TeeP & Crowder call out Modern Warfare devs over \u201cbulls**t\u201d competitive Infinity WardSome Call of Duty League insiders don\u2019t think Infinity Ward or Activision has done enough to support Modern Warfare\u2019s competitive and pro scene since the latest game in the series has come out. On the post-Seattle episode of the Hardpoints podcast, Atlanta FaZe head coach James \u201cCrowder\u201d Crowder and his co-hosts discussed the amount of support, or lack thereof, that Modern Warfare has seen on the competitive side of things from developer Infinity Ward. Some of their biggest issues were the absence of any weapon tuning since the game was released, no spawn updates, and even the \u201cculture\u201d of the current game. Crowder himself called out devs for still not addressing the MP5, which was \u201cnerfed\u201d in a January 28 patch, but is considered insanely strong by the community and capable of outgunning even the M4A1 at long range, which obviously shouldn\u2019t happen as one\u2019s submachine gun and the other an assault rifle. \u201cBut once again we haven\u2019t had a weapon tuning, we haven\u2019t had anything, since the beginning of the game, man,\u201d the Atlanta coach lamented. He\u2019s far from the only one who has a problem with the MP5 either. The video mentioned by Crowder of Seattle Surge player Sam \u2018Octane\u2019 Larew demonstrating the SMG takes one less shot to down players (5) than the M4 (6) at long-range came out at the beginning of March, so it\u2019s not as if this is a new issue. The MP5 is better across the map than an M4\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. pic.twitter.com\/YQfdQlIt1M \u2014 Sam \u201cOctane\u201d Larew (@OctaneSam) March 8, 2020 A lack of any significant spawn point updates from devs has also plagued Modern Warfare maps since the game\u2019s release, and former pro player, Joe \u2018MerK\u2019 Deluca, who now casts for the CDL, definitely isn\u2019t the only one feeling pessimistic about any spawn changes coming, now that we\u2019re more than half a year in. \u201cWe haven\u2019t had anything, I\u2019m going to say it on air as much as I can,\u201d MerK claimed. \u201cThis all comes down to: this was our first franchised league, and everybody\u2019s hopes were much higher than in previous years.\u201d On top of that, Tyler \u2018TeePee\u2019 Polchow, who has played, cast, and coached in CoD esports, called the support Modern Warfare had received on these issues and more \u201cunacceptable\u201d for the CDL in its current state when compared to other recent Call of Duty games. \u201cI\u2019ve had experience with Infinity Ward. It\u2019s different now, the culture is different when it comes to this type of stuff. From what we got in previous IW games to what we got now, it\u2019s unacceptable for what this league is. It\u2019s bulls**t, I\u2019ll say it.\u201d Hopefully, Treyarch will be able to address player\u2019s issues with their 2020 Call of Duty game (rumored to be set during the Cold War), that is, if Infinity Ward doesn\u2019t manage to address player\u2019s longstanding issues with Modern Warfare between now and the end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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