Season 3 of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" and "Warzone 2" begins Wednesday, and as Morgan observed last week, it may be the first major update to please players of both games. One of the changes in Warzone 2, however, is the return of the one-hit-kill sniping, a new feature that will be available in both games for the first time since the release of "Warzone 2.

"Expect the return of the one-hit kill sniper rifle," the Warzone 2 team said in a blog post today (opens in new tab).

The response I'm seeing is generally positive: bringing Warzone 2 closer to Warzone 1 has been a popular theme of Activision's updates, for better or worse. Many fans of the original Warzone miss one-shot sniping, and on Reddit, one player complained about a sniping-obsessed squad member wasting time trying to countersnipe another sniper and neither could make the killing shot He posts a ludicrous complaint (opens in new tab) that.

"The snipers are almost useless and only situational." Needless to say, I am very excited that my buddy is getting away with kills faster. This is a very welcome change. Thank God."

However, players have also expressed concern that Warzone 2's movement speed will make it frustrating to face one-hit kill sniping. There are many uncertainties here as well, such as how difficult it will be to obtain the necessary attachments and what the range and bullet speed will be.

(Update: On Tuesday, we learned more about it (open in new tab): "A bolt-action sniper equipped with explosive ammunition can take down an enemy with a single skill shot; Explosive Ammunition has also been added to the MCPR-300.")

Warzone 2 Season 3 will also see the return of the mid-season addition of ranked combat, five new guns, and a new camp map, the plans for which are summarized in this blog post (opens in new tab).

I am not a Warzone player, so I have no horse in this race. I can understand both sides of the argument: I love sniping in the game and get frustrated when a beautiful shot from long range hits an enemy who can easily escape. But I also don't like being sniped. Life is full of contradictions.

However, I still play team deathmatch in Modern Warfare 2 as normal (typical late 30s behavior). My only concern is that the Tempus Torrent marksman rifle, introduced in Season 2, will be nerfed.