User blog comment:Deathmanstratos/It's confirmed, you have to rank up to unlock weapons./@comment-69.51.104.59-20100908005444

Both happy and sad about this change. On one hand, it gives the player a better sense of progression. And, it means people won't have the best stuff in the game, a hour after release. However, this means that if there's one weapon which pretty much outshines the rest (M16 in CoD4, MP40 in WaW, Model 1887's before the patch) then people will be able to get it right away once they reach the appropriate level. However, thats not too much of an issue, the real problem is most likely to be in the fact that the RC-XD looks ridiculously overpowered, is unlocked at the start of the game, AND IS A THREE FUCKING KILL STREAK. Might make sense if it were a 5 or 6 kill streak, but as is there are going to be a lot of those little fuckers driving around.