MW3 devs respond to \u2018snaking 2.0\u2019 PC exploit ruining games for console players ActivisionThe Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 devs have finally issued a response to the new \u201csnaking 2.0\u201d movement exploit that some players have been running in multiplayer. Over the years, plenty of Call of Duty players have tried to get a leg up on the competition in a number of different ways. Some of these have been through outright cheating \u2013 using aim bots, god mode, and speed boosts \u2013 to annoy others. In other cases, players have taken the game\u2019s mechanics to an extreme level, exploiting them for their advantage. There has been especially prevalent over the last few years through snaking \u2013 a movement technique that sees them swap quickly between crouching and being prone. In Modern Warfare 3, a \u2018new\u2019 version of snaking has popped up, which allows players to slide across the map as if they\u2019re sprinting. As you can imagine, that\u2019s pretty broken. MW3 devs respond to broken \u2018snaking 2.0\u2019 exploit on PC As CoD gurus HusKerrs and Repullze showcased, the \u2018snaking 2.0\u2019 method is only workable on mouse and keyboard, but that hasn\u2019t stopped it from ruining multiplayer games already. So much so, that it has forced the devs to issue a pretty instant response before it gets too widespread. \u201cWe\u2019re investigating an exploit that allows players to sprint while appearing in the prone animation,\u201d they said in the early hours of November 22. As of writing, the exploit has yet to be patched but the fact that the devs are investigating it already has sparked celebrations from the community. Sledgehammer have also stated that they\u2019re \u201cactively investigating\u201d snaking as a whole, especially given its prominence in the competitive CDL scene. So, maybe it won\u2019t be a headache for too much longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MW3 devs respond to \u2018snaking 2.0\u2019 PC exploit ruining games for console players ActivisionThe Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 devs have finally issued a response to the new \u201csnaking 2.0\u201d movement exploit that some players have been running in multiplayer. Over the years, plenty of Call of Duty players have tried to get a […]<\/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-29507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29507","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=29507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}