Will you purchase 2142?...read this.

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I've seen how EA and Dice handled BF2 and imho I dont see their business practice changeing much with any upcoming titles. why should they change if procuct still sells to the lowest common denominator? If you want things to change, just dont purchase their titles... that's it, no bitching, no whining... just cause, effect and no sale.

This seems like the only logical action left to take since they dont listen to their customers and dont put any effort into quality control. I understand the whole reason why they are in business is to make a profit but I think they are about to learn a very valuable lesson in balancing quantity with quality. that being said I dont think bf2142 is going to be a successful title, since there are so many people upset over bf2.

Bf2 seems to be the coup de grace for many people in the gaming community who have tolerated EA's less than stellar reputation when it comes to product quality and customer care. This isnt the first time I've seen EA rush a title, screw it up and leave the customer with a defective product which it does not fix.

that being said I've seen many posts saying dice makes the patches, not EA. Ok, fine... but who does Dice work for in this situation? who is the parent company here? if the game is broken by dice, and dice work for EA then EA should have lit a fire under them to fix it. I dont expect everyone to agree with my thoughts but I do hope it causes everyone who reads this to think a second before they buy a defective product, not just from EA but any other less than adequate publisher/developer. If there is a better way to deal with EA at this point I think myself and many others would love to know how.

[BryanG]

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This had been said to death. We know.

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nice sig btw :)

[almanac]

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This seems like the only logical action left to take since they dont listen to their customers and dont put any effort into quality control.

They listen to the community, but it's the wrong part of the community that they listen to. If they listened and actually attempted to fulfill the competitive community's requests, BF2 would be a lot better off.

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thanks for replying almanac, which part of the community are you referring to as far as the part they listened to?

[BryanG]

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THey shouldnt listen to anyone in the community. All these whiners don't know whats good for em.

They should have a team of people who play the game and make the calls for what should and shouldnt be balanced. None of these changes like arming delay on nade launchers.
How bout just tweaking that j10?

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nice sig btw :)

**** avatar btw :)

[almanac]

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thanks for replying almanac, which part of the community are you referring to as far as the part they listened to?

Whiney noobs. Which is a big portion of the community.

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I agree with you bryan, I know what you mean because I used to play ravenshield and operation flashpoint, that being said I like a one shot one kill kind of game because it forces you think, plan and act alot more because of the consequences of your mistakes.

but the issue here is not mainly the gameplay imbalances, gameplay you can compensate for. It is the over all handling of this title over the past year, reputation, past history with other titles and most importantly how do we as the customer prevent this in the future?

[BryanG]

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I also like one shot kill games, not like one shot to ankle kills but you know what I mean obviously. When its more realistic you gotta play more like your butt really is on the line!

We pretty much know what to expect from EA which is a good reason to give new titles a shot. FEAR, CRYSIS, some R6.. although I bought R6 Lockdown and it doesn't even install to the compter!

If they ignored a lot of those loud voices in the community those voices would be forced to fend for themselves and get better at the game.

I hate the fact that the J10 is so easy to use, but it sure as hell has made me a better F35B pilot!

[almanac]

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EA is just a crap company when it comes to quality. They are more concerned about quantity than anything else.

-New sports titles come out every year from them. Yeah they add 'new' features, but it's mostly a roster update that you pay $50 for.

-They buy developers like mad to pump out even more games.

-They get exclusive licenses to lockout other publishers/developers from using certain content. This makes it easier for them to make a less quality product and knowing people still buy it because it's their only option (sports games).

-The minute they finish something, they begin on something else and pay little attention and neglect products we've purchased.

-If they ever patch a game, it's not the original makers of the game. DICE Sweden made BF2 and they have freaking DICE Canada and a bunch of newly hired programmers make SF, AF, EF and patch BF2. Immediately after BF2 was rushed into stores, I bet EA had DICE work on 2142.

ugh, they just suck.

CRYSIS

lol

Crytek develops the game, but who do you think is publishing it? EA

[BryanG]

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lol

Crytek develops the game, but who do you think is publishing it? EA

So it'll be good until patch 1.1 when someone else's team is working on it hehe.

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so back to my original question almanac :) will you buy 2142? and why?

[scott123]

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BF2 gameplay elements still to this day overcome whatever destruction EA has spewed upon it. For that reason I really don't think BF2142 is any kind of threat to BF2's popularity. I look at BF2142 at a kinda BF Vietnam or one of BF2's dubious expansion paks. Lets face it: EA has not had a lot of sucess for quite some time, and they are laying off employees left and right. BF2142 will likely NOT be a sucess and we will all wait for BF3 which is a long ways off.

[ConscriptVirus]

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still thinking about it...its like a totally diff game and bf2 was really fun and we learned to get by the bugs and stuff...ppl still play it...and u can only learn from ur mistakes :P (i think)