After a good start, more and more nasty bugs are appearing in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare that spoil the gaming experience. Currently, players are struggling with the riot shield – it can turn tank soldiers into indestructible knife specialists.
How does the riot shield work? The riot shield is part of the equipment pool of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and replaces the primary weapon with a portable shield.
Such shields have been around in CoD for a while and add a tactical component to the gameplay, as the shield cannot be penetrated by enemy fire.
The bullets that shield bearers sometimes swallow since the last patch due to a bug/glitch are, however, no longer normal.
Invulnerability due to riot shield bug
What does the bug/glitch do? This error occurs sporadically with shield bearers and leads to invulnerability. However, the affected soldiers cannot cause damage with their firearms either.
In the video, you can see how the Redditor “Amzterasu” tries to eliminate a bugged shield bearer and fails spectacularly, despite obvious hits.
“Amzterasu” still believes at this time that it is a hack, and indeed you can take advantage of the situation, and not only on the new map Shoot House.
No firearms, but knife action
So what is it: bug or glitch? This is not clearly defined here. On one hand, the player cannot cause damage with their firearms, and for example cannot defuse bombs, which would suggest a bug.
In the video of YouTuber “Kabive776” you can observe how the CoD soldier clears a few of their opponents with throwing knives and executions without taking any damage themselves. The unfair advantage is more suggestive of a glitch.
Infinity Ward still without a statement
Is there any more exact information about this? The bug seems to occur randomly and so far no method has been documented to replicate the error.
The developers also seem to not yet be aware of the problem, as there is no official statement about it. In contrast, other issues, like the crash loop of the officer rank challenges, look better.
The reaction shouldn’t take long if the glitch is seen more often. Rounds with a bugged shield bearer shouldn’t be much fun.
In any case, these invulnerable knife masters should quickly disappear from the game.
Have you ever had a creepy encounter with one of these mysterious bullet swallowers?
