Play Hardpoint, spam decoys with extra tactical, deploy UAV and counter UAV and play the objective. You'll rank up weapons in no time, especially with that +450 for securing the hardpoint
It's good for camo challenges too, ie; Double kills/three kills without dying it's the only thing we have until shipment or shoothouse whichever dlc map we get in Season I
If you are trying to level launchers by shooting streaks, make sure to keep the launcher in hand until the streak is destroyed. Otherwise, the xp will go to your primary weapon.
throwing yourself at the objective on hardpoint has been working well for me, you get a lot of XP for being the first person at the hardpoint when it switches and lot of players don’t play the objective in this game
Score counting towards weapon xp is such a great idea. I’ve been playing objective in hard point getting top of the leaderboard every time without the highest number of kills and weapons have been leveling up very fast.
I really love it when games do this. I'm not the most aggressive or skilled player when it comes to gunplay, but I feel like I can really excel at objective modes by choosing a class setup with lots of support options and making sure I'm getting defends/captures. I appreciate it when games encourage this kind of play by properly rewarding it with xp/score!
Yeah I think hardpoint is the perfect weapon XP mode for me. There's a lot of score to be had tossing trophy systems, decoys, retaking points, holding points and just generally racking up a ton of kills.
PSA for K&M users who rebind a lot of their keys (like me who's a lefty), going into a co-op mission lobby will reset your keybinds to default. Learned the hard way last night.
Temporary solution until they fix it: switch your keybinds.kb to "read only" , It can be found: C:\Users\**your username**\Documents\Call of Duty\players\**your player number**. Parts between ** are obviously your specific info. NOTE: this does not stop co-op keybinds from resetting every time you enter co-op menu (those must be kept somewhere else) but will lock your general multiplayer bindings in place.
Would love to see a video on how fast hands perk affects reload speeds of different weapons. Based on the animations it seems it’s more useful for some guns than others
I’ve found invasion unplayable. So many snipers I can’t even find bots and I’m spending 75% of the time running to find bots. Spamming decoy and proximity grenades has been way easier
Invasion was good the 1st two days of the game. AFter that it became a sweat fest. I just play ground war when I want to level stuff that is hard to level (knife, shield) to unlock the camo challenges.
Double weapon XP codes are an obvious bonus. Got 3 of my coworkers that have families that drink Mtn Ddw giving me the codes from the 12pks and cases they drink. Don’t play a whole lot with my schedule, but when I do I pretty much always have double weapon XP going.
Great video Ace. Another method you forgot for XP is using the DDos field upgrade. Combining that with Kill confirmed, UAVs, CUAVs, and decoys will help the grind.
Here's a Summary of the fastest method to level up your weapons in 6v6: -Play Kill Confirmed and get as many tags as you can on top of kills. -Use Decoys as your tactical (throw them anywhere where it's hot everything you spawn for easy exp) and EMP as your field upgrade (Fast recharge rate and gives decent xp) -Use the Extra Tactical Perk for 3 decoys instead of 2 and Overclock Perk to get EMPs faster -Use UAV and CUAV streaks for extra score. You can either use the Advanced UAV for the third streak or Precision Strike so you can keep looping your streaks over faster. -Using Overkill can be useful as well to have a Riot Shield on your back constantly as this does give you xp when it is shot, however I can't confirm if this counts towards weapon xp for the gun you currently use Employing all of these methods at once can get you am average of 3-4 weapon levels a game which is REALLY good. Happy Farming!
Should be easy to test the riot shield theory. Just keep it on your back and never actually hold it for the whole round, at the end in theory you will get no XP for the shield and only for your main weapon. If that is the case then it is very likely that that shield XP went to the weapon you are holding.
Additionally, there is a drone smoke screen field upgrade that with the Overclock perk you can spam multiple times a game and get 10xp per kill that your teammates get. Drop those onto outdoor objectives or in hot spots on the map and you rank up super fast
So a little tip; farm 18 is insane for KC decoy strat. Throw 3 in the middle, get a kill, probably die and throw 3 more. Don't try to die, but it happens on that map, so take advantage of that and toss as many decoys as possible into the middle building. The decoy covers pretty much the entire mid area and the XP stacks with multiple decoys.
@UChYbGLzkaRrQWp_eYRMyc2A omgeee no way fro realsies?!!11!? I'll dm you my SSN, my credit card info, and my full address! Tysm omg I can't believe it, thank you, totally real and not fake ace! ;)
Hardpoint is the fastest method for me. Being the first person to take the point gives you 400xp. Just sitting on the point gives you 10xp every couple of seconds. Make sure you use Double Time and have a knife as your secondary to get around the map as fast as possible so you can be the first to take the point, and have Bomb Squad and a Trophy system to keep you alive on the point. Just remeber to always switch to the weapon you are trying to level while taking and holding the point. I usually get around 5000xp per match.
Note: Make sure you all place your tac inserts in a safe spot where enemy bots *will not* go when you're hunting them because they can sure enough shoot it out themselves.
It's worth noting, that the launcher melee trick with the throwing knife does only help to level the launcher up. Those kills are not counting towards "kill" challenges with the launcher. For that, you have to either rocket the enemy or beat them up with the launcher in the old-fashioned way (aka beat them twice).
