Today brings our 1.17 update to PC, including weapon tuning across multiple classes, Specialist tuning, the removal of shotguns in Ambush Solo in Blackout, new Gauntlet Leaderboards and weapon support in Zombies, and more. Read on below to see what’s new today on PC:

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MULTIPLAYER

• Maps
  • Arsenal
    • Closed an exploit that could allow players to get under the map.
• Weapon Tuning
  • Increased starting ammo capacity from 3 magazines to 4 for MX9, GKS, Cordite, and Saug 9mm.
  • Increased bullet penetration through player characters for assault rifles, SMGs, tactical rifles, and pistols.
• Specialists
  • Spectre
    • Increased Shadow Blade cooldown.
    • Improved Shadow Blade attack camera rotation against enemies behind the player.
    • Shadow Blade can now be destroyed by Trophy System.
  • Nomad
    • Lowered K9-Unit health.
  • Ajax
    • 9-Banging an enemy with Tactical Mask equipped no longer earns the “Flashed Enemy” score event.

BLACKOUT

• Game Modes
  • Ambush Solo
    • Solo players only.
    • Snipers, Bowie Knife, and Launchers only.
    • Shotguns and SDM removed.
    • Concussion and Cluster Grenades removed.
    • ATV and ARAV removed.
    • Increased time for final collapse.
• Map Improvements
  • Various bug fixes and improvements across the main Blackout map.

ZOMBIES

• Gauntlet Leaderboards
  • Players can now track their Gauntlet standings against friends and manually-added players in Gauntlet Leaderboards.
  • Stats tracked include:
    • Highest Round
    • Best Gold
    • Best Silver
    • Best Bronze
    • Kills
• Weapons
  • Support added for new MKII Weapons: Rampage, Switchblade X9, Vapr-XKG, and Spitfire.
• Elixirs
  • Perk Up rarity changed from Epic to Legendary.
• Camos
  • Addressed an issue that could allow the Plasma Drive Reactive Camo to revert to its base camo form.
• UI
  • Addressed a UI error that could sometimes occur in the Select Reticle menu.
• Miscellaneous
  • General
    • Direct hits from grenades and projectile weapons to the head now count as headshots.
    • Addressed an issue that allowed Special Weapon revives to convert Secret Sauce Perks into extra Perks.
    • Addressed an issue causing the Secret Sauce icon to display incorrectly after Host Migration.
    • Resolved various streaming issues in IX, Dead of the Night, and Ancient Evil.
  • Ancient Evil
    • Addressed an issue that could result in granting unlimited ammo for the Hand of Hemera Wonder Weapon.
    • Addressed an issue where players were unable to interact with the Obol near the Center of the World.
    • Closed an invulnerability exploit that could occur in the Center of the World.
  • Dead of the Night
    • Fixed various crashes that could occur when downed after Host Migration in Dead of the Night
    • Closed an exploit where players were able to get outside of the map using Nowhere But There.
    • Addressed a visual issue with trees in the outro cutscene.
    • Prevented charged weapon audio from playing while entering the boss fight.

WORLD LEAGUE HUB

• Match Leave Penalty
  • Reinstated escalating temporary bans for players who leave a League Play match.
• UI
  • Visual pass on Barracks and cleanup on League Play Career and Medals UI.
  • Replaced material names in Social and Inspection menus with Rank.
  • Added restricted icons and text to Specialist selection screen.

GLOBAL

• UI
  • Updated Create-a-Class interface to allow for quicker selection of Mastercraft and MKII Weapons in the same menu.
  • Lobby navigation and performance improvements.

-Treyarch

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