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Joshua Wolens

Modern Warfare 3's loathed 'Groot' skin is getting yanked and nerfed following widespread player backlash

Call of duty groot skin.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's not-so-happy tree friend is set for a nerf. Players have been in an uproar about the Gaia skin—which turns MW3's Nova into a kind of arboreal sleep paralysis demon that some people liken to Groot—ever since it was introduced as part of the game's season 6 battle pass. But now Sledgehammer says not to worry: The studio is going to temporarily disable the skin soon while it works on a nerf.

The news came as part of a recent AMA on Reddit, in which Sledgehammer devs answered COD players' questions about the game and its future. One such player, Deagil_, asked the team what it was "going to do about the Gaia skin and the problems it has brought forward to MW3 from MW2?"

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