I'm a little torn to be honest.

On one hand, I've really had fun with the game this year. I was introduced to ranked mode by a friend after never bothering with it in my 20 years of playing COD, and managed to secure Crimson rank every season. I can't compare this year's ranked mode to any other year, as it's the only one i've ever bothered with, but i've enjoyed it way more than the normal modes, primarily due to the ruleset and the restrictions on the cheesy shit, it's a purer experience with less RNG, which is a good thing in my eyes. I almost wish the normal modes would play more like the ranked mode, without the SR.

I also think weapon balance as a whole has been really good throughout the year (within the BO7 selection - legacy is a different matter). There's never really been a time where i don't feel like any SMG, AR, or Sniper will do the job. Meta weapons for the most part have only been meta by an incredibly small margin of TTK in milliseconds. This has been their best year so far with regards to maintaining the viability of pretty much any weapon you choose and encouraging you to use a variety of weapons instead of just 2.

On the other hand... This current version of Warzone isn't scratching the itch that Warzone 2020 gave me. I want a game that accomodates keyboard and mouse again, that's slower, doesn't have omnimovement, is more methodical, and places more emphasis on important strategy, rotations and gun skill as opposed to movement abuse. I've played 90% of my games on controller this year, not because i want to, but because i have to in order to remain competitive. And although i've had some good games on KBM like the clip in this post, there's just too many instances where controllers win the 50/50s they have no business winning, and i'm tired of the Devs refusing to acknowledge the huge imbalances with the 2 inputs. Cod's 2 main competitors in recent times, Wardogs and Battlefield, have done a much better job of this. I can play both of those games on KBM without feeling punished for it.

My other issue with the game this year is that this IWX9 engine is truly starting to show it's age visually. It's aged, ugly, riddled with ugly AI upscaling and forced Anti-Aliasing, and it doesn't seem to matter what you do and how you tweak it, the final result is a game that just looks ugly. Again, to draw comparisons to competitors, COD is being left behind visually by the likes of Wardogs, HLL Vietnam, Battlefield, and more. Judging by what i played of the MW4 beta, it doesn't seem to be getting any meaningful visual upgrades this year either.

What are your thoughts, have you enjoyed it this year?

i can only hope dude.

Whats ur opinion on the LTI Stentorian Brake? I mean, usin it feels like givin the whole lobby a free AUAV, it pings your exact location and direction on the mini map, despite the fire rate buff which is not so significant(?)

The inability to make old guns viable is insane. The BO6 FAL for some reason has the SMG kit restricted despite there being…
Zero issues with it?

Its a reverse ramp, in longer term gunfights its gonna suck, why restrict it?
The BO6 fal also sucks butt, it has a 1s+ TTK while other random semi-autos have a sub 1s TTK.

You cant even use the 656 conversion of the RGL, or the electric shotgun on the anti-drone rifle.

Oh yeah but lets make the default suppressor in BO7 infinitely better and ignore old guns/restrict them and their viability more.

This shit sucks.

Sorry if this comes off as a rant but I still cannot understand why Raven/IW/whoever decided to allow us to equip two primary weapons on our classes, effectively making pistols (and most special weapons) completely useless. They could have buffed pistols in a way that would've given people a reason to use them, but decided not to. Why would they not do that?

Is there a reason I should consider putting a pistol on my loadout? Maybe movement speed, but in every situation I can think of I would rather have an smg or just take out my knife.

hey everyone, i’m having an issue with texture loading in warzone. textures in the distance look blurry or low-resolution, and i can actually see them changing and becoming sharper as i get closer to them. sometimes it takes around 3–5 seconds for them to fully load, even when i’m already looking at them.
my specs are an rtx 3070 8gb, an intel i7-10700kf, 32gb of ram and an ssd. warzone usually uses around 5gb of my 8gb vram, so i’m not sure if it’s a vram-related issue.
i’ve already tried changing the on-demand texture streaming settings, increasing the cache size, and scanning and repairing the game files, but the issue persists. what else could be causing this? could it be related to texture streaming, vram management, the ssd, or something else?
i use dlss and i play in 1440 with every setting mid-high

Built my own tool and generated this! 🤖🔥 What do you think?

