Black Ops 4 – October 26 Game Settings Update

❘ Updated: 2018-10-26T21:02:56

The latest game Settings Update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is live on PS4, Xbox, and PC with changes to Zombies and improvements across all modes.

Here’s all the details, directly from Treyarch:

Let’s cut right to the chase: last zombie bleed-out time has been doubled, XP earn rates have been boosted for solo and 2-player matches, we’re spawning fewer Hellhounds on mixed rounds in Blood of the Dead and Classified, and players can now use four unique Elixirs per round. We’ve also made other tweaks to ensure a more balanced Zombies experience in addition to these changes, so check out the full list below, jump into some matches, and let us know what you think.

Lastly, before we dig into today’s full notes: we are currently tracking players implementing an exploit that allows multiple copies of the same Perk to be equipped in Multiplayer. We are clearing those players’ Create-a-Class entries as a warning and will be banning repeat offenders after this point. This exploit will be resolved in an upcoming update.

As a reminder of our enforcement policy in Black Ops 4: Any player who abuses an exploit in game code or other established rule of play is subject to penalty.

Patch Notes:

Global:

General
- Black Market
  - Black Market and Operation: First Strike now live on all platforms.
  - Resolved a delay in displaying Black Market reward images in the After Action Report.
- Miscellaneous
  - General stability fixes and improvements across Multiplayer, Zombies, and Blackout.
Zombies
- Gameplay
  - Doubled the bleed-out timer on the last zombie per round from 5 to 10 minutes.
  - Increased the XP earn rate in solo and 2-player matches.
  - Reduced frequency of Hellhounds that spawn on mixed rounds in Blood of the Dead and Classified.
- Elixirs
  - Increased maximum unique Elixir usage per round from 3 to 4.
  - Decreased cooldown time on Common, Rare, Legendary, and Epic Elixirs.
  - Decreased effective time on Aftertaste Elixir.
  - Reduced effectiveness of Head Scan Elixir.
  - Increased cooldown time on Classic Elixirs to balance increased last zombie bleed-out time.
  - Adjusted cooldown for all Elixirs in Rush Mode.
  - Corrected the Elixir cooldown reduction effect granted by the Time Slip Perk.
- Challenges
  - Resolved an issue preventing players from completing the “Coming Through” Challenge.
  - Resolved an issue where the “Up Close” and “Death Slider” Prestigious Challenges would reward the same Calling Card.
- Miscellaneous
  - Resolved a crash that occurred when triggering Brain Rot on underwater Zombies.
Multiplayer
- Miscellaneous
  - Resolved an issue where joining a match after a round switch would record a Loss if your team lost the match.
- Create-a-Class
  - Resolved an issue preventing the Reactive Camo for the GKS Damascus from properly unlocking.
  - Resolved an issue allowing the Access Denied Camo for the Strife to display as brighter than intended.

PC Specific:

General
- Improved connection stability during loading screens.

Here’s what Treyarch is also working on for future updates:

Zombies Nebulium Plasma: The Zombies team is planning to increase the earn rate for Nebulium Plasma across the board in an upcoming game update. Keep an eye on the patch notes soon!
Zombies XP Earn Rates: The earn rate for Zombies XP on Hardened and Realistic difficulties will also be increased in a future update, to help ensure our most intrepid zombie slayers are rewarded for their efforts.
Splitscreen Pausing in Zombies: We have heard the whispered prayers of high-round couch co-op players in need of a bathroom break! The ability to pause a local Zombies match in splitscreen is in the works.
Mastery Camos in Zombies: As mentioned previously, we’re working on enabling Mastery Camos unlocked in Multiplayer to be applied to weapons in Zombies. Stay tuned.

SOURCE: Reddit