The vehicles in Call of Duty: Warzone are incredibly powerful, and several players are calling for a nerf. Some would even remove the vehicles entirely. The first Warzone mode has now eliminated trucks.
Vehicles or mounts are a staple in many battle royales, including Call of Duty: Warzone. Due to often large maps at the beginning, cars or aircraft are sometimes indispensable for quickly crossing the map and escaping the closing circle.
However, many players say that vehicles are not really necessary in the Warzone and are calling for their removal. The trucks have now been removed from the first mode.
Update April 30: With Update 1.20, the trucks returned in the solo mode. However, they are now slower, have less acceleration, and a larger turning radius.
Developer talks about “vehicle meta” – Trucks removed from solo
Which mode will now get by without trucks? This is the solo mode. Amos Hodge, Creative Director at Raven Software (one of Activision’s CoD studios), wrote on Twitter:
“We have removed the large, armored trucks from the solo playlist. Hopefully, this will tone down the vehicle meta a bit.”
In doing so, the developers are directly responding to fans’ feedback, who have been pushing for a change in vehicles for weeks. Just recently, however, the vehicles were strengthened instead of weakened.
Why are vehicles such a problem? The “vehicle meta” mentioned by the Raven developer negatively affects tactical options.
Especially in solo mode, at the end of a round, there were often many soldiers in vehicles trying to eliminate their competitors with the large, heavily armored trucks. An effective counter to this: Getting into a vehicle yourself.
This led to the endgame in solo matches resembling more of a “demolition derby” rather than an exciting finale of a tactical shooter round. Without the powerful trucks, this should change. The other vehicles, quad, rover, SUV, and heli, can usually be disabled with a targeted rocket launcher shot. One of our tips for the Warzone: Always carry a rocket launcher.
Now, there should be more bullets flying at the end of solo matches, instead of players trying to control a truck with questionable driving skills.
Many call for a nerf, but some say: Just destroy the vehicles!
What do players say about the vehicles? There are many threads on reddit calling for a nerf of the vehicles. “bobafil” announced that he would remain persistent: “I will never stop asking for nerfs for trucks”. Players are also suggesting how to solve the problem:
- cenTT believes: “They should at least add the ability to shoot out the tires”
- GrembReaper: “I think disabling the last two circles would be a good thing. Nobody would need a vehicle then.”
- naturalhigh: “For vehicle balancing, they need to reduce the durability of the large trucks and limit the fuel for helicopters.”
But there are also fans of the vehicles. There are repeatedly comments from players who know exactly how to handle the vehicles – GreatLordDevil on reddit: “If you have an LMG, you can damn well destroy it [the truck].”.
Vehicles remain a controversial topic in Call of Duty: Warzone, even the big streamer shroud has already commented on the vehicles of the battle royale and is also not impressed. However, at least in solo mode, the vehicles should now have less impact on the outcome of the round.
