I like that you liked League Play but to say it wasn't broken is inaccurate. I chose to accept the word broken in this context as having things in it that didn't work so well.

It had plenty of design defects and it was this community that gave us feedback on those design decisions that we banked both THEN and then again more recently.

We hope to address this topic head-on in more detail in a video developer update soon.

League Play is taking/took longer than we expected, because we are addressing the community feedback on it in advance of launching it. ...thus when it does come out it will more closely match your expectations of what it is and how you think it should work.

We are doing the very things you gave us feedback on that we agreed made sense for the game we now have versus the game we had when I stood on stage and told you League Play was coming back at the MP reveal event.

It's simply a software development realit...

Cool. We enjoy making it.

We actively encourage and reward constructive criticism ... but it may not be obvious enough when and how we do that.

So, in the spirit of transparency...

We have a guy on the community/social management team and a part of his daily routine is to find constructive and thoughtful criticism posts/commentary. That doesn't mean he doesn't also see or let us know about less than constructive posts/commentary.

He sends this report to key stakeholders and studio managers, myself included. That's how I know about this post. You won't find many developers in a decision making role browsing around Reddit parsing chaff from wheat. It's hard enough on the day to day satisfy the community's appetite to evolving/fixing/improving/add new content to the game while managing a team.

[Some of the] community doesn't do itself any favors by injecting what might be great or valid feedback with venom. I'm not going to read it and...

Sometimes we put the Campers Building on the side path(s) just to mess with you.

While I personally don't think the EMP should remove player names. I do think the EMP could be an interesting addition to Blackout. It's on the schedule, but a bit downstream and lower priority than some other things (at the time of this writing and, like anything, subject to change.)

So you all understand how this works, how I personally feel about anything doesn't determine or guarantee how something will work. It's always a team effort.

Like before, I am answering the question without judgement for or against.

I do so without any lense of multiplayer or Blackout when answering. It's a design philosophy conversation, which I always enjoy personally when both sides are treating each other with respect.

Hard-counters invalid both pieces of gameplay content. If you can fully counter something, you stop taking the thing that can be fully countered and then you stop taking the counter.

That gameplay type and style then ends up getting invalided entirely over time and removes depth from the game. I (personally) don't like that because I (personally) believe the game is much richer with more than just straight gunplay.

... as to your note(s) above about "not being able to fight back" please understand that I totally get it. We just haven't decided what we are going to do about that yet.

Game Settings have changed! We released a quick PC update today which integrates yesterday afternoon’s additional bug fixes into Black Ops 4 on PC. See below for today’s notes and follow this link if you missed what we included in PC update 1.11.

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Multiplayer

• Game Modes
  • Heist
    ...

Good point, we agree! Keep an eye out for updates on the Tempest hitbox trace size coming soon.

As our Quad Feed event continues through 10AM PT Nov. 26, we’ve updated Black Ops 4 on PC to include our new Auto Mantle option in the Controls menu, as well as some additional crash fixes in MP and Zombies. See below for details and enjoy the weekend!

General

• Gameplay
  • Added an option in the Controls menu to toggle Auto Mantle on or off. Applies to Multiplayer and Blackout.
  • Resolved an issue where enabling Sprint Cancels Reload would disable Auto Mantle.

Multiplayer

• Stability
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when a player quit immediately as they were being killed.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur if a player disconnected while swimming in the water in Icebreaker.
  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when a player left a match shortly after joining.

Zombies

• Stability...

Our newest Black Ops 4 title update is now live on PC! Thanks for your patience while we invested the time to roll out additional PC-specific changes after launching Nuketown, Blackjack’s Shop, and Nuketown Island Zombies in Blackout yesterday.

Read on below to see what’s new in across all modes on PC, including adding keybinds to cycle between Equipment and healing items in Blackout. As we mentioned in yesterday’s global update, we’ve also rolled back the submachine gun balance changes from last week’s title update to better suit the current PC meta. We always plan for a similar experience between platforms wherever possible, and manage weapon balance separately for the...

Wanted to make all our PC community aware of a new NVIDIA driver release (version 416.81) that should help with the stability of the game for those players experiencing some problems. It contains several fixes that caused the game to freeze indefinitely, sometimes followed by an error code. You can download it here:

· Win10 x64: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/416.81/416.81-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe

· Win7/8 x64: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/416.81/416.81-desktop-win7-64bit-intern...

A few tweaks and updates:

General Changes (PC)

Menus

• Audio Options
  • Audio Presets was added.
• Black Market
  • Fixed an issue where the rotation icon would appear when highlight any items in the Black Market.
• Zombies
  • Fixed an issue where Warpaints could not be removed after being equipped.

