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(CoD4) Which is more challenging? Golden or Prestige?
savagesaladin | 5:02 PM on 02.13.2008 21 comments


I've only prestiged once in CoD4. Thats because I got bored really fast when I first reached 55. I prestiged and a week later I'm back at 55.

At around level 40 I came across a mystical golden Ak47. I never seen one before. I thought it would look stupid but it looked marvelous. I thought to myself "I've gotta have one". I've been at level 55 for a while. I would get one paint job at a time for each rifle. I made sure not to get bored of any weapon. As a side project I worked on getting the golden shotgun. I easily got that. It required way less headshots.

I rarely come across golden weapons in the game, unless I dropped the golden shotgun myself. I guess its up to the player if he wants to prestige over and over again or earn the golden weapons. I can tell you now, just leveling up is wayyy easier than getting 150 headshots with each weapon just to get that bling bling.

I'm getting really close to getting the golden AK47. About 3 more weapons to go. Hmmm, then what? Golden UZI.

Or if you're really hardcore you could go to max prestige and then get the golden weapons. Meh, who cares. Its just a little symbol next to your name.



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007's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:14
007
I love your avatar... too bad that little whore doesn't update his blog anymore (Maddox... right?)
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:24
mistic
I'm pretty close to getting my gold AK47, just like 10 more headshots or so :-)
savagesaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:25
savagesaladin
I still need to upgrade the M14 and the dreadful MP44.
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:31
atheistium
Prestige takes time, Goldens take more time and a little skill :-)
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:40
Jordan Devore
At one point I was going for a golden P90, but I eventually gave up started prestige. It becomes too much of a chore when you limit yourself to only one class of weapons.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:42
mix
Can you reset on PC? I've reaced 55 and have been there for ages and have not come across an option that allows me to start over, golden guns = meh.
savagesaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:43
savagesaladin
@Grim

There is no Golden p90. Although I do agree that it becomes a chore. Sometimes I will just make a fun class and just go to town on some mother fuckers. No headshots needed. Maybe an M4 with a grenade launcher using Sonic Boom. Lots of fun. Then I remember why the game is awesome.
savagesaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:44
savagesaladin
@Mix

You SHOULD be able to. I don't know why they would exclude it from the PC.
Pygmy's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:51
Pygmy
Neither takes skill. You can get your golden weapons in time just by running around shooting afk's in the head, or finding snipers and doing the same. 10th Prestige can be accomplished by anyone as well, just takes time if your bad.

In my opinion, don't think your good just because you have a cool little icon next to your name, and bragging about a golden gun is equally gay. The only way you can tell if someone is good is by playing them

Gamertag: Pygmykun Proud 55 non prestige with a golden mini uzi.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 17:51
mix
Hrmm as I've looked everywhere, it's just that now when you enter a game every player and their dog is lvl 55.

Could start a whole new user though...I likes my Scorpion though.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 18:11
B-Radicate
Pygmy laughs at people trying to get a golden gun and yet he has the golden Uzi, the (arguably) second easiest gold gun to get due to the spray and pray nature of SMGs.

I have the gold shotgun and am working on the AK. Lemme tell ya, people are way more impressed online from a golden gun than a high prestige, whatever that really means to anyone.

I just did it 'cause I thought prestige was dumb from the beginning and never planned on doing it. Plus, I enjoy limiting myself to certain weapons and forcing myself to truly learn the ins and outs of each class of weapons. After Assault rifles is LMGs for me (fewer headshots than SMGs). As an added bonus, forcing myself to go through the semi-auto assaults has drastically improved my accuracy by forcing me to hit people the first time I aim, and not just randomly spray metal their way.

Either way, I agree, gold guns are where it's at. All I hear people talk about when they talk about prestige is that they hate losing their weapons. I'm keepin' my golden guns, that's for sure.
GoS-CPT-Stewart's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 18:15
GoS-CPT-Stewart
There's no Prestige on the PC. They say it's because anyone could edit their files to instantly become level 10 Prestige with the 55th rank. Granted, they can do it just to get up to 55 in the first place, but that's not as substantial as 550 levels.

So yeah, if you want to start over you're stuck making a new profile.
Pygmy's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 18:23
Pygmy
Woah, I never said i laugh at people with golden guns, i just said it takes as much skill to achieve as getting 10th prestige.

I don't even use the gun, unless me and my friends are playing "golden guns only", because we also like to limit ourselves to certain guns, like using anything but the m16 red dot because it takes away from the fun of the game due to the fact it's incredibly easy to use.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 19:03
Eschatos
No prestige for the PC? Those fucking assholes. They couldn't just release a patch to not allow profile editing? I'd work on the golden guns instead, but I don't really play anymore because my mouse is a piece of shit that makes me suck.
savagesaladin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 19:21
savagesaladin
@Pygmy: I get a good amount of my headshots from snipers. But I get the majority of them sneaking up on people that don't watch their backs. That actually takes some skill and self-control.

@B-Radicate

Yeah I noticed that I've become really good with the weapons that I'm level III expert in. I usually come across those weapons when I run out of ammo. I just pick it up and kill 10 people easily. I recently got red tiger on the M16 and it was stupid easy. I got it in one day. Definitely the most overpowered weapon for its range and accuracy. Probably the best weapon in the game because of how easy it is to fire. Although I don't like it. I'm trying to become proficient in all the weapons.
hammburglar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 19:55
hammburglar
i would go for the golden guns if they actually had any of the guns that i use in gold. i occasionaly use the uzi and dragonuv. they just need to give a damn golden M4. with golden dot scope and goldnades. alright im done now.
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 21:36
Clockwork
I've never gotten a gold weapon besides the Desert Eagle...I really gotta try to get some.
dotdotdot216's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2008 23:10
dotdotdot216
Well i want the golden ak-47 real bad because its my favourite weapon, but i'm not very good at headshots and i absolutely despise the g3 and m14 because i'm such a helpless shot with both. What would be better than golden weapons would be n00b tube immunity because i absolutely despise it >:(
Ascythopicism's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 15:51
Ascythopicism
Aye. I decided not to go Prestige a long time ago. Recently I decided to try to go for all of the golden guns. So far I've got the golden Uzi and M60. I'm currently working on the golden AK47 (I have a handful of headshots left with the AK47 and M14, and about 100 or so for the G3 and MP44), and the golden shotgun concurrently. I'm dreading the golden Draganov because not only do I never use sniper rifles, but their's an assload of 'em.
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