Originally posted by iiPotential
Because its more about the objective for e.g. when you cap a flag u get points towards your killstreak which will help your team to win. When a game has such a feature where its more about the objective then anything else this automatically makes the game intense and makes you have a more competitve feel for the game therefore will make the game more skillful then others as most players in your game will be set & ready to go for the win. All the other cods is who can get their killstreaks 1st lol so it was just camping for killstreaks then once u get your over powerd killstreaks everyone leaves no skill involed in that sense what so ever.
The weird thing is, that at the highest levels of play it is actually the opposite of what you describe. At the most competitive levels teams have a designated slayer who's goal is to obtain kills in order to gain score streaks because at the highest level of game play a kill streak is often required to grab a flag in game modes such as CTF.
I guess we probably have skewed beliefs on what defines skill in Call of Duty lo
I feel skill is shown by constantly winning, winning gunfights, awareness and your reaction time, while you aren't playing like a bitch hiding in a corner holding L1. I feel like it requires slightly less skill now that the ability to use sound to your advantage has been dramatically nerfed. Counter to popular belief, listening for footsteps does not require a fancy headset, you could listen for footsteps coming from your tv speakers. It required another bodily sense to be alert and attentive. Now in BO2 listening for footsteps is way harder than it has been in previous CODs, and people will sound silent at times even if they don't have dead silence.
Another thing that makes me feel like it takes less skill is the decrease in the gap between players. Comparing BO2 to MW3, on a personal account I must say I have seen a significant change between the stats my friends had on the previous games compared to what they have now. I feel like this shows that there has indeed been a reduction in the skill gap on the game.