Alternative to Weapon Unlocks

[~US~Riggs-]

i was thinking this my self... because a lot of ppl(includeing myself) regret what i unlocked but then again im to far to want to start over again...
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[Cutter]

I can see where it would work for those not happy with their weapon unlock choice but the idea off playing long enough to unlock everything was the reason I thought of it. I can't honestly see myself playing until I make Staff Sargent but if I am it won't be for the weapon unlock lol.

[=Hairy_Nipple=]

Bad Idea! Do you want everyone to have a DAO or Jackhammer in a city map?

[=Hairy_Nipple=]

Huh not bad. Let's hope they use this one in BF3

BF3 wtf?!... :laugh:

[S_t_a_l_i_n]

Bad Idea! Do you want everyone to have a DAO or Jackhammer in a city map?

Ya? and how do u know everyone is gonna choose DAO and hackhammer in a city map?? btw, great idea, choose to unlock different weapons in every round, admin put this to sticky, and hopefully someone can transfer this to EA forums....

[Teaves]

Wow! such a brilliantly simple idea, but after 5 minutes thought i still can not see a downside. Even if everyone did choose a DAO or Jackhammer on city maps, then it nagates any advantage..... BECAUSE everyone has a DAO or Jackhammer

If the leaderboard holds true, then the gap between the top players and rest will get silly anyway with regards to rank and locks. The top player already has got what? 5 unlocked weapons already?

Kudos to you just for having a thread where so many people agree with you, it has obviously struck a cord. I will await any serious negative points that anyone thinks of, but it sounds like a plan with no drawbacks to me. To be honest most of the time i would probably choose the same unlocks anyway, but more choice (while still keeping some balance AND rewards for ranks) is always a good thing.

[(EWC)Zenine]

I vote yes...why not create a differnet aspect of an awesome game!!!
kill on.

[UrbanMarine]

I don't see myself unlocking all the guns this century, so I think that would be a great feature.

Edit: Server Option?

[imported_DaDDeh]

Yeah nice idea, but to late to have done, imagine all the top players who have had to work for there unlocks complaining if you can choose at Lance Cpl, a easy made rank in a couple of days, nah sorry not being nasty but sounds like you don't want to have to work for your unlocks and want it easy. :)

Idea would have been good from release of the game, but not now. :)

[Daz]

Good Idea, but i feel it defeates the purpose of unlocking a gun, i like to feel that the gun is mine and when others see me with it, they are facinated. Because i am.

[SmilingRaccoon]

maybe a way to repick which gun you want that only allows you to change it once a day or something, id get pissed if everyone could do that cause i just got my 3rd unlock lol

[Teaves]

But by now everyone has seen all the guns, by that i mean been killed by them all, there is no fascination any more, simply a realisation that i will never ever possibly unlock all the guns, period. (dont you need 150,000 for a full set? or even more maybe?) i dont regret what i unlocked at all, but more and more we will start to see players with 2, 3, and even 4 more weapons then us, talk about being out-classed, twice :laugh: (weapons and skill)

This suggestion means higher ranks will still have a bigger advantage, having many more weapons available to them depending on the situation/opposition, but will allow lesser players, like me, to at least have a chance against them. I feel it would simply level the field a little, another point is that by the fact they have a lower rank (time played) then they wont be able to use the unlocked gun as well as the higher ranked player (more time played by many time by the way the stats step up)

[WAAASSSUUUPP]

I agree! This is a great idea.

Off-topic: Can you eventually unlock all weapons, I can't play online because of crap network card.

[MichaelSword]

Good Idea, but i feel it defeates the purpose of unlocking a gun, i like to feel that the gun is mine and when others see me with it, they are facinated. Because i am.

i sort of feel similiar to this, although i can't really put my finger on why. part of the 'mystique' of getting these unlocks is that you have to put in a huge amount of effort to get them all unlocked. its a big deal to choose your next unlock, and with this new method you would have effectively unlocked all the weapons once you got the 1st unlock. maybe dice would then make it much harder to get that 1st unlock...

like many, i'm not that happy with my one unlock so far (jackhammer), but i really see no reason to just unlock all of them because of it. personally, i don't think there is a huge difference between the standard and unlocked weapons for each class, so part of the reason the unlocks are a big deal is because you have to spend time to get them.

its almost like an mmorpg - if someone puts in 100 hours and gets to level 30, and decides he doesn't really like it, would you want him to be able to just switch his character & gear completely? i personally would not, but i could see how some people might want to

[imported_Champion]

It looks good at first glance, but why bother ranking above lance corporal?