I miss squad hopping

[jimbob]

Re: I miss squad hopping

LOL it aint coming back so get used to it. Quite frankly i applauded the change - there was something about the "beam me down scotty" type effect of spawners spawning that just seemed like BS to me. When it comes down to it, if you are part of a good clan the removal of squad hopping did little more than change tactics - its called adapting people!. All i know is now we pwn all on the battlefield lol - its called sticking together and the medic hangs with the SL - simple and really much more fun (i like valueing my online life to an extent )

[l=lCoBrAl=l]

Re: I miss squad hopping

There's also someting about medics that's just wierd. it's like "beam me back to life, scotty". kinda gay?

[volkl]

Re: I miss squad hopping

Having up to nine simultaneous mobile spawn points with revolving squad leaders was a mockery of the intent of squads. Now the position of SL actually means something and requires a bit of thought and caution. The sky is falling!

[FPS[VT_NERD]]

Re: I miss squad hopping

As I've said plenty of times before...everyone has their own opinion of this and EA/Dice are foolish to impose a new "vision" almost a year after the game was released.

It should have been a server-side option. It still could and should be made into a server-side option.

If you complained about squad hopping or cycling being unrealistic, your point is moot. Vehicles don't appear out of thin air, defibrilators don't bring everyone back to life, and so on. Perhaps you didn't realize it, but you are still being beamed back into existance no matter where you spawn and that's not very realistic is it? The game is not meant to be a simulation of warfare; it is an arcade game. If it was a simulation your gun might jam unexpectedly, one bullet hit would put you out of the game, and nobody would respawn.

To the people who don't like it because it's "cheap" or an "exploit", fine that is your opinion and you're entitled to it. There's no use trying to change your mind, but don't fool yourselves into thinking this is the way the game was intended from the beginning. I have a very hard time believing that a bunch of game developers took almost a year to notice people doing this and then decide to stop it; rather I belive it was the whiners who took gameplay down another notch and made it easier for the newer players to survive.

Personally, it hasn't affected my gameplay all that much because I'm much more likely to be a squad member than a squad leader. That is especially true now that there is very little incentive (other than a warm, fuzzy feeling) to be a squad leader. I find myself spending a lot of time away from my SL now though. If he dies and I live, for instance while assualting the TV Station as MEC on Sharqi, I will probably be finished off quickly if I'm all by myself. By the time I respawn, my SL will likely be gone (along with all the vehicles).

I also do not see any increase in teamwork whatsoever since the patch. I will create a squad at the beginning of a round and go cap flags, but people joining my squad is no more frequent now than it was pre-1.3. People don't hover around the squad leader and constantly keep him alive, and like I said before there is no reward for doing your job properly. Until I hit 4 Star General (which is highly unlikely b/c I don't have all the time in the world to play), points will be king for me. Perhaps everyone here is content never to rank up again, but personally I like the ability to earn my e-bling.

Anyway, like I said at the beginning, I'm not going to change anyone's mind with this post. Although I would like to see a 10,000+ person petition from the people who are glad it is gone (not the people who are indifferent). I just wish it would have been a server setting and I'm still a little tiny bit hopeful that the next patch will fix the game so that everyone can find a gameplay style that is the most fun for them because it is a game and it is all about having fun.