Following its release earlier in November, Sledgehammer Games continues to keep Call of Duty Vanguard updated not only with new content, but fixes for a variety of issues that have cropped up. After recently moving into a live service model a few years ago, the Call of Duty games have continued to push out new updates frequently as well as seasonal updates and bundles players can pick up from the in-game marketplace.
Similar to the Call of Duty games before it, Vanguard wasn't perfect out of the gate, launching with a number of bugs and glitches that have been identified by players. In fact, this latest update comes right on the heels of two previous game updates posted earlier this week, one of which saw the return of the map Shipment keeping its lengthy history with the Call of Duty franchise intact. Overall though, the November 17th update was relatively small in comparison to the latest update which addresses numerous issues.
The latest update for November 18 brings a nerf to shotgun class weapons, an issue that many Call of Duty Vanguard players have been voicing their frustrations about. Adjustments have been made to the ADS spead, or bloom, for base weapons without attachments. In addtion, Sledgehammer made a full balance pass on all shotgun class weapons adjusting range, pellet spread, hipfire penalty, and more.
Call of Duty Vanguard players taking part in the Search and Destroy playlist have also been dealing with a frustrating glitch since launch where the attacking team could easily get intel on the opponents. Once the bomb was planted by attackers, extra intel was given that showed when a defensive player was defusing the bomb. With this update, this difusal glitch has been fixed.
The much maligned Zombies mode in Call of Duty Vanguard has also recieved a number of fixes in this update as well. The patch addresses an Exfil issue where, even after failing, the player can still interact with the Exfil portal. In addition, Legendary Covenants should now appear as expected for all players.
Not mentioned in the patch notes is the arrival of a double XP event across all platforms. Over the weekend, players can earn double XP progression in all areas of the game including account XP, weapon XP, operator XP, battle pass XP, and clan XP.
Here are the full November 18 patch notes:
MULTIPLAYER
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Weapon Tuning
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Reduced the effects of ADS Spread (aka Bloom) on base weapons (without attachments).
- Dev Note: Attachments improving Accuracy will reduce ADS Spread. Attachments with Accuracy penalties will increase the effects of ADS Spread.
- Balance pass on all Shotguns affecting range, pellet spread, hipfire penalty, and more.
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Reduced the effects of ADS Spread (aka Bloom) on base weapons (without attachments).
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Weapon Challenges
- Fixed an issue where the MK11 launcher’s Long Shot Challenges were not tracking.
- Corrected a mislabeled Proficiency required for the Mind Games Challenge for the Automaton.
- Fixed a bug preventing the player from completing the Deadeye Challenge for the Fighting Knife.
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UI - Gameplay
- Fixed the Search and Destroy bomb glitch where players could see when an enemy was defusing the bomb.
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Perks
- Fixed the Gung Ho sprint speed shooting glitch - Slow down, friends.
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Field Upgrade
- Fixed a bug where players had 10x the amount of Armor HP than normal.
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Challenges
- Fixed a bug where the Grizzled Veteran Challenge - Get 50 Eliminations in Objective Modes was not tracking properly.
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XP
- Operators’ favorite weapons now provide the correct amount of XP when used.
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Clan Tags
- You know you shouldn’t be rocking the SHG, IW, and Raven tags. Now we’ve made it so you can’t.
ZOMBIES
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Exfil
- Addressed an issue where the player could still interact with the Exfil portal after failing to Exfil.
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Progression
- Corrected the MVP Highlight unlock text that displays when reaching Level 5 with Solange.
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Covenants
- Addressed an issue where Legendary Covenants were still not appearing for some players.
Call of Duty: Vanguard is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Source: Sledgehammer