BF2S Forums VERY suprising bf2 1.03 patch feature.

SoulBeeper wrote:

I like the idea that it gets easier to go up in ranks BUT like many other said then they need to add more of them otherwise people wont have anything to work for.
I think a way to deal with both these rank issues and point farming would be to make the ranks time based. you play for 20 hours and get lance corpral for example. some people may just join a server and stand still until the next power failure but how fun is it to have the highest rank and 0 points?
some people will probably say "then it has nothing to do with skill.." but can you honestly say it does now? people point farming on karkand as medic isnt skill in my oppinion

That's why i dont give much for medics who win . Few medics have earned my respect.

kilroy0097 wrote:

Master Sergeant - Score: 150000


So what are they promoting with a change in the ranking system? They are promoting imaginary cookies for those that aren't stat padders. Who actually have normal lives and play like normal gamers. Will it effect the way we play? Probably not at all. All it gives me is more unlocks, IF  it gives me more unlocks. It's very possible the keep the unlocks spread out so that we all keep exactly what we have as unlocks and don't get anymore. So don't be all giddy and joyful that you are going to get new unlocks because you could very well not get any.

Well - if you look at the guy chuy pointed out - it looks like he has lots of unlocked weapons?!?

Ranks have turned this into an MMORPG... Was there ranks in BF142?  NO!  Was it great fun?  YES!

Last edited by Locarno (2005-10-03 09:51:58)

-xDookiex- wrote:

RANKS SHOULD BE EARNED. They should not be given to crappy players who have like 20 hours of gameplay or something.  EA better add officer ranks and new unlocks or they're truly a bunch of idiots. Yes the medals should be easier because they require over 5000 hours wich is almost a years worth of play, but the ranks should not be given to crappy players. I was playing with this retard private who only used a noob tube. To think that he'll get the rank of sergeant at like 5000 points is amazingly pathetic.  I mean what the hell is the point of unlocks now? Why don't they just give us all the unlocks if they're gonna make them so EASY to get. EA releases the game with all these glitches and stat padding problems, now they make a patch that ruins it. They have no clue how to make a good game. I've worked 250+ hours to get 65k, EA should of told us they were gonna pull a stunt like this so we woudn't of wasted our time.

who calm down... Your saying this as though people with 20 hours and 5k points will have the same rank as you... THEY WONT, you'll still be a much, much higher rank, with much, much more respect.

Let alone the fact you will have 1337 skills, the enjoyment of pwning noobs and YOU will have a higher rank than you already have now.

Anyways, lets not rank on... Lets wait for the patch release, play it for a few hours THEN comment.

Right now we are only speculating, and that is accumulating sweet FA

Locarno wrote:

-xDookiex- wrote:

RANKS SHOULD BE EARNED. They should not be given to crappy players who have like 20 hours of gameplay or something.  EA better add officer ranks and new unlocks or they're truly a bunch of idiots. Yes the medals should be easier because they require over 5000 hours wich is almost a years worth of play, but the ranks should not be given to crappy players. I was playing with this retard private who only used a noob tube. To think that he'll get the rank of sergeant at like 5000 points is amazingly pathetic.  I mean what the hell is the point of unlocks now? Why don't they just give us all the unlocks if they're gonna make them so EASY to get. EA releases the game with all these glitches and stat padding problems, now they make a patch that ruins it. They have no clue how to make a good game. I've worked 250+ hours to get 65k, EA should of told us they were gonna pull a stunt like this so we woudn't of wasted our time.

who calm down... Your saying this as though people with 20 hours and 5k points will have the same rank as you... THEY WONT, you'll still be a much, much higher rank, with much, much more respect.

Let alone the fact you will have 1337 skills, the enjoyment of pwning noobs and YOU will have a higher rank than you already have now.

Anyways, lets not rank on... Lets wait for the patch release, play it for a few hours THEN comment.

Right now we are only speculating, and that is accumulating sweet FA

i hope ranks can handle it. I always thought the ranks were impossible but this is just   

As far as i know, they weren't THAT specific.  best I heard was "in the next few days" and that was a few days ago.  Don't fret, it'll be here.  I'd rather they took their time and got it right TBH.  I'm expecting the patch to be out either tonight or tomorow.

Yeah I find the points you have to get to achieve the next ranks ridiciously high.
They could turn it down a notch. Im terribly sorry for the vet.gamers who already have a high rank by playing like mad. For your sake, I hope they bring out some new ranks.

No lets all pray to the great gaming gods in the sky,
Patch 1.03, come to us soon!

-xDookiex- wrote:

I just don't want the hours upon hours I've played gone to waste

I dont mind the waste, otherwise I wouldnt be playing.

ranks could be knocked down a notch...but the awards/medals need drastically reduced...

the unlocks aren't all that much better than the standard kits anyways, i don't know what all the huff and puff is about...and like was said before, they have an expansion pack coming out so that's their primary concern at this point anyways...

CMDR_Dave wrote:

||BFA||xZeler8 wrote:

...and like was said before, they have an expansion pack coming out so that's their primary concern at this point anyways...

That's probably about right.  Expansion Pack = $$$ for EA/Dice

And r00fus...I was totally lost by that last post.  Huh? 

he lost me too...then I realized he has the war college ribbon...first one i've seen...then i looked at his global win/loss and at 610/72 quickly realized he's one of those guys that hops to the winning team at the end so I figured I wouldn't bother

Hi Guys,

I think what your seeing are cheats.  I remember this JohnnyButane being kicked from our servers before for Padding.  I want to let you know I'm not sure this is the same person.  If you look close at the Sergeant icon you will see it's the wrong size.

I don't know what to expect from the 1.03 patch.  I've tried to find out what I can but they're pretty secretive.  I think they're mainly working out exploits, and glitches e.g. The support class in the Blackhawk, if your a squad leader and you run out to the area beyond play where it usually yells at you to get back. If someone spans on you he can stay there without any punishment.  Then the squad leader can quit and re-spawn on that person till the whole squad is off the map.  I think they are going to address the bunny hopping also.  It will take more time to recover from a jump so you can't cross the map like a rabbit.

There are several sites with a whole series of cheat code for this game already.  I will not post the link to keep honest people honest.  I think they will be adding these to PB in 1.03.

I have not heard anything about rank changes, if these are examples of 1.03 than where are they getting it and where are they playing it? I don't know any servers running it.

I think 1.03 will address issues like load time, lag, new maps, and better controls, and bugs.

As for the weapon unlocks, the only one I think is worth the effort is the engineer shotgun the pump action are usless.

See you guys in the game.

=PFM=DA

Two things:

EA has fooked up again or YAY new ranks (How you get them)