COD MW2 patch notes Season 2 (Update 1.15)

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Season 2 of Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0 has begun, and there’s been some changes and updates made to welcome in the new Battle Pass and content with grace. Let’s take a look at some of the important patch notes.

It’s important to mention that within these patch notes, new weapons and new maps are mentioned in the blog post, but we’ll be focusing on tweaks, fixes and changes. Alternatively, if you want to read the entire article, that’s here.

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The most important things to note in the 1.15 Update are:

• Welcome to Ranked Play. Based off previous versions, Modern Warfare 2 Ranked Play offers rewards to the best of the best in Multiplayer.
• Two Core Maps, Two Battle Maps. Battlegrounds in Al Mazrah and Spain will be ready for Multiplayer infiltrations at Season 02 launch.
• 6 new modes. Infected, Gun Game, and Grind to be available at launch. Drop Zone, One in the Chamber, and All or Nothing set to start in season. Also, the return of Hardcore.

MW2 Season 2 patch notes Update 1.15

Global Bug Fixes

• Fixed an exploit involving use of the Sentry Gun and Recon Drone
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Portable Radar to not activate upon landing
• Fixed an issue where enemy markers persisted after use of the Spotter Scope
• Fixed some instances of Operators rendering incorrectly in the lobby
• Addressed some instances of Operators posing incorrectly in the lobby
• Fixed several issues impacting the Firing Range
• Fixed an issue where Players could lose their second weapon upon equipping a Riot Shield from a dead enemy
• Fixed issues with certain weapons not updating in the Gunsmith case preview or having their decals and stickers blocked
• Fixed an issue where the Loadout menu would not show an icon for the primary weapon
• Fixed several issues that caused the Playstation™ Store icon to display inconsistently

PC Settings

Gyro Aiming

We’ve included several additional settings to help players to fine-tune their playstyle while using Gyro Aiming.

• It’s now possible to adjust ADS Sensitivity specifically when using the Gyro Aiming (Gyro ADS Sensitivity Multiplier) and it’s also possible to adjust sensitivity per zoom level independently from the controller settings (Gyro Custom Sensitivity Per Zoom).
• These new settings will help players to fine-tune their aiming experience when using Gyro Aiming.
• We also added several settings to address some movement issues while using Gyro Aiming. These new settings (Gyro Steadying Threshold and Gyro Steadying Initial Scale) will help reduce the impact of small movements while aiming.

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Weapon Tuning Updates

After examining Weapon Tuning in Season 01, Activision want to add more value for Players by elevating the pros and reducing the cons of Tuning attributes. This will apparently be shown in an increase in the overall impact of Attachments, with the effects of Attachment Tuning becoming more significant.

Tuning Balances

• Tuning has been enabled for Laser attachments
• Tuning Sliders have been updated for numerous attachments
• Some beneficial Tuning attribute magnitudes have been increased
• Some harmful Tuning attribute magnitudes have been decreased
• Season 01 Pro-Tuned Blueprints have received performance adjustments

Weapon Balances

This is what they had to say about weaponry in Season 2.

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» Assault Rifles «

• M13B
  • Increased damage at mid range
  • Increased upper torso damage

• Kastov 762
  • Small damage reduction
  • Added additional long range damage falloff

• Lachmann-556
  • Increased semi auto rate of fire

• M4
  • Increased semi auto rate of fire

• STB 556
  • Fixed an issue with the Single Tap Mod Magazine attachment which caused the weapon to deal considerably less damage to the upper left leg

» Battle Rifles «

• Lachmann-762
  • Decreased full auto head and torso damage
  • Increased semi-auto upper torso damage
  • Increased semi auto rate of fire
  • Reduced full auto recoil
  • Increased damage on long range
  • Added minimum damage against armor

• FTac Recon
  • Decreased full auto upper torso damage
  • Sped up ads time
  • Reduced full auto recoil
  • Increased close range damage distance
  • Increased lower torso damage multiplier 
  • Added minimum damage against armor

• SO-14
  • Increased semi auto rate of fire
  • Increased long range damage
  • Reduced semi-auto headshot damage
  • Added minimum damage against armor

• TAQ-V
  • Decreased mid-range damage
  • Increased semi-auto torso damage
  • Reduced semi auto leg damage
  • Decreased full auto head damage
  • Decreased full auto head damage
  • Reduced semi auto rate of fire

» Handguns «

• X13 Auto
  • Reduced damage while using Akimbo
  • Increase lower body damage
  • Increased close range damage
  • Increase damage distances

» Launchers «

• STRELA-P
  • Removed activation distance for projectile
  • Projectile will now explode at any range

• RPG-7
  • Small increase to splash damage amount
  • Small reduction to splash damage range

» Light Machine Guns «

• RPK
  • Small reduction to ADS movement speed
  • Reduced mid and long-range damage
  • Reduced damage ranges
  • Small increase to ADS time

• RAAL MG
  • Increased recoil

» Marksman Rifles «

• EBR-14
  • Reduced long range damage
  • Increased upper torso damage
  • Added minimum damage against armor

• LM-S
  • Added minimum damage against armor

• TAQ-M
  • Slight increase to rate of fire
  • Increased upper torso damage
  • Added minimum damage against armor

» Melee «

• Increased non-lunging melee damage range, allows Players to hit equipment on the ground with melee while crouched
• Melee attacks with non-Melee Weapons will now require three hits to kill a fully armored enemy instead of two

» Submachine Guns «

• Vasznev-9K
  • Reduced mid-to-long range damage 
• Minibak
  • Reduced damage ranges
  • Reduced lower torso damage at close range
  • Reduced lower body damage at mid to close range
  • Added minimum damage against armor

• Fennec 45
  • Decreased damage overall 
  • Decreased headshot damage
  • Added minimum damage against armor

» Sniper Rifles «

• Signal 50
  • Reduced sprint out speed
  • Reduced movement speed
  • Reduced long range damage
  • Small decrease to bullet velocity 

» Attachments «

• Reduced ADS penalty for bipods
• Fixed an issue with choke attachments scaling hip spread incorrectly

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Ranked Play

Ranked Play is now live and available to all players who have reached Level 16.

Competitive Game Modes, Maps, and Settings

• Play competitive, 4v4 matches using the same maps, modes, and settings used in the Call of Duty League 2023 ruleset.
• Select Weapons, Attachments, Equipment, Perks, Field Upgrades, and Streaks are restricted based on official CDL Competitive rules. 

Check out the official post for which Game Modes and Maps are included.

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SR (Skill Rating) & Divisions

Test yourself against your peers and track that progress with a visible SR (Skill Rating) that determines your place across 8 Skill Divisions.

• All players begin our first Competitive Season in Bronze I with 0 SR.
• Players increase their SR by winning matches and lose SR whenever they lose matches. 
• Players can progress through eight Skill Divisions by reaching SR milestones:
  • Bronze – Starting Division
  • Silver – 900 SR 
  • Gold – 2,100 SR 
  • Platinum – 3,600 SR 
  • Diamond – 5,400 SR 
  • Crimson – 7,500 SR 
  • Iridescent – 10,000 SR 
  • Top 250 – 10,000+ SR

Amongst some other Special Ops, and Cooperative, Social aspects that have been tweaked and fixed, this is update has brought with it some quite special added content. Once again, if you’d like to see the enormous update in all it’s glory, you can find it here.

Is MW2 Season 2 live?

Yes, MW2 Season 2 and Warzone 2.o newest updates are live as of February 15th.

What guns are meta in Warzone 2 Season 2?

• Lachmann Sub.
• Kastov 762.
• Signal 50.
• Fennec 45.
• RPK.