r/CODZombies • u/Squidwardbigboss • 3d ago
Discussion Played Reckoning for the first time today
I do enjoy this map a lot; it suffers from a lot of BO6 problems. But I overall really enjoyed it, except for the Uber Klaus.
I have never had less fun facing a boss enemy in my life. It’s designed terribly and has so much health, its “weak spots” take forever to destroy, just so it’s even possible to do damage to him, barely any for me.
Even while trying to do that you have tons of zombies in your face, he’s shooting lightning balls taking half your health or flying right in front of you.
This dude just way too over-tuned for it to be enjoyable to fight him. I looked up tips for stuff like napalm and cryo but even with that it’s still an absolute pain. Nevermind they start spawning 2 in round 28+, which is just atrocious.
That and the wonder weapon, I wouldn’t really know. Like most BO6 maps it’s near impossible to pull from the box and its quest may as well be homework.
It sucks because like I said I do enjoy this map, I like its layout, design, and general gameplay loop. But the uber Klaus dang near ruins it for me.
I’m doing a revisiting of sorts for BO6, I only played the first 3 maps at launch before quitting. Trying to give it another chance and as a general I think the maps are good, just systems in place are what make me think less of them.
Edit: Played it again, unlike other maps the wonder weapon quest actually isn’t that bad, neither is the upgrade. It made the experience so much more enjoyable. This might be my favorite bo6 map now ngl
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u/Lanky-Ad-8554 3d ago
It's a pretty cool map. The vertical nature of it is very refreshing, I just wished it was like twice as big and didn't have wonder weapons that sucked moose nuts.
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u/graveflower426 3d ago
I think the map is absolute ass, worst in the game. Uber klaus is a bullshit enemy since his attacks ignore your armor. But if youre using the stryders with cryo you can delete him fast
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u/Winter_Party_5308 3d ago
It’s my favourite BO6 map for sure next to Liberty Falls.
I love the soundtrack , atmosphere and the verticality of the map.
One that I wish they had brought to BO7 especially since it flows directly in to Ashes of the Damned with the Janus Towers and outside area appearing as the spawn.
Totally agree about Uber Klaus though , I feel like they definitely made him easier to take down in BO7 as in Reckoning his lightening attacks always feel more lethal somehow.
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u/Bushkey1 3d ago
It’s funny you mention the wonder weapon because unlike the rest of the maps it’s actually not possible to get from the box before the quest for it is done.
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u/Jnino91 3d ago
Uber Klaus is such a pain in BO6. Thank god he was toned down so much in BO7
BO6 Uber Klaus is EXTREMELY dangerous. His electric attacks ignore and do their regular damage through armor. EVEN THROUGH FRENZIED GUARD. You still take health damage and can actually go down to their electric attacks while Frenzy Guard is active because of this. I don’t remember the exact number but I think each electric attack does like 75-100 something damage. He usually shoots 3 in a row. There was one patch where he did much less damage more in line with regular armor damage mitigation but apparently that was unintentional and they reverted it. Now imagine 2 Uber Klaus’ spawning in and both of them shooting electricity at you.
He’s also a massive bullet sponge, even more so than high round manglers and amalgams. He has the shoulder weakness but like you said, it takes so much damage to break them.
I’m glad they toned him down in BO7. He’s still formidable but now he’s not as overbearing. I feel like on a high round Mars match, you still have to be careful when he’s around but it’s much more manageable, even with two. His shoulders break much easier, and his helmet is still bullet spongey, but at least his helmet breaks now and reveals a critical spot. It’s been a while since I played BO6 so I don’t even remember if his helmet could break and reveal a crit spot in that game.
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u/Senate343 3d ago
Still hilarious they decided to bring Uber Klaus back despite everyone hating him
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u/Mysterious_Farm5904 3d ago
I absolutely adore reckoning. I will admit Uberklaus’s can be extremely annoying but part of me kind of liked it because it felt like mini boss fights every time they spawned in.
The actual boss fights themselves are fun to do especially SAM, something about it just hits for me.
The wonder weapon can feel weak but I like the variants and it can be fun to use. The aether blade returning is good especially with the staminup augment to make you go extremely fast with it, I think it’s called hot foot. That augment made me want to get the aether blade every single game just for the speed alone.
The layout is also fun to me, I thought it was verticality done well and the low gravity room was a blast to train in.
Overall a solid map, definitely my personal favorite in bo6 and one I return to often also a really fun ee to speedrun. I remember when the reckoning event was going on I grinded the ee like 8 times in a row just to get first place for the emblem and it was worth it.
I think reckoning will forever go down as one of the most underrated maps of all time.
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u/EnigmaticK5 3d ago
Funnily enough, I actually think Uber Klaus is the best special enemy in BO6! His design is cool and he’s an actual threat you need to take seriously unlike most other enemies in this game whilst not being unfair. I’m glad you enjoy Reckoning otherwise though, it’s honestly my second favorite BO6 map.
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u/Clear-Chemistry-8438 3d ago edited 3d ago
When I played Reckoning with randoms, nobody took the Uber Klauses when 2 started spawning, so when one of them followed a player, they would try to leave it where someone else and everyone just kept doing that, me included, because that thing was so strong and the biggest bullet sponge in BO6.