Clayster explains why Modern Warfare isn\u2019t fit for CoD franchising Competitive Call of Duty veteran James \u2018Clayster\u2019 Eubanks has weighed in on the current state of Modern Warfare and outlined how he believes the latest Infinity Ward title isn\u2019t quite fit for the first season of franchising. Marking a new era in competitive Call of Duty, the inaugural season of Activision\u2019s Call of Duty League is set to kick off on January 24 with the first slate of matchups taking place in Minnesota. Dallas Empire\u2019s Clayster recently sat down with Chicago Huntsmen CEO Hector \u2018H3CZ\u2019 Rodriguez to discuss the current state of Modern Warfare. Throughout the latest episode of The Eavesdrop Podcast, the CoD veteran explained why Modern Warfare is not an ideal title to begin the new league with, and why he has little faith in Infinity Ward to turn things around. Starting out the particular topic, H3CZ addressed his own experience with 2019\u2019s Modern Warfare and outlined how there\u2019s a number of pivotal issues plaguing the game months after release. \u201cAs much as I love playing the game, there\u2019s sh** that shouldn\u2019t be in there, there\u2019s sh** that\u2019s not fixed and we\u2019re a week away,\u201d he outlined, stressing the fact that the game is not at all in a state ready for the new league. Offering his own take, Clayster joked that he\u2019s \u201cwalking on eggshells\u201d by criticizing the game in a public manner. Yet he continued and emphasized that the root of most issues stems from Infinity Ward themselves. \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody expected franchising to happen this quick. The game was made by the time franchising was announced. They\u2019ve already been working on it two and a half years at that point.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Infinity Ward. I\u2019m probably gonna get yelled at for saying this, but I haven\u2019t trusted Infinity Ward since Call of Duty 4.\u201d Exposing a clear divide between Infinity Ward and everyone else involved, Clayster indicated that there\u2019s very little chance much changes throughout the course of the year. \u201cThe teams are on board, the players are on board, the publisher \u2013 Activision \u2013 is on board, it\u2019s just a matter of getting the developers and meeting them in the middle.\u201d Referring to issues in previous Infinity Ward releases, Clayster brought up the likes of \u2018snaking,\u2019 One Man Army exploits, akimbo shotguns in Modern Warfare 2, and so much more that bogged down the competitive experience over the years. \u201cThere\u2019s always been stuff like that in Infinity Ward games and they never really fix it. I just don\u2019t have the faith that anything drastic is going to change.\u201d Addressing how the Call of Duty franchise could avoid these kinds of problems moving forward, Clayster outlined how members of the community should be involved in early testing in order to really fine-tune the experience. \u201cTo get to a point that everybody is happy with, it\u2019s gonna take pre-finished development input from not only the pros, but the community. We should already be flying out to Treyarch, helping them develop this thing, helping them get it to a competitive level.\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t even have a ranked playlist in the game right now, we genuinely don\u2019t have anything,\u201d he added. \u201cSo what are the ranked players supposed to play? How are they supposed to be incentivized to play, what are their rewards?\u201d \u201cAll of these basic things that make ranked play successful in other games where ranked is a default form of play, it\u2019s stuff that\u2019s missing in CoD and has been missing forever.\u201d Despite highlighting an \u201caggressive post-launch plan,\u201d Infinity Ward is yet to implement any form of competitive playlist throughout Modern Warfare and there\u2019s no indicating when such a mode might see the light of day. Despite his issues, Clayster underscored how \u201cstorylines will always drive Call of Duty.\u201d Regardless of game-breaking issues, \u201cthe games have kind of been secondary. Even if the game isn\u2019t where it wants to be, I think this year will still be solid just because we\u2019re all still here.\u201d Clayster will be taking to the stage to kick off the Call of Duty League against H3CZ\u2019s very own Chicago Huntsmen on January 24 in Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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