A small update has arrived to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone on January 13, and the patch notes reveal a focus on weapon balancing for Season 1 Reloaded. This includes a nerf for the akimbo variant of the Velox 5.7 pistol in Warzone, and the Maddox RFB assault rifle now has decreased damage ranges in multiplayer and Zombies.
The Trigger 'Nade's nerfage is a bit more significant. The throwable device, designed to be used as a sticky grenade when fighting drones and stompy bots in the game's PvE, became a favorite of PvP players who realized it could be used for mid-air detonation. So Embark has rejigged it such that "damage falloff has been rebalanced to concentrate the damage closer to the center of the explosion, and deal less damage further away." In other words, to ensure it still remains useful as a sticky explosive, but less effective for "trigger-in-air" attacks. There's also been a huge increase in the delay before it explodes, going from 0.7 seconds to 1.5 seconds, "giving players more time to react and making it harder to time the detonation in the air."
