When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 6 first launched, it did so with two new weapons that players could try in multiplayer and in the Warzone battle royale. However, fans quickly came to realize that both the SP-R 208 marksman rifle and the AS VAL were extremely overpowered, and the weapons have become two of the most-used in the game ever since. Infinity Ward has acted fast, releasing a new patch for Modern Warfare that addresses concerns about the guns, nerfing them both heavily.
The AS VAL nerf is pretty simple. Basically, players were able to shoot through walls with no damage reduction when the AS VAL was equipped with SSP 10-R Mags, and so now that that’s fixed, the weapon is much less overpowered. The SP-R 208, however, required more extensive changes. There is no a reduction to the gun’s ADS speed, an increase to flinch, plus reduction to bullet velocity and ADS speed when using the Lapua Mag ammo types. This is potentially a huge nerf that will make the gun significantly less powerful, so fans may want to cycle it out of their loadouts.
While the AS VAL and SP-R 208 nerfs are definitely going to get the most attention from the community, the new Modern Warfare update also nerfs the SKS slightly, reducing its ADS speed when using variable zoom scopes.
The Modern Warfare Update for October 8 also comes with a fix for an issue that has been plaguing Call of Duty: Warzone players as well. For the uninitiated, a bug in Warzone allowed players to abuse the new Subway fast-travel system. It allowed players to survive in the gas, giving them a significant and unfair advantage over their competition. As of the latest update, the Subway glitch in Warzone should no longer work.
It will be interesting to see how the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone communities react to the new update. It will also be interesting to see if the updates are actually effective at nerfing the weapons. While they sound pretty comprehensive on paper, there have been instances in the past where attempted nerfs have inadvertently made weapons more powerful, as was the case with the .725 shotgun at one point.
Here are the full Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone October 8 patch notes.
- Fixed an issue where players could survive in the gas while staying on the subway fast travel system
- Fixed a bug where the SSP 10-R mags could allow bullet penetration through multiple walls
- Increase to flinch
- Minor reduction to ADS speed
- Variable zoom scope – Moved weapon closer to the player while ADSing, Small reduction to ADS speed
- .300 Norma mag and .338 Lapua Mag ammo types: Reduction to bullet velocity, Reduction to ADS Speed
- Small reduction to ADS speed for variable zoom scopes
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Infinity Ward
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