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Each of your class loadouts in Black Ops II has a maximum of 10 slots you can fill however you please. If you don’t use secondary firearms, simply remove it from your set and replace it with a perk, grenade, or attachment. In addition to this, Vonderhaar throws players a potential curveball: you can sacrifice a perk or tactical item for a Wild Card, providing further options.
These could have huge ramifications on multiplayer.
With these, you can double the amount of frag grenades you spawn with, add a second primary weapon to your loadout, or take additional perks. You may have to opt against taking a scope or a pistol, but Treyarch makes each strategic decision worth your while. You can even skip guns altogether, equip three perk-centric Wild Cards, and go into each match with six perks -- just try to steal a weapon as fast as possible, yeah?
Pretty neat I suppose. I love the idea of two frag grenades. Quote:
Black Ops II incentivizes players going for objectives rather than kills. Scoring a headshot makes you considerably less points than scoring a flag or control-point capture. What’s more, killing while carrying the flag doubles the points you earn, which fills your Score Streak meter much faster. When you cross the point threshold of your equipped streaks -- each has its own numerical value, ranging from the low hundreds to the 1200 point range -- you unlock access and unleash.
Now players need to repeatedly score to keep their streak bonuses in play. If you die, you lose your score streak. This is incredibly important. It forces Call of Duty players to stop rushing, start thinking, and value their precious life. As I poured more time into multiplayer, I found myself stepping away from traditional Call of Duty values. Black Ops II looks and plays and feels just like any other series entry, but the mentality with which you approach the competitive side is completely different. Don’t be surprised to see players behaving as though they’re playing SOCOM or Counter-Strike. Even though you respawn, each life matters.
Score streak? YES! People will finally have to play the damn objective. Of course, they could choose not to still... but at least this will encourage them more.