More and more players are complaining about annoying glitches in the multiplayer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Especially in the Ground War mode, cheaters under the map and in the walls are driving even uninvolved players to their last nerve.
What is the deal with the glitches? Cheats, glitches, or hacks are no rarity in multiplayer games – not even in Call of Duty.
But in the eyes of some players, the extent of the glitches in the new and still fairly young Modern Warfare is now partly extreme for a Call of Duty – especially in the large-scale Ground War mode for up to 64 players.
Ground War is now unplayable for many
What is the problem with Ground War? Ground War used to be a relaxed and fun way to level up faster in Modern Warfare and to generally earn XP without focusing too much on individual performance.
Meanwhile, the Ground War mode is associated with frustration and nerves for many. The cause is the ever-increasing number of cheaters.
This is causing a lot of annoyance for many players: In Ground War, players have increasingly found ways to cheat their way into areas outside of the actual map through glitches – whether under the map or into walls of buildings or objects.
They eliminate opponents from safe areas without being seen, racking up kills without taking any damage themselves. As a result, they earn powerful kill streaks or ultimately (30 consecutive kills) the tactical nuke, which decides and ends the game in their favor.
The victims often have no choice but to watch it all through the kill cam, even though some know how to take their revenge: Player takes sweet revenge on a glitcher in CoD: Modern Warfare
On YouTube, more and more tutorials for these map exploits in Ground War can be found – whether for Port of Verdansk, Karst River, or Krovnik Farmland. And it really feels like more and more players are using these glitches.
Even uninvolved players suffer
Many are annoyed by being eliminated from outside the map or being torn apart by an aim-bot user. Most often before they even see him. But even uninvolved players have to suffer from the blossoming glitches.
Many players report that a simple squad respawn often ends with them landing under the map or in buildings – simply because the respective teammate is already glitching and is outside the map. If they don’t want to participate, then the only option left is essentially virtual suicide, which does not really contribute to fun in the game.
Some report that the extent of glitching can now be seen. If you currently land under the map in Ground War, you quickly see that you are usually not alone there. Entire groups are sometimes moving outside the designated play area, ruining the fun for others.
What do the players say? There is a broad demand on Reddit, YouTube, and social media for Activision to finally take stronger action against the many cheaters in Modern Warfare. Not only in Ground War but generally in the game. For example, through permanent and also retrospective bans.
Because many cheaters are also active in other multiplayer formats. It is not an exclusive Ground War problem, even if the out-of-bounds glitches there feel like they are being exploited more and more often. But especially on PC, aim-bots, for example, are not uncommon.
Ground War is currently considered unplayable and anything but fun by many players, and there is hope that something will finally move significantly in this area. It will be interesting to see how Infinity Ward will address this apparently growing problem.
What do you think? Do you also think that there are seemingly more players using such glitches in Ground War? Or is everything going smoothly for you, and you haven’t noticed this phenomenon yet?
