Don’t forget if you have a throwing knife equip you can get a 1 hit panic melee! It’s certainly saved me multiple times in a pinch! I run them purely for this reason alone!
One part you didn’t mention, hitting a player with a throwing star disables their sprint and causes a big flinch/screen whitening effect. Not super helpful if they’re already shooting you, but very useful if they weren’t already looking at you
@@gabrielmendez6128 The knife throws slower and has a slower travel speed. The star is really quick to deploy and it travels much faster and flatter. But ya, I still use the knife hahah that one hit is too strong not too. Especially in warzone/plunder where it will down a fully armored player haha
They're a fun addition for sure and I think both are good. If I'm using a melee class, I use the throwing stars. If i was using a shotgun, I'd also use the stars. But most of the time, the throwing knife is the best choice since it also gives you the traditional melee.
I was not happy when I unlocked and found out they weren't the same damage as a knife. Kinda fun killing with them but pointless choosing them over the throwing knife.
@@willtheprodigy3819 to me, i was hoping it would behave just like the throwing knife, but a different skin and animation…like with the different melee weapons. That first throw isn’t faster though just the subsequent throws…in most situations, because of the ttk, the first throw is all you’ll really get out before you’re killed. It was such a cool add but it’s useless compared to the throwing knives.
@@willtheprodigy3819 maybe they could do what they did with the deagle and just change the one hit kill area to be more or less upper chest and up, i remember that doing a ton for the deagle
If you need to get two hits to kill, it instantly sucks compared to the knife. BUT if you can get a one hit kill, star is better. But that seems really hard. Curious if the star bounces off things like the knife. The bank shots are damn satisfying
i was literally saying smth similar to this to a redditor saying i was shitting on it bc of how useless it is compared to the knife, the knife is just better in every way lmao
if you use the throwing star* akin to a quickdraw pistol then it's quite good at finishing even slightly damaged enemies when you're out of bullets, leaving you free to use a launcher in your secondary
Seems to me like the only necessary change for the throwing stars is to make its OHK zones bigger. At the very least you should be able to kill with one to the neck and upper chest. If you wanted to get weird with it you could make it so the first one thrown takes the standard 200ms (I would drop that down to around 150ms though) but the subsequent ones only take like 50-100ms per throw.
Personally as someone who runs both, I wish the throwing stars had the one hit melee replacement like the throwing knife. And also you could pickup if you kill
I think a good balance for throwing stars would be you can pick them up if they land on a player. So you can pick them up off of bodies but not anywhere else. Also, the throwing knives also have the benefit of giving you a one hit melee since you'll melee them with the knife instead of blunting them to death, correct?
What about the wounding effect on the throwing stars? I noticed from using them briefly that hitting one seems to disable sprint or do something to their mobility that makes them easier to hit, that could be of use especially in warzone, where you throw one immediately to cripple a target for the gunfight Also, agreed with the sentiment of picking them up again, but otherwise I think I prefer the stars easily over the knives
@@acanofjuice ill say, the wounding effect from frangible pretty much doubles the time it takes to heal, so 90% of the time if you get killed after at least putting in one shot, youll almost always get an assist because your teammates just run into them before they can heal, not sure how much the wounding effect for the stars are though
I wanna mention if you did or didn’t do testing with them equipped alongside the riot shield? Because a while back the throwing knife use time got slowed when using a riot shield and I would love to know if that change was applied to the stars also?
I think stars would be perfect for infected over throwing knives, they'd stop those random one hit knife bounce kills, and reward really good infected players for being able to hit the head with a star
Appreciate the info as always boss! Just wonder if you mixed up the transitional multiplayer clips? Because they had nothing to do with knifes or stars. Just a heads up!
Seems like a lot of you are unaware of the disabling effect that the throwing stars have. Surprised you missed that Ace, it’s an extremely important factor to include. It literally throws your aim off, flashbangs you, and delays your heal. Seems really good for warzone/dmz
I was trying to figure out why I kept getting momentary black screens while playing over the weekend. I must have been getting hit with throwing stars. Since I have flashbang effects set to black instead of white, that was the result.
