Season 4 kicks off on Thursday, June 17. However, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has already released the patch notes for the season update, which includes changes to all assault rifles, as well as eased leveling. MeinMMO presents you with the most important adjustments.
What’s going on with CoD? The new Season 4 is just around the corner, and Black Ops Cold War has laid the groundwork with an update. While you can only access the new content on Thursday, the weapon adjustments are already in effect, and the lobby screen displays the new theme of Season 4.
The developers have already released the patch notes for the major Season 4 update, and MeinMMO summarizes the most important adjustments for you in German. Here you can find the patch notes for Warzone.
We are embedding the gameplay trailer for Season 4 here:
Highlights of the Patch Notes Season 4 – Weapon Tuning and Level Adjustment
Season 4 brings new maps, modes, weapons, and cosmetics – if you want to know more about the new content, check out our article on the Season 4 roadmap. In this article, we cover the relevant changes that came to the game alongside the new content, including adjustments to all assault rifles and changes to the leveling system.
When does Season 4 start? The content of the new Season 4 will be available to you from June 17 at 6 AM.
What has changed with the assault rifles? The developers have adjusted the balancing of some suppressors in multiplayer and changed the range bonuses. This applies to all 7 assault rifles that were in the game before Season 4:
- XM4
- Range penalty of the attachment “Suppressor” reduced from 15% to 11%
- Range penalty of the attachment “Agency Suppressor” reduced from 33% to 22%
- AK-47
- Range penalty of the attachment “Suppressor” reduced from 15% to 13%
- Range penalty of the attachment “GRU Suppressor” increased from 25% to 27%
- QBZ-83
- Range penalty of the attachment “Suppressor” increased from 15% to 17%
- FFAR 1
- Range penalty of the attachment “Suppressor” reduced from 15% to 10%
- Range penalty of the attachment “Agency Suppressor” reduced from 33% to 20%
- Krig 6
- Range penalty of the attachment “Agency Suppressor” reduced from 30% to 25%
- Groza
- Range penalty of the attachment “Suppressor” increased from 15% to 17%
- FARA 83
- Range penalty of the attachment “Suppressor” increased from 15% to 20%
- Range penalty of the attachment “GRU Suppressor” reduced from 33% to 32%
The developers mention in the blog post with the patch notes that they generally like the meta in multiplayer. With the recent adjustments, the CoD creators aim to bring the assault rifles closer together and reduce advantages with the muzzle attachments somewhat.
What changes with the leveling system? You now need fewer experience points to level up in your season level. This applies to Cold War, Warzone, and Modern Warfare.
With season level, you mean your account level, once you have surpassed the first 55 military ranks. In each season, you can level up a maximum of 1,200 season levels – which provides you with prestige keys and challenges that unlock cosmetics. You can find an overview of the prestige system here. However, the developers do not specify how substantial the reduction is.
If you want to get an overview of all changes, check out the complete English patch notes (via treyarch.com).
Season 4 lets players share gifts and restricts weapons in League Play
What else changes with Season 4? Interesting, but without impact on gameplay, are the new gifting options in the game. Once you have completed your two-factor authentication, you can gift other players the battle pass, the “battle pass” bundle, or store bundles.
You buy them with your CoD points and hand the bundles to a friend or teammate. The system is not yet in the game and will only arrive with the official launch of Season 4.
Additionally, there are new weapon restrictions in the ranked mode “League Play”. The assault rifle AK-47 and the submachine gun LC-10 can no longer be used in ranked matches.
Furthermore, the distribution of players within the divisions has changed. The developers state that you might be shuffled around more within the divisions with your first placement match in the new season than usual.
With Season 4, Call of Duty advances the story, brings fresh content, and unlocks new features in Cold War. The battle royale Warzone also gets a significant update with the new season, showcasing new locations, a new Gulag, and motorcycles for your rounds through Verdansk.
If you want to get an overview of the new content of Season 4, check out our big special on Season 4: CoD Cold War & Warzone: Everything we know about Season 4 – Facts, Leaks, Rumors.
