New update in CoD Warzone weakens 2 of the most powerful Vanguard weapons – Patch Notes

On the evening of December 19th, a new update for Call of Duty: Warzone went online. With the patch some bugs have been removed, but two strong Vanguard weapons are now a bit weaker. MeinMMO lists the complete German patch notes for you.

The essentials in brief:

• Call of Duty: Warzone has been playing on a new map for almost 2 weeks and got around 40 new weapons with the “Pacific Update”
• After a complete overhaul of almost all Vanguard weapons for Warzone, the new guns are considered very powerful
• So there are currently a lot of updates to create a balanced and fair weapon meta – this time the strong BAR and Cooper carbines have been weakened

CoD Warzone: Update vom 19.12. – Patch Notes

When is the update coming? The update is already online.

How big is the update? It is again a rather small update without its own version number. The download is no more than 250 MB.

What has been changed? We’ll start with the gameplay adjustments and bug fixes:

• The “shot sale” event now always lasts the same length
• Fixed spots on caldera with collision problems
• Removed problems with the progress count for the Christmas event
• Fixed placeholder images on various bundles in the store
• Removed overlapping text on vehicles with critical damage
• Store bundles showed wrong “rarities” for the items
• Resolved an issue that would not take into account the Christmas discount when a bundle was given away
• Resolved a visual issue that caused the shop to display prices incorrectly
• The “Space Issue” plan of the MP40 shows the Perl “Vital”, but actually has “support”

What has changed in terms of weapons? There were adjustments for 2 powerful Vanguard weapons: the new Cooper carbine, which caused a sensation in close combat, and the BAR, which is at home on the range:

Cooper carbine – assault rifle

• Maximum base damage reduced to 24 from 25
• Minimum base damage reduced to 19 from 20
• Sight speed reduced by 5.3%
• Barrel: 14 ″ Gracey rapid fire
  • Damage multiplier is now 0.9
  • Headshot multiplier is now 1.07
  • Chest multiplier is now 0.99
  • Now increases vertical recoil by 5%
• Magazine: 9mm 60-round drums
  • Damage multiplier increased to 0.96 from 0.89
  • Movement speed reduced by 2%

BAR – assault rifle

• Barrel: CGC 27 ″ 2B
  • Horizontal recoil control decreased by 5%
  • Vertical recoil control decreased by 5%
• Barrel: CGC 30 ″ XL
  • Horizontal recoil control decreased by 5%
  • Vertical recoil control decreased by 5%

If you want to take a look at the complete English patch notes yourself, you will find them here (via ravensoftware.com).

Developers explain their thoughts behind the changes: In the patch notes, the developers also explained how the adjustments came about and what plans are in place for the weapon meta.

They explain that with the Vanguard weapons, because of the attachments, it is very difficult to balance a weapon as they imagine it to be. Since you can screw up to 10 attachments on a weapon and individual attachments change the weapons more than ever before, you have to keep an eye on all eventualities.

One would like to achieve with the adjustments that different setups for weapons are worthwhile and not always just the “rapid fire” option, with which you increase the rate of fire and damage.

The BAR is a good example of this. With the new values ​​of the barrels you have to choose options with the other attachments to improve the recoil control. However, if you can cope well with the new recoil, you can also improve your mobility or other attributes.

The developers want to find a suitable risk-reward ratio for each weapon – how much is a poorer control worth compared to a better movement or other advantages? All weapon changes follow exactly this idea.

The nasty monster Krampus, who is currently chasing players on Caldera, doesn’t care much: Players in CoD Warzone are being brutally dismantled by a fairy tale monster.