A range of Call Of Duty: Warzone weapons have been nerfed in the latest patch for the game.
Among the weapons that have seen performance affected are the nail gun and the C58 (Black Ops Cold War), and the Fara 83 (Black Ops Cold War) assault rifles. Raven Software tweeted the update yesterday (June 30), highlighting that the patch notes have been amended to reflect these changes.
🛠️ A #Warzone update is going live soon!
Includes balance changes to several Weapons and Attachments.
The Season Four patch notes have been amended (see June 30th): https://t.co/lL99ezzTtw pic.twitter.com/AQ1rKGE3bG
— Raven Software (@RavenSoftware) June 30, 2021
Earlier in June, the nail gun surprised and upset players by appearing as one of the most powerful weapons in the current Warzone meta. As per Raven’s update, its range is being drastically reduced, with the justification “its maximum damage range far exceeded the lethal range of shotguns, which it is intended to contest.”
Also featured in the patch notes is a lengthy passage where Raven Software explain the reasoning for the changes to recoil control on barrel attachments for guns that have made their way to Warzone from Black Ops Cold War.
“Your proficiency with a weapon should be a journey that is worked toward with an equivalent payoff”, reads the passage, “When we make weapons too effective and too easy to control, there is no journey of mastery, and we can become disinterested with these weapons much quicker – which we feel can be a disservice.”
The section finishes with Raven Software saying, “We will continue to target these weapons as they arise to ensure that they strike a satisfactory balance between upside and downside.”
