Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 are bringing a well-known sniper into the game in Season 3 and MeinMMO editor Maik Schneider has to think back to his darkest CoD hours.
I have been playing Call of Duty multiplayer since 2008. With “World at War”, I first ventured online, quickly joined a PlayStation clan, and found many players who are still online in my friends list today.
With the successor, the 2009 Modern Warfare 2, we even played in the PlayStation League. Not a big deal, anyone could participate. But we met twice a week for training and played against other clans on weekends.
We once placed second in a season, something I will never forget. And as you can tell, I still enjoy talking about it today.
But I also have to admit that I was not a good player back then. I was really bad at Call of Duty. And when I see the new weapon coming with Season 3 for Warzone 2 and CoD MW2, I unfortunately do not think of the highlights from back then.
I have to think about my most painful defeats.
Next up is Season 3 of CoD. Here’s a quick trailer:
I was the biggest sniper victim
With Season 3, the FJX Imperium comes into play. Behind the fantasy name hides the “Intervention” – a legendary sniper rifle from CoD MW2 from 2009.
The CoD developers even invited the notorious sniper player FaZeDirty to produce a teaser for the weapon:
“It’s so good, you’re going to love it,” says Dirty in the teaser. “Get ready,” he adds with a grin. But when I think of the Intervention, I rather lose my laughter.
I was the biggest sniper victim in CoD MW2 2009. My mechanical skills were always surprisingly good, the first hit usually landed. That’s why I played a lot in Hardcore mode – opponents fell quickly here. Unless they were too far away.
That’s why I was always at a disadvantage against snipers. Even if I could land the first hit, I had great difficulties hitting follow-up shots back then. Every Intervention destroyed me.
Moreover, I had little understanding of tactics. I was a team player; my strengths were observation, communication, and morale. We always had fun.
But I fell into every sniper trap, constantly got shot from behind, and had no instinct for the spawns and the flow of the game.
In clan wars, that was negligible. We played Search & Destroy, refined our tactics over months, and nearly every move was agreed upon to a certain extent.
But in public matches and training rounds with other game modes? Oh boy, that’s probably a big part of why I eventually stopped playing public matches. Nostalgia in a different way.
Now I admit something: I am now the nasty sniper who shoots confused players unseen.
It was a slow and painful development, marked by setbacks, doubts, and the occasional angry outburst.
But in CoD or Battlefield, I now more often get my hands on a sniper, and I have to say: It feels damn good to realize that I have gotten so much better over the years.
That’s why I’m even a little excited about the FJX Imperium / Intervention. It is, after all, just “another sniper rifle”, but somehow it’s also something special.
Another CoD story from me can be found here: My best friend in CoD MW2 is the inflatable soldier – Why does anyone even use anything else?
