Black Ops 6 Players Aren’t Happy With First Double XP Weekend

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players are calling the game’s first Double XP weekend a “sham,” as many believe both level and weapon XP haven’t actually been doubled as promised. Black Ops 6’s first Double XP weekend kicked off on November 1 along with the addition of Nuketown, and while fans are loving the classic multiplayer map, they aren’t too pleased with the shooter’s XP values.

While Black Ops 6 has been a massive success for publisher Activision and developer Treyarch, this year’s Call of Duty hasn’t been without its fair share of teething problems. Players are already demanding the removal of the popular Recon perk as many believe it has “no place” in a Call of Duty game and others are blasting the shooter for its lack of variety when it comes to multiplayer maps. There’s also a decent number of bugs and glitches, such as the inability to communicate via voice chat with the enemy team, but the latest Black Ops 6 controversy comes as Treyarch kicks off the very first Double XP weekend.

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Call of Duty Fans Are Upset With Black Ops 6’s First Double XP Weekend

November 1 was a massive day for Black Ops 6 players, as Treyarch not only added Nuketown into the game’s map pool but also gave it its own 24/7 playlist and kicked off a four-day Double XP event. Unfortunately, fans appear to be unhappy with the XP values for the special event. Multiple social media posts have blasted the 2XP as “ridiculous” and “a sham,” with a plethora of players claiming that their XP earned per match is half that of the score earned in a game. Twitter user CedgeTV, for example, earned a total of 12,340 score for a game of Domination on Nuketown, but only received a little over 6,000 XP for their efforts.

Call of Duty players were begging Treyarch for a Double XP weekend as any tokens earned in Modern Warfare 3 have not carried over to the latest release, but it looks like the community has been left disappointed. While plenty of Black Ops 6 players are coming up with ways to get more XP, a double XP weekend is often the perfect way to level up weapons and work the way through the ranks. Some users are even speculating that Treyarch has turned down the XP values for the weekend, but there’s no way to know if this is actually the case. The likely scenario is that there’s currently a bug with the amount of XP earned by players.

Despite the incredibly slow rate at which are earning XP, that hasn’t stopped one individual from already reaching Prestige Master in Black Ops 6. The return of Call of Duty‘s classic prestige system was a divisive move by Treyarch. While many new players resented the idea of having all of their progress reset with each prestige, old-school veterans of the franchise were ecstatic to see the feature return.

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.

Released

October 25, 2024

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer , Online Co-Op

Engine

IW 9.0

ESRB

Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Suggestive Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs

How Long To Beat

8 Hours

Steam Deck Compatibility

Unknown

X|S Optimized

Yes

PS Plus Availability

N/A

File Size Xbox Series

216 GB (October 2024)

Split Screen Orientation

Vertical or Horizontal

Number of Players

1-4

Local Co-Op Support

1-2 Players

OpenCritic Rating

Strong

Cross Save

Yes – PlayStation, Xbox, PC

Cross-Platform Play

Yes – PlayStation, Xbox, PC

PC Release Date

October 25, 2024

PS5 Release Date

October 25, 2024

Xbox Series X|S Release Date

October 25, 2024

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