User blog comment:Damac1214/Black Ops II - Rank Progression details revealed/@comment-124.183.115.253-20120908105009

Why not have everything unlocked and available for purchase via tokens immediately? Having the limitation of both having to get to a high enough level to unlock something AND THEN having to use one of these tokens to actually get it sounds silly. If this is some weird attempt to increase diversity then it's inevitably going to result in the exact opposite thanks to the level requirements. Be better to have some free stuff and everything else available to buy from the get go. THEN players could truly rank up at their own pace. Also both earlier and later levelled guys would be using a much wider range of gear, you wouldn't be stuck with a match full of guys using only early-game stuff, say, M16s, pump actions and the same basic perks because they literally can't get anything else yet. This sort of thing happens enough in the other CoDs, this method of unlocking stuff might make it worse.

This system isn't a favour or benefit to anyone, if anything it's another thinly veiled attempt to screw over the earlier players with crappy stuff so it gets them to play more so they can get better stuff. I understand that's pretty much the way all shooters with any form of ranking up work nowadays, but a lot of guys seem to be thinking that this 'new' system is somehow a massive bonus to them that's totally fair and great for everyone. All things considered, this sounds pretty much like the system from the original Black Ops in disguise. Essentially the whole CoD Points thing under another name.

Still, this isn't the only thing that's weird with the multiplayer. However things are unlocked in this game, you can probably still count on weapon, perk and killstreak reward imbalance, a ton of glitches and exploits, crappy spawning, crappy maps and poorly placed objectives to show up in the multiplayer yet again, with a vengeance.

Also is it actually true players can basically beef themselves up with perks and go into a match with just a knife? What happens when your whole team does this and gets repeatedly mowed down? Or if a knife-only guy grabs a heavily upgraded gun early on, having both a gigantic perk and weapon bonus?