I think the throwing stars are fun to use. I just think you should start with more(like 6) and have a bigger reserve(like 12) since they're mostly going to be a two(or more) hit kill it seems weird to have an odd number of them. Either that or expand the one hit kill area to include the upper chest.
Throwing Knife also gives you 1 hit melee kill as passive which Throwing Stars do not. But I can see Throwing Stars having value in DMZ if the stars can 1 hit kill lvl 2 enemies like the Knife can, there is value in having 7 of them instead of 2 which does allow you to clear a nice group of enemies fast especially with fast hands while making 0 sound. They also could useful to quickly finish a downed player, assuming they can 1 hit a bleeding player.
One thing I don't see mentioned is the melee. Melee when holding a throwing knife one shots people since you use the knife instead of the gun... But I guess that's minor lol
MW2 has been full of blunders this year. However, I do want to give it to them for adding the ninja stars which play differently from the throwing knife. Even though the ninja stars are hard to use effectively, I think it would be better if they increased the 1 hit kill range to the upper torso area. That way the ninja stars can more reliably get a 1 hit kill if your aim is decent/good. I think then it could rival the throwing knife.
@@Fufu0117 I think MW2 is a fun game too don't get me wrong. But you have to admit it's been rough quality wise compared to other COD games. It lacked stuff like hardcore and combat records at launch, had a worse menu UI, has had a ton of embarrassing glitches that take forever to get fixed or sometimes return after a major update, and also made that huge and unpopular change to the perk system. I'm sure there's more examples out there but if you don't think those are examples of blunders this game has had, idk what to tell you.
I actually like using it first and hitting them with a single round. Helps with weaker guns and shields if you're still working on it. I like softening an enemy and hitting them with a shotgun at range. Also, helps with the tec9 if you land one and have to deal with multiple players. Especially if using the base mag size.
@@entity5279 Saw your comment and went to try it out in private match. Sadly no. Also tried a stun grenade, bc I know they do at least 5pts of damage from personal testing. Still not an OHK kill. I guess the player has to dropped from 100 to zero in a single interaction.
I heard other youtubers saying that throwing stars in hardcore are still 2 shots and not 1 shot, which would be weird with the 90 damage. Have you tested this @exclusiveace? Or could you maybe test this as a follow up?
Maybe they could add a way to throw 3 throwing stars in a small cone like a shotgun. The ability to 1-throw-kill someone would be like a throwing knife, except closer range because of the spread, but with faster projectile speed and a little bit more forgiveness at super close range. Primary fire to throw one at a time, in rapid succession like it is now, and the ADS button to throw 3 at a similar rate to a throwing knife.
It would be cool if you can pick the throwing starts up from a dead enemy but they disappear if you miss. Or vice versa where you can pick up throwing stars if they hit a wall but not if they hit a player.
Ace, Have you looked at how the new lethal interacts in hardcore mode? There appears to be a damage clamp mechanic at play regarding the throwing stars; players can survive a throwing star to the body in hardcore. There's been some confusion in the community!
Tbh with this and the full auto dessert eagle it just seems like they wanted to add some fun more silly kinda things. I'm literally smiling the whole time running around using akimbo full auto d-eagles.
factual, would be a great alternative to just not being able to pick them up at all and would still keep the rewarding factor for not missing your throws
How does the damage work against enemies with armor? Sometimes I've downed a player in DMZ with the throwing knife and other times not so seems inconsistent but then could just not have had as much health to begin with etc. I've seen the same sort of inconsistency with the tier 3 AI as well.
Throwing stars defently need a buff or two: - They should be recoverable - They should have half or less the restoc time. - They should 1 tap head/neck/upper chest in multiplayer and minimum head/neck in warzone and also 2 tap shoulders/stomach in warzone. Ideally i would love them to 1 tap upper chest in warzone as well. And then also we need a bloody ballistic knife xD or if they by rules have to w8 for treyarch to implement that they should at least at a harpoon or smt meanwhile xD Can you so such a stat video for warzone?
