Summary
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6andWarzonereceived brand-new patch updates on Monday, February 3, bringing a handful of bug fixes to both titles.Call of Duty: Black Ops 6recently launched its highly anticipated Season 2 update, which added a plethora of new content and made plenty of gameplay adjustments, but now both titles have received yet another update that aims to address some important issues.
Season 2 ofBlack Ops 6brought plenty of new content to Treyarch Studios' latest shooter, including new maps, modes, weapons, operator bundles, and more. Even more content is set to be released with the game’s mid-season update, which is expected to arrive towards the end of February, but fans were most looking forward to all of the bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements that arrived with the new season. At the time of writing,Call of Dutyis being blasted by fans as bothBlack Ops 6andWarzoneare riddled with cheaters and bugs. While Season 2 addressed some of players' biggest issues, plenty of work still needs to be done.
Thankfully, both Treyarch Studios and Raven Software (the respective developers ofBlack Ops 6andWarzone) have deployed a new update for bothCall of Dutytitles. The latest patch brings changes to all three main game modes: Multiplayer, Zombies, andWarzone. While there is no new content included in the update, there are some major fixes, including a fix forBlack Ops 6’s new Ranked Play cross-play featurewhich was resetting the settings whenCall of Dutywas restarted. Ranked Play inBlack Ops 6has also received another highly-anticipated feature: vote to forfeit. As of the February 3 update, players can now vote to end a match early and move on to the next game.
The latest update also brings a handful of improvements toBlack Ops 6’s new Zombies map, The Tomb, as well as some other general improvements. According to the official patch notes, which can be found further down this article, the February 3 update has addressed an issue where an Aether Lantern could be unbreakable if it was frozen before starting a Constellation puzzle. Treyarch has also patched an exploit where the Hand Canon was causing boosted damage well outside the range of designed balance.
As forWarzoneplayers, there have been a fresh round of bug fixes and even some weapon balancing. Developer Raven Software has made some major adjustments to weapons such as the Model L, Jackal PDW, KSV, and the Feng 82, which is one of the game’s newest weapons available in theBlack Ops 6andWarzoneSeason 2 Battle Pass. Apart from the Jackal PDW, all of the aforementioned weapons have received slight buffs, the details of which can be found below.
Stability
Ranked Play
Vote to Forfeit is something we’ve wanted to get into Ranked Play for long time and we’re excited to see it getting added to the competitive experience with Season 02. We know it can be frustrating having to play out the rest of the match when a Ranked Play teammate quits and leaves your team shorthanded, or sometimes a match just isn’t going your team’s way. Vote to Forfeit makes it easy to end a match early, take the loss, and move on to the next game on your terms.
Support
We recently mentioned we’re focused on the player experience and not getting in the way of fun in Zombies, and we stand by that when it comes to creative strats and (most) speedrunning tactics. This was a case where an unintended exploit allowed players to trivialize parts of the mode we all love, and could cheapen the experience of reaching high rounds or completing the Main Quest, which should feel like an accomplishment.
We’re focused on closing exploits like these in the early days of each map to allow everyone to experience the level of challenge our designers intended. So before anyone asks: no, the zombies didn’t complain about this one. 🙂
