The Roze skin is considered controversial in Call of Duty: Warzone. It is so dark that some players label it as Pay2Win. After a nerf, things were supposed to get better, but there are still negative voices.
This is the Roze skin: This skin was available a few seasons ago in the paid Battle Pass and is completely black. This allows players with this skin to hide well in dark corners and surprise opponents who usually see them only at the last second, if at all. This has caused discontent for a while, so the skin has been labeled Pay2Win.
For months, there has been criticism of this skin, leading the developers to release a nerf for the skin. The outfit is supposed to be more recognizable and no longer blend in as much with the environment. The problem is that even after the nerf, the skin is still very hard to see and many players felt the nerf wasn’t strong enough.
Roze skin still too dark
Here you can see the difference: YouTuber “TheXclusiveAce” took a closer look at the skin before and after the patch. We embed the video here:
The YouTuber found that the skin remains almost invisible in many places. Only when getting very close can one recognize the player.
However, there are some areas where the skin is now easier to recognize. This mainly depends on the angle of the light. Thus, the skin appears somewhat brighter in some places and can be recognized faster.
The YouTuber notes that visually nothing has changed about the skin. There are no brighter spots on the body that make the skin stand out. It is much more the reflection in the light that has changed. So at least sometimes the skin stands out a bit more.
Is this nerf sufficient? This is now being discussed. There is hardly any other skin in CoD Warzone that is as dark as the Roze skin. Players would have wished that the skin at least gets some brighter spots somewhere on the body. Other operators, for example, can be recognized by their faces, which are at least only partially camouflaged.
YouTube user “CringeXD” writes under TheXclusiveAce’s video about the nerf (via YouTube): “The change to Roze is just like removing a person from ‘Where’s Waldo?'” Generally, many players do not understand why the entire map has been brightened in some places instead of simply adjusting the Roze skin.
What’s next? This remains to be seen. The renewed criticism of the Roze skin is loud, so the developers are certainly aware of it. Now the question remains whether they deliberately left the skin this dark or if the nerf was simply too weak. This should become clear in the coming weeks.
Until then, you should avoid dark corners and always look carefully to see if there is still a skin hiding in a shadow. More nerfs are at least underway elsewhere. You can read more about it here:
CoD Warzone: New update fixes the map and announces more nerfs – Patch notes
