When you prestige, do you always start at level 1

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A friend of mine didn't realise you had to do something in Barracks in order to Prestige in Black Op 2 and has been playing the recent double XP weekend at Level 55.

If he prestiges now, will the game:

  • Take his XP into account and start him at, say, Prestige 1, Level 25?
  • Ignore his XP and start him at Prestige 1, Level 1?

Best Answer

Unfortunately all of that experience is lost. He'll start a Prestige 1, Level 1 as soon as he chooses the option in the barracks. I think the explanation is pretty simple, as people would just camp at max level of their current prestige, then enter again once they had enough to be fairly high leveled into the next prestige level.