Summary
Call of Duty: Warzoneaddressed one of the game’s most powerful attachments, the Lockwood 300’s Maelstrom Dual Trigger. This modification allowedWarzoneplayers to fire both of the Lockwood’s double barrels at the same time, outputting a massive amount of damage.
Call of Dutyintroduced the Lockwood’s Maelstrom Dual Trigger attachment withWarzone’s Season 6 update in September. Before this update, the Lockwood already possessed plenty of damage output with its standard mode of firing one barrel at a time, but the Maelstrom Dual Trigger took its capabilities to a whole different level. In response to this,Call of Dutynerfed the attachment’s range back in October. However, recent patches inadvertently caused the attachment to revert to its original capabilities over the last couple of days.Warzonefans quickly pleaded for a nerf to this powerful exploit, and it looks like they got it.
Warzonedisabled the Lockwood 300’s Maelstrom Dual Trigger attachment on December 19, making it impossible for any user to equip. This seems to followCall of Duty’s recent trend of completely disabling broken weapons or items until a true fix can be implemented, like it did with therecent issues surrounding the Tyr’s Snakeshot ammo. Fans are praising this approach, as previously it was not uncommon for unnaturally overpowered weapons or attachments to remain inCall of Dutyfor weeks until they were finally adjusted. Although this complete removal of the Maelstrom Dual Trigger attachment surely comes as a disappointment to its fans, this scenario is definitely preferable to the attachment’s initial introduction back in September, which saw the attachment run rampant for weeks until it was finally nerfed.
This speedy response to the Lockwood attachment’s brokenness, which emerged only a couple of days ago, is earning praise fromCall of Dutyfans. It looks like this may be a good sign for times to come, as the development team is demonstrating its ability to quickly remove broken items from the game. This is in stark contrast to the classicCall of Dutymultiplayer experience, like when2009’sModern Warfare 2suffered from a hilarious rocket launcher glitchfor months on end. Of course, modern game studios now enjoy a much more robust infrastructure to deliver patches to their games.
Warzonejust received a major updateearlier in December, which introduced a new map, new gulag, new gameplay features, and much more. The game looks to continue its competition with other popular battle royales likeFortniteandApex Legends, andWarzone’s new approach to addressing broken weapons seems to be a good sign for its future.
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