What Happened to Teamwork?

[govedob]

Starting with the lame and still present TK's over a jet or chopper, not picking up fellow team members when they are requesting pickup, to aircraft/armor whoring during the whole round just to collect individual points (even though the team is losing) and purposely ignoring the directions from the squad leader/commander, BF2 always manages to stick out as a playground where the worst behaviors and characteristics of a "human being" are demonstrated on regular basis, and a lot more compared to any other games.
Why is it so hard to comprehend the simple goal of the game called team play?

[WarGimp]

Re: What Happened to Teamwork?

It depends a lot on the server you play on.
I rarely have trouble finding good teamwork in my regular stomping grounds. It helps that we admin it well and have a few house rules in place.

Swing by sometime. Details in me sig.

[SandSkink]

Re: What Happened to Teamwork?

Starting with the lame and still present TK's over a jet or chopper, not picking up fellow team members when they are requesting pickup, to aircraft/armor whoring during the whole round just to collect individual points (even though the team is losing) and purposely ignoring the directions from the squad leader/commander, BF2 always manages to stick out as a playground where the worst behaviors and characteristics of a "human being" are demonstrated on regular basis, and a lot more compared to any other games.
Why is it so hard to comprehend the simple goal of the game called team play?

Since 1.3 I have never seen so many lonewolfs.

[sithdemon]

Re: What Happened to Teamwork?

in most games goals and the team work machine isn't as complicated, and every game has it's good and bad apples. The servers I play on, only no auto blanance and voip, usually have decent sqauds, that will stick together not only in game, but from round to round.

Since 1.3 I have never seen so many squads sticking closer together, never mind that most squad leaders are now realizing they can't be in the thick of it, but being just outside of it, is good, sniper squad leaders seem to be working well, that play style generally.

[Dangerdog]

Re: What Happened to Teamwork?

Since 1.3 I have never seen so many lonewolfs.

They killed the squad dynamic with this stupid patch.

[Legli]

Re: What Happened to Teamwork?

Killed the squad dynamic? Since I didn't cycle or switch squads I have noticed no difference except that many squads now stick together over a number of rounds. Plus, if you join a squad before your first spawn you can still spawn on the leader in your first life.
I had the fortune at both times I played yesterday (once early afternoon, once late at night) to be part of excellent squads that kept the majority of the same players over a number of rounds (in both cases 7 or 8 before I left) and worked together well.
The new 'cartillery' was used as transport for any members left behind and everything was fun. Lucky? I don't know, but that is the only 2 games I have had since the patch and I was pleasantly surprised.
If you are willing to work as a team (and don't badmouth your own team, a favourite of people who think they are superior to everyone else on their team) then just check a few squads out, sure you wont be able to spawn on them the moment you join but a few moments in the squad should tell you the kind of atmosphere and teamwork going on.

[ArcticFox_uk]

Re: What Happened to Teamwork?

Killed the squad dynamic? Since I didn't cycle or switch squads I have noticed no difference except that many squads now stick together over a number of rounds. Plus, if you join a squad before your first spawn you can still spawn on the leader in your first life.
I had the fortune at both times I played yesterday (once early afternoon, once late at night) to be part of excellent squads that kept the majority of the same players over a number of rounds (in both cases 7 or 8 before I left) and worked together well.
The new 'cartillery' was used as transport for any members left behind and everything was fun. Lucky? I don't know, but that is the only 2 games I have had since the patch and I was pleasantly surprised.
If you are willing to work as a team (and don't badmouth your own team, a favourite of people who think they are superior to everyone else on their team) then just check a few squads out, sure you wont be able to spawn on them the moment you join but a few moments in the squad should tell you the kind of atmosphere and teamwork going on.

What servers do you play on dude? I could do with a grown up server to play on.