They're finally here. Contracts are making their way to Black Ops 3. Come June 14, players will have more opportunities to earn items from the Black Market by completing sets of challenges. These come as Daily, Weekly and Special Challenges. After completion, players will receive varying rewards, from Cryptokeys to Calling Cards and the chance to play as the brand new Specialist character, Blackjack.
Now, there is a very interesting way to which the new Specialist can be obtained. While completing Daily Challenges will net players Cryptokeys, Weekly Challenges however will give the players Cryptokeys and a special Mercenary Contract. This Mercenary Contract can be cashed in to play as Blackjack. These challenges can be stacked, so don't worry about having to use them all the time.
Blackjack, once chosen, lasts for 60 minutes of in-game time. abilities work a lot like we all assumed they would. However, he does not act like a typical Specialist in that he has no Weapon, and instead has two Abilities: Rogue and Gambler.
Rogue: Copy the Specialist Weapon of enemies that you kill when your power metre is full. You must get kills to fill the Power Metre. If the Power Metre is filled and the player has killed an enemy, the weapon can be changed by killing a different Specialist. For example, if you kill a Prophet and acquire his Tempest, you can change that to Ruin's Gravity Spikes if you kill him before activating your Ability. The weapon can be flipped an infinite amount of times and once the player finds the correct weapon, they can activate the Ability and use the specific weapon.
Gambler: Get a random Specialist Ability when your Power Metre is full. Power Metre has a faster than normal fill rate. The Ability you get can be re-rolled to change it to another Specialists Ability.
On top of these new Challlenges, a 'Side Bet' can be completed while using Blackjack where the player must do their best with his Abilities. Achieving this will grant the player exclusive Calling Cards.
This all arrives June 14. A little late for my liking, but I suppose it's better than nothing.