The first season of Call of Duty Modern Warfare has begun, today December 3, 2019. The new season incorporates all new content including a battle pass, new maps, weapons and cosmetics. The season one update went live around 10:00 AM PST on all platforms and is approximately 20GB in size. To play Modern Warfare players are required to install the season one patch.
The patch contains the most free content in Call of Duty history. Featuring atleast 5 new multiplayer and gunfight maps, 2 new weapons, a new ground war map, new multiplayer modes and special ops experiences. With the season one update come an officer rank progression reset, meaning all players over level 55 will be reset back to level 56. You can read more about the rank progression reset in our level reset guide.
Main Changes:
- New maps (Crash, Vacant, Shipment, Atrium, Cargo, Port)
- New Battle Pass (Paid & Free Versions Available)
- New game modes (Reinforce)
- Replaced Shoothouse 24/7 with Crash 24/7
Battle Pass:
The battle pass in Modern Warfare comes in two different forms, a paid battle pass and a free battle pass. The free battle pass is unlocked by default for everybody. Players can level up and earn cosmetic items along with double XP from the free battle pass. The paid version, offers unlocks for every level, most of which are noticably better than the free version of the battle pass.
For a complete breakdown on the season one battle pass, check out this video by eColiEspresso:
Modern Warfare Season One Patch Notes
PLAYLIST UPDATE:
Added:
- Crash 24/7
- Port added to Ground War
- Reinforce
- Added Rammaza and Gun Runner to TDM 20 and DOM 20
- Added night maps to Hardcore TDM, Search and Destroy, Cyber Attack
Removed:
- Gun Game (available in Private Match)
- Shoot House 24/7
- 2v2 Gunfight Tournament
GENERAL FIXES:
- Riot Shield:
- Tuning to how the Riot Shield protects against grenades when thrown at the players’ feet
- Reduced explosive damage within certain ranges
- Fixed a bug where the final killcam would appear under the map when a player got stuck by Thermite or Semtex on the lower part of the body
- Fixed an issue where players stuck inside the Infantry Assault Vehicle would not take damage from Thermite
- Fix for a bug where attempting to scroll to the bottom of the Recent Players list could cause the list to read “No Recent Players” and return to the top
- Gunfight (private match): Fixes ‘Win by Two’ setting to end the game properly once the conditions have been met
Missions and Challenges:
The following are now fixed and have had their descriptions updated as needed
- “Close and Personal”
- “Perks of the Job”
- “Bloodthirsty Killer”
- “Destroy Ground Killstreaks” – All player-driven vehicles will count towards this launcher camo challenge
- “Get 50 kills while an enemy UAV is active” – description updated to reflect that the Ghost perk needs to be equipped in order to complete
- Combat Knife challenge descriptions updated
- .357 camo challenge
- Various updates to other camo challenges
- Fix for Officer Challenge completion notifications not appearing on screen
Killstreaks:
- Improved effectiveness of FMJ on Killstreaks
- Fix for the Cluster Strike dealing damage inconsistently when targeting a VTOL jet
Weapons:
- .357: Buckshot: reduced damage range, reduced effective hip fire damage. Tuned spread adjustments from barrel attachments
- Menu damage stat bar adjustments for miscellaneous LMGs
- Fixed a bug where the informant can be dropped in bad positions/near enemy soldiers in Operation Harbinger
- Added a checkpoint after the third hack on Operation Brimstone
- Fix for a bug where players could become stuck after going into last stand while breaching the trains on Operation Brimstone
- Enemies in white trucks now exit their vehicles
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
- Leaderboards will no longer display complete gamertags. This should help higher profile leaderboards users from receiving too many invites
- Fixed an issue where players would not be able to mantle while strafing with keyboard and mouse
- Increased the turn-rate when aiming with a tank
- Adjusted the camera orbit turn-rate while driving a vehicle using keyboard and mouse
- The keybind “Vehicle Camera Recenter” is now linked to Melee by default (default on E / Mouse 4) and the re-centering of the camera has been improved
COD CASTER
- Improvements for the camera transitions with Free Camera and Aerial Camera
- Added a Killstreak view option when using the Portrait List
- Added arrows under the players when using the Aerial Camera view
- Added a skull icon on the Minimap where players die
PC
Shaders
Fixed an issue that forced shaders to be fully re-compiled after each title update. Shader installation should be expected mainly for new content, drivers update or changing the video card. New optimizations or bugfix that require modifying the shaders can also trigger part or the totality of the shaders to be re-compiled.
