Aankomende dinsdag, op 19 februari, gaat het nieuwe seizoen van Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 van start. Via een in-game bericht is het inmiddels bekend dat dit seizoen ‘Operation Grand Heist’ gaat heten. Wat deze Operation precies aan nieuwe content met zich meebrengt is nog niet helemaal duidelijk.

Treyarch heeft de afgelopen dagen wel diverse teasers gedeeld. Zo zijn er nieuwe maps voor de multiplayer onderweg en wordt de map van Blackout uitgebreid met één of meer nieuwe locaties. Ook hintte de ontwikkelaar naar een nieuwe Specialist. Afgaande op de teaser lijkt het erop dat Outrider, één van de Specialists van Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, terug zal keren in het nieuwste deel. Wat Operation Grand Heist precies aan content bevat zal in ieder geval snel duidelijk worden, want Treyarch deelt morgen door middel van een livestream allerlei informatie hierover.

Wat al wel bekend is, is dat de start van het nieuwe seizoen gepaard gaat met een update die de balans in de multiplayer flink zal gaan verbeteren. Treyarch heeft al een overzicht van deze balans patch vrijgegeven en hieruit blijkt dat er veel wapens, Specialists, perks en scorestreaks worden aangepast. De gehele lijst met balans aanpassingen kun je onderaan dit bericht checken.

Als laatste heeft Treyarch ook eindelijk de releasedatum van League Play voor Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 bekendgemaakt. Veel spelers kijken al lange tijd uit naar deze competitieve ranked modus, die even op zich heeft laten wachten. Het wachten is bijna voorbij, want League Play is vanaf aanstaande donderdag 21 februari speelbaar. Komende week wordt dus een drukke week voor Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

Weapons

■ Assault Rifles
ICR-7

  • [PC only] Improved ADS sway.
  • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.

Rampart 17

  • Improved max damage range from 37.6 yards to 41.6 yards.
  • [PC only] Improved ADS sway
  • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.

KN-57

  • Improved max damage range from 15.2 yards to 17.3.
  • [PC only] Improved ADS sway.
  • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.

VAPR-XKG

  • Improved 5-hit kill range from 34.7 yards to 50 yards.
  • Improved ADS idle to sway less.

Maddox RFB

  • Reduced recoil stability in first 5 shots in bullet pattern.
  • Echo Fire Operator Mod: Improved recoil stability.
  • Quickdraw: Reduced ADS-in speed.
  • Quickdraw II: Reduced ADS-in speed.
  • Stock: Reduced ADS move speed.
  • ELO: Reduced recoil stability.
  • [Console only] Reduced max damage range from 23.6 yards to 20.8 yards.
  • [PC only] Improved ADS sway.
  • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.

■ Submachine Guns
MX9

  • Improved 5 hit kill range from 5.5 yards to 7.6 yards.
  • Improved ADS-in speed.
  • [PC only] Improved damage by adding 5-hit kill range out to 7.6 yards.

GKS

  • Improved 5-hit kill range from 2.7 yards to 5.5 yards.
  • [PC only] Improved damage by adding 5-hit kill range out to 5.5 yards.

Spitfire

  • Reduced max damage Range from 9.7 yards to 7.6 yards.
  • Stock: Reduced ADS move speed.
  • Extended Mags: Reduced magazine size.
  • Fast Mags: Reduced reload speed enhancement.
  • [PC only] Reduced hip-fire accuracy.

Cordite

  • Belt-Fed Operator Mod: Reduced overheat cooldown speed.
  • Grip: Reduced recoil stability.
  • [PC only] Reduced hip-fire accuracy.

Saug 9mm

  • Reduced sprint-out speed (now the same as most other SMGs).
  • Reduced base move speed (now the same as other SMGs).
  • Stock: Reduced ADS move speed.
  • Stock II: Reduced ADS move speed.
  • Grip: Reduced recoil stability.
  • [PC only] Reduced hip-fire accuracy.
  • [Console only] Dual Wield Operator Mod: Reduced hip-fire accuracy.
  • [Console only] Dual Wield Operator Mod: Reduced max damage range from 11.1 yards to 8.3 yards.

