Veteran difficulty

[♥ Barney ♥]

Just a question about veteran difficulty, bit of a COD nube here. How hard is Veteran difficulty, is it a challenge but dooable, or it smashing your keyboard in rage difficulty. I'd like to give it a go, but if it's really hard then maybe not.

[LIGHTNING]

well u can try it out and see how it will go for u, if u have the skill

[♥ Barney ♥]

well i'm sure i can do a few of the first levels, but I want to go through the whole game and don't fancy getting halfway and finding out I have to start again cos it gets too difficult, so just wondering if veteran is really really REALLY hard or is it challenging but dooable.

or can you change difficulty throughout the game if it gets too hard?

[[BC]Hajas]

IMO Veteran is the only good difficulty to play, others are VERY easy!

[i give hatch]

i'd say it's harder than mw2/3 but not as hard as waw

[bozont_svk]

real people are harder on multiplayer. its just less ammo and longer health bar for the enemy.

[Tungsten Whitmarsh Cadow]

I'll talk about the level "All in" in arcade mode on veteran level. It seemed impossible at first. There are multiple shipping containers at first contact and a wave of maybe 25 russians charging at you. They shoot pretty good and they're sometimes ten feet away or less. Then the BMP arrives.

Lobbing grenades blind over the shipping container works as the first thing you do. You only have 5 grenades though. Stepping out and firing at them is suicidal. There are also very carefully placed snipers firing at you from several places and their positions get refilled about four times. Its good to figure out where those guys are and they can reach you at places that look really safe later in the level.

You need to use smoke and the C4 on BMPs and later the Javelin or rpg's on the other BMPs.

I like to use the sniper rifle but there aren't many spots where you're very far away. They can snipe you with their assault rifles easily and they spot you really fast. If you get hit once you're going to get hit again soon unless you keep moving. It makes it hard to spot enemies. There's no binocular like there often is for this type of mission. Its hard to time the shots and the enemies do warp around very quickly, but not far. It can be annoying. Keep shooting and one day your're moving and sniping and taking people out all over the place. Very satisfying. Even so they're always flanking you or picking you off from a distant high place. Real sense of chaos until you know where everything is and that's why I've played All IN and War Pig and shock and awe levels thousands of times over the years. They're still fun and I still find new ways to attack. I'd probably be considered a beginner on multiplayer games.

[QUAKETALLICA]

You can always lower the difficulty at any time in the pause menu. Just go for it, it's not that bad. Just will take longer to beat the game.

Although, Veteran on Arcade Mode with limited lives might be another story. That's crazy hard, especially for a full game challenge.