Treyarch may not be making an attempt to reinvent the wheel with Black Ops 2's multiplayer, but they're certainly going to make a lot of changes to it. Speaking with regards to the game's Prestige system, players should expect to see everything overhauled, says Treyarch's David Vonderhaar.
Typically, when you gain a Prestige level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or Black Ops, you'll lose all of your progress on your weapon levels and have to work towards acquiring them once again. This can be expected to change.
He made a few interesting statements on Twitter which imply that players will no longer lose their weapon levels once they prestige.
If something has been a certain way a long time, the assumption when it doesn'twork the way it has in the past is that it is a bug. +
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) September 16, 2012
That's what we call NAB. Not a bug. If you Prestige and unlock the gun, you'll pick up right where you left off. 😛
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) September 16, 2012
It's pretty clear how it works. Gain a prestige level, unlock a weapon, and resume your progress on leveling up that weapon.
Black Ops 2 will be out on November 13 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.