‘Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare’ Battle Pass Complete, Back To ‘Fortnite’

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is fading back into Fortnite

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With 22 days left in the Season One Call of Duty: Modern Warfare battle pass, players still have a chance to collect all the rewards and rank up before the global rank reset and the launch of Season Two. Since unlocking the battle pass I've been freaking cranked. But now I've completed it. 100 rewards unlocked and collected. What now?

Back to Fortnite I guess.

After 834 online matches of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, my reflexes have improved and I’ve ranked up to 155 for the first time ever in a Call of Duty game. I even started playing Gunfight. My 19 year-old still says I suck and still outplays me on hectic maps like Shipment, but is too scared to play hardcore mode and blames the matchmaking algorithm for his losses. I'm just glad the Crash map was nerfed out of the Mosh Pit option.

Frankly, all that war has exhausted me. It got to the point where I was just grinding to rank 155 from 154 and battle pass level 100 from 99 by only playing Infected. I need a well-earned vacation from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. So last night I strolled back into the colorful and constantly changing world of Fortnite, apparently refreshed after that ominous black hole.

There are still things to do in Fortnite, especially since I haven't played the game since Chapter 1, Season I don't remember. There are bus stops to visit, food trucks to visit and a Metaverse to look forward to. So for the next 22 days, I'll be jumping around Fortnite, not building anything and hoping I don't get merc'd before the top 25 at least.

Look, I enjoy playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare but without the dangling carrots of ranking up and obtaining battle pass rewards (and if my friends aren't online for team matches where we can just screw around and run over people in Ground War), then some of the excitement has been drained. I enjoyed the frequent Mosh Pit updates and game mode changes (and bundles to help fight the Australia bushfire), but I have nothing to grind for anymore (at least until Season Two).

Meanwhile, I'm currently at level eight in Fortnite. I'm yet to uncover the entire map. I still am absolutely terrible at building things on the run (yet, routinely finish in the top ten). But since playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare so much, I have noticed some differences in how I play Fortnite now. I actually rack up some kills alongside my sneaky sneaky methodology of hitting the top ten.

My aim has gotten better, as far as moving and firing. Usually I just sit and wait for the circle to close and I'm in the top ten and try to survive til the top two, let them all kill each other. But I've been more aggressive. The constant attack of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has changed my methodology. This has made Fortnite more interesting and engaging for me, I'm not just waiting out the clock anymore.

Even if Call of Duty: Modern Warfare does end up adding a Battle Royale mode, the juxtaposition between the two games won’t be erased. Fortnite adds a whimsical edge to shooting things, an edge that shaves off the lip of seriousness that comes with playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. I’m not saying playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was unpleasant, it was not. I’m saying that with Fortnite I don’t have to take an hour to calm down after playing. It is very much a gaming vacation.

While there is much to explore, levels to achieve, battle pass items to unlock â€" Fortnite is absolutely an almost necessary change in pace and will provide a fresh bushel of carrots for me to chomp at while offering a total shift in environment and game play. This will ensure that when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare drops Season Two, I’ll be jonesing for hardcore battles again.

Until that point, it’s Fortnite every night. I’ll check in on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, see what patches and updates are made, but for the next 22 days at least, I’ll be parading around the snow-capped mountains of Fortnite, not wearing a backpack and still sporting my Chapter One Twitch skin. The no re-spawn battle royale life seems like a nice break from a zero-point-eight-seven KDR. My gaming out-of-office is set, see you in Season Two.

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