The first major update for Call of Duty: The Vanguard 2022 is fast approaching and the patch notes are already available.

Sledgehammer Games today revealed that the Avant-garde The Season Update 1.5 will go live today, January 11 at 6:00 p.m. CT. The patch is expected to feature a plethora of changes, including bug fixes, weapon balancing, and spawn logic tweaks.

Especially for fans of public multiplayer, the incendiary grenades have been nerfed. Dauntless and Fortified perks have also been adjusted to help players deal with the multiple sources of fire damage in Avant-garde. Sledgehammer has even “reduced the amount of time players are affected by stun grenades,” which should be a welcome change for competitive and casual players.

In addition, the sequence of mortar barrage eliminations should be slightly less embarrassing to move forward since its duration and the number of shots have been reduced. The M1 Garand, Type 99, 3-Line Rifle, and Kar98k were the weapons targeted by Sledgehammer in this patch. Developers too “adjusted some of those crazy check spawns and fixed a few issues causing packet burst.

Sledgehammer made sure to let fans know he had heard the community’s comments and reviews on Avant-garde. The developers said we “can expect more updates to come. Avant-garde before season 2.

here are the full multiplayer patch notes for the avant-garde season 1.5 update.

Stability

• Several sources of burst packets have been identified and resolved.
• Several sources of multiplayer crash errors have been identified and resolved.
• Xbox Series X players will no longer experience game crashes with the CDN setting enabled.
• Playing with the keyboard and mouse will no longer result in the “controller needed” message.

Appears

• Spawn logic has been adjusted to improve smaller maps with a larger number of players.
• Adjusted spawn logic for Domination on Dome.
• Spawns in Control mode have been significantly adjusted for:
  • Prevent off-map appearances in Tuscany.
  • Prevent enemy sightings from appearing on Bocage.
  • Prevent players from spawning directly on their teammates.

Weapons and equipment: bug fixes

• Attack / Guard Dog Killed now counts towards Panzerfaust Camo challenges.
• STG “Reptilian” Camo Weapon Challenge now tracks bloodthirsty attacks.
• STG “Predatory” Camo Weapon Challenge now follows the Multikills.
• The Katana unlock challenge now follows correctly.
• The 3-line rifle can now be reloaded with the ZF4 3.5X rifle scope equipped.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the “Kill an enemy while they have an active spy plane 5 times” challenge from tracking in the Countermeasures Career Challenges.
• Fixed an issue where Healing Packages would land out of range when playing Armageddon on Tuscan and Daus Haus.
• Player-selected camos will now appear during the match intro sequence.
• Locked camos and accessories can no longer be exchanged for unlocked weapons.
• A bug causing no post-match stream has been fixed.
• A bug causing Blueprint type 100 “Thunderhead” to appear invisible in the pre-match countdown has been fixed.

Weapons and Equipment: Balance Changes

• Weapons
  • M1 Garand
  • Type 99
    • Reduced visibility.
    • Reduced ADS time.
    • Retain the one-shot destruction potential for chest shots when smaller caliber ammunition is used.
  • 3 line rifle
  • Kar98
    • Retain the one-shot destruction potential for chest shots when smaller caliber ammunition is used.
• Ammunition
  • Hollow points
    • Removed damage range penalties.
• Equipment
  • Deafening grenade
    • Reduced the damage of the stun grenade in Hardcore modes.
    • Reduced the amount of time players are affected by Stun Grenades.
  • Incendiary Grenade
• Killstreaks
  • Mortar dam
    • Mortar Strike duration has been reduced.
    • The number of mortar rounds per set has been reduced.
    • Fixed issue where Mortar Barrage deployment was inconsistent.
• Advantages
  • High alert
    • Added slight delay before perk activates after being seen by an enemy.
  • Intrepid
    • Grants immunity to fire and burning effects, including incendiary shells, Flamenaut, and lingering fire on the ground.
  • Fortified
    • Reduces fire damage taken by 30 percent.
    • Reduces excessive damage from all explosives.

Plans

• Polish pass to improve and resolve player collision issues with map environments.
• Polish generally goes over destructibles on all maps.

UI / UX

• The “Seasonal challenge” menu is now present in the Challenges tab.
• Players will no longer experience the visual rank swap between players in private matches.
• The objective progress bar will no longer clip into the reticles.
• Unintentional distortion of MVP images has been fixed.
• The continued leveling animation after the match when players reach Prestige Three has been fixed.
• Store: Menu navigation has improved when viewing and switching between bundles.

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