Talk about how to include the tanks gameplay

[Bounder!]

The obvious thing that springs to mind would be some sort of capture the flag based system for ground forces much like the battlefield series - you'd need to occupy key points on a map for a set amount of time and hold out against opposition ground and air forces. I only really see ground units working in a dynamic campaign where upon each new mission the ground units are tasked with taking / defending key points on the map - capturing forward positions would advance the front line, win extra munitions and replacement aircraft (and tanks), perhaps extra AI squadrons deployed very much like the dynamic campaigns in IL-2 original series.

Map design will be key to enhancing ground battles. There should be a number of targets within reasonable reach of ground forces to allow epic battles - I doubt anyone wants to spend hours driving a tank across fields between bases / targets; this can be easily be sorted through mission design.

Along side well designed missions / tasks for ground vehicles (as well as well designed playable vehicles themselves) I do think a properly modeled ground environment is essential if the developers are hoping to draw in a significant number of non flight simmers to play. World of Tanks aside, there are plenty of games that currently offer tanks and planes in one environment (plus infantry in many cases) and do this pretty successfully e.g. battlefield, arma, flashpoint, modern warfare, the soon to be released dust 514 etc etc. Hopefully, they will have looked at what makes these games successful and what features are suitable and achievable in CoD. Without an environment designed for ground combat e.g. an environment with destructible buildings, vegetation you can't drive through but is destructible, reliefs in the landscape suitable for cover / ambush, chock points, strategy, etc etc, I'm unconvinced ground combat in CoD wont be anything other than a novelty for flight simmers (much like air combat is for FPS). The formula does work successfully in other games, lets hope it can be successful in CoD.