Deathstreaks IMO is one of many reasons for the devs to appeal COD as a whole to the casual & new players to the franchise.

I started playing COD from COD1. I got smashed, I got humiliated but not once was I rewarded for dying. Since then, I've become a better player than I was when I first played by learning from my mistakes & adjusting to different playstyles/

These days, it's about placing "crutches" for the newcomers.

" I died 4 times in a row, therefore I need a grenade to come out of my ass"

"I died 4 times in a row, therefore I need to fall on my ass and shoot with my primary"

.....and so on.

Isn't there enough support for the newbies?

COD Elite is suppose to be a tool to help players

Survival Modes test your skill and AI opponents.

I understand it'll stay in the game but this is just my opinion on deathstreaks.

The only deathstreak that annoyed me was painkiller, so I'm glad that isn't coming back. I'd rather they weren't in the game to start with, but not not going to complain about it - Just going to adapt, like all good players should.

I agree with you about the air support, there's even more incentive to shoot it down this time around It makes me laugh when people complain about how overpowered air support is on MW2. It's only overpowered if the team on the receiving end allows it to be - Not hard to shoot it down..

My concerns have always been with deathstreaks and IWs reasons for adding them. You seem to agree with the 'they help minimize spawn trapping'. This reason is not valid when you take a look at what the deathstreaks ACTUALLY do. Let us take a look.

• Juiced (4 deaths) - Faster sprint for a short amount of time
• Revenge (5 deaths) - Reveals the position of the enemy who killed you
• Final Stand (4 deaths) - Stay alive with Primary weapon for short amount of time after next death. Can only crawl
• Martyrdom (4 deaths) - Drop a live frag grenade on your next death
• Dead Mans Hand (6 deaths) -  Last stand with a C4
• Hollow Points (5 deaths) - Bullets do more damage for a short amount of time

I would say at most TWO of these might help minimize spawn trapping. Juiced is probably the only one I can see as a legitimate deathstreak though. Hollow points at a close second. Do the others help prevent spawn trapping? Not a chance. What will falling into Final Stand do for you? You might be able to get a few more shots off and possibly a kill, but the teammates of said enemy will easily clean you up in any spawn trapping situation. What will dropping a grenade at your feet when the enemy is probably never going to be near you going to do? Not a thing. Dead Mans Hand falls in the same category as Final Stand. The final one called Revenge is probably the worst one yet. Being able to see the enemy of the 5th death in a row sounds like retardedness to me. Why do people who die constantly get a streak to allow them a free radar on one guy who clearly out played him?

Deathstreaks have only been added to the game to get more revenue so that the not so good players have some kind of crutch to fall back on. It has nothing to do with spawn trapping. Not one bit. I have never understood why any game developer would give rewards for playing poorly. If you get outplayed, that's your own problem. Figure out how to overcome it.