CALL of Duty fans are in uproar after the arrival of a powerful new gun that some say has rendered the game “unplayable”.
Players say the DMR 14 rifle has unfairly dominated matches following its recent introduction to Call of Duty Warzone by US developer Raven.
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According to Eurogamer, the weapon is so effective at vanquishing foes that it’s rapidly become “essential to success”.
It’s capable of wiping out squads in a “matter of seconds” due to its high fire rate and minimal recoil.
The DMR made its way to Warzone last month when the free-to-play battle royale mode merged with Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War.
Now fans are calling for the weapon’s swift removal from the game to rebalance it until a fix is released.
“Not playing Warzone until they remove that damn DMR,” one Twitter user whined.
Another said: “Warzone is unplayable with the current state of the DMR. I can’t stand it.”
Dozens of people have called on Raven to scale down the gun’s power – a practice known as “nerfing” – in the next Warzone update.
One Twitter user fumed: “Every time I’ve died in Warzone in the past fortnight, its either been a Mac-10 or a DMR….. NERF THEM BOTH.”
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Neither Raven nor Call of Duty developer Activision have announced plans to address the DMR issue any time soon.
However, going by their responses to overpowered weapons in the past, it’s safe to assume the rifle will be nerfed in the coming weeks.
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is the latest game in the hugely popular war sim series.
It hit shelves in November and plays out at the height of nuclear tensions between the US and Soviet Russia.
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War – what is it?
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is the latest game in the hugely popular war sim series.
It hits shelves in November and plays out at the height of nuclear tensions between the US and Soviet Russia.
The storyline follows the real-world events of the Cold War – such as the Vietnam War – but will dramatise some elements.
An early teaser trailer revealed has that the game will include a hunt for Perseus – a spy working against the US for Russia.
The Cold War was a period of major tension between the USA and Soviet Union, but wasn’t an outright war in the conventional sense.
Instead, both nations supported “proxy wars” – regional conflicts used to gain global influence.
And the fact that both nations controlled nuclear weaponry meant that neither side was willing to risk a war proper.
The period is generally said to have run from 1947 through to 1991 – when the Soviet Union was dissolved.
Out November 13, Black Ops Cold War starts at £59.99 for a standard copy rising all the way to £89.99 for the Ultimate Edition.
Warzone is a separate game mode that players do not need a copy of Cold War to play.
It originally launched as a sister title to 2019’s Call of Duty Modern Warfare but due to its huge popularity was merged with Cold War on December 10.
Both games are available on PC, Xbox One and PS4, as well as the next-gen consoles, the Xbox Series X and PS5.
Cold War multiplayer developer Raven Software regularly tweaks guns and gameplay with software updates to keep things balanced.
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