Do this! Get in a groundwar match and ask if anybody has the blueprint in all chat before the game starts. If somebody does all they have to do is drop it for you in DMZ and then you have to extract. You don’t actually need to kill the chemist
I’d really love to see color adjustments on your charts. I’m colorblind and it’s very hard to tell between 2-4 shots to kill Maybe swap the colors of 3&7?
That’s crazy how they nerfed the TAQ-V, then took it out of competitive, and then nerfed it again. What does IW have against this gun? Especially since the TAQ-56 is just better, especially in ranked
They made the SCAR-H a decent gun, remembered how bad it was in MW19 and Warzone 1, and decided “Yeah we screwed up, it needs to be bad again” for the five people who used it.
Taq 56 definitely is not better. Every single shot has to hit the upper torso when you can hit their toe with a Taq V from a much further range. Also only needing 1 headshot to get a 105 ms ttk is incredibly affective
@@BaronofBlue this matters to WZ and DMZ obv not multiplayer. The barrel increase in games affect the effectiveness of the g un. IW completely messed up here lol
@user-il6qz7km6x because those guns with a higher caliber are going to be tuned to have heavier recoil, less ammo, slower movement speed, slower ADS etc etc. The only thing those guns have going for them in a arcade game is range and velocity which it doesn't so why use it?
@@azraelthegod8388 There's some relevance in MP. Any time you move a damage drop off, there's potential for TTK to change based on number of shots needed at 100 HP. It's obvious amplified at 250 HP and longer ranges, but it still matters.
There are a million things in this game that are absolutely bonkers. As one further example, look at how many barrel attachments there are which increase your bullet velocity, but decrease your damage range. How does THAT make any sense?
@@uberschnilthegreat22 Not necessarily. It's like how in real life a bullet can go through the body and people barely flinch or feel it at the moment, because it goes so fast that the energy of the bullet is not transfered into the body of the target.
@@uberschnilthegreat22 That depends completely on caliber size, length of the bullet itself, and the powder load behind it. Firing a .22LR at 1,700m/s would certainly be fun, but true size of the round itself leaves it with very little in terms of a wounding effect. You'd essentially be punching a needle very quickly through someone's body, if the weight of the bullet would even allow it to travel through and not lodge. However, something like a .50BMG would certainly work quite well with an even higher velocity, as the heft and size of the bullet would pierce in, and then act as a vacuum as it punches its way out the othet side, essentially turning your target's insides into a shrapnel smoothie. TL;DR, kinetic force, ballistics and physics are weird.
Nah. I think you guys got what you deserved for getting suckered into the hype and thinking these devs can turn out a good game. Go ahead and pay another $70 for the next one too lol.
Look at the Minibak. It’s the slowest firing SMG and it somehow has a 7 shot kill range when the FSS Hurricane and MX9/Aug Para don’t. Yet it still got nerfed.
Yea I don’t think the 1 dmg difference will change shots to kill. Which makes you wonder why they even changed it. It’s like they don’t know what they’re doing…
@@lindigj if anything they should have nerfed the handling, it's already slow enough when you've got it kitted out. Who cares about the Warzone sweats, not an issue on Core
Meanwhile the SCAR-L is still dominating next to the RPK and brand new APC556/300. 9_9 They did the same thing with the GM6 Lynx by nerfing its range and anything that isn't upper torso damage, but left the AW-50 alone completely, even though that's what everyone is using. If anything, I feel like the M14 coulda used a recoil reduction, not a speed increase. -_-
@@sylokthedefiled3047 dont you mean the Honey Badger? Victus XMR is the worst sniper - ADS time isn’t special and it has the slowest fire rate. Damage is better with the SPX-80 and LA-B 330.
@@bobdarrick2628 I strictly play DMZ. Completely different meta to online. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. The AW-50 (Victus) has the fastest bullet velocity, flattest trajectory, and best max headshot damage range. Edit: and no, I do t mean Honey Badger. I mean the SCAR-L(TAC-56). Thing was dominant in DMZ before the APC556(ISO) came out in S2. But the SCAR-H (TAC-V) was the gun that got the nerfs for some stupid reason, even though hardly anyone used it. Same goes for the MG338(RAAL). They nerfed that thing several times for some dumb reason even though no one in DMZ and WZ used it very much.
I don't really understand some of the weapon balancing that's being done. Mostly because if the subtle changes are meant to affect how things function against armor, they -originally- stated a while back that Warzone and core multiplayer would have their own separate weapon values.
It's interesting to see game balance as this ecosystem of 3 different games with very different rules of engagement and standards. now you can put armor in custom games and i've remembered yesterday there's more daily exp challenges in warzone. I can complete with for my Battle pass and nonsense. I'm sad to see the incendiary ammo killing was a bug. while I do still use it and kill streaks well with it, you can't kill a chopper gunner or VTOL fast enough where it goes down before half your team leaves in a rage quit. Still better than frangible for quick fix and Battle rage enemies.
I hate to praise Activision for anything, but I really like the way they’re handling weapon balancing in this game. They’re making small changes to keep the meta flatter and more open, unlike in the previous games where every gun seemed to have a rollercoaster of going from OP to nerfed into the ground (at least over the past few years). I still think there should be some snipers that one shot against three plates in Warzone, but that’s just my opinion. I recently started really getting into the FTAC Recon in 6v6 and the SO-14 in Warzone, so of course I’m happy about both those changes. But I feel for my sniping friends.
Which is funny considering for the first two months of the game if people weren't grinding out guns, the AK and 74U were EVERYWHERE. Not strictly complaining on the base model. But, it wasn't that uncommon of a sight. There are however a lot of good ARs in the game so as people unlocked others they may have found something that fit their playstyle more and dropped the AK despite the TTK
ive already moved on from the rpm to the m13 in warzone and the devs are still nerfing it, crazy. They are straight up just balancing based on usage numbers, not based on how good it is
It’s only the extra/alternate 300 blackout ammunition types (ie: 300 blackout armour piercing, over pressured, ex)that are glitched and can’t be unlocked, the regular 300 blackout can be used and it was crazy in WZ2 and DMZ due to being hitscan and increased damage with almost no downside
@@mosstwig3591 Or maybe they could just figure out how to properly balance things and we can use a plethora of guns throughout the life of the game. Tbf part of the problem is the major sweatlords and scrubs who just want to use the most optimal guns for maximum pwnage.
