There are alot of nice changes in 1.3, as well as some good balancing. There is only one gripe I have, and that is that I suddenly cannot multitask.
In the good old days, you could be running and see a tank, and then without stopping in front of the vehicle(it outweighs you by about 129,750 pounds and has more ammo than you), you could bring up your commo-rose and spot that tank out for your team.
In the good old days, you used to lead your infantry squad into heavy fire while giving out movement commands and communicating with the squad, all the while running your butt off to stay alive for your squad and keep them moving.
In the good old days(and old as in Battlefield 1942 v1.0), you could find yourself half a map away from civilization and while moving forward, bring up a chat and go take a leak while you ran that impossibly long distance.
In the gold old days, you could hit your squad button and, while you ran, quickly check who was dead or alive to tell them where to spawn(very useful in matches it was, back in the day) or determine what weapons you had on your squad to instruct someone to spawn in with a specific kit.
Back then, you used to run up to an area where a UAV suddenly drops for you, and then you would be zooming your minimap in as you moved forward closer and closer to that red dot.
Back in the day, you were able to call for reinforcement while you dove over that sandbag pile under heavy fire. You would often say thanks to that medic/support fella who just hooked you up as you both were moving foward, fully recharged. Often, you'd be running as a SL and simultaneously barking out orders to move to specific walls by pointing and using your "move here" button in the SL rose.
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1 patch later
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No more squad leader efficiency by being able to move and issue orders, check status, check weapons, or call for commander support. No more running "Enemy Tank Spotted!" calls for you. Now if you want to use your commo rose at ALL, including the commander/request rose, you have to stop, and if you want to check your scores or your screen it will stop you.
What is the point of disabling the autopilot feature? I can't imagine any possible way to consider this an exploit, or cheating, or even cheap, only convenient. You couldn't fire, strafe, jump, or anything else, only run straight forward. Why disable this feature that's been a mainstay since bf1942v1.0?
These things make the rest of the changes pretty insignifigant to me, because the "feel" of the game is alot different to me now. Though these were small things, they kept the speed of battle up, and made it so the more you practiced efficient use of your map/commorose/commandrose the better you did, rewarding loyalty and dedication to the game. They helped set apart the nublet squad leaders and the trusty vets. They helped movie-like scenes with people diving behind cover screaming "need reinforcements" or "Need a medic!" doable.
Damn it DICE, why'd you noob this up so bad?
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS
In the good old days, you could be running and see a tank, and then without stopping in front of the vehicle(it outweighs you by about 129,750 pounds and has more ammo than you), you could bring up your commo-rose and spot that tank out for your team.
In the good old days, you used to lead your infantry squad into heavy fire while giving out movement commands and communicating with the squad, all the while running your butt off to stay alive for your squad and keep them moving.
In the good old days(and old as in Battlefield 1942 v1.0), you could find yourself half a map away from civilization and while moving forward, bring up a chat and go take a leak while you ran that impossibly long distance.
In the gold old days, you could hit your squad button and, while you ran, quickly check who was dead or alive to tell them where to spawn(very useful in matches it was, back in the day) or determine what weapons you had on your squad to instruct someone to spawn in with a specific kit.
Back then, you used to run up to an area where a UAV suddenly drops for you, and then you would be zooming your minimap in as you moved forward closer and closer to that red dot.
Back in the day, you were able to call for reinforcement while you dove over that sandbag pile under heavy fire. You would often say thanks to that medic/support fella who just hooked you up as you both were moving foward, fully recharged. Often, you'd be running as a SL and simultaneously barking out orders to move to specific walls by pointing and using your "move here" button in the SL rose.
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1 patch later
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No more squad leader efficiency by being able to move and issue orders, check status, check weapons, or call for commander support. No more running "Enemy Tank Spotted!" calls for you. Now if you want to use your commo rose at ALL, including the commander/request rose, you have to stop, and if you want to check your scores or your screen it will stop you.
What is the point of disabling the autopilot feature? I can't imagine any possible way to consider this an exploit, or cheating, or even cheap, only convenient. You couldn't fire, strafe, jump, or anything else, only run straight forward. Why disable this feature that's been a mainstay since bf1942v1.0?
These things make the rest of the changes pretty insignifigant to me, because the "feel" of the game is alot different to me now. Though these were small things, they kept the speed of battle up, and made it so the more you practiced efficient use of your map/commorose/commandrose the better you did, rewarding loyalty and dedication to the game. They helped set apart the nublet squad leaders and the trusty vets. They helped movie-like scenes with people diving behind cover screaming "need reinforcements" or "Need a medic!" doable.
Damn it DICE, why'd you noob this up so bad?
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