In a mode in CoD: Warzone, you should play relaxed, and Activision wants to intervene when “sweaty players” ruin entire servers.
What kind of mode is this? With the start of Season 3, Warzone got a new mode: Battle Royale Simple (English: Battle Royale Casual).
- Battle Royale Casual is an intermediate step between the normal Battle Royale, where PvP is the focus, and the bot mode (Warzone Bootcamp), where players should learn the game mechanics.
- The mode follows the usual “Battle Royale” gameplay, but in addition to other players, you can also encounter bots there.
- Battle Royale Casual aims to introduce players to combat against other players without immediately throwing them into the unforgiving PvP waters of the normal Battle Royale.
So the Casual mode is the place where you can experience the typical Warzone gameplay, including PvP, in a simplified environment without being sent to the Gulag by a sweaty player within the first seconds of a match – at least that is the idea.
Activision wants to intervene when sweaty players destroy Casual servers
In an interview with the online magazine IGN, two developers from Call of Duty: Warzone, Pete Actipis (Raven Software) and Etienne Pouliot (Beenox Games), talked about the Casual mode and its threats. Actipis said that Activision would intervene if necessary to protect casual players from sweaty players.
“Casuals” are essentially the opposite of sweaty players. They come home after a long day at work and want to play a few rounds casually without much effort. Fun is more important than success.
What exactly do the developers say about sweaty players? Pete Actipis explained that Activision introduced the Casual mode because they expected that many former players would return with the return of Verdansk, and Warzone would gain some new players.
These players should have the opportunity to experience the game in a “safe” way:
“We wanted to enable players to experience the game at their own pace or for the first time in a safe way, where they don’t feel like they are being ‘overpowered’, ‘sweated out’, or ‘outplayed’.”
Currently, the developers are closely monitoring the mode and analyzing data. According to Actipis, Activision could intervene if casual players are dominated by sweaty players in the mode: “If we see that sweaty players are destroying the entire server, we need to come up with plans against that.”
The battle between sweaty players and casuals in PvP shooters is a recurring theme. Both player groups play games in completely different ways and consequently have different needs and expectations. This also involves the discussion about skill-based matchmaking, which separates good players from worse ones.
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