A small replace has arrived to Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 and Warzone on January 13, and the patch notes reveal a deal with weapon balancing for Season 1 Reloaded. This features a nerf for the akimbo variant of the Velox 5.7 pistol in Warzone, and the Maddox RFB assault rifle now has decreased injury ranges in multiplayer and Zombies.
For multiplayer and Zombies, the patch notes element main changes for the Maddox RFB assault rifle. This features a discount to motion pace, added recoil, and important decreases to the gun’s injury vary. The developer says the Maddox RFB has been very sturdy due to its fast time-to-kill in shut quarters, however the controllable recoil let it stretch its effectiveness out to longer ranges than supposed.
“We would wish to preserve the close-range injury excessive, as that was core to the weapon’s identification in Black Ops 4,” Treyarch says. “It has acquired important vary and recoil nerfs to cut back its versatility.”
A number of changes are made to the AK-27 assault rifle Battle-Scar conversion to make the weapon extra viable to make use of. The conversion equipment beforehand turned the AK-27 right into a slow-firing hybrid between an assault rifle and marksman rifle, however the developer says the conversion made the fireplace charge too punishing. The brand new buffs embody a discount to the weapon’s fire-rate penalty, eliminated motion penalties, and quick aim-down-sight pace.
Moreover, the Season’s new Sturmwolf 45 now has elevated injury vary and fewer recoil, making the gun extra highly effective and simpler to deal with.
A number of changes are made to weapons in Warzone. Beforehand, the akimbo variant of the Velox 5.7 pistol was dominating the close-range meta for battle royale in Season 1. The developer has now nerfed with a 50% injury discount when utilizing the akimbo attachment.
The AK-27 assault rifle’s Battle-Scar conversion additionally acquired an adjustment right here, however this buff is proscribed to simply eradicating the motion penalties beforehand related to the gun’s conversion equipment.
The complete patch notes Black Ops 7 and (*7*) might be discovered under, as shared by Activision.
Name of Obligation’s Season 1 Reloaded replace launched final week, bringing new recreation modes and occasions themed across the Fallout TV present. Maximus and The Ghoul characters might be unlocked within the present Fallout occasion passes.
BLACK OPS 7 GLOBAL
Weapon Tuning: MP & ZM
At present’s weapon replace consists of Maddox RFB changes, enhancements to the Sturmwolf 45 and AK-27 Battle-Scar Conversion based mostly on early suggestions, and changes to the M15 MOD 0 and Dravec 45. There are a number of adjustments to Status Attachments as properly, which we are going to proceed to verify are providing a compelling selection for all weapons.
Normal
- Base Dash to Dash Fireplace Time (used with Gung Ho perk) now matches base Dash to Fireplace Time for all weapons.
Assault Rifles
Maddox RFB
The Maddox RFB has been very sturdy due to its fast TTK in shut quarters and controllable recoil that lets it stretch its effectiveness out to lengthy ranges. We’d wish to preserve the close-range injury excessive, as that was core to the weapon’s identification in Black Ops 4. It has acquired important vary and recoil nerfs to cut back its versatility.
Extra Maddox RFB Changes
- Recoil elevated.
- All motion speeds lowered by 0.05m/s.
Extra 13″ MFS Echo-Fireplace Barrel Changes
M15 MOD 0
The M15 MOD 0 continues to be stronger than we’d like in its versatility, primarily in terms of the mid-range. Essentially the most important adjustments listed here are to the Max Injury Vary and the injury within the Mid Injury vary, which removes the power to cut back TTK with a single headshot combined in. The weapon will proceed to be efficient at these ranges due to its low recoil, however there’s a smaller window now the place that ease of management additionally pairs with a greater TTK than different ARs.
Extra M15 MOD 0 Changes
- Slide to Fireplace Time elevated from 420ms to 430ms.
- All Hip Unfold values elevated by 0.1 levels.
- All motion speeds lowered by 0.05m/s.
16″ Reticulated Barrel Adjustment
- Headshot multiplier improved from 1.55x to 1.6x.
