One thing that made BF:1942 was that your skilled dictated you kill/death ratio. In BF:2 Dice started this reward business. This led to folks attempting to cheat the system so that they could get the better weapons, special shiny medals, etc. The reward business also locked a bunch of the public servers as custom maps and mods were prohibited if you wanted to use your unlocked weapons. This whole thing seriously hurt their relationship with a highly dedicated fanbase (which was quite loyal thanks in part to the DC mod).
So now, Dice is back and they haven't learned their lesson. IMO the unlocks based on skill give an unfair advantage to the casual gamer like me. This is why L4D works well... it's an even playing ground for everyone. The only thing that should make it easier for you to kill me or vice versa is skill... not the fact that you play 80 hours a week.
What's the point of going Engineer if I can't use a freaking wrench. Are armies now sending busboys to war without going to school first?
I agree, but its give you something to work towards. I think once we have our AK server running, we can train and skill up each other without other unknown peeps. Pub skill up is hard.
Are they allowing private servers to impact skill/rank?
Nuts, I agree kinda but a total of 6 hrs of play over a 3 week period is not much really and you will be able to take anyone out. When I started the beta late and everyone was way ahead of me and I still kicked ass. Its still about skill bro dont be so negative in that respect. But that aspect of the MMO in a BF2 formate would be awesome
I'm really enjoying playing this game. I had a blast last night with Kidd, Camel, and Squidly.
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I had a lot of fun last night too. I'm using my time with nerf gear to really learn the mechanics of the game and how to play it. Learn the maps. Try all of the various engineering kits and armor loadouts (there's a LOT of them.)
I don't mind the earned progression through the items - in fact the goals give me a sense of satisfaction when I "earn" a new item.
The "private" server will mean that we can control who gets to stay and ensure that we always have enough slots for all of us to play together. We can also modify the rules and map rotation to suit our needs. And yes, we will get points from playing on our own server.
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles.
I just posted over on the iRacing forums - there are literally about 15 people posting on "mouse" issues with the game and I told them that they MUST remove their wheels before playing!
This is a really "stupid" issue with this game. It's uncalled for that a joystick or other device screws up your mouse.
Last night my buddy was getting frustrated and I was trying to help him with in game chat while playing. I told him to take his wheel off and try again.. after about 30 minutes he was irate because it was working before. I asked him if he disconnected his wheel, and he said yes. Then, knowing he has a secondary set of $700 pedals, I asked him if he disconnected his pedals. FIXED the problem. I guess I should have been clear when I said disconnect his wheel to disconnect the pedals too.
But, the best I can figure is that when he started playing, he was OK but must have hit the pedals or something while playing or setting controls that caused his problems.
Is there a way to 'wipe out' all configuration for joystick for when you are on foot?
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Yeah, I'm with Squidly on the achievement/MMO aspects of the game. Gives me something to work towards each time I play. (Although I agree that it's idiotic to make the engies and medics earn the things that define their class identities.) Can't wait to jump back on tonight.
I started playing last night. I am still having an issue with the friends list and server history window not populating. I cant see friend requests, nor do others see my requests i send.
Any ideas?
I am able to play and get onto servers, all other aspects of the game appear to be working fine for me.
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