The update went live yesterday.
Call of Duty: Vanguard's first major update in 2022 is coming soon, and patch notes are already available.
Sledgehammer Games announced today that the Vanguard season 1.5 update will be released yesterday, January 11, 18pm CT. The patch has been tweaked to include numerous changes, including bug fixes, weapon balancing, and spawn logic tweaks.
Most notably, for fans of public multiplayer Incendiary Grenades has been nerfed. Courage and Empowered perks have been adjusted to help players deal with multiple sources of fire damage in Vanguard. Sledgehammer has even "reduced how long players are affected by Stun Grenades", which should be a nice change for competitive and casual players alike.
Additionally, the Mortar Barrage kill streak should be slightly less distracting as it progresses as its duration and hit count have been reduced. The M1 Garand, Type 99, 3-Line Rifle, and Kar98k were the weapons that Sledgehammer was targeting this patch. The developers also “adjusted some of these crazy Control spawns and fixed a few issues that were causing the package explosion.”
Sledgehammer let fans know that the community has heard feedback and criticism about Vanguard. Developers, “2. "We can expect more updates to come to Vanguard before the season," he said.
Here are the full multiplayer patch notes for Vanguard's season 1.5 update.
stability
- Several packet burst sources have been identified and resolved.
- Various sources of multiplayer crash bugs have been identified and resolved.
- Xbox Series X players no longer experience game crashes with the CDN setting enabled.
- Playing with keyboard and mouse will no longer result in a 'controller required' message.
Appearance
- The spawn logic has been adjusted to improve smaller maps with higher player counts.
- The logic of tuning for Dome in the Dome.
- Control mode spawns have been significantly adjusted to:
- Prevent off-map spawns in Tuscany.
- Avoid spawning in the enemy's line of sight in Bocage.
- Prevent players from spawning directly on teammates.
Weapons and equipment: Bug fixes
- Assault/Watchdog kills now count towards Panzerfaust Camouflage Challenges.
- STG “Reptile” Camo Weapon Challenge now tracks Bloodthirsty kills.
- STG “Predatory” Camouflage Weapon Challenge now tracks Multikills.
- The Katana Unlock Challenge is now tracked properly.
- The 3-Line Rifle can now be reloaded with the ZF4 3.5X Rifle Scope.
- Addressed an issue that prevented tracking of the “Kill an Enemy While 5 Times Active Spy Plane” challenge on the Countermeasures career challenges.
- Addressed an issue where maintenance packs were out of reach when playing Armageddon in Tuscan and Daus Haus.
- Player-selected camouflages will now appear during match promotion.
- Locked Camouflages and attachments can no longer be exchanged for unlocked weapons.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Post-Match Stream to disappear.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Type 100 Blueprint “Thunderhead” to become invisible in the pre-match countdown.
Weapons and equipment: Balancing changes
- Weaponry
- M1 Garand
- Reduced recoil.
- type 99
- Reduced aim dodge.
- Reduced ADS duration.
- Maintain a shot kill potential for chest shots when using smaller caliber ammo.
- 3 Line Rifle
- Reduced ADS duration.
- kar98
- Maintain a shot kill potential for chest shots when using smaller caliber ammo.
- Ammunition
- Empty Spots
- Damage range penalties removed.
- Equipment
- stun grenade
- Reduced Stun Grenade damage in Hardcore modes.
- Reduced the time it takes for players to be affected by Stun Grenades.
- fire bomb
- Damage reduced.
- Kill Series
- Mortar Dam
- The duration of Mortar Strike has been reduced.
- The number of Mortar Attacks per batch has been reduced.
- Fixed an issue where the Mortar Dam distribution was inconsistent.
- advantages
- high alert
- Added a slight delay before the ability activates after being seen by an enemy.
- fearless
- Immune to fire and burning effects such as Incendiary Rounds, Flamenaut and ground fire.
- reinforced
- Reduces fire damage taken by 30 percent.
- Reduces extreme damage of all explosives.
Maps
- Poland migration to improve and fix player collision issues with map environments.
- The overall polish surpasses the destructible on all maps.
UI/UX
- The “Seasonal Challenge” menu is now available in the Challenges tab.
- Players will no longer experience visual rank exchanges between players in Custom Matches.
- Target progress bar will no longer link to reticles.
- Fixed unwanted corruption of MVP images.
- Fixed persistent post-game leveling up animation when players reach prestige three.
- Store: Improved menu navigation when viewing and switching between packages.