Black Ops 6 players furious Double XP broken in latest update

Call of Duty Black Ops 6 players believe the Double XP they’re earning in the current event is bugged, and they’re unhappy about it.

Treyarch likes to run Double XP events in Call of Duty from time to time. After all, there are a lot of unlocks to earn in-game, and so little time to do it all.

So, a Double XP event helps bring players back and get them quickly levelling up their weapons with the additional bonuses active.

However, following reports that Treyarch had reduced score gains for certain scorestreaks, it seems XP is also not working for the ongoing Double XP weekend in Black Ops 6.

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Posting on Reddit yesterday, user ‘contact-lights’ reported earning a lower rate of XP compared to what they should be getting.

“I've been playing a lot of the day yesterday and this morning,” they wrote in a post on the Black Ops 6 subreddit. “As soon as Double XP started, it seems like I'm actually getting half of the regular XP amount- thus double XP equates to my regular earn rate.”

It seems contact-lights wasn’t the only player experiencing issues, with other comments confirming something was amiss.

“I agree,” one of the replies says. “40+ kill games while playing objective and it’s saying I’m only getting 8k total which would be 4k with no 2xp. Feels like they halved it again.”

“I've been saying this since the last Double XP! Feels off!” wrote another.

Since then, more posts have cropped up on the Black Ops 6 subreddit confirming Double XP doesn’t work as intended. It seems Treyarch has still not fixed the issue, as players are also reporting the same happening today.

Treyarch last ran a Double XP event nearly a month ago, just after the game launched. Players were also reporting issues earning XP then too, meaning this has now happened for two events in a row.

“They have to be doing this sh** on purpose,” wrote Reddit user ‘Jaffamuncher’, indicating the community is frustrated by this happening twice now.

Given how much hype is put behind these kinds of events, as well as the influx of players it brings back to the game, it's understandable why players might be upset at not seeing any gains from this.

Treyarch has yet to comment on the issues with earning XP in the current event. Last time, the developer extended the event by a couple of days after fixing the problem. So they may do the same again here.