While Treyarch just released a massive patch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 the other day, the studio has rolled out a server-side update to the game, and it makes the Maddox assault rifle a wee bit better again.

There are other bug fixes in the hotfix, but the Black Ops 4 Maddox recoil tuning update is the  big one. Here are the update notes.

The following updates are live today on consoles, with PC to follow with additional platform-exclusive updates:

Multiplayer

• Weapon Tuning
  • Maddox RFB
    • Reduced recoil on 1st, 4th, and 5th shots to more closely match pre-patch recoil stability.
    • Slight recoil increase on 2nd and 3rd shots compared to pre-patch.

Zombies

• Miscellaneous
  • Addressed an error players could receive when invited into an ongoing match during a public Gauntlet playlist.
  • Addressed an issue that caused players to lose ammo when using the Alchemical Antithesis on King and Country.
  • Additional Tier Skip now properly awarded after completing Daily Callings (Xbox One).

Blackout

• Featured Playlist
  • Featured Playlist set to Quads.

General

• Stability
  • Various crash fixes in all modes.

The following updates are live today on PS4, with other platforms to follow:

Multiplayer

• Specialists
  • Outrider
    • Fixed a formatting issue with Outrider’s Hawk when playing in splitscreen.
• Maps
  • Lockup
    • Barricade will no longer disappear between round transitions.
  • Casino
    • Updated Heist dropoff locations.

Blackout

• Prestige
  • Addressed an issue where players couldn’t properly Prestige if they had content filters applied in Options.

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