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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is getting a massive balance patch as part of season 3’s midseason update. The season 3 Reloaded patch brings balance changes to all of the game’s sniper rifles and assault rifles in every mode, and it updates the tuning for weapons in the Zombies mode.
This patch’s sniper rifle tuning was focused on making each of them a little more distinct. The biggest change Treyarch made to accomplish that was giving each of the snipers a new and special flinch animation that makes each of them behave slightly differently than the other weapons in the category. The developer also gave each sniper unique ADS momentum, to make scoping in feel different with each gun. All this comes on top of several balance changes as well.