When I first booted up Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and entered a CoD BO7 Bot Lobby , I thought perks would be your usual health-related or reload-related nonsense that the older games have always been made of. I threw together a loadout by default, went into a Domination game, and was picked off three times before I laid my eyes on an enemy.

These benefits are not bonuses at all, but game changers. As an example, take "Tactical Focus. It halves the time when you look through the sights immediately after sprinting. It was a gimmick the first time, but last night, that little window made it a possibility to get a shot on a man who had rushed the B flag, and before he could bring his rifle to bear.

My largest success though is in the winning of Sound Whisper. I have always been a poor soundtracker--and before I know the slightest scuffle of a boot another is shooting me in the back. However, this advantage increases the sound of enemy movement but not the noise in the background such as explosions or the conversation of allies. None of the walls were visible last week, and I was hiding in a corner of TDM, along a hallway, and I heard some person creeping along the side wall. I turned and shot and had the kill before they saw me.

Then have the support perks, which only shine during the time of playing with friends. Team Mana Regen is what me and my buddy Jake have been playing of late--this way both of us can recharge our special powers (his smoke grenade, my flashbang) quicker when we are within 10 feet of one another. The other night we were playing Hardpoint and that perk allowed us to spam our tacticals in order to take a position and hold it up to nearly two minutes at a time.

You choose among three slots, and you must decide whether to be offensive, defensive, and supportive. Should I use "Damage Boost" to kill faster or should I use Bullet Resistance to survive longer? Is it with the team I help with Revive Speed or myself I help with Quick Reload? Each loadout is a trade-off and I find myself pondering over my playing style before any match. Due to that option, no two games are the same.

It is not that numbers on a screen are the only perks of BO7 at the end of the day. They are small-looking tools that allow you to play the game the way you want it: be it a sneak-thief supportist, be it a rusher who wants to kill, be it somebody who just wishes to stay alive long enough to score a few points. They transform any game into a blind shooting spree, and this is why I encourage myself to play it after a hard day at work every time, despite the fact that I am either grinding in a public practicing new tricks inside a CoD BO7 Bot Lobby for sale .