EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

[Talus]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

Maybe you should look into this:

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75329

[imported_Walker]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

Thats just an alternative ranking system isnt it? Its not gonna give us the ranked unlocks cause its not an official ranked server, the system needs to be reverted to how it was before the patch for us to have unlocks on unranked or passworded servers. They've just shot themselves in the foot, i understand that they might be doing it so that people buy ranked servers, but the clans who run a lot of the ranked servers need to password their clan matches. Why would these clans continue to pay for ranked servers if they have to use the basic weapons anyway in the matches they train for?

[hemansoft]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

It seems that with the introduction of 1.3 clan matches (and i presume all unranked servers) cannot use the unlocks. I played a clan match the other night, expecting to use the unlocks, only to find that we were forced to go back to using the M16's and MP5's that none of us had used in months. I can't understand a logical reason for EA/DICE only allowing unlocks on ranked servers. Does anyone know why they'd do this? Was it intentional or just a mistake?

yes in our private ranked server are now unlock with patch 1.3 after weekend awiable on all our server in our private ranked system server

u are welcome to join our couminty

more information u find in our local web site: http://battlefield2.sk/

[eggman]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

Heh yeah .. EA locked mod developers out of the unlock systems with 1.03.

With 1.30 EA has prevented mod developers (including themselves) from switching game modes in a single map rotation.


The mod support in BF2 has been getting worse with each release.

Quite honestly.... I agree with one of the PoE devs who posted in this thread ... it's a really demoralising thing as a mod dev that rather than fostering the mod community, EA has not thought through how their business model is affecting us mod devs and as a result are making things worse and worse with each release.

I've enjoyed the modding experience, but ... am honestly looking at alternative platforms (not 2142 heh). Modding a platform where mods are against the publisher's business model is rather frustrating.

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[Eden]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

I would suggest ET:QW, but then I would wouldnt I. :) Or, theres always a completely different aproach and you could use a game Engine, OSS or Paid.

[MrKLM]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

so anyone know if next patch will restore unlocks?

[[B1]Creasy79]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

nope....

[MrKLM]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

i sure hope they do or a small mod comes out to fix it

[sabbyvt]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

I personally think this is just crazy. I'm not a mod builder to try and make things work when I haven't earnd them. I play the game, unlock the things i've earned and have a side server for fun with friends and family and play with the unlocks we have earned. That's it. It is very upsetting that I have put as much time in this game and can't use the unlocks I have earned. I don't know at this point what I want to do. It's just upsetting.

[BigBadBob]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

My first guess would be that the flag AllowGlobalUnlocks is set to 0 by default and the server you were playing on had forgotten to change it.

Just a guess.
Anyone else seen this on other unranked servers?

I know you probably already know, but with 1.3 unlocks are no longer able to used in unranked mode.

TWL had to shut down some of their ladders/leagues, because that was what was different from the other ladders, unlocks were used in them.

Stupid move.

[imported_Demize99]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

Ok, the rumor mill has run too long on this. First of all, EA doesn't make money from Ranked servers. The Ranked Server providers make the money, and in return they provide a limited number of servers to EA. EA spends money to keep things like the stats system going.

Second, the unlocks are disabled, because of abuses within the community of the alternative ranking systems, which would allow anyone to use all unlocks when they had not earned them. This kind of abuse cheapens the experience for those players (including myself) who have played and earned our unlocks the right way.

[[AC-DC]Aioth]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

Second, the unlocks are disabled, because of abuses within the community of the alternative ranking systems, which would allow anyone to use all unlocks when they had not earned them. This kind of abuse cheapens the experience for those players (including myself) who have played and earned our unlocks the right way.

I know my 'experience' hasn't been affected in the slightest way by people playing on unranked servers with all unlocks. How has yours been?

[imported_Walker]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

Second, the unlocks are disabled, because of abuses within the community of the alternative ranking systems, which would allow anyone to use all unlocks when they had not earned them. This kind of abuse cheapens the experience for those players (including myself) who have played and earned our unlocks the right way.

Clearly clan matches do not fall under this 'abuse', nearly every clan playing has their own ranked server and their own unlocks. And a private clan match between 16/32 people is not cheapening anyones experience. So, my question is, did DICE just forget that clans use unlocks in clan matches or was it intentional, and if so, what was the reason for disabling them?

Surely a major change like this which would obviously affect a lot of professional or clan play would have been thought through, right? I hope it wasn't just a knee jerk reaction to alternative ranking systems that wasn't properly considered.

[Brindled]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

thanx EA!

This kind of abuse cheapens the experience for those players (including myself) who have played and earned our unlocks the right way.

i've earned all of them, and i can't use them in unranked servers. it's the same difference. Dice created a rift by doing this, a rift that was already there and is getting larger. thanx Dice!

[Rock_FU]

Re: EA has intentionally stopped unlocks in clan matches with 1.3?

Ok, the rumor mill has run too long on this. First of all, EA doesn't make money from Ranked servers. The Ranked Server providers make the money, and in return they provide a limited number of servers to EA. EA spends money to keep things like the stats system going.

Second, the unlocks are disabled, because of abuses within the community of the alternative ranking systems, which would allow anyone to use all unlocks when they had not earned them. This kind of abuse cheapens the experience for those players (including myself) who have played and earned our unlocks the right way.

Well finally someone from DICE has responded and gave a crap answer. BF2Combat (you know BF2C...?) There is an outcry of players that want their unlocks back for the tourney.

As you should know, the only way to use unlocks in BF2C WAS to earn them in ranked servers.

I will not be buying 2142 as I cant stand EA and DICES BS answers to the obvious problems with their current best seller.

why do you think BF2 hasnt been fixed? Its because they need to make more money on 2142 and have all but abandoned BF2 (except for AF which should have been free FFS)

I love this game and play it alot, but dammit this response has got me ****ed off.