User blog comment:Crazy sam10/David Vonderhaar answers Black Ops II multiplayer questions/@comment-402843-20120830202018/@comment-1263839-20120830204331

I'm sorry but the only reason Prestige was brought in was because it's boring to be a max level forever, so you reset back to level 1.

There is literally no point to prestiging if you still get anything. There's barely any reason to prestige in MW3.