I literally just posted my own video last weekend on what I believe is the easiest way to get launcher levels in my own opinion and to give a TLDR, play kill confirmed and swap to a launcher whenever you’re about to pick up tags. 75 XP per enemy tag and 25 XP per teammate tag. I know Ace mentioned this in his video, but I just wanted to really stress how much of a lifesaver this was for me because destroying streaks gives barely anything
So far I've had the most success grinding gun levels by playing ground war and heavily playing toward capturing/defending the objectives. I also try to avoid the open desert map because it seems to be harder to maintain a flow on that map between the objectives than the others.
Haha I love that map, just because I like to patrol around in my big tank, blowing snipers off rooftops, love watching them trying to hide when I drive around in their vicinity, thinking I didn't see them then bam!
One great way I found that doesn't even require you to shoot your gun (if you don't want) is play hardpoint. If you are the first person in the zone you get 450 xp towards your gun. Every 2 or 3 secs you are in the zone gets you 10 points. Then as the enemies get close and come kill you, just run to the next location and be first. I once spent almost 4 min in the hill (maybe 500-800xp) and also got the hill first at least 5 or 7 times (2,000-3,000 xp) and I only had like 2 kills. Anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 xp per game IF the enemy team is not also going for the zone. Hope this helps (psst also gets you a lot of wins)
A reminder that decoy nades help exp farming for both teams, you throw decoys, temmates that get kills by it reward you with EXP, but on the other hand, an enemy possing DDOS will get 25 exp per equipment hit, which also includes decoys, I got 150+ exp at times with a single DDOS in a decoy infested area. Also kills with killstreaks give weapon EXP, including juggernaut, I was a Jugg sitting on a tank in ground war and levelling my TAQ-M, lol.
Everyone throwing these videos out, but I already know Ace's video is the most viable and trustworthy. I'm really liking my go to game modes, dom/hardpoint. If your getting kills with at least a minute or 2 on the hardpoint or flag caps, it's decent.
If you're doing 6v6, USE THE DDOS FIELD UPGRADE! It is free EXP comparable to UAVs and C-UAVs. It charges insanely fast too, so you can just spam it while in the middle of the map and get easy EXP,.
Kill confirmed seemed to be the best way to me. Glad you confirmed it with stats. I’ll keep doing that. Invasion is alright but I’m grinding camos too, and to my knowledge the bots don’t count for camo challenges
I've gotten a lot of xp on kill confirmed by running around the map being a tag janitor and picking up a lot of dog tags. Not even getting a lot of kills, still leveled up fine
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate Ace sticking a player in the nads with one of those drill grenade things? Straight up Halo vibes, well done.
A useful video would be one discussing the best attachments in the game. With this crazy weapon/attachment unlock system it would be helpful to know which of the crappy guns I've thus far ignored that I may need to put a few levels into to unlock specific valuable attachments for my other guns.
If you want the blue dot scopes. Expedite 12 shotgun to lvl 7, Deagle to lvl 4. EBR to lvl 10 for the nice OLE-V laser. There's obviously way more but those are the ones I know off the top of my head. The blue dots are nice and that laser is OP, only con is laser is visible but helps with ADS, sprint out times and strafe speed
Run this on every class: Decoy Grenades, Recon Drone field upgrade, UAV and Counter UAV with Advanced UAV, and run score streaks. Not only are you getting weapon xp for everything but it slowly ticks towards your killstreaks too
A good one that goes under the radar is piloting the Cargo Helicopter in Ground War. If you're holding the weapon you want to rank up, you get 25xp per person that spawns in, and LOTS of people die/spawn/die/spawn constantly on you. I easily get VTOLs via scorestreaks by just being the pilot in the Cargo Helo.
Invasion is hit or miss. I’m gonna try the co op for some of those weird weapons on the wall and stick to KC for the rest! Great help as always ace thank you!
Snowballing in invasion is a massive struggle especially when you join when the game is almost over. I feel like it would be more enjoyable in a obj setting.
Use recon drone to tag people with overdrive so you can have more. Use spotter to tag streaks and equipment and vehicles in invasion, it's nuts exp and for score streaks And it's insane support for your team. It's also super chill. You could also use hardline instead for the streak discount.
Kill confirmed is great but also a recommendation is to shoot down the counter UAVs with the weapon you want to level up. They break in like 5 shots and give 100xp. Not bad
Another method, which is pretty stupid but also kinda funny: Load into that same defend Coop mode with a friend. Make sure you both have the medic selected before the match. Then instead of actually playing the game you both just go to the edge of the map. Take turns repeatedly going out of bounds and dying and getting revived. This method gets pretty boring but it works really good and is a super chill way of doing it.
Reaching the point in Hardpoint before other players normally gives 450 exp so that is easy to pull out a launcher before the point becomes active. Bloodthirsty also gives extra exp.
I’ve gotten 5 weapons gold, including the 2 worst launchers and the knife. I highly recommend people use my method of playing hardpoint and aggressively pushing the objective all match. You will have constant ongoing action which means more kill opportunities than anything else.
For anyone trying to level up launchers like the jokr, run around with it in your hand and get throwing knife kills. This will work with riot shield as well
My preferred method for weapon grind has been running uphill since launch, like a headless chicken, playing Perma-TDM. "Did that change at all with this video?" HECK. YES. IT. WILL!
