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Big update to Divisions in Call of Duty: WWII coming April 10

Keshav Bhat

Sledgehammer Games has announced a major update to the Divisions system in Call of Duty: WWII. The new update will be going live on April 10.

Here’s the new level ranking unlocks for each Division in Call of Duty: WWII:

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

Here is all of the brand new Division Changes, including Unlimited Sprint for all Players, a 4th Perk option, and more:

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 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 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

Here’s a new trailer from SHG giving fans a look at all of the changes that are coming on April 10:

SOURCE: SHG

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