[quote]Dude. One of my best gamer friends still plays cod:ghost..and he's a hardcore Destiny fan. Heck, me and him used to run hardcore mode (no-"shields") in Ghost all the time. *GASP* "E-gaad! What's that? A gamer who enjoys playing two distinctly different gaming franchises without pissing on one?? ...Blasphemy!!!" [spoiler]Lol[/spoiler][/quote] Me and my gaming friends always played hardcore in COD game. We didn't need to in Ghost cause TTK was so low. The majority of the COD community hates hardcore mode and a very quick TTK and in my opinion that's why Ghost lost the majority of there player base after just a month or two. Plus many hated the maps (me included). The last COD that had great maps was Black Ops1 and since then the map design has went to shit! To many rooms and windows for players to camp just to go on high kill streaks. Another reason IMO COD is losing players is flat out people are getting tired of the same ole COD every year. I wish COD would go to a 2 year cycle instead of every year. A person who buys the game and all DLC feels like as soon as they are getting there money's worth a new COD is out. I say 2 year cycle with a few more dlc would go a long way to getting back the majority of cod players. COD AW is just like Ghost and has a very quick TTK and I personally feel that the majority doesn't want that. I heard so many gamers saying if they wanted a quick TTK they would play hardcore and they are sick and tired of getting killed before they can even raise there gun. Not even having a fighting chance to win a gunfight pisses the majority off. Plus a quick TTK promotes camping. Gamers don't want to run around cause they are so scared to die to a guy head glitching a box or what have you. The ONLY thing that AW has going for it is having CTF and Hardpoint back. They are both fan favorites and many will stick around just for those two modes. In conclusion no one more than me wants AW to be a great COD. I loved the series and grew up playing COD and hopefully AW has a little of everything for everyone.