Quick update. I logged into Battlenet and bought Battle Pass with my 1100 CP. I then logged out and into Steam, fire up WZ and I have access to Battle Pass and can see the first few items I claimed including a new operator. All good.
Is it me or has the AI got even worse on Al Mazrah? Last two matches my squad has been totally wiped out in minutes. Seem to be more of them and more aggressive.
In DMZ, the AI is definitely significantly different. At first they were not in the places they used to spawn, so quieter at first, but when your randomer team mate starts shooting at them for no good reason (without a suppressor)... AI. Went. Bananas. Laser beaming me in the head from miles away the moment I peek out a window on the second floor (and I was sneaking and using a suppressor) and re-spawning repeatedly until you are all downed.
After my team were all dead and left, I tried to do a simple nuclear radiation contract, normally easy. It was impossible. The Level 2 and 3 armoured AI, just kept spawning and re-spawning indefinitely. It was insane. I’ve never seen them like that. Even sniping them so I could one-shot or two-shot most of them plus smoke grenades, I eventually ran out of ammo and self-revives, it was like a different game to before, and I got up to Tier 5 missions solo previously. There were a couple of games where my squad just went to Exfil before even doing a contract! Even driving, they seem to shoot up your LTV faster than before.
But then there were areas where they were quiet or did not spawn at all. But when they do come at you, one new thing, is how three will spawn on the same floor of the building you are on and rush you together, never seen that before either, very hard to defend against the three of them solo at the end of a long fight, even with a sniper or shotgun, the third one will get you. They have adapted.