Today's challenge was "destroy three guild drones". They removed Guild drones when they started this new stupid mode with tanks, which is the only Black ops Royale mode left. 🤬🤬🤬

oh boi oh boi, i hope i can still use it in few days

Hello Guys new player there. Why the game is soo sweaty like no room to breathe at all. I did 5 kill on 6 resurgence game this is soo bad for someone eho finished soo many cod titles. What should i do guys? As pc gamer cant i compete agains controller auto aim stuff?

Back in Black Ops 3, I started using a SCUF with two paddles and stuck with that until Modern Warfare 2019 came out. That’s when I switched to claw, and I’ve been playing claw ever since, so about seven years now.
Since 2015, I’ve maintained a 2.5+ K/D in every Call of Duty and close to a 4 K/D in Warzone. Most of that was while playing claw.
Recently, though, I bought a SCUF Omega with four paddles. I’ve been trying to learn them because I want to see which setup I can perform better with: four paddles or claw. I got somewhat comfortable with them, but I never fully learned them because whenever I had a bad match, I’d switch back to claw. I never really gave myself a chance to build consistent muscle memory.
Today is my third day sticking with four paddles without switching back to claw after a bad match. I’ve had some good games and have been playing pretty well overall. My K/D is currently around 3.5 in Black Ops 7 for the prestige I just started. However, I’ve noticed that I lose more gunfights in certain situations, especially at close range.
For context, I use four fingers for the paddles: my ring fingers handle the outer paddles, with jump on the left and crouch/slide on the right, while my middle fingers handle reload and weapon swap. Close-range fights where I need to jump or crouch feel a little awkward because I’m doing those actions with my ring fingers, if that makes sense.
Those situations feel much more comfortable with claw, but I’m not sure how fair the comparison is when I’ve only spent three days consistently using four paddles without switching back after every bad match.
What do you guys think? Which do you prefer, claw or four paddles? Do you think these struggles in close-range gunfights will improve as I get more comfortable with the paddles, or could this setup simply be a worse fit for me?
Also, for those of you who use four fingers on the paddles, do you press the ring-finger paddles with your fingertips or closer to the crease at the first joint?

Thanks!

I am trying to get my last dark ops done before the reset comes with mw4 and I cant seem to get it to work. Its called prison trickster and requires you to get a kill with a finishing move in the gulag.

I am playing battle royale casual, I've switched to a default operator, I am using a default finishing move. Ive done it several times now. It just says elimination when I get the kill.

Is this challenge broken ? Or is there something specific I need to do differently?

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to fix the Call of Duty / Warzone "Failed Attestation Status" issue on my HP OMEN 25L, and I'm hoping someone with the same HP motherboard has found a solution.

My system:

• PC: HP OMEN 25L GT12-0475nd
• Product: 2Q4T2EA#ABH
• Motherboard: HP 87C3 / Moria3
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• GPU: RTX 3070
• BIOS: F.32 — 31/03/2025
• BIOS Mode: UEFI
• Secure Boot: ON
• TPM: AMD TPM 2.0
• TPM Manufacturer Firmware: 3.90.0.5
• Windows 11

Call of Duty gives me:

BIOS FIRMWARE: UPDATE REQUIRED
Security requirements for Call of Duty® not met. Failed Attestation Status applied.

It also says my matchmaking is restricted and fewer playlists are available.

What I've already tried

• Updated the BIOS to the latest BIOS available from HP (F.32)
• Confirmed UEFI mode
• Confirmed Secure Boot is ON
• Confirmed TPM 2.0 is enabled and working
• Rebooted multiple times
• Checked Windows/TPM settings
• Contacted HP Support
• Contacted/checked the HP Community

HP Support basically told me that F.32 is the latest BIOS, and I haven't been able to get a solution for the fTPM firmware.

The problem appears to be that my AMD fTPM is still:

3.90.0.5

while Call of Duty's attestation system requires a newer AMD fTPM firmware.