They've been doing that and other devs do that as well. I really wish they'd just stick to balancing them based off the numbers and just relaxed when the community drifts towards using what's easiest gun since it's just natural for a crowd to take the path of least resistance. Reminds me of the BO1 CZ-75 with the Full Auto attachment: made the pistol worse in TTK but everyone used it since it was easier than spamming a semiauto.
That’s the only reason why the Minibak was nerfed probably. That gun needed a buff if anything. Slowest firing SMG yet it had a 7 shot kill range somehow. Now it lost its good range and it has bad range. It’s damage was very consistent and now it’s unforgiving. That gun is usable not not competitive and it’s out of balance. Needs a buff.
@@Kilo1158 which I disagree with them doing. They always crap on the Scar. Especially how it's lighter in real life but this update they made it like a brick.
I feel like every weapon balance changing this game directly revolves around selling blueprints in the store to free to play Warzone players. Release overpowered blueprint. Then release a “balance patch” a few weeks into the new season once a certain internal quota of blueprint sales has been met☹️
F2p players should be glad they even get to play the fucking game let alone complain that a company still tries to make money to pay employees with and continue developing new content
I really wish the balancing adopted the balancing that Smash went through during its life cycle; buff the bad stuff, don't nerf the good stuff. It allowed for more stuff to be viable and allowed for more variety instead of only letting a few things become top dog.
I mean smash absolutely nerfed some crazy stuff. Bayonetta and cloud were both heavily nerfed from smash 4, Bayonetta getting further nerfs, as well as popular choices like Ike and Pichu getting significant nerfs I get that buffing stuff is important, but pretty much every game in existence requires some degree of nerfing too, and pretending it doesn't happen just muddies the waters
How about a game that doesn't need nerfs or buffs and we don't have to be free beta testers?? This the Devs are playing is a game that goes around for the last few years! It has never been like that! When the game's out you get what u have paid for!
@@stefanovioli3736Sweatties will always find meta guns. Always. The game has some flaws but not weapon balancing. It's in a good state overall and balancing is always needed.
@@stefanovioli3736 games have had nerfs and buffs for decades? You realize that the original mw2 needed nerfs after release as well right? Don't get me wrong, these games are definitely releasing unfinished. That said it is childishly unrealistic to expect zero nerfs or buffs whatsoever, especially given how hard it is to judge balance before you have millions of players putting thousands of hours in. It is near impossible, maybe fundamentally impossible, to release a game in a state of perfect balance.
I understand the Taq nerfs but it's ashame they're slowly destroying the RPK and 762 because of Warzone as they were both perfectly balanced in MP before S2 but now the 762 is sub par
This was meant to be warzone only since the RPK and Fennec are annoying everyone in ashika island and al-mazrah (no one plays al-mazrah anymore), but they pushed it to multiplayer because we have no new content
@@GrumpisaurusFr rebirth is just not fun. A battle royal should mean if I kill you can’t come back unless your team does something risky to do so. Not just run away and wait that’s dumb. But that just my opini
They had just added the purple tracer bundle with the RPK. A couple days later they nerf the RPK. Good thing I don't buy bundles anymore. In the past I would have picked up the tracer pack RPK for sure. Every decision and/or change made in this game is to sell more bundles
Y’all crying but I’ve using the expedite like this and shredding since day 1 and I’ve heard no one bitching at me lol. Really need to stop crying about new shit no wonder they won’t give us content devs are scared y’all are gonna bitch whine moan and complain like always
@@NITROexpress17 The Expedite takes more skill to use properly than a spam shotgun like the Broadside. The Expedite is a very secretly powerful weapon though nobody realizes it until someone starts shitting on them with it. I don't really think the Broadside needs to be nerfed though. It's probably too strong in Warzone but idgaf about Warzone.
@@Scroolewse they gotta increase the range on the Expedite by like 1/2 meters or so. It was the most inconsistent shotty I used while going for Orion. Somehow can't get oneshots with attachments while hipfiring or ads but can apparently do so stock. Made no nsense
@@BetaBreaking I really do not know what you're talking about. Its base one shot range is 10m which is really damn good. With just a choke and speed attachments it destroys people. Hipfire is inconsistent for sure but it's manageable with a point GP 3 laser.
Thing is reducing damage but keeping same shots to kill is still a nerf, many gunfights you have the enemy isn't at full health and the reduction in damage can increase shots to kill
The moment the TAQ-V goes from a 6 to 7 shot kill at close range with full plates it becomes useless in Warzone/DMZ and becomes just a worse alternative to other lower caliber less recoil guns with higher fire rates which have the same TTK
Honestly im at the point with ttk and damage that i feel were all just better off maxing ammo capacity and armor plates. This sh.t getting too complicated to play day to day. Ill just use fn ground loot since i witnessed a full plated teammate rail someone with a taq v but enemy can just bull rush with a GROUND 2 piece fennec from 40 feet away while taking bullets. Sbmm just has 0 place for warzone and when they keep changing dmgs....rip
Meta changes so fast since MW2019 as I remember. Idk why they doing this. To keep the hype around MW2? In my case I just refuse to give any money, with this aggressive management.
But did they correct the ROF for the Lach762 from the season update? That was a mistake on their part. They said they would increase the ROF and they reduced it!
I feel like the TAQ-V isn’t my favorite battle anymore cuz of the nerf it got to movement speeds, bullet velocity, and range reduction. I probably would take either the Lachmann 7.62 or the FTAC Recon when it comes to replacing my favorite in the gun category.
It is still very easy to get 2shot kills, it just dosen't move as fast. In semi it is still a powerhouse. I don't really enjoy much the other BRs because of the recoil those have, and I don't like to make them slow to improve it.
@@chrisk1458 That's because IW are completely inept at everything they do, including weapon balance. It's very simple to balance bursts: 1) Give it very low burst delay with high base RPM but give it a lot of recoil. 2) Give it high burst delay with lower RPM but make it pinpoint accurate.
