Call of Duty: Vanguard starts its first live season. Today, December 9th, the next major patch arrives. Developer Sledgehammer Games has presented all the changes in an English blog and announced further updates for the future. MeinMMO tells you what changes are coming.
What will change with CoD Vanguard Season 1? After the launch of CoD Vanguard Season 1, changes are expected to occur in stages:
The first patch after the launch of CoD Vanguard Season 1 releases on December 9th. This patch addresses minor issues with the mortar fire killstreak, the map Shipment, and connecting to lobbies.
Further upcoming changes related to weapon balancing are set to arrive at an unknown date. These adjustments are already known.
On December 6th, the first patch for Season 1 was released. We will also list the patch notes here in German.
The season content will be available on December 8th at 6 PM. All information about the season and for the Pacific update of Warzone can be found in our overview of Season 1:
All changes in patch 12.9 from December 9th in German
The patch from December 9th improves the following:
- Performance & Connection:
- Improved stability when connecting to lobbies.
- “Server Snapshot Error” has been fixed.
- Mortar Fire: Improves visibility by reducing smoke effects that fill the entire screen. Players must be closer to the mortar fire to be affected.
- Weapons: Shotguns now correctly hit the front of opponents carrying shields on their backs.
- Map – Shipment: Spawn logic has been adjusted to prevent spawn traps.
- UI/UX: 2XP icons now appear when 2XP is activated on certain platforms.
- Clans: Banning players from the clan no longer produces an error.
- Progress: The match progress bar now shows the correct weapon level.
All changes to weapons balancing that are coming later
This is what is set to change in the future: Even after December 9th, further changes are expected to come to the game. These concern weapon balancing. However, there is no specific date for these changes yet.
Weapons
- General: Loadouts that use 7-round magazines have been corrected so that the ammunition count is divisible by 7.
Balancing
- M1 Garand:
- Recoil reduced
- Type 99:
- Better flinch resistance
- Shorter aim down sights time
- Even small caliber ammunition can kill with a chest shot.
- Three-line rifle:
- Shorter aim down sights time
- Kar98K:
- Even small caliber ammunition can kill with a chest shot.
- Attachments for Sniper Rifles:
- Hollow-point ammunition has decreased range
- Break-action:
- Small caliber ammunition now reduces range instead of damage
- Shotguns:
- Slugs and buckshot now have better aim down sights time, deal less headshot damage
- Birdshot deals less headshot damage
The patch notes from the update on December 6th in German
What has already happened? On December 6th, there was the first preparatory patch for Season 1. Here are all the patch notes for multiplayer from this update in German:
Multiplayer
- Weapon Rest: The weapon rest has been generally improved. Players reported issues with the support height and that they could not lean on certain objects.
- Gunsmith:
- Players can now save their own weapon blueprints
- The camera position for some weapons and attachments has been adjusted.
- Weapons in the game:
- A bug was removed where players spawned with invisible weapons
- A bug was removed where the wrong skin for the combat shield was displayed when it was on the back.
- XP:
- Sniper rifles gain more XP
- Camouflage:
- Instead of 5 kills without dying, players now need to get kills while lying down for new camouflage for the three-line rifle
- Dead Drop:
- A bug was removed that allowed players to repeatedly get their highest killstreak
- The cooldown was doubled
- Goliath:
- It is now easier to recognize whether a Goliath comes from your own team
- Fire Naut:
- Fire nauts can better recognize from which direction they are being hit
- Molotov Cocktail Airstrike:
- The issue where players could not tell where the fire effects had started was resolved. Previously, players took damage even though they were not in the flames.
- Attack Dogs:
- A faulty animation when whistling has been adjusted
- UI:
- The killstreak indicator flickers less
- Challenges:
- The challenge “Battle-Hardened Veteran – Achieve X eliminations in Hardcore modes” now correctly counts eliminations
- Progress:
- A problem where some players could not unlock reticles was resolved
- Map – Demyansk:
- An exploit that allowed players to leave the map has been removed
- Map – Oasis:
- An exploit that allowed players to leave the map has been removed
- Map – Tuscan:
- A rare problem where players spawned outside the map has been removed
- Map – Numa Numa:
- A rare problem where players spawned outside the map has been removed
- Clan UI:
- A bug where player names were not visible in the clan menu has been removed
- Menu:
- Players are warned when they want to use a 2XP token during a double XP event.
- Performance & Connection:
- Improved stability when connecting to lobbies.
Campaign
- Stalingrad:
- Removes a bug that crashes the game when Polina assists an NPC.
- The Fourth Reich:
- Removes a bug that crashed the game after a cutscene.
Zombies
- Progress:
- A bug that prevented players from unlocking the Dark Aether camouflage was removed.
- Pack-A-Punch:
- A problem that prevented 10-round shotguns from being fully reloaded with an animation was resolved
- A problem where weapons were mistakenly shown as Pack-A-Punch Level 1 was removed
- Gameplay:
- Numerous exploits that allowed players to leave the map have been removed.
- Stability:
- A stability issue related to the Frost Shot has been fixed
- A stability issue that occurred during multi-kills with equipment was removed
These are all the patch notes in German that Sledgehammer Games announced for the launch of Season 1.
How satisfied are you with the patch notes? Is there anything in the list that bothers you? Are the weapon adjustments sufficient for you? Let us know in the comments.
What else is new aside from the patches in CoD Vanguard Season 1, you can find out in our article:
CoD Vanguard shows roadmap for Season 1 – With 5 new weapons and map classics