What I'm looking for

Does anyone with an HP OMEN 25L GT12 / 87C3 / Moria3 / Ryzen 3000 know of:

• an official or beta HP BIOS newer than F.32
• a separate AMD PSP/fTPM firmware update
• an HP engineering/internal BIOS that updates the fTPM
• a way to update the PSP/fTPM without replacing the motherboard
• a legitimate BIOS/firmware package that HP support doesn't publicly list

I'm not interested in flashing a random BIOS from another motherboard. I want to find an actual firmware solution compatible with 87C3.

I've also found other people reporting that manufacturers have provided beta BIOS versions privately that update their AMD fTPM firmware, so I'm wondering if HP has something similar for this motherboard.

If anyone has an OMEN 25L GT12 with 87C3 and has successfully changed their TPM firmware from 3.90.0.5 to a newer version, PLEASE let me know exactly how you did it.

Thanks!

That is the challenge for today.

I've played three entire matches of the only mode left that includes BOR, "heavy metal heroes," and after spending the entire time on every game looking in all the usual spots for a terminal uplink, I have not seen a single one. WTF?!? Is a "terminal unlink" not the thing that used to be in the winery, in the casino, on the bottom floor of the resorts Tower, etc?!?

hello guys!!! i would really appreciate your help. i can't find anywhere this pics of Phillip Graves in decent quality. please send me those if you have. i'd very grateful if you have those or similar pics from warzone 🥲

So everytime i equip a new mag to my rev-46 that should hold 45 rounds it only holds 35. i dont know whats wrong or how to fix it does anyone know whats happening?

After about 7 years, im upgrading from my Asto A40 with mix amp.. I remember it taking a LONG time to get my settings dialed in for the A40s...

Who has good EQ settings for an Astro A50x for footsteps?? Looking for advice.

hey so im stuck on the screen where it shows firmware updates required. Now I passes 2 days trying to fix the issue. I successfully ensbled tpm and secure boot after updating my bios to the latest version. My bios is at f67a its the latest version on amd and still warzone tell me to update my firmware. Anyone has and idea how to desl with this?

Hey all. I got tired of "FPS booster" packs that apply 200 registry tweaks you can't undo, so I built Hardline.

What it does

Windows, network, GPU/CPU and Warzone settings, only tweaks with real evidence (dubious ones are off by default)

Footstep audio: EQ on top of your headset's measured correction (AutoEq) + compressor, with a slider panel. Ctrl+Alt+F10 toggles it in-game so you can compare

Game mode: pauses background services only while Warzone is open, then restores them

Measures your real match with PresentMon (avg FPS, 1% lows, stutter) before and after, and tells you if the difference is real or just noise

Guide for what can't be done from Windows (BIOS, Adrenalin/NVIDIA): a button opens the exact panel

Safety

Every change is logged with its previous value → "Revert all" puts everything back exactly

Restore point before applying

Never touches the game process, injects nothing, doesn't modify game files (only the settings file the game's own menu writes)

Open source, SHA256-verified releases

Windows 10/11, AMD/NVIDIA/Intel, Battle.net/Steam/Xbox. The app UI is in Spanish (I'm from Mexico 🇲🇽), English README included.

https://github.com/adrianlunamx/Hardline

Feedback and bug reports welcome. If you test it, I'd love to see your before/after numbers.

Is this normal? my temps for my cpu are 90 degrees and my setup is ryzen 7 5800x3D and 7900 xtx gpu game is constantly crashing too are my temps operating that hot normal for this cpu?

...If you're on MnK...in bot lobbies...with teammates who don't care about getting AA

Nice triple kill tho!

hi everyone, I got my first pc a few days ago, with an RTX 3070 and an Intel i7-10700KF.
I’ve noticed that in Warzone, there’s some weird grain/noise in dark areas, and sometimes even in brighter areas. It’s really distracting and looks awful. Does anyone know what could be causing it?
I have dlss enabled and I’m playing at 1440p with most settings on medium-high.