Third person mode is also very good for grinding weapons that are otherwise very difficult. I got the riot shield to hold by mostly using it in that mode. Same with marksman rifles that take multiple hits to kill like the EBR and lever action. At least getting those first ten levels through third person mode made things way easier for those weapons l, allowing you to see around corners for an ambush with the riot shield and line up headshots easier, especially from a distance, with the marksman rifles.
Use ddos field upgrade with decoy grenades and the spotter perk equipped. Everytime you spot enemy equipment get +10xp and ddos awards alot of points on a full charge.
So far, Domination and Hardpoint are my go-to game modes when it comes to weapon XP depending on how many kills I score with whatever gun I use to grind camos. But when it comes to spec ops, I felt like the weapon XP should be more faster to be earned to unlock attachments that are available for multiplayer use.
Ground War. Especialy Taraq. Grab an APC and just circulate between flags which are accessible for it. (Taraq has 4 which makes it best, but each of the others have at least 2) APC is great for that because it's a mobile spawn point and your teammates are going to start crawling out of it like it's a clown car, making caps much easier. Easy 300XP per cap + any kills you might score on the way. Don't stick around too long - recaping the flag later scores more exp than just defending it. Avoid vehicle to vehicle combat unless you can get behind them and score criticals on rear armor - any exp you earn in the vehicle counts towards the gun you used when mounting it. If you get a drill charge, get out, wait for it to explode and get back in - drill charge does not destroy the APC! If you die, spawn at base and wait for next APC drop, alternatively spawn in running APC and steal it when the driver bails for whatever reason. Using this method I usually get 3-4 levels per match, sometimes hardly killing anyone.
My method for leveling up guns has been essentially what you said similar to option #2 except I play Hardpoint + decoy grenades with the restock perk with UAV and Counter UAV scorestreaks. You get xp for your teammates killing people, defending the point, attacking the point, shooting down counter UAVs (which is very easy even though nobody seems to do it except for launcher guys occasionally) etc. Even if you don't kill an enemy, an assist + distracting with decoy grenade is still pretty decent weapon xp and any points you get count towards the scorestreak as well. Hardpoint matches last decently long as well and there's usually not a ton of killstreaks in the air aside from uavs and counter uavs because people don't really go on long streaks in that mode from what I can tell. Personally I don't care how I do in a game where I am just trying to level up a gun because there's no public statistics and I do not care about silly numbers. I do try to play the objective and spam the decoys on the point which in theory helps my teammates by rendering the enemy radar useless as well as confusing footsteps with fake decoy gun shot sounds I suppose. I've levelled up several guns using this method. I did want to try the Invasion method but I kinda assumed what you did once I heard a couple other youtubers I watch mention it. No reason to do the thing that everyone else is doing.
The DDOS also gives weapon xp for whatever weapon you’re holding. It’s got a decent charge rate and can give xp to tough to earn weapons as well. Works well in ground war
Once again, great video, but would also like to add to play kill coonfirmed and hardpoint and use the decoy grenades. I find it actuall;y works better in Hardpoint. If you get on a hardpoint, you gain 10 point every second or so, as with the decoy grenades, but you get great deal of additional attack or defend points. I started on kill confoirmed now do it on hardpoint since hardpoint is 10 times more effective than kill confiirmed, because at least all you have to do is throw the decoy grenades at the hardpoint every respawn and get attack points. You can level up a gun at least 1 notch a match doing this having a poor game but if you have a great game you can level up 2 levels or more. Forgot to add you get 450 points for being first securing it! The points in this mode is insane.
This would explain why my gun shows a level up on the screen even though I hadn't killed anyone for a bit but did something that caused XP in general. Always wondered why that happened.
Capturing the B-flag for the first time in a match of Domination awards 500 XP. Given the asymmetric Map-Layout, there are several Maps where you are almost guaranteed to accomplish this, provided that you have been placed in the "Right" team!
I don't care for Invasion, so I've been playing KC, hardpoint, and dom, with decoy grenades, along with Extra Tactical, and Resupply as the main 2 perks on the class. You get 3 decoys per life with that setup and it's great.. Spam the decoys in different directions when you spawn, then play as normal. Remember to spam the decoys on every respawn too, when you die. Try to PTFO as much as possible, and you'll get a ton of XP. Especially with Hardpoint and Kill Confirmed. Try to hold the point or pick up as many tags as possible, along with getting kills, and you'll get several weapon levels per match.
An honorable mention would be hard point as that gives you 200xp if you're the first person to step in the point on your team and over time you get granted 10xp over time if you stay in the point
Hardpoint should be given a honorable mention. Its both a very fun game mode for racking up kills, can get very tense and if you play objective + get some kills attacking/defending can give kill confirmed a run for its money
You also get a shit ton of EXP for being the first person at the hardpoint. If not, you usually get 100-200 EXP, which is still the equivalent of a kill.
Kill Confirmed is insane for XP. If you get 20 kills and 20 confirms that's 3000 xp. with Double xp that's 6000 xp. If you deny your own tag that's a massive 250-350 xp, which is 500-700 xp. Sometimes you'll get more than 75 due to multipliers.
for the launchers leveling i just played hardpoint and played the objective. if im on the objective i just kill normally. if the hardpoint isn't taken yet hold the launcher when you enter the hardpoint and you get between 200 and 450 xp (450 xp by taking it when it swaps to a new location) if the enemies are on the hardpoint use the launcher. you damage the enemies most of the time which gives xp if someone kills them. there are also stupid amounts of UAVs in hardpoint.
