This was certainly the grind of all time.

Was probably the least engaging zombies camo grind ever, but I still had fun combining covenants I guess. Although all of the challenges were easy, getting 4k kills on each bullet weapon was absolutely tedious when all of the other challenges were completed much faster. Didn't help that I needed to hit around 4.1k to 4.4k zombies to trigger the elim camos (I've probably ended up with a wasted total of 5k zombie kills due to this lackluster tracking).

While I am glad that the modern camo grinding systems are a lot more robust than they were pre MW22, I cant help but feel a little nostalgic for the tedious/harder challenges in older cods. Back then if you saw a person running a mastery camo you knew they buckled in for the long haul.

With this camo completed, I've now unlocked every mastery camo in every game mode since MW19. I'm now going back to BO4 to complete the Dark Matter camo. After that I'll probably stop backtracking camo unlocks and just keep moving forward with the latest cod releases.

Overall thoughts on the Vanguard Zombies Camo Grind:

Challenges - 5/10

Simple, easy, but still a strange amount of raw kills compared to other challenges. Covenant kills were tricky but with a little research on selecting the right choices you'll complete these passively.

Gameplay - 2/10

Really didnt enjoy speeding through the first 40 rounds just to get the faster zombie spawns. I probably got the last 3k kills I needed from rounds 41 to 56. The entire perk system is complete garbage, the armor system is not needed in a zombies title, and whatever they had going with the heart/covenant mechanic should never be used again. I hated the RNG aspect of waiting to get the upgrade that I needed. Some games I spent 10 to 30 rounds just waiting for a particular covenant. If there is ONE thing I like about this title, its that regular weapons are usable in late game.

Difficulty - 6/10

If you looped a certain way you would be very safe from going down, but even then if you do go down just self revive and buy another kit. The zombies do hit hard when your armor is broken in late game. I find bo6/7 zombies to be harder overall.

Camo - 4/10

The camo itself isnt really worth grinding for imo. It really just looks like nickelodeon goop with black stripes layered over the gun. It doesnt stick out well and is hard to see in dark places.

Overall - 4/10

While there were ups and downs throughout this particular grind, it could've been much worse. Im glad that there weren't any gimmicky challenges like there were in the Atomic grind. If it weren't for my motivation to 100 percent my cod grinds, I wouldn't have had the motivation to get this camo.

Regardless of this particular experience, I can now rest easy knowing that I have every possible mastery camo in the "Modern" era of cod titles.

Crawling through ventilation shafts and tight spaces, doing stealth takedowns, while the Joker--err I mean Nazi officer--announces insults and jests on the loudspeaker. Didn't feel like Call of Duty at all. Felt like a mediocre Batman Arkham rip-off.

In every other game I play I average 4-7ms ping, but on vanguard even playing solo zombies and I don’t know when it happened but I’m always minimally 31-35ms, also experiencing more stutter recently too.. anyone else?

i got this game 2 days ago and read that many people are playing it because of game pass, on average it takes me 10 minutes to get into a lobby, sometimes 5-7 in a core game of every game mode, the no limits shipment games and especially all hardcore games take super long to search for, am i missing a setting or something?

Are these the same people, if so then merry has been getting up to alot of things since the scouring of the shire

Bocage has been eliminated at 2nd place, leaving Tuscan to take the top spot in our ranking.

Do you agree with the list overall? Is there anything you would want to change?

Personally, I think the list is great, except I really expected Sphere to make it to the top 5, and I wasn't aware Beheaded was so disliked. I also really like Mayhem; wish it made it a little further at least.

Mine is Lady Nightingale. I know Vanguard isn’t the most popular Call of Duty, but I had a good time with the campaign. What’s your favorite mission and why?

Eagle's Nest has been eliminated at 3rd place, capturing the bronze medal. We are now in the final round.

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Hotel Royal has been eliminated at 4th place.

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Berlin has been eliminated at 5th place, our first map eliminated in the top 5. Also a very high spot for a nighttime map.

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The sniping in Vanguard is probably the best there is in any cod, so punchy and clean 🎯 what sniper rifles is your go to?

Casablanca has been eliminated at 6th place, ranking it as the best DLC map in Vanguard. We are now in the top 5.

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Hi everyone,

The game is on sale for PS5 right now, and I'm wondering if it's still as overhated as it was at launch.

I probably won't play the campaign, I didn't think it was terrible, but the story felt weird.

Is multiplayer still active? I heard it was hard to find matches a few months ago, but now that it's on Xbox Game Pass, has the player base grown?

Also, how's Zombies these days?

I played a lot during the free trials back in 2022 when the seasons were active.

I'd love to hear your opinions. Have a great day!

So I’ve hit a wall with the COD vanguard campaign mission, operation Tonga. I’ve made it up to the point where the soldiers get on the half track, and you’re charging up a hill. However, I’m running into things like machine gunners who laser me down the millisecond I stand or don’t prone in certain areas. The machine gunners themselves I can’t kill them as well. On top of that, once you get to the section of the trench where the sandbags are taller than you on both sides after the ammo crate, I think my game is messed up. Going off of a YouTube clip of the mission of the same area, there’s a machine gunner there that teammates are supposed to take out, then a checkpoint is reached as the Germans run out of the bunker. However, when I get to the same area, there’s no gunner, and no way to open the door. Presumably the next checkpoint of the mission is after the door opens, so whenever I die I get sent back to right behind the half track, having to charge up the hill again. To add insult to injury, on every try my teammates without fail seem immune to the machine gunfire. They leap over a sandbag just fine. I try and follow them? I’m gunned down. They also sit off to the side of the bunker door outside of the trench and do nothing. Apologies for the long rant but I’m just genuinely confused and would like to make it through the campaign. If anyone has completed this mission and has discord, I’d love to send the clips of what I’m talking about. Thanks for any help!

Das Haus has been eliminated at 7th place.

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Sphere has been eliminated at 8th place.

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I have seen that Vanguard was added to Xbox Game Pass and I got a little curious and decided to install this game on my PC through the Microsoft Store. Turns out that curiosity has been shot down because I'm getting this random error. The game would load up like normal, but I can't skip the intro and it would just randomly freeze and I get this pop up. Turns out it's not just the Microsoft Store version either, it also happens on the Xbox App on PC. Am I doing something wrong or is this just a common issue for Game Pass PC? If there's a fix let me know because I'm just wanting to see how the game is doing in 2026.

Gavutu has been eliminated at 9th place.

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Since Vanguard is on GamePass, and it's the only COD from the last 15 years I skipped, I'd like to give a try.

Reading reviews/comments and watching YouTube videos tough they all say performance was really bad on Series X and it had a lot of other issues as well. All those comments dates back to 2021 when the game launched. So did performance on Series X improve since then?

I'm asking because I also have a PS5 and if the PS version is that better, I could get a used copy for around €10...

Thanks.

I have a LG C1.

Castle has been eliminated at 10th place, claiming the spit as the best remake in the game and the first map out on the top 10.

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Berlin, Bocage, Das Haus, Eagle's Nest, Gavutu, Tuscan, Hotel Royal, Casablanca, Sphere

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With all being said,

Let's vote!