YouTuber Drift0r slams Black Ops 4 for making Blackout \u201cpay-to-win\u201d Drift0r \/ TreyarchPopular Call of Duty YouTuber Brad \u2018Drift0r\u2018 Overbey slammed the v1.19 patch for Black Ops 4 which introduced a \u201cpay-to-win\u201d structure for Blackout and is vehemently protesting the \u201ccrummy system\u201d Activision is putting forth in their games. For many Call of Duty fans, Black Ops 4 had tons of promise when it was initially released but the payoff since launch never took hold on the community as consistent bugs, unrewarding progression, and the various microtransactions derailed any of the hype players had. Even though Drift0r admits to not having played Black Ops 4 since January, he thinks that Activision\u2019s introduction of a \u201cpay-for-advantage\u201d model should signal to the community to drop the game in its entirety in order to force change. In his June 26 video, Drift0r was incensed at the latest changes for a game he doesn\u2019t even play to warn the community of a troubling trend that the publisher seems to have kicked off. \u201cHey guys, Drift0r here,\u201d Drift0r said. \u201cToday I\u2019ve got more Modern Warfare gameplay for you because I refuse to play Black Ops 4 due to its monetization practices\u2026 with yesterday\u2019s patch it does appear that at least \u2018pay-for-advantage\u2019 is here and this is closer to pay-to-win than any CoD game has ever been.\u201d The YouTuber is referring to the new Blackjack Stashes that \u201cmay not sound too bad and definitely not pay-to-win,\u201d but it as far as he could tell if the player doesn\u2019t have paid Contraband weapons they\u2019re playing at a disadvantage in the battle royale. How can players change \u201cpay-to-win\u201d models in Call of Duty? While players might want to take up their issues with the company through Reddit posts and negative comments on the developer\u2019s social media sites, Drift0r highlighted the only way to meaningfully get a message across to the people who matter. \u201cI know a lot of you want to change CoD for the better,\u201d Drift0r said. \u201cAnd if you do, I have one simple solution: Just quit and play a different game. Right now, I\u2019m telling you to quit playing CoD today, because there\u2019s no point. You\u2019re just going to get pumped for more money.\u201d According to him, by reducing the Black Ops 4\u2019s player count it effectively cuts off any way for Activision to generate revenue from the title, forcing them \u201cto adopt a different strategy.\u201d Drift0r is a long admirer of theCall of Duty franchise and has built his life around the series. Although he\u2019ll give the upcoming Modern Warfare a try, he\u2019s willing to instantly drop the game \u201cthe very moment the first baby-step of anti-consumer crap\u201d appears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YouTuber Drift0r slams Black Ops 4 for making Blackout \u201cpay-to-win\u201d Drift0r \/ TreyarchPopular Call of Duty YouTuber Brad \u2018Drift0r\u2018 Overbey slammed the v1.19 patch for Black Ops 4 which introduced a \u201cpay-to-win\u201d structure for Blackout and is vehemently protesting the \u201ccrummy system\u201d Activision is putting forth in their games. For many Call of Duty fans, […]<\/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-35053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35053","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=35053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}