User blog comment:Damac1214/Black Ops II - Rank Progression details revealed/@comment-213.107.179.220-20120908231654

This will be good if you unlock the item, buy it with a token, prestige, have the item level locked again, but not have it token locked (so a couple of prestiges in, everything is basically level locked as usual). At least I hope this is what they have planned as I've heard little about what happens after prestige