All MW2 & Warzone 2 season 3 patch notes, changes, & updates

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All MW2 Season 3 patch notes

MW2 and Warzone 2 Cronen Squall Battle Rifle — Image via Activision

New Additions

Gunfight: 2v2 iconic mode on smaller-scale maps
Cranked: A mix of Team Deathmatch with an explosive twist

Maps

Core (6v6)
- Pelayo’s Lighthouse
- Black Gold
Gunfight Maps (2v2)
- Alley
- Blacksite
- Exhibit
- Shipment

Battle Maps (Ground War and Invasion)
- Rohan Oil
- Sattiq Cave Complex

BlackCell

BlackCell is a Battle Pass Bundle and Pro Pack combined with even more items. The BlackCell bundle is a premium offering that provides incredible value – to be used across both games.

Trophy Hunt New Limited-Time Event

Players and enemy combatants will drop Trophies when eliminated. Trophies can also be found via loot. Trophies must be collected and secured at an Upload Station to add them to your bank.
- Multiplayer
  - Trophies drop from each unique player killed. Collect Trophies and finish the match to add them to your bank.
- Battle Royale
  - Operators and AI Combatants drop Trophies when eliminated
  - You can find trophies via looting.
  - Trophies are extracted from the match via the following methods:
    - Secured at an Upload Station
    - Match victory
- DMZ
  - Operators and Agents drop trophies when killed. Trophies can also be in loot. Trophies must be collected and secured at an Upload Station, or extracted to add them to your bank.
Once extracted, you can exchange trophies for items shown in the Events tab, including:
- Weapon Blueprints
- Vehicle Skins
- Battle Pass Token Tier Skips
Those who redeem enough items will also unlock some exclusive Operator Skins for their efforts.

FJX Imperium Sniper Rifle
- Engineered destruction at its finest, this anti-personnel, bolt-action Sniper Rifle intervenes in tense situations with hard-hitting .408 rounds.

Cronen Squall Battle Rifle
- A bullpup, semi-automatic rifle chambered in 6.8 Wrath and designed for distance shooting and exceptional damage output.

Bomb Squad
- Explosive Damage mitigation now also applies to Armor | Warzone 2.0 Only

Damage Feedback
- Visual feedback adjusted to increase visibility when taking damage

Death Effects
- Death Effects are now visible when killing AI

Dive
- Diving fire delay reduced

Slide
- Sliding speed slightly increased

Field Upgrades

Adjustments

Added Thermal Vision to the Tactical Camera for Night Map Modes

Equipment

Gas Grenades should no longer detonate enemy explosives

Flash Grenade
- Flash effect duration reduced

Semtex
- Now kills downed Players when stuck

Killstreaks

Players watching a Killcam after a Cruise Missile takes them out will no longer be looking downwards when they respawn
Reduced the range of screen shakes for Precision Airstrike explosions
Juggernaut should now be able to see the tablet screen when planting or defusing a bomb

Vehicles

Melee attacks can now destroy vehicle windows
Knives can now pop vehicle tires

Audio

Added a new cinematic music slider to the front end, which will allow Players to control UI music, game intros/outros, and cinematic sequences separately from music that happens during gameplay
Various refinements to footstep and occlusion mixes

Social

Groups Request Manager

Quality of life improvements for requests to join groups in the Social menu.

UI/UX

Player names now appear in the squad lists of a Private Battle Royale Match
Added the ability to preview tracers and death effects that come with weapon Blueprints
New front end/pre-game lobby scene

Bug Fixes

Weapons Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that disallowed Tuning on the Assault-60 Stock Factory for the FSS Hurricane, FTAC Recon, and Tempus Torrent
Fixed incorrect ammo names on the SPW 40mm HE and KL40-M2 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
Addressed numerous Blueprints that you couldn’t bring into DMZ
Fixed Underbarrel Launcher and Underbarrel Shotgun Attachment compatibility issues
Fixed .50 GS Barrels that were not equipping properly
Dealt with P890 Triggers that were not equipping properly
Fixed Attachment descriptions for unlocks on the KV Broadside progression tree
Fixed an incorrect unlock level description on the SP-X 80 progression tree
Addressed an issue with the progression of .50 GS and KV Broadside camo challenges
Fixed an issue where the UI would sometimes incorrectly display 6 out of 5 attachments

