April 21st - Black Ops 3 Patch Notes

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General

• Arena Season Vet Vanquisher Calling Cards should now properly unlock after meeting the required win total.
• Fixed an issue where the “Rank 1” Calling Card was being awarded again in the After-Action Report after winning an Arena match, despite the user already having the card.
• Earned Prestige Calling Cards now properly display within the Calling Cards menu.

General Gameplay

• Resolved issue where grey boxes were appearing in place of the NX ShadowClaw.
• Addressed exploit where Players were able to gain extra momentum at end of a slide.
• Added pre-match “Waiting for Players” message when Pre-Match settings are altered in Custom Games.
• Fixed issue where the HG 40 would appear as a large grey box if Players first entered a Zombies or Campaign game, and then went into Multiplayer.
• NX Shadowclaw bolts will no longer remain on the map if the Player is killed by explosive-based Scorestreaks.
• Players will no longer hear the whiz-by sound effect for NX Shadowclaw bolts throughout the map. This will only occur for Players near the bolt.
• Time window to obtain “Tag and Bag” Medals has been extended, and the Medals are now properly rewarded at the end of the Vision Pulse range.
• Fixed an error where double Winner’s Circles would appear if the top-scoring Player would quit the match just after the Host ended the game.
• Fixed issues with the BlackCell projectile not properly impacting UAV’s.
• Repeatable reload sounds are no longer heard when the NX Shadowclaw bolts hit surfaces near enemy Players.
• Resolved an issue where spawn trap logic was not being enabled in 2nd and 4th rounds of gameplay.
• Additional improvements to bot path selection and correction when becoming stuck.
• Fixed an issue where certain weapons could be fired faster than their intended fire rate.

Black Market

• Fixed issue where the wrong portrait image was appearing for Battery’s MMA Specialist Theme.
• Fixed an exploit where Players were able to obtain more Cryptokeys than intended by manipulating game lobbies.

Perks

• Ante-Up
  • Increased starting Scorestreak amount from 100 to 150.

Specialists

• General
  • Reduced Specialist earn rate in the Hardpoint Gametype.

• Reaper
  • Reduced accuracy when firing un-zoomed.
  • Reduced ammo count from 120 to 100.

• Outrider
  • Increased First Raise speed.
  • Increased ADS speed.
  • Increased sprint recovery speed.
  • Increased ammo count from 8 to 10.

• Spectre
  • Reduced leftover Power when Spectre is killed while Ripper is Active.

• Ruin
  • Increased Overdrive earn rate.

• Nomad
  • Increased Rejack earn rate.

• Reaper
  • Increased Psychosis earn rate.

• Firebreak
  • Reduced Heat Wave earn rate.

• Battery
  • Reduced Kinetic Armor earn rate

Weapons

• Submachine Guns
  • Kuda
    • Reduced 1-hit kill range in Hardcore Mode.
    • Laser Sight bonus more aligned with bonus received on other SMGs.
    • Reduced ADS movement, but no longer lose speed while firing.

  • VMP
    • Reduced ADS movement, but no longer lose speed while firing.

  • Weevil
    • Removed speed reduction while firing.
    • Increased ADS speed.
    • Increased sprint recovery speed.
    • Increased 5-hit kill range.

  • Vesper
    • Removed speed reduction while firing.
    • Increased ADS speed.
    • Increased sprint recovery speed.
    • Increased ability to control recoil.

  • Pharo
    • Removed speed reduction while firing.
    • Increased ADS speed.

  • Razorback
    • Removed speed reduction while firing.
    • Increased 4-hit kill range.
    • Reduced 1-hit kill range in Hardcore Mode.

  • HG-40
    • Increased 3-hit kill damage range.

  
  
• Assault Rifles
  • HVK-30
    • Increased sprint recovery speed.
    • Increased aim stability.
    • Increased recoil stability.

  • ICR-1
    • Increased recoil stability.

  • Sheiva
    • Increased ADS Speed.
    • Increased flinch stability.
    • Rapid Fire now functions properly.