I wish they'd only make some of these adjustments in Warzone because eventually every weapon will have seen the WZ meta and they'll all be shit in MP afterwards
The ScarH "Taq-V" & Honey-badger "Chimera" were my favorite guns until season 2. Now they both aren't nothing special at all & I've quit using them. I haven't seen anybody talking about the Honey-Badger but it definitely got nerfed. I can feel it.
With the Chimera is perhaps the ranges, I didn't feel the nerf, but the difference in ranges when using the phoenix barrel is noticeable. With it and using the gun in semi, you can get a 3 shot kill almost always as long as you hit the head once. And most engagements only need 3 shots to kill, sometimes only 2 with the head+upper torso combo. But without that barrel, then most engagements are only 3 shots minimum and at longer distances you need 4 to 5.
What exactly are the battle rifles supposed to be. They seem like they are meant to be hybrids of Assault and Marksman rifles but usually just seem to be one or the other. Lachman 762 and TAQ-V both feel like ARs and Ftac and SO-14 both feel like marksman rifles
Who knows, I thought they were supposed to be hybrids between AR, Marksmans and SMG. That is what the Battle part sounds to me. But the thing with them is that they are like marksman rifles that can use grenade launchers and masterkeys, and that can be configured for movement speed while mantaining a 1 shot kill to the head or 2 tap to the body at close ranges. But of course, the damage is way lower than with a marksman rifle, and the ranges too. Initially they were bad at long ranges, now they are a bit better but still you need a lot of attachments to reduce the idle sway, which is the main culprit of missing shots at a distance, and you can't hold your breath with them.
Taq v nerfs are criminal that gun is so unique and they are shitting on it. Also I would've used it in ranked since it was the only gun available there that isnt boring imo. Love more ftac SO14 buffs tho
what you said logically makes sense - but it would just annoy the fuck out of alot of people. They shouldnt even have this ammo anyway to begin with. Better cods dont have explosive or fire ammos.
@@ShengYu1995 It only annoys people if you ignore the fact you would've lost that gunfight if they didn't use the ammo. Most people who use that ammo go for the 90 damage shot as opposed to the shot that does 100 damage and kills you. On automatic weapons when the burn kills you you'd have died regardless in most cases.
I think that's due to fact them adding this armor damage mechanics. I know that it shoudn't apply to multi but we all know how this works. Basicly everything became inconsisnt in warzone and in MP because script is going nuts. I've seen dozens examples of shooting guy in any range and not getting hits.
I still haven't been able to unlock the M13, I'm a solo player and can't do the DMZ challenge. I can't believe they haven't added an MP challenge for it yet. So disappointed.
Like me. So I did the local player M13 save as blueprint trick while being off and then go online and load the blueprint. I paid for the whole multiplayer game and want every gun without playing DMZ.
All these changes keep proving the point that warzone needs to absolutely be a separate client from the main game. I think that would really help MP in the long run as well
I don’t think I will use the rpk anymore. I would run the rpk with every single attachment for aim down sight tuned for aim down sight and it would feel like an smg that could hit cross the map because it still had no recoil because it’s basically an lmg still
I hate how the devs are balancing MP weapons and warzone at the same time. The Vector didn't need a damage reduction in MP and now it's gonna make getting the longshots even more annoying
Having the same dmgs put toward DMZ , warzone , and mp is just chaos. Makes things so over complicated. I mean has anyone tried bas p at close range in warzone? It literally feels like it shoots marshmallows, but then the mx9 and fennec vaporizes people. Cant imagine a newbie casual trying to have any fun with certain guns outside of MP.
I never thought that Taq-V was overpowered in MP. I rarely ever see people use it even in ground war where the distances are greater. The times I saw people use it, nobody ran it in semi-auto. I love the gun, but the 762 is just better.
This is disappointing, they're only nerfing popular builds even if theyre not OP anymore, just to get people to realize their builds suck now and have to change. None of this is with 6v6 mp in mind, which means Activision lied when they said theyd keep Warzone & MP decisions seperated. This is the last CoD im ever buying, bummer. Sucks to end this way, there are no good shooting franchises left.
They could have nerf, and I'm talking about a massive nerf, to that fricking new shotgun. Everybody is using it and it really feels annoying and unfair to get one shot on any circumstances
I would love a video of your take on warzone and dmz I've seen in alot of your vids you say you don't care for em and I'd like a breakdown on why it'd be cool to see
Wish you had tested the barrels on the ak it used to be that the ones that reduced range had Alonzo t no effect but with the base range change it could be bad to run them now.
I created a kastov 7.62 build and at the range it took me 1 less shot to kill the farthest dummy than it did the middle one. So yea some attachment combos with tuning make weird scenarios
You asked to comment if we are happy with these changes. My opinion, it doesn't really matter. Everyone will just move on to/find the next "broken" "meta" gun to use until they balance that. It's just a revolving door.
I really have no idea why they nerfed the Incendiary to not do it's one job. The whole point of the round is to do burn damage to a player after they've been shot, but if there's now a cap on it and it can't be used to one-shot players anymore, as you mentioned it's completely useless. Clearly they made this change to appease to the Warzone whiners who complain about getting one-shot with full plates because somebody decided to use a mechanic in the game, and it's complete nonsense. There's a risk-reward to using Incendiary ammo and now they've reverted it back to being useless again.
It also added to the fire shotgun spam in MP. I'll admit that I'm guilty of finding this bug on day 1 and slapping it on the new shotgun but I can't deny that it didn't feel great one-shotting fools with flame rounds spam
I don't understand why IW suddenly seemingly hates attachments, especially after how positively received MW2019 was... This new disdain for attachments is bizarre.
Mostly indifferent. Upset that t flashes were not nerfed fo season 2.... I mean was anyone asking for more movement speed for the ftac? I'll answer no they weren't.
the multiplayer needs a SERIOUS rework like how WWII did everytime i play this this game i always see issues that make me want to uninstall it.. * There's No Perk or attachment that helps you see that red diamond above enemy's heads at long ranges like in previous game - like Gun perk 'Recon' from MW2019 - or the 'Lookout' perk from WWII - or the Flashlights in Black ops Cold War but in MWII you get NOTHING!! that helps you!! * They have eliminated Stealth from the Game - The Ghost perk is useless when your firing your weapon even with a suppressor - Dead Silence makes a noise when you activate it eliminated the point of Dead Silence so you cannot sneak and flank the enemy team
Here's how it works.. first nerf meta weapon being used the most. Second... Strongly buff a similar weapon like the sq .. then sell packs and blueprints... When sales drop off .. repeat the process.
