Call of Duty Vanguard received a minor patch yesterday. The patch made balancing changes to snipers, marksman rifles, and one attachment. All the changes were buffs which should make using them more viable.
Given your feedback and our metrics, we recognized that Sniper Rifles were underperforming across the board. Because of this, we wanted to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of each weapon in this class.
— Sledgehammer Games (@SHGames) March 10, 2022
Kar98k ADS time has been reduced to 500ms from the previous 595ms. Type 99 weapon sway while walking is reduced by 80%, and its ADS time is reduced by 20%. The patch decreased the flinch intensity for snipers and marksman rifles by 30%. However, this change isn’t applied to Gorenko Anti-Tank Rifle, SVT-40, and 3-Line Rifle.
You can read about all the changes below.
- Type 99 (Sniper Rifle)
- Decreased ADS time from 498ms to 400ms (-20%).
- Decreased weapon sway while walking by 80%.
- 3-Line Rifle (Sniper Rifle)
- Decreased weapon sway while walking by 50%.
- Decreased flinch intensity by 50%.
- Decreased max damage range from 40m to 15m (-63%).
- Kar98k (Sniper Rifle)
- Decreased ADS time from 595ms to 500ms (-16%).
- Sniper Rifles and Marksman Rifles
- Decreased flinch intensity by 30%.
- This change does not apply to the SVT-40, 3-Line Rifle, or Gorenko Anti-Tank Rifle.
- Shiraishi Short Barrel (Type 99)
- Decreased ADS time multiplier from -10% to -5% (-50%).
The March 10 update wasn’t just focused on making snipers stronger. It also brought several bug fixes. The exploit where the enemy team’s bomb location will be revealed in Search and Destroy mode has been fixed. You can read about all the bug fixes below.
- Search and Destroy
- Addressed an exploit that would reveal the enemy team’s bomb location.
- Barracks
- Incorrect XP requirement values will no longer be displayed in the Career Progression menu.
- Incorrect Prestige and XP values will no longer be displayed in the Level Progression menu.
- After Action Report
- Prestige icons are no longer misaligned in the Level Up menu.
- Incorrect Prestige values will no longer be displayed in the Summary menu.
You can read the complete patch notes over here.
So what do you think? Are you interested in any of these changes? Have you been playing Call of Duty Vanguard recently? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
