Patch notes Warzone update of August 3rd: weapon balancing

While the Warzone meta remains most chaotic, the developers have made a new balancing, further weakening assault rifles.

The least we can say is that since the Season 4 Reloaded kicked off and the update that followed, the daily life of players on Warzone has not been a smooth ride. Between brightness issues on Caldera, the frustrating bug that affected gas masks, not to mention the ever-so-capricious battle royale meta, players’ patience has been sorely tested.

As the Warzone community sounded the alarm on social media, the developers rolled out a new patch, the second since the Season 4 Reload kicked off, to try to remedy these various issues.

Patch notes of the August 3 Warzone update

Warzone Weapon Balancing

Assault rifles

Vargo-S (VG)

• Mirzoyan 414mm Custom
  • Bullet velocity increased by 35%.

NZ-41 (VG)

• Headshot damage multiplier increased from 1.5 to 1.3.
• Shot deflection increased

KG M40 (VG)

• Head shot damage multiplier reduced to 1.32, down from 1.46.
• Neck damage multiplier increased from 1.3 to 1.32.

Volkssturmgewehr (VG)

• Min damage decreased to 21, instead of 22
• VDD 287mm
  • Damage range penalty increased to -25%, instead of -10%.
  • Bullet speed penalty increased to -20%, instead of -10%.
  • Vertical recoil penalty increased to -21%, instead of -12%.
• Krausnick 428mm 05V
  • Damage range reduced to 26%, instead of 40%.

Kilo (MW)

• Decreased min damage to 22, instead of 23

Gunners

Armaguerra 43 (VG)

• ADS velocity range increased from 1.4 to 1.36.
• 34 round Russian .30 caliber magazine
  • Damage range penalty increased to -25%, instead of -14%.
• Loader of 72 rounds of 8mm Kurz
  • Damage range reduced to 5%, instead of 10%.
  • Movement speed penalty increased to -5%, instead of -4.2%.
• Imerito 18mm short
  • ADS speed bonus reduced to 18%, instead of 20%.

Marco 5 (VG)

• ADS transition time increased from 190 ms to 200 ms.
• Increased vertical recoil

H4 Blixen (VG)

• Max damage reduced to 39, instead of 40.
• Max damage range reduced to 8 meters, instead of 9 meters.
• ADS transition time increased from 190 ms to 210 ms.
• Bergstrom 17″ F3
  • Bullet speed reduced to 35%, instead of 50%.
  • Movement speed increase removed, instead of 3%.
  • Movement speed increase ADS removed, instead of 6%.
• 7.62 Gorenko 54 Round Mag
  • Movement speed decreased by 2%.
  • ADS transition time increased from 2% to -3%.

Guns

Echo (MW)

• Neck and torso damage multiplier reduced to 1.0, instead of 1.1.
• Upper torso damage multiplier reduced to 1.0, instead of 1.1.
• Lower torso damage multiplier reduced to 1.0, instead of 1.1.

Gunners

Whitely (VG)

• 16″ Wrapped CGC
  • Damage range penalty decreased to -20%, down from -30%.
• 28″ Gracey Mk. 9
  • Damage range increased to 30%, up from 15%.
• 45 round .303 British magazine
  • Range penalty decreased to -10%, down from -20%.

Shotgun

VLK Rogue (MW)

• Max projectile damage reduced to 38, from 60.
• Min projectile damage increased to 15, from 14.

Accessories

Brace

• The recoil control was reduced from 4% to 3%.

Corrections deployed on Warzone

• The issue where players were receiving damage when entering the gas due to a slight delay in the gas mask animation has been fixed.
• Sometimes an incorrect amount of armor when equipping or obtaining the Soaked asset was applied, the issue has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the lighting on Caldera to change unintentionally.
• Fixed an issue where the “Last Living” card was displaying incorrect text.
• The issue that was causing some Season 4 Reloaded calling cards to display incorrect text has been fixed.