I want my m13 saved build back that’s been locked since the season 2 update. I bought the Christmas bundle because I hate DMZ and now the gun I paid for is useless to me
I legitimately can't believe they took a look at S1 incendiary ammo and decided that was working as intended. It's like the devs are determined to make the shittiest game they can.
I don't think I've seen a dev other than Infinity Ward patch a game and say something in the patch notes that simply didn't happen or even the opposite happened. Super unprofessional.
VTOL still glitches, flashbangs still OD , and mini map still bugs out won’t show anyone on the map . That’s just naming a few things .There is still a lot of dogshit in this game . Good lord !
Still really disappointed they haven't added a Multiplayer challenge for the M13, especially after they buffed it
You can get it without the challenge. Just save the m13 as a blueprint in offline mode and you can use it for online
Add me June_Xbl and I’ll drop the weapon for you in DMZ
@BigDraco I've heard they patched that. I haven't tested it recently since I've already done it for my locked guns
@@BigDraco123 that is console only as well
Do this! Get in a groundwar match and ask if anybody has the blueprint in all chat before the game starts. If somebody does all they have to do is drop it for you in DMZ and then you have to extract. You don’t actually need to kill the chemist
I’d really love to see color adjustments on your charts. I’m colorblind and it’s very hard to tell between 2-4 shots to kill
Maybe swap the colors of 3&7?
Replying to get this further up for the colorblind folks
I will always support accessibility changes
Go into the accessibility settings on your phone and change it to colorblind mode.
skill issue
Yeah this is important Ace
That’s crazy how they nerfed the TAQ-V, then took it out of competitive, and then nerfed it again. What does IW have against this gun? Especially since the TAQ-56 is just better, especially in ranked
It's just typical IW, tone deaf to a T.
They only focus on nerfs because of wArZoNE
They made the SCAR-H a decent gun, remembered how bad it was in MW19 and Warzone 1, and decided “Yeah we screwed up, it needs to be bad again” for the five people who used it.
Taq 56 definitely is not better. Every single shot has to hit the upper torso when you can hit their toe with a Taq V from a much further range. Also only needing 1 headshot to get a 105 ms ttk is incredibly affective
Taq-56 wasnt better than the Taq-V.
I understand incendiary ammo is annoying for a lot of people, but I don't get why they decided to make it a straight up negative impact attachment.
Reminds me of how it was in cod WW2, I don't get it either
Probably coz in warzone it gives u one shot kills
@@samuels3557 then just make it work differently against armor or smthn
@@samuels3557 that wasnt even bad in the first place
@@yeetgrenade7492 idk it’s just a toxic ammo type anyways, only see it in like snd where in vanguard the DBs were always one shot kill
7.62x51 gun with 18.5” barrel has less range than 7.62x39 gun with 16” barrel. Infinity Ward logic 😶
who tf cares about realism its cod
@@BaronofBlue this matters to WZ and DMZ obv not multiplayer. The barrel increase in games affect the effectiveness of the g un. IW completely messed up here lol
@user-il6qz7km6x because those guns with a higher caliber are going to be tuned to have heavier recoil, less ammo, slower movement speed, slower ADS etc etc. The only thing those guns have going for them in a arcade game is range and velocity which it doesn't so why use it?
@@BaronofBlue They better start caring about something. Their player count is in the basement.
@@azraelthegod8388 There's some relevance in MP. Any time you move a damage drop off, there's potential for TTK to change based on number of shots needed at 100 HP. It's obvious amplified at 250 HP and longer ranges, but it still matters.
Bundles incoming for the battle rifles
A battle rifle having better movement speeds than most SMGs is absolutely bonkers
There are a million things in this game that are absolutely bonkers. As one further example, look at how many barrel attachments there are which increase your bullet velocity, but decrease your damage range. How does THAT make any sense?
@@Centrifuze Exactly, bullet is bullet, if bullet go faster, it hit harder from longer
@@uberschnilthegreat22 Not necessarily. It's like how in real life a bullet can go through the body and people barely flinch or feel it at the moment, because it goes so fast that the energy of the bullet is not transfered into the body of the target.
@@uberschnilthegreat22 That depends completely on caliber size, length of the bullet itself, and the powder load behind it.
Firing a .22LR at 1,700m/s would certainly be fun, but true size of the round itself leaves it with very little in terms of a wounding effect. You'd essentially be punching a needle very quickly through someone's body, if the weight of the bullet would even allow it to travel through and not lodge.
However, something like a .50BMG would certainly work quite well with an even higher velocity, as the heft and size of the bullet would pierce in, and then act as a vacuum as it punches its way out the othet side, essentially turning your target's insides into a shrapnel smoothie.
TL;DR, kinetic force, ballistics and physics are weird.
Fr why dont they just reduce the recoil or something
Good stuff my man, I love how efficient these videos are and how quickly you get them out, and then straight to the point. Keep up the good work.
really disappointed with how they treat 6v6 mp.
Same
@@BSoloe first time I’ve seen you around here keep up with the shorts content
Nah. I think you guys got what you deserved for getting suckered into the hype and thinking these devs can turn out a good game. Go ahead and pay another $70 for the next one too lol.
They love nerfing the TAQ-V but they refuse to look at these laser accurate akimbo pistols.
Look at the Minibak. It’s the slowest firing SMG and it somehow has a 7 shot kill range when the FSS Hurricane and MX9/Aug Para don’t. Yet it still got nerfed.
Ace, I think for the TAQ-V, now the first dmg range and second range can be combined. The 1 dmg diff is probably some rounding error
Yea I don’t think the 1 dmg difference will change shots to kill. Which makes you wonder why they even changed it. It’s like they don’t know what they’re doing…
youre right and i realised the TAQ-V was not nerfed much and should be almost as good as it was at launch. so that's good.
