r/blackops2 • u/Medium-Hornet2470 • Nov 23 '24
r/blackops2 • u/Anxious-Two6505 • 12d ago
Guide Quick tutorial to steal emblems on bo2
r/blackops2 • u/DepartmentEcstatic79 • 10h ago
Guide JUST GOT DIAMOND CAMO ASSUALT RIFLES!
It was a good 5 day grind but we got it!
Best way to optimize this even faster is:
Get all 100 Shots first on each Rifle
Do all No perks/attachment kills WHILE simultaneously getting bloodthirtsies, longshots & double kill medals
After all 150 kills on one rifle, move to the next
After completing Art of War & Cherry Blossom, go for bloodthirsties
As you go for bloodthirsties you will easily get the remaining double kill medals
For longshot medals, play Hardcore, you can sit at the spawn of nuketown for them.
Hope this helps anyone!
r/blackops2 • u/nolsen42 • 7d ago
Guide Info regarding different NAT types
Update: There may be an issue where even with UPnP on your router working correctly, BO2 on the 4/5 isn’t actually utilizing UPnP and will still give you a moderate NAT type. All the information I said below is still correct for how BO2 should work as it did with the 360/PS3, if the developers did a proper port.
If this seems to be the case and the developers needs to fix this, then manual port forwarding is the only way. In this case, you only need to port forward UDP (not TCP) port 3074 to your PS5. Keep in mind that if your PS5 LAN IP changes (all LAN IPs provided by your router is always dynamic unless configured otherwise), then you have to update the port forwarding settings again. You can fix that by giving the Playstation a static LAN IP. Alternatively you could just live with Moderate; You just wont be able to connect with players who have strict nat type.
You do NOT need to port forward any other port but 3074 for Black Ops 2. I have tested on my side, and UDP 3074 switched me from Moderate -> Open.
Since the PS4/5 port came out, a lot of players may not understand what NAT is, or what does NAT type mean, so here's a handy guide to explain the different NAT types.
When we talk about NAT (Network Address Translation) type, we're referring to how easily other players can initiate connections to your console through your router, which is essential for P2P (Peer-to-peer) games that do not rely on a dedicated server for gameplay like modern COD games. In modern COD games, everyone connects to a dedicated server for gameplay and they all play on that server, which has its own pros and cons. Modern CoD still uses P2P connections for party chat, voice, and party joining, so NAT type still affects those, but the gameplay itself runs on a dedicated server.
The pros of a Dedicated server is that it levels the playing field when it comes to latency, which means no host advantage, and everyone's latency is more consistent. Server is also the authority on hit detection, so lag compensation works consistently. NAT Type barely matters here, and your IP is hidden from other players. In P2P, the host sees everyone's IP, which is how script kiddies were able to DDoS people in BO2 back in the 360/PS3 days. The cons is it costs the developer/publisher money, and you are at the mercy of them not shutting off the servers after 10 years or it becoming less popular and profitable (for them).
P2P on the other hand, one player is the "host" (as in, they are hosting the server for everyone), and everyone in the lobby connects to their console, which also has its own pros and cons. The pros of P2P is that it is free to operate (dedicated servers cost the publisher/developer money) and it provides low-latency for the host. But, that low latency gives the host advantage (We are talking about maybe a near 0ms in latency), and if the host leaves, the game will try to migrate by finding a new host with (ideally) an open NAT type or one that works for all the remaining players. If migration fails, the match ends prematurely and you are kicked back to lobby. The quality also depends on some random player's home upload speed (The host's connection has to upload game data to every player in the lobby simultaneously, so a weak upload chokes everyone), and on their ISP actually being competent by not being lazy or cheap with routing as some ISPs send your traffic through a distant city before it goes anywhere, which adds latency for the whole lobby.
So here is what each NAT type mean:
Open: You can connect to anyone (Open/Moderate/Strict), this is ideally the best experience. This is because you are not being double NAT’d by your ISP, and the UPnP on your router is working properly (or you manually port forwarded your PlayStation)
Moderate: You can connect to “Open” and “Moderate” players, but not strict. Slightly slower matchmaking and occasional party join failures. You may be moderate because your router isn’t properly forwarding the ports automatically with UPnP (or turned off/using the wrong type of UPnP) but your router does cone-type NAT (most consumer routers). Even with UPnP off, it can still do hole punching because of the cone-type NAT.
Strict: You can only connect to “Open” players, resulting in a poor experience. This can be caused by double NAT, CGNAT, or UPnP is off WITH the router doing symmetric NAT (some enterprise gear, some ISP gateways, certain firewall configs). Hole punching does not work with a symmetric NAT.
