Warzone devs hints at NZ-41 nerf after it becomes Season 4\u2019s most used weapon ActivisionA Raven developer working on Call of Duty: Warzone has hinted that the NZ-41, fast emerging as a fan favorite weapon in Season 4, is set for a nerf in the near future. As is the case with any battle royale, weapons peak and trough in popularity, generally doing so around updates from developers designed to shake up the weapon meta. That was again the case with Warzone Season 4, which brought a host of buffs and nerfs to the CoD BR\u2019s weapon pool when it dropped on June 22. One weapon that received a number of changes through adjustments to its attachments was the NZ-41, a gun that ascended to infamy during Season 3. Changes to its strength in Season 4\u2019s update have made it even more popular, comfortably in the top 5 most used Warzone weapons. According to one Raven dev, though, that could be about to change. Some fans were confused when Season 4 dropped and, if anything, strengthened the already powerful NZ-41. For example, plenty of its recoil controlling attachments were buffed to make kick easier to control. It appears that the changes will be short-lived though, with a Raven dev commenting on June 25 that it has come out more powerful than anticipated. While they did not explicitly state a nerf is on the way, the acceptance that it has been made too strong hints towards a future nerf. Tully Auckland, a senior game designer at Raven, said: \u201cAgreed, it\u2019s not where I\u2019d like it to be right now. There are weapons designed to be easy to use, the NZ isn\u2019t one of them.\u201d In a second tweet, he elaborated: \u201cthe NZ shouldn\u2019t be one of [the easiest weapons to use], I agree. We over indexed on the enhancements to make it viable.\u201d There are weapons that are designed to be very easy to use but the NZ shouldn\u2019t be one of them I agree. We over indexed on the enhancements to make it viable. \u2014 Tully Ackland (@TullyAckland) June 25, 2022 In short, some weapons are supposed to be easy to control, but will often have weaknesses elsewhere (like low damage) to keep them balanced. In its current version, the NZ-41 is an all-round behemoth with no tangible weaknesses. A nerf, therefore, seems definite. When it does, we\u2019ll be the first to break it down for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warzone devs hints at NZ-41 nerf after it becomes Season 4\u2019s most used weapon ActivisionA Raven developer working on Call of Duty: Warzone has hinted that the NZ-41, fast emerging as a fan favorite weapon in Season 4, is set for a nerf in the near future. As is the case with any battle royale, […]<\/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-33158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33158","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=33158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}