Me when they keep nerfing my SCAR H: “Look how they’ve massacred my boy.”
Yep, my thoughts exactly. Nerfing the movement speed especially hurts :(
@@lindigj if anything they should have nerfed the handling, it's already slow enough when you've got it kitted out. Who cares about the Warzone sweats, not an issue on Core
Meanwhile the SCAR-L is still dominating next to the RPK and brand new APC556/300. 9_9
They did the same thing with the GM6 Lynx by nerfing its range and anything that isn't upper torso damage, but left the AW-50 alone completely, even though that's what everyone is using.
If anything, I feel like the M14 coulda used a recoil reduction, not a speed increase. -_-
@@sylokthedefiled3047 dont you mean the Honey Badger? Victus XMR is the worst sniper - ADS time isn’t special and it has the slowest fire rate. Damage is better with the SPX-80 and LA-B 330.
@@bobdarrick2628 I strictly play DMZ. Completely different meta to online. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
The AW-50 (Victus) has the fastest bullet velocity, flattest trajectory, and best max headshot damage range.
Edit: and no, I do t mean Honey Badger. I mean the SCAR-L(TAC-56). Thing was dominant in DMZ before the APC556(ISO) came out in S2. But the SCAR-H (TAC-V) was the gun that got the nerfs for some stupid reason, even though hardly anyone used it. Same goes for the MG338(RAAL). They nerfed that thing several times for some dumb reason even though no one in DMZ and WZ used it very much.
It’s so funny when Ace says he has zero interest in Warzone, it’s almost like a big middle finger to Activision 😂
He has to mention that all the time cuz at this rate 99% of weapon changes have only Warzone in mind
I don't really understand some of the weapon balancing that's being done. Mostly because if the subtle changes are meant to affect how things function against armor, they -originally- stated a while back that Warzone and core multiplayer would have their own separate weapon values.
Exactly. Theyre contradicting everything. From stats to dmg to sbmm settings.
@@zforce9533 you say that like they haven't been doing this since forever. Activision always lies
It's interesting to see game balance as this ecosystem of 3 different games with very different rules of engagement and standards. now you can put armor in custom games and i've remembered yesterday there's more daily exp challenges in warzone. I can complete with for my Battle pass and nonsense. I'm sad to see the incendiary ammo killing was a bug. while I do still use it and kill streaks well with it, you can't kill a chopper gunner or VTOL fast enough where it goes down before half your team leaves in a rage quit. Still better than frangible for quick fix and Battle rage enemies.
I hate to praise Activision for anything, but I really like the way they’re handling weapon balancing in this game. They’re making small changes to keep the meta flatter and more open, unlike in the previous games where every gun seemed to have a rollercoaster of going from OP to nerfed into the ground (at least over the past few years). I still think there should be some snipers that one shot against three plates in Warzone, but that’s just my opinion. I recently started really getting into the FTAC Recon in 6v6 and the SO-14 in Warzone, so of course I’m happy about both those changes. But I feel for my sniping friends.
I haven’t run into anyone using the 762 in warzone and hardly anyone uses it in multiplayer; it seems like a really unneeded nerf, albeit a small one.
They will do anything in their power to ruin the solid weapon balence this game had
Which is funny considering for the first two months of the game if people weren't grinding out guns, the AK and 74U were EVERYWHERE. Not strictly complaining on the base model. But, it wasn't that uncommon of a sight. There are however a lot of good ARs in the game so as people unlocked others they may have found something that fit their playstyle more and dropped the AK despite the TTK
@@Meravokas i think he meant g3 762, not ak
@@bobfranklin2572 it did not have solid balance lmao
@@liquidsweg4858 you been smoking again lad?
ive already moved on from the rpm to the m13 in warzone and the devs are still nerfing it, crazy. They are straight up just balancing based on usage numbers, not based on how good it is
MW devs incompent? Noo!
The 13b sucks against armored bots but melts full plated operators. Just makes it feel inconsistent
imagine removing almost all fun things from the game
Imagine having sbmm
Love that your focus is MP. There's lots of external sites that share WZ loadouts. Do you offer that? Loudout and tuning? For MP
It’s only the extra/alternate 300 blackout ammunition types (ie: 300 blackout armour piercing, over pressured, ex)that are glitched and can’t be unlocked, the regular 300 blackout can be used and it was crazy in WZ2 and DMZ due to being hitscan and increased damage with almost no downside
I'm convinced that the devs just see how many people are using a certain gun and that's how they decide how to balance things
I like that way though. Makes the game not so stale. What fun is it to be able to use only 2 or 3 guns? I'd quit playing.
@@mosstwig3591 Or maybe they could just figure out how to properly balance things and we can use a plethora of guns throughout the life of the game. Tbf part of the problem is the major sweatlords and scrubs who just want to use the most optimal guns for maximum pwnage.
They've been doing that and other devs do that as well. I really wish they'd just stick to balancing them based off the numbers and just relaxed when the community drifts towards using what's easiest gun since it's just natural for a crowd to take the path of least resistance.
Reminds me of the BO1 CZ-75 with the Full Auto attachment: made the pistol worse in TTK but everyone used it since it was easier than spamming a semiauto.
Makes sense
That’s the only reason why the Minibak was nerfed probably. That gun needed a buff if anything. Slowest firing SMG yet it had a 7 shot kill range somehow. Now it lost its good range and it has bad range. It’s damage was very consistent and now it’s unforgiving. That gun is usable not not competitive and it’s out of balance. Needs a buff.
Damn the TAQ V was my favorite Battle Rifle.
Same here. I play it aggressively so a nerf to movement speed will be very noticeable.
Well I golded it ages ago so no big deal.
@@shoktan yeah it's total bs. But ftac gets buffs
I think they are doing this to make the SR25 in the mid Season 2 update have a place in the meta.
@@Kilo1158 which I disagree with them doing. They always crap on the Scar. Especially how it's lighter in real life but this update they made it like a brick.
