Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Season 5 Patch Notes Detail Changes

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Season 5 Patch Notes Revealed

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Season 5 is set to release tomorrow, and Infinity Ward has provided details on the changes players can expect in the latest update. In addition to the introduction of Season 5’s Battle Pass and new characters like Snoop Dogg and Nicki Minaj, the gameplay will also undergo various adjustments.

Movement

  • Slide
    • Decreased slide time and increased slide velocity for faster cover
    • Players can fire slightly sooner after initiating a slide
  • Jump
    • Small increase in lateral velocity boost while jumping
    • Minor reduction in landing slowdown penalty

Weapon Balancing

Light Machine Guns

  • RAPP H
    • Increased semi-auto damage
    • Decreased semi-auto rate of fire (Warzone only)

Assault Rifles

  • Chimera
    • Increased close-mid damage
  • M13B
    • Increased headshot multiplier

Battle Rifles

  • Cronen Squall
    • Decreased maximum damage
    • Increased minimum damage
    • Decreased neck damage multiplier
    • Decreased upper torso damage multiplier
    • Decreased lower torso damage multiplier
    • Decreased limb damage multipliers

Submachine Guns

  • MX9
    • Increased close-mid damage
    • Increased neck, upper torso, and lower torso multipliers
  • Minibak
    • Added damage step at mid-far range
    • Decreased minimum damage
    • Increased headshot multiplier
  • Lachmann Sub
    • Decreased maximum damage range
    • Decreased close-mid damage range
  • VEL-46
    • Increased neck, upper torso, and lower torso multipliers
  • BAS-P
    • Increased maximum damage range
    • Increased neck, upper torso, and lower torso multipliers

Equipment

  • Drill Charge
    • Reduced damage from drilling to give players a chance to survive the explosion
  • Recon Drone
    • The recon drone’s health bar now updates when accessed
  • Tactical Camera
    • Removed audio distortion when failing to use a tactical camera

Perks

  • Bomb Squad
    • Provides protection against explosive equipment stuck directly to players when fully armored (Warzone only)
  • Quick Fix
    • Added visual cues for attacking someone with active Quick Fix
    • Visual indication of health regeneration effect when entering an objective

Audio

  • Improved audio balance to prioritize certain sounds over others, such as reducing airplane audio during voice chat
  • Pets will now make an alert sound when they spot something

Audio Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where knife pickups played incorrect sounds
  • Resolved a problem where the out of bounds sound would repeat incorrectly

UI/UX

Updated CODHQ Landing Page

  • Added game mode tiles for easier navigation on the CODHQ landing page