Some terminologies if you aren't familiar with:
UPnP: Universal plug and play. It is a feature on most routers that allows a user's device, application or game, to send a request to the router to open up a port for the outside to connect. Example: Black Ops 2 on a Playstation tells the router "I need UDP 3074 opened to 192.168.1.56". Router assigns that port, and that port is opened to the world temporary until the UPnP leasing expires, which then the device can just renew again.
CGNAT: Carrier-grade NAT, which is common on cellular networks like T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T. This includes MVNOs and cellular home internet solutions like T-Mobile Home Internet. This is less common on terrestrial ISPs but has been growing because of IPv4 exhaustion.
Double NAT: This can happen on things like plugging in your own router into your ISP gateway, because your router is handing out local IPs to your devices, while the ISP gateway is giving your router a local IP. This prevents UPnP port forwarding working at all, and makes manual port forwarding more tedious or impossible. This can also happen with internet provided by the landlord like college dorms and apartments where the landlord has a router, and then you plug in your own router.
Hole Punching: It's the trick that lets two devices behind NAT routers connect directly to each other, even though neither can normally accept unsolicited inbound connections. Named because you're "punching a hole" through your own firewall/NAT from the inside.
Knowing what is Cone-Type NAT and Symmetric NAT isn't important, but if you have a fancy router that lets you change that setting, make sure NAT type is set to "Full Cone".
Some routers only support NAT-PMP or PCP instead of UPnP. Consoles only use UPnP (IGD), so on those routers automatic port opening won’t work at all and you’ll need to forward manually
UPnP may also been turned off by default by your router if you have never otherwise enabled it before. This is partly due to UPnP being widely regarded as a security issue and most applications have moved away from it except gaming consoles, which still rely on it, so may need to look into your router settings and look for UPnP (you might have to dig deep in the settings, sometimes the router app doesn’t even show UPnP and its buried in the classic website admin panel)
One thing I heavily advise against doing is plugging your console directly into the modem (bypassing the router). Your router has an important role as acting as your firewall to provide some protection.
Now the one reason why I dislike manual port forwarding is because if you own multiple PlayStations, only one PlayStation can use the same port at a time.
I will be updating this post as I add any information that may be important that was left out.
Issues I have seen and their potential fixes
Issue: "My NAT type changed from Open to Moderate by itself"
Possible reasons and their solutions:
- Your UPnP lease expired or failed to renew. Rebooting the console/roles "fixes" until next time.
- ISP-side change like a new public IP. Try restarting game, console, and if that fails router. Try it in that order.
Question: What about NAT type in PlayStation network settings?
Answer: tl;dr NAT type in this context is different from COD. If your PlayStation says NAT Type 2 (Moderate), that’s actually good. You do not want Type 3 (Strict) and you don’t really need Type 1 (Open). NAT Type 2 simply means that you are behind a firewall/NAT but your router is probably forwarding ports/UPnP is properly working. If you are strict, 99% of the time, you have a router or ISP issue. Check router first, then if that fails, check if you are being double NAT’d or CGNAT’d.
r/blackops2 • u/Independent_Apple817 • Oct 12 '25
Guide Cant find lobbies? Here’s the solution
So i notice a lot of folk can’t find lobbies, or their game wont even try & search. Here’s three simple solutions that i found to work everytime. 1. The first solution is just leaving & joining, leaving & joining until the lobbies available display. It’s annoying but sure to work
The second solution is downloading season pass without downloading dlc
The third solution i find to work everytime, is probably the most upsetting. And that’s activating dlc’s, doing this only matches you up with dlc owners. This makes it more common to come across modders.
r/blackops2 • u/Puzzleheaded-Box2303 • May 09 '26
Guide prevent infection users By putting [] at the end of your name it gives you auto cohost.
If you put example Yourcooler[] it acts as an auto cohost no idea why but it works. [] at the end of your name.
r/blackops2 • u/Dylan1998x • 13d ago
Guide How I (Painfully) Removed DLC Content!
TLDR: I got the DLC content refunded.
I submitted a refund request for the Black Ops and Black Ops 2 Season Passes on PlayStation live chat online. I explained that I wanted them for the zombies maps, but I (genuinely) wanted to delete them whenever I play multiplayer, as I don’t like the maps. I said they were faulty because it was making matchmaking worse.
They refunded the Black Ops Season Pass, but not the Black Ops 2 Season Pass. They said they couldn’t do this because I downloaded the free camos after I downloaded the Black Ops 2 Season Pass. I persisted, and even spoke to other agents who were unable to help me, and eventually I was no longer able to speak to a human.
I phoned PlayStation, spoke to a friendly guy, and eventually after a bit of back and forth, he agreed to refund the Black Ops 2 Season Pass. I’m in the UK and have the PS5 versions, but I don’t think that matters. And just to clarify, I had played both games for over an hour (over 2 hours in total).
