Call of Duty March 13 Patch Rebalances Longbow and Haymaker, Improves Spawns, and Extra

The newest patch notes for Season 2 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are right here they usually rebalance the Longbow and Haymaker, enhance spawns, and far more.

You can learn the complete patch notes right here or beneath, however a number of the highlights embrace these stability adjustments to the shotgun referred to as Haymaker and sniper rifle referred to as Longbow. First up, the Haymaker bought a buff with a roughly 40% enhance to minimal hipfire unfold, most hipfire unfold, and tactical stance unfold.

The Longbow, then again, was taken down a notch because of it being a bit overpowered. In this case, its 30% hipfire unfold profit was eliminated and goal down sight time has been elevated by 21%.

On the spawning entrance, new spawn factors have been added in Hardpoint on Skidrow to “lower the likelihood of an unfavorable flip.”

“One of many elements in spawn choice is to keep away from a spawn entice,” Sledgehammer Games & Treyarch wrote. “When a participant dies quickly after respawning, that spawn level is quickly deprioritized. If there usually are not sufficient secure spawn factors obtainable, a spawn flip is extra more likely to happen. By including further spawn factors, the system has extra secure choices obtainable, reducing the prospect of a spawn flip.”

These adjustments arrive just some days after the arrival of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 2 Reloaded started. In addition to a few new 6v6 maps within the type of Das Haus, Skidrow, and Airborne, it additionally heralded the arrival of the Warhammer 40,000 crossover.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Season 2 Reloaded Patch Notes (March 13, 2024):

Global

Customization

• Added lacking visible results to the muzzle of the Lament BlackCell Blueprint.

Multiplayer

UIX

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved efficiency whereas scrolling within the Calling Cards menu.
  • Tracked Prestige Challenges will not disappear from the Calling Cards menu.
  • Seasonal content material in offline mode will now match the obtainable content material in on-line mode.
  • Saving a Custom Mod within the Gunsmith will not take away sure Camos.

Progression

• Gilded Mastery Challenge for the SOA Subverter now shows the right necessities.
• Priceless Camo Challenge for the SOA Subverter is now correctly tracked.

Maps

• Skidrow
  • In Hardpoint, further spawn factors had been added to lower the likelihood of an unfavorable flip.

One of many elements in spawn choice is to keep away from a spawn entice. When a participant dies quickly after respawning, that spawn level is quickly deprioritized. If there usually are not sufficient secure spawn factors obtainable, a spawn flip is extra more likely to happen.

By including further spawn factors, the system has extra secure choices obtainable, reducing the prospect of a spawn flip.

Modes

• Private Match
  • Increased most participant and bot rely from 12 to 24.

Weapons & Attachments

» Assault Rifles «

• Holger 556
  • Ascent Lord Stock
    • Revised Attachment description to higher replicate its true statistics.
      • This heavy inventory supplies higher accuracy and recoil management.
• FR 5.56
  • FR Sprinter & Recon Stock Pad Stocks
    • Replaced Sprint Speed with Tactical Sprint Speed within the record of Pros to align with the true statistics.

Submachine Guns

• Rival-9
  • Trebuchet Brake Muzzle
    • Replaced duplicate JAK BFB with the right title and outline.
      • This closely vented brake is designed to mitigate vertical recoil and is particularly efficient on burst weapons.

Shotguns

• Haymaker
  • JAK Maglift Kit
    • Increased minimal hipfire unfold from 3.5deg/s to 4.9deg/s (+40%).
    • Increased most hipfire unfold from 4.4deg/s to six.2deg/s (+41%).
    • Increased tactical stance unfold from 3deg/s to 4.2deg/s (+40%).

Sniper Rifles

• Longbow
  • JAK Tyrant 762 Kit
    • Removed 30% hipfire unfold profit.
    • Increased goal down sight time from 390ms to 470ms (+21%).

MWIII Ranked Play

Zombies

GAMEPLAY

• Addressed a problem that prevented Elder Sigils from dropping within the
  New Season 2 Dark Aether Rift if gamers had not accomplished the Season 1
  Dark Aether Rift.
• Addressed a problem that may knock again Containment Levels by one Tier when exfiling from Dark Aether Rifts.
• Addressed a problem that prevented Containment Levels from knocking again one Tier if a participant left a match.

STABILITY

• Added numerous crash and stability fixes.

Call of Duty: Warzone Season 2 Patch Notes (March 13, 2024):

WEAPONS

Weapon Adjustments 

» Assault Rifles «

• Holger 556
  • Ascent Lord Stock
    • Revised Attachment description to higher replicate its true statistics.
      • This heavy inventory supplies higher accuracy and recoil management.
• FR 5.56
  • FR Sprinter & Recon Stock Pad Stocks
    • Replaced Sprint Speed with Tactical Sprint Speed within the record of Pros to align with the true statistics.

» Submachine Guns «

• Rival-9
  • Trebuchet Brake Muzzle
    • Replaced duplicate JAK BFB with the right title and outline.
      • This closely vented brake is designed to mitigate vertical recoil and is particularly efficient on burst weapons.

» Shotguns «

• Haymaker
  • JAK Maglift Kit
    • Increased minimal hipfire unfold to 4.9deg/s, up from 3.5deg/s.
    • Increased most hipfire unfold to six.2deg/s, up from 4.4deg/s.
    • Increased tactical stance unfold to 4.2deg/s, up from 3deg/s.

» Sniper Rifles «

• Longbow
  • JAK Tyrant 762 Kit
    • Removed 30% hipfire unfold profit.
    • Increased goal down sight time to 470ms, up from 390ms.

GAMEPLAY

• Cluster Mines
  • It now requires two mines from a Cluster Mine to down a full-plated Player.
  • A Player with no plates shall be downed by one mine from a Cluster Mine.
• Black Sites
  • Increased the drop fee of Black Site keys to five%, up from 1%.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a problem inflicting the Bunker Buster to fireplace from the inaccurate place when on a transferring platform.
• Fixed a collision problem on Fortune’s Keep permitting Players to take advantage of underneath the map.
• Fixed a collision problem that precipitated the Geiger Counter to be irretrievable. 

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