In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, players can now fly through a crazy bug, and the community is divided on whether it is funny or unfair.
The latest installment of Call of Duty is called Modern Warfare 2 and has been on the market since October 2022. Since then, the game has struggled with some technical issues and bugs. However, not all of them are seen as completely negative by players—some actually find them amusing.
One such bug that launched players into the air and is now fixed allowed players to perform beautiful trick shots. The new bug also lets players fly, but this time in a much more controlled manner.
What kind of bug is this? In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, you can take a reconnaissance drone as field equipment. You can control this drone remotely and fly it around the map to gather important information.
Players already discovered at the end of December that the killstreak “Automatic Turret” can be placed on the drone. While this is a fun little trick, it is not particularly powerful. The VTOL Jet is available with just one more kill and does basically the same thing as the flying turret—only better and without needing the drone.
But as players of live service games tend to do, they have now found another way to use the drone: A clip shared on Twitter on January 4 shows a player standing on the drone flying over the map. While doing so, he takes down his opponents with a sniper rifle.
Below, we embed the crazy video of the flying sniper for you:
“I wouldn’t even be mad if I encountered that”
What do players say about the glitch? Although exploiting the bug clearly provides an unfair advantage and shouldn’t be done, reactions to the video are not entirely negative. Some players actually find the bug somewhat amusing.
For example, the player Cirsie1 says on Twitter: “[…] Gimmicks like this make the game more fun and entertaining,” and receives over 200 likes for it.
Twitter user WET_Rook even thinks that he would find an ingame death due to this exploit entertaining: “I wouldn’t even be mad if I encountered that, I would feel more entertained (via Twitter).”
Generally, however, there are many players who are critical of the bug and consider it unfair. They stand in opposition to those who simply find the video amusing. Twitter user “itheparrott” captures the mood accurately:
Man, everything in the comments seems so two-sided. One side hates that he cheats. I agree, he is not using intended mechanics or functions, he is exploiting a bug. But at the same time, it seems pretty damn funny and I can’t hate anyone for trying it.
itheparrott via Twitter
In the end, it is a glitch and should be viewed as such. The creator of the video also posted it on Twitter with a note that he received a shadow ban.
It certainly looks much better when you stick to the options given by the game to have fun with CoD MW2. For example, MyMMO editor Maik Schneider is still enthusiastic about the inflatable soldier he lovingly calls “Buddy Bubble” even months after the shooter’s release.
My best friend in CoD MW2 is the inflatable soldier – why would anyone use anything else?