I feel like every weapon balance changing this game directly revolves around selling blueprints in the store to free to play Warzone players. Release overpowered blueprint. Then release a “balance patch” a few weeks into the new season once a certain internal quota of blueprint sales has been met☹️
F2p players should be glad they even get to play the fucking game let alone complain that a company still tries to make money to pay employees with and continue developing new content
I really wish the balancing adopted the balancing that Smash went through during its life cycle; buff the bad stuff, don't nerf the good stuff. It allowed for more stuff to be viable and allowed for more variety instead of only letting a few things become top dog.
I mean smash absolutely nerfed some crazy stuff. Bayonetta and cloud were both heavily nerfed from smash 4, Bayonetta getting further nerfs, as well as popular choices like Ike and Pichu getting significant nerfs
I get that buffing stuff is important, but pretty much every game in existence requires some degree of nerfing too, and pretending it doesn't happen just muddies the waters
How about a game that doesn't need nerfs or buffs and we don't have to be free beta testers?? This the Devs are playing is a game that goes around for the last few years! It has never been like that! When the game's out you get what u have paid for!
Only buffing without nerfing is definitely not the way to go. We already think everything kills too fast.
@@stefanovioli3736Sweatties will always find meta guns. Always. The game has some flaws but not weapon balancing. It's in a good state overall and balancing is always needed.
@@stefanovioli3736 games have had nerfs and buffs for decades? You realize that the original mw2 needed nerfs after release as well right?
Don't get me wrong, these games are definitely releasing unfinished. That said it is childishly unrealistic to expect zero nerfs or buffs whatsoever, especially given how hard it is to judge balance before you have millions of players putting thousands of hours in.
It is near impossible, maybe fundamentally impossible, to release a game in a state of perfect balance.
I understand the Taq nerfs but it's ashame they're slowly destroying the RPK and 762 because of Warzone as they were both perfectly balanced in MP before S2 but now the 762 is sub par
Maybe they should have guns act differently in MP than warzone. But knowing how awful this game is, it would probably be so horribly buggy.
Rpk deserves
@@Tailsera5762 Not in MP
@@lolbuster01 It can't be that hard. If it is then only Nerf armour damage
The taq didn’t need any nerfs what are u talking about also the AK 762 is still great
This was meant to be warzone only since the RPK and Fennec are annoying everyone in ashika island and al-mazrah (no one plays al-mazrah anymore), but they pushed it to multiplayer because we have no new content
Lots of people still play the large map lol, what are you talking about 🤣
@@GrumpisaurusFr rebirth is just not fun. A battle royal should mean if I kill you can’t come back unless your team does something risky to do so. Not just run away and wait that’s dumb. But that just my opini
They had just added the purple tracer bundle with the RPK. A couple days later they nerf the RPK. Good thing I don't buy bundles anymore. In the past I would have picked up the tracer pack RPK for sure. Every decision and/or change made in this game is to sell more bundles
Not nerfing KV broadside is so disappointing. literally everyone including wz users are using it as sub with incendiary ammo
The incendiary ammo nerf will affect it more than any other weapon.
Y’all crying but I’ve using the expedite like this and shredding since day 1 and I’ve heard no one bitching at me lol. Really need to stop crying about new shit no wonder they won’t give us content devs are scared y’all are gonna bitch whine moan and complain like always
@@NITROexpress17 The Expedite takes more skill to use properly than a spam shotgun like the Broadside. The Expedite is a very secretly powerful weapon though nobody realizes it until someone starts shitting on them with it.
I don't really think the Broadside needs to be nerfed though. It's probably too strong in Warzone but idgaf about Warzone.
@@Scroolewse they gotta increase the range on the Expedite by like 1/2 meters or so. It was the most inconsistent shotty I used while going for Orion. Somehow can't get oneshots with attachments while hipfiring or ads but can apparently do so stock. Made no nsense
@@BetaBreaking I really do not know what you're talking about. Its base one shot range is 10m which is really damn good. With just a choke and speed attachments it destroys people.
Hipfire is inconsistent for sure but it's manageable with a point GP 3 laser.
They really love the TAQ V
Thing is reducing damage but keeping same shots to kill is still a nerf, many gunfights you have the enemy isn't at full health and the reduction in damage can increase shots to kill
So there are no longer "shell does 98 damage and then the burning does the rest to kill"? It is a feature rather than a BUG?
The moment the TAQ-V goes from a 6 to 7 shot kill at close range with full plates it becomes useless in Warzone/DMZ and becomes just a worse alternative to other lower caliber less recoil guns with higher fire rates which have the same TTK
Honestly im at the point with ttk and damage that i feel were all just better off maxing ammo capacity and armor plates. This sh.t getting too complicated to play day to day. Ill just use fn ground loot since i witnessed a full plated teammate rail someone with a taq v but enemy can just bull rush with a GROUND 2 piece fennec from 40 feet away while taking bullets. Sbmm just has 0 place for warzone and when they keep changing dmgs....rip
Meta changes so fast since MW2019 as I remember. Idk why they doing this. To keep the hype around MW2? In my case I just refuse to give any money, with this aggressive management.
But did they correct the ROF for the Lach762 from the season update? That was a mistake on their part. They said they would increase the ROF and they reduced it!
I feel like the TAQ-V isn’t my favorite battle anymore cuz of the nerf it got to movement speeds, bullet velocity, and range reduction. I probably would take either the Lachmann 7.62 or the FTAC Recon when it comes to replacing my favorite in the gun category.
No the taq V is still amazing
@@rommelthedesertfox3089 For me, either the Lachmann 7.62 or the FTAC Recon is my favorite battle rifle.
It is still very easy to get 2shot kills, it just dosen't move as fast. In semi it is still a powerhouse.
I don't really enjoy much the other BRs because of the recoil those have, and I don't like to make them slow to improve it.
@@ivanaviNiebla The Lachmann 7.62 and the FTAC are always one-shot headshot BRs if you have a great trigger finger.
Lachman is still shit.
I wish they would buff the M16.
Just needs a lil less recoil for head glitches or maybe a slightly bigger 1 burst zone. I still Main it
Its either busted OP or useless
Whatever they had in Cold War, worked. I'm a sucker for a burst gun.. Very strange that they're neglecting the only one in their game.
