Warzone Feb 13 patch notes: Striker 9 recoil buff, QoL updates, more

A new Warzone update has come through, featuring a few quality-of-life changes, a unique Striker buff, and more. Here’s the full breakdown of the patch.

Warzone‘s second season is off to a hot start, with the long-awaited return of Fortune’s Keep and Ranked Play for Resurgence. 

Keeping the ball rolling, a new patch has launched with a small suite of changes. Notably, the Striker 9 received a buff, although it’s only a recoil pass instead of an overall buff like in MW3. There are also a few quality-of-life changes to the armor and the gas mask.

Without further ado, here’s the full breakdown of the Feb 13 Warzone patch courtesy of the dev blog post.

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Warzone patch notes — Feb. 13

General

• Estimated Match Time
  • A new label has been added when selecting a mode on the main menu which indicates the estimated match duration.

Gameplay

• Armor and Ammunition Stowing Quality of Life
  • Armor and Ammunition will show the “Stow” prompt when the backpack is not full.
  • Armor and Ammunition will show the “Swap” prompt when the backpack is full.
  • Players can use the “Hold to Stow” function to swap items at any point, regardless if the stow prompt is visible.
• Gas Station on Tac-Map Quality of Life
  • Players will only see gas stations on the Tac-Map when in a vehicle.

Weapons

SMGs

• Striker 9
  • Decreased hipfire spread while firing by 6%.
  • Decreased recoil gun kick from to 35deg/s, down 54.93deg/s.
  • Increased horizontal recoil to 16.17deg/s, up from 9.70deg/s.
  • Increased vertical recoil to 50.93deg/s, up from 40.65deg/s.
  • Increased bullet velocity to 560m/s, up from 540m/s.

LMGs

• TAQ Evolvere
  • Increased movement speed to 5.1m/s, down from 4.4m/s.
  • Decreased rate of fire to 500rpm, down from 706rpm.
  • Increased target flinch to 0.8n, up from 0.5n.
  • 556 Belts (Magazines)
    • Increased movement speed benefit by 16%.
    • Added 40% hipfire spread reduction benefit.
    • Increased aim down sight time benefit by 15%.
    • Increased aim down sight movement speed benefit by 17%.
    • Added rate of fire benefit at 857rpm.

Sniper Rifles

• Longbow
  • JAK Tyrant 762 Kit
    • Decreased aim down sight time to 390ms, down from 470ms.
    • Increased aim down sight movement speed to 2.8m/s, down from 2.5m/s.
    • Added 30% hipfire spread reduction benefit.

Handguns

• WSP Stinger
  • Increased recoil gun kick to 57.96deg/s, up from 31.05deg/s.
  • Decreased horizontal recoil to 18.64deg/s, down from 28.39deg/s.
  • Increased vertical recoil to 35.2deg/s, up from 33.65deg/s.

Attachments

• No Stock
  • Removed hipfire crosshair sway.

General

Warzone Ranked Play: Resurgence

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented assists earned when other players kill a target from appearing in the SR breakdown.
• Fixed an issue that showed an incorrect SR amount awarded for some SR Challenges.
  • Reminder: Players can complete the below challenges once per Season.
    • First Kill or Assist: +100 SR
    • 10 Kills or Assists: +100 SR
    • 25 Kills or Assists: +100 SR
    • 50 Kills or Assists: +100 SR
    • 100 Kills or Assists: +100 SR
    • Reach Top 8 Squad: +100 SR
    • Reach Top 5 Squad: +100 SR
    • Reach Top 3 Squad: +100 SR
    • Win a Match: +200 SR
• Fixed an issue that prevented SR Challenges from displaying an in-game notification when completed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused geography and buildings to appear in areas of the world that they did not belong to.
• Fixed an issue with the Champion’s Quest victory sequence causing it to show more teams than intended.
• Fixed an issue causing players to unintendedly remain immune to gas damage during the Eradication Contract.
• Fixed issues related to the Zarkour Parkour flag.
• Fixed an issue preventing Stun Grenades from affecting zombies.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to remain alive in the gas indefinitely by combining the effects of the Irradiated and Quick Fix perks.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to duplicate items while interacting with the backpack.