Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 October 11th Patch Notes

On October 11, the CoD developers released a new update that fixed various bugs, including the appearance of the Gaia skin, some gameplay changes, and weapon balancing in an effort to change the game’s meta.

GLOBAL

OPERATORS

• Gaia (New operator skin)
  • The base skin has added visuals that reflect the same level of visibility as the BlackCell skin.
  • Improved visibility compensation 

ERROR CORRECTION

• Fixed an issue that could cause players to return to the main menu when viewing some finishing move options. 
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect unlock criteria to be displayed for some finishing moves.
• Fixed an issue where a random spawn skin could be used in the Operators tab after the player selected one of the spawn skins in the Showcase tab.
• Fixed an issue where selected Operator finishing moves could reset.

WEAPON

“Assault rifles”

• Kastov 545
  • Average damage increased.
• Kastov 762
  • Close range damage reduced.
  • Average damage reduced.
  • Neck damage multiplier increased.
  • Upper body damage multiplier increased.
• Kastov-74u
  • Melee damage range increased.
  • The damage range at close and medium range has been increased.
• Lachmann-556
  • Melee damage increased.
  • Melee and mid-range damage increased.
  • Head damage multiplier reduced.
  • Neck damage multiplier increased.
  • Upper body damage multiplier increased.
• M13B
  • Close range damage reduced.
• TR-76 Geist
  • Melee damage reduced.
  • Neck damage multiplier reduced.
  • Upper body damage multiplier reduced.

“Submachine guns”

• ISO 9mm
  • Ranged damage reduced.
• Lachmann Sub
  • Melee damage reduced.
  • Head damage multiplier increased.
  • Neck damage multiplier increased.
• Lachmann Shroud
  • Neck damage multiplier from explosive fire has been reduced.
  • Upper torso damage multiplier from volley fire has been reduced.
• Mini
  • The damage range at close and medium range has been increased.
• MX9
  • Melee and mid-range damage increased.
  • The damage range at close and medium range has been reduced.
  • Neck damage multiplier increased.
• Lockwood 300
  • Double Maelstrom Trigger
    • Close range damage reduced.
    • The damage range at close and medium range has been reduced.

RATING GAME IN THE WAR ZONE

• Closed SR exploit (Alt+F4).
  • We will continue to monitor ranked Warzone play to maintain integrity and stability.

ERROR CORRECTION

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from changing/customizing operators in the DMZ when using a controller.
• Fixed an issue where using a new finishing move would not replace a previously used finishing move in the DMZ.