Call of Duty: WW2 Divisions Overhaul incoming, Goes Live April 10

Infantry:

1. Additional Primary Attachment
2. Second Pistol Attachment & swap weapons faster
3. While aiming down sights, have less idle sway
4. Move faster while aiming

Airborne:

1. Fire guns while sprinting & diving
2. Reload while sprinting
3. Climb over obstacles faster & no damage from falling
4. Sprint faster over time

Armored:

1. Take significantly less explosive & fire damage
2. Immune to Shell Shock and Tactical Equipment
3. Increased bullet penetration through surfaces
4. Greatly reduced flinch when shot

Mountain:

1. Invisible to enemy Recon Aircraft & controlled streaks
2. Killed enemy death locations hidden
3. No name or reticle change when enemies aim at you
4. Silent movement

Expeditionary:

1. Double Lethal + Tactical & enhanced equipment use
2. Munitions replenish from killed enemies & over time
3. Improved Tacticals & Easier to destroy War buildables
4. Equipment damage paints enemies on mini-map

Resistance:

1. Mini-map indicator & scrambler of close hostiles
2. Enemy movements are easier to hear
3. Kills & assists grant Intel Ping of nearby enemies
4. Easier to spot targets & increased mini-map coverage

Loadout Selection Changes:

• LMG Bipod and Sniper Sharpshooter are automatically available when using an LMG or Sniper
• Remaining Division Skills (weapon class attachments) are selectable in CAC (and no longer given by division)
• Each Division has a 4^th perk and their levels have been adjusted & rebalanced
• All players have unlimited sprint & sprint speed is slightly slower
• 3 Primary Attachments for all loadouts
• One piece of both Lethal & Tactical equipment for all loadouts
• Launchers can be equipped for all loadouts
• The Rifle Grenade is an available attachment for all rifles
• The Suppressor is an available attachment for all pistols
  • The Pistol Suppressor has a 15% range reduction vs. the SMG Suppressor’s 30% range reduction
• The following Basic Trainings are cut & no longer selectable: Primed & Bang
  • Prestige tokens spent on these are refunded & associated challenges are auto-completed
• The following Basic Trainings are newly added: Blitzkrieg & Clandestine
  • Blitzkrieg: “Streaks are earned by Kills (instead of Score). Bonus: Streaks are improved & select a 4^th Streak.”
  • Clandestine: “Slain enemies drop Intel Packs that reveal nearby hostiles. Bonus: Intel ping at the start of each life.”

Resistance/Infantry Shifts:

• Moved “Second pistol attachment & swap weapons faster” to Infantry to align with its marksmanship focus
• Filled gap in Resistance with “Enemy movements are easier to hear” to align with its counter-intelligence focus

Weapon/Mechanic Tuning Changes:

• Global sprint speed reduced (to account for Unlimited Sprint)
  • 1.3x instead of previously 1.4x
• Reduced Launcher effectiveness against players
  • Panzerschreck nerfed damage & projectile speed
  • Bazooka buffed radius, buffed projectile speed & nerfed damage
  • Bazooka should more reliably give hitmarkers than before & increased projectile speed should make it better than Panzer against streaks.
• Frag & Sticky grenade max damage nerfed
  • ~10% max damage reduction to account for all players having both Lethal & Tactical and address existing complaints of grenade spam
• Shellshock & Earthquake effects from Lethal Equipment significantly reduced
  • Reduced effect radius and duration to address existing complaints and account for all players having both Lethal & Tactical
• Tactical Equipment strength adjusted
  • All tacticals without Expeditionary III got a small nerf
  • Smoke lasts 10 seconds (previously: 14 seconds; Expeditionary III: 14 seconds)
  • Signal Flare lasts 3.5 seconds (previously: 5 seconds; Expeditionary III: 5.5 seconds)
  • Stun effects last between 1.75-3.5 seconds (previously: 2-4 seconds; Expeditionary III: 2.5-4.25 seconds)
  • Tabun Gas deals 1 dmg every 1 second 5 times (previously: 10 dmg every 1 second 5 times; Expeditionary III: 5 dmg every 0.625 seconds 8 times)
• The following Basic Trainings have had their benefits changed:
  • Energetic: Adds “Increased sprint speed”. Removes “Sprint again sooner”
  • Forage: Adds “Resupply bullets over time”. Adds “Extra magazines”. “Removes “Swap weapons faster”.
  • Ordnance: Adds “Killed enemies drop Streak packs that fill your meter”. Removes “Re-roll your own care packages”.
  • Launched: Adds “Additional launcher ammunition”. Removes “Only way to take a Launcher”.
  • Concussed: Adds “Take two pieces of Lethal & Tactical equipment”. Removes “presetting what the equipment is”.
  • Instincts: Adds “Immune to Shell Shock and Tactical Equipment”. Esports-only change to remove “warning when targeted off-screen” benefit (with the intention for this BT to be unbanned by MLG and used in competitive to counter Tacticals).
• Incendiary Shells attachment buffed
  • Gives Additional Shells (7 for Combat Shotgun; 8 for all other shotguns)
  • Range reduction of Shells buffed to -10% from -15%
  • Sped up loading of shells for Combat Shotgun
• M30 Rifle Bullet ammo buffed
  • Gives Additional Bullets (8 bullets instead of previous 6)
• LMG Bipod Buffed
  • Increased fire rate while mounted (+9% which is equal to Rapid Fire attachment for LMGs [which stacks])
  • Firing while mounted initially draws ammo from reserve then once exhausted draws from current clip (removing the need to reload).
• Sniper Sharpshooter Duration Buffed
  • Hold breath increased to 10 seconds from 4 seconds. Promotes using snipers the “proper” way rather than quickscoping.
• Buffed “Take Significantly less fire & explosive damage” from Armored
  • 80% reduction from fire & explosive damage (previously was 65% reduction)
• “Reduced idle sway” from Infantry III & Scoped now affects snipers
  • 30% reduction for Snipers; vs. all other weapon classes’ 65% reduction
  • This does stack with Ballistic Calibration attachment
• Buffed “Move faster while aiming” from Infantry IV & Scoped
  • Maintained separation between weapon classes (Sniper < LMG < Rifle < SMG < Pistol / Shotgun)
  • LMGs mostly got their ADS firing speed buffed since that was previously very slow even with Infantry IV
  • Snipers got a smaller buff than other weapon classes since it isn’t beneficial to move too fast
  • Pistols & Shotguns already equaled non-ads speed with Infantry IV so they were not adjusted