The latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare update introduced a bunch of season two content, including two weapons, a new Operator, and a game-breaking exploit.
The debut of colored Regiment clan tags has been a bit rocky. Players have discovered that changing the tag’s color to cyan makes the entire name above your Operator appear blue, confusing enemies to think you’re a friendly ally. But Infinity Ward is on the case, according to production director Paul Haile’s comment on a Reddit post yesterday.
Using a Cyan colour code in the regiment clan tag changes your whole name to blue same as a friendly as seen above the enemy and in the killfeed in the video from modernwarfare
“Colorized names are [sic] not intended to be something players can do,” Haile said. “We are doing a pass now to fix regiments that have offending tags set up causing their names to be colorized… This should be cleaned up soon.”
Haile also advises that players report opponents using the exploit so it can be on Infinity Ward’s radar.
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The exploit is clearly a big issue in a competitive setting since even one second of hesitation can cost a player their life. Online competitive platform Checkmate Gaming has even banned the use of colored clan tags in matches “due to the loss of auto aim assist” and “killfeed confusion.”
MW Rules:
Effective immediately, colored clan tags are not permitted to be used in CMG matches due to the loss of auto aim assist + killfeed confusion.#CMG2020 –
— CMG (@CMG_Esports) February 13, 2020
Though Haile hasn’t offered an exact time frame for the fix, Infinity Ward will likely deploy one in an upcoming hotfix.
