Alright so...patch 1.3 is here, and as expected EA screwed up. Again. No surprise...and many of you seem OK with it. May I ask why? In many other situations if a company screwed up this badly this many times with a product, people would demand their money back. Or the company would take huge losses because no one would by their shoddy products anymore. Yet most of the posts I see seem to indicate many are ready to simply hand EA their wallets whenever they decide to release something new. If everyone continues to do this, EA will have no reason to finally FIX the game we all enjoy. Why would you continue to pay for things that only encourage EA's greed and allow them to give shoddy support to their fan base? I used to like EA alot, but now that they've become so large they simply are concerned with the bottom line and not the enthusiasm for great games.
Here's the problems as I see them with 1.3:
1) It wasn't even tested as far as I can tell. That this many people cannot even play the game says something about how terrible it is. You should not have to specially configure your computer just to play it and you shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get it running.
2) Instead of fixing the NUMEROUS and GRIEVOUS technical issues that have plagued this game from day one, EA insists on continually changing the GAME itself. The game play has never been the problem and has usually only suffered because of EA's stupid ideas about play balancing etc.
3) On the balance issue, whoever thought that car drops were a good idea should be shot. Anyone half as devious as me will figure out that dropping 3 FAV's on the carrier and camping the crap out of the US team will be the fastest way to lots of points and the most fun you can have without actually blowing up EA's corporate office.
4) PC gamers are not console fan boys...hence we like high resolution. We do NOT want gigantic team and vehicle options that cover most of the screen. What was wrong with icon size in the first place? It told you what you needed to know and if you couldn't honestly read it then it was probably time for a trip to the optometrist anyway.
5) Thank you EA for giving the finger to each and everyone of us that worked for any of the badges under the previous rules. Many of them are now meaningless and all the noobs will have them in addition to the people that actually earned them.
6) Point to consider: How different do you think Battlefield would be these days if someone competent had purchased DICE instead of EA? Imagine BF2 with the folks at Valve or Crytek or Bethesda Softworks in charge of it. You'd have support for your game. You'd get extra content that you wouldn't have to pay for. You'd actually get your money's worth.
I'd be interested to hear the rest of your thoughts along these lines. I for one am finished with EA. I will probably continue to play BF2 but there is no way I will pay for 2142 or Armored Fury. A line must be drawn somewhere and 1.3 is finally it.
Here's the problems as I see them with 1.3:
1) It wasn't even tested as far as I can tell. That this many people cannot even play the game says something about how terrible it is. You should not have to specially configure your computer just to play it and you shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get it running.
2) Instead of fixing the NUMEROUS and GRIEVOUS technical issues that have plagued this game from day one, EA insists on continually changing the GAME itself. The game play has never been the problem and has usually only suffered because of EA's stupid ideas about play balancing etc.
3) On the balance issue, whoever thought that car drops were a good idea should be shot. Anyone half as devious as me will figure out that dropping 3 FAV's on the carrier and camping the crap out of the US team will be the fastest way to lots of points and the most fun you can have without actually blowing up EA's corporate office.
4) PC gamers are not console fan boys...hence we like high resolution. We do NOT want gigantic team and vehicle options that cover most of the screen. What was wrong with icon size in the first place? It told you what you needed to know and if you couldn't honestly read it then it was probably time for a trip to the optometrist anyway.
5) Thank you EA for giving the finger to each and everyone of us that worked for any of the badges under the previous rules. Many of them are now meaningless and all the noobs will have them in addition to the people that actually earned them.
6) Point to consider: How different do you think Battlefield would be these days if someone competent had purchased DICE instead of EA? Imagine BF2 with the folks at Valve or Crytek or Bethesda Softworks in charge of it. You'd have support for your game. You'd get extra content that you wouldn't have to pay for. You'd actually get your money's worth.
I'd be interested to hear the rest of your thoughts along these lines. I for one am finished with EA. I will probably continue to play BF2 but there is no way I will pay for 2142 or Armored Fury. A line must be drawn somewhere and 1.3 is finally it.
