BF2S Forums Removing squad hopping...

I say stop F***ing with year old game mechanics.

I personally am glad they are killing squad hopping. As stated above, this will encourage a squad to work as a squad, not an exploit. Yes I said it, Exploit. Squad hopping is an exploit. This is the number one problem with Tourney/clan play. It is not about who can play better as a team, shoot better, it is about which team can exploit the game better.

Last year around this time clan matches was a "who can load up a blackhawk and take points better"

Just my $0.02

Last edited by TXGFpoman (2006-05-01 10:52:44)

LOL   i got -1 for this.  LOL    why CUZ ITS TRUE?

acctually it has very well to do with it.  it was a post about the upcoming patch.   and i asked why every noob COMPLAINs about every patch.    thats not friction, thats FACTS.      it was a compare an contrast.   therefore it was constructive.    but of course NO ONE anwsered the question, they all -1 me. and cry to them selves, which in turn makes it appear unconstructive.

i think in a way it is a good idea. i havnt really seen much squad hopping which has caused one team to do better than the other. sometime i actually like it when a small squad starts doing it cause it means more kills for me.
but at times on the bigger maps, i do like to squad jump just so i can spawn closer to the action and not have to find a vehicle, then travel across the map to where the bad guys are.

I found it quite usefull, like a squadleader all by himself near a enemy flag and then quick swap and spawn with him. but well. just another thing that EA/Dice had to "Fix" or "change" whatever.

I have not seen anything talking about removing this on the official site so it probably isnt beeing worked on at the moment so dont worry until it says that on the official site and dont listen to unofficial sites they make up things once and while.
MY $.02

when me and my clan play, we each are squad leaders so when one of us is at a flag we can all leave our squad and join that one person at a flag, this patch is gonna mess up all our shit, i wish EA would stop changing features in the game that have been around since day 1, especially one that no one ever complains about.

Naughty_Om wrote:

lets let it come out and then see how we like it, personnally i love the idea, it makes it so people cant just hop squads to spawn in strategic locations.

BUT.... thats the entire POINT of changing your squad. It HELPS your team to capture a strategic location. Its all strategy, and changing a game mechanic that was NOT broken after the game has been out for a YEAR severely damages the established gameplay of BF2. This is NOT what needs to happen to BF2, what needs to happen is BUGFIXES that ruin the game. Like I've maintained, I HAVE NOT heard a single complaint about squad hoppers UNTIL this patch note came around. Since then, many people (henceforth called "noobs") have come forth saying its a good change that prevents a "gay tactic". Now, tell me, define a "gay tactic" its the tactic that offends or beats a lesser player (noob). Anyone remember the article about street fighter players having to adapt to using "gay moves" to win tournaments while all the little smurfs got beat and whined about it. The point of a game is to play to WIN, there is no such thing as a "gay" move unless it involves altercating the game files in some manner, in which case that is downright CHEATING. Squad hopping has not been cheating, has never been regarded as cheating. In fact, it has been a game MECHANIC (read: staple of gameplay) for many players (read: not just "pros" but players who like to play with friends). Changing such staples of gameplay is not necessary, nor is it helpful for keeping players (other than the noobs) around playing the game (and/or referring it to friends). It seems to me that DICE/EA wants to kill BF2 to prepare the road for 2142 (which looks like a turd to me, OMGz MECHZ LOLZ!).

Vilham wrote:

Btw for whoever -1 me for saying coz not cuz, say it phonetically and then tell me its spelt Cuz, because sounds like coz alot more than cuz. Anyway back to the post.

I do agree that it could be counted as an abuse of the game. However this has been in the game as the post above says for a year. Changing something like this can completly change the way clans play. I personally completly agree with Empathy.

deprived from the word, "Because", shortened b'cuz, or cuz.   -1 for you again.

dankassasin42o wrote:

Vilham wrote:

Btw for whoever -1 me for saying coz not cuz, say it phonetically and then tell me its spelt Cuz, because sounds like coz alot more than cuz. Anyway back to the post.

I do agree that it could be counted as an abuse of the game. However this has been in the game as the post above says for a year. Changing something like this can completly change the way clans play. I personally completly agree with Empathy.

deprived from the word, "Because", shortened b'cuz, or cuz.   -1 for you again.

wrong shortened cos or to be pedantic b'cos

whats the "oficial" ea reason for this?!?...

my theory is lets fuck up bf2 with stupid patches (who actually dont fix bugs) and then release bf2142 with all the cool features bf2 had in the original release.