Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 1 Update Returns XP Tokens to Players After Backlash

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has a new update that returns XP tokens to players after a backlash sparked by their removal following the launch of Season 1.

Patch notes published today, November 19, confirm “legacy” XP tokens (aka XP tokens you’ve been hoarding since Modern Warfare 2) are now back in players’ hands. Their surprise availability with the launch of Season 1 was welcomed by players deep into the Call of Duty grind, but their equally surprising removal caused an outcry.

At the time, developer Treyarch said it patched the legacy XP tokens out of Black Ops 6 because their accidental introduction, which it blamed on a UI bug, “introduced some potential risk to game stability.”

Elsewhere, today’s update improves the hitmarker user interface to help identify shots more easily, and fixes a number of bugs across Multiplayer and Zombies.

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Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 1 November 19, 2024 patch notes:

GLOBAL

Legacy XP Tokens

• Updated Black Ops 6 to support legacy XP token functionality

Gameplay

• Improved hitmarker UI to help identify individual shots more easily.

Cosmetics

• Addressed an issue where weapon sights would be misaligned with the Weaver Repairman Operator Skin equipped.

Store

• Improved the loading of Tracer and Inspect preview videos for weapons.

MULTIPLAYER

Gunsmith

• Added several missing langauge translations when swapping attachments.

Scorestreaks

• Improved steering in reverse with View-Based vehicle controls.

UI

• Addressed an unintentional bug where MWII and MWIII camos could be applied to Black Ops 6 weapons. Camos from previous titles were not designed for Black Ops 6 weapons and attachments and are not supported due to visual inconsistencies.
• Addressed an issue where some Perk bags were not displaying when creating loadouts.

Stability

ZOMBIES

GobbleGums

• Addressed an issue that allowed GobbleGums to persist indefinitely.

UI

• Added additional information for the current saved game in the map selection menu.

Stability

• Various stability improvements.

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