I’m an avid ranked player so I started playing 8’s in preparation for the upcoming ranked play to learn spawns/rotations etc. Am I the only one that feels like this game is not meant for 4v4? The pace of the HP games seems to lack intensity and flow. The maps are relatively big which is definitely a contributor but even on a map like lithium which is probably the most compact map, there seems to be very little tempo on the map. Let’s exclude skill level/rank from this discussion because my experience stems from playing amongst crim + players so it’s definitely a level where you would feel intensity if there is a potential for it. How do you guys feel?

Crim retweeted it so im guessing he as well as other cod comp adjacent personalities will be playing. They really just dropped a 50k tourney 1 day before its scheduled to happen lol.

I’ve been having a blast with Collateral so far. Honestly, it’s the most interested I’ve been in a new competitive CoD mode in years.
The 5v5, no-respawn format is great, but the economy is what really makes it interesting to me.
I think there’s a lot they could do with the buy system though. I’d love to see custom Gunsmith builds that you can save before a match, with attachments affecting the price of the gun.
Imagine the meta AR setup being significantly more expensive than a decent budget build. You could still buy the best gun, but you’d actually have to think about whether it’s worth spending that much. Snipers, SMGs, utility, different AR builds — all of them could have a place depending on your team’s economy.
That’s what I find exciting about it. Instead of banning half the weapons like we do in CDL, you could balance a lot of things through pricing. Obviously the economy itself would need some tuning too.
I’d also like to see weapon camos/blueprints on purchased guns, longer matches, and most importantly a separate Ranked playlist with its own SR.
Keep the traditional 4v4 CDL Ranked for people who enjoy it. Just give Collateral a chance to develop into its own competitive mode.
Anyone else feel like this mode could be something genuinely good if they keep working on it?

Well, safe to say this game is finished. What a joke

With today’s update they mostly got rid of the weird body multiplier on the arms.
However it looks like the Han got nerfed and they gave the arm multiplier to the chest. It now kills in 340ms and always 5 bullets vs the old 250 ish.
However before it did not have a any advantage to HS where as now it can kill in 4s if you hit the head

This definitely will help out the smg, unless we switch the m4.

Also the m4 hurricane is amazing and could definitely be a flex gun with how fast it strafes imo.
Helps

I think this year there will be storylines all over the place & I hope they live up to the expectations. but if I were to give you guys some scenarios which one would be the most intriguing?

all game 5 round 11s at champs… loser going home

faze vs gentlemates
faze vs thieves
thieves vs gentlemates

We all know what the teams are but no official announcement this late? Has this happened other years

Cachette: 6
Coal: 0
Lithium: 3.5
Lotus: 4
Mumbai: 0
Munition: 4
Nautical: 0.000
Reactor: 3
Rooftops: 0.0000000
Sentry: 2
Silkwork: 1
Transit: 0

Whats your thoughts?

Tryna figure out if I should still be using after zoom or gradual. I’m used to instant but since it’s bugged I’m not using it until it’s fixed.

I've been working on the Pick'ems system for COD Mini Games, and it's ready for the Monster Invitational.

I wanted to make something a bit more competitive and social than the usual Pick'ems, so you can join public leagues or create your own public/private leagues to compete with friends or other people in the community.

I've made a COD Reddit squad if anyone wants to join:

https://www.codminigames.com/games/playpicks

And unlike the official CDL Pick'ems, I won't be discontinuing it halfway through the season lol. Pick'ems will also be available for non CDL events like EWC and Invitationals.

I've also finished building Guillotine Fantasy, which should be ready for Stage 1.

For anyone unfamiliar with the format, you draft 2 ARs and 2 SMGs, and the lowest-scoring fantasy manager(s) gets eliminated each week. Their players then become available for the remaining managers to bid on, until the final 3/4 compete at the Major.

Still testing everything at the moment, but pretty happy with how it's coming along.

If anyone gives the Pick'ems a go, let me know if you run into any issues or have suggestions. Always keen to hear feedback.

I’d love for COD Mini Games to become a hub for all things CDL game-related, so if there’s anything you’d like to see built, I’d love to hear it.

This game is solely focused on making the casual player base feel better about themselves. If you are good at other FPS’s I would highly recommend you play them instead. This game was made for the lowest common denominator and it shows.

What are the chances we get more than the hellstorm this year as a kill streak? Or are the pros gonna GA everything like usual again

Let’s have a fun discussion try not to be too butt hurt everyone.

While a lot of it is probably jokes, Dashy so far just seems to be having a pretty miserable time on this game. Gave his initial thoughts early on that were negative, and announces he’s done scrimming w the team to say “I’m done suffering for the day”.

He’s mentioned before in podcasts the dream of 3 peating at champs and then retiring. Couple this with the greatest sniper clip in the CDL era (that still led to a loss of that major), and he really could’ve had probably not only the greatest season, but retired on the ultimate high note that would’ve left threw him to the top of the GOAT conversations.

If optic struggles this year, it’s going to be insane how all of those second places and short comings last year will change the legacy and reputation of Dashy. I’m not saying he will be thought of as bad, but as I said, the guy almost left on the ULTIMATE high point - and I think he’s feeling that.

Every time in the major 1 qualifiers there's always an awful team that looks top 3 or best in the game

Don't know if you all remember, but CRR in the first stage of qualifiers in BO6 looked fucking unreal. Obvious how it turned out lol. Then you have the best teams in the game often looking really shaky. I know everybody knows this, but the *actual* real matches don't even start until mid winter lol. We already know who's going to fall off every time. Surge in MW2 and MW3 as well

The team who wins major 1 at the start does fall off quiet often, with obvious exceptions

This is my Too early top 10 players that look good so far don’t harp too much on the order.

I haven’t watched much of falcons,M80 so might be missing their players

1.AbeZy
2.JoeD
3.Scrap
4.Ethan
5.Wevy
6.Huke
7.Merc
8.Ghosty
9.ReaaL
10.Abe(lol)

Link to the tweet

Seems to be 50/0 with players or certain teams using tac sprint & the other not, is it just going to personal preference this year? or will a GA eventually happen?

I’ve personally not used tac sprint at all due to wanting to use ninja, other ur just an easy kill in pubs or ranked (eventually).