Since its previous change in September 2021, the power of the M4A1-S has been a topic of debate among the community following the buff to body damage which combined with its lower price compared to the M4A4 and lack of tracer bullets convinced several members of the community that the rifle was too strong.
To address the concerns, Valve has reduced the magazine size of the M4A1-S from 25 to 20, reversing a buff brought in March 2019. The reserve ammunition was accordingly changed from 75 to 80.
Ancient received a few changes with the new update
Additional changes in this patch include several changes to Ancient, mainly focused on and around the “cave” area and the two bombsites. Inferno’s bomb explosion damage was increased while Vertigo, Cache, and Vineyard also received minor updates of their own.
As things stand, BLAST Premier Spring Final 2022 will continue to run on the old patch for the remainder of the tournament, leaving the M4A1-S and Ancient in their previous state.
The complete patch notes can be found below:
[GAMEPLAY]
– Reduced the M4A1-S magazine size to 20 bullets, with 80 in reserve.
[MAPS]
Ancient:
-Remove cratestack outside of “cave” location
-Fixed pixelgap from inside “cave” towards T mid
-Fixed ground clipping bugs in mid causing players to go slightly airborne
-Smoothed out ground outside of “cave” down towards B ramp
-Blocked archeological dig inside of “cave”
-Smoothed out corners in “donut” room
-Added additional cover near pillar on B
-Blocked one sidepath exit towards A site, widened remaining exit
-Fixed some visual glitches when looking out towards mid from “donut” room
-Reduced wallbang damage through scaffolding at B site
-Boosted light emitted from candles/lanterns
Inferno:
-Increased bomb explosion damage from 500 to 620
Vertigo
-Another attempt at fixing molly through floor bug at mid
-Removed a position by ramp corner
Cache:
-Fixed an exploit. (Thanks El_Exodus!)
Vineyard
-Performance and stability improvements
-Ivy now sways in the wind
-Fixed displacement vphysics issues
