The Season 3 launch for Black Ops 7 was packed with content, but it was also incredibly buggy. Treyarch and Raven Software just pushed the April 10th update, and thankfully, it’s mostly focused on cleaning up the mess instead of adding more things that can break.
I just went through the full GameRant patch notes, and if you have been grinding Ranked or Zombies this week, you are going to be very relieved.
Here are the actual fixes you need to care about.
Ranked Play & Multiplayer Fixes
If you lost SR recently after literally winning a match, it wasn’t just you.
The Overload Overtime Bug: They finally patched the infuriating bug where winning an Overload match in overtime with a “technical tie” score actually penalized the winning team with an SR loss. (This actually got hotfixed on April 9th, but it’s officially in the notes now).
Map Exploits Closed: People were using an out-of-bounds exploit on the Beacon map, which has now been walled off. They also smoothed out some broken collision sightlines on Cliff Town.
Camo UI: You can actually see the unlock requirements for Ranked Play camos now when previewing them.
Zombies & Endgame Fixes
Mule Kick & Klaus: If you were using the “Fully Equipped” augment for Mule Kick, it was completely breaking the AI for Klaus, making him uncontrollable. That is officially fixed.
Aether Blade Charges (Endgame Mode): The Aether Blade is arguably the most important tool for maintaining momentum in Endgame, but there was a bug where your very first throw would consume a charge even if you missed the enemy. That has been corrected.
Anti-Cheat Update
Activision threw in a line about updating the Ricochet Anti-Cheat system for Season 3, claiming they expanded their detection systems and added new security measures. Take that with a massive grain of salt, but hopefully, it cuts down on the obvious wallhacks for a few weeks.
It is a solid housekeeping patch. Fixing the SR penalty bug in Ranked was absolutely mandatory to keep the competitive scene from rioting.
Are you currently grinding through the new Ranked season, or are you spending most of your time in the Zombies mode trying out the new augments?
