Sledgehammer Games is lastly engaged on a repair for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s notorious Gaia Operator outfit — a.ok.a. the “Groot” pores and skin.
The pores and skin, which is offered as an alternate costume for the Nova Operator, has been criticized by the Call of Duty group ever since its debut with Modern Warfare 2 Season 6 in late September. Unlike different outfits, the tree-like get-up has been mentioned to be tougher to identify throughout battle because of the many holes in its torso.
Although the pores and skin was adjusted to enhance visibility shortly after launch, it appears the discharge of Modern Warfare 3 on November 10 led to extra frustrations. The latest entry within the Call of Duty collection permits gamers to deliver their unlocks, weapons, and purchases from the earlier installment, which suggests the Gaia pores and skin is again, too.
Sledgehammer was unsurprisingly requested about potential plans to deal with the complaints associated to the “Groot” pores and skin’s look throughout a current multiplayer-focused Reddit AMA. User Deagil_ requested one of many many with questions on how the Activision developer was seeking to the long run: “Oh the most important one, what are you going to do in regards to the Gaia pores and skin and the issues it has introduced ahead to MW3 from MW2?”
Sledgehammer’s response ought to assist ease the minds of those that have run into points with the Nova pores and skin: “Adjustments to Gaia and Gaia Blackcell Operator Skins are within the pipeline for Modern Warfare III. In a future sport replace, we’ll disable this merchandise till mentioned modifications could be launched to all gamers.”
It’s not clear how lengthy the Gaia beauty can be unavailable to be used or how Sledgehammer will tackle the complaints.
Modern Warfare 3’s launch has suffered from extra than simply see-through skins. At launch, some gamers discovered spawn points with a couple of of the entry’s maps. Sledgehammer rapidly moved to drag affected maps out of rotation from sure sport modes to deal with these points.
In our assessment for Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer element, we praised a few of the finer gameplay tweaks however nonetheless wished it got here with larger modifications to push the collection ahead.
