The January 20th Call of Duty: Warzone patch notes include several quality of life updates, which come just a day following Activision announced the delay of Season 2 of Vanguard and Warzone in order to bring improvements to both games. Additionally, the Season 1 melee weapon Katana received a series of buffs to improve the weapon in battle royale.
According to the Raven Software patch notes, issues with the menu screen flickering when joining a friend or queuing with a party have been resolved. Another caused certain weapons to continuously fire following reloading animations, and a bug that caused regular/advanced Big Game Bounty and Top Secret Contracts UAV rewards to not fire if the player was in a vehicle or gun anti-aircraft have both been fixed, too.
Other Warzone improvements include a fix for an issue that caused private lobby hosts to crash, and several collision issues have been resolved with various Caldera items that allowed players to farm, peek or shoot through them.
For the Katana mods, there was a slight nerf to movement speed, but the weapon should feel a bit more viable in Warzone with a series of buffs that include a major damage boost from 135 to 150. The Katana’s standing charge range and crouched charge range has also been increased.
Unfortunately, Raven Software hasn’t addressed the current “Harry Potter meta” of hackers in flying cars, which terrorize players on both Caldera and Rebirth Island. Hopefully, the Ricochet anti-cheat can stop pirates from flying jeeps, and more quality of life updates will arrive to continue improving Warzone’s frustrating state.
The full patch notes can be viewed below, as shared by Raven Software.
In other Call of Duty news, Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard – pending regulatory approval – in a deal valued at nearly $70 billion. Activision Blizzard has recently been grappling with employee walkouts, lawsuits, and other investigations related to allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination once morest women.
BUGS FIXES
- Fixed collision issues with various Caldera elements allowing players to mine/look/shoot through them.
- Fixed an issue that caused the menu screen to flicker when trying to join a friend or queue with a party.
- Fixed an issue with reload animations allowing certain weapons to fire continuously.
- Fixed an issue causing private lobby hosts to crash.
- Fixed an issue causing regular/advanced Big Game Bounty UAV rewards and [TOP SECRET] Contracts do not trigger if the player was in a vehicle or anti-aircraft gun.
WEAPONS
Mêlée
- Katana (VG)
- Damage increased from 135 to 150
- Permanent charge range increased by 36.5%
- Crouching charge range increased by 17%
- Movement speed reduced by 2%
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