I've found that the best use of the throwing star (where it's better than the throw knife) is finishing off hurt enemies; whether it's someone who's downed using last stand, when you do damage but run out of ammo in the clip, or comboing it with one shot weapons for when u get a hitmarker (best for pump shotguns or bolt action snipers/marksman rifles)
One thing that has made this equipment far more fun for me is using a pistol for just that little bit of damage and then whipping the throwing star to make it a one hit kill. Is it the most effective way, no probably not but this is a very strange piece of equipment & I've been having fun using it cause it's a new non explosive lethal which we don't ever get in a cod game.
I'm surprised you of all people suggested a random chance that you can pick up your Throwing Star. I thought you were against luck in games like that & it's why you said you like Loadout Drops in Warzone compared to just looting in Blackout.
I don’t understand if the throwing stars were available in the game for a while (I’m talking about warzone here) then why they didn’t update the kill feed icon it’s like they are not even bothered about this game anymore. The kill feed icon still says that you are killed by throwing knife instead of throwing star.
I wish they would improve the kill area to the neck and maybe the heart, that would be fun. And make them recoverable. Otherwise I think they are neat!
Simple: Add a bleed mechanic to the star. So the target will die in one hit, but only after some seconds. Increase the delay to fire one of them and limit the total to the same amount of the knife. Now the star will do less damage, so you cant kill instantly, but the enemy will die in the next 3-5 seconds unless they have a stim.
Meh. These kinds of mechanics just add frustration. Look at Dragon's Breath shotguns, they only make the weapon worse but people constantly complain when they get killed by them.
I feel like it'd be interesting if they had the throwing stars act more like a burst fire weapon, where the player can throw 2 stars simultaneously but with a slight delay between stars. Think something like Genji's throwing stars in Overwatch, how each one is thrown sequentially in quick succession. There would be an interesting interaction with that where it trains players to rely more on tracking their target to make sure that both stars connect, and I think this also pairs better with the quicker velocity. It's clear that they must've had a similar idea to this considering the time to release when throwing multiple stars, but with their method it feels like it doesn't encourage players to take an advantage of that. Plus, it's in the lethal slot, people naturally will treat this as a one-and-done weapon where a single click should do the job for them.
I have a quick scope class with the new machine gun pistol and I prefer throwing stars. Its being able to beat a person with a regular gun to the punch and throwing on the run that makes it really good. Just looking at stats will kind of throw you off here.
Ya they excel as emergency weapons. Hitmarker? Mash E. Started the reload animation but the other guy ain't dead? Mash E. Someone surprises you around a corner? Mash E.
I like them. Also if I saw that correctly than a throwing star can take down a counter uav in two hits, don't know what the throwing knive takes. Possible to do in shipment for example
the throwing knife is a high tier meta equipment for warzone/dmz/plundre, since you can instantly kill downed players. Does the throwing star do the same with a body shot? If so it definitely has its place in class setups
In order for the throwing stars to compete with the throwing knife, they would need a much faster time to throw for the first one. Maybe that is actually the raise weapon time, I don't know. Otherwise, I have no reason to pick them. Time to throw is the reason that semtex can still be useful and hasn't just been fully replaced by drill charges.
honestly, who are these for? i feel like to make them fun, is to make them like micro bombs, like a stemtex but that y can throw further and faster idk
The unlock challenge to extract them in DMZ is bugged You need to get the 50 kills with throwing knives which in MP isn’t that hard especially on shipment but in DMZ is a pain since you need to both down and kill the enemy with the throwing knife
In resurgence you just have to full your down with the knife and it counts you've probably already unlocked the Ninja stars but it's helpful knowledge nonetheless
I would personally use the throwing star more because I use marksman rifles and such at medium distances as a preference, so the advantages outweigh the costs in my opinion, and I mean strictly as a finisher or something. If you run out of ammo with a SA-B08 and are getting the run around, that little amount of damage and stun is the difference between life and death and while sure a knife is instant kill, what if you miss?
