Frustrated Modern Warfare 2 players on Reddit demand the removal of the Survivor perk

sportskeeda.com:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is Activision's latest take on the campaign plus multiplayer genre, and the developers have added tons of changes and advancements to it.

One of the mechanics that has seen a severe overhaul from what it was in the previous title of the series is the Perk system. Though the game shares quite a few perks with Modern Warfare 2019, it has also seen the introduction of a few new options.

Along with that, the developers have also added certain pre-prepared Perk Packages that suit certain combat styles in the title.

However, a large fraction of the playerbase is unhappy with some of the changes that have been implemented. The Survivor perk, which is one of the new additions, has been a source of headaches for players since the very launch of the game.

Survivor is one of the new perks in Modern Warfare 2 and is the ultimate of the default Support Perk Package. It causes the operators to fall on their backs if they receive damage, which would have eliminated them if it was not equipped.

While in this downed state, they will be able to crawl away from the enemy's line of sight of and revive themselves. However, this revival has to be finished within 10 seconds or else they will bleed out. The revival duration will be much shorter if one of the teammates is reviving the downed player.

However, in this downed state, operators are neither immune from further damage from the enemy nor do they have any armament on hand to defend themselves, as was the case with Last Stand. As such, the enemy can definitely finish what they started, by finally killing the downed player to achieve a complete elimination.

The lack of a pistol to defend against opponents and the long self-revive time has caused this perk to gain