Call of Duty: Warzone Players Realize That Non-Tactical Reloads Are Broken On Cold War Weapons

Fans have been more than disgruntled with theCall of Duty: Warzoneintegration ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warcontent. Since the merge, fans have noticed issues with the game, the weapons, and other minor details that only appeared in Season 1’s debut. WhileCall of Duty: Warzonefans are happy for the additional content, the issues are beginning to become a frustrating reality in the competitive arena.

While the30Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warweaponshave given theWarzonecommunity a wider range of options, players are noticing some conversion issues. The weapons inCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warfunctionally different thanModern Warfare’sstandards. Fans have noticed that the weapons are not only weaker than theirModern Warfarecounterparts, but some of the animations are different as well.

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Although animation differences are generally ok, the gun’s reloading animation has countered a rather popularCall of Duty: Warzonecombat trick. Players practice these tricks to try and gain an edge over the competition, but as this Reddit user attempts a common reload tactic, he finds out thatCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warweaponsrun on different rules. As he guns down an enemy in defense of his friend, he attempts to do a partial reload by canceling the reload animation halfway through. WhileCall of Duty: Modern Warfareweapons allow for this strategy,Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warweapons do not. Instead of gaining a full supply of ammo, he finds that the weapon did not reload at all, forcing him to go through a full reload animation cycle before receiving ammunition.

While forcing players to sit through the animation makes sense on a realism level, it counters what manyCall of Duty: Warzoneplayers have been doing since launch. This slight difference in weapon tactics could have cost the player the match, which makes many fans question why it was not mentioned in the in-game patch notes during Season 1.

After some testing, fans in the comments have found that not all guns behave this way.Call of Duty: Warzoneweapons still maintain their original shortcuts and animation tricks, which means only thenewCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warweapons behave this way.

While it is not a major problem for the community, it does makeCall of Duty: Warzonefans wonder what else has changed. There could be countless other aspects of the game unexpectedly altered, just waiting for an unfortunate fan to lose a match due to an oversight.

Call of Duty: Warzoneis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.