When I was younger my cousin bought a ninja star from a garage sale and sharpened it. He ended up throwing it at one of the kids that played with us and the kid didn’t instantly fall over dead. All this to say I like that they made them realistic in COD and not one shot
Don’t forget if you have a throwing knife equip you can get a 1 hit panic melee! It’s certainly saved me multiple times in a pinch! I run them purely for this reason alone!
Does this also work with the throwing star? Ace i think we gotta mother video on your hands lmao
@@jhzwwe123 or just go an melee someone with throwing stars equipped
@@tidepods2004 I don't play multi 💀
@@jhzwwe123 no it doesn’t, wouldn’t make sense anyways
Honestly I probably should equip it and give up and Semtex.
The sheer amount I get startled and squeeze my trigger & accidentally melee is staggering.
One part you didn’t mention, hitting a player with a throwing star disables their sprint and causes a big flinch/screen whitening effect. Not super helpful if they’re already shooting you, but very useful if they weren’t already looking at you
Didn’t know that, thank you
Or you could just kill them with the throwing knife
@@gabrielmendez6128 The knife throws slower and has a slower travel speed. The star is really quick to deploy and it travels much faster and flatter.
But ya, I still use the knife hahah that one hit is too strong not too. Especially in warzone/plunder where it will down a fully armored player haha
This is cool and all but you can give them every possible effect in the game and then some and being instantly dead is still better
@@kw2519 it will not down a fully plate player but it will come damn close
Another problem with the throwing stars is that for whatever reason, throwing star kills DO NOT reset dead silence which makes it kind of pointless.
@@lrsb1678 yes
probably be a bug. but knowing these developers you know they'll fix it 2 patches from now with zero patch note mention
@@lrsb1678 throwing knives, gun kills, as well as melee kills will reset dead silence
They're a fun addition for sure and I think both are good. If I'm using a melee class, I use the throwing stars. If i was using a shotgun, I'd also use the stars. But most of the time, the throwing knife is the best choice since it also gives you the traditional melee.
I was not happy when I unlocked and found out they weren't the same damage as a knife. Kinda fun killing with them but pointless choosing them over the throwing knife.
I thought it was gonna be a reskin
Same here man…after I got a hit marker using the throwing star, I changed it back to the throwing knife mid match
@@willtheprodigy3819 to me, i was hoping it would behave just like the throwing knife, but a different skin and animation…like with the different melee weapons. That first throw isn’t faster though just the subsequent throws…in most situations, because of the ttk, the first throw is all you’ll really get out before you’re killed. It was such a cool add but it’s useless compared to the throwing knives.
@@willtheprodigy3819 maybe they could do what they did with the deagle and just change the one hit kill area to be more or less upper chest and up, i remember that doing a ton for the deagle
If you need to get two hits to kill, it instantly sucks compared to the knife. BUT if you can get a one hit kill, star is better. But that seems really hard. Curious if the star bounces off things like the knife. The bank shots are damn satisfying
i dont know anyone who would chose the throwing stars over the 1 shot throwing knife
i was literally saying smth similar to this to a redditor saying i was shitting on it bc of how useless it is compared to the knife, the knife is just better in every way lmao
Me
@@PUNKBUNS No satisfaction with the throwing star. It's not fun. If it felt cool maybe.
you. dont. know. ME.
if you use the throwing star* akin to a quickdraw pistol then it's quite good at finishing even slightly damaged enemies when you're out of bullets, leaving you free to use a launcher in your secondary
Helping hand here.. around 1:40, you can pick up your throwing stars, but only if you hit and kill the target with them.
You should be able to pick your throwing stars back up but only if you successfully hit an enemy with it.
That's such a good idea
@@AdrianGK47that is not an idea.. they literally work like that...
@@nikijokinen8885
Then why can’t I pick them back up from my enemies?
@@jesusofbullets only after u killed ure enemy then u can pick the throwing star
A great way to reward skill
This is a well put together analytical video and I appreciate your efforts.
Seems to me like the only necessary change for the throwing stars is to make its OHK zones bigger. At the very least you should be able to kill with one to the neck and upper chest.
If you wanted to get weird with it you could make it so the first one thrown takes the standard 200ms (I would drop that down to around 150ms though) but the subsequent ones only take like 50-100ms per throw.
Personally as someone who runs both, I wish the throwing stars had the one hit melee replacement like the throwing knife. And also you could pickup if you kill
So just a stronger throwing knife? Where is the trade off?
How would you hold it though? It doesn't seem a very practical shape to deliver a driving force.
I think a good balance for throwing stars would be you can pick them up if they land on a player. So you can pick them up off of bodies but not anywhere else. Also, the throwing knives also have the benefit of giving you a one hit melee since you'll melee them with the knife instead of blunting them to death, correct?
yeah the throwing knife should give you the combat knife by default
@@photoncages6040 you mean like as a third weapon slot?
@@entity5279 No, equiping a throwing knife forces you melee to be with a combat knife instead of hitting with your gun butt.
I like the throwing stars it's just for fun and rewards precise throws.
For people using pc 😂😂😂 the most useless lethal in the game
ace you even calculate the velocity of these you are crazy haha well done man good job
What about the wounding effect on the throwing stars?
I noticed from using them briefly that hitting one seems to disable sprint or do something to their mobility that makes them easier to hit, that could be of use especially in warzone, where you throw one immediately to cripple a target for the gunfight
Also, agreed with the sentiment of picking them up again, but otherwise I think I prefer the stars easily over the knives
I never do anything with the wounding effect, not really noticable
@@acanofjuice ill say, the wounding effect from frangible pretty much doubles the time it takes to heal, so 90% of the time if you get killed after at least putting in one shot, youll almost always get an assist because your teammates just run into them before they can heal, not sure how much the wounding effect for the stars are though
I wanna mention if you did or didn’t do testing with them equipped alongside the riot shield? Because a while back the throwing knife use time got slowed when using a riot shield and I would love to know if that change was applied to the stars also?
Do you still get the classic melee with the Throwing Star, or is that exclusive to the Throwing Knife?
Good video brother, I usually don't subscribe to cod videos, but I think u done such a good job, i will.
I think stars would be perfect for infected over throwing knives, they'd stop those random one hit knife bounce kills, and reward really good infected players for being able to hit the head with a star
Appreciate the info as always boss! Just wonder if you mixed up the transitional multiplayer clips? Because they had nothing to do with knifes or stars. Just a heads up!
Seems like a lot of you are unaware of the disabling effect that the throwing stars have. Surprised you missed that Ace, it’s an extremely important factor to include. It literally throws your aim off, flashbangs you, and delays your heal. Seems really good for warzone/dmz
I was trying to figure out why I kept getting momentary black screens while playing over the weekend. I must have been getting hit with throwing stars. Since I have flashbang effects set to black instead of white, that was the result.
If you get some downtime i would love to see the differences between the aim assist types and the the aim response curves.
I think the throwing stars are fun to use. I just think you should start with more(like 6) and have a bigger reserve(like 12) since they're mostly going to be a two(or more) hit kill it seems weird to have an odd number of them. Either that or expand the one hit kill area to include the upper chest.
Throwing Knife also gives you 1 hit melee kill as passive which Throwing Stars do not.
But I can see Throwing Stars having value in DMZ if the stars can 1 hit kill lvl 2 enemies like the Knife can, there is value in having 7 of them instead of 2 which does allow you to clear a nice group of enemies fast especially with fast hands while making 0 sound. They also could useful to quickly finish a downed player, assuming they can 1 hit a bleeding player.
i would assume they dont one hit downed players cuz they get the health reset and higher health downed right?
@@photoncages6040 throwing stars actually do one shot downed players. Did it in WZ already.
@@kyubihakegaru4433 Oh shit i stand corrected 👌🏽
Great info thank you!
