Call of Duty March 13 Patch Rebalances Longbow and Haymaker, Improves Spawns, and More

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The latest patch notes for Season 2 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are here and they rebalance the Longbow and Haymaker, improve spawns, and much more.

You can read the full patch notes here or below, but some of the highlights include those balance changes to the shotgun known as Haymaker and sniper rifle known as Longbow. First up, the Haymaker got a buff with a roughly 40% increase to minimum hipfire spread, maximum hipfire spread, and tactical stance spread.

The Longbow, on the other hand, was taken down a notch due to it being a bit overpowered. In this case, its 30% hipfire spread benefit was removed and aim down sight time has been increased by 21%.

On the spawning front, new spawn points have been added in Hardpoint on Skidrow to "decrease the probability of an unfavorable flip."

"One of many factors in spawn selection is to avoid a spawn trap," Sledgehammer Games & Treyarch wrote. "When a player dies soon after respawning, that spawn point is temporarily deprioritized. If there are not enough safe spawn points available, a spawn flip is more likely to occur. By adding additional spawn points, the system has more safe options available, decreasing the chance of a spawn flip."

These changes arrive just a few days after the arrival of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 2 Reloaded began. In addition to three new 6v6 maps in the form of Das Haus, Skidrow, and Airborne, it also heralded the arrival of the Warhammer 40,000 crossover.

One of many factors in spawn selection is to avoid a spawn trap. When a player dies soon after respawning, that spawn point is temporarily deprioritized. If there are not enough safe spawn points available, a spawn flip is more likely to occur.

By adding additional spawn points, the system has more safe options available, decreasing the chance of a spawn flip.

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