In an attempt to fix the bloated Gunsmith system of recent Call of Duty games, Modern Warfare 4 is introducing a new feature, Gunny. It’s a little widget in the bottom right of the loadout screen that you can use to create loadouts for you. For example, it’ll say “Hello, I can help you build a weapon when you have more attachments unlocked. Keep levelling your weapon,” if you’ve got a brand-new weapon.
Naturally sceptical of a weird widget that communicates with you, Infinity Ward has been accused of using AI for this new system. In a post which instigated a lot of the uproar, retired Call of Duty leaker TheGhostofHope said: “They got an AI chat bot in the game now to help mfs with their loadouts as if it’s not the same shit used every year.”
Infinity Ward fired back, saying “Wrong (again.) Gunny is handcrafted by our developers, not AI. It recommends builds based on the attachments you’ve unlocked for each weapon. It helps make quick loadout changes between matches. Give it a shot in the Beta.” For those out of the loop, that snarky ‘again’ refers to various incorrect leaks made by Hope which Activision has called out in the past. There’s history.
I, for one, am glad that Gunny isn’t an AI chatbot that can’t play Call of Duty, telling me how to play Call of Duty. Instead, it’s effectively just a personified auto-equip button that collates dev-made weapon builds for those players who don’t want to create their own, or even search online for player-made setups.