CoD Vanguard players expose \u2018pay to win\u2019 Double Barrel Blueprint after nerfs ActivisionCoD Vanguard players have lashed out at yet another \u201cpay to win\u201d weapon Blueprint in the store as a certain Double Barrel Shotgun setup is able to break the rules and provide a unique buff. CoD Vanguard may have only been out for two months, but we\u2019ve already seen multiple instances of \u2018pay to win\u2019 bundles in the store. Outside of \u2018copy-paste\u2019 cosmetic packs, some purchasable items come with real gameplay benefits. We\u2019ve already seen weapon Blueprints with exclusive Perks, and now, we have Blueprints that quite literally break Vanguard\u2019s rules. Following weeks of continuous Shotgun nerfs, there\u2019s now a bundle in the store that lets players circumvent key restrictions to regain full power. When using the \u201coverpowered\u201d Double Barrel Shotgun, there\u2019s one crucial rule in effect. If you opt to run with the Akimbo Perk, dual-wielding shottys, Vanguard disables any Underbarrel attachments. This has been the tradeoff since launch. Given the power of having two Double Barrels, eliminating one attachment is how Sledgehammer Games aimed to keep things fair. However, a new bundle arrived in Season 1 that goes against this logic. CoD Vanguard\u2019s Scavenger Hunt bundle, priced at 1,400 CoD Points (roughly $15), contains the Wild Marble Shotgun Blueprint. This build just so happens to feature the Akimbo Perk along with an SMLE Pistol Grip Underbarrel. It provides an advantage that no other Double Barrel build has access to. Naturally, this led to some backlash online as players exposed the bundle. \u201cIf you wanted to build this gun without the Blueprint, you wouldn\u2019t be able to,\u201d Reddit user \u2018M4GIX\u2019 explained. \u201cI think it\u2019s incompetence more than malice,\u201d another player chimed in. \u201cThey just don\u2019t know anything about the game.\u201d This isn\u2019t the first instance of a \u2018pay to win\u2019 Blueprint in Vanguard, and if these first few weeks are anything to go by, it likely won\u2019t be the last. Read More: Will Call of Duty still be on PlayStation? – Activision has already stepped forward to apologize for the \u201cfrustrating\u201d state of Call of Duty during Vanguard. Though beyond this statement, we\u2019re yet to see devs acknowledge and fix bundles clearly providing an unfair advantage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CoD Vanguard players expose \u2018pay to win\u2019 Double Barrel Blueprint after nerfs ActivisionCoD Vanguard players have lashed out at yet another \u201cpay to win\u201d weapon Blueprint in the store as a certain Double Barrel Shotgun setup is able to break the rules and provide a unique buff. CoD Vanguard may have only been out for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}