Activision Reveals Official Infinite Warfare Competitive Rule-set

Activision’s latest Call of Duty title is here! Infinite Warfare launched just yesterday, and with that means a another full year of brand new competitive Call of Duty content. As expected, Infinite Warfare will be the main eSports CoD title to partake within the 2016-2017 season of the Call of Duty World League. Teams are not being quickly prepared and roster changes are happening all over the place, but up until now, players have been left in the dark in regards to the official ruling for competitive Infinite Warfare.

Activision has just recently released all-you-need-to-know information regarding the rule-set  for this upcoming season, and we’ve highlighted some of the most important information below.

• Hardpoint
• Uplink
• Search and Destroy

• Breakout (Hardpoint)
• Frost (Hardpoint,Search and Destroy, Uplink)
• Mayday (Hardpoint, Search and Destroy, Uplink)
• Precinct (Hardpoint, Uplink)
• Scorch (Hardpoint, Search and Destroy)
• Throwback (Hardpoint, Search and Destroy, Uplink)
• Crusher (Search and Destroy)
• Retaliation2 (Search and Destroy)

Payloads

• ·        Reaper
• ·        Micro Turret
• ·        Phase Shift

Traits

• ·        Ping
• ·        Persistence
• ·        Infusion
• ·        Supercharge
• ·        Perception
• ·        Relay
• ·        Marked Target
• ·        Heightened Senses

Lethals

• ·        Plasma Grenade
• ·        Seeker Grenade
• ·        Trip Mine
• ·        Exploding Drone
• ·        Black Hole Projector
• ·        C4

Tacticals

• ·        Personal Radar
• ·        Dome Shield
• ·        Cryo Mine
• ·        Nano Shot

Perk 1

• ·        Overclock

Perk 2

• ·        Tracker

Perk 3

• ·        Pinpoint

Wildcards

• ·        Overkill

Attachments

• ·        Fusion Mag
• ·        Hollow Point/Faraday Slug
• ·        Ram Servo
• ·        Akimbo
• ·        Auto Sear
• ·        Tracking Chip

LMGs

• ·        R.A.W.
• ·        Mauler
• ·        Titan

Shotguns

• ·        Reaver
• ·        DCM-8
• ·        Banshee
• ·        Rack-9
• ·        S-Ravage

Launchers

• ·        Spartan SA3
• ·        P-LAW
• ·        Howitzer

Scorestreaks

• ·        UAV
• ·        Drone Package
• ·        CUAV
• ·        Vulture
• ·        Shock Sentry
• ·        Advanced UAV

It’s fairly evident that there’s a lot of things now allowed in this years competitive format. I suppose that’s just what comes with the territory when you design a game with so many new features and functions. Regardless, the rules are now finally here, so players can now begin to plan accordingly as they go into strategy-mode.  There’s much more information regarding rules and regulations. So much so, that you might be reading for awhile. You can checkout the full list by visiting the official announcement located here.