The shield can serve as a life-saving defensive tool from an aggressive inmate, but it can also be used as an effective offensive tool. While players will no longer be able to trick newbies into tossing a grenade their way, it’s a fun nod regardless.The officer could be trying to create a barrier from anything - home-made powdered bombs to solid materials like plastic bags filled with sand, crushed or broken glass, lye, baby power, or baking soda, to bars of soap with razor blades wedged into them. By pressing G, grenades can be dropped just like any other weapon. The new Riptide update finally introduces a functional ability to drop grenades, giving a real-life presence to the jokes. If you tried, they’d be on the receiving end of an explosion. Never before could you actually give a grenade to anyone your squad. On the surface, this might seem like a tactical move, but there’s a twist. For years, players have asked their teammates to drop them grenades. And it goes without saying that it has drastically changed hostage map strategies - CTs on Agency now have no trouble pushing up to either stairway, for instance.Įlsewhere, Valve has given CS:GO players both a laugh and a useful new function by giving credence to one of the community’s longest-running memes.
Nonetheless, it’s a fun return of an item that players have been yearning for since its removal.
They can only be purchased by CTs (for a current price of $1,100), and unlike classic versions of the shield, they will get damaged and destroyed by gunfire. This isn’t too much of a surprise, of course, as the bullet-deflecting powers of the Riot Shield would be quite unbalanced within competitive gameplay. OMG #CSGO, one of the best updates I've seen in awhile! Might hop on later if anyone is down to play.ĭROPABLE NADES?!? A RIOT SHIELD?!?!! NEW MATCH MAKING AND DEATHMATCH!?! WTF IS GOING ON 😱įor now, you can only use the Riot Shield on Hostage maps in Casual game modes. Now, however, it’s back – and unsurprisingly fans are delighted. For the past six years, players have been unable to access it. The Riot or Tactical Shield was initially removed from the game in 2015, during the Project Zero expansion. Yes, the Riot Shield is finally back in CS:GO, years after it’s been seen in any formal capacity. Join us as we look at two much-welcomed changes to the beloved competitive shooter. On top of that is a new feature that defeats one of CS:GO‘s longest-running in-jokes: You can now drop grenades for your teammates. Alongside the update for Operation Riptide, Valve has notably decided to reintroduce the oft-forgotten Riot Shield. A new update for Counter Strike: Global Offensivedropped recently, and it’s left a big smile on fans’ faces.
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