MW3 players dub Warhammer 40K bundles pay-to-lose
Modern Warfare 3's new Warhammer 40K crossover has a glaringly obvious pay-to-lose flaw.
19th Mar 2024 14:09
Images via Activision
MW3 players dub Warhammer 40K bundles pay-to-lose
Modern Warfare 3's new Warhammer 40K crossover has a glaringly obvious pay-to-lose flaw.
19th Mar 2024 14:09
Images via Activision
Pay-to-win bundles are no strangers in the Call of Duty universe, unofficially anyway, as meta Operator skins have been sold, namely the dreaded Roze.
Following Roze's outbreak in Verdansk, dark outfits have quickly become instilled as an essential in your CoD kit, and more pay-to-win elements have begun creeping in, such as the dog side-piece that served as a makeshift high-alert ping.
But now, the script is being flipped, and the new Warhammer 40K Operator is being dubbed as pay-to-lose.
New Warhammer 40K finisher is making life much harder
Although minds might be wandering to the hitbox debate of these rather burley new characters, their sheer size isn't the issue here, and instead comes as a finishing move appears to add an extra organ that gives away your position.
As spotted on Reddit, the new Astra Militarum bundle featuring Warhammer 40K's Cadian Kasrkin comes with a new finisher move called "Tactical Pet: Servo-Skull".
The floating head is used akin to how the dogs are in other moves, attached to your belt and capable of coming to life when you execute a foe.
But this finisher appears to be filled with too much helium and doesn't like to go prone. So, if you're hiding behind cover on your belly, this finishing move will continue to poke out, giving up your location to anyone who spots the skull.
"You have the head floating around you which is cool but is a disadvantage if you’re trying to hide to heal or something," one fan pointed out in a popular thread.
MW3 players unphased by pay-to-lose Warhammer finisher move
If you thought that this move might be putting players off getting the bundle though, think again, as some savvier, or unphased, fans are disregarding the pay-to-lose element and enjoying its decoy physique.
Some fans quickly dubbed the floating cranium as a "Head glitch master baiter," and "sniper decoy," pointing out that it could be the perfect distraction, given it's not included in any hitboxes.
"I’m aware it gives away position, I just don’t care enough about CoD to be worried about shit like that," another added.
Despite the clear disadvantage from the skull, the lucrative Warhammer 40K community doesn't appear to be too bothered by the Call of Duty exploits and rather sees this quirk as a more genius way to outsmart enemy armies, typical of their own habits.
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