Patch Notes - December 15th - Update - Part 1

GLOBAL

C.O.D.E. Warriors Personalization Pack

• The C.O.D.E. Warriors Personalization Pack includes 3 reticles, Calling Card and custom weapon camo. All profits from the Personalization Pack sales will go towards the Call of Duty Endowment’s support for organizations that prepare veterans to reenter the job market. Offer only available in select regions.

MULTIPLAYER

Black Market

• Recently Acquired
  • Players are now able to review the last 25 unique items received through the Black Market.
  • Items are tagged with a timestamp and duplicate items are noted.

• Burn Duplicates
  • Players are able to burn all duplicate Black Market Contraband in exchange for Cryptokeys. More Cryptokeys are rewarded for exchanging duplicates of higher rarities.

• Trade Again
  • Players are now able to exchange Cryptokeys directly from the Supply Drop results screen without having to go back to the Black Market dealer. Simply highlight and select the option to the left of the item rewards under the Trade Again label.

• Rare Supply Drop Tuning
  • As always, Rare Supply Drops guarantee at least one Rare or better item.
  • Opening a Rare Supply Drop now has slightly better odds of receiving Legendary and Epic items than the equivalent of opening three Common Supply Drops.
  • Guaranteed to receive a bonus reward with each Rare Supply Drop.
  • Rare Supply Drops now guarantee at least one item related to Specialists or Weapons including the following:
    • Specialists
      • Specialist Themes
      • Taunts
      • Gestures

    • Weapons
      • Melee Weapons
      • Cosmetic Attachment Variants
      • Reticles
      • Camos

    
    
  • New Melee Weapons
    • Players have a chance of acquiring the following Legendary melee weapons from Supply Drops:
    • Butterfly Knife
    • Wrench
    • Brass Knuckles

  
  

• Theater editing suite added. This includes the following modes:
  • Basic
    • Create shot using the basic replay functionality.
    • Screenshot functionality has been added.

  • Director
    • Create epic shot using animated dolly camera.

  • Object Link
    • Attach the camera to Scorestreaks, Lethals and Tacticals.

  • Lighter
    • Add dynamic lights to the map to enhance your shot.

  • Timeline Editor
    • Change the order of shots, edit transitions and preview your clip.

  • Highlight Reel
    • An auto-generated clip based off of the player’s recent games.

  
  

• Quick Join option added to the Multiplayer Main Menu. This allows Players to party-up with any eligible Players on their Friends List who are currently playing Black Ops III.
• Multiplayer Music option in the Audio menu now allows players to preview music samples and change the music heard when playing Multiplayer.
• Custom Games functionality has been expanded. Support has been added for official Custom Game Variants as well as saving Custom Games.
• Fixed an error which would occasionally occur when returning to the Multiplayer Lobby after completing a match or entering/exiting the Arena Lobby.
• Address issues where Players were unable to move layers in the emblem/paintshop creator.
• Fix for slow game load on some machines when vsync is enabled
• Performance optimizations
• Various bug fixes

General Gameplay

• XP earn rate increased for Team Deathmatch, Search & Destroy, Capture the Flag, Safeguard, Demolition, and Free-For-All.
• Increased rate at which Cryptokeys are earned.
• Players no longer get points for killing teammates with the Satellite Drone in Uplink, when Friendly-Fire is enabled in Custom Games.
• Players will no longer spawn at the same point in Free-For-All if there are more than 8 players in a Custom Match.
• Fixed an issue where the tinted full screen effect would remain after the player had exited the Hardened Sentry.
• Improved the Dart Scorestreak’s ability to lock onto enemy targets.
• Fixed a start spawn issue with Free-For-All where waiting to select a class could spawn the Player behind other Players.
• Improved enemy spawns during Gun Game and Free-For-All.
• Players who join a Free-For-All or Gun Game match in-progress will not have a loss recorded if they do not place in the Top 3.
• Addressed an issue where Players would get disconnected from Gun Game if they joined a match in-progress.
• Players will now be kicked for inactivity if idling in Gun Game.

Specialists

• General
  • Reduced Specialist earn rate over time in objective game modes.

• Reaper
  • Scythe
    • Reduced earn rate.

  
  

• General
  • When entering Weapon Prestige with a MAX level weapon that is equipped in Custom Classes, the Attachments now properly get reset.

• Submachine Guns
  • Kuda
    • Increased recoil control.

  • Weevil
    • Increased recoil control.

  • Razorback
    • Increased recoil control.
    • Increased damage range.

  • Vesper
    • Reduced damage range.

  • VMP
    • Reduced aim down sight speed.
    • Reduced hip fire accuracy.

  
  
• Assault Rifles
  • KN-44
    • Increased recoil control.

  • HVK-30
    • Increased recoil control.

  • ICR-1
    • Increased recoil control.
    • Increased hip fire accuracy.
    • Fixed an issue with the reload animation when a certain magazine was equipped.

  • Man-O-War
    • Increased recoil control.

  • XR-2
    • Reduced movement speed.

  • M8A7
    • Reduced fire rate.

  
  
• Shotguns
  • KRM-262
    • Increased damage, it will now be a maximum 2 shot kill.

  • 205 Brecci
    • Increased damage range.

  • Haymaker 12
    • Increased damage range.

  
  
• Light Machine Guns
  • Dingo
    • Increased movement speed while firing.
    • Increased recoil control.

  • 48 Dredge
    • Reduced fire rate.

  
  
• Pistols
  • MR6
    • Increased movement speed.

  • RK5
    • Increased movement speed.
    • Reduced damage range.

  • L-CAR 9
    • Increased movement speed.
    • Reduced damage.
    • Reduced hip fire accuracy.