New Modern Warfare 3 Pointstreak System explained

With the official unveil of the Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer at the first ever Call Of Duty XP event, we got the chance to try out MW3’s new Point Streak system.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Point Streak rewards replace the killstreak rewards that have become standard for COD games. So now you generate rewards by racking up points through a variety of actions rather than just killing. Plants, defuses, captures, defends, assists, kills, headshots etc.. will give points that build up towards your rewards.

An additional change to the Point / Killstreak system is that rewards are actually seperated in to 3 sections, or Strike Packages, of which you choose a Strike Package and 3 of the rewards from that package for every single loadout. The 3 Strike Packages are Assault, Support and Specialist, each of which provides special rewards.

The Specialist Strike Package, however, offers you additional MW3 Perks for racking up points and kills. You get a new Perk for every 2 kills, get 8 kills and you'll have all 14 of them active and once you die you lose them. The Assault and Support Strike Packages award you the “traditional” Killstreak Rewards.

If you choose the Support Supply Package your points don’t reset when you die. Respawn and proceed with the same points that you’ve accumulated.

Assault

3 Points – UAV – Shows enemies on the mini-map
4 Points – Care Package – Airdrop a random killstreak or ammo
5 Points – IMS - The Intelligent Munitions System detects and eliminates enemy combatants
5 Points – Predator Missile – Remote control missile
5 Points – Sentry Gun – Airdrop a Sentry Gun
6 Points – Precision Airstrike – Call in a directional airstrike
9 Points – Strafe Run – Strafing run of 5 Attack Helicopters
9 Points – Little Bird Guard – Get personal air support from a Little Bird Guardian
9 Points – Reaper – Laser missile targets remotely from the Reaper UAV
10 Points – Assault Drone – Airdrop an Assault Drone
12 Points – AC130 – Be the gunner of an AC130
12 Points – Pave Low – Heavily armored assault helicopter
15 Points – Juggernaut – Receive advanced armor via care package
17 Points – Osprey Gunner - Calls in a V-22 Osprey, and gives the user control of the gunner position

Support

4 Points – UAV - Shows enemies on the mini-map
5 Points – Counter UAV - Jam the enemy radar
5 Points – Ballistic Vests – Deploy a bag of Ballistic Vests for your team
5 Points – Airdrop Trap - Kill enemies with a booby-trapped airdrop crate
8 Points – SAM Turret - Automated SAM turret that destroys aerial killstreaks
10 Points – Recon Drone - Control a Recon Drone, targeting enemies for your team
12 Points – Advanced UAV - Call in an Orbital Recon that shows the direction your enemy is facing
12 Points – Remote Turret - Toss a small turret and remotely control it
14 Points – Stealth Bomber - Airstrike undetectable on enemy maps
18 Points - EMP - Temporarily disabled enemy electronics
18 Points – Juggernaut - Receive advanced armor via carepackage
18 Points – Escort Airdrop - AI version of the Osprey Gunner