great upgrade, but I feel dirty
Did that get your attention....<now I step on my soapbox>
Okay, I'll start this off with the simple fact I like the update, I am happy about a few changes (better AA, no BH whoring, favorite servers, etc) disappointed others did not happen (bunny hopping, noobtoob, etc), but all in all it is a nice change.
I will preface this whole thing by saying I like the rank servers, I like having goals for medals, ribbons, badges, and ranks, if you like to play for the sake of playing alone, great for you, I like tangible accomplishments. Now to my rant, so I was sitting in my happy little world as a lance corp, no big deal I was 2/3 of the way to my next promotion at 10,000 points, and I knew it would take a lot of work to get there, but it would be one hell of an accomplishment (yippy for my team when I finally got there). With that promotion I would get my next upgrade, I have spent the last month trying to figure out which new unlock I would get, checking the forums for opinions, taking them off dead bodies to try out myself, figuring out what other classes I liked to use, you know the story. I also knew I would never get that far rank-wise in the game, I have the wife, the 60hr/week job, everything you have to do in the real world. I was also okay with that, it was cool to compare what I had accomplished with the people that had spent major time in the game (I have all the basic badges, the elusive Staff Officer ribbon, things I thought were cool for only putting in as much time as I have).
Then 1.3 came out, I have been excited about the change for weeks now (ever since the first hints came out that it would finally get here Oct 3rd, so what if they missed by a day), I was watching the forums to see what people thought as I trudged through my workday, picking up tidbits on what had changed, what people thought, then a nightmare…….they changed the rank system. At first I was excited, this would mean great quick progress, unlocks ect…..
So I get home load the update, jump in and start playing. I get my first kill, BOOM I get a promotion
…..wow I was elated, what a wonderful bonus, instant unlock, but I’m not just going to kill the game now (not when it takes so long to verify (I another think I wished they would fix)), so I stick around. I try out the new demolition point system, and blow up some artillery…BOOM I get another promotion? How did that happen
? So I pull out my gun and kill someone else….BOOM promotion #3…..WTF
? By the end of the game I received three promotions (now a Staff Sergeant), three ribbons, and three unlocks. So I go out pick my guns and then look at my monitor, I feel dirty. I didn’t do anything to earn these upgrades, it feels cheap, yippy I now have three new ranks (so much for all the effort to get to corporal), yippy I now have three new guns to play with (so much for all my research). Yes it is fun to use the new guns, yes I like to see that I have a higher rank than people on the server (instead of there being 90% lance corporals on every server). Yes I like knowing that I get another rank and unlock with 700 more points. But after all is said and done, it feels cheap…..they changed the rules and made it easier, and I don’t really like it. <and I step off my soapbox>
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel the same?
Okay, I'll start this off with the simple fact I like the update, I am happy about a few changes (better AA, no BH whoring, favorite servers, etc) disappointed others did not happen (bunny hopping, noobtoob, etc), but all in all it is a nice change.
I will preface this whole thing by saying I like the rank servers, I like having goals for medals, ribbons, badges, and ranks, if you like to play for the sake of playing alone, great for you, I like tangible accomplishments. Now to my rant, so I was sitting in my happy little world as a lance corp, no big deal I was 2/3 of the way to my next promotion at 10,000 points, and I knew it would take a lot of work to get there, but it would be one hell of an accomplishment (yippy for my team when I finally got there). With that promotion I would get my next upgrade, I have spent the last month trying to figure out which new unlock I would get, checking the forums for opinions, taking them off dead bodies to try out myself, figuring out what other classes I liked to use, you know the story. I also knew I would never get that far rank-wise in the game, I have the wife, the 60hr/week job, everything you have to do in the real world. I was also okay with that, it was cool to compare what I had accomplished with the people that had spent major time in the game (I have all the basic badges, the elusive Staff Officer ribbon, things I thought were cool for only putting in as much time as I have).
Then 1.3 came out, I have been excited about the change for weeks now (ever since the first hints came out that it would finally get here Oct 3rd, so what if they missed by a day), I was watching the forums to see what people thought as I trudged through my workday, picking up tidbits on what had changed, what people thought, then a nightmare…….they changed the rank system. At first I was excited, this would mean great quick progress, unlocks ect…..
So I get home load the update, jump in and start playing. I get my first kill, BOOM I get a promotion
…..wow I was elated, what a wonderful bonus, instant unlock, but I’m not just going to kill the game now (not when it takes so long to verify (I another think I wished they would fix)), so I stick around. I try out the new demolition point system, and blow up some artillery…BOOM I get another promotion? How did that happen ? So I pull out my gun and kill someone else….BOOM promotion #3…..WTF ? By the end of the game I received three promotions (now a Staff Sergeant), three ribbons, and three unlocks. So I go out pick my guns and then look at my monitor, I feel dirty. I didn’t do anything to earn these upgrades, it feels cheap, yippy I now have three new ranks (so much for all the effort to get to corporal), yippy I now have three new guns to play with (so much for all my research). Yes it is fun to use the new guns, yes I like to see that I have a higher rank than people on the server (instead of there being 90% lance corporals on every server). Yes I like knowing that I get another rank and unlock with 700 more points. But after all is said and done, it feels cheap…..they changed the rules and made it easier, and I don’t really like it. <and I step off my soapbox>Is it just me, or does anyone else feel the same?
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