Key Takeaways
- For some weird reason, griefing your teammates in Black Ops 6 seems to give you XP.
- Players report getting points from flashbanging teammates, friendly fire, and even after they die in their own smoke grenades.
For some bizarre reason, flashbanging your teammates in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 seems to give you XP.
That’s according to YouTuber Expel, who posted a clip on Twitter of them throwing several flashbangs down a corridor, raking in XP, right before a perfectly-timed ‘DEFEAT’ card slammed onto the screen.
“Do with this information what you will,” they captioned the tweet. It’s probably (hopefully) not intentional, but for now, you might wanna keep an eye out for griefers taking advantage of this ‘tactic’.
Commenters claim that it doesn’t end with flashbangs, either. One reply says that “Throwing smokes and getting killed in your own smoke also gives you XP” (or if your teammates get killed), and another alleges that they got a headshot medal from friendly fire. One commenter even believes that friendly fire contributed to their camo grind. Let’s not test that.
Griefing might give you a small boost of XP, but you probably won’t win many matches self-sabotaging.
Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.
The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.
In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.
Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.