Call of Duty: Modern Warfare enters its second week of Season 2 and brings a few new modes and bonuses. Included are: A Duel mode on Rust, night vision action, and double weapon XP.
What’s happening in CoD? Last week, the big shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare kicked off Season 2, with new maps, a fresh battle pass, and many rumors about the battle royale mode.
With a community update, the developers keep us informed and give an outlook on what’s happening in Modern Warfare this week. Two new modes are coming, and there’s another double XP event.
Rust gets Duel Mode, Reinforcement in the Dark
What was specifically announced? The developers usually formulate the community updates a bit vaguely. They don’t say, “This is the mode starting Tuesday,” but rather, “How about something like this?” And this time, the phrasing is equally ambiguous.
After a juicy “Valentine’s Day” weekend, there’s no better way to start the new week than with “NVG Reinforcement.” Or maybe… maybe your “Valentine’s Day” didn’t go so well? Duel with a potential soulmate on Rust! Or maybe you just need more double weapon XP…
Infinity Ward in the community update (translated)
So what new modes are coming? Modern Warfare announces two new modes with this text:
- 1vs1 on Rust – A Duel mode on the new, small map Rust
- Reinforcement NVG – The team mode “Reinforcement” with night vision. Here, the goal is to capture the enemy points to revive your teammates and win.
Both modes have not existed in Modern Warfare before, thus bringing some fresh air to the playlist.
What’s going on with double XP? This announcement seems particularly vague. In the current playlist, there are special modes for the first time where you earn double experience points.
It’s quite possible that the developers will continue to use this new feature to increase the player count for certain modes. However, it could also be that we get double weapon XP across all modes. We will see that with the update.
When are the new modes and double XP coming? The playlist update takes place for us by default on Tuesday evening at 7 PM.
What’s up with a 24/7 mode? Whether the current 24/7 mode continues on Rust or will be switched again remains unclear for now. Currently, the game mode is under the unusual name “Available,” since with the “Valentine’s Day” a few crazy mode names were introduced.
In the ongoing CoD week, players had to go an entire week without one of the popular 24/7 modes on the mini-maps “Shipment” or “Shoothouse” for the first time since release.
Since many players wish to have a permanent 24/7 mode with a small map in the playlist, we can assume that the fight will either continue 24/7 on Rust or one of the other mini modes will return. However, this is not certain.
The Long Wait for Battle Royale
“Warzone” is supposed to be the new Battle Royale and currently, no topic has been on the minds of Modern Warfare players as much as the potential 200-player mode. For almost a week, players have been increasingly demanding information about the BR and a gameplay leak revealed further details.
It almost went unnoticed that the new battle pass also came with 2 new weapons. You can unlock the Grau 5.56 and the Striker 45 after some levels in the pass, even without the paid premium version.
When the Battle Royale will come remains uncertain. At least it seems clear now that it is coming.
What do you think of the announced modes? Are you trying any of them out? Or will you only launch Modern Warfare again when the Battle Royale finally arrives?
