HUGE Call Of Duty WWII Division Overhaul Coming April 10th

Sledge­ham­mer Games has announced that huge changes are com­ing to Call Of Duty WWII, specif­i­cal­ly the Divi­sions and some basic train­ings are being changed in a big way. This patch looks to be the biggest and most game chang­ing of any patch that any Call Of Duty has ever had.This patch will be avail­able to down­load on Tues­day April 10 for Playsta­tion 4 and Xbox One. Check out the wall-o-patch notes below.

Infantry:

1. Addi­tion­al Pri­ma­ry Attachment

2. Sec­ond Pis­tol Attach­ment & swap weapons faster

3. While aim­ing down sights, have less idle sway

4. Move faster while aiming

Air­borne:

1. Fire guns while sprint­ing & diving

2. Reload while sprinting

3. Climb over obsta­cles faster & no dam­age from falling

4. Sprint faster over time

Armored:

1. Take sig­nif­i­cant­ly less explo­sive & fire damage

2. Immune to Shell Shock and Tac­ti­cal Equipment

3. Increased bul­let pen­e­tra­tion through surfaces

4. Great­ly reduced flinch when shot

Moun­tain:

1. Invis­i­ble to ene­my Recon Air­craft & con­trolled streaks

2. Killed ene­my death loca­tions hidden

3. No name or ret­i­cle change when ene­mies aim at you

4. Silent movement

Expe­di­tionary:

1. Dou­ble Lethal + Tac­ti­cal & enhanced equip­ment use

2. Muni­tions replen­ish from killed ene­mies & over time

3. Improved Tac­ti­cals & Eas­i­er to destroy War buildables

4. Equip­ment dam­age paints ene­mies on mini-map

Resis­tance:

1. Mini-map indi­ca­tor & scram­bler of close hostiles

2. Ene­my move­ments are eas­i­er to hear

3. Kills & assists grant Intel Ping of near­by enemies

4. Eas­i­er to spot tar­gets & increased mini-map coverage

Load­out Selec­tion Changes:

• LMG Bipod and Sniper Sharp­shoot­er are auto­mat­i­cal­ly avail­able when using an LMG or Sniper
• Remain­ing Divi­sion Skills (weapon class attach­ments) are selec­table in CAC (and no longer giv­en by division)
• Each Divi­sion has a 4^th perk and their lev­els have been adjust­ed & rebalanced
• All play­ers have unlim­it­ed sprint & sprint speed is slight­ly slower
• 3 Pri­ma­ry Attach­ments for all loadouts
• One piece of both Lethal & Tac­ti­cal equip­ment for all loadouts
• Launch­ers can be equipped for all loadouts
• The Rifle Grenade is an avail­able attach­ment for all rifles
• The Sup­pres­sor is an avail­able attach­ment for all pistols 
  • The Pis­tol Sup­pres­sor has a 15% range reduc­tion vs. the SMG Suppressor’s 30% range reduction
• The fol­low­ing Basic Train­ings are cut & no longer selec­table: Primed & Bang 
  • Pres­tige tokens spent on these are refund­ed & asso­ci­at­ed chal­lenges are auto-completed
• The fol­low­ing Basic Train­ings are new­ly added: Blitzkrieg & Clandestine 
  • Blitzkrieg: “Streaks are earned by Kills (instead of Score). Bonus: Streaks are improved & select a 4^th Streak.”
  • Clan­des­tine: “Slain ene­mies drop Intel Packs that reveal near­by hos­tiles. Bonus: Intel ping at the start of each life.”

Resistance/Infantry Shifts:

• Moved “Sec­ond pis­tol attach­ment & swap weapons faster” to Infantry to align with its marks­man­ship focus
• Filled gap in Resis­tance with “Ene­my move­ments are eas­i­er to hear” to align with its counter-intel­li­gence focus

Weapon/Mechanic Tun­ing Changes:

