Unveiling the Latest Patch Notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Epic Weekend Beta Experience

Highlights

UI changes in the Modern Warfare 3 beta include a red nameplate above enemy operators and a reduced slide to sprint delay by 200ms.

The game's weaponry has undergone adjustments including reducing spread during sliding for different weapon classes and applying nerfs to the Striker SMG.

Various gameplay elements such as killstreaks, modes, maps, operators, and stability issues in the beta have been modified, addressing concerns and resolving crashes and errors.

The patch notes for the second weekend of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's beta have been released, providing players with more details about the upcoming game changes. Activision, the game's publisher, is currently hosting a special beta event, allowing players to try out the game before its official launch later this year.

The beta for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 began on October 6, with PlayStation users getting early access as a pre-order bonus. PC and Xbox players were able to join the beta starting from October 12. Moreover, there will be an open beta available for all platforms from October 14 to 16. These beta events offer an excellent opportunity for the development team to gather feedback, and Activision has now unveiled the comprehensive list of modifications made for the game's second beta weekend.

The Modern Warfare 3 beta update is now live, bringing with it a range of balance fixes, tweaks, and stability improvements. UI changes include the addition of a red nameplate above enemy operators' heads, and a reduction in the slide to sprint delay by 200ms. Weapon changes are also detailed, with the Striker SMG receiving a number of nerfs, and the Guardian-SC killstreak having its health and lifetime decreased.

Other changes in this update include the removal of limited fuel for player-driven vehicles in the Ground War game mode, and the disabling of the overhead spawn camera sequence in Hardpoint mode. Various maps have also been updated, such as the addition of collision near the waterfall areas on the Estate map. Lastly, the update aims to improve stability, addressing crashes and fixing an error message that would appear on the screen.

Overall, it appears that the release of this patch for Modern Warfare 3's beta has brought about some significant alterations made by Activision. Battle Rage in Modern Warfare 3 has already undergone a nerf, and it appears that the development team will be implementing additional adjustments to ensure a balanced gameplay experience based on continuous monitoring of player feedback.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Beta Weekend 2 Patch Notes

GAMEPLAY

UIXEnemy Operators will now display a red nameplate above their head.

MovementDecreased the slide to sprint delay by 200ms.

WEAPONS

Reduced Tac-Stance spread while sliding for several weapon classes.Assault Rifles: Decreased 17-26%.

Submachine Guns: Decreased 14-17%.

Light Machine Guns: Decreased 30-45%.

Marksman Rifles: Decreased 29-31%.

Pistols: Decreased 10-20%.

Striker (Submachine Gun)Decreased near-medium damage from 39 to 36.

Decreased near-medium damage range from 24m to 19m (-21%).

Decreased medium damage range from 30m to 25m (-17%).

Decreased far-medium damage from 28 to 27.

Decreased minimum damage from 23 to 21.

Increased headshot damage multiplier from 1.2x to 1.3x.

Increased lower-arm damage multiplier from 1x to 1.1x.

KILLSTREAKS

Guardian-SCDecreased health from 550 to 400 (-27%).

Decreased lifetime from 120s to 60s (-50%).

MODES

Ground WarVehicles driven by the player no longer have limited fuel.

HardpointDisabled overhead spawn camera sequence upon respawn.

MAPS

EstateAdded collision near various areas of the Waterfall to prevent players from accessing unintended locations.

FavelaPlayers respawn near the yellow car on Side Street will no longer be killed instantly.

Popov Power (Ground War) has now fixed collision near Reactor Beta to restrict players from accessing unintended areas.

OPERATORS

Operator movement animations will now play properly in the moments following a respawn.

UIX

Added a missing icon for the Incursion XII Long Barrel Attachment for the SVA 545.

Players will now be properly notified of Playlist updates while idling in the menus.

STABILITY

Addressed a crash that occurred while matchmaking in the Ground War playlist.

Addressed multiple crashes that occurred while launching the game.

Fixed a bug that resulted in an error message displaying "unable to join another player's party due to a failed network service."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be available on November 10 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.