Treyarch details a slew of exciting improvements to Black Ops 7 thanks to beta feedback, and CoD players are hyped

The improvements to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 began before its beta test earlier this month, but based on feedback, a number of other changes are coming that should make community members happy. Treyarch design director Matt Scronce went into the nuts and bolts of what’s changing in a new Dev Talk video released this afternoon. New improvements from the beta include aim assist adjustments, louder footsteps, tuning for sliding, and different distribution of Perks. Dexterity will now give “maximum fluidity” on top of that. In addition, sliding distance and speed has been slightly reduced, but mantling will now be faster “across the board.” One of the age-old hot button issues in CoD has been the strength of aim assist, and that continued in the BO7 with many players feeling it was overtuned. Scronce addressed it by saying that controller players win slightly more close range battles, while mouse-and-keyboard players win a bit more at long range. “So, what we’re going to do here to try to close that gap is take a very close look at the strength of aim assist across all of those ranges,” he said. “Additionally, we are looking at rotational aim assist and the requirement for the right aim stick to be moving in the direction of your target. We’ll have more concrete details to share soon.” As for Perk changes, here’s what’s happening on that front: Tech Mask: Slot 1 to Slot 2 Scavenger: Slot 1 to Slot 2 Cold Blooded: Slot 1 to Slot 3 Looper: Slot 2 to Slot 3 Tac Sprinter: Slot 3 to Slot 1 The early returns on these changes from most players are positive on social media, with CoD players sounding off about their excitement for the newest game in the FPS franchise that’s now just a few weeks away. Black Ops 7 is set to launch on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on Nov. 14, and more info about the game will be revealed in the weeks leading up to launch. Like our content? Set Destructoid as a Preferred Source on Google in just one step to ensure you see us more frequently in your Google searches! The post Treyarch details a slew of exciting improvements to Black Ops 7 thanks to beta feedback, and CoD players are hyped appeared first on Destructoid. Continue reading Treyarch details a slew of exciting improvements to Black Ops 7 thanks to beta feedback, and CoD players are hyped

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