CS2 5/23 Update: Most Important Changes

Today, Valve have released a significant new update to the game which includes a number of changes to Vertigo, Molotov/Incendiary Grenades, the T-side economy, and the price of the M4A4 among a number of other smaller changes. As always, Dust2.us has compiled a list of some of the more significant changes that this update brings.

Gameplay

• Height of the 'pillar' of flame for both Molotov and Incendiary grenade now decreases over time

• Reduced the terrorist team award when bomb was planted but defused from $800 to $600, to decrease the impact of the first-round on subsequent rounds

• Reduced the price of the M4A4 from $3100 to $3000

Incendiary Grenade

• Adjusted the explosion and flame visual treatment

• Reduced duration

• Reduced area covered by spreading flames

• Reduced price from $600 to $500

Skin Rental

• When players open a Kilowatt case with a key, they will have the option to rent the entire Kilowatt collection (i.e., every weapon in the case, excluding the rare special item) for a week instead of receiving an item from the collection

• Equipped rented weapons will be replaced with the stock version of the weapon when the rental period expires

• Rented weapons cannot be modified (e.g., via stickers or name tags), traded, or sold on the Steam Community Market

Maps

Vertigo:

• Added catwalk by bombsite A, connecting to back of A

• Removed connector between back of A and elevators

• Opened up passage between elevators and scaffolding

• Slightly tweaked size of bombsite A

• Tweaked spawn timings slightly

• Changed Wingman layout to feature bombsite A changes