Warzone bug gives players perfect idea for possible Riot Shields counter ActivisionCall of Duty: Warzone players have come up with the perfect way to counter annoying Riot Shields. And it\u2019s all thanks to a bug, which helped the game\u2019s fans realize that two negatives can make a positive. In a first-person shooter, a Riot Shield sounds like a dumb idea. You can\u2019t shoot or throw grenades at anyone while holding it up and you have to slowly crouch around for it to protect your legs. But Riot Shields are impenetrable in Warzone and that makes them uncomfortably effective. Most players have lived the nightmare of getting stunned by a Riot Shield user, before being approached and killed by melee. Reddit\u2019s \u2018guberNailer\u2019 came face to face with that nightmare while standing on Verdansk\u2019s train. The player grabbed an M82 sniper rifle out of a chest and figured they\u2019d try to snipe the Riot Shield user. A moment later, a new game concept was born. Warzone bug lets players snipe through Riot Shield As you can see in the clip, guberNailer looks for alternative options after trying to gun through the Riot Shield. Picking up an M82, they intuitively try a snipe and boom, somehow they kill their foe. It\u2019s unclear exactly why this worked, as the shield usually protects whichever spot it\u2019s covering (including the back of your head). So it could be a bug or some bizarre timing with the enemy moving around. Regardless, it gave people an idea. In the replies, people quickly got to thinking. GuberNailer asked if \u201c.50 cal goes through Riot Shields now\u201d and the top comments believe it should. What if Warzone let big snipers shoot through Riot Shields? Unlike the Kar98k and the Swiss K31, snipers like the M82, HDR, and AX-50 are substantially heavier and slower to wield. That immobility is balanced by increased lethality, theoretically. As such, the game\u2019s fans think it would be reasonable for those hefty snipers \u2014 and the armor-piercing ZRG \u2014 to shoot through Riot Shields. This is an interesting idea, as it could increase their viability while continuing to be balanced since they\u2019re so slow to use. This idea doesn\u2019t seem to have made it to the developers just yet, as Raven Software haven\u2019t replied. But it\u2019s definitely intriguing and could be a fun way to bring some more counterplay opportunities to some of the game\u2019s more niche loadouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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