• Glob­al sprint speed reduced (to account for Unlim­it­ed Sprint) 
  • 1.3x instead of pre­vi­ous­ly 1.4x
• Reduced Launch­er effec­tive­ness against players 
  • Panz­er­schreck nerfed dam­age & pro­jec­tile speed
  • Bazooka buffed radius, buffed pro­jec­tile speed & nerfed damage
  • Bazooka should more reli­ably give hit­mark­ers than before & increased pro­jec­tile speed should make it bet­ter than Panz­er against streaks.
• Frag & Sticky grenade max dam­age nerfed 
  • ~10% max dam­age reduc­tion to account for all play­ers hav­ing both Lethal & Tac­ti­cal and address exist­ing com­plaints of grenade spam
• Shell­shock & Earth­quake effects from Lethal Equip­ment sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduced 
  • Reduced effect radius and dura­tion to address exist­ing com­plaints and account for all play­ers hav­ing both Lethal & Tactical
• Tac­ti­cal Equip­ment strength adjusted 
  • All tac­ti­cals with­out Expe­di­tionary III got a small nerf
  • Smoke lasts 10 sec­onds (pre­vi­ous­ly: 14 sec­onds; Expe­di­tionary III: 14 seconds)
  • Sig­nal Flare lasts 3.5 sec­onds (pre­vi­ous­ly: 5 sec­onds; Expe­di­tionary III: 5.5 seconds)
  • Stun effects last between 1.75–3.5 sec­onds (pre­vi­ous­ly: 2–4 sec­onds; Expe­di­tionary III: 2.5–4.25 seconds)
  • Tabun Gas deals 1 dmg every 1 sec­ond 5 times (pre­vi­ous­ly: 10 dmg every 1 sec­ond 5 times; Expe­di­tionary III: 5 dmg every 0.625 sec­onds 8 times)
• The fol­low­ing Basic Train­ings have had their ben­e­fits changed: 
  • Ener­getic: Adds “Increased sprint speed”. Removes “Sprint again sooner”
  • For­age: Adds “Resup­ply bul­lets over time”. Adds “Extra mag­a­zines”. “Removes “Swap weapons faster”.
  • Ord­nance: Adds “Killed ene­mies drop Streak packs that fill your meter”. Removes “Re-roll your own care packages”.
  • Launched: Adds “Addi­tion­al launch­er ammu­ni­tion”. Removes “Only way to take a Launcher”.
  • Con­cussed: Adds “Take two pieces of Lethal & Tac­ti­cal equip­ment”. Removes “pre­set­ting what the equip­ment is”.
  • Instincts: Adds “Immune to Shell Shock and Tac­ti­cal Equip­ment”. Esports-only change to remove “warn­ing when tar­get­ed off-screen” ben­e­fit (with the inten­tion for this BT to be unbanned by MLG and used in com­pet­i­tive to counter Tacticals).
• Incen­di­ary Shells attach­ment buffed 
  • Gives Addi­tion­al Shells (7 for Com­bat Shot­gun; 8 for all oth­er shotguns)
  • Range reduc­tion of Shells buffed to ‑10% from ‑15%
  • Sped up load­ing of shells for Com­bat Shotgun
• M30 Rifle Bul­let ammo buffed 
  • Gives Addi­tion­al Bul­lets (8 bul­lets instead of pre­vi­ous 6)
• LMG Bipod Buffed 
  • Increased fire rate while mount­ed (+9% which is equal to Rapid Fire attach­ment for LMGs [which stacks])
  • Fir­ing while mount­ed ini­tial­ly draws ammo from reserve then once exhaust­ed draws from cur­rent clip (remov­ing the need to reload).
• Sniper Sharp­shoot­er Dura­tion Buffed 
  • Hold breath increased to 10 sec­onds from 4 sec­onds. Pro­motes using snipers the “prop­er” way rather than quickscoping.
• Buffed “Take Sig­nif­i­cant­ly less fire & explo­sive dam­age” from Armored 
  • 80% reduc­tion from fire & explo­sive dam­age (pre­vi­ous­ly was 65% reduction)
• “Reduced idle sway” from Infantry III & Scoped now affects snipers 
  • 30% reduc­tion for Snipers; vs. all oth­er weapon class­es’ 65% reduction
  • This does stack with Bal­lis­tic Cal­i­bra­tion attachment
• Buffed “Move faster while aim­ing” from Infantry IV & Scoped 
  • Main­tained sep­a­ra­tion between weapon class­es (Sniper < LMG < Rifle < SMG < Pis­tol / Shotgun)
  • LMGs most­ly got their ADS fir­ing speed buffed since that was pre­vi­ous­ly very slow even with Infantry IV
  • Snipers got a small­er buff than oth­er weapon class­es since it isn’t ben­e­fi­cial to move too fast
  • Pis­tols & Shot­guns already equaled non-ads speed with Infantry IV so they were not adjusted

Check out the over­haul pre­view trail­er below to find out more.

Are you excit­ed to jump back in to Call Of Duty WWII and try out these new changes?