Seriously, will you guys give up this whole CoD BF crap, it's really getting old.
I don't really care for BF or CoD..... I hardly play BC2, and I haven't played a CoD since 4.... even then it was very little.
Oh.... "And I'm an RO:Mod Vet"
Saying all of that, I actually like having these features in the game.
Do they do anything towards your gameplay?
Probably not.
Does it matter?
No.
Why have them in there?
For the hell of it.
Seriously, why have them in there?
For me, it helps to slightly remove the cookie cutter feel of the various players and weapons in the game from looking all the same.
Not everybody had the same weapons, not everybody was the same age, not everybody had the exact same looking weapon.
Also, in the battlefield, it is common that some soldiers build a relationship with their weapon and attempt to make it look unique (different trigger guards, black handles, etc.) while others put things on their weapons to better improve them (different clips, sights, etc.)
Face the reality people... these things are in the game and they're not going anywhere.
Most people don't care for lockdown, but do you think it's going to be removed from the game?
Most likely not.
A far more amount of work was put into the Stats and Unlocks and a number of people, regardless if they've been playing RO forever or just came from another game, actually like this feature.
Don't like them?
Don't use them.
Very simple.