AK-27
The Battle-Scar Conversion for the AK-27 was designed as a slow-firing, heavy-hitting hybrid between an Assault Rifle and Marksman Rifle. The reliance on headshots for a aggressive TTK made it too punishing at its unique Fireplace Price, and the penalties pushing it in direction of Marksman Rifle mobility and dealing with have been steep as properly. We’ve improved all these attributes to carry it again nearer to an Assault Rifle, however nonetheless with a uniquely gradual Fireplace Price that requires good accuracy and rewards headshots.
AK-27 Battle-Scar Conversion Changes
- Fireplace Price penalty lowered from 100% to 70%.
- Eliminated motion penalties.
- Purpose Down Sight Time penalty lowered from 60ms to 30ms.
- Dash To Fireplace Time penalty lowered from 60ms to 30ms.
- Addressed a difficulty the place the Comb attachments utilized by the Battle-Scar Conversion might stay on the weapon after eradicating the Conversion attachment.
X9 Maverick
14.6″ MFS Pulse Load+ Barrel Adjustment
- Injury Vary penalty lowered from 25% to 13%.
- Purpose Down Sight Time enchancment elevated from 20ms to 30ms.
- Dash To Fireplace Time enchancment elevated from 15ms to 25ms.
- Motion Pace enchancment elevated by 0.03m/s.
DS20 Mirage
Mirage Tandem Launcher Changes
- Burst Fireplace Delay improved from 350ms to 300ms.
- Swap Time to and from Status launcher improved from 550ms to 420ms.
SMGs
Sturmwolf 45
The Sturmwolf 45 is designed round low recoil and favorable headshot injury in comparison with the opposite SMGs. We would like it to be a bit more practical than the place it’s at present sitting, however cautious of creating it too versatile by pairing the recoil with vary, mobility, or dealing with enhancements. We’re opting to double down on the headshot traits throughout the bottom weapon, the Injury Barrel, and the Status Attachment. The Status journal may even have much less recoil than it’s first iteration.
Extra Sturmwolf 45 Changes
- Headshot multiplier elevated from 1.2x to 1.26x.
- 15″ Regnant Barrel
- Headshot multiplier elevated from 1.25x to 1.35x.
- Vertical Recoil penalty lowered from 45% to 30%.
- Horizontal Recoil penalty lowered from 20% to fifteen%.
MFS Tigris .40 Cal Magazine Changes
Extra Sturmwolf 45 + MFS Tigris .40 Cal Magazine Changes
- Headshot multiplier elevated from 1.2x to 1.26x.
- Vertical Recoil penalty lowered from 80% to 65%.
- Horizontal Recoil penalty lowered from 40% to 30%.
- Recoil Deviation penalty lowered from 50% to 35%.
Kogot-7
This can be a minor adjustment, however prevents the Kogot-7 from additional decreasing its TTK at lengthy vary with headshots.
Ryden 45K
Ryden 45K Adjustment
- Adjusted Gun Kick and View Kick to cut back harshness of recoil sample.
Razor 9mm
12″ MFS Sidewinder Barrel Changes
- Horizontal and Vertical Recoil enchancment elevated from 10% to 25%.
- Recoil Stabilization enchancment elevated from 15% to 25%.
- Purpose Down Sight Time penalty elevated from 15ms to 20ms.
- Dash to Fireplace Time penalty elevated from 15ms to 20ms.
Dravec 45
The Dravec 45 is receiving a considerable vary discount throughout the board. The mix of nice vary and very low recoil continued to make this weapon too versatile, even with slower mobility and dealing with. We nonetheless wish to preserve the recoil for a similar cause we’ve talked about previously, which is preserving every weapon in a category feeling distinctive. By decreasing the vary, the bottom Dravec 45 trades away extra energy for its consistency.
Dravec 45 Injury Changes
Dravec 45 Changes
- Purpose Down Sight Time elevated from 230ms to 235ms.
Carbon 57
The Carbon 57 is on the low finish of SMG utilization, so we’re making some sizeable adjustments. In lots of methods, the Carbon 57 will now fill the area beforehand occupied by the Dravec 45 as a mid-to-long vary SMG with some Assault Rifle DNA. It has larger recoil, although, which provides us a useful tuning knob to assist preserve the weapon in verify with out dropping its core identification (excessive ammo, mid-rangey, and slower AR hybrid).
Extra Carbon 57 Changes
- Purpose Down Sight Time elevated from 240ms to 245ms.
- Dash to Fireplace Time elevated from 170ms to 180ms.
