^^^ You obviously dont know what clans are about do you? Thats what makes Socom second to none, clan wars. to me its gay as fuck to have make it to level 50 or whatever to unlock the better guns and all the other bullshit.
Yeah i never been a fan of unlocking shit either.. I mean, it's a cool feature, but it's not gonna make or break a game for me.. I like how Red Faction did it.. You unlock new characters and cool lookin sledge hammers (like the battle axe, bloody bat, and paton) but not new guns and shit.. That way it put you on an uneven playing field when you're jus starting out.. Plus i've always been a fan of having guns scattered around the map over startin the game out wit' 'em.
Plus who cares about unlockables when you got leaderboards, those should be a good enough reason to keep on playing a game online.