Frenzied shooters like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare can quickly become frustrating. It’s tempting to just set the game aside. But Modern Warfare has something that keeps you engaged – at least that’s what our author Benedict thinks.
What keeps players engaged? It’s about the challenges that Modern Warfare offers. These help to set goals again and again and to play “just one more round.”
Already on the way to level 55, there are challenges for skins, maps, and other cosmetics. After reaching level 55, there are the Officer Challenges – one for each additional level. Additionally, since Season 1, there is also the Battle Pass.
The Officer Challenges provide experience points and an exclusive season badge, which changes the more challenges are completed. A kind of replacement for the prestige system that Modern Warfare no longer has.
Challenges in Modern Warfare – The reason to play
How do challenges keep players engaged? I have heard from many friends and other players in the editorial team that people like to have a goal to pursue. It doesn’t even have to be something specific.
If they are losing interest in the shooter because they keep getting defeated, they simply look at their challenges and pick one. They then pursue it, because:
- Even if they lose, they achieve something
- In the end, there is a small reward
- This allows them to enter a round much more relaxed
This is how challenges help in the long run: I enjoy playing well and always put in effort during matches. And when I don’t have to test how well Modern Warfare works with a controller, I usually perform well.
Sometimes, however, things just don’t go well – just a really bad day. Everyone probably knows that, and then they have the urge to not touch the game for weeks.
Challenges offer the possibility to conclude the game with a positive thought, even after a defeat. Because I have achieved something.
This also helps me with long-term motivation: If I end the game feeling good, I am more likely to start it again.
Challenges – The “Carrot on a stick”
Why do challenges motivate so many players? Additionally, challenges lure with rewards. I myself don’t place much value on cosmetics, except for those I find really attractive.
Seasonal badges are something special. They show that a player is genuinely serious about making Modern Warfare their favorite game. I have respect for players with the highest badge and must admit that it also motivates me a bit to match their achievements.
These rewards are also available: Badges and weapon skins are not the only things that can be obtained through challenges. There are even some operators that can only be unlocked through specific requirements.
The operator Krüger, for instance, requires 25 finishers. This goes hand in hand with the Executioner medal. While these requirements are not direct challenges, they are still goals that can be pursued.
What personally motivates me even more are weapon skins. Because I like to show which weapon I have real expertise with. There are various camos to unlock – and in the end, there are golden skins and the extremely rare Damascus camo.
This keeps me motivated in Modern Warfare
Other great features: However, challenges are not the only thing that keeps me playing. They are not even the main reason for me personally. I really appreciate the Gunsmith feature.
The Gunsmith – your own challenge
What is this feature? With the Gunsmith feature, you can completely customize all weapons in Modern Warfare. This leads to secret weapons that don’t actually exist in the game.
This feature allows you to customize weapons to your liking. However, you can also modify the firearms significantly, like turning the new Holger-26 into the famous G36, which can outclass the M4A1 in certain situations.
But the best part of Gunsmith is that I can create really cool setups. You also learn a lot about the weapons themselves. Most of you have probably already seen some of my crazy tinkering here on MeinMMO.
I have set myself the challenge of building the most outrageous setups and builds that still somehow work. You can find my latest curiosities here:
