@Mr-Android Are all the points that i mentioned valid? Can i have any confirmation on the friends list and pre-game lobbies? (they are the biggest nuisance i have encountered)
As for "morally the right thing to do", Activision certainly hasn't behaved well lately, so i'm skeptical about giving them my money, even at a discount.
EDIT: Just checked the forums again, looks like the Plutonium team will stop serving the BO2 files. One more reason to buy the Steam release, i guess. I should probably edit the initial post to take this into consideration.