Treyarch has made a number of Blackout adjustments in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s newest replace.
The new Call of Duty: Black Ops Four patch is obtainable now on all platforms. Since the latest patch centered almost entirely on multiplayer fixes and tweaks, at present’s replace is all about Blackout.
The Blightfather occasion has been activated for the primary time in Blackout. This is the Zombies boss from the map 9, which we’d seen within the beta just a few instances. The boss will spawn within the graveyard south of the Asylum, marked by the purple ray of sunshine. This is a tricky boss, however will drop helpful rewards.
The Blightfather can spawn in solos, duos, or quads on all platforms. Character missions for Zombies Ether heroes Bruno, Diego, Scarlett, and Shaw are actually obtainable as nicely, and Treyarch upped the spawn price for his or her quest gadgets.
As far as stability, at present’s replace took out the 9-Bang utterly from Blackout. The flashbang was beforehand nerfed, however Treyarch determined to take it off the board whereas the developer figures out “its place in the gameplay loop.” To compensate, the concussion grenade can now be thrown farther, and you’ll stack two of them in a single spot.
Those working via the grind of Black Market tiers will probably be blissful to know {that a} double tier increase occasion is kicking off on Friday at 10am PT, 1pm ET, 6pm GMT till Monday. The occasion additionally contains double Nebulium Plasma for Zombies gamers.
For all the pieces new in at present’s patch, together with a giant listing of stability tweaks for weapons in Blackout, see beneath.
Blackout
-Playlist updates
- Blightfather added to all playlists.
- 100-Player Quads added to the Featured playlist.
- Maximum gamers in Solo and Duos playlists modified to 88.
-Character missions
- Zombies Chaos Storyline Character Missions now obtainable (Bruno, Diego, Scarlett, and Shaw).
- Increased drop charges of Character Mission gadgets.
Blackout weapon stability
-Spitfire
- Reduced recoil.
-Rampart 17
- Reduced ADS sway.
- Reduced recoil.
-Auger DMR
- Increased re-center pace. We slowed down the re-center because of excessive efficiency in our Blackout beta, however have seen the AUGER barely underperform since launch.
- Slightly elevated muzzle velocity. This ought to make for extra predictable photographs when firing at a shifting goal inside the Auger’s meant ranges.
-Swordfish
- Tightened the unfold sample. This ought to enable extra photographs to land on track at vary.
-Titan
- Increased re-center pace.
- Reduced re-center sample offsets for extra predictable recoil.
-VKM 750
- Increased re-center pace.
- Reduced re-center sample offsets.
-Hades
- Increased re-center pace.
- Reduced re-center sample offsets.
-9-Bang
- Removed the 9-Bang from Blackout whereas we consider its place within the gameplay loop.
-Concussion grenade
- Increased throw distance.
- Increased stack depend to 2.
Multiplayer
-Playlist updates
- Added Team Tactical Moshpit to Featured Playlist (3v3 TDM, Kill Confirmed, and Search & Destroy).
- Added Mercenary Chaos Moshpit to Featured class (6v6 TDM, Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Hardpoint, no events allowed).
- Added Mercenary Hardcore Moshpit to Featured class (Hardcore TDM, Domination, and Kill Confirmed, no events allowed).
- Gun Game and Control now in Featured class.
-Gameplay
- Resolved an exploit in Search & Destroy the place gamers might change lessons after the beginning of a spherical to regain Scorestreak progress from the earlier spherical earlier than dying.
- Resolved a difficulty in Heist the place navigating the Buy Menu with the d-pad might show the outline for the beforehand highlighted merchandise.
- Resolved a difficulty the place meleeing pleasant Razor Wire in Hardcore game modes would harm gamers, doubtlessly inflicting the participant who positioned the Razor Wire to be kicked for pleasant fireplace.
-Miscellaneous
- Corrected the outline for “Fast Reflexes” Challenge to tell gamers of requirement to get 5 EKIA in a game shortly after switching weapons with Dexterity, Overkill, and Laser Sight.
Zombies
-Stability
- Resolved 2 particular crashes within the IX Main Quest.
- Resolved a crash associated to banner challenges in IX.
- Resolved a crash that occurred when the Shield broke whereas the participant had the Victorious Tortoise Perk energetic.
-Gameplay
- Resolved a difficulty the place gamers might find yourself in a completely downed state if they’re revived as a self-revive is being accomplished.
- Resolved a difficulty the place choosing up the Max Ammo power-up whereas Bandolier is energetic didn’t give extra ammo if the weapon was at its regular Max Ammo capability.
-Miscellaneous
- Resolved UI points brought on by opening the Paintshop after personalizing a weapon within the Armory.
- Resolved a difficulty the place gamers might equip Talismans in Local Play.
- Changed Aftertaste Elixir description to replicate its 5-minute period.
- Changed Arsenal Accelerator Elixir description to replicate its 2-minute period.
- Resolved a difficulty the place level-restricted Challenges could possibly be locked once more after Prestiging.
PC solely
- Added Audio Presets to Options.
- Resolved a difficulty the place the rotation icon would seem when highlighting any gadgets within the Black Market.
- Resolved a difficulty the place gamers could be forcefully defeated when utilizing the Fast Travel from Transverse Tunnel to achieve the Cafeteria earlier than opening its door in Blood of the Dead.
- Resolved a difficulty the place Warpaints couldn’t be eliminated after being utilized.
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