<p class="p"><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">Anyone </span><span class="15" style="font-family: 宋体; color: #0000ff; font-size: 12pt;">bo6 bot lobbies</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">else notice how </span><span class="15" style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-style: italic;">Grief mode</span><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;"> in Zombies has become a whole new ballgame? The melee damage by enemies now escalates </span><span class="15" style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-style: italic;">faster</span><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">&mdash;starting at 1.5&times; from Round 1 and eventually ramping up to 4&times; after Round 20. Makes for some brutally intense early-game waves .</span>

<p class="p"><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">They&rsquo;ve finally addressed some longstanding GobbleGum issues: machines now have a 5-minute cooldown, and crafting self-revives is capped to one per player. Plus, they nerfed salvage drops (100 &rarr; 50), and Support items like Chopper Gunner and Mutant Injection no longer drop from Specials/Elites . These are smart changes&mdash;stops the endless-circumnavigation gameplay and forces strategic use.</span>

<p class="p"><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">Reddit&rsquo;s CODZombies crowd is pumped:</span>

<p class="p" style="margin-right: 36.0000pt; margin-left: 36.0000pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">&ldquo;Hopefully it includes all timers, EE steps included.&rdquo;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">&ldquo;Double damage on almost all pistols you love to see it.&rdquo; </span>

<p class="p"><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">The team also tweaked the Mystery Box to expand its loot pool, finally addressing players&rsquo; complaints about only getting repeats of Jackal, Tanto, GS45, etc. </span>

<p class="p"><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">On the downside, many still hope for fix on reactive armor/glitchy zombies targeting during Aether Shroud. That seemed to have been fixed a few weeks ago, but we&rsquo;ll see if it holds .</span>

<p class="p"><span style="mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0000pt; mso-font-kerning: 0.0000pt;">Overall, this feels like a solid and focused &ldquo;Reloaded&rdquo; update&mdash;restoring balance, tightening pacing, and improving quality-of-life. It&rsquo;s exactly what the community asked for. Time to jump back in and stack some rounds!</span>