Call Of Duty: Vanguard Update Fixes Bugs, Makes Changes To Camo Progression, and More

Sledge­ham­mer Games has released anoth­er update for Call of Duty: Van­guard, and it’s brought a num­ber of adjust­ments with it. These include a change to the camo chal­lenge for the 3‑Line sniper rifle, an increase to the charge time of Dead Drop, fix­es to some kill­streaks, and plen­ty more.

The 3‑Line sniper rifle had it’s Blood­thirsty Chal­lenges camo chal­lenges changed to Prone Chal­lenges. Play­ers had request­ed changes to the chal­lenge, but this is quite a dras­tic alter­ation. There is no word on when oth­er weapon camo chal­lenges will be fixed or adjusted.

A cou­ple of kill­streaks also received some treat­ment. The Fla­me­naut had a dam­age direc­tion indi­ca­tor added; while the Fire Bomb­ing Run and Attack dogs both had VFX fixes. 

Maps went through a bit of bug fix­es them­selves, includ­ing Demyan­sk, Oasis, Tus­can, and Numa Numa. Demyan­sk and Oasis had exploits fixed, while Tus­can and Numa Numa had a rare issue–of play­ers spawn­ing out­side of the map–fixed as well. 

You can check out the full changes in the patch notes below, as detailed by Sledge­ham­mer Games. This update also paves the way the the upcom­ing Sea­son 1 for Call of Duty: Van­guard and the switch to the Caldera map in War­zone. Call

Call of Duty: Vanguard Update — December 6th

Multiplayer

Gameplay

• Mount­ing
  • Did an over­all pass on Mount­ing. Play­ers report­ed issues regard­ing mount height and objects not appear­ing mountable.

Weapons

• Gun­smith
  • Cus­tom Mods: play­ers can save cus­tom builds.
  • Adjust­ed the cam­era posi­tion when select­ing spe­cif­ic weapons or attach­ments. Play­ers report­ed the weapon review was cut off for a hand­ful of attachments.
• In-Game
  • Fixed a bug where play­ers would load into a game with an invis­i­ble weapon.
  • Fixed a bug where Com­bat Shields dis­played the wrong skin while stowed.
• Pro­gres­sion and Camos
  • XP
    • XP rates have been increased for Snipers.
  • 3‑Line Rifle
    • Blood­thirsty Chal­lenges have been changed to Prone Challenges.

Field Upgrades

• Dead Drop
  • Fixed a bug where play­ers were con­tin­u­al­ly award­ed their top kill­streak when using Dead Drop.
  • Charge time has been doubled.
• Goliath
  • Made it eas­i­er to deter­mine if a deployed Goliath is friendly.

Killstreaks

• Fla­me­naut
  • Added dam­age direc­tion indi­ca­tors for play­ers using Falmenaut.
• Fire Bomb­ing Run
  • Fixed issue where play­ers did not see where the fire VFX start­ed, result­ing in play­ers tak­ing dam­age though they were not stand­ing in the flames.
• Attack Dogs
  • Fixed a miss­ing VFX path when the whistling ani­ma­tion plays.
• UI
  • Per­for­mance pass on Kill­streak decals to reduce flickering.

Challanges

• Fixed an issue with “Griz­zled Vet­er­an — Get X Elim­i­na­tion in Hard­core Mode” not track­ing properly. 

Progression

• Fixed bug pre­vent­ing some play­ers from unlock­ing reticles.

Maps

• Demyan­sk
  • Fixed an exploit where play­ers could exit the map
• Oasis
  • Fixed exploits where play­ers could exit the map.
• Tus­can
  • Fixed rare issue where play­ers spawn out­side of the map.
• Numa Numa
  • Fixed a rare issue where play­ers spawn out­side the map.

Clan

• UI/UX
  • Fixed a bug where play­er names were blank in “incom­ing clan requests” if the request was received while in the Clan Request menu.

Menus

• Play­ers will see a warn­ing when equip­ping 2XP tokens while a glob­al 2XP event is running.

Performance & Connectivity

• Improved sta­bil­i­ty when con­nect­ing to lobbies.