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'TTK Is Much Closer to Where We Wanted It to Be' - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Team Respond to Time to Kill Criticism

Infinity Ward has addressed the state of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's time to kill and tweaked a handful of weapons in a new beta update. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's beta is coming to a close, but Infinity Ward is still updating the hell out of it. The latest update was pushed this morning before the beta officially winds down tomorrow. Per the patch notes, a bunch of weapons have been tuned following feedback from fans, including the ISO Nightshade SMG, which got a slight buff with damage improvements. The PPSH, Krait P68, Han 86, and Hyeon Burst all got various buffs as well, with the latter's headshot damage multiplier increasing from 1 to 1.1. A handful of weapons got nerfed, but the most notable hit was taken by the M4 Hurricane variant, which had its damage decreased. Infinity Ward also used the update as an opportunity to address the game's time to kill, which was divisive in the first beta weekend for being far too fast. Following some adjustments, MW4's TTK is more in line with where Infinity Ward wants it to be. "Over the weekend, we've been reviewing your gameplay and feedback carefully," said the studio. "We feel that TTK on average is much closer to where we w

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'TTK Is Much Closer to Where We Wanted It to Be' - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Team Respond to Time to Kill Criticisms and More in New Update

Infinity Ward has addressed the state of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's time to kill and tweaked a handful of weapons in a new beta update. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's beta is coming to a close, but Infinity Ward is still updating…

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'TTK Is Much Closer to Where We Wanted It to Be' - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Team Respond to Time to Kill Criticisms and More in New Update

Infinity Ward has addressed the state of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's time to kill and tweaked a handful of weapons in a new beta update. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's beta is coming to a close, but Infinity Ward…

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