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I prestiged once and am level 80. I don't think I'll be doing it again. How are people already 10th? I see people in lobbies that are in the top 100 in the world. I mean I'm in the top 50,000 with 2 days of play time. If I don't play for a week, I drop 20,000 ranks. So how do these people have time to play everyday for hours on end?

I'll say 50% of high prestigers camp so hard in games. I mean, is that the way? That doesn't take skill. So does that mean prestige ≠ skill? If so, what's the point? I am always in the top 3 in the lobby, routinely getting 3,000+ points in Kill Confirmed.

I see both sides of the argument. Here are the points I am debating.

-You get a cool symbol.
I like the symbols, but frankly it doesn't matter to me. The only cool ones are above 5, and to me that's a waste of time. Could be different for you, I have better things to do. I already established that prestige ≠ skill. What you do in a game and your stats = skill. Prestiging gives neither.

-You get exclusive titles and emblems.
I do like the prestige packs, but they're not worth prestiging to get. The spinning skull doesn't even spin. I did buy the first pack which gave me the COD4 10th emblem, my favorite one. If you prestige once, you can get all those gold killstreak titles and emblems. You can get any of the Prestige Challenges completed.

-5 custom classes isn't enough.
I think it's definitely isn't enough. I can't think of any other guns I'd want to use. Currently, I have these classes:

Type 95 Rapid Fire and RDS. I go tryhard with this class.
Striker Extended Mags and Damage proficiency. I'm the person you all hate with this.
ACR Silenced with Impact. It's the perfect all around gun. It gets me high killstreaks.
MP7 Rapid Fire. This is my run-n-gun class. I use it when I rush.
MSR Heartbeat. This is my quickscope and sniping class.

I use all my favorite guns and don't need any others. I have 2 gold and the others are all above level 20. I have a level 10 Five Seven Extended Mags on all my classes. (A dream with my Evil Controller)

-I don't want to have to keep unlocking everything again. I don't want to have to use tokens to use my favorite guns. I don't want to use tokens to get my favorite perks. I don't want to have to keep doing the challenges to make them pro.

-The last point is that "It isn't fun staying the same level."
I think it's fun playing with all my gold guns and pro perks. I like getting high killstreaks, I'm working on my 500 & 1,000 AC130 kills.

Tl;dr I think prestiging is lame. I'll be staying at 1st level 80. What are your thoughts on prestiging?

I only just managed to hit 10th prestige a few days ago, so of course I'm probably a little biased over which is a better option >.>
It comes down to personal preference really, there are some that just like the challenge of prestiging even if it means losing everything you have worked for. To be honest it was not a hard decision for me because from prestige 1-10 I basically only used my Striker and Stinger

10th prestige was MUCH easier in my opinion in MW3 than other games, I think prestiging happened a lot quicker and with unlock gear the challenge became less and less as you could unlock your favourite weapon (for me the striker/stinger combo) and get using it as soon as you reached level 4. When coupled with Specialist you ranked up really fast. I am by no means the fastest at levelling but managed to reach 10th in 6 days 11 hours, that for me was much less than in past COD games.

I do like having the extra custom classes, symbols, titles and emblems, but more because I'm a completionist that likes to have everything I can possibly unlocked. Now that I'm 10th I can sit back and listen to noobs in the pregame lobby going OOO A 10TH PRESTIGE HE MUST BE AWESOME, but as you said, prestiging does not mean skill. It simply means how much you really play and get into the game Not to mention now I mostly just mess around as I'm 10th

Some people like the challenge, others don't, I for one will not be resetting all my stats as the game gives no recognition that you have, so to me is pointless. Others have reset their stats because they can't stand staying on one level forever; personal preference.

I do it for the tokens.

the main reason people prestige in my opinion is because if they go in a game and they're 10th prestige, people Always think there good.
funny because most 10th prestigers have a KD under 2. which isnt too great.

I Prestige mainly for the symbols as 10th is usually the best. And also custom classes.
On mw3 there is more motivation with prestige tokens, however the motivation on black ops such as coloured tags and gold guns are only available at high prestige.

Im 10th on mw3 and I like it as there is barely any 10ths in games do people think your beast :fyea:

You find prestiging lame but you use a rapid fire controller. Why don't you just go all in and boost up to 10th? You'll impress your friends!

The only reason i prestige is because after a while at top rank i get bored.

Other may do it for the sense of pride when they hit that top level, not me, i don't have the time or ability to get there lol

Boosting is gay and rapid fire is fun! Especially on my Type 95 and Striker.

I prestige because I get bored when I have every gun. And I don't feel accomplished when I see people that have a higher rank than me and cool titles and emblems. And because I want every custom classes. And I don't get why I would play knowing that I could be leveling up while doing it.

I usually prestige depending on how much i like the game. If i like it alot ill prestige alot. Im on my 3rd prestige around half way to level 80. I like 6th and 8th prestige icons but theres no way ill play enough to get there, so ill stop at 4th cause by the time i play enough to get to 4th level 80 ill be real sick of mw3 as im already pretty tired of it.