Pointstreaks from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 return in Ghosts, with a similar setup. As the player kills enemies and fulfills objectives, they will be able to gain access to special abilities at certain points, which are the Pointstreaks. There are three sets (called Strike Packages) of Pointstreaks in the game, with each one having to be assigned to custom classes created by the player. Only three Pointstreaks can be chosen in each Strike Package.
Assault Strike Package
The Assault set of Pointstreaks is designed to inflict harm on the enemy team, so it is filled with various attacks. The Pointstreaks reset on two conditions, with one being the death of the player. The other involves cycling through all three Pointstreaks that were picked, and they cannot be stacked to where the player is holding onto two of the same Pointstreak for use. Note that any kills acquired through any Pointstreak in this set will contribute to newer ones.
Support Strike Package
The Support set of Pointstreaks is designed to help support the player and his team. Note that when you kill an enemy with any Pointstreak in this set, you do not gain points towards newer ones. Also, the Pointstreaks do no reset when the player dies, but only when the player reaches the third Pointstreak they have chosen.
Specialist Strike Package
The Specialist Strike Package is different from the other two, in that, there are no actual Pointstreaks chosen as rewards. Instead, the player chooses Perks instead of Pointstreaks. They can choose any additional Perk and at 2/4/6 points, they will be awarded it during matches. It is unclear if the added bonus of achieving 8 points will award the player all additional Perks or not. Note that dying will reset this Strike Package.
Field Orders
Field Orders are special assignments (or almost like hidden Pointstreaks), where the players can pick up a blue suitcase should they kill the top player on the enemy team. This will give them a special assignment that if the player succeeds, they will get a Care Package to bring in. The Care Package can contain various rewards, which are powerful, map-altering attacks.
- K.E.M. Strike - Once deployed, a 5 second countdown timer commences and when it reaches zero, all enemy players are killed and the map is changed. Only available on Strikezone.
- Satellite Crash - A satellite crashes into the map, changing the layout slightly, jamming the mini-map and the HUD will become translucent. Only available on Whiteout.