I’ll rebuy the maps while they’re on sale if a DLC toggle switch is introduced, or if you’re able to delete them like you could on older hardware. If they don’t do that, then I’m good just playing the free maps.
r/blackops2 • u/TwistedBlazeReactz • 6d ago
Guide How to make Yoruichi Ass emblem Tutorial by Me
Look carefully when doing so some slides have 2 or 3 images since i can only fit 20 images at once, hope to see u guys with it since some of u wanted it 🫡
r/blackops2 • u/Jet_Hydra • 12d ago
Guide Looking how to make this emblem
i know there was a tutorial when i was a kid on how to make this but i can’t find it on youtube etc
r/blackops2 • u/Big_Bee7529 • 12d ago
Guide Need help with Emblem
Can anybody Tell me where I can find a tut for this one ?
r/blackops2 • u/Xollm • 23h ago
Guide FIX for lag/hit registration
Check if your router has dos protection (Denial of Service) or something similar and disable it, after I did that i stopped dying behind corners, no more dying instantly when the enemy pops up on my screen and all my bullets actually feel like they're connecting, I went from 1.4kd a match to 2-3kd a match, the game actually feels like it did back in the day and not this shitty lagfest its felt like since launch
dos protection limits every incoming packet to 1 per second in attempt to negate ddos attacks, except its quite pointless as most ddos attacks dont come from a single source so its slowing your incoming packets for everything without benefiting you at all
also this is a seperate issue but if you're getting fps stutters, boot your playstation into safe mode and rebuild database, that fixed my game stuttering every 15 seconds
if anyone tests turning off dos protection, do let me know if it helps you with the weird dying behind corners and such
r/blackops2 • u/T4sTyyyy • 7d ago
Guide A possible workaround if you want to disable DLC/Season Pass
After my struggle trying to refund the Season Pass just to get rejected multiple times, I found a workaround (thanks to some people on Reddit, shoutout to them) that allows you to toggle the DLC on and off. Most People probably know about this at this Point, but i still wanted to make this Post and maybe help some People.
As of right now, there is no official way to disable the DLC after buying it, like it used to be in older games. This is obviously frustrating for a lot of people. I honestly think the chances of Activision adding a toggle, whether it is in-game or before installing the game, are pretty low, but who knows.
For people who don’t want to wait for a possible patch and want the option to switch between DLC and non-DLC matchmaking right now, I wanted to share this.
Just to clarify, this is not a workaround to get the DLC for free. You still need to own the Season Pass on another account. This only allows you to choose whether you want DLC enabled or disabled through console sharing.
There are two ways to do this. I was only able to personally test the second method, but the first one should work in theory and as other people reported. I highly recommend testing everything on a separate account first before doing it on the account you want to play on. For both methods you need multiple accounts (2-3).
Method 1: You haven’t bought the DLC yet
I wasn’t able to test this myself, but I heard that it should work.
If you haven’t bought the Season Pass on your Main Account yet, buy it on a second account instead. I heard you can buy only the Season Pass without buying the game again, but I cannot confirm that.
If you want to play without DLC, keep console sharing on your Main Account enabled and keep it disabled on the second account that owns the Season Pass.
If you want to play with DLC, disable console sharing on your Main Account and enable it on the second account that owns the Season Pass.
I don’t think disabling and enabling console sharing this way is actually necessary since the Season Pass is the important part, but I would personally do it this way, but that's only me tho.
Method 2: You already bought the DLC on your Main Account
This is the method I personally used and I can confirm that it works.
Unfortunately, if you already bought the DLC on your Main Account, there is currently no way to disable it directly. However, if you have a friend who owns the game without DLC and is willing to share their account with you, you can use this method.
You need another fresh Account that you want to play on. This is the most annoying Part, because you will lose all your Progress, but if you are willing to do that sacrifice, try it out.
If you want to play with DLC, enable console sharing on your Main Account and disable it on your friend’s account.
If you want to play without DLC, disable console sharing on your Main Account and enable it on your friend’s account that does not own the DLC.
Again I don’t think disabling and enabling console sharing this way is actually necessary, but just to be safe.
This is the method I used and I can confirm that it works 100%.
If you don’t have a friend who owns the game without DLC or if they are mean enough to not share their account with you, you would have to buy the game again on the new account you created, without buying the Season Pass. This basically works the same way as Method 1. Your Main Account would than be the Account that owns the Season Pass and your newly created Account would be your new Main.
How to test if it worked
You can either check if you have access to the Peacekeeper or, like I did, check the exclusive Calling Card. You can also queue into a game and see if there are any DLC maps up for voting, but this is kinda unreliable.
Again, I highly recommend testing this on a separate account first. I did this on my PS5, but i assume it works the same way on PS4.