I LIKE HOW THE AIM ICON IS THE SAME AS THROWING KNIFE JUS SIDEWAYS💯🤣🤣
What about that perk that gives your throwing knife less trajectory drop and those guide lines?(forget the perk name) Does that work on the stars?
Finally stats on the throwing knife! I think it's been years :o
Riot shield + throwing stars + scavenger sounds pretty powerful
I asked myself if this video existed and find you made it today wow
Are there any skins for the knife? I would like them for my ninja class. I was gonna use the stars but the OHK of the knife is better
Can you review the wounding effects please.
One thing I don't see mentioned is the melee. Melee when holding a throwing knife one shots people since you use the knife instead of the gun... But I guess that's minor lol
The throwing star is so good that ace is showcasing hurricane gameplay
MW2 has been full of blunders this year. However, I do want to give it to them for adding the ninja stars which play differently from the throwing knife. Even though the ninja stars are hard to use effectively, I think it would be better if they increased the 1 hit kill range to the upper torso area. That way the ninja stars can more reliably get a 1 hit kill if your aim is decent/good. I think then it could rival the throwing knife.
@@Fufu0117 I think MW2 is a fun game too don't get me wrong. But you have to admit it's been rough quality wise compared to other COD games. It lacked stuff like hardcore and combat records at launch, had a worse menu UI, has had a ton of embarrassing glitches that take forever to get fixed or sometimes return after a major update, and also made that huge and unpopular change to the perk system. I'm sure there's more examples out there but if you don't think those are examples of blunders this game has had, idk what to tell you.
hey Ace do the stars bounce like the knife?
and i think you should start with 4 and resuply them on only dead bodys if you missed a shot its gone
No, they do not bounce
They should make throwing star 1-hit to upper torso
I actually like using it first and hitting them with a single round. Helps with weaker guns and shields if you're still working on it. I like softening an enemy and hitting them with a shotgun at range. Also, helps with the tec9 if you land one and have to deal with multiple players. Especially if using the base mag size.
you think using the first star and shooting them would count for one shot kills? quite curious about that
@@entity5279 Saw your comment and went to try it out in private match. Sadly no. Also tried a stun grenade, bc I know they do at least 5pts of damage from personal testing. Still not an OHK kill. I guess the player has to dropped from 100 to zero in a single interaction.
Does the throwing stars have the same stats as in mw3 (new)
How does those two compare with strong arm perk ?
I heard other youtubers saying that throwing stars in hardcore are still 2 shots and not 1 shot, which would be weird with the 90 damage. Have you tested this @exclusiveace? Or could you maybe test this as a follow up?
it’s true don’t worry I tested it myself
Maybe they could add a way to throw 3 throwing stars in a small cone like a shotgun. The ability to 1-throw-kill someone would be like a throwing knife, except closer range because of the spread, but with faster projectile speed and a little bit more forgiveness at super close range. Primary fire to throw one at a time, in rapid succession like it is now, and the ADS button to throw 3 at a similar rate to a throwing knife.
I like it.
It could be a good change to make it so when you get a one shot headshot with them they can be picked back up off that body
What about 1 shot + 1 star combo? Is it viable?
It would be cool if you can pick the throwing starts up from a dead enemy but they disappear if you miss. Or vice versa where you can pick up throwing stars if they hit a wall but not if they hit a player.
Why not automatically retrieve them from a living enemy too? :P
I use knifes for sniper/dmr loadouts, and stars for smg/ar loadouts. Not sure which ne I should use for lmg/br though.
Is there a sprint-to-throw speed for these?
whats the star like from behind a riot shield
How come I keep getting hit markers with throwing knives in mp? Is there a perk or something that counters them?
Ace,
Have you looked at how the new lethal interacts in hardcore mode? There appears to be a damage clamp mechanic at play regarding the throwing stars; players can survive a throwing star to the body in hardcore. There's been some confusion in the community!