@@chrisk1458 That's because IW are completely inept at everything they do, including weapon balance. It's very simple to balance bursts:
1) Give it very low burst delay with high base RPM but give it a lot of recoil.
2) Give it high burst delay with lower RPM but make it pinpoint accurate.
I wish they'd only make some of these adjustments in Warzone because eventually every weapon will have seen the WZ meta and they'll all be shit in MP afterwards
The ScarH "Taq-V" & Honey-badger "Chimera" were my favorite guns until season 2. Now they both aren't nothing special at all & I've quit using them. I haven't seen anybody talking about the Honey-Badger but it definitely got nerfed. I can feel it.
With the Chimera is perhaps the ranges, I didn't feel the nerf, but the difference in ranges when using the phoenix barrel is noticeable. With it and using the gun in semi, you can get a 3 shot kill almost always as long as you hit the head once. And most engagements only need 3 shots to kill, sometimes only 2 with the head+upper torso combo. But without that barrel, then most engagements are only 3 shots minimum and at longer distances you need 4 to 5.
Why do they keep nerfing the TAQ-V? Even in ranked the TAQ-56 ALWAYS outgunned the TAQ-V, no matter the range.
They’re really stomping the taq v into the dirt
infinity ward loathes the scar h for some reason
It's still one of the best guns in the game
I understand the damage nerfs, but why make its movement so much slower?
Infinity ward is just a mysterious SCP at this point
They lost my respect tbh
Ace, thank you for supporting multiplayer! You're a G for that.
What exactly are the battle rifles supposed to be. They seem like they are meant to be hybrids of Assault and Marksman rifles but usually just seem to be one or the other. Lachman 762 and TAQ-V both feel like ARs and Ftac and SO-14 both feel like marksman rifles
Who knows, I thought they were supposed to be hybrids between AR, Marksmans and SMG. That is what the Battle part sounds to me. But the thing with them is that they are like marksman rifles that can use grenade launchers and masterkeys, and that can be configured for movement speed while mantaining a 1 shot kill to the head or 2 tap to the body at close ranges. But of course, the damage is way lower than with a marksman rifle, and the ranges too.
Initially they were bad at long ranges, now they are a bit better but still you need a lot of attachments to reduce the idle sway, which is the main culprit of missing shots at a distance, and you can't hold your breath with them.
No nerf to the KP Broadside. Just lol.
Taq v nerfs are criminal that gun is so unique and they are shitting on it.
Also I would've used it in ranked since it was the only gun available there that isnt boring imo.
Love more ftac SO14 buffs tho
Dawg when are they gonna buff the M16??
Sir, I really want you to make a video about Stock Attachments. I wonder how much they affect recoil, ads speed, movement speed etc. Thanks!!!
It's different from gun to gun.
Surely the whole point of the fire rounds is the get those kills when not dealing 100 damage…
If you deal 90+ damage, it should get you that kill
what you said logically makes sense - but it would just annoy the fuck out of alot of people. They shouldnt even have this ammo anyway to begin with. Better cods dont have explosive or fire ammos.
@@ShengYu1995 well this is what I’m saying… if those rounds ain’t going to get you a kill, then there’s no point even having them at all
@@ShengYu1995 It only annoys people if you ignore the fact you would've lost that gunfight if they didn't use the ammo.
Most people who use that ammo go for the 90 damage shot as opposed to the shot that does 100 damage and kills you. On automatic weapons when the burn kills you you'd have died regardless in most cases.
Has anyone tested the TAQ-56 since the update? I swear it feels like it takes an extra bullet or 2 when shooting people from range
It was meta in WZ so of course it’s been ruined for MP
I think that's due to fact them adding this armor damage mechanics. I know that it shoudn't apply to multi but we all know how this works.
Basicly everything became inconsisnt in warzone and in MP because script is going nuts. I've seen dozens examples of shooting guy in any range and not getting hits.
I still haven't been able to unlock the M13, I'm a solo player and can't do the DMZ challenge. I can't believe they haven't added an MP challenge for it yet. So disappointed.
Like me. So I did the local player M13 save as blueprint trick while being off and then go online and load the blueprint. I paid for the whole multiplayer game and want every gun without playing DMZ.
@@allfreedoob4774 So you go offline and save the blueprint in a custom game menu, or how do I do it?
Good thing I got the RPK gold when I did. At this rate, the devs are making it less enticing to try and even bother sticking through the game.
If you tune the fennec hacksaw correctly, it's deadly. I can take out snipers from across the map with it.
All these changes keep proving the point that warzone needs to absolutely be a separate client from the main game. I think that would really help MP in the long run as well
I don’t think I will use the rpk anymore. I would run the rpk with every single attachment for aim down sight tuned for aim down sight and it would feel like an smg that could hit cross the map because it still had no recoil because it’s basically an lmg still
There’s no reason to use the RPK now, it’s still slow w the fast attachments and will get outgunned long range by battle rifles
It wouldn't surprise me if on the Lachman when they tried to change it they changed the wrong Lachman since it's not reflecting in your testing lol
Ooo it most definitely wasn't bugged for everyone. I was able to unlock the 300 blackout ammunition and I actually felt guilty for using it haha
They shouldn't be reducing any bullet velocity for any gun. The velocity figures for the guns are WAY too slow.
i really noticed the RPK nerf after this season’s release
i think it’s not the gun itself, the attachments with it may have been nerfed
😂
The gun play with those pistols tho! 😮
Still don't get the devs nerfing some things that didn't need it while at the same time introducing the KV Broadside completely broken shotgun.
I haven't reinstalled the game from when I uninstalled it since they added shipment. They're not making me want to lol
I can't believe they buffed the FTAC again. it was already my favorite gun
Why is it your favorite gun
It wasn't very good.
@@Scroolewse bro that gun is OP.
@@flodging nah
@@Lembobwaii fastest ttk for non-oneshot weapons, near-zero recoil in semi-auto, reasonably fast ads time, good mobility. Also clean iron sights.
Can you please do a video on explaining how ranked SR works and if it's bugged so IW can fix it.
I hate how the devs are balancing MP weapons and warzone at the same time. The Vector didn't need a damage reduction in MP and now it's gonna make getting the longshots even more annoying
Instead of nerfing guns, why not nerf the amount of times the game crashes?
