Call of Duty: Warzone primește, probabil, cea mai importantă actualizare a soldului armelor de până acum

Odată cu lansarea celui de-al treilea sezon, Call of Duty: Warzone a primit probabil cea mai importantă actualizare a balanței armelor de până acum.

În note de patch-uri, Raven a detaliat modificări la multe dintre armele din Battle Royale, cu nerf și afecțiuni semnificative. Impresia pe care o am este că Raven încearcă să prelungească puțin timpul de ucidere al Warzone, după o perioadă în care jucătorii au simțit că jocul este prea letal.

Titlul, totuși, este un nerf semnificativ pentru pușca de asalt FFAR 1 - una dintre armele dominante din joc. Iată modificările:

• Daunele maxime au scăzut de la 30 la 27
• Intervalul maxim de daune a scăzut cu 15%
• Multiplicatorul daunelor gâtului a fost modificat de la 1.1 la 1
• Multiplicatorul de deteriorare a trunchiului superior a fost modificat de la 1.1 la 1
• Viteza ADS a scăzut ușor

Raven explained where it’s coming from: “With high damage, rate of fire, and a competitive mag size, the FFAR 1 has enjoyed a lengthy reign of terror on the short-to-mid range engagement space. When a weapon is so ruthlessly efficient that it pushes the entirety of a weapon category out of viability, it needs to be addressed. The FFAR 1 will remain a respectable option following this change, but it should now be a playstyle preference rather than a loadout necessity.”

Accompanying the nerf to the FFAR is a nerf to the Groza assault rifle:

• Recul a crescut ușor
• Viteza ADS a scăzut ușor
• Multiplicatorul de deteriorare a trunchiului superior a fost modificat de la 1.3 la 1.1

“This change is more of a precaution,” Raven explained. “We expect in the absence of the FFAR 1, that the Groza would rise to take its place. While there will always be a ‘meta’, we want the meta to exist in a TTK range that is a bit higher than where we are currently. In that regard, we believe the Groza was a bit of an outlier that, much like the FFAR 1, could have been detrimental to weapon diversity. Bringing the Groza down a notch should allow for some healthy competition in this weapon category.”

Raven’s useful explanations for its balance changes continue. The popular Mac-10 SMG has seen its maximum damage decreased by 1. “This is another precautionary change to promote diversity,” Raven said.

“The Mac-10 is both popular and fun to use. Part of what makes the Mac-10 feel fair to play against is that its upside feels comparative to its downside. That is where player skill comes in. Knowing when and what weapon to swap to during an engagement is a facet of skill expression we want to highlight whenever possible. While this change only brings the Mac-10’s Time to Kill up by about 10 per cent, we think this is a good place to start to encourage exploration in the SMG category.”

Onto the devastating AUG and M16 tactical rifles, which have each seen a nerf:

Cold War Tactical Rifle Charlie (the AUG):

• Timpul dintre explozii a crescut cu 33%
• Multiplicatorul daunelor gâtului a fost modificat de la 1.8 la 1.3

M16:

• Timpul dintre explozii a crescut cu 10%
• Multiplicatorul daunelor gâtului a fost modificat de la 1.8 la 1.1

“The Cold War Tactical Rifle Charlie and the M16 were able to reach rates of fire that allowed the wielder to negate a requisite identity pillar of burst rifles – accuracy,” Raven explained.

“With their extreme rates of fire and generous burst pattern, shots were not required to be well placed. You would inherit the high damage profile and range of burst rifles with minimal downside. With this change, and the change to Fire Rate barrels noted below, you will now need to aim deliberately if you intend to kill quickly.

“And… we are keeping a close eye on the AMAX. No king rules forever.”

Raven has also significantly tweaked the values on attachments.

“We would like the diminution of weapon downside to be a build direction rather than a single attachment choice,” the developer said.

“As it stands, we feel most attachments need to have their values addressed in some regard to achieve this. We are hoping to make some previously nonviable options less so in addition to widening overall build variety. This may include increasing upsides or downsides on existing attachments. We are also actively looking at how we can create more compelling choices within the confines of attachment categories – chiefly, muzzles like the Monolithic and Agency Suppressor.”

There’s a lot to like about this weapon balance update, and the hope is of course it results in a more diverse meta. Warzone has for a while now been dominated by a handful of weapons and their established builds. It will be great to see more variety out on the battlefield.

Speaking of the battlefield, loot that spawns across Verdansk has once again been updated. Loot now exclusively consists of Black Ops Cold War Weapons, including the new Swiss K31 Sniper Rifle and PPSh-41 SMG. Only legendary weapons will spawn as blueprints.

Ultima noapte, Warzone a lovit în cele din urmă Verdansk, and players are currently fighting in a nighttime version of Rebirth Island. The destruction of Verdansk part two kicks off tonight at 8pm UK time, and this is meant to lead into the new 1984 Verdansk map, which some players were able to access early.

Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-22-call-of-duty-warzone-gets-perhaps-its-most-significant-weapon-balance-update-yet