Warzone is once again nerfing a 'pay-to-win' skin

The nerfed LA Thieves skin in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2
(Image credit: Activision Blizzard)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2's LA Thieves skin has officially been nerfed, bringing an end to the saga of Roze 4.0.

The LA Thieves skin is a mostly black, paid skin ostensibly meant for players to show their support of that Call of Duty League team. But players quickly came to the conclusion that its dark appearance could be a big advantage in shadowy areas. It quickly became one of the best-selling items on Steam, and garnered the 'Roze 4.0' name in reference to a long line of skins which seemed to offer similar sorts of advantages.

Where's Building 21?

DMZ building 21

(Image credit: Activision)

Here's everything we know about DMZ Building 21, Warzone 2's new "hyper-dangerous" new area. And if you want the best Warzone 2 Chimera loadout there are other ways to get it.

As you can see in the image above, the skin now has much more substantial red highlights, outlining the goggles in addition to parts of the body.

The new look for the skin actually appeared in screenshots previewing Season 01 Reloaded over the weekend, but today's patch notes officially confirm that the devs have "added accent colors to goggles and straps for enhanced visibility." Players have already been looking for refunds on the skin, to mixed success.

There's been some debate over how beneficial the LA Thieves skin actually is, since Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 are largely set in brightly lit desert environments - but it at least seems to have been beneficial enough to get addressed directly by the devs. When you've got to pay for these skins, they're going to be under extra scrutiny.

If you're looking for details on how to start the Modern Warfare 2 raid or the Modern Warfare 2 Raid Rewards you can earn by completing the mission, you can follow those links for plenty of details

Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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