It’s Call of Duty time! Already, the bullets are flying, and the kids are playing when they absolutely shouldn’t be! In the midst of all this war-centered chaos, Activision and Treyarch have been hard at work. A major Day 1 patch dropped, introducing a host of needed tweaks and balances to the game. Let’s see what the devs have in store!
‘call of duty’ balances and tweaks
Weapon Balance
- Improved Pistol and Dedicated Melee swap speeds
- Slight increase to Weapon Butt melee attack speeds
- Adjustments to sway, bob and overall weapon motions to improve point of aim when entering ADS
- Additional improvements coming in Season 01
- Improved Depth of Field across all Weapons
Movement
- Added a toggle option for Corner Slicing
- Added an option to set the hold time to perform a Dive to Prone or Slide depending on your Slide/Dive Behavior setting
- Added an Intelligent Movement option to set Mantle Assist Angle from tight, medium, or wide
‘call of duty’ multiplayer map adjustments
Skyline
- Expanded the cover points around the hot tub at the center of the map.
- Added new planters as cover near far spawn point.
- Added multiple cover options throughout the map.
Scud
- Adjusted bullet penetration values on the satellite dish panels to allow additional bullet penetration.
- The concrete wall at the main overwatch is now broken out, which will allow more bullet penetration to make it slightly less powerful.
- Panels are doubled up at the side overwatch to still amount a small amount of bullet penetration where there was previously none.
- Made additional cover improvements throughout the map.
Rewind
- Made cover improvements across multiple sightlines.
Audio
- HRTF (Head-Related Transfer Function) via Universal Profile in Enhanced Headphone Mode, available to all players for free.
- Disabling licensed music across all modes.
‘call of duty’ RICOCHET Anti-Cheat
- Kernel-Level Driver (PC) detection and monitoring updates across all protected titles, including Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone
- #TeamRICOCHET mitigations live in Black Ops 6 multiplayer, including Damage Shield, Disarm, Splat, and more
- Machine-learning behavioral systems deployed to increase speed of detection
- Machine-learning detection models added to analyze gameplay combating aim bots
