Treyarch Matt Scronce has addressed fan complaints over Dexterity becoming a must-use perk in Black Ops 7, suggesting changes are coming.
Black Ops 7’s beta period has, finally, come to an end, meaning Call of Duty players will have to wait until November 14 to dive back into the brand-new multiplayer offering from Treyarch.
However, that month gap from the beta’s conclusion to launch gives Treyarch plenty of time to go over the feedback and data from fans. They can see what worked and what didn’t work, and make the necessary changes.
The Black Ops 7 developers have already committed to making Open Playlists with reduced skill-based matchmaking the norm, and are also making tweaks to aim assist. They’re even considering tweaks to Dexterity.
Black Ops 7 devs considering Dexterity changes for launch
The first slot perk became a bit of a crutch in the beta, with pretty much everyone using it on all of their classes. It meant things like Gug-Ho, Lightweight, and Flak Jacket were ignored.
Treyarch’s Design Director, Matt Scronce, addressed it in the studio’s post-beta recap. “Can you make Dexterity default? Believe me, I have seen the feedback on this. I will say, we are looking at our options,” he said.
“We want to make sure that you’re not forced to play aggressively, but we also understand the importance of fluidity paired with our next-level omnimovement and new mechanics like wall jump. So, we’ll have more details to share coming soon.”
Some fans have suggested simply moving Dexterity to the third perk slot, opening up some options for perk loadouts. Others, however, just want it to be made default.
“I honestly like that you need Dexterity. I think it adds a bit of a nerf to movement abuse,” one said. “Dexterity in BO7 might be the biggest crutch perk since toughness lmao,” another added.
So, it’ll be interesting to see what the devs decide to do.
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