I'm sure many people have complained about this in some fashion but I think my rant here is actually viable.
Let me get my coffee...
Okay. So it seems to me that all this talk about IO brings alot of debate on both sides of the fence. On one hand, I would agree playing IO sounds somewhat fun, and even though this isn't CSS or CoD2, ect, it would still be nice on occasion, but as a constant, no no no no no!
Here's my concern. I don't care much for knife/pistol servers, I don't care much about "Infantry Only" servers (pre 1.4), but what I DO care about is the fact that many of these people have been BANNED for playing on said servers. Now, I can understand the K/P servers to a degree, but here we have a game company who will blacklist you if you play on a server-made infantry only server, then they turn around and PROMOTE this kind of behavior with an offical patch.
Why?
Now I have respect for all types of players, from the Jetwhore, to the Tankwhores, to the Ground Pounders; everyone has a playstyle, and I believe it's everyone's right to play how they want as a loyal consumer, however, bringing in this kind of mode officially will only exercise more stat padding in the long run, thus making all of this pointless.
For starters, the most upsetting scenerio is as follows:
Commenman Joe Blow doesn't read forums, he probably doesn't even know what a forum is, all he knows is the server browser. Well he sees an Infantry Only server: "hey, that sounds fun, I'll try it out."
BANNED!
His buddy a couple months later says "yeah I'm having alot of fun with BF2 now that they have this IO option." His reply "WTF MAN I WAS BANNED FOR THAT AND NOW ITS LEGIT?!?!" F@KC EA/DICE I'M NEVER PLAYING THEIR GAMES AGAIN"
Yes now, boohoo right? Point is on that case is that EA/DICE lose customers, for one. Which is never good for business.
Now for the real issue here.
===================STAT PADDING====================
If you don't think for a second that IO isn't going to turn into this kinda of medic stat fuk fest, you are sadly mistaken, and the rant is Why EA/DICE decided to make IO RANKED is beyond stupidity in all ways imaginable. With this in effect, they have truely disrupted balance to all the people who actually CARE about ranks/metals and have now ENCOURAGED this type of playstyle.
I really don't know what else to say about this except the fact that it really pisses me off.
==================VEHICLE LITE========================
Yes, Vehicle Lite (or something to that effect, is what it should have been called. Can you imagine playing maps like Dragon Valley, Fu She Pass, ect. Without ANY vehicles, I bet you could, and imagining that would make you want to stab out your eyes with an icepick. So where does that leave server owners? I guess back to maps like Karkand, Mastuur and possibly Sharqi. So where did we really end up you might ask?
Well, now we have basicly the same servers that flood the brower today, except without vehicles. Oh and now the Infantry have more hit points, armor, different tweaks here and there for weapons. Tell me, why would anyone want to be an Engineer, an Anti-Tank, or even Assault, when we could all just be medics. God knows they are far superior then Assault anyday if you have the G36 Unlock.
So again, this will just even further promote stat padding because there really will be no point playing any of the larger maps.
So in the end, all I can say is have fun with your IO, I won't be part of it.
Thought? Comments?
Yours Truely
[xXx]gh0st
PS: I love BF2, I think it's a wonderful game, but DICE needs to wake up fast if they want to keep/save what little credibility they have left. Dumping EA would be a first step to redeem themselves and a show of good faith.
Let me get my coffee...
Okay. So it seems to me that all this talk about IO brings alot of debate on both sides of the fence. On one hand, I would agree playing IO sounds somewhat fun, and even though this isn't CSS or CoD2, ect, it would still be nice on occasion, but as a constant, no no no no no!
Here's my concern. I don't care much for knife/pistol servers, I don't care much about "Infantry Only" servers (pre 1.4), but what I DO care about is the fact that many of these people have been BANNED for playing on said servers. Now, I can understand the K/P servers to a degree, but here we have a game company who will blacklist you if you play on a server-made infantry only server, then they turn around and PROMOTE this kind of behavior with an offical patch.
Why?
Now I have respect for all types of players, from the Jetwhore, to the Tankwhores, to the Ground Pounders; everyone has a playstyle, and I believe it's everyone's right to play how they want as a loyal consumer, however, bringing in this kind of mode officially will only exercise more stat padding in the long run, thus making all of this pointless.
For starters, the most upsetting scenerio is as follows:
Commenman Joe Blow doesn't read forums, he probably doesn't even know what a forum is, all he knows is the server browser. Well he sees an Infantry Only server: "hey, that sounds fun, I'll try it out."
BANNED!
His buddy a couple months later says "yeah I'm having alot of fun with BF2 now that they have this IO option." His reply "WTF MAN I WAS BANNED FOR THAT AND NOW ITS LEGIT?!?!" F@KC EA/DICE I'M NEVER PLAYING THEIR GAMES AGAIN"
Yes now, boohoo right? Point is on that case is that EA/DICE lose customers, for one. Which is never good for business.
Now for the real issue here.
===================STAT PADDING====================
If you don't think for a second that IO isn't going to turn into this kinda of medic stat fuk fest, you are sadly mistaken, and the rant is Why EA/DICE decided to make IO RANKED is beyond stupidity in all ways imaginable. With this in effect, they have truely disrupted balance to all the people who actually CARE about ranks/metals and have now ENCOURAGED this type of playstyle.
I really don't know what else to say about this except the fact that it really pisses me off.
==================VEHICLE LITE========================
Yes, Vehicle Lite (or something to that effect, is what it should have been called. Can you imagine playing maps like Dragon Valley, Fu She Pass, ect. Without ANY vehicles, I bet you could, and imagining that would make you want to stab out your eyes with an icepick. So where does that leave server owners? I guess back to maps like Karkand, Mastuur and possibly Sharqi. So where did we really end up you might ask?
Well, now we have basicly the same servers that flood the brower today, except without vehicles. Oh and now the Infantry have more hit points, armor, different tweaks here and there for weapons. Tell me, why would anyone want to be an Engineer, an Anti-Tank, or even Assault, when we could all just be medics. God knows they are far superior then Assault anyday if you have the G36 Unlock.
So again, this will just even further promote stat padding because there really will be no point playing any of the larger maps.
So in the end, all I can say is have fun with your IO, I won't be part of it.
Thought? Comments?
Yours Truely
[xXx]gh0st
PS: I love BF2, I think it's a wonderful game, but DICE needs to wake up fast if they want to keep/save what little credibility they have left. Dumping EA would be a first step to redeem themselves and a show of good faith.
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