Hardcore TDM is fun, but it doesn't give you that much exp
I think you should start like this:
Ranks 1-14 ------ Team Death Match
Ranks 14-32 ----- Head Quaters
Ranks 32+ ------- Search and Destroy
I think that from ranks 1-14 you should do team deathmatch, so you unlock the MP40 and get atleast the silencer/suppressor/flash hider (dont know what its called) for it. Then you play headquaters until rank 32, so you find which weapons you're good with, try as many as you can, don't just use one weapon that you like, but if you find one that you're amazing with, stick with it, screw every other weapon, using other weapons just to get the challenges is a waste :
Originally posted by MAK
Don't bother about getting the bonus exp for challenges on guns, it is so small it isn't worth it, if you spend 10 matches of TDM getting the 150 kills you need for a weapon you don't like and are bad with, you will get the 1,750 exp, but your k/d ratio will go down as well
But if you played 10 matches of TDM with a weapon you are amazing with and love, you will get about an extra 1,000 exp and your k/d ratio will go up
Then get a good class consisting of
Primary Weapon: Your favourite weapon that you are awesome with and should have found by now, because you are rank 32
Secondary Weapon: Your favourite pistol, not used that often, so don't spend hours finding a good pistol, the Colt or Torakev are good
Frag
Smoke
Perk 1: Bomb Squad, you don't want to be dying by betties! With betties you will be getting around 1 kill a match, with Bomb Squad, you might be saved from dying, possibly getting you more than 1 kill
Perk 2: Sleight of hand/stopping power, if the weapon you chose is very strong but has little ammo in a CLIP (before you have to reload) pick sleight of hand, if it is weak and has a decent amount of ammo in a clip, stopping power
Perk 3: Steady aim/Extreme conditioning, your best bet is to go with steady aim, as SnD is mainly, you running around, someone popping out of a corner, you getting shot, him getting shot, so steady aim is useful if you dont have time to look down those sights, If you are an expirienced rusher (rushes in everywhere) pick extreme conditioning