Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War offers players a full complement of perks for their personalized loadouts. Each perk has a general play style in mind that it is supposed to promote. While some Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players prefer the stealthy approach, others run either perception perks or defensive perks to improve their survivability on the battlefield.
As players started to unlock perks, it was not long before Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War fans noticed a problem with Flak Jacket. This perk has been part of the Call of Duty franchise for quite some time, and in each iteration, it generally does the same thing. Flak Jacket's primary use is to lessen damage from explosives and flames.
Players have realized through several tests that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's perk is a tad overpowered. Players wielding the perk are practically invincible to grenades, rockets, and other explosives. Some examples show that players laying flat on the ground can survive multiple grenades before dying. This invincibility is best shown in a clip created by a Reddit user and shared by CharlieIntel. In the clip, the player is loaded into a private match where they are firing rockets at another player. The enemy is presumed to have Flak Jacket equipped, and they are seen taking a direct rocket blast to the chest without dying. To further prove the point, the player shoots to the player's side to kill with splash damage, and once again, the player lived.
In the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War community, many players agree that direct hits from grenade launchers and rockets should be instant kills in almost every scenario. These are weapons designed to disable helicopters and tanks. Hence, the idea that a player could survive a direct hit from an explosive is outside the bounds of game realism.
Other Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players are concerned that nerfing Flak Jacket could cause grenade spam to become an issue. There is a perk in the game that allows players to spawn in with two grenades in every life. With so many grenades on the field, players could easily just be tossing them around and catching collateral kills.
According to Treyarch Community Manager FoxhoundFPS, the developers are already looking into the problem. This confirmation does mean a Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War patch may be on its way, but when the fix will appear remains unknown at the current moment.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is available on PC, Ps4, Ps5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: FoxhoundFPS (via Reddit)