That is why there are so many decoys. I have been on both ends of invasion. Being pinned and pinning the other team in their spawn. I may try co-op modes, but I have no clue what to do. I will have to jump in and try it.
At first my friend and I mostly used the invasion strat but we’ve started doing kill confirmed more often partially because it’s more satisfying but you also can work on camos more that way.
Hardpoint is the best 6v6 mode for XP. 450 xp for being on point early. 200 xp for first point cap. 200 xp for kill on point/killing on point. Passive +10 capture xp. Sit on point with decoys and trophy systems, rush next point before it spawns to insure 450 xp.
6:32 Interesting thing I caught about destroying Counter UAVs in Kill confirmed -- it grants you 100 xp, however it only counts +75 toward your Scorestreak...just FYI for all you Scorestreak peeps.
Super secret, if you use the smoke drone field upgrade with the perk that gives you two you get 80 xp for dropping them, I’ve been a few short of a chopper gunner and just dropped thoughts and then got the streak
Thank you for not jumping the band wagon and show casing using XP glitch exploits and instead creating a genuine guide with good solid gameplay tips to earn the XP
I was wondering why EVERY game was being spammed with decoy grenades 😂
Same! 😂 Now it all makes sense.
decoy grenades are also good for building up scorestreaks
I was doing better without using decoy grenades. starting a game just throwing grenades always gets me killed lol
Forreal ! And they lowkey get me everytime 😂
Was about to say this, I was like what’s goin on lol
Play Hardpoint, spam decoys with extra tactical, deploy UAV and counter UAV and play the objective. You'll rank up weapons in no time, especially with that +450 for securing the hardpoint
Facts hard points my favorite mode rn
Running offensive streaks like vtol give crazy xp
It's good for camo challenges too, ie; Double kills/three kills without dying
it's the only thing we have until shipment or shoothouse whichever dlc map we get in Season I
@@MrAfusensi I'll take your word for it lol
@@MrAfusensi if that god mode thing is still around then I’ll stay away from vtol
If you are trying to level launchers by shooting streaks, make sure to keep the launcher in hand until the streak is destroyed. Otherwise, the xp will go to your primary weapon.
Thats a good one. I usually swap straight back and was wondering why I am still at level 5 while shooting a gazillion streaks haha.
that makes perfect sense.
Well that wouldve been nice to know before getting the launchers platinum lol
I didn't even consider this. I've shot down so many uav's and counters and my pila is still like level 4.
Could also be a tip to help level primary weapons lol
throwing yourself at the objective on hardpoint has been working well for me, you get a lot of XP for being the first person at the hardpoint when it switches and lot of players don’t play the objective in this game
In any cod game*
@@thymerhemann3230 in any game*
@@peanutkaneshiro mostly in any cod game*
Yeah that 450 extra xp is worth my death if I die
@@buna7364 key word being IF. I die 50/50 when I do that and get an extra 2K XP per game. It's a no brainer.
Score counting towards weapon xp is such a great idea. I’ve been playing objective in hard point getting top of the leaderboard every time without the highest number of kills and weapons have been leveling up very fast.
I really love it when games do this. I'm not the most aggressive or skilled player when it comes to gunplay, but I feel like I can really excel at objective modes by choosing a class setup with lots of support options and making sure I'm getting defends/captures. I appreciate it when games encourage this kind of play by properly rewarding it with xp/score!
Yeah, I was noticing that my guns seemed to be leveling up pretty quick even though some people complain about the "slow weapon leveling"
@@novak.r yea if anyone complains about weapon leveling in this game is someone who camps and doesn't play objectives,or just plays team deathmatch
Yeah I think hardpoint is the perfect weapon XP mode for me. There's a lot of score to be had tossing trophy systems, decoys, retaking points, holding points and just generally racking up a ton of kills.
@@Scroolewse I consistently get more score in kill confirmed playing the objective
PSA for K&M users who rebind a lot of their keys (like me who's a lefty), going into a co-op mission lobby will reset your keybinds to default. Learned the hard way last night.
Temporary solution until they fix it: switch your keybinds.kb to "read only" , It can be found: C:\Users\**your username**\Documents\Call of Duty\players\**your player number**. Parts between ** are obviously your specific info.
NOTE: this does not stop co-op keybinds from resetting every time you enter co-op menu (those must be kept somewhere else) but will lock your general multiplayer bindings in place.
Was wondering why! Thanks
Does the keybind reset also include consoles?
@@Keysel2Soze I'm not sure, but I'd hope this is fixed now. Then again this is Activision.
Would love to see a video on how fast hands perk affects reload speeds of different weapons. Based on the animations it seems it’s more useful for some guns than others
It's like 28-33% faster reload times.
It is faster on some than others. Some guns just do the “empty mag” reload while others actually give you a different animation altogether.
Jgod did a video dedicated to this
I’ve found invasion unplayable. So many snipers I can’t even find bots and I’m spending 75% of the time running to find bots. Spamming decoy and proximity grenades has been way easier
@@nebbie agreed, but I don't know if you meant to make this comment a reply lol
For anyone wondering, in the chill method (co-op), the enemies also drop the KA762 and AK74u, so you can grind those as well
2 of the best guns in the game though so would be a waste imo
Those are meta weapons though, you can easily level them up in multiplayer, even without the Kill Confirmed method.
