This is for anyone who wants to get Damascus in 2026. It is definitely still possible. I had some of my guns gold already from 2019 and 2020 (M4, MP7 and KAR98K) but you can 1000% get Damascus in 2026. It will definitely take a lot of work and time.
For anyone who’s just starting the grind, I’d say start with the hard ones first so you can get them out the way (Launchers, Melee, Pistols). I see a lot of people complaining on this sub about getting riot shield gold but I found it really easy and sometimes you’ll find someone on the enemy team who’ll help you get kills with it.
You can also do it on hardcore but I got everything done on core cause people always want to leave when the game is searching for more players in the lobby on hc which takes unnecessarily long.