Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is updating the franchise’s staple Zombies mode by including a brand new weapon characteristic that’ll fully change how gamers arm themselves whereas surviving the onslaught of zombies. Weapons in Black Ops Cold War’s Zombies mode will now characteristic totally different rarities which implies they’ll be discovered at various energy ranges all through a Zombies match. This signifies that as an alternative of being pushed in direction of a restricted variety of viable late-game weapons, you’ll be capable of make the most of the totally different weapon rarities do diversify your loadouts and use extra diversified weapons.
The change coming to the Zombies mode in Black Ops Cold War was first mentioned within the reveal of the version of Zombies Treyarch’s crafted for the brand new Call of Duty game. Craig Houston, the lead author at Treyarch for Black Ops Cold War’s Zombies mode, made an look throughout the reveal to debate totally different elements of the mode together with the weapon rarities added to the totally different weapons gamers will come throughout.
“And with all weapons boasting rarity with power levels, you can continue to increase your gun’s damage potential however you choose,” Houston mentioned. “Every gun has a path to become an uber weapon.”
A publish on the Call of Duty weblog expanded on this weapon rarity characteristic and mentioned the rarities will give gamers new methods to take care of and improve their weapons all through a match. It’ll additionally additional diversify the weapons gamers discover from their wall purchases and thru the Mystery Box. Weapons of various rarities can nonetheless be upgraded by way of the Pack-a-Punch machine as effectively to make them even stronger.
“In addition to the return of the Pack-a-Punch machine to transform your weapon, all weapons will now have a rarity associated with them. The higher the rarity, the greater the damage output and attachments for the weapon. For the first time, this will allow any weapon in the game to be sustainable in later rounds. This also adds more variety and fun to finding new weapons through Wall Buys and the Mystery Box.
“In addition to the return of the Pack-a-Punch machine to transform your weapon, all weapons will now have a rarity associated with them,” Activision mentioned. “The higher the rarity, the greater the damage output and attachments for the weapon. For the first time, this will allow any weapon in the game to be sustainable in later rounds. This also adds more variety and fun to finding new weapons through Wall Buys and the Mystery Box.”
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and its included Zombies mode releases on November 13th.
