https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/7/18072182/call-of-duty-blackout-nov-6-patch-notes-changes-blightfather-9-bang > The newest patch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s battle royale mode, Blackout, has arrived and the game has quite a few balance changes to show for it. > The primary goal of this patch, it would appear, is to adjust the weapons in Blackout to make sure that they all at least have the chance to be competitive. That means weapons, like light machine guns, that were being passed up by players entirely and not even picked up off the ground are getting some sweeping changes to try to make them appealing. On the other side of the balance spectrum, 9-Bangs have been taken out of the game entirely to give Treyarch a chance to re-evaluate their place in Blackout.