The rebirth of Rebirth Island in Warzone marked the arrival of an exciting new Champion’s Quest, offering the tantalizing proposition of earning a nuke. However, this new quest soon revealed its formidable difficulty, driving players toward loopholes and exploiting broken strategies to achieve its completion.
The excessively difficult nature of the Champion’s Quest has introduced a level of challenge that many believe verges on the impossible, triggering calls for modifications. While difficult tasks can enhance the gaming experience, exceeding attainable limits can frustrate players and detract from the overall enjoyment of the game.
Earning the Champion’s Quest is itself a considerable feat, as it necessitates either winning five consecutive games or a total of thirty games. This already-daunting task elevates to an even greater challenge when players enter a match on Rebirth Island and begin the contract associated with the quest.
The contract requires completion within ten minutes, a timeframe made more complex by the need to gather four individual elements to construct the coveted nuke. Each of these elements commands an eight-minute spawn time, a feature that only adds to the difficulty of the task.
Players can perform certain tasks, such as purchasing equipment or interrogating enemies after bringing them down, in an attempt to winnow the time it takes for an element to spawn. But this shave-off of time is minimal. Consequently, completing the contract morphs into a task reminiscent of the mythical efforts of Hercules.
The gaming community playing Warzone has been quick to catch onto this unrealistic level of difficulty, describing the Champion’s Quest as ‘broken’ or ‘bugged.' Players found themselves obligated to use tactics such as bulk buying items during a fire sale while activating the contract at the right time to get a bare chance at finishing it.
“It’s outrageously difficult and absurdly convoluted as you basically need 150k and to wait until a firesale, then purchase as many plates as you can to slowly tick down the timer on the three elements,” one player commented, expressing a common sentiment in the Warzone community.
There is a widely held belief among players that a modification needs to be implemented to ease the difficulty of the quest, while still retaining an element of challenge. This balance is important in maintaining both the competitive nature and the enjoyment derived from the game.
Multiple suggestions have come up from the Warzone community in terms of how these changes could be made. Taking the emphasis off the timer reduction associated with the buy station and concentrating on rewarding reductions for achievements like kills and open chests could improve the situation.
Defenders of this proposal argue that the current method does not need much skill and only layers on pressure with the incessant timer countdown. The problem with this is that it detracts from the essence of the game, reducing it to a rush against time instead of a test of strategic thinking and gaming skills.
As of now, there’s no confirmation that game developers will make any changes to the way the Champion’s Quest operates on Rebirth Island. However, given the comments from Warzone’s avid following of gamers, it is an issue that might do well to be considered.