I unlocked these last night and I love just running around the map spamming them😂 I think they're so fun
what if when you get a headshot with the throwing star you can pick up the throwing star?
does the throwing star count as a melee like the throwing knife? pretty much only reason i take the knife is that one hit melee
Can you bounce it off a wall or the ground like you can with the knife?
They do not bank off of walls or at least not bank far enough to be viable
Yo Ace, drop the Hurrican class. It looks sicks asf. I wanna try it out lol
Tbh with this and the full auto dessert eagle it just seems like they wanted to add some fun more silly kinda things. I'm literally smiling the whole time running around using akimbo full auto d-eagles.
What if you throw one then just hold the trigger, 10 hp is a 1 shot with any gun right? I wonder if its faster than two
I think a good change for the throwing star would be if it hits a person you can pick it back up but it breaks if you miss and cant pick it back up.
I honestly thought this is how they would've worked at first. You should be able to retrieve them even if the enemy is still alive :P
factual, would be a great alternative to just not being able to pick them up at all and would still keep the rewarding factor for not missing your throws
How does the damage work against enemies with armor? Sometimes I've downed a player in DMZ with the throwing knife and other times not so seems inconsistent but then could just not have had as much health to begin with etc. I've seen the same sort of inconsistency with the tier 3 AI as well.
Because they patched throwing knife in dmz to only one hit down three plate if you hit the head kneck and upper chest .
Throwing stars defently need a buff or two:
- They should be recoverable
- They should have half or less the restoc time.
- They should 1 tap head/neck/upper chest in multiplayer and minimum head/neck in warzone and also 2 tap shoulders/stomach in warzone. Ideally i would love them to 1 tap upper chest in warzone as well.
And then also we need a bloody ballistic knife xD or if they by rules have to w8 for treyarch to implement that they should at least at a harpoon or smt meanwhile xD
Can you so such a stat video for warzone?
Good video tutorial ❤
Do they bank shot like the throwing knives?
I've found that the best use of the throwing star (where it's better than the throw knife) is finishing off hurt enemies; whether it's someone who's downed using last stand, when you do damage but run out of ammo in the clip, or comboing it with one shot weapons for when u get a hitmarker (best for pump shotguns or bolt action snipers/marksman rifles)
Does the star still finishes downed players in 1 hit?
One thing that has made this equipment far more fun for me is using a pistol for just that little bit of damage and then whipping the throwing star to make it a one hit kill. Is it the most effective way, no probably not but this is a very strange piece of equipment & I've been having fun using it cause it's a new non explosive lethal which we don't ever get in a cod game.
I'm surprised you of all people suggested a random chance that you can pick up your Throwing Star. I thought you were against luck in games like that & it's why you said you like Loadout Drops in Warzone compared to just looting in Blackout.
Is it a one hit kill in Hardcore? Or does the damage change?
One hit
I don’t understand if the throwing stars were available in the game for a while (I’m talking about warzone here) then why they didn’t update the kill feed icon it’s like they are not even bothered about this game anymore. The kill feed icon still says that you are killed by throwing knife instead of throwing star.
Why are my throwing knife kills not counting towards unlocking the throwing star in mw3 ?
I recommend running Scavenger instead of Resuply. Scavenger gives you 2 stars per scav pack whereas Resuply gives you 1 star like every 30 seconds.
important info, will take into account
what If they added a feature where you could press and hold and charge up 2/3 at a time and throw them rapidly.
I wish they would improve the kill area to the neck and maybe the heart, that would be fun. And make them recoverable. Otherwise I think they are neat!
How much damage in warzone? Cause that may be different. Anyway, they do need a buff...
No mention of how they work in Hardcore? Maybe how they work against downed people using the Survivor perk?
What about using the throwing stars in warzone vs the knife?
No idea. I don't play or cover Warzone at all
Simple: Add a bleed mechanic to the star. So the target will die in one hit, but only after some seconds. Increase the delay to fire one of them and limit the total to the same amount of the knife. Now the star will do less damage, so you cant kill instantly, but the enemy will die in the next 3-5 seconds unless they have a stim.
