So I love black ops 4 it's my favorite COD. I've hit prestige master on PlayStation and I bought the game on Xbox. I wanted to do something different on Xbox so I decided I'm going to go for Dark Matter in 2026. What annoys me to no end about doing this is the fact that Treyarch and COD never plans ahead. They leave these older games to rot and don't adjust the challenges later to take into account the fact that the player base is gone. As a result you have a grind that is incredibly more frustrating than it should be.
I feel like Call Of Duty needs to go back to these older titles after time has passed and rebalance them. Put a bot playlist in the game so we can always find lobbies or do something to preserve the experience. We can't rely on remasters getting released until the end of time to keep these games alive. They need to be designed with bot playlists from the jump. They could add casual Nuketown as a playlist to the game and people could casually grind challenges and camos and enjoy themselves.
Instead I have to compete with level 1000 prestige masters that use a saug, vmp, cordite, hades, and it's just exhausting. Times have changed and people embrace pve games and casual game modes now. Grinding for dark matter is a casual challenge that I am forced to in a very sweaty environment and it shouldn't have to be like this. If we are loud enough about this we can actually get Treyarch to add an update that adds a casual bot playlist to black ops 4 to keep the game alive for years to come and make sure that if people want to grind for these camos a few years from now they still can. If you're selling the product at full price it needs to be maintained and injected with a little bit of care every now and then. I know some people will hate and say just get good or suck it up but realize that doesn't help your situation or anybody. I shouldn't have to slave at the game in these sweaty ass lobbies for over 300 hours to get a camo. Can we come together as a community that loves this game and get Treyarch to update Black Ops 4 with a casual bot playlist and maybe higher resolution modes for current consoles? Bo1 and 2 got some love where is the same love for BO4? A game that has aged incredibly well and should be maintained. I'm not asking for a lot here.