A rather mysterious tweet from the official Call of Duty Twitter account caused quite the stir among gamers and hinted at a new game mode or event that is post-apocalyptic in nature. The Twitter post that said “Welcome to the Lobby, Wastelanders. Hope you survive” received an overwhelming and immediate response from the players around the globe. However, the gamers’ focus was not on the new content but rather on the old problems and player requests that have been around for a while.

The official CoD Twitter account is using the mystery card and trying to mislead the public about something new, most probably related to Warzone or a multiplayer event. Players would not even bother to check the new stuff. The comments changed into grievances instantly and became a large forum of discontent filled with bugs and broken promises, a total mess. It was as if the developers had taken the old broken toy off the shelf, placed a shiny new one beside it, and said, “Have fun!” Gamers said no!

The top comments were not about surviving or the appealing graphics right from the start. They were actually about not getting XP, tactical equipment, such as the Stim Shot, being stuck at level 1, and augments that just don’t work. One player, veebeeTV, was very vocal about it, claiming that “almost all of the new augments are defective” and that they are “robbed” because the double XP tokens are not working. They even mentioned the case of the Shadowblast being locked even though it has been researched and the Ballistic Knife not responding with the “Mugging” augment. It is indeed a list of problems. Not to mention the whole “Armory STILL locked for months” situation in Black Ops 6. Seriously, how can this be so?

But wait, it only got better. Or worse, depending on how you want to see it. A big part of the bugs conversation was not about issues, rather, it was about a feature that players want back dearly: Carry Forward. Many replies from users like Runhob, edhowes2, and shin_splitter were just straight demands: “Bring back carry forward…” “Cool now can you please carry forward in zombies???” This is a very serious problem. Players are quite unhappy that their gained items from previous games are not passed on, especially when as one user correctly pointed out Warzone lets you use everything anyway. JolyWonk228 said this is “the last game made using the b2b system,” thus they should implement Carry Forward before the next title resets everything. It is about the value and the respect of the players’ time, and the community feels disrespected right now.

Then there are the collateral issues. Some players have just had enough. User sumgingerdude wrote, “What the hell has this once great game become? Just fucking stupid….” while noys34 simply expressed it, “COD IS RIP 🪦”. Others mocked the very idea of a ‘serious’ tone, with ChooChooBleep humorously saying, “I thought this version of the game was not going to have silly collabs and be ‘serious’ again 😂”. There is a sense of exhaustion. Even the positive comments, such as that of BaskinGamer who claims they can’t wait to solve this mystery, sound somewhat isolated in a negativity-filled atmosphere.

What is the moral of the story here? The Call of Duty community is heating up. A hype tweet that was totally innocent and simple turned out to be the focus of the players’ frustration over technical problems, missing features, and broken promises that have been gathered over the months. The players’ worries about the game being playable up to their expectations are way bigger than any new themed content. This situation perfectly highlights a major disconnect between the marketing campaigns of a giant franchise and the daily lives of its hardcore player base. For a game that is all about fast-paced action and constant player engagement, these ongoing issues are not just glitches; they are slowly but surely killing the trust and joy of the players who keep the servers populated. The message from the lobby is very clear: the gamers will not care about surviving the wasteland until the developers rebuild the game’s very foundation that the players are already using. This is a sentiment shared across platforms, including PlayStation and Xbox communities.