Call of Duty: Vanguard is the latest WW2 rendition of the franchise, and though it would've been unthinkable for it to do so at one point in time, the game took on the full brunt of Modern Warfare's Gunsmith feature. In effect, this means that any semblance of realism is thrown out the window, but also that balancing becomes far more difficult thanks to dozens of available attachments.
The option to kit out a regular MP-40 with a silencer, reflex sight, and a front grip might sound enticing on its own, but Call of Duty: Vanguard took the idea and ran with it, letting players choose up to 10 attachments simultaneously. While this does open things up for more experimentation than ever before, some players are now arguing in favor of a simpler, more limited system.
COD: Vanguard effectively doubled the number of available weapon attachments compared to Modern Warfare and Black Ops Cold War. This seemed like an appealing proposition at first, but as the calls to nerf the Whitley LMG in Vanguard have shown, such an open-ended customization system lets players build ridiculously overpowered weapons at times. As Reddit user Adananan explained, some members of the community actually feel that COD should go back to the earlier variant of the system instead.
Curiously, even some COD developers seem to agree with this notion, as some recent leaks suggest that Modern Warfare 2 may offer only 5 attachments at a time. This is precisely the approach that some members of Vanguard's community are now calling for, as the current system doesn't force players to pick and choose their weapon modifications at all, allowing them instead to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.
As Call of Duty Vanguard added new weapons to the roster of available options over the past few seasons, balancing them all has become an increasingly difficult task for the developers. Players can spruce up any given weapon with a veritable wealth of gadgets, and some of them are sure to boost its stats to unexpected levels. This, in turn, results in an extremely unbalanced Warzone sandbox that effectively needs constant attention from the devs that could've otherwise been spent on something else.
To be fair, it's anyone's guess as to what effect, exactly, a 5-attachment limit would have on the current sandbox. It would likely cap weapon stats to some extent, though this too would eventually devolve into a meta of mainstay attachments on any given weapon, as happened in Modern Warfare. Either way, the likelihood of Vanguard revamping its Gunsmith mechanic now is low, and the best thing to do in the meantime is to rely on tried-and-true COD Vanguard multiplayer combat tips instead.
Call of Duty: Vanguard is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.