@user-hu6oe7yb6c sounds good
At last, someone who is honest about the invasion method. How refreshing.
Invasion was good the 1st two days of the game. AFter that it became a sweat fest. I just play ground war when I want to level stuff that is hard to level (knife, shield) to unlock the camo challenges.
Invasion quickly became a cycle of run into enemy spawn, kill bots, then get sniped by a guy on the rooftop. It takes a while to run back
@@LucasLeCompteMusic sweat fest? All ppl do is sit on roof tops sniping, people don’t like running around
@@σεα-ψ9ε Yea definitely need to use a tactical insertion for Invasion
Double weapon XP codes are an obvious bonus.
Got 3 of my coworkers that have families that drink Mtn Ddw giving me the codes from the 12pks and cases they drink.
Don’t play a whole lot with my schedule, but when I do I pretty much always have double weapon XP going.
Great video Ace. Another method you forgot for XP is using the DDos field upgrade.
Combining that with Kill confirmed, UAVs, CUAVs, and decoys will help the grind.
This method levels your gun up 3-4 levels every game, it's great
@@Mo_Shadows That is entirely dependent on how well you do.
Do you just spam it every time you see something in range?
Also the perk that recharges your tactical and lethal
@@Ireland914 use over clock, problem solved
Here's a Summary of the fastest method to level up your weapons in 6v6:
-Play Kill Confirmed and get as many tags as you can on top of kills.
-Use Decoys as your tactical (throw them anywhere where it's hot everything you spawn for easy exp) and EMP as your field upgrade (Fast recharge rate and gives decent xp)
-Use the Extra Tactical Perk for 3 decoys instead of 2 and Overclock Perk to get EMPs faster
-Use UAV and CUAV streaks for extra score. You can either use the Advanced UAV for the third streak or Precision Strike so you can keep looping your streaks over faster.
-Using Overkill can be useful as well to have a Riot Shield on your back constantly as this does give you xp when it is shot, however I can't confirm if this counts towards weapon xp for the gun you currently use
Employing all of these methods at once can get you am average of 3-4 weapon levels a game which is REALLY good.
Happy Farming!
Should be easy to test the riot shield theory. Just keep it on your back and never actually hold it for the whole round, at the end in theory you will get no XP for the shield and only for your main weapon. If that is the case then it is very likely that that shield XP went to the weapon you are holding.
@@Scroolewse please test it out for us
Additionally, there is a drone smoke screen field upgrade that with the Overclock perk you can spam multiple times a game and get 10xp per kill that your teammates get. Drop those onto outdoor objectives or in hot spots on the map and you rank up super fast
Wow ty
So a little tip; farm 18 is insane for KC decoy strat. Throw 3 in the middle, get a kill, probably die and throw 3 more. Don't try to die, but it happens on that map, so take advantage of that and toss as many decoys as possible into the middle building. The decoy covers pretty much the entire mid area and the XP stacks with multiple decoys.
@UChYbGLzkaRrQWp_eYRMyc2A omgeee no way fro realsies?!!11!? I'll dm you my SSN, my credit card info, and my full address! Tysm omg I can't believe it, thank you, totally real and not fake ace! ;)
This. Farm is a great map for this strat. Any small map, really. I can't wait for Shipment, lol.
Hardpoint is the fastest method for me. Being the first person to take the point gives you 400xp. Just sitting on the point gives you 10xp every couple of seconds. Make sure you use Double Time and have a knife as your secondary to get around the map as fast as possible so you can be the first to take the point, and have Bomb Squad and a Trophy system to keep you alive on the point. Just remeber to always switch to the weapon you are trying to level while taking and holding the point. I usually get around 5000xp per match.
please no more decoy nades, i cant hear anything anymore
The alternative is sound whoring which is boring af
Use a trophy system
Is that what the f is going on?!?!?! I was like why the hell is everyone using them, I thought because UAVs show them lol
Decoy Confirmed is the new name of that mode
lmao
Note: Make sure you all place your tac inserts in a safe spot where enemy bots *will not* go when you're hunting them because they can sure enough shoot it out themselves.
They started to camp mine and wait for the respawn and stopped shooting them out recently, which is fuckin ragefuel fs.
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It's worth noting, that the launcher melee trick with the throwing knife does only help to level the launcher up. Those kills are not counting towards "kill" challenges with the launcher. For that, you have to either rocket the enemy or beat them up with the launcher in the old-fashioned way (aka beat them twice).
I was using OVERCLOCKED perk and the TAC Camera. Sitting back and spotting enemies while I smoke. Easy XP for spotting.
A quick tip to finish all your camo challenges that are mounted kills, put a bipod on and you can mount up anywhere
Hmmm. So if I prone with a bipod I can do prone and mounted camo challenges at once? Need to try this.
@@Weeji_420 does it work?
I literally just posted my own video last weekend on what I believe is the easiest way to get launcher levels in my own opinion and to give a TLDR, play kill confirmed and swap to a launcher whenever you’re about to pick up tags. 75 XP per enemy tag and 25 XP per teammate tag. I know Ace mentioned this in his video, but I just wanted to really stress how much of a lifesaver this was for me because destroying streaks gives barely anything
I'd love to see a loadout drop/option for the Defend game, I think it's a great way to have a chill session, while leveling up your guns
I love chill methods, I remember in Cold War I would load up an Outbreak zombies match and farm easy weapon xp.
