CoD Vanguard players discover \u201cpay-to-win\u201d weapon Blueprints with exclusive buffs ActivisionCall of Duty Vanguard players have uncovered a potential \u201cpay-to-win\u201d weapon Blueprint, with the STG44\u2019s Debt Collector variant comes with an exclusive buff that can only be accessed after buying in. CoD Vanguard has been live for 12 days now and we all know the STG44 has been dominating from the jump. While the Assault Rifle already shreds with the right attachments, players have discovered another reason to be fearful of the gun. Weapon proficiencies provide game-changing boosts to any given loadout, ranging from faster reload speeds to bigger critical hitboxes. The STG has six unique options in this category. Now though, it turns out there\u2019s an exclusive weapon proficiency hidden behind a paywall. The Vanguard community noticed a mysterious seventh option locked in the Debt Collector Blueprint. It didn\u2019t take long before fans were sounding the \u2018Pay to Win\u2019 alarm. This Epic-tier weapon Blueprint comes with 10 attachments baked into the STG. This means you don\u2019t have to level up the powerful AR to use some of its best upgrades. However, one particular buff was spotted by Reddit user \u2018SappHaze\u2019 on November 16. Debt Collector comes with the \u2018Steady Aim\u2019 proficiency equipped. Oddly enough, this Steady Aim perk cannot be accessed on the regular STG. It appears to be an exclusive buff tied to this specific premium blueprint. Steady Aim is intended to reduce movement penalties that come while firing the gun or being suppressed. It may not sound game-breaking in itself, but the exclusive benefit being locked behind a microtransaction has many fearing the worst is yet to come. \u201cOh Blueprint specific attachments, this won\u2019t be abused,\u201d one player said. \u201cHopefully it\u2019s not intentional,\u201d another chimed in. \u201cPay to Win again, nice,\u201d many others added. It\u2019s worth mentioning that this lone example with the Debt Collector Blueprint could be an oversight. The inclusion of the Steady Aim Proficiency may not have been intentional and might be removed in the next update. However, it wouldn\u2019t be the first time premium bundles have proven stronger than their free counterparts. Regardless, it\u2019s still live in the game right now for anyone to use. While it may not be the strongest option in Vanguard today, it provides an exclusive buff that can only be accessed by purchasing the bundle. It may be a sign of further premium benefits that could shake up the game in weeks to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CoD Vanguard players discover \u201cpay-to-win\u201d weapon Blueprints with exclusive buffs ActivisionCall of Duty Vanguard players have uncovered a potential \u201cpay-to-win\u201d weapon Blueprint, with the STG44\u2019s Debt Collector variant comes with an exclusive buff that can only be accessed after buying in. CoD Vanguard has been live for 12 days now and we all know the […]<\/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-25182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25182","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=25182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}