Infinity Ward has deployed the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone update for October 23, and this is a server-side patch that brings weapon changes alongside bug fixes too.

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Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone Update for October 23 Patch Notes:

GLOBAL

WEAPONS

The following Weapon balance changes are only reflected in Modern Warfare II

» Submachine Guns «

• Minibak
  • Reduced close damage range
  • Reduced close range damage amount

• Vasznev-9k
  • Reduced close damage range

• Lachmann Shroud
  • Reduced mid and far damage range

• ISO 9
  • Reduced far damage range

• PDSW 528
  • Increased mid damage range

• Fennec
  • Increased mid damage range

• BAS-P
  • Increased mid damage rage

 

» Assault Rifles «

• TR-76 Geist
  • Reduced close damage range
  • Reduced close range damage amount
  • Reduced arm, leg, and torso location damage
  • Increased long range damage amount

• Kastov 762
  • Increase close damage range

• Kastov-74u
  • Reduced close damage range
  • Increased long range damage amount
  • Reduced leg location damage

• TAQ 56
  • Reduced close damage range

• FR Avancer
  • Increased close damage range
  • Increased mid and long range damage amount

• M16
  • Increased mid damage range

• Tempus Razorback
  • Increased close damage range
  • Increased mid and long range damage amount

• M4
  • Increased close damage range

• Lachmann 556
  • Increased close and mid damage range

 

» Battle Rifles «

• Cronen Squall
  • Increased mid damage range

• SO-14
  • Increased damage range

• Lachman 761
  • Increased damage range

• FTac Recon
  • Increased close damage range

 

» Shotguns «

• Lockwood 300
  • Maelstrom Dual Trigger with 12 Guage and Dragon’s breath ammunition
    • Reduced damage range

• Bryson 900
  • 12 gauge and Dragon’s Breath ammunition
    • Reduced damage range

• Expedite 12
  • Increased close-mid damage range

• KV Broadside
  • 12 Gauge ammunition
    • Increased close damage range
  •  Dragon’s Breath ammunition
    • Reduced damage range

 

» Marksman Rifles «

• EBR 14
  • Reduced damage range

• Tempus Torrent
  • Reduced mid damage range

• SPR-208
  • Increased mid damage range

 

» Light Machine Guns «

• RAAL MG
  • Increased mid to far damage range

• Fixed an issue preventing splitscreen from functioning correctly
• Fixed an issue where a crash could occur when starting The Haunting content from the Co-op mission lobby
• Fixed an issue where exiting to the Title screen and reentering the Main Menu causes the Soul counter to display “0 Souls”
• Fixed an issue where the Raining Death Blueprint had a placeholder image on the combat detail widget
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect sound plays when navigating the Soul Capture rewards menu
• Fixed an issue where the Chainsaw preview image would show the Pickaxe when on the ground
• Fixed an issue that could cause the red indicator above enemy Operators to not display on some night Maps
• Fixed an issue where the Skeletor Operator’s staff was not aligned with hands in the Operator select menu

WARZONE

WEAPONS

The following Weapon balance changes are only reflected in Warzone

» Assault Rifles «

• Kastov 762
  • Close-mid Damage decreased
  • Head Damage Multiplier decreased
  • Neck Damage Multiplier decreased
  • Upper Torso Damage Multiplier decreased

• Lachmann-556
  • Head Damage Multiplier increased

• TR-76 Geist
  • Close Damage decreased
  • Close-mid Damage decreased
  • Mid Damage decreased
  • Head Damage Multiplier decreased
  • Limb Damage Multipliers decreased

• M13B
  • Close Damage decreased
  • Head Damage Multiplier increased
  • Neck Damage Multiplier decreased
  • Torso Damage Multipliers decreased

• M4
  • Close-mid Damage Range increased

 

Attachments

• Lockwood 300
  • Maelstrom Dual Trigger
    • 12 Gauge Shell
      • Close Damage Range decreased
      • Close-mid Damage Range decreased
      • Mid Damage decreased
      • Mid Damage Range decreased
      • Mid-far Damage Range decreased

• 12 Gauge Dragon’s Breath
  • Close Damage Range decreased
  • Close-mid Damage decreased
  • Close-mid Damage Range decreased

• 12 Gauge Slug
  • Close-mid Damage decreased

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue that could cause character model arms to misalign when switching seats while leaning out of a vehicle
• Fixed an issue where Players could obtain an unintentional Juggernaut Killstreak from the UFO on Al Mazrah (Night)
• Fixed an issue where the Tiara icon would follow the Player instead of the item in DMZ on Al Mazrah (Night)
• Fixed an issue where the Player was able to use a weapon while carrying a hostage in DMZ
• Fixed an issue where a placeholder image could show in the thumbnail for Rotation Battle Royale Solos
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when accessing the DMZ menu
• Fixed an issue where the Swamp Monster wouldn’t retreat as intended on Al Mazrah (Night)
• Fixed an issue where unintentional numeric text can display on-screen in Al Mazrah (Night)
• Fixed an issue where The Butcher could appear frozen when killed during an execution animation
• Fixed an issue where the Player could get stuck under the ship near Sawah Village in Al Mazrah (Night)
• Fixed an issue where the Player could be kicked from the match if they crossed the Ghost Train portal while being affected by a Shock Stick with an automatic weapon equipped on Al Mazrah (Night)
• Fixed an exploit where Players could duplicate weapons using a Workbench in DMZ
• Fixed an issue where the Player could use NVGs without having them in their inventory in DMZ on Al Mazrah (Night)
• Fixed an issue where ghosts couldn’t be killed by sniper rifles on Al Mazrah (Night)
• Fixed an issue where Foresight Killstreak drop was a UFO boss reward

Given Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is about to be released, don’t expect a lot of patches to be released for Modern Warfare 2 moving forward.

Source: Call of Duty