Summary

  • A COR-45 gun attachment nerf in a recent Modern Warfare 3 update now makes the popular pistol perform worse than without attachment.
  • The XRK Lightning Fire trigger now decreases COR-45 firing rate substantially, affecting gameplay negatively.

A recent update to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 appears to have broken a COR-45 gun attachment. When equipped, the attachment now causes a popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 pistol to perform worse than if no attachment were equipped at all.

The sheer number of available firearms in Call of Duty results in a community-wide pursuit to identify the best Call of Duty meta weapons for use in multiplayer and game modes like Warzone. The meta, though, is always changing, particularly as the developers issue updates and patches to address bugs, exploits, and to promote new play strategies or tamp down on loadouts seen as disruptive or excessively popular.

Such an update seems to have claimed a new victim, in the form of an attachment for the COR-45 pistol, which is a popular sidearm for certain Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 alternative loadouts. An update to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 released on July 9, 2024, included changes targeting a particular exploit that enabled "a faster fire rate than intended" with the COR-45. That exploit apparently involved the COR-45's XRK Lightning Fire trigger action, which received nerfs to prevent it being used with the exploit. Unfortunately, something may have backfired, as players are reporting that the XRK Lightning Fire has been nerfed so heavily that it now actively degrades the gun's performance.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 COR-45 Attachment Nerf Is Worse Than Having No Attachment At All

According to posts on Reddit and social media, the XRK Lightning Fire trigger now reduces the COR-45 firing rate to 300 rounds per minute (RPM), down from the default, unmodified rate of about 375 RPM. Previously, the XRK Lightning Fire trigger allowed a maximum fire rate of 750 RPM. COR-45 attachments also received adjustments in previous Call of Duty patches, where one update removed the ability to illegally equip a rear akimbo grip with a certain conversion kit.

The July 9 patch notes mentioned that the COR-45 exploit it targeted involved "non-standard" input methods. That in mind, some players suggested that the patch targeted players using keyboard macros or binding their fire button to a fast-scrolling mouse wheel to achieve extremely high rates of fire with the gun. They also suggested that the nerf itself may be bugged, as it is unlikely that developer Sledgehammer Games would deliberately adjust an attachment to become non-functional, carrying only penalties and no benefits. They said that it's most likely that Sledgehammer wished to nerf the benefits or introduce additional penalties, as it did with the JAK BFB muzzle attachment earlier in the year.

Patching a game as large and detailed as Call of Duty is a difficult task, and patches can introduce their own problems. With luck, the developers will quickly address the issue and bring balance back to the popular pistol. As a workaround, some players suggested switching to a different trigger action, such as the XRK V21 Heavy Match, which still allows a major boost in fire rate.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III
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November 10, 2023
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M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
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Sledgehammer Games
Platforms That Support Crossplay
PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
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First-Person Shooter