Gameplay

• Zombies
  • Fixed an issue where users would be forcefully defeated when using the Fast Travel from Transverse Tunnel to reach the Cafeteria before opening its door in Blood of the Dead.

As always, if you’re encountering problems, please reach out to player support on Twitter @ATVIAssist and Reddit ...

Ruin, don’t look up...

Hey--here are a few of the tweaks and updates that are live right now, courtesy of the ongoing work Beenox is doing to listen to feedback and ensure the best possible PC experience.

General Changes (PC)

Multiplayer

Weapons

• Saug 9mm
  • Operator Mod : Further increased the hip fire spread. Lowered the maximum damage falloff distance.The dual Saug was extremely popular and efficient on PC and it needed additional attention from what had been done for console.
• MOG-12
  • Barrel Choke : Reduced one-hit kill range.While we already had a different balancing for this weapon on PC, we felt that this attachment was still performing a bit too well outside of its intended range.
• Koshka
  • Moved one-shot kill zone from “head only” to “head and upper chest”. Using High Caliber it will grant a one-shot kill from the chest up....

PC players--a huge update across all game modes and covering numerous gameplay details went live on consoles yesterday. For the PC, we were working on additional tweaks and resolving details specific to our platform. It took a little while longer, and appreciate your patience.

Today, it all comes together. For starters, here are the PC-specific stability improvements that have been made for the platform, as well as a note on Weapon Balancing. On that subject, we hear you, we really do. We're tracking data and listening to feedback, and will have more to release on that topic very SOON^TM

Between the developers here at Treyarch and our partners at Beenox, we've been watching, listening, and responding wherever we can and will continue to do so in the ongoing commitment to Black Ops 4 on PC. It's not lip service. It's a granular, committed focus to ensure this is the best Call of Duty experience you will have on PC.

That all being said, here are the ...

General Changes (PC)

Blackout:

• Resolved an exploit that allowed players to activate the Wingsuit frequently using a key from the numerical keypad.
• Resolved an issue that allowed bullets to pass through certain rocks.

Multiplayer

• Resolved an issue that caused a crash when changing weapon Decals in Paintshop.

The team continues to work hard to address as many issues as possible. Stability and performances are a priority and with each title update, you should see an improvement. Let us know how this release is helping with your specific issues.

As always, if you’re encountering problems, please reach out to player support on Twitter @ATVIAssist and Reddit u/ATV...

Just a couple of quick fixes to report from the Beenox team.

Zombies

• Fixed an issue that caused the numbers on the Nixie Clock in Blood of the Dead to be invisible when Model Quality was set to Low.

Blackout

• Fixed an issue that enabled players to start with 200 health if a Trauma Kit was used as the Blackout match was starting.

The team continues to work hard to address as many issues as possible. Stability and performances are a priority and with each title update, you should see an improvement. Let us know how this release is helping with your specific issues.

As always, if you’re encountering problems, please reach out to player support on Twitter @ATVIAssist and Reddit u/ATVIAssi...

While we continue to work diligently on all aspects of the game—the latest release is right here https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackops4/comments/9qt3wg/oct_23_update_black_market_progression_network/ —we have a couple of PC specific updates.

We heard your comments about memory leaks, and that issue should now be resolved. If you do continue to experience problems, let me know, and ping @atviassist for any other issues.

We have also fixed other stability issues and will keep the community informed as any other updates occur.

Make sure that your version number is: 1.04.1.3188666

/Rob

Hi there, can you PM me your gamertag and platform? Thanks!

PC players: We have a game update going live today 10/19 at 10am PT. Its main purpose has been to address stability issues across the platform, and the micro-stutter issues that some of you experienced. We’ll be watching very closely to confirm that many of the key issues raised loud and clear across our social platforms are working as planned for our community. It’s all part of the ongoing commitment to ensuring Call of Duty Black Ops 4 is the best PC experience possible.

It also contains updates and fixes on the PC to issues across the specific game modes, all detailed below. Of course, there will be more to come addressing other issues in the coming days.

Continue to follow Treyarch and TreyarchPC on Twitter for further updates and news on the tweaks we’ve made to improve each game mode in a variety of ways.

Also, kicking off at 10am PT it’s 2x XP time for Multiplayer mode and 2x NP for Zombies fans. This bonus runs through Monday October 22nd at 10am PT...

Can you PM me your gamertag if you haven't already? ( I have a lot of PMs to get through.. ) Thanks!