Patch note MAJ MW3 & Warzone du March 22 : Nerfs du Longbow et JAK Outlaw-277

A new minor update has been released to Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone with the aim of reducing the power of one-shot capable weapons. Discover its contents.

Call of Duty players have been asking for nerfs to the new JAK Outlaw-277 kit for several days, and these requests intensified after a patch, described by the developers as having little impact on its power, was released.

Sledgehammer heard the community’s calls and rolled out a new update that changes the power of this accessory as well as the effectiveness of another dominant weapon.

In the patch notes, the developer acknowledges that the JAK was overpowered, but wants to maintain its dynamic sniper playstyle.

But without further ado, discover the full content of this new update.

Summary

• Patch MW3
• Patch Warzone

Patch note MAY MW3 & Warzone du March 22

Modern Warfare 3

Progression

• Fixed an issue preventing progress from being tracked in the Winner’s Perks Challenge.

Weapons and accessories

Combat rifles

• BAS-B
  • Kit JAK Outlaw-277
    • Reduced upper chest damage multiplier from 2x to 1.4x (-30%).
    • Increased lower torso damage multiplier from 1x to 1.1x (+10%).
    • Reduced arm and hand damage multipliers from 1.6x to 1.1x (-31%).
    • Increased rate of fire from 193rpm to 241rpm (+25%).
    • Reduced aiming fire rate penalty from 300% to 150%.
    • Reduced reload time from 330ms to 264ms (-20%).
    • Removed the 50% benefit on bullet speed.
    • Increased target knockback from 0.9N to 1N (+11%).
    • Increased recoil suffered from 0.17N to 0.23N (+35%).
  • Mod Sawed Off
    • Increased recoil suffered from 0.21N to 0.54N (+157%).

Precision rifles

• Longbow
  • Changed the controller’s aim assist properties to align with other snipers.
  • Increased recoil suffered from 0.75N to 1N (+33%).
  • Increased target knockback from 0.8N to 1.7N (+113%).

Warzone

Combat rifles

• BAS-B
  • Kit JAK Outlaw-277
    • Increased rate of fire to 241rpm, up from 193rpm.
    • Reduced aiming rate of fire penalty to 150%, down from 300%.
    • Reduced reload time to 264ms, down from 330ms.
    • Removed the 50% benefit on bullet speed.
    • Increased target knockback to 1N, up from 0.9N previously (+11%).
    • Increased recoil suffered to 0.23N, compared to 0.17N previously (+35%).
  • Mod Sawed Off
    • Increased recoil suffered to 0.54N, compared to 0.21N previously (+157%).

Precision rifles

• Longbow
  • Changed the controller’s aim assist properties to align with other snipers.
  • Increased recoil suffered from 0.75N to 1N (+33%).
  • Increased target knockback from 0.8N to 1.7N (+113%).

Bug fixes