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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Patch Makes It Impossible to Get a Nuke in Free-for-All
Infinity Ward has changed Free-for-All in Modern Warfare 4, lowering the match-winning score and limiting party sizes. The update has angered players because it makes a required Calling Card challenge impossible to complete, blocking full completion of the game.
Matches now end at 25 kills, down from 30, while players can enter with only one friend. The Ground Zero Calling Card requires a tactical nuke, earned by getting 30 consecutive kills without dying. The changes aim to curb players boosting accounts by farming kills with friends, but Infinity Ward has not said whether it will alter the challenge or reverse the update.
In short
- Free-for-All matches now end at 25 kills.
- Ground Zero requires a 30-kill streak, making it unattainable in the mode.
- The changes aim to stop players boosting accounts by farming kills.
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The case for
Lowering the kill limit and restricting party sizes can make Free-for-All fairer by reducing coordinated kill farming and protecting the credibility of players’ achievements. If boosting has become a problem, Infinity Ward has reason to act quickly to preserve competitive integrity, even if it needs to review the affected challenge afterwards.
The case against
The update makes a required Calling Card challenge unattainable in the mode where players expect to complete it, leaving completionists blocked through no fault of their own. Players can reasonably argue that the studio should have adjusted the challenge or provided a way to earn it before changing the rules, and should clarify its plans now.
Explained simply
Call of Duty is a series of online action games, including Modern Warfare 4. In Free-for-All, each player competes alone to reach the match’s kill limit, rather than working as part of a team.
Infinity Ward makes the game and adjusts its online rules. Calling Cards are in-game rewards linked to challenges; the Ground Zero card requires a player to get 30 kills in a row without being killed, which earns a tactical nuke. A nuke is a special in-game reward, not a real-world weapon.
The issue matters to players trying to complete every challenge: if a match ends before 30 kills, the required streak may be out of reach in this mode. The changes are intended to limit players working together to boost their records, a practice that can affect fair competition.