Summary
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3andWarzonehave received new updates that mostly rebalance weapons and fix bugs.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s Ranked Play saw a major change as well.
Treyarch, the studio behindMW3’s Ranked mode, announced earlier this week thatRanked Play would soon begin a test phaseto see if additional weapons could be viable in the meta. Before, Ranked Play users almost exclusively equipped weapons like the MCW, Rival-9, and WSP Swarm due to other options being banned or simply not good enough. While a limited selection of weapons isn’t anything new to the competitiveCall of Dutyscene, it seems that Treyarch is trying to improve on this aspect.
Modern Warfare 3’s newest update allows previously banned weapons like the BP50, Holger 556, HRM-9, and others to be equipped in Ranked Play until April 23. Feedback and data will determine whether the weapons remain unbanned. As for balance changes, bothMW3andWarzonesaw the same adjustments to six weapons. Slight buffs were applied to the MTZ-556, Holger 556, Striker, andMW2’s M16. A slight nerf was applied to the RAM-9 and a more significant nerf was applied to the WSP Swarm, which had its flinch resistance decreased by 81%. Also, the Haymaker’s JAK Maglift Kit was nerfed inMW3only and a common bug causing theMORS sniper rifle’soptics to become misaligned was fixed.
The update also significantly changedModern Warfare 3’s frag grenades by increasing their intermediate explosive damage by 15% but decreasing their intermediate explosive damage radius by 22%, making the equipment a stronger tool that requires more throwing accuracy.Warzonereceived the frag’s intermediate damage radius nerf but not the damage buff. The new update also implemented a variety of bug fixes and minor UI improvements, like editing a loadout during a match no longer applying an incorrect class and the MORS now displaying the correct icon in the killfeed.
Call of Duty’s next major update is expected to arrive with Season 3 Reloaded in early May. As for the franchise’s future, a dataminer recently claimed to reveal many of the weapons, killstreaks, and equipment coming inCall of Duty 2024, including thepotential return of the Last Stand perk.
Treyarch’sCall of Duty 2024, rumored to be titledBlack Ops Gulf War, is said to be set in the early 1990s. An official reveal should happen within the next few months.
Note: Changes to the M16 were released in a previous game update.
Before today’s update, the near-medium damage was set to an improper value, potentially allowing more ranged lethality than intended.
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