Vehicles Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue preventing tires on the Armored Truck from popping
Fixed the minimap icon of the neutral LTV with a turret not having a turret
Addressed an issue that traps the Player in vehicles much less likely
Fixed an issue where roof-exiting on an ATV could push the Player through collision objects
Fixed an issue that allowed Players to exit a vehicle and leave Maps in certain areas
Addressed an issue causing vehicles to sometime become disabled when one of their tires was still on land
Fixed an issue that allowed helicopters to fly through objects after deploying AI
Fixed an issue causing flares on the Heavy Chopper to deploy too high
Addressed an issue causing War Tracks to not clear from Players in the turrets of the Armored Patrol Boat if the driver dies

Killstreaks Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue causing Crossbow bolts to not damage Recon Drones and Bomb Drones
Fixed an issue causing Explosive Crossbow bolts to not damage the Wheelson
Addressed a handful of issues that prevented Cluster Mines from earning damage correctly by different sources
Fixed a small number of out of bounds issues that could impact piloting a Drone

Field Upgrades Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that prevented players from using Armor while DDoS was active

Equipment Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that prevented Players using the Riot Shield from Drill Charges taking them out

UI/UX Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Players could spam invites to other Players as a form of griefing
Fixed an issue allowing Players to whisper, toggle mute, report or block Players, and add friends from the Leaderboard at the end of a match
Addressed an issue causing misaligned stats in the Scoreboard in Multiplayer
Fixed an issue affecting Double Kill Challenge tracking in the UI
Fixed an issue where the Basilisk, .50 GS and LA-B 330 weapons had incorrectly set weapon camo challenges
In addition, addressed an issue allowing custom Perk Packages to be edited while in-game

All Warzone 2 Season 3 patch notes

All MW2 and Warzone 2 Season 3 patch notes — Image via Activision

Gameplay

Tempered Plate Carrier
- Upgrades the Player’s Armor Plate Carrier to improve armor plate efficiency.
- Details:
  - Player now equips 2 stronger armor plates, down from 3
  - Each armor plate counts for 75
  - Can be found in strongholds and loot

Bomb Drone Balancing
- Reduced the damage of the Bomb Drone so it will no longer one-hit-kill or down a fully armored player.

Heavy Chopper
- Re-enabled this vehicle in the following modes:
  - Standard
  - Duos
  - Trios
  - Quads
- Added new Heavy Chopper gas cans unique to this vehicle that are required for initial takeoff.
  - Spawn locations of these gas cans will differ between Battle Royale and DMZ.
  - Battle Royale:
    - One of five possible spawn locations will spawn Heavy Gas gas cans each match.
    - One Heavy Chopper gas can is included as a guaranteed Stronghold mission reward.
- Subsequent refuelings can be done via Gas Stations or other Heavy Chopper gas cans
- This vehicle is now more vulnerable to explosive damage

Gas Mask
- The gas mask has been given a slight buffer when the player delays it from being put on or taken off. This should help catch situations where further delay is desired immediately after it was dropped.

Interrogation
- Decreased the time it takes to perform an interrogation to 3 seconds, down from 5
- Added a grace period if the downed Player is immediately eliminated after a successful interrogation.
  - This guarantees that the enemy squad will be pinged at least once, up to three times during the grace period.

Quality of Life

Mantle Assist Improvements
- Improved the system that would allow players to mantle over or through objects such as windows.

Advanced UAV Improvements
- Enemy Players and AI Combatants will now appear differently while using an Advanced UAV

Killstreak Banner Positioning
- The position of the Killstreak banner that appears on screen has been moved to no longer overlap with the player’s reticle.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that allowed Players to clip inside the Sentry Gun.

Fixed several issues with placing a Sentry Gun on the train.

Addressed an issue where Mortar Strikes were not doing enough damage against AI targets, making it hard to kill them.

Recon/Bomb Drones will now die if the player goes into last stand.

Added item persistence to Stim Pistol / Rebreather. Now Stim pistol / Rebreather can be dropped after it has been activated.

Fixed several issues caused by Players having both a Self Revive and Stim Pistol equipped.
Fixed an issue with the Assimilation UI that could cause some squad members’ names or numbers to appear incorrectly.

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