Ace will analyse this as well.

[@Move_I_Got_This-b3v]

Even if the mini-map was that big I still wouldn't look at it. 😮‍💨

[@Tport712]

The only thing that is going to bring me back to this game is if they add in specialist

[@tehspy1337]

I'm gonna be honest. I clicked the video knowing full well that I am never going to use this perk.

[@TheWorkOver]

In theory I like it but am I gonna use it over vigilance or forward intel? Nah

[@462whiteknight]

What about hardcore?

[@vega7865]

They should have a perk that creates multiple radar-dots of yourself, like a scrambler lol

[@Threebs_]

Recommending triple flashes is diabolical

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

What is it the last few years with most perks being so weak? Like, do they not want anyone to use this? Considering you already get a hitmarker when you hit someone, this barely tells you any new information

[@InvntdXNEWROMAN]

I think the perks in Blops6 are very lackluster. I've found myself playing MW3 more often than black ops 6 recently.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodLamia]

Interestingly, even OG Recon was considered underpowered, despite even being able to paint enemies with *bullet* damage with the pro version To be considered worse than an already mid-tier perk, a shame

[@joelheidrich8779]

Would prefer 3 second that moves vs the static dot just seems pretty underwhelming

[@Commenter5651]

I like that your teammates can see the dot as well, but I still dont think this perk is worth using.

[@vduval22]

I just wish the game didn't have bugs and normal hit markers.

[@IIPlayer99II]

I feel like this perk and a lot of perks in this game are weak. I wish they brought pro perks back as a way to buff the weaker perks. For example this could have a pro version that gives a live directional red dot for 3 seconds. Other overlooked perks could large pro perk bonuses such as bruiser getting a 50% score bonus on melee kills and strong perks like Ghost get weak pro bonuses such as 10% longer time staying still before it deactivates.

[@WilliamWaller]

What's up Ace, my name is guys.

[@matthewpearson8859]

Red perks need a rework!!

[@halberdierv2]

Man spambots are fast. Also old Recon is good.

[@prahyer]

I wonder what the point of this perk is

[@LevelupHDTV]

I think the severs are the biggest issue on why this game is the it is

[@Adderflail]

How does it interact with assassin? If they are on a streak does it reveal them in real time?

[@Gini_Martini]

Treyarch is listening to the community not liking perks that are not counterable and have real time pings

[@goIdfishgamer]

Ghost completely counters this so it’s almost pointless to run. I also was getting spots with stuns before and now not so I don’t see myself touching this yerk for a while

[@sordieo]

We need it to be recon pro from n og mw3

[@_qnmp_]

I totally forgot abiut this perk😂😂

[@giovannyyyy]

It seems useful on domination cuz u can't see shit with smokes on B. Edit: Nevermind it's countered by ghost, so it's useless

[@DIESALSALVII]

Needs a buff

[@CammyBouse]

We don't need any more legal wall hacks, so no, I don't think this needs a buff.

[@byOlympus]

If the dot is not in real time, I don't think it's worth it.

[@Xeo7]

Given that it doesn't work in real time, I don't see why this is really that much more useful than just getting a hitmarker...which doesn't require anything special. I think it's trash, personally.

[@JohnLennon-yg4ut]

Blue perks suck. they’re were only worth it in the begining before recon got severely nerfed. now all I run is greens and reds. it’s a shame too cause blue perks were my favorite

[@aox8928]

Only good thing about it is that u have it from "lvl" 1 after prestiging. So if u perma ghost or ninja u got 3 blue perks for recon early on.

[@jeremybrown9611]

This should've been an auto free perk and it needs a Buff

[@MiladYalda-e1y]

No half decent player is sacrificing stims for stuns just for this perk.. at least not in my lobbies where everyone would rather die than go off meta

[@taku-ruki]

this perk seems completely useless imo. if you hit someone with some explosive damage you already know where they are because of the hitmarker. sure it might give a tiny bit more info but not enough to make it worth a whole perkslot.

[@DearFreja]

I love these additional perks even when they're bad because they help give you quick specialty perks on your prestiges.

[@ElijahKRichmond]

Oh look, something that HC players will not be using.

[@Puckett.]

Really both of the new perks kinda suck. Shadow and Shrapnel both seem pretty useless. Minimap seems pretty weak in this game unless you have forward intel. Almost everyone is using suppressors so I rarely look at the minimap cause I just never expect anyone to popup unless I know a uav is active.

[@Slaqin]

what kind of doo doo perk is this bro i wanted highroller

[@peacekeeperjfsr]

You should make a xdefiant vid on s3

[@CosmeFulanito476]

*People are saying aim assist turns off at times in difficult lobbies with controller and in my case while using M&K on PC (in difficult lobbies after SBMM puts me there) I feel my gun kicks way harder at certain number of bullets when shooting my 2nd or 3rd target throwing off my aim. I hope you do a video on that.*

[@coryb9514]

We need pick 10 so badly. The amount of all types of grenade spam is INSANE in this game.

[@kunimitsune177]

No

[@coryb9514]

@ yes

[@coryb9514]

@@kunimitsune177 yes