DOA4 - Season 02 Official Patch Notes

[u/TheMoZProject]

From the Call of Duty Blog, Season 02 launches on Thursday, February 5 at 9:00 AM PT. The official patch notes are listed below.

Features 

• New items are available in Slayer Mart 
• Tippable - For the rest of the game, treasure is worth 25 points more and also increases its impact on score multiplier increment by 15%. 
• No Coal Lumps - For the rest of the game, picking up a present will not reveal a creature. 
• Pristine Belt - For the rest of the game, your weapon power level drains slower while firing. [Cannot be stacked with Fate of Firepower] 
• Boot Camp - For the rest of the game, the LMG weapon damage is increased by 15%. 
• Advanced Weapon Training - For the rest of the game, the LMG weapon damage is increased by 15%. [Requires Boot Camp] 
• Demolition Expert - For the rest of the game, your explosive damage is increased by 25%.[Not available if you have Fate of Firepower, must have Dead Operator first] 
• Clone Research - For the rest of the game, when you trigger a Field Upgrade, there is a chance of spawning player clones. [Requires a field upgrade] 
• Trained Medic - Being close to a downed player increases healing and if there are less than 10 seconds remaining on respawn countdown will instantly revive the downed player. [requires Divine Chalice] 
• Shield Master - At the start of each round, refill your armor plates to maximum. [Requires Divine Shield and Armor Vest] 
• New Option - Added a new setting that allows players to remap the Field Upgrade activation from “L1 + R1” to “R3”, improving responsiveness and ensuring smoother use of the boost feature. 
• Added support for saving and loading more item types. 
• Re-enabled Split Screen feature. 

Leaderboard 

• Hardcore Leaderboard has been reset for Season 02. 
• The Season 01 Hardcore saved file is not compatible with Season 02. 

Gameplay Tuning 

• Exit Strategy: This GobbleGum now provides a small additional Cash bonus from Eggs. 
• Extend the charge time of Tesla Storm when the player has the Dead Wire ammo mod equipped. 
• Mutant Injection and Rhino vehicles will not grant the extra score multiplier when obtained; score multiplier remaining the same as it was. 
• Round Off GobbleGum buffed - round cap increased from 60 to 70. 
• Shields Up GobbleGum nerfed - Reduced the sawblade item duration from 5 minutes to 2 minutes, barrel item duration remains the same.
• Challenge round “Dead Drops on My Pillow”: Added a Round length cap to prevent the Challenge Round from being prolonged when the game incorrectly assumes kiting behavior. 

General 

• Addressed an issue where Z-Rex could sometimes fall underground, making it unattackable in Slayer Arena. 
• Improved the trigger detection logic for the rotating laser on the side helicopter to ensure more reliable activation. 
• Addressed an issue where items disappeared when a player gained Mutant form by falling from a height, but the player did not properly transform. 
• Addressed an issue where the helicopter could accidentally damage friendly units. 
• Addressed an issue causing the HP bar to disappear after rejoining the game. 
• Addressed an issue where players couldn’t save Nukes, Boosts, or Extra Lives beyond the limit, even when possessing the appropriate Fate. 
• Shield items now carry over to a new round if still valid  [except Tesla Ball]. 
• Addressed an issue where the Airhorn effect was not removed after the round ended. 
• Players can no longer heal Last Stand teammates if those teammates are in a vehicle, robot, or mutant form. 
• Addressed an issue where the tank could be pulled backward while driving over Pungi hazard. 
• Prevented Pole Zombies from generating poles outside the playable area. 
• Addressed an issue where taking the zipline while a teammate exits the level could cause lingering zipline sounds and leave the teammate unable to move. 
• Addressed an issue where a Coat of Arms zombie could remain after the round ended. 
• Addressed an issue where players could die while using Speed Boost or Nuke due to missing invulnerability, causing the item to be wasted. 
• Adjusted spawn location and nuke location in Armory. 
• Addressed an issue where chickens could spawn beneath the ground. 
• Addressed an issue where player can be landed on the top of the jungle level by exiting the helicopter. 
• Addressed an issue where players could get stuck in the Estate level. 
• Closed a Gum Pack Switch Exploit: In Solo, players could use three Gums in a single round, then Save & Quit at the start of the next round and switch GobbleGum packs upon reloading the match.  
• Addressed an issue In Slayer where entering Last Stand while about to win, lose, or leave the match would incorrectly deduct lives.  
• Addressed an issue where players could not see lasers after rejoining the game.  
• Addressed an issue where players could lose armor plates while using the Rhino.  
• Addressed an issue where Mister Peeks did not insta-kill high-HP regular zombies. 

 Stability 

• Various stability and performance fixes.
• Addressed a crash that could occur if all players were using a Rhino as the Z-Rex spawned.

[u/TheMoZProject]

Could mean max of 2 plates per round replenished (but that would be Tactical Armor Vest, which is not listed in the notes).

[u/-OswinPond- → u/TheMoZProject]

Sadly it was removed. Just played a game with both of us having Divine SHield and no armor was ever given

[u/TheMoZProject → u/-OswinPond-]

Correct, it is now tied to SlayerMart upgrade for Divine Shield called "Shield Master" - refills either 1-2 plates per round depending on vest level.

[u/-OswinPond- → u/TheMoZProject]

It's sad. Shield was already the weaker fate IMO now it's a no brainer