Great fuggin idea, Dan! I get too high to wanna compete in MP sometimes, so these modes are always nice. I hope they put this in.
So far I've had the most success grinding gun levels by playing ground war and heavily playing toward capturing/defending the objectives. I also try to avoid the open desert map because it seems to be harder to maintain a flow on that map between the objectives than the others.
Haha I love that map, just because I like to patrol around in my big tank, blowing snipers off rooftops, love watching them trying to hide when I drive around in their vicinity, thinking I didn't see them then bam!
The decoy spam in kill confirmed is hilarious now. Nobody can hear any footsteps at all haha.
Decoys are the real Dead Silence
@@avocadoc1292 facts
One great way I found that doesn't even require you to shoot your gun (if you don't want) is play hardpoint. If you are the first person in the zone you get 450 xp towards your gun. Every 2 or 3 secs you are in the zone gets you 10 points. Then as the enemies get close and come kill you, just run to the next location and be first. I once spent almost 4 min in the hill (maybe 500-800xp) and also got the hill first at least 5 or 7 times (2,000-3,000 xp) and I only had like 2 kills. Anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 xp per game IF the enemy team is not also going for the zone. Hope this helps (psst also gets you a lot of wins)
A reminder that decoy nades help exp farming for both teams, you throw decoys, temmates that get kills by it reward you with EXP, but on the other hand, an enemy possing DDOS will get 25 exp per equipment hit, which also includes decoys, I got 150+ exp at times with a single DDOS in a decoy infested area.
Also kills with killstreaks give weapon EXP, including juggernaut, I was a Jugg sitting on a tank in ground war and levelling my TAQ-M, lol.
Everyone throwing these videos out, but I already know Ace's video is the most viable and trustworthy. I'm really liking my go to game modes, dom/hardpoint. If your getting kills with at least a minute or 2 on the hardpoint or flag caps, it's decent.
If you're doing 6v6, USE THE DDOS FIELD UPGRADE! It is free EXP comparable to UAVs and C-UAVs. It charges insanely fast too, so you can just spam it while in the middle of the map and get easy EXP,.
The best thing about this game is that playing the objective contributes to weapon leveling. No more being selfish in objective modes.
Kill confirmed seemed to be the best way to me. Glad you confirmed it with stats. I’ll keep doing that. Invasion is alright but I’m grinding camos too, and to my knowledge the bots don’t count for camo challenges
I've mostly been playing Hardpoint because it works pretty well and it's my favorite mode. Might add some Kill Confirmed into that mix.
I've gotten a lot of xp on kill confirmed by running around the map being a tag janitor and picking up a lot of dog tags. Not even getting a lot of kills, still leveled up fine
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate Ace sticking a player in the nads with one of those drill grenade things? Straight up Halo vibes, well done.
DDOS in kill confirmed helps a lot I’ve started noticing everyone using decoy grenades more nowadays 🤣
THANK YOU Ace! Your work is a godsend because Infinity Ward games drive me mad when trying to grind.
A useful video would be one discussing the best attachments in the game. With this crazy weapon/attachment unlock system it would be helpful to know which of the crappy guns I've thus far ignored that I may need to put a few levels into to unlock specific valuable attachments for my other guns.
This^
He does videos about best attachments for each gun.
If you want the blue dot scopes. Expedite 12 shotgun to lvl 7, Deagle to lvl 4. EBR to lvl 10 for the nice OLE-V laser. There's obviously way more but those are the ones I know off the top of my head. The blue dots are nice and that laser is OP, only con is laser is visible but helps with ADS, sprint out times and strafe speed
Run this on every class: Decoy Grenades, Recon Drone field upgrade, UAV and Counter UAV with Advanced UAV, and run score streaks. Not only are you getting weapon xp for everything but it slowly ticks towards your killstreaks too
A good one that goes under the radar is piloting the Cargo Helicopter in Ground War. If you're holding the weapon you want to rank up, you get 25xp per person that spawns in, and LOTS of people die/spawn/die/spawn constantly on you. I easily get VTOLs via scorestreaks by just being the pilot in the Cargo Helo.
Unlucky learning about the throwing knife trick today, since I got the JOKR gold camo yesterday
Invasion is hit or miss. I’m gonna try the co op for some of those weird weapons on the wall and stick to KC for the rest! Great help as always ace thank you!
The spec ops mode doesnt give consistent xp
Play Ground War and capture the objectives with the gun in the hand you want to level up.
Which works also while in vehicles.
Snowballing in invasion is a massive struggle especially when you join when the game is almost over. I feel like it would be more enjoyable in a obj setting.
Invasion is not only extremely frustrating but inconsistent as hell your only able to usually get those really good matches 25% of the time
Use recon drone to tag people with overdrive so you can have more. Use spotter to tag streaks and equipment and vehicles in invasion, it's nuts exp and for score streaks And it's insane support for your team. It's also super chill. You could also use hardline instead for the streak discount.
Kill confirmed is great but also a recommendation is to shoot down the counter UAVs with the weapon you want to level up. They break in like 5 shots and give 100xp. Not bad
Another method, which is pretty stupid but also kinda funny: Load into that same defend Coop mode with a friend. Make sure you both have the medic selected before the match. Then instead of actually playing the game you both just go to the edge of the map. Take turns repeatedly going out of bounds and dying and getting revived. This method gets pretty boring but it works really good and is a super chill way of doing it.
