Call Of Duty Releases Patch Notes For Latest Modern Warfare 3 Warzone Update
Activision has released the patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone 's newest update that rebalances weapons, fixes bugs, adds ground vehicles to Rebirth Island, and more. The minor update arrives as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has enjoyed a surge in popularity recently.
This past weekend, Call of Duty hit its highest Steam player count since last year, largely thanks to a free trial that ran from April 4 to April 8 and the launch of Season 3 on April 3. Season 3 added two new weapons in the MORS sniper and FJX Horus SMG. However, some Warzone players began running into issues while using the MORS that caused on-target shots to regularly miss. Unfortunately, this issue still seems to be unfixed with the newest update, but Call of Duty previously confirmed that it's scheduled to be addressed in a future patch.
As for Warzone 's new update, the only gameplay change is the addition of ground vehicles to Rebirth Island. Other changes include certain attachments being removed from certain guns' Gunsmith screens, such as the TAQ Evolvere's duplicate ZEHMN35 muzzle and the MORS' incompatible Hurricane 9 Variable optic. Warzone 's update also fixes various bugs such as tactical and lethal equipment not automatically getting picked up, too many UAV Towers incorrectly spawning in Ranked Play, and the minimap not notifying the user of an enemy Advanced UAV.
As for Modern Warfare 3 's update, Call of Duty 's SVA 545 AR received the only major weapon balance change, which is buffed with increases to its maximum, near-medium, and medium damage ranges. MW3 sees the same attachment changes as Warzone , along with "improved consistency" for penetration damage while using the MORS' Photonic Charge barrel. MW3 's gameplay changes include an improvement to spawn logic while enemy killstreaks are active and additional spawn points added to Shipment that should improve the probability of a good respawn.
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The update also changed a couple of Modern Warfare 3 's Vests . Now, players who equip both the Ninja Vest and Reinforced Boots will gain the effects of Running Sneakers, and the Compression Carrier Vest now immediately triggers health regeneration after getting a launcher kill. Additionally, C4 can no longer be detonated until it's been stuck to a surface for half a second.
Modern Warfare 3 's update also addressed various bugs, including Conversion Kits not being fully removed from the Gunsmith menu after unequipping them, Armory Unlock Challenges not displaying a message upon completion, and the Weekly Challenge countdown timer not displaying the correct time.
Addressed a crash that could occur while viewing Weapon Attachments.
Resolved various issues with Quick Equipping Weapon Charms in the Store.
Corrected the display names of the Season 3 Prestige Emblems.
Addressed an issue causing the Latency telemetry widget to constantly display N/A.
Bug Fixes
Armory Unlock Challenges will now display a splash upon completion.
Operators will no longer appear to have two Riot Shields equipped in the Lobby.
Removing certain Conversion Kits is now properly reflected in the Gunsmith.
Weekly Challenge countdown timer will no longer display an invalid time as the Midseason update approaches.
Corrected positioning of the FJX Horus in the Gunsmith.
Calling Card and Emblem rewards from Weapon Mastery completion are now displayed properly in the After-Action Report.
Removing a Weapon Sticker in the Gunsmith will no longer cause the placement indicators to disappear.
Revised Pros/Cons labels for multiple Attachments to better reflect their true properties.
Improved deprioritization of spawn locations while any Killstreak is active and nearby.
Ripper Light Stock for the FJX Horus will no longer appear locked and without unlock requirements.
Improved tracking of one-shot kills for the What’s Your Sign? Camo for the MORS.
Shipment
Added additional spawn points to improve the probabality of a quality spawn selection in Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Hardpoint Modes.
Tanked
Enemy nameplates are no longer visible through the walls of the Tunnel.
SVA 545
Increased maximum damage range from 31.8m to 44.5m (+40%).
Increased near-medium damage range from 44.5m to 51.8m (+17%).
Increased medium damage range from 51.8m to 61m (+18%).
FJX Horus
Optic Attachments with an integrated laser are no longer compatible with the ECS Requieter Suppressor Muzzle.
TAQ Evolvere
Removed duplicate ZEHMN35 Compensated Flash Hider Muzzle Attachment.
MORS
Hurricane 9 Variable Optic
Removed the ability to equip this incompatible Attachment.
Photonic Charge Barrel
Improved consistency of penetration damage through enemy Operators.
Ninja Vest (Vest)
While equipped with Reinforced Boots, players now gain the effects of Running Sneakers.
Compression Carrier (Vest)
Kills with a Launcher will now immediately trigger health regeneration.
EMD Grenade (Tactical)
Changed the tracker removal keybind to Interact on keyboard input devices.
Improved prioritization when multiple actions are available for the tracker removal keybind.
Tracker removal time is now aligned with the HUD progress bar.
Scatter Mine (Tactical)
Enemy stun effects are now correctly applied in Hardcode Modes.
C4 (Lethal)
Detonation can no longer occur until stuck to a surface for 500ms.
Note: This mechanic was expected for the Season 3 update but did not function as intended at the time of release.
Guardian-SC
Ledge Hanging after equipping the Guardian-SC will no longer cause the player to become unable to fire their Weapon.
Remote Turret
Attempting to deploy while swimming will no longer cause the player to become unable to fire their Weapon.
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Vehicles
Ground vehicles have been enabled on Rebirth Island.
ADJUSTMENTS:
Optic Attachments with an integrated laser are no longer compatible with the ECS Requieter Suppressor FPSShooter Blog Muzzle.
ADJUSTMENTS:
Removed duplicate ZEHMN35 Compensated Flash Hider Muzzle Attachment.
MORS
ADJUSTMENTS:
Hurricane 9 Variable Optic
Removed the ability to equip this incompatible Attachment.
Fixed an issue preventing tactical and lethal equipment from auto picking up.
Fixed an issue preventing players from shooting their weapon while ledge hanging after picking up the Gaurdian-SC killstreak.
Fixed an issue preventing the red outline on the border of the minimap to display when under the effects of an enemy's Advanced UAV.
Fixed an issue preventing one shot protection from functioning in Ranked Play: Resurgence.
Fixed an issue causing too many and UAV Towers to spawn in Ranked Play: Resurgence.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from equipping unlocked items in the Rank Overview within the Rank Rewards Menu.