Summary

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone's newest update expands weapon prestige camos and balances gameplay for a better experience.
  • Changes Modern Warfare 2 weapon prestige camos, JAK Wardens kit fixes, and more improvements.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone have received a new update that expands weapon prestige camos, applies some minor weapon-balancing changes, and more. This is likely one of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's last updates before the launch of Season 4 in late May.

Call of Duty's last weekly update made various improvements to MW3's Zombies mode along with bug fixes for certain items, maps, and modes in the game's standard multiplayer. Also, a prevalent Warzone bug causing automatic tactical sprint issues was resolved. That update was followed by another one a day later, which attempted to balance the new JAK Wardens conversion kit that resembles the Model 1887 akimbo shotguns from Modern Warfare 2 (2009).

Some of the changes in Call of Duty's newest update were applied to both Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, such as weapon prestige camos now being unlockable for MW2 weapons, the JAK Wardens no longer equipping incompatible attachments, the COR-45 no longer firing faster than intended, and various optic attachments now displaying the correct statistics in the Gunsmith menu. Those improvements cover all the Warzone changes, but MW3 received other weapon and equipment adjustments, including a nerf to the DG-58 LSW and a change to the Enhanced Vision Goggles field upgrade, making it no longer automatically unequip after running out of battery. Instead, it now blurs the user's vision upon depletion, allowing a player to unequip the field upgrade at their own convenience.

Other MW3 changes include a bug fix for Derail that prevents players from entering a restricted area and akimbo weapons no longer receiving less reserve ammo than intended in certain scenarios. Small improvements were also applied to a trio of game modes, with EOD Padding in Arcade no longer reducing explosive damage from power weapons, blank perk icons no longer showing on the survivors' HUD in Infected, and weapon stats no longer appearing blank in the after-action report following a One in the Chamber match.

The High-Gain Antenna perk, which was added with Call of Duty's Season 3 update, also received a minor bug fix that makes enemy equipment correctly display on the user's compass when said equipment is detected by teammates. MW3's user interface received some upgrades as well, such as equipment skins now able to be previewed in the Store, tracked challenges now accurately reflecting progress towards weapon prestige camos, and more.

That's about it for Call of Duty's newest update. But as for the future of the series, it seems likely that Call of Duty 2024 will be revealed within the next month or so, either through an in-game reveal that datamined files seemed to hint at, or during Xbox's June showcase on June 9.

Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Patch Notes for May 14 Update

Multiplayer

UIX

  • Equipment Skins can now be previewed in the Store.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Tracked Challenges widget now accurately reflects progress toward Weapon Prestige Camos.
    • Locked Calling Cards earned via the current Season’s Battle Pass are now displayed in the Customization menu.
    • Locked/Unlocked filter for Calling Cards in the Customization menu now functions as expected.
    • Restored functionality of the Select / Deselect All button in the Quick Play menu.
    • EMP HUD effects no longer persist upon Wheelson-HS destruction via Stormender.

GAMEPLAY

  • Resolved an issue causing Akimbo Weapons to be given less reserve ammo than intended following a map infiltration sequence.

PROGRESSION

  • Weapon Prestige Camos can now be unlocked for MWII Weapons.

MAPS

  • Derail
    • Added collision to prevent an exploit that allowed players to get in the blue train car near the Crossing area.

MODES

  • Arcade
    • EOD Padding no longer reduces incoming explosive damage by power Weapons.

  • Infected
    • Blank Perk icons are no longer shown on the HUD upon spawning as a survivor.

  • One in the Chamber
    • Weapon Match Stats section of the After-Action Report is no longer empty upon completing a match.

WEAPONS & ATTACHMENTS

Light Machine Guns

  • DG-58 LSW
    • Decreased neck, torso, arm, and hand damage multipliers from 1.1x to 1x.

Marksman Rifles

  • Lockwood Mk2
    • JAK Wardens Conversion Kit
      • Resolved an issue causing incompatible Attachments to remain equipped in the Gunsmith.

Handguns

  • COR-45
    • Implemented measures to prevent exploits that allow firing faster than intended.

Attachments

  • Adjusted Pros and Cons for multiple Optic Attachments to reflect their true statistics.
    • Corio Enforcer Optic
    • Dragon’s Eye Optic
    • KR Marauder 9 Riser

PERKS

  • High-Gain Antenna (Gear)
    • Addressed an issue causing Equipment detected by allies with Signal Jammer not to appear indicated on the compass.

EQUIPMENT

  • Scatter Mine (Tactical)
    • In Hardcore mode, players equipped with EOD Padding are no longer immune to stun effects.

FIELD UPGRADES

  • Enhanced Vision Goggles
    • Player is no longer forced to unequip upon a dead battery, instead, vision is blurred until the goggles are manually removed.

EVG battery will not recharge while equipped with a dead battery.

Warzone

PROGRESSION

  • Weapon Prestige Camos can now be unlocked for MWII Weapons.

WEAPONS

MARKSMAN RIFLES

LOCKWOOD MK2 (MWII)

JAK Wardens Conversion Kit

    • Resolved an issue causing incompatible Attachments to remain equipped in the Gunsmith.

HANDGUNS

COR-45

  • Implemented measures to prevent exploits that allow firing faster than intended.

» ATTACHMENTS «

  • Adjusted Pros and Cons for multiple Optic Attachments to reflect their true statistics.
    • Corio Enforcer Optic
    • Dragon’s Eye Optic
    • KR Marauder 9 Riser

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The war has changed. Call of Duty returns with an all-new campaign, modernized versions of classic Multiplayer maps and an open-world PvE Zombies experience. The campaign, a direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, sees Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov as he extends his grasp across the world.  In Multiplayer, the 16 maps that launched with Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 return with upgraded graphics, new modes and innovative gameplay features. In Modern Warfare Zombies, team up with other squads for the first time ever as you work together to survive in the largest Zombies map yet

Developer(s)
Sledgehammer Games
Publisher(s)
Activision
Genre(s)
First-Person Shooter