"I've been looking for a good excuse to fix slide canceling": Warzone director mentions game-changing mechanic
Call of Duty Warzone's senior creative director, Ted Timmins, said that the developers might "fix" the slide canceling for the game's current iteration depending on a Twitter poll result.
On 2nd May, the popular Warzone news account @ModernWarzone posted a tweet, adding a poll, asking if fans want to see slide canceling in Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.
In that Tweet's reply, Ted Timmins said:
In that reply, the Raven Software director also explained that slide canceling had been there for too long for its own good. This movement mechanism in the game creates a skill gap and sometimes makes the game a little bit unfair to new players.
The devs mentioned multiple times that what they give utmost priority to is the community's reaction. The vision for creating the Warzone in the first place was to bring various COD communities under one roof.
Ted Timmins further stated that if the community wants this mechanism gone, the developers will discuss its pros and cons and change things accordingly in future updates.
Despite starting as a movement glitch in Black Ops 4, slide canceling has become a part of the Call of Duty meta. Pro players have exploited this method for quick movements and turnarounds. It also helps them draw weapons real quick.
There isn’t any specific con for this mechanic, but it does create a huge skill gap between regular players and the new ones.
When this movement exploitation occurred in Call of Duty for the first time, it was a secret weapon against players who didn’t know how to use it.
According to some fans, this type of mechanism shouldn’t be in a game, which isn’t an official movement mechanic, but still, players use it to gain an unfair advantage over others.
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