Shroud on Level 3 Armor in Black Ops 4 Blackout: They Need to Remove It

The Beta test for the Blackout battle royale game mode of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was seen as a major success for the title, as the Blackout Beta pushed Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 to the top of the Twitch viewing charts with some of the most popular twitch streamers playing the first introduction of the battle royale genre into the first person shooter franchise. 

One of these high profile Twitch streamers who took part in the Beta test for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout was Michael "shroud" Grzesiek. A former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) player, shroud has used his immense talent in PC first person shooters and battle royale titles to become one of the most watched and followed streamers on Twitch. With his background in competing in one of the most skill-based titles in esports, viewers always listen closely whenever shroud has thoughts on how a title could be improved.

This was the case during a recent stream from shroud where the streamer gave his thoughts on what Treyarch should do with the infamous level 3 armor piece of equipment. As with the majority of players who participated in the Beta test for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout, shroud feels that the level 3 armor is too powerful and gives players who have it equipped too much of an advantage. 

"I mean they need to...They need to remove it. I'm sorry, I'm going to stand by that. They need to either remove level 3 or remove the helmet completely. It's just not fair," said shroud. "It's literally not fair or make the level 3 armor reduce your movement speed in half. That way you choose to be more of a tank but you can't be as f**king fast. So when you see a level 3 armor and you have level 2, you think in your head, do I want speed or do I want to be a tank? That works too."

Treyarch has stated that there will be major changes coming to the armor system in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout before the title releases on October 12th. The development studio also had made changes to nerf the level 3 armor during the Beta testing period for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout. 

However, it remains to be seen if the state of level 3 armor in the Blackout battle royale game mode will be to the liking of players, such as shroud, when Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 finally launches. 

(cover photo courtesy of DreamHack and Treyarch)