Daemon 3XB

  • Improved max damage range from 6.9 yards to 9 yards.
  • [PC only] Improved hip-fire accuracy.

■ Tactical Rifles
Auger DMR

  • Improved ADS move speed.
  • Improved firing speed.
  • Double Tap Operator Mod: Improved firing time between shots.

ABR 223

  • Improved ADS move speed.
  • Improved sprint-out speed.

Swordfish

  • Improved ADS move speed.
  • Quickdraw II: Improved ADS-in speed.
  • [PC only] Improved burst delay, allowing for faster sustained fire rate.

■ Light Machine Guns
Titan

  • Reduced flinch resistance when being hit.
  • Reduced max damage from 46 to 38.
  • Stock: Reduced ADS move speed.

Hades

  • [PC only] Cross Bar Operator Mod: Reduced spread accuracy.

■ Sniper Rifles
Paladin HB50

  • [PC only] Improved rechamber speed (same as console).

Outlaw

  • [Console only] Improved firing speed.
  • [PC only] Quickdraw: Improved ADS-in speed.
  • [PC only] Bolt Cylinder Operator Mod: Reduced fire rate.
  • [PC only] Fixed a bug that allowed extra damage to the neck when using the Recon Optic.

Koshka

  • Improved ADS sway.
  • [Console only] Quickdraw II: Improved ADS-in speed.
  • [PC only] Improved rechamber speed (same as console).

■ Pistols
RK 7 Garrison

  • Improved all damage ranges.

■ Shotguns
MOG 12

  • Dragon’s Breath Operator Mod: Now does 1 quick blast of fire damage instead of damage-over time. This increases it’s one-hit-kill potential at certain close ranges, and is especially effective when paired with Choke Barrel.
  • Improved max damage Range from 3.75 yards to 4.1 yards.
  • Quickdraw: Improved ADS-in speed.
  • [Console only] Barrel Choke: Improved accuracy, pellet damage, and max damage range.

SG12

  • Strobe Light Operator Mod: Reduced luminosity on visual light effect.

Specialists

■ Prophet
Seeker

  • Greatly reduced Seeker’s hitpoints, it can now be destroyed with 1 bullet.
  • Reduced detection range against enemies with Cold Blooded.

■ Ajax
9-Bang

  • Reduced visual opacity of screen flash when hit by 9-Bang.
  • Players will no longer raise their hand when flashed if they have Tactical Mask.
  • Players can now change stances while flashed.

■ General

  • Active Specialist Weapons now lose all cooldown on round change (as opposed to partial loss previously).

Equipment

Frag Grenade

  • Increased damage.

Concussion Grenade

  • Players can now stun themselves with their own Concussion Grenade.
  • Players will no longer raise their hands when affected by a Concussion grenade if they have Tactical Mask.

Gear

Acoustic Sensor

  • Reduced the ranges at which Acoustic Sensor can detect enemies.
  • Reduced the ranges at which enemies with Dead Silence are detected.

Perks

Tactical Mask

  • Player now recovers faster after being hit by Tempest.
  • Players will no longer raise their hand when flashed by the 9-Bang.
  • No longer provides fire or radiation resistance.

Flak Jacket

  • Fire and radiation resistance moved from Tactical Mask to Flak Jacket.
  • Improved Flak Jacket resistance to radiation and burn.

Cold Blooded

  • Reduced the range at which an enemy Seeker can detect the player with this Perk.

Scorestreaks

Lightning Strike

  • Reduced the delay between targeting locations and the jets arriving.

Sentry

  • Improved damage.
  • Improved the time that the Sentry will remember a target after losing line of sight.
  • Improved the range at which the Sentry will detect an enemy within a 360-degree radius.

Drone Squad

  • Improved damage.

Sniper’s Nest

  • Increased number of rockets required to destroy the Sniper’s Nest by 1.

Mantis

  • Improved explosive damage radius.

Thresher

  • Improved chain gun explosive radius and damage.
  • Improved health of vehicle to balance damage dealt from an enemy with FMJ II.

Strike Team

  • Improved awareness radius.
  • Improved health regeneration rate of Strike Team members.

General

  • Scorestreak teamkills will no longer count towards the teamkill kick limit in modes with friendly fire enabled.