Modern Warfare 2 Gunsmith 2.0 Improvements Shown Off in New Video

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If you liked the Gunsmith feature first featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019, then you’re in for a treat! Infinity Ward has now unveiled the Modern Warfare 2 Gunsmith 2.0, and it seems to be a massive improvement to the previous system.

Check out the trailer along with details on the new gun customization system in Modern Warfare 2!

Modern Warfare 2 Gunsmith 2.0:

Created by Infinity Ward, the new Gunsmith revamps this vital Loadout creation tool from Modern Warfare (2019) for a more customizable way to build a weapon.

Based in part on learnings from the community, along with Infinity Ward’s commitment to making a broader and more explorative weapon builder, this Gunsmith’s initial features can be defined by the following bullet points:

  • Weapons Platforms. Grow and upgrade a weapon far beyond its class to truly customize your loadout. Evolve your weapon platform from an assault rifle to an SMG, DMR, and/or LMG by swapping Receivers on a specific platform, using a full suite of attachments to support your weapon’s role.
  • Progression Overhaul. Thanks to Weapons Platforms and branching progression, attachments are shared within and between Weapons Platforms. Depending on the attachment, it is either unlocked for all weapons within a Platform, or unlocked for ALL weapons in the entire game. Expect reduced repetitiveness and reasonable challenges to unlock attachments and camouflage… And if you crave a journey towards Mastery, don’t worry: we have that planned, too.
  • Firing Range. Test your creation without sacrificing K/D within the Gunsmith. More intel to come at Call of Duty: Next.

In addition to that, Infinity Ward is also introducing Weapon Platforms.

Unlike previous years where every weapon is a separate family, Weapons Platforms streamlines progression and create attachment pools for easier swaps between playstyles via the Gunsmith. Although some Weapons Platforms still contain one weapon – the RPG-7 and Lockwood MK2 “cowboy rifle,” for example – other, more modern Platforms can have three, four, or even five different weapons.

In Modern Warfare II, Operators will receive every base Weapons Platform from each manufacturer on their Military Rank (Rank 1 to 55) progression journey. The first weapon unlocked on a Weapons Platform will be known by its Receiver, the core of a weapon that determines its primary use and strengths.

For example: the above M4, the first unlocked Weapons Platform, is from Tempus Armaments and is classified as an Assault Rifle.

After selecting a Primary or Secondary Weapon and heading to the Gunsmith, you will see the “Receiver” attachment in addition to slots for Muzzles, Barrels, Magazines, and other parts you’re already familiar with.

  • Here’s how to swap Receivers in the Gunsmith, using the M4 and M16 as an example. Note how all attachments are retained despite this weapon switching to a completely new one.

Just like in previous Call of Duty games, players will be able to level up their weapons to unlock attachments. However, in MW2, these unlocks include Receivers.

Changing a weapon’s Receiver completely alters what the weapon is; it’s considered a “new” weapon when building a Loadout, but it still lives within the same Weapons Platform.

Each new Receiver can be seen in its designated Weapon Categories in the Loadout Screen. However, while editing any weapon that is part of a larger Weapons Platform, you can simply swap Receivers in the Gunsmith.

In levelling up a Weapons Platforms, you unlock two types of attachments:

The first is for the specific Weapons Platform – Receivers, Barrels, Stocks, Rear Grips, and Magazines. These are sharable within the Platform across all Receivers.

The second are attachments that can be used across ALL weapons that are able to equip them. These are Optics, Ammunition, Underbarrels and Foregrips, and Muzzles. This lets allows you to collect an arsenal of attachments that only need to be unlocked once.

There’s a ton more to be dissected when it comes to MW2’s Gunsmith 2.0, and you can read the initial breakdown here.

Don’t forget, Call of Duty Next is airing tomorrow, and we’ll see a full reveal of Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer, Warzone 2.0 and more!

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