Summary
The latest update forCall of Duty: Warzoneremoved Redeploy Flares from the game. The controversial Field Upgrade was originally introduced inCall of Duty: WarzoneSeason 4, which started in mid-June.
Although thefourth season ofWarzonedebuted many big changes, Redeploy Flares ended up being among its most influential additions. This Field Upgrade, which is the game’s jargon for special equipment, allowed players to respawn a random teammate who was downed in battle at the expense of revealing their location to opponents. In spite of that limited drawback, it didn’t take long for Redeploy Flares to fundamentally change competitive play, turning it into an economy meta wherein teams that managed to hoard more of these Field Upgrades were likely to win in the final circle by virtue of spamming respawns that were difficult to counter.
Less than four months since its debut, this polarizingCall of Duty: WarzoneField Upgradewas removed with the October 4 update for the game. The patch notes detailing the latest version of the shooter saw the developers acknowledge that Redeploy Flares were often impossible to counter, growing exponentially more broken as the match went on. And though some players previously suggested limiting their use to the early game, Raven Software and its sister studios working onWarzonedecided to eliminate the overpowered item completely instead of attempting balancing changes.
Looking at the social media reactions to this move, many fans appear to be supportive of the change, having opined that removing Redeploy Flares made competitiveWarzonefeel much fairer again. Some fans also expressed regret that this much-requested tweak wasn’t implemented a few weeks earlier, arguing that it lowered the quality of the recently concluded World Series of Warzone 2023 due to how many teams were abusing the strategy over the course of the tournament. A similar sentiment was previously expressed about someCall of Duty: Warzoneperformance fixesthat rolled out in late July, after the game’s biggest LAN event of the year had already started.
A few fans still bemoaned the removal, positing that Redeploy Flares madeCall of Duty:Warzonesignificantly less predictable. According to those opinions, the Field Upgrade was especially beneficial in higher ranks of competitive play, where teams are all too often happy to camp on high ground throughout the match. Several Redeploy Flares supporters also labeled the Field Upgrade as being extremely useful for dealing with teams that camp on Buy Stations, which some feel is borderline griefing.
Call of Duty: Warzoneis available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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