Great commentary. The point is that the entire FPS genre-- not just CoD but all the FPS giants including Halo, as much as I've loved it over the years-- needs to be reinvented. Destiny SEEMS as though it is moving the FPS in the right direction, but we find out in the coming months. I really believe that a whole new formula for multiplayer gaming built from the ground up around a permadeath system unlike any we've seen or played yet would be an incredible move for the gamers, developers, and industry. It couldn't work with the current ways and reasons we play multiplayer games, but with a little imagination and vision we will surely find a way to create an experience with permadeath at its core that is both rewarding, fun, and meaningful-- three things that the casual and mainstream crowd feels games with permadeath lack. Not to distract from this, but I made a thread on the Destiny forums called "Death, Meaning, and Destiny" that seems relevant to this "CoD-itus" rut that the industry finds itself in.