WARDOGS Recon Leveling (Fastest XP)

Why Recon is the easiest class to level

Every other class needs you to win fights. Recon pays you for information. Look through binoculars, hover an enemy until the mark locks, and you get an assist worth XP and cash if that target dies to anyone. You do not have to land the shot yourself. That means a bad aim day is still a good leveling day, which is why most players find Recon the quickest tree to climb early in a wipe, before everyone stacks heavy armour.

Spot your way to level 5, then buy the SKS

Do not touch the scout rifle. It cannot reliably kill an armoured player and it will only frustrate you. Instead, run the free assault rifle or the SKS-in-waiting plan: carry binoculars in your specialist slot, mark everything you see, and let your team do the killing. A game or two of steady spotting reaches recon level 5, which unlocks the SKS. Swap to the cheaper monocular when you can, since it is half the size in your inventory and can sit on a belt slot, so you keep spotting without giving up a weapon.

The recon unlock ladder

Once the SKS is in hand you level from the marksman rifle and the binoculars together. These are the unlocks worth planning around in the current Early Access build:

Between the Mosin and the .50 cal you pick up the SVD, the SV-98 and semi-auto DMRs as you climb from the teens into the thirties. Any DMR is weak without a bipod, so mount it whenever you hold an angle.

Where to position for easy Recon XP

Recon rewards the map, not the crosshair. Three spots pay the most. Sit above an enemy FOB with a clear line into it and rain down shots; a bipod handles the recoil and you can stack 40 or more kills in a game from one perch. Hold high ground on the routes players take into the Hot Zone and pick them off as they funnel through. Best of all, sit next to a teammate firing anti-air at helicopters and spot each helicopter first: you collect a share of the XP and money from everyone who was aboard when it goes down.