Confusion Regarding Black Ops Combat Training Cleared
The combat training feature introduced in Call of Duty 7: Black Ops allows for players who are not familiar with the franchise to get used to the multiplayer. We can simply say it’s practice, a taste of things to come. There has been a lot of confusion about the Combat training feature lately. The thing that is making everything hazy is that your friends can join you for practice but its still an offline multiplayer?
To clear up things a bit, and possibly enrage a few of you, is Treyarch’s Design Directory – David ‘Vahn’ Vonderhaar.
Combat Training is online. You need a profile on PSN/Xbox Live to use it. It is very similar, but not identical, to the normal rank progression.
It doesn’t support Contracts or Leaderboards but it does support (many) Challenges and most of the unlocks.
When in Combat Training, you start at level 1 and progress through the ranks. This rank progression is completely independent of the normal rank progression. You can be level 40 in Combat Training and level 10 in the regular game at the same time.
Combat Training is for someone who wants to get a taste of what it is like to play online without actually needing to play online against real opponents. To the extent possible and practical, we start you off at level 1 and you unlock features and earn cP (the currency) along the way.
It’s a simulation of playing online against real players. A big boss around here once called it “Single Player Online.” That doesn’t make sense and hurts the brains of MP people, but will make sense to SP people. It’s a way to play MP “by yourself” but you don’t have to. You can invite friends and they can play with or against you. In that regard, it’s similar to a Private Match.
Here is the total story on all of this:
ONLINE (requires Internet and the appropriate account depending on the game platform)
- Player Match = Rank progression. Get XP and cP.
- Wager Match = No rank progression. No XP awards. Just cP earn potential.
- No Create a Class. All load-outs are pre-determined.
- Combat Training = Rank progression (but separate from than Player Match version)
- Private Match = Allow Player Classes or make Custom Classes you want players to use. No XP or cP awarded.
Up to 2 player split-screen depending on playlist. Think of a Split Screen player like a player in your COD party. If the playlists allows COD parties, than it allows 2 players in splitscreen. Like a party, the two split-screen players will usually be on the same team.
LOCAL (does not require Internet)
- Split-Screen = 4 players together on a single machine. No rank progression. No XP or cP. Everything is unlocked.
- LAN Party/System Link = No rank progression. No XP or cP. Everything is unlocked.
So, what’s your opinion on all this, good or bad, keep it coming.
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why would you have to be online to use “combat training” the only time i would use it if i had a bad connection
You hit it on the nose. My connection sucks so combat training is the next best thing. Although I think it is a black ops thing. I can play with friends on MW2 with little problems. Ops is a whole other story. If not for training I would have returned the game.
This is a disgrace, Treyarch has specifically marketed the game as having an offline combat training mode, and the official website lists combat training as an offline alternative to multiplayer. If Vonderhaar’s post is correct, then the developers have been for months and continue to blatantly lie about this feature of the game.
I am sooo ticked off at Treyarch for saying its offline and when I go to buy it and play it I am ripped off, because you need an online account.
Anyhow, I have this voucher for 30 days of free xbox live, so can I put this in use, play online for 30 days, and at the end when I no longer can go online, be able to play offline with bots?
(Yes, I can go online but I’m cheap)
Am fairly new to the Call Of Duty series, was looking forward to Combat Training on Black Ops. Single player was great, normally I don’t play online games because of the amount of trash talking and insults that come out off under aged 15 year olds, even if I have the ability to go online. Had high hopes for it until I found out that it’s online only(stupid idea if you ask me). I feel your pain @Chicken and many others. I’m disappointed as well. Just hope they make a update some time soon for both offline xbox an playstion players(i play on xbox 360 by the way).
Don’t let the amount of trash talking and insults stop ya. Just MUTE them. I mute everyone except my friends at the start of every game.
I found it quite pafetic too, i was seriously dissapointed, as i own a PS3 and dont update due to Other OS and external boots for it, so i was hoping to play offline against some retarded AI, but i can’t plus is there an option for a court case for false advertising ;D I hope so.
I just got the game today in my care package and was excited to play an offline skirmish with bots to get used to the controls and get myself back to speed before challenging my co-workers. I googled and found this out. Very disappointing. We are in Afghanistan and there is no XBOX LIVE here. Congrats Treyarch – you just screwed over the troops! If they hadn’t SAID in press releases that this wouldn’t be available offline I would not have gotten my damned hopes up.
Still confused… I’ve tried playing Combat Training with a friend locally, and I never manage to generate bots…
All that happens is it ends up being a 2 player team deathmatch with me vs friend… I think that either I’m stupid, or this is rubbish on Treyarch’s behalf… how can i practice tactics with a friend if I cant train at combat.. false advertising methinks
i had edit game mode in splitscreen to add bots in ps3 . but when i deleted the game data edit game mode option was not there and i have no idea to get it :/
can anyone explain?
with the combat training, im wondering if you only need a silver xbox live (the one where you dont pay) because i really cant be bothered paying the online stuff. i dont want a ps3 so dont say it
i have reached rank 10 on combat training and still haven’t received my achievement anybody know what’s up?
I found a way to do Combat Training without Xbox Live. Because I have a PS3. PSN costs 0.00 a month.
I want to be able to put bots in a private match, so as to have all those options.