- Tactical Dash to Fireplace Time elevated from 290ms to 300ms.
- Slide to Fireplace Time elevated from 360ms to 380ms.
- Dive to Fireplace Time elevated from 440ms to 460ms.
- Addressed a difficulty that brought on ironsights to be misaligned in ADS.
MPC-25
Except for a slight recoil enchancment, we’re pre-emptively making some changes to a few hip unfold attachments for the upcoming launch of the brand new ContraBloom Laser. The Status barrel additionally receives some good vary enhancements to additional counteract the lack of uncooked TTK.
MPC-25 Adjustment
- Decreased random deviation in Gun Kick and View Kick.
Kühn Ported Comp Adjustment
- Dash Fireplace Hip Unfold enchancment lowered from 25% to fifteen%.
8.6″ MFS Stratus-X Barrel Changes
VAS Tactical Scale Inventory Adjustment
- Dash Fireplace Hip Unfold enchancment lowered from 15% to 10%
LMGs
Sokol 545
Some recoil adjustments come to the Sokol 545, each to provide the weapon a small carry basically and particularly assist the slower hearth mode really feel considerably extra correct than the quicker one.
Sokol 545 Changes
- Decreased recoil of default hearth mode.
- Decreased View Kick energy and deviation skilled later into the recoil sample of the quick hearth mode.
Marksman Rifles
M8A1
The Status Attachment for the M8A1 revolves round Tac Stance, and we have now a few adjustments to enhance that construct path.
MFS Striker Tactical Inventory Changes
- Tac Stance Unfold enchancment elevated from 63% to 66%.
- Flinch penalty lowered from 40% to 18%.
2mw Adaptive Tactical Laser Adjustment
- Tactical Stance Purpose Strolling Pace enchancment elevated from 0.4m/s to 0.9m/s.
Sniper Rifles
XR-3 Ion
XR-3 Ion Changes
- Improved shot queuing window to stop unintended follow-up bursts.
Pistols
Velox 5.7
The Status barrel on the Velox 5.7 is all about shut quarters agility and aggressive motion. There was a difficulty with the Swap Pace enchancment that we’ve mounted. We’re additionally juicing up among the accuracy and weapon movement enhancements, because it goes up towards Injury Vary in its node (which is very useful for pistols).
4″ MFS Celeste Barrel Changes
- Now additionally improves common Hip Unfold by 15%.
- Leaping and Touchdown stability enchancment elevated from 40% to 60%.
- Addressed a difficulty that prevented the Swap Pace advantages from making use of.
CODA 9
The brand new Adaptive Discharge Mod and the Status attachment for the Coda 9 work together in a means that’s detrimental to its ADS hearth. We all the time attempt to design new attachments to be suitable with a weapon’s Status attachment and ideally have them synergize, too. On this case, we’ve checked out some choices to make these two attachments work collectively, however as a result of implementation we must compromise the present design or tuning of one of many two. And since we like how the 2 at present sit on their very own, we’ve determined to simply block gamers from equipping each and by accident bricking the weapon. If we find yourself making adjustments to both of those attachments down the road, we’ll take the chance to reevaluate.
Normal Changes
- The Coda 9 Adaptive Discharge Mod and MFS DeltaCell Bulk Magazine can now not be outfitted collectively.
Launchers
A.R.C. M1
Normal Changes
- Photographs now not queue through the overheat cooldown, to stop unintended hearth.
Particular Weapon
NX Ravager
Normal Changes
- Addressed a difficulty that brought on the NX Ravager from having a barely slower velocity and larger arc than supposed.
Melees
Ballistic Knife
Getting swapped off the Ballistic Knife after firing the final blade felt dangerous. It’s going to now keep within the participant’s hand to allow them to go for a melee assault or retrieve a blade.
Normal Changes
- The Ballistic Knife will now not robotically stow itself when it runs out of ammo.
MULTIPLAYER
Maps
- Fringe
- Added collision to areas the place gamers might get out of the map.
- Yakei
- Added collision to an space the place gamers might get out of the map. (Added Jan. 9)
- Meltdown
- Added collision to an space the place gamers might get out of the map. (Added Jan. 9)
- Flagship
- Flagship has been quickly faraway from the map pool because of a stability challenge. (Added Jan. 9)
Perks
- Bankroll
- Closed an exploit the place Bankroll might grant all Perks when utilizing the Specialist Wildcard. (Added Jan. 9)
Gear
- Stim Shot
- Addressed a difficulty stopping XP Development on the Stim Shot Overclock. Stim Shot will now additionally acquire progress when therapeutic no less than 10HP.