Reaching the point in Hardpoint before other players normally gives 450 exp so that is easy to pull out a launcher before the point becomes active. Bloodthirsty also gives extra exp.
can i ask you some? what exactly means hardpoint? is that a mode? or a campain or what is it
I’ve gotten 5 weapons gold, including the 2 worst launchers and the knife. I highly recommend people use my method of playing hardpoint and aggressively pushing the objective all match. You will have constant ongoing action which means more kill opportunities than anything else.
This is what I do. I die a lot but right now I'm just leveling the weapons. I don't care.
That throwing knife tip is S-tier. I had no idea that was a mechanic in the game.
For anyone trying to level up launchers like the jokr, run around with it in your hand and get throwing knife kills. This will work with riot shield as well
My preferred method for weapon grind has been running uphill since launch, like a headless chicken, playing Perma-TDM. "Did that change at all with this video?" HECK. YES. IT. WILL!
4:46 Tactical Insertions are also the key to do well in regular Ground War matches
5:37 That's why I prefer regular Ground War
3:40 I’ve been wonder why people keep sprinting towards me with a joker in their hands 😂
The decoys are great! The sound is so obnoxious it gives everyone free dead silence!
Third person mode is also very good for grinding weapons that are otherwise very difficult. I got the riot shield to hold by mostly using it in that mode. Same with marksman rifles that take multiple hits to kill like the EBR and lever action. At least getting those first ten levels through third person mode made things way easier for those weapons l, allowing you to see around corners for an ambush with the riot shield and line up headshots easier, especially from a distance, with the marksman rifles.
Times like these are where I miss zombies
Yeah zombies is where i grinded levels for the past 2 cods and i grinded spec ops survival for the shit guns in mw19 and riot shield
Kill confirmed here. I attempted invasion but it seems like everyone is grinding that. I'll test the defense one next. Thanks Ace!
Wonder if you could do a video on the Focus Perk. To see if flinch works and how it works with these snipers, because they seem non impacted 24/7
Knifing with the launcher was news to me, the JOKR has been a thorn in my side this whole time… definitely using this method
Kill Confirmed is absolute chaos. The map is swamped with decoy grenade, there are people running all over in ever direction. It’s madness.
Use ddos field upgrade with decoy grenades and the spotter perk equipped. Everytime you spot enemy equipment get +10xp and ddos awards alot of points on a full charge.
So far, Domination and Hardpoint are my go-to game modes when it comes to weapon XP depending on how many kills I score with whatever gun I use to grind camos. But when it comes to spec ops, I felt like the weapon XP should be more faster to be earned to unlock attachments that are available for multiplayer use.
Ground War. Especialy Taraq. Grab an APC and just circulate between flags which are accessible for it. (Taraq has 4 which makes it best, but each of the others have at least 2) APC is great for that because it's a mobile spawn point and your teammates are going to start crawling out of it like it's a clown car, making caps much easier. Easy 300XP per cap + any kills you might score on the way. Don't stick around too long - recaping the flag later scores more exp than just defending it. Avoid vehicle to vehicle combat unless you can get behind them and score criticals on rear armor - any exp you earn in the vehicle counts towards the gun you used when mounting it. If you get a drill charge, get out, wait for it to explode and get back in - drill charge does not destroy the APC! If you die, spawn at base and wait for next APC drop, alternatively spawn in running APC and steal it when the driver bails for whatever reason.
Using this method I usually get 3-4 levels per match, sometimes hardly killing anyone.
My method for leveling up guns has been essentially what you said similar to option #2 except I play Hardpoint + decoy grenades with the restock perk with UAV and Counter UAV scorestreaks. You get xp for your teammates killing people, defending the point, attacking the point, shooting down counter UAVs (which is very easy even though nobody seems to do it except for launcher guys occasionally) etc. Even if you don't kill an enemy, an assist + distracting with decoy grenade is still pretty decent weapon xp and any points you get count towards the scorestreak as well. Hardpoint matches last decently long as well and there's usually not a ton of killstreaks in the air aside from uavs and counter uavs because people don't really go on long streaks in that mode from what I can tell.
Personally I don't care how I do in a game where I am just trying to level up a gun because there's no public statistics and I do not care about silly numbers. I do try to play the objective and spam the decoys on the point which in theory helps my teammates by rendering the enemy radar useless as well as confusing footsteps with fake decoy gun shot sounds I suppose. I've levelled up several guns using this method. I did want to try the Invasion method but I kinda assumed what you did once I heard a couple other youtubers I watch mention it. No reason to do the thing that everyone else is doing.
The DDOS also gives weapon xp for whatever weapon you’re holding. It’s got a decent charge rate and can give xp to tough to earn weapons as well. Works well in ground war
Once again, great video, but would also like to add to play kill coonfirmed and hardpoint and use the decoy grenades. I find it actuall;y works better in Hardpoint. If you get on a hardpoint, you gain 10 point every second or so, as with the decoy grenades, but you get great deal of additional attack or defend points. I started on kill confoirmed now do it on hardpoint since hardpoint is 10 times more effective than kill confiirmed, because at least all you have to do is throw the decoy grenades at the hardpoint every respawn and get attack points. You can level up a gun at least 1 notch a match doing this having a poor game but if you have a great game you can level up 2 levels or more.
