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A new update today will disable the Gaia (Groot) skin in Modern Warfare 3. Players cannot use or equip this skin.
SHG says they will re-enable the skin in a future update once they’ve made visibility changes.
Well, it’s finally happened. After announcing that they would disable Call of Duty’s infamously hard-to-see Gaia and Gaia BlackCell Operator Skins for the Nova Operator in a Reddit AMA, Sledgehammer Games has gone and pulled the figurative (literal?) trigger.
Players will no longer be able to equip the problematic skins until they are “re-enabled in a future update,” according to the official Call of Duty Updates account on X/Twitter. Sledgehammer did not comment on when said future update might be released.
Players were able to unlock the skin by purchasing the sixth season battle pass, then working your way up to the skin. There’s a paid upgrade to the pass, however, which significantly speeds up the process. It was also previously available in a similar way in Modern Warfare 2. People complained about the Gaia skin when it was first released, and that’s spilled over into Modern Warfare 3.
The move has been a long time coming. The Gaia and Gaia BlackCell Operator Skins have been giving the Call of Duty community fits since it was first introduced in Modern Warfare 2 during Season 6, which debuted in late September. Modern Warfare 3 allows players to bring forward any weapons and skins they’ve unlocked, purchased, or otherwise acquired in Modern Warfare 2, including the Gaia skins.
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