Audio
- Decreased the frequency of Announcer voice traces in The Ghouls.
Stability
- Addressed stability points when utilizing the Rhino Scorestreak. (Added Jan. 9)
- Added numerous stability fixes.
ZOMBIES
UI
- Addressed a difficulty the place the After Motion Report might present an Armory unlock for the NX Ravager after the participant had already unlocked it.
Stability
- Added numerous stability fixes.
ENDGAME
Gameplay
- Addressed a difficulty the place get together members may very well be pulled out of the Endgame cinematic early and lose their loadout after defeating Faulkner when in a celebration.
- Addressed a difficulty the place calling in a Rhino or Energy Armor whereas holding a melee weapon would trigger the participant to lose their Unique weapon and melee weapon rarity.
- Addressed a difficulty the place Provide Crates may very well be opened greater than as soon as.
WARZONE WEAPONS
Weapon Changes
We’ve taken a number of focused changes in as we speak’s replace from our companions at Treyarch in Black Ops 7 Multiplayer. The Velox 5.7 Akimbo has additionally been adjusted, which had been dominating the close-range meta.
AK-27
Attachment Changes
- Battle-Scar Conversion
- Eliminated Motion Penalties
DS20 MIRAGE
Attachment Changes
- Mirage Tandem Launcher
- Burst Fireplace Delay improved from 350ms to 300ms.
- Swap Time to and from Status launcher improved from 550ms to 420ms.
X9 MAVERICK
Attachment Changes
- 14.6″ MFS Pulse Load+ Barrel
- Decreased Vary Penalty by 10%
- Dash to Fireplace pace improved from 8% to 13%
- Purpose Down Sight pace improved from 8% to 12%
SMG Changes
WeaponAdjustments
CARBON 57
- Addressed a difficulty that brought on ironsights to be misaligned in ADS.
RAZOR 9MM
Attachment Changes
- 12″ MFS Sidewinder Barrel
- Vertical Recoil profit improved by 15%
- Horizontal Recoil profit improved by 15%
- Recoil Stabilization improved by 10%
- Dash to Fireplace pace slowed from 9% to 17%
- Purpose Down sight pace slowed from 8% to 11%
RYDEN 45K
- Adjusted Gun Kick and View Kick to cut back harshness of recoil sample.
M8A1
Attachment Changes
- MFS Striker Tactical Inventory
- Tac Stance Unfold enchancment elevated from 63% to 66%
- Flinch penalty lowered from 40% to 18%
- 2mw Adaptive Tactical Laser
- Tactical Stance Purpose Strolling Pace enchancment elevated from 0.4m/s to 0.9m/s
XR-3 ION
- Improved shot queuing window to stop unintended follow-up bursts.
VELOX 5.7
Attachment Changes
- Akimbo Velox 5.7
- Now has a 50% Injury Discount
We acknowledge this will likely appear to be an excessive nerf however the intention of this variation is to carry it extra in keeping with what we count on of shut vary weapons and akimbo attachments. It was outperforming different close-range choices, and this variation is meant to maintain the close-range meta wholesome with out an apparent outlier.
A.R.C M1
- Photographs now not queue through the overheat cooldown, to stop unintended hearth.
NX RAVAGER
- Addressed a difficulty that brought on the NX Ravager from having a barely slower velocity and larger arc than supposed.
BUG FIXES
- Mounted a difficulty liable for probably the most frequent disconnects throughout a match.
- Mounted a difficulty that prevented free-to-play gamers from utilizing voice and textual content chat.
- Mounted a difficulty the place the Comb attachments utilized by the Battle-Scar Conversion might stay on the weapon after eradicating the Conversion attachment.
- Mounted a difficulty that would trigger a crash when navigating to the COR-45 aftermarket half within the Gunsmith.
- Mounted a difficulty the place the pre-match loading display didn’t show targets throughout a number of modes.
- Mounted a difficulty the place the Eject and Detonate button prompts didn’t correctly mirror the participant’s customized crouch keybind.