Mj.Blindfisch wrote:
"On a more pleasant note, Battlefield 2 hit somewhat of a milestone last night with over 52,000 simultaneous players. This is the highest number of players we’ve seen at one time for Battlefield 2 and almost 4 times more than the peak number of Battlefield 1942"
Isn't it funny,all the whining everywhere from "castrated" jetwhores and C4-chuckers about the new unfair patch,yet the simultaneous number of players goes breaking records shortly after the 1.2 release....
Need we more proof that with the 1.2 patch they did the right thing?
Are you kidding me? Honestly, spend some more time thinking about what you say, you bought that hook line and sinker.
First they address that they are immediately working on solutions to the problems because they did NOT get 1.2 right. If 1.2 was so great they wouldn't be working on 1.21 "around the clock" whether or not you put much stock in their words. Then they try to smooth everyone's volatile nature over by saying oh by the way, we've seen the highest number of players ever last night.
They don't say how many players were peak before the patch, nor is the peak a completely relevant statistic given that you need to see the average user base, and patch 1.2 is just getting settled down so that all the users are keen to try it out. You will always notice a peak in players when a new patch is released; everyone wants to try it out. Let's not forget the fact that they do not mention fixing anything with the account servers or stats servers dealing with this increase in load due to users.
What you want to test for is to see how many stick around a few weeks after, and you still have to factor in that BF2 continues to be a growing community as more purchase the game to try it out, regardless of the patches released. The patch isn't so horribly bad that anyone wants to leave BF2 forever either. So basically it's great that BF2 is growing, but this is expected of this high profile game series, and saying so doesn't mean 1.2 patch is the next best thing since sliced bread.
Anyways, regardless of statistics, the point is the 1.2 patch did not work out the way a majority of people wanted it to, and saying that look we have all these users, therefore the 1.2 patch is great, is a bad conclusion to draw. There are LOTS of problems with 1.2, and the balance issues remain, except opposite in orientation now. Admitting that problems exist, does not mean that BF2 is a horrible game, or that everyone is a whiney c4, jet, tank, etc. whore. It just says look there are these problems, lets fix them to the satisfaction of a majority of users and move on with the fragging.
Next time you want to get up on your soap box, at least present a reasoned argument. Anyone can jump to conclusions (esp. with statistics) and EA just used that statistic to smooth everyone over so that the community would calm down knowing change is still in the wind and we aren't stuck with the bad sides of 1.2, but we will keep the good changes.
As for you guys saying everyone is whiney bitches with no balls, take a look at the community on this website. With previous patches, there has been lots of whining, but the majority of people have kept their traps shut, especially the more mature users on this site. With this new patch, practically everyone has had their say, showing you that the patch is a lot more volatile then previous ones. The part that gets me, is that in majority, the mature people on this website just want a little balance, but theres always one or two outspoken flamers talking out of their ass. Listen, it's not like everyone wants dolphin diving/bunny hopping/c4 chucking/aa/vehicles identical to 1.12, they want some more balance.
So stop immaturely flaming people saying this patch rocks, there's no problems with it, its "realistic" (gag) and you guys are just whiney babies who want to be some type of whore. This is what your arguments boil down to. Nevermind entering into the arena that you can play what you want, when you want, and how you want, and that there has always been vehicles to be used in the BF series, and jumping, throwing, etc. is and has been part of the game. So you can suck it up too, child. This game is still good, it just needs a bit of re-tweaking.
BTW, the game isn't about realism, it's about balance, so stop bringing the realism argument up; you all passed grade 12, and I'm sure you can figure that one out.
