EA Crackdown

[Funnylookingteddybear]

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I must admit I also like the stat system. I like the feeling of getting somewhere and advancing in rank. I think it could have been better implemented but how it should be done I cannot say. I would also love to get onto the match circuit and play some proper games but like I said with babies, 5 year olds and girlfriends, I cannot dedicate that amount of time purely for playing games.

Just for instance I was playing last night on some server or other and the guys BH whoring where racking up 150+ each round. EACH ROUND! I could hardly get above 50 and I'm not a tardy player. The top rank scorer of the BH guys was tripping in 190 on each round. ON EACH ROUND. Over three rounds thats nearly 600 points. I'm all for using strategies and tactics that can 'help' a little but when the average score is around 30-50, 190 is just taking the ****.

Still, this is old ground. It would be nice to see it evened out a bit though.

[$oulo]

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You can take the BH's down EASILY if everyone used the jeeps to shoot it down. Normally that doesnt happen everyone just runs around like idiots and gets slaughtered by the BH instead of trying to take it down. They think they can bitch or complain it down. If a BH has engy's in it you need more than just one jeep to take it down.

[Wtiberon]

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EA has no business getting involved with anything till they can fix the damn game in my opinion. The more you play BF2 the more apperent all of the flaws seem. Its sad that they did not learn after all the patches they had to make for BFV.

Secondly, all this ranked crap is gay to begin with. It amazes me how many people care about this ribbon/badge crap. BFV Tracks was a far better system. The only stat I care about is KDR, which is all about owning all the ribbon/badge loving fools.

I use to admin a ladder community and one of the biggest pain in our arses was players padding their stats. Sadly the game manufacturer couldn't care less and refused to lend any help whatsoever so it caused us admins to work over time to find and expel these players. Its great that a manufacturer is getting involved to keep the spirit of the game alive and not letting it fall into the hands of cheats.

I've worked on a couple beta/alpha teams for games and I can tell you programmers do ALOT of work to get these games up and running. Especially games of this quality I can only imagine the hard work and hours they put into it. The problem is that even with all this work things get missed. Even with hundreds of beta testers you can't spot every single problem that millions of users can.

So whine all you want but I give a big thumbs up to EA for this.

[I Hate TKpunishers]

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I wonder what EA thinks about admins forcing non-clan people to relinquish vehicles/equipment, and kicking them when they do not comply.....

[$oulo]

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? Wow wtf? I have never heard of that before...... Admin's actually do that uh? HAHA wow..... Thats what the ranking system has caused. People finding ways around the systen will be there no matter how many times they patch the game. Why anyone cares BESIDES the fact that they can get commander over you is a wonder to me. Worry about yourself and not what so and so is doing. If you catch them doing something then kill them deal with the TK's who cares. Everyone's rank is for thier own personal thing, alot of people could careless about what rank they are they just want to unlock something new. Some people do care about medals and blabla but really they do nothing for you. So whats the point?

[mrbucket]

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? Wow wtf? I have never heard of that before...... Admin's actually do that uh? HAHA wow..... Thats what the ranking system has caused. People finding ways around the systen will be there no matter how many times they patch the game. Why anyone cares BESIDES the fact that they can get commander over you is a wonder to me. Worry about yourself and not what so and so is doing. If you catch them doing something then kill them deal with the TK's who cares. Everyone's rank is for thier own personal thing, alot of people could careless about what rank they are they just want to unlock something new. Some people do care about medals and blabla but really they do nothing for you. So whats the point?

Yeah, EA/Dice had a good idea with rankings and what-not. But it is based on a general scale instead of personal accomplishment based scale. Meaning, pts are given for revive for medic but with a point factor, not 5 different guys revived. Of course it was exploited. Almost all weapon classes can be exploited to a certain extent. Some more than others. The point is, the game should be based on playing and only playing. Not point farming. People are so crazy with points they forgot this is a team based game. Some Squads have their sh*t down and its good to have those guys. But it's frustrating to run up against them and have your guys bail on you, and there you are alone defending a base! God sometimes i just wanna pick my mouse up over my head and smash it to pieces on my desk because of the bad squad members. LOL.

[imported_Demon6]

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Since medic is getting points for revival and healing and engineer for repairing and mining it is kinda stupid that Special Force do not get point for blowing artillery and command trailer up. It would be nice to get a point or two for it.

Point farming is stupid and I support EA in their decision to punish ranked server that supported foul play. Gamers that like that kind of playing can go to unranked servers and play anyway they like it.

[BocKinG]

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i say good on EA if the game was meant to be played like that they would have created it that way