  • MX Garand
    • Increased fire rate, now performs better with Rapid Fire.

  
  
• Shotguns
  • KRM-262
    • Increased 1-hit kill range potential.

  • Haymayker-12
    • Increased 3-hit kill range.

  • Argus
    • Increased 1-hit kill range potential when hip-firing.

  
  
• Light Machine Guns
  • BRM
    • Increased ADS out speed.
    • Increased recoil stability.

  • Dingo
    • Increased tightness of bullet spread while ADS.
    • Increased hip-fire accuracy.

  • Gorgon
    • Increased ADS out speed.
    • Increased recoil stability.
    • Increased damage through light cover.

  • 48 Dredge
    • Increased Fire Rate.
    • Increased ADS out speed.

  
  

Attachments

• Laser Sight
  • Increased the accuracy bonus received from Laser Sight.

• Recon
  • Increased recoil stability.

• BOA
  • Increased recoil stability.

• Thermal
  • Increased recoil stability.

• Ballistics CPU
  • Increased recoil stability.

Scorestreaks

• Rolling Thunder
  • Increased drone count.
  • Increased entry speed.

• R.A.P.S. Deploy Ship
  • Increased drone count per drop.

• R.A.P.S. Drones
  • Increased movement speed of drones.

Maps

• Nuk3town
  • Added additional spawn logic to mitigate spawn trapping.

• Infection
  • Closed up a line of sight through the wood pile outside of the barn.
  • Fixed an issue where players could reach outside of the intended playspace.

Game Modes

• Hardcore
  • In Hardcore game modes, fixed an issue where the owner of a Care Package would be killed if a teammate stood under it during the first 15 seconds of a round.

• Hardpoint
  • Adjusted positioning of objective markers inside of the Hardpoint zone to be more centralized.

• Uplink
  • Improved the ability to pick up a dropped Satellite Drone.

Challenges

• The challenge, “Hundred Percenter”, now properly appears when completing all of the Multiplayer challenges listed under Operations.
• Increased window of time to earn the “Tag and Bag” medal.
• Fixing an issue where players could earn the “Heat Stroke” medal when killing an enemy stunned by a teammate.

ZOMBIES

General

• Blocked an exploit that allowed the players to use the Death Machine indefinitely.
• Resolved an exploit allowing players to access unintended areas.
• Fixed a crash that could occur during a host migration while reviving teammates.
• Fixed an exploit where players would be able to keep their perks after being revived.
• Resolved an error that occurs when Prestiging in Zombies.
• Addressed a bug where the Rocket Shield icon wouldn’t disappear after being destroyed.
• Fixed a bug relating to certain attachments not working correctly with upgraded weapons.
• Addressed stability issues regarding cross-mode play in split screen.

Shadows of Evil

• Addressed an issue where players would rarely be killed while riding the train.
• Fixed several bugs with the Undead Man Walking GobbleGum.

Der Eisendrache

• Balance improvements for the Kreegakaleet lu Gosata’ahm and Kreeaho’ahm nal Ahmhogaroc bows.
• Addressed a number of exploits that allow extended use of the Ragnarok DG-4.
• Resolved a bug where the Ragnarok DG-4 would be put away before expiration.
• Addressed a variety of exploits where Players were able to exit the playable area.
• Fixed an issue where skulls would not appear after being collected during the bow upgrade quest.

DOA II

• Fixed bug where COA’d enemy could persist past round exit and possibly kill player while screen was faded out.
• Fixed bug where scoreboard on subsequent Redins Rally play through was not completely cleared out.
• Increased weighting for karma points to determine winner in ROJ event.
• Fixed bug where a player in last stand could pick items up.
• Fixed bug where score multiplier got out of sync with multiplier increment bar on players fated with Fortune or Fortitude.
• Added new reoccurring challenge, Eight before Fate.
• Round no longer expires if a boss is still alive.
• Added animations to the Siege Chicken.