Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has revealed quite a bit about its new mechanics and also introduced the gunsmith. The unlocking of attachments and weapons changes in the new CoD and could, looking at Warzone, solve a big problem for newcomers.
What is this problem? The CoD series has maintained, expanded, and polished its progression systems over many years. You level up in four systems in Call of Duty: Vanguard:
- Account Level
- Weapon Level
- Battle Pass
- Operator Level
These systems are likely also included in Modern Warfare 2. But at least with the weapons, some changes are happening.
What is changing? Until now, you unlocked a weapon through your account level or a challenge and then often had to level up 60 weapon levels to unlock all attachments.
While some players enjoy unlocking something, it is a hurdle for newcomers. Because if you jump into a CoD: Warzone match with your unlevelled starter weapons, the bare weapon is bad and hardly usable.
The new gunsmith in CoD MW2 2022 mitigates this problem and introduces a new way to unlock weapons. The known details so far are presented on MeinMMO.
We embed the first trailer of Modern Warfare 2 here:
Weapon Families and Pool Attachments in the New Gunsmith
How does CoD MW2 solve the problem? If you are new to CoD MW2, you still need to unlock weapons and attachments. But instead of starting at 0 with each individual weapon, you have “Pool Attachments” available for the weapon classes.
So if you enjoy assault rifle-like weapons and primarily level up this class, you get attachments that you can immediately put on any other weapon of that class that you have unlocked.
You immediately have options to improve your weapon and do not have to run through the match with the mostly useless base rifle first. This applies to CoD MW2, but also to the new Warzone.
The unlocking of new weapons is also changing and is now more related to weapon families. However, the initial details of the system are still a bit unclear.
The weapon families and pool attachments do not seem to be limited to traditional weapon classes like “assault rifle” or “LMG.” It might even relate to the fictional manufacturers that Call of Duty creates for the weapons.
There is a specific number of weapons that you unlock through a family and that share pool attachments. If you play weapons from a family, you unlock new guns from that category.
The complete gunsmith is said to offer more depth in CoD MW2 and more control over the adjustments. If you are looking for further details, you can find them here: The 5 most important innovations in CoD MW2 and why I can only think of Warzone 2.
For a complete analysis of the new gunsmith, it is still too early, as more details are still missing. But based on the first information, it is clear that CoD MW2 attempts a new approach and aims to alleviate the problems of the “bare” and bad base weapons.
Whether in Warzone 2 or Modern Warfare 2 – newcomers benefit from the revised system, even if you may not be able to immediately assemble meta weapons with the pool attachments. A good under-barrel attachment is sometimes worth its weight in gold.
Speaking of meta – you can find out how things currently stand with the best weapons in Warzone here: The best weapons of CoD Warzone – constantly updated.
