How to make CoD4 even better - Part two

Aaaannnd we are back. Final stage of our two parter on how to make CoD4 the best FPS game ever. Lets get this bitch rolling.

• Add a character customization option

It sounds simple, and almost pointless, but after multiple days of play time online, I have found that the ability to decide what you look like as you play is really needed. While the character models are fantastic and give everyone a simple way to tell what class is what, there is on team that is badly in need of a revamp of their uniforms. The poor OpFor guys. Man do their uniforms suck! Though the sniper is the most in need of a revamp, I think IW could take it a few steps further and just allow everyone to select from an assortment of uniform options and play with them instead of the preset ones.

See, this idea came to me while listening to other players talking about the "Red Hat of Death" that the OpFor snipers have to wear. Nothing can blow your nice little hiding spot like the red hat on his head. It really gives away your position and people already enjoy shooting snipers enough, blowing off the dude with the red hat ons head is just added enjoyment. So get rid of it and all the standard uniform options all together. Provide an assortment of options from each group in the game for the head, chest, pants, boots and so forth. Then allow the player to select a part of each and use that as their uniform in matches. It would give clans the ability to have unity in their outfits, it would give players a sense of individuality and it would get rid of that damn red hat. Hell, make it a reward during one of the prestige modes. Not to far in but after two or three goes, let it become an option. Prestige is a large waste of time as it is. Speaking of prestige mode...

• Make Prestige mode worth something

Thus far I have gone through prestige mode two or three times and found it to be a waste of time. Sure, you get a pretty little symbol next to your name but there isn't any reason to go through with prestige mode until you have knocked out all the challenges. There are not more weapons, more attachments, new perks or anything for starting over again 10 fucking times. I don't know what IW could do to make it worth while, maybe add new weapons for each prestige level, add the uniform idea and who knows what else. This is more a gripe than a idea that would make the game perfect but it wouldnt be hard for IW to do something with prestige.

• Random ideas

1. Reward someone who gets a 15+ kill streak. After the helicopter, there is nothing else to be rewarded for staying alive and kicking the crap out of the enemy. Maybe throw in a gunship being called in for like 20 seconds. The player would be vulnerable but they would control a gunship for 20 seconds and rain down death on the enemy. Make it so the bigger gun options hurt your team as well.
   
2. More maps! I know they are coming out with a map pack release some time in the spring but they should have had a map update already. The maps are stale, people have figured out cheats on each map to get "out" off the map. Hustle it up IW.
   
3. Make snipers more...sniperish. As it sits, there are set areas on each map where snipers will plunk down, take a few shots and move on. You can, generally, see them easy enough and counter-snipe them from a distance, or be a dick and run up to them and knife them in the back. I know that snipers should take around 3 shots before displacing and moving some where else but damn, this a FPS game!
   
4. Add online co-op mode. Just as a fun option. Playing through the excellent single player game with a friend would kick ass.
   

So thats it, at least for now. I may come up with new ideas and throw them up, or just edit these posts and add them.

Quick shout out to my fellow gaming nut Eric over at Medium Entertainment. He does more a general entertainment talk with a focus on games. Great blog, check it out.