The perk “Ghost” is one of the most important passive abilities in Call of Duty: Warzone and has apparently been causing problems for quite some time. There are videos showing that the perk does not work properly. Now the developers have confirmed this and are promising a fix.
When you’re setting up your loadout in Call of Duty: Warzone, one question arises at the beginning: Do you build a loadout with the perk “Overkill” for a second primary weapon, or will it be a loadout with “Ghost” to better protect yourself from reconnaissance?
Ghost is important to protect yourself from heartbeat sensors and reconnaissance drones in Warzone. But you cannot rely on it properly at the moment – and that has probably been the case for months. Now the developers have acknowledged the problem.
Ghost hasn’t been working properly for months
The problem started at the latest in July. At that time, the first videos of the broken Ghost perk emerged, but the bug probably only occurred in private matches (via TikTok).
It is no longer possible to determine when the malfunction also affected public matches. But this bug could have been “haunting” your matches for months. Professional player “Tommey” shows on Twitter what it looks like:
What doesn’t work with Ghost? The tricky part of the bug is that it occurs so irregularly. In the video from Tommey, the enemy in the house is visible on the mini-map due to a reconnaissance drone. Then there is a fight with other players, and the enemy in the house is somewhat forgotten.
But Tommey remembers the ping on the mini-map and checks the roof of the house. And lo and behold: the enemy is indeed still up there, and the faulty Ghost perk of the enemy becomes his downfall.
What happens next? Recently, the developers from Raven Software spoke out, confirming the problems with the perk and announcing a bug fix:
How long the repair will take cannot be assessed at the moment. The bug is currently being investigated and is not yet in the “fix phase”; first, the developers are looking into why Ghost is not functioning correctly.
However, it shouldn’t take too long. The listed bugs on the Trello board are given high priority, and the appropriate fix may come as early as next week with the playlist update on October 28.
How should I react to this? That’s really difficult to answer right now. Generally, rely less on the Ghost perk and get yourself Overkill and a second primary weapon with your first loadout drop of your matches. Only later should you switch back to Ghost when you take a second loadout drop – the perk apparently works somewhat.
Otherwise, you’re unfortunately left waiting for the fix. With such an important perk as Ghost, that’s frustrating, but at the moment it’s unavoidable.
If you want to read something about why Ghost is probably less important after the introduction of Vanguard and how a loadout could look at the end of the year in Warzone, then check this out: Warzone Loadouts with CoD Vanguard: How we will soon assemble our gear?
