Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has an overhauled ” gunsmith 2.0″ with interesting changes, while also orienting itself to the system of CoD MW 2019. MeinMMO presents you the new gunsmith and explains why there is also a pinch of Pay2Win involved.
The gunsmith of Call of Duty allows you to customize your weapons with unlocked attachments to suit your playstyle. The system is very popular, but it also separates casual players from hardcore grinders.
If you play a few hours every day, you unlock everything quickly. If you only dip in occasionally, you find yourself at a disadvantage. This changes a bit with Modern Warfare 2.
The new “gunsmith 2.0” supports attachments that can be attached to multiple weapons without further leveling. In addition, new “Vault Blueprints” can be purchased, making leveling a weapon almost completely unnecessary. We will explain the new gunsmith in detail.
The English video on the gunsmith 2.0 is embedded for you here:
CoD MW2: Gunsmith 2.0 – “Families” share attachments
How does the new gunsmith work? The weapons no longer have their own weapon levels, everything now works through the so-called “receivers”. They form a weapon platform consisting of several receivers and can share their attachments with each other.
Many new weapons are also unlocked through the receivers – there is a kind of level tree that you can work through.
In total, there are 9 attachment slots and you can activate 5 attachments simultaneously. Thus, Modern Warfare 2 takes back the attachment limit from CoD MW 2019. In CoD Vanguard, there were still 10 usable attachments for each weapon.
However, the receiver is not one of the 5 possible attachments – it has its own slot.
Some attachments from the first receiver can be directly attached to the new weapons you’ve unlocked within the receiver family. You must unlock the attachment slots for a new receiver and then directly use the attachments of the weapon platform.
This way, you will have a decent amount of attachments ready for customization as soon as you unlock the weapon / the weapon receiver. There will also be attachments that you can use directly for all weapons in the game. Unlock once and use for the entire arsenal.
In the example video, you unlock the M16 receiver through the M4 receiver. The M16 can then use the attachments you have unlocked through the M4 receiver.
Within the receiver families, there are strong customization options. The assault rifles M4 and M16 share receivers with submachine guns, enabling interesting attachment combinations.
New receivers and receiver families will continue to be unlocked through your account level. However, instead of previously unlocking all release weapons through your account, you get a receiver through which several weapons can be unlocked.
However, not all weapons have a platform. Some come as standalone weapons with their own, individual attachments.
If you want to know when, how and where CoD MW2 starts, here are all the infos:
Summary CoD Gunsmith 2.0:
- There are no more weapon levels, only receiver levels
- You unlock receivers through your account level
- Every weapon has a receiver
- Many receivers are part of a weapon family
- The families share many attachments
- New weapons within a family can be unlocked through the receiver level
- Some attachments are usable for almost all weapons in the game
- Some weapons have no platform
With the system, you have to grind fewer weapons overall. Instead of leveling 70 levels just with the M4 for all attachments, you level weapon families simultaneously and end up with, for example, five finished weapons instead of just one.
A disadvantage is that you have to play weapons that you might not be interested in. Because to unlock all attachments of a weapon family, you also have to play through all receivers. To get all the attachments for the M4, points with a submachine gun receiver are also necessary.
CoD MW2: Vault weapons are a logical step but slightly Pay2Win
What is the deal with the Vault weapons? Another major innovation are “Vault Blueprints”. These are weapon skins that immediately push cosmetics for all attachments into your inventory.
The FJX Cinder Weapon Vault is part of the €100 “Vault Edition” of CoD MW2 and is the first skin package of its kind (€110 for consoles). The package will already be available in the beta.
A look at the preview image reveals that the receivers of a weapon family are also part of the vault packages. If you own a vault package, you have all attachments for five weapons directly and don’t really need to level anymore.
The advantages: In the past, many weapons blueprints were partially useless because they only looked good if you also had the appropriate attachments in the right appearance on the weapon.
However, when you wanted to use the strongest weapon attachments, you could rarely use your complete favorite skin. If there are now packages where every attachment fits the set, the problem disappears.
Additionally, it caters to players who have little time to game. You quickly buy a package with all attachments and might directly have an assault rifle and a submachine gun with all attachments.
The disadvantages: There is a hint of Pay2Win through the gunsmith. Because the blueprints used to contain only very specific attachments, which were rarely “meta”, you can now instantly buy a complete weapon.
The Battle Pass discussion around Overwatch 2 shows how critically some players see such “temporal” advantages. While you can’t buy damage advantages or similar things, you can start with a clear advantage if, for example, the new weapon of a season is too strong.
While others are still leveling their receivers, you are already hunting at the highest level with the new best weapon.
Let us know your opinion on the new “Super Skin” packages:
On October 28th, the shooter will be released, and a week earlier the campaign will already go online. On MeinMMO, we will closely monitor developments around Modern Warfare 2, provide weapon service, and tell you stories from the community.
If you want to learn more about MW2, check out our large special on the shooter: All info about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Release, Beta, Content, and Leaks
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