❘ Published: 2024-11-08T17:36:26

SBMM has been the most controversial topic of discussion in online gaming for years.

Black Ops 6 has dealt another nerf to the Recon Combat specialty and fixed an issue preventing players from earning the appropriate amount of XP in the most recent update.

As part of the November 4 update, Treyarch listened community comments and nerfed the reconnaissance combat specialty. It basically provides a few seconds of wallhacks after you spawn, so the update reduced its duration from two seconds to 1.5.

This nerf didn’t do enough, because there was still no way to do it. counter annoying ability. There still isn’t a viable counter, but the latest update at least further reduces the duration from 1.5 seconds to one second. It remains to be seen whether this update will finally put the ability in a more balanced place.

Meanwhile, players have raised concerns that it takes too long to upgrade their weapons. Double XP helped speed up this process, but in the aftermath of the event, frustrations remain. The development team responded by adjusting the XP gain of specific game modes in this update.

Black Ops 6 November 8 Update Patch Notes

Activision

Here are the full patch notes.

MULTIPLAYER

Cards

• Lower Town
  • Fixed an issue where players could wander out of the intended playspace on Lowtown.

Featured Playlists

• 24/7 implementation
• Moshpit 10v10
  • Cards: Red Card, Rewind, Vault, Vorkuta, Lowtown, Derelict, Skyline, Scud, Nuketown
  • Modes: TDM, Domination, Kill Confirmed, Hardpoint

These featured playlists are scheduled to go live at 10:00 a.m. PT, which is after these notes are posted.

Benefits

• Reconnaissance Combat Specialty
  • Further reduced the amount of time enemies are highlighted after respawning from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.

We will continue to monitor combat specialty data and feedback throughout the post-launch period.

XP Earning Rate

• Fixed an issue where the match bonus was not properly scaled across different game modes.
• Fixed an issue where the match bonus was not consistently awarded in Search and Destroy.

Challenges

• Removed the “Get 50 kills using weapons without attachments” daily challenge.

Stability

• Added various stability fixes.

ZOMBIES

Weapons

• Fixed an issue where weapons with a default scope would display an additional attachment indicator when viewed in-game.

Gunsmith

• Fixed an issue where players’ multiplayer gear was present when previewing their Zombies gear.

Field Upgrades

• Fixed an exploit that allowed certain terrain upgrade boost effects to persist beyond their intended duration.

Vehicles

• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to launch tactical rafts into the air on Terminus.

Stability

• Added various stability fixes.

If you’re ready to dive into Black Ops 6, check out the weapons you should upgrade in preparation for the season 1.