I wasn't aware of the update and just thought I was really on point since I started the FTAC Recon
It’s so dumb that they don’t separate warzone and multiplayer gun nerfs and buffs🤦🏾♂️
I love how so many of these "adjustments" are nothing at all and just to say they did something.
Are you gonna be doing the handguns at some point in the future? They seem a little lethal even in my 0.75 kd hands
Why does the AK get another nerf before the Scar L, it has a faster ADS than the Mp7!!! 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️💀💀
i just love that he says, he has absolutely no interest in warzone
As a ak user in ranked i needed this
Having the same dmgs put toward DMZ , warzone , and mp is just chaos. Makes things so over complicated. I mean has anyone tried bas p at close range in warzone? It literally feels like it shoots marshmallows, but then the mx9 and fennec vaporizes people. Cant imagine a newbie casual trying to have any fun with certain guns outside of MP.
The KV Broadside can still kill with the burn damage and the normal blackout was actually available though
Dragons breath is treated as a separate attachment vs incendiary rounds
@@zalcan3620 Oh I see. That's a shame, I was loving the "bugged" incendiary rounds
I never thought that Taq-V was overpowered in MP. I rarely ever see people use it even in ground war where the distances are greater. The times I saw people use it, nobody ran it in semi-auto. I love the gun, but the 762 is just better.
That and the Taq 56 are the only thing I see people use if its not a sniper or smg
This is disappointing, they're only nerfing popular builds even if theyre not OP anymore, just to get people to realize their builds suck now and have to change. None of this is with 6v6 mp in mind, which means Activision lied when they said theyd keep Warzone & MP decisions seperated. This is the last CoD im ever buying, bummer. Sucks to end this way, there are no good shooting franchises left.
They could have nerf, and I'm talking about a massive nerf, to that fricking new shotgun. Everybody is using it and it really feels annoying and unfair to get one shot on any circumstances
Why so many Taq V nerfs? I am not seeing it being used that much at all.
So AP, HV, and incendiary rounds are all now effectively useless outside of some very niche applications?
I would love a video of your take on warzone and dmz I've seen in alot of your vids you say you don't care for em and I'd like a breakdown on why it'd be cool to see
Wish you had tested the barrels on the ak it used to be that the ones that reduced range had Alonzo t no effect but with the base range change it could be bad to run them now.
I created a kastov 7.62 build and at the range it took me 1 less shot to kill the farthest dummy than it did the middle one. So yea some attachment combos with tuning make weird scenarios
You asked to comment if we are happy with these changes. My opinion, it doesn't really matter. Everyone will just move on to/find the next "broken" "meta" gun to use until they balance that. It's just a revolving door.
IW: We changed this
Xclusive Ace: Nah
It doesn't seem like it applied = They lied and have no idea what their doing.
Still no seperate stats between warzone and MP???
Minimum armor damage is a thing in WZ and that counts as 'separate stats'.
I really have no idea why they nerfed the Incendiary to not do it's one job. The whole point of the round is to do burn damage to a player after they've been shot, but if there's now a cap on it and it can't be used to one-shot players anymore, as you mentioned it's completely useless. Clearly they made this change to appease to the Warzone whiners who complain about getting one-shot with full plates because somebody decided to use a mechanic in the game, and it's complete nonsense. There's a risk-reward to using Incendiary ammo and now they've reverted it back to being useless again.
Warzone, it made snipers a shot kill.
I'd argue it's hardcore that whined. Would make everything a 1 shot kill no matter what
It also added to the fire shotgun spam in MP. I'll admit that I'm guilty of finding this bug on day 1 and slapping it on the new shotgun but I can't deny that it didn't feel great one-shotting fools with flame rounds spam
You Rock Ace. Love your videos.
I don't understand why IW suddenly seemingly hates attachments, especially after how positively received MW2019 was... This new disdain for attachments is bizarre.
Insert "YouTried" gif.
I’d like to see a breakdown of the care package streak, along with the emergency airdrop
Uhhhh why. Pretty self explanatory there buddy
Ah yes rate of each killstreak given is so self explanatory
@@MegaMuffinMonkey i think it's just random
@@sethmartin7084well yeah but some have a higher chance of appearing than others, we’re asking the exact %s.
@@sethmartin7084 exactly. always has been and always will be
Mostly indifferent. Upset that t flashes were not nerfed fo season 2.... I mean was anyone asking for more movement speed for the ftac? I'll answer no they weren't.
the multiplayer needs a SERIOUS rework like how WWII did everytime i play this this game i always see issues that make me want to uninstall it..
* There's No Perk or attachment that helps you see that red diamond above enemy's heads at long ranges like in previous game
- like Gun perk 'Recon' from MW2019
- or the 'Lookout' perk from WWII
- or the Flashlights in Black ops Cold War
but in MWII you get NOTHING!! that helps you!!
* They have eliminated Stealth from the Game
- The Ghost perk is useless when your firing your weapon even with a suppressor
- Dead Silence makes a noise when you activate it eliminated the point of Dead Silence so you cannot sneak and flank the enemy team
Here's how it works.. first nerf meta weapon being used the most. Second... Strongly buff a similar weapon like the sq .. then sell packs and blueprints... When sales drop off .. repeat the process.
I want my m13 saved build back that’s been locked since the season 2 update. I bought the Christmas bundle because I hate DMZ and now the gun I paid for is useless to me
Wait nobody was able to unlock .300 blackout rounds since it was bugged?
I could
I legitimately can't believe they took a look at S1 incendiary ammo and decided that was working as intended.
It's like the devs are determined to make the shittiest game they can.
Hey Ace, I think they nerfed the Kastov 762 in hardcore. Ive been getting hit markers with it since the update
I don't think I've seen a dev other than Infinity Ward patch a game and say something in the patch notes that simply didn't happen or even the opposite happened. Super unprofessional.
VTOL still glitches, flashbangs still OD , and mini map still bugs out won’t show anyone on the map . That’s just naming a few things .There is still a lot of dogshit in this game . Good lord !
Ace can you test audio again? Ever since season 2 my footsteps are inconsistent.