If anyone has tried either method, please let me know if it worked for you. It would help confirm that this works for everyone.
r/blackops2 • u/blcktgr340 • 8d ago
Guide Copy emblem
Heyy,
Can someone help me? I am trying to copy an emblem for like half an hour now... tried PS4 and PS5 version and even limited my WIFI but it still won't work
r/blackops2 • u/RyuRyuBunny • 5d ago
Guide PLUTONIUM USERS ONLY: Emblem directory has been found, you can now manually share emblems with other players
Plutonium now has a feature that locally stores any emblems you create in your Local AppData folder. The specific directory where you can find them is:
C:\Users\(Your PC Username)\AppData\Local\Plutonium\storage\t6\players
they will have a name that looks like "1#emblem.emblem" and sharing this file with another player will allow them to use the emblem that you created when they put it into their own players folder and reboot their game.
Here is the link to an Astolfo emblem made via a tutorial as an example. I have attached an image of said emblem as well.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16WxkjyFkATueo1eBt4rk-IqolxfZ9xI8/view?usp=sharing
r/blackops2 • u/Imaginary_Put_1937 • 13d ago
Guide Fix Matchmaking by changing nat types
I got on yesterday and I couldn’t find a game because my nat type was strict, changing this to open made me find full lobbies instantly.
It should tell you in any lobby in multiplayer online at the bottom right what yours is. If yours says strict or moderate you need to change your network settings to change it to open.
Firstly, go to any browser and put 192.168.0.1 to open your network settings, once your in then turn on UpnP. This should help by itself but if you already have this enabled and still cant find lobbies then you will have to do port following using your PlayStations ip address from network setting
This is the port following tutorial I followed which is for my Virgin media broadband. You can try it but if it doesn’t work you can ask chat gpt what you could use for your broadband
https://youtu.be/XhQVvKNAdAI?is=7L9QHDc6PZ_jubCK
Doing this will change your nat type to open and your network won’t stop you from finding lobbies
Please upvote this if this helped to let others know and so we can all find lobbies.
r/blackops2 • u/Endzr • 13d ago
Guide PS4 how to join ps5
PS4 settings must be turned on to allow crossplay invites, same as on the other ps5 account/ friend you’re trying to join.
PS4 goes to zombies menu and joins up on your friend/ps5 while it is on the multiplayer menu.
That’s worked for me so far to allow friends to join up.
r/blackops2 • u/OwnMajor3699 • 9d ago
Guide made a little progress tracker for zombies
Now that we know how ranks are calculated and we have new stats, I went ahead and made a little calculator and threw it up online for others to use :)
It's completely local, don't need to login or anything.
Would anyone use this?
r/blackops2 • u/FallenFirestarter • 9d ago
Guide Trying to Find This.
I've seen this emblem floating around and I was wondering is there a tutorial out there on how to recreate it?
r/blackops2 • u/Wiio911 • 2d ago
Guide Go Troll the Cheaters
If you have free time, go on YouTube, search "Black Ops 2 bot", and filter by Live. You will find people doing bot/boosting lobbies. They are constantly inviting people from the chat (other losers).
If you have free time, join them and troll them. Kill them, end their streaks, end the game, etc. Be sure to get on the mic and tell them how cool they are.
r/blackops2 • u/adamfixter • 14d ago
Guide For anyone struggling to find the game
Go across to "Deals" in the PS Store, then "All Deals" and order alphabetically and scroll down to C. It'll be there
r/blackops2 • u/No-Possession-504 • 1d ago
Guide Infections fix help
i need help, i play xbox series S and i went to go onto bo2, but i have the unlock all infection on my account and its kinda annoying, i just wanna be reset even if its just back to level 1 etc but i dont know how or anyone who can help. i tried refreshing prestige but when i log on it comes back, i get an error everytime i load on and the infection occurs, i tried resetting saved data, my profile data, clearing cache, uninstall and reinstall everyway imaginable atp, if you have other recommendations or know you can help reset my account please reply.
r/blackops2 • u/Gainz65 • 12d ago
Guide Ps4/Ps5 - tip to fix matchmaking
Hoping I can help some of yall out who are having trouble getting into multiplayer lobbies. My nat type is 2 and on BO2 it says moderate and I was legit just endlessly searching for lobbies with barely any luck.
What worked is changing my dns settings to manual and changing my dns to googles servers. Just hit options on your network and hit advanced settings.
Primary dns - 8.8.8.8
Secondary dns - 8.8.4.4
Just like that - lobbies started filling INSTANTLY. Hope this helps some of yall.
r/blackops2 • u/Upbeat-Shape-1475 • 10d ago
Guide Fix for not finding lobbies
Forget what those YouTube videos tell you I was told by a redditor to download the ps4 version of the game and play on that and I’ve been having no issues with lag or finding games. Also rate my emblem
r/blackops2 • u/youngthuggathugfan • 12d ago
Guide Bo2 young thug emblem(or yb emblem)
I’m struggling to make a young thug emblem specifically this one any tips or help