By Dexerto | Created at 2025-03-21 16:42:24 | Updated at 2025-04-05 07:22:51
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One of Call of Duty’s most iconic weapon types is making Black Ops 6 “stale” as players want other options ahead of Season 3.
Call of Duty has always had dominant weapons. Cast your mind back to the original Modern Warfare games and guns like the M16, ACR, Model 1888 shotguns, and Barratt .50 Cal sniper rifles ruled the day.
As the franchise has become a little bit more live service-focused with new seasons, there has been an increased focus on which weapons are running riot. Each season has buffs and nerfs, new weapons are introduced, and there are typically attempts to shake the meta up.
With Season 3 of Black Ops 6 around the corner, fans are hopeful of big changes, because there is one weapon type ‘ruining’ things right now – SMGs.
COD fans tired of SMG dominance
“BO6 honestly feels like an SMG-only game right now. Most of the maps are small to mid-sized, and SMGs just absolutely melt with their fast fire rate and quick ADS. It’s fun, yeah, but it kind of kills variety,” Redditor Altruistic-Hamster33 complained.
“Would be nice to see a few bigger maps thrown in to mix things up a bit. Right now, if you’re not running an SMG, you’re pretty much handicapping yourself.”
Some fans quickly agreed. “All I see is nerds sliding around with dark matter jackals. Game is stale af right now,” one said. “Asking for larger maps and yet everyone wants to grind the three smallest maps ever made,” another chimed in.
Other fans disagreed, noting that some Assault Rifles and LMGs are in solid positions. “the ames is a laser beam, the krig is insanely powerful mid to long range and beams. you just have to play the AR lanes,” one argued.
“If you play a little more conservatively, the LMGs are extremely powerful,” another added.
Season 3 is undoubtedly going to be a big one for COD and Black Ops 6. Verdansk is returning in Warzone and is seen as the battle royale’s last chance at success.
