The latest update has arrived for Call of Duty: Vanguard, and the May 16 patch notes detail changes to multiplayer battle pace to improve map rotation.
Previously, Vanguard offered three types of combat pacing: Assault, Tactical, and Blitz. However, Sledgehammer Games has removed the Assault pacing option with the new update, and the minimum and maximum number of players for Tactical and Blitz battle tempos have been updated.
Tactical Pacing now offers 6v6 matches on most of Vanguard’s map pool, but excluding the game’s three largest maps: Castle, Red Star, and Sub Pens. Blitz pacing now offers 10v10 and 14v14 matches on most maps, but excluding the three smallest maps: Shipment, Das Haus, and Mayhem.
According to Sledgehammer Games, the pace of Assault combat was the choice for only 5% of Vanguard’s players. By removing this pacing option, Sledgehammer aims to increase the variety of card rotation in all Quick Play playlists.
The update also includes a few tweaks to the camouflage challenges for the Season 3 Nikita AVT Assault Rifle and the M1916 Marker Rifle. This includes changes to the number of eliminations, headshots, multikills and Bloodthirsty medals required to unlock the camos for the Nikita AVT, while the M1916 has changes to the eliminations, multikill, sensitive kills and breath kill challenges .
Plus, Godzilla and King Kong stomp through Caldera in Warzone’s Operation Monarch playlist, and the event will run through May 25. Now that Call of Duty Season 3 is in full swing, we’ve already covered all the details for the upcoming season. 3 Reloaded updates for Vanguard and Warzone.
The full patch notes for the May 16 update can be found below, as shared by Sledgehammer Games.
MULTIPLAYER
Feature Update
- Assault Combat Pacing filter removed from Quick Play and Featured Playlists
- This change is intended to improve diversity in map rotation. While Assault Combat Pacing is the choice for only 5% of players, its impact on matchmaking cannot be underestimated. By removing this option, we want to improve card rotation for all Quick Play playlists. We’ll be monitoring your feedback and game analysis to see if this change has delivered the improvements you want. Give it a try and let us know how you feel.
- Minimum and maximum number of players for Tactical and Blitz Combat Pacings are aligned. For more details, check out the Sledgehammer Games blog for the latest Patch Notes.
Camo Challenges
- Nikita AVT (Assault Rifle)
- Corrected the requirements for multiple Camo categories.
- Pack Tactics: 40/80/120/160/200/240/280/320/360/400 eliminations
- Surgical: 5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50 Headshots
- Predatory Ambition: 5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50 Multikills
- Reptile: 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24/27/30 Bloodthirsty
- Corrected the requirements for multiple Camo categories.
- M1916 (Sniper Rifle)
- Corrected the requirements for multiple Camo categories.
- Pack Tactics: 30/60/90/120/150/180/210/240/270/300 Eliminations
- Predatory Ambition: 5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50 Multikills
- Reptile: 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24/27/30 Sensitive kills
- Wildcat: 5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50 Holding breath kills
- Corrected the requirements for multiple Camo categories.
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