CoD: Warzone 2 And MW2 Patch Notes Detail Bug Fixes And New Ranked Play Restrictions

The latest update arrived to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 on May 24, and the patch notes mostly address bug fixes across all modes, including a tracking issue for mastery challenges for the Cronen Squall battle rifle. The update also adds a few restrictions for Warzone 2's Ranked Play mode.

According to the patch notes, the update fixes the tracking issue for mastery challenges for Season 3's Cronen Squall battle rifle, so players should be able to unlock all the camos now. Other general bug fixes include adjustments with navigation and flow of the battle pass, and it corrects an issue where Ranked Play wins were not tracking correctly on the gun screen cosmetics.

Warzone 2's Ranked Play was previously filled with players abusing smoke grenades and certain thermal optics, as the attachments weren't able to be countered by the Cold-Blooded perk. This new update works to address this with an entire list of thermal scopes being banned, which the developer states were being restricted due to them having too significant an impact on competitive play.

These restrictions include the follow optic attachments:

• SZ Holotherm
• VX350 Thermal Optic
• Teplo-op3 Scope
• Thermo-Optic X9
• Teplo Clear Shot
• Drexsom Prime-90

The patch notes also mention restrictions for the overpowered cluster mines and bomb drone killstreaks. These streaks will no longer be found in Ranked Play matches.

On the DMZ side, the update addresses an issue that could sometimes cause the doors to the stairwell to not unlock if players killed the Vulture boss before the Rusher in Koschei Complex. It also adds a callout to indicate when the Rhinoceros boss is regenerating health.

The full patch notes for May 24 can be found below, as shared by Activision.

In other news, streamers NickMercs and TimTheTatman have their own Call of Duty operator bundles arriving to Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 later this month. Make sure to check out all the highlights for Season 5: Get Wrecked, which arrives to Call of Duty Mobile on May 31.

GLOBAL

UI/UX

Adjustments

• Adjusted pick up weapon prompt to no longer overlap with the killfeed

BUG FIXES

General

• Fixed tracking for Cronen Squall Mastery Challenges
• Fixed an issue where splashes for some GS Magna unlocks was not displaying
• Fixed an issue where pressing back or “esc” when in the Store tab would not take the Player back to Weapon Select in the Loadout menu
• Addressed some issues with navigation and flow of the Battle Pass
• Fixed an issue where Ranked Play wins were not tracking correctly on Gun Screens

UI/UX

• Fixed some issues where the tool tip message would not disappear correctly
• Fixed the Throwing Star icon to display correctly in the killfeed
• Fixed an issue where the locked icon was not correctly displaying in Drop Zone
• Fixed a visibility issue with the bomb icon in Search and Destroy

MULTIPLAYER

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue causing Players username and level to overlap on the scoreboard in Ground War
• Fixed an invalid bomb pickup location in Cyber Attack on Skerries that could cause a crash for some Players.
• Fixed an issue where some Players could not leave a Private Match of CDL Hardpoint
• Fixed an issue that caused Zombie Players in Infected to be able to cut their chutes and attack human Players from the air
• Added several adjustments to improve enemy combatant behavior (especially arrival via helicopter) in Invasion on Rohan Oilfields
• Fixed an issue where “CDL Rules in Effect” splash was appearing while matchmaking for Faceoff

SPECIAL OPS

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue where Players were unable to load into Cooperative missions after acquiring a Secure Backpack in DMZ

WARZONE 2.0

RECENTLY UPDATED

• Mitigate a known disconnect issue in DMZ
• Addressed frequency of Battle Royale final circles over water
• Fixed an issue affecting FPS for some players at the start of matches and when editing loadouts

BATTLE ROYALE

RANKED PLAY

Match Ruleset Adjustments

• Weapons/Attachments
  • Restricted
    • Specific Thermal Optics
      • SZ Holotherm
      • VX350 Thermal Optic
      • Teplo-op3 Scope
      • Thermo-Optic X9
      • Teplo Clear Shot
      • Drexsom Prime-90
    • These Optics attachments will appear unrestricted in custom loadouts menus until a future update but will be restricted in-game and show as restricted in loadouts once you're in a match.

The WZ Ranked Play teams observed that these attachments, not countered by the Cold-Blooded perk, have too significant an impact on competitive play, especially late game, and have restricted them while we investigate further.

• Killstreaks
  • Restricted
    • Cluster Mines
    • Bomb Drones
• Social Features
  • Restricted
    • Global Text Chat

SR (Skill Rating)

• Updated Final Placement SR
  • We're increasing the SR earned for early Placement Milestones to streamline the distribution of SR players receive throughout the match.
  • Updated Placement SR:
    • Top 40: 10
    • Top 30: 20
    • Top 20: 30
    • Top 10: 40
    • Top 5: 50

This adjustment will help Placement Milestone SR feel more rewarding throughout the match without diminishing the personal and team play required to earn the highest amount of SR earned from top placements. Please note Placement Milestones not listed above remain unchanged.

BUG FIXES

Ranked Play

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to obtain rocks when a new Gulag round occurred.
• Fixed an issue where portions of the post match flow could play out of order
• Fixed an issue which sometimes caused the Warzone Ranked Trios description to loop

DMZ

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue where Players could not navigate to View Profile from the Squad Missions in-game menu
• Fixed an issue in which the Black Keycard inside the Koschei Complex was only dropping in used condition and not pristine/unused
• Fixed an issue in which killing the Vulture boss first would cause the doors to the stairwell will not unlock upon killing the Rusher in Koschei Complex
• Added a callout for when indicate when the Rhinoceros boss is regenerating health