With the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s latest patch, Treyarch has rolled out a significant change to the game’s friendly fire mechanics; a change which could have positive ramifications for the game’s multiplayer modes. The change comes alongside a range of other tweaks and updates in the new patch.
The Latest Black Ops Cold War Patch
“Today’s update delivers new fixes and improvements to Zombies, League Play, and Express in MP,” writes Treyarch; “as well as new quality-of-life UI additions. Double Weapon XP also continues through 10AM PT Tuesday, Feb. 16 in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone!”
Alongside this weekend’s Double Weapon XP event, the patch includes some changes for League Play. Most significantly, it has moved the RC-XD to League Play’s restricted Scorestreaks. League Play is also impacted by changes to the friendly fire mechanics. From now on, friendly fire will convert into ricochet damage after a player’s second team-kill, returning the damage to that player. From then on, any friendly fire will return damage to the player, acting as a serious discouragement for friendly fire. However, it goes even further.
Once friendly fire shifts to ricochet damage for a player, if that player attempts 2 further team-kills, they will automatically be kicked from the game. These changes are evidently aimed at curbing incidents of team-killing or intentional friendly fire by disaffected players. Hopefully, they have a positive impact in this regard and help to improve everybody’s League Play experience.
When it comes to League Play, Treyarch has also rolled out a number of smaller fixes and changes. The Processing Ladder Result display, for instance, has had its visuals improved. Issues where players weren’t able to scroll up or down the League ladder have been fixed. Finally, a bug which was causing the previous League Play Event’s details to display incorrectly should no longer be a problem.