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Call of Duty: Warzone‘s Season Five patch notes include moderate to substantial nerfs to three of the best assault rifles in the game: the C58, EM2 and Krig 6 from Black Ops – Cold War, among other changes. The developer has made a habit of releasing very powerful weapons before taking in player feedback to nerf said weapons accordingly. The beta version of Cold War sniper rifles took this approach, analyzing player stats in what amounted to a trial period and tweaking the weapons afterward…
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