Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has officially launched and the first thing that gamers have been told to do, is to install the day one patch before starting to play the game. The reason for this is that the developers quickly noticed a few bugs and also realised that the weapon balancing could be improved, which is something that affects the overall gameplay experience.
When we went over to the Call of Duty blog, we saw the patch notes and the first thing that is written is that the patch works on the following aspects of the game – campaign, multiplayer UI, weapons, maps, and more. There were some reports of the game crashing when the campaign mode was selected. One of the notable changes have been made to the weapon balancing and in this set, they have made changes to 13 weapons. If you have played the game pre-launch, now would be good idea to check if your favourite weapon is behaving the way it was before the patch.
Here are some of the changes –
- The SVA 545 Assault Rifle has been given a decreased recoil, increased lower-torso damage multiplier (an increase of 0.1), an 8% boost to its rate of fire, and a significant 19% increase to bullet velocity
- The MCY Assault Rifle has been given a 18% bullet velocity boost. The minimum damage has been increased by 13%, but the recoil has been increased during sustained fire.
- The Striker Submachine gun has been significantly nerfed. A 14% decrease to maximum damage, an 18% nerf to near-medium damage, a 7% decrease to far-medium damage, and a 5% nerf to minimum damage.
You can check out the official patch notes on the official game website.