Forgot to add you get 450 points for being first securing it! The points in this mode is insane.
Hardpoint. Always go for the new hardpoints for +450 exp, and defend the hardpoint for +200 exp per kill. It’s also super fun
This would explain why my gun shows a level up on the screen even though I hadn't killed anyone for a bit but did something that caused XP in general. Always wondered why that happened.
I didn’t think about the throwing knife!! Such a good idea
Capturing the B-flag for the first time in a match of Domination awards 500 XP. Given the asymmetric Map-Layout, there are several Maps where you are almost guaranteed to accomplish this, provided that you have been placed in the "Right" team!
I don't care for Invasion, so I've been playing KC, hardpoint, and dom, with decoy grenades, along with Extra Tactical, and Resupply as the main 2 perks on the class. You get 3 decoys per life with that setup and it's great..
Spam the decoys in different directions when you spawn, then play as normal. Remember to spam the decoys on every respawn too, when you die. Try to PTFO as much as possible, and you'll get a ton of XP. Especially with Hardpoint and Kill Confirmed. Try to hold the point or pick up as many tags as possible, along with getting kills, and you'll get several weapon levels per match.
It's great for the first time in years people are picking up tags in kill confirmed!
Good method is to enter the tank on gw while swapping to weapon u want to level up and then just fragging with it and capping flags
An honorable mention would be hard point as that gives you 200xp if you're the first person to step in the point on your team and over time you get granted 10xp over time if you stay in the point
It’s actually 450 xp if you get to the hardpoint beforehand. And you usually get 200 xp for defense kills.
The throwing knife is a huge tip! Thank you
I think it’s silly how long launchers take and bad the javelin is.
Hardpoint should be given a honorable mention. Its both a very fun game mode for racking up kills, can get very tense and if you play objective + get some kills attacking/defending can give kill confirmed a run for its money
You also get a shit ton of EXP for being the first person at the hardpoint. If not, you usually get 100-200 EXP, which is still the equivalent of a kill.
for launchers play kc pans just use your primary and pick up tags with your launcher out
spec ops is the way for me the fact that i can grind while not having to sweat 24/7 is a blessing
That launcher tip is life changing ace
Kill Confirmed is insane for XP. If you get 20 kills and 20 confirms that's 3000 xp. with Double xp that's 6000 xp. If you deny your own tag that's a massive 250-350 xp, which is 500-700 xp. Sometimes you'll get more than 75 due to multipliers.
for the launchers leveling i just played hardpoint and played the objective.
if im on the objective i just kill normally. if the hardpoint isn't taken yet hold the launcher when you enter the hardpoint and you get between 200 and 450 xp (450 xp by taking it when it swaps to a new location) if the enemies are on the hardpoint use the launcher. you damage the enemies most of the time which gives xp if someone kills them.
there are also stupid amounts of UAVs in hardpoint.
Just playing Dom, KC, and HP. And playing objective has worked well for me
That is why there are so many decoys. I have been on both ends of invasion. Being pinned and pinning the other team in their spawn. I may try co-op modes, but I have no clue what to do. I will have to jump in and try it.
Decoy grenades have been my favourite tactical for years, so this is ideal for me lol
At first my friend and I mostly used the invasion strat but we’ve started doing kill confirmed more often partially because it’s more satisfying but you also can work on camos more that way.
Something I haven’t seen mentioned is that camo challenges ONLY apply to player kills. They do not work with npc kills
I was gonna ask this, but then I realized the camo grind would’ve been WAY too easy if NPC kills counted.
I had an amazing game in invasion with many players kills as well as bots. Probably the most weapon XP I ever got
Wow, some awesome tips in there, only knew of a couple. Big thanks 😄
Great video thanks for the info I just got call of duty modern warfare 2 2022 and this is going to help me a lot
Since EXP goes to Gun EXP in many ways, does that mean regular EXP Boosts help level Guns too??
This is where I really miss CW Zombies.. Outbreak mode. Kick back and rank up a gun with tokens..
Hardpoint is the best 6v6 mode for XP. 450 xp for being on point early. 200 xp for first point cap. 200 xp for kill on point/killing on point. Passive +10 capture xp. Sit on point with decoys and trophy systems, rush next point before it spawns to insure 450 xp.
Ace you are the man. Thanks so much for this video!
The BEST MW2 creator there is
6:32 Interesting thing I caught about destroying Counter UAVs in Kill confirmed -- it grants you 100 xp, however it only counts +75 toward your Scorestreak...just FYI for all you Scorestreak peeps.
Just remember the throwing knife plus launcher doesn't count for camo challenges
this, I thought it would be good to have a throwing knife with me when I'm running around with a launcher but removed it bc of that
@@cubianer156 yup, hopefully some people read this before they go grinding a game and wasting the kills lol. Goodluck with the rest of your grind
Super secret, if you use the smoke drone field upgrade with the perk that gives you two you get 80 xp for dropping them, I’ve been a few short of a chopper gunner and just dropped thoughts and then got the streak
Thank you for not jumping the band wagon and show casing using XP glitch exploits and instead creating a genuine guide with good solid gameplay tips to earn the XP
Can you test Flinch attachments please??
I think I'll just play ground war. Weapons don't have that many levels, so it doesn't take too long to max them out, and I can enjoy my favorite mode.