February Black Ops 3 Update: What’s New in 50.10.43.7.0

February Black Ops 3 Weapons Changes

There are a number of changes to Black Ops 3 weapons. Many of these were already live in the game through hotfixes, but there are some new additions. Check out the changes to entire classes and to specific weapons below. There is also a major change to the Awareness perk that reduces the usefulness. 

• General
  
  • Fine-tuned Rapid Fire effectiveness across all weapons.

   

• Submachine Guns
  
  • General - Reduced sprint out speed
  • VMP - Fixed issue where Player would occasionally not show on the radar when firing.
  • Vesper - Reduced Recoil Stability & Reduced Hip-fire accuracy
  • Weevil - Increased medium distance damage range.

   

• Assault Rifles
  
  • XR-2 - Increased ADS aim stability & Increased recoil control.
  • ICR-1 - Increased ADS aim stability & Increased long distance damage range.
  • KN-44 - Increased long distance damage range.
  • SHEIVA - Increased ADS aim stability & Increased long distance damage range.

   

• Shotguns
  
  • Argus - Increased lethal damage range.
  • KRM-262 - Increased lethal damage range.

   

• Light Machine Guns
  
  • All LMGs - Increased ADS aim stability.

   

• Sniper Rifles
  
  • Locus - Increased ADS aim stability & Increased weapon switch speed.

   

• Special
  
  • Brass Knuckles - Added spark effect to Brass Knuckles taunt.

   

• Attachments
  
  • FMJ
    
    • No longer deals increased damage to the robot in Safeguard.
    • No longer ignores the armor provided to Satellite Drone carriers in Uplink.

     

   

• Awareness Perk
  
  • Reduced audible range bonus.