Kindve like the incendiary round effect
Meh. These kinds of mechanics just add frustration. Look at Dragon's Breath shotguns, they only make the weapon worse but people constantly complain when they get killed by them.
I feel like it'd be interesting if they had the throwing stars act more like a burst fire weapon, where the player can throw 2 stars simultaneously but with a slight delay between stars. Think something like Genji's throwing stars in Overwatch, how each one is thrown sequentially in quick succession. There would be an interesting interaction with that where it trains players to rely more on tracking their target to make sure that both stars connect, and I think this also pairs better with the quicker velocity. It's clear that they must've had a similar idea to this considering the time to release when throwing multiple stars, but with their method it feels like it doesn't encourage players to take an advantage of that. Plus, it's in the lethal slot, people naturally will treat this as a one-and-done weapon where a single click should do the job for them.
Interesting.
Also, is it normal to see who you killed come up at the bottom in bright red like that? Never seen that before.
I think it's new, it kinda bothers me, since I play split-screen sometimes it appears right in the center.
@@toad7424 Ah I see
This was some really good data
I have a quick scope class with the new machine gun pistol and I prefer throwing stars. Its being able to beat a person with a regular gun to the punch and throwing on the run that makes it really good. Just looking at stats will kind of throw you off here.
Ya they excel as emergency weapons. Hitmarker? Mash E. Started the reload animation but the other guy ain't dead? Mash E. Someone surprises you around a corner? Mash E.
Except you could do the same with the knife and that is the issue.
They fill the same role and slot in your inventory but are less effective overall.
I like them. Also if I saw that correctly than a throwing star can take down a counter uav in two hits, don't know what the throwing knive takes. Possible to do in shipment for example
I just unlocked it n love it
I think they’re great to run with snipers as hitmarker cleanup tools
the throwing knife is a high tier meta equipment for warzone/dmz/plundre, since you can instantly kill downed players. Does the throwing star do the same with a body shot? If so it definitely has its place in class setups
I think they should add like an upper torso one hit kill inside of say like 20 meters, make them much more attractive to use as well imo
In order for the throwing stars to compete with the throwing knife, they would need a much faster time to throw for the first one. Maybe that is actually the raise weapon time, I don't know. Otherwise, I have no reason to pick them. Time to throw is the reason that semtex can still be useful and hasn't just been fully replaced by drill charges.
honestly, who are these for?
i feel like to make them fun, is to make them like micro bombs, like a stemtex but that y can throw further and faster idk
Throwing star gets style points but the knife is undoubtedly better
The unlock challenge to extract them in DMZ is bugged
You need to get the 50 kills with throwing knives which in MP isn’t that hard especially on shipment but in DMZ is a pain since you need to both down and kill the enemy with the throwing knife
In resurgence you just have to full your down with the knife and it counts you've probably already unlocked the Ninja stars but it's helpful knowledge nonetheless
I would personally use the throwing star more because I use marksman rifles and such at medium distances as a preference, so the advantages outweigh the costs in my opinion, and I mean strictly as a finisher or something. If you run out of ammo with a SA-B08 and are getting the run around, that little amount of damage and stun is the difference between life and death and while sure a knife is instant kill, what if you miss?
When I was younger my cousin bought a ninja star from a garage sale and sharpened it. He ended up throwing it at one of the kids that played with us and the kid didn’t instantly fall over dead. All this to say I like that they made them realistic in COD and not one shot
I like using them in wz to finish downed people over the throwing knife so that i can use another psrk besides refresh
It’s primarily a filled for out of ammo, with enemy nearby.. faster than reload and weapon swap
You forgot to include the strong arm lerk
Looks like a nice way of getting last bullet shots with a weak gun!
I like using them against AI for DMZ, since it one shots lower tiers and stuns higher ones.
Ace got a lobby against God after recording this footage.
Is Mw2022 any good?
To me they are a better option for when you run out of ammo and don't have time to reload or switch weapons.
I feel like when they updated the throwing knife damage in warzone they forgot about the throwing stars.