IGN article: bf2 + patch :)

2005-10-03 18:47:27

#1

beeng: Get C4, here!; +66|7049

tommorrow? IGN seems to think so...and if they're lying then they'll have a lot of angry people on their hands :p

http://pc.ign.com/articles/655/655507p1.html

[edit: look at the screens http://media.pc.ign.com/media/677/67788 … 12389.html , 1400 points and already a cpl ]

[edit 2: mo' info... they're updating servers first... just like I predicted :p https://secure.trinitygames.com/forums/ … .php?t=397 ]

[edit 3: patch changes http://www.bf1942.idv.tw/modules/news/a … oryid=2428 ]

Last edited by beeng (2005-10-04 06:11:46)

2005-10-03 18:50:30

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polarbearz: Raiders of the Lost Bear; +-1,474|7052|Singapore

whoa whoa arti doesn't count against commanders!!!! w00t

2005-10-03 18:57:19

#3

US|dirtysouth: purple sticky punch; +0|7077|englewood FL.

who care about that ..i mean that's good but ..ahhh 1400 pnts and hes got a 10500 pnt rank....this could mean the ROMURS about new ranks and lowerd ranks is tru!

2005-10-03 19:19:57

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TriggerHappy998: just nothing; +387|7111|-

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/677/67788 … 12370.html

Um, hi, stat padding?

2005-10-03 19:22:26

#5

DriftX: Member; +0|7050

If 1400 points is Corporal, then what about this picture?

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/677/67788 … 12391.html

2000 points but still at Lance Corporal. However, the bar is a little over halfway full, so I would guesstimate that Corporal would be at around 5000.

2005-10-03 19:26:07

#6

beeng: Get C4, here!; +66|7049

TriggerHappy998 wrote:
http://media.pc.ign.com/media/677/677882/img_3112370.html

Um, hi, stat padding?

My guess is they're testing the anti-stat-padding features

2005-10-03 19:44:30

#7

Mooha182: Member; +0|7044

Yeah it should be people testing.....

2005-10-03 19:45:03

#8

SharkyMcshark: I'll take two; +132|7048|Perth, Western Australia

Oh come on thats ridiculous. 1800 and a corporal!!. Now im not saying that the ranking system does not need adjusting (i think it does personally) but 1800 pts for cpl, come on. If ea forget to add support for people with more points to get their new weapons i may have a homocidal fit

2005-10-03 20:01:03

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=[4th]=SlayThem: Destroy Noob Cannons; +96|7096

DriftX wrote:
If 1400 points is Corporal, then what about this picture?

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/677/67788 … 12391.html

2000 points but still at Lance Corporal. However, the bar is a little over halfway full, so I would guesstimate that Corporal would be at around 5000.

If you notice, it's Tom IGN logged in... and he's comparing his stats to Fatty IGN./.. I'm guessing FAtty doesn't have the patch, and tom does, therefore Tom went up ranks and Fatty didn't.

2005-10-03 20:38:12

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bluehavoc8686: will frag for food; +11|7103|Pittsburgh, PA, USA

am i the only one who thinks that the ranking system is fine?!?!?

2005-10-03 20:39:37

#11

=[4th]=SlayThem: Destroy Noob Cannons; +96|7096

bluehavoc8686 wrote:
am i the only one who thinks that the ranking system is fine?!?!?

I think it's pretty fair up to sergeant. btu after that it gets a little steap... but I think it's mostly okay. Unless they add more unlocks and more ranks.

2005-10-03 21:17:21

#12

07>sin: mista sinista; +1|7109

theres no way everyone will be 100% with the new ranks, im just came excepting it. i read the other night that maybe lower rank scores will stop score whores and make ppl play the game for fun. im all for that (if it helps at all)

2005-10-03 22:02:11

#13

ProDicTeD: Member; +2|7071

i'm still against it, cause i played myself to seargent and if this is true i'll suddenly be first sergeant or something I thought the ranking was okay.

2005-10-03 22:28:53

#14

The_Truth_16: Member; +0|7052

*EA Is Sending The Patch To Trusted Sites and Is Currently Updating There Servers*

2005-10-03 23:16:13

#15

Paladus902: The Last Man Standing; +1|7049

=[4th]=SlayThem wrote:
bluehavoc8686 wrote:
am i the only one who thinks that the ranking system is fine?!?!?
I think it's pretty fair up to sergeant. btu after that it gets a little steap... but I think it's mostly okay. Unless they add more unlocks and more ranks.

Im in agreement with you both. While I think that yes, it does rise a little too steeply after Sergeant, really the system is fine as it is. I think were going to have a lot of angry people who are around the top spot. However, what I really want to know is how the rewards have changed.

2005-10-04 05:21:54

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Leatherface-TCM: The Saw is Family; +0|7084

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Patch Release

The patch is due for release imminently.

We'll update you as soon as we have further information regarding time.
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The patch is due today (Tuesday), but we are not expecting the release before 4pm BST at the earliest.

We'll update again when we have a concrete time.
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2005-10-04 05:52:17

#17

*DuTcH*: Member; +0|7109

ffs i just got 50000 points for staff and now they change ranks.I hope they have more unlocks comin and ranks because those guys at the top of ranks with 140000 points+ will b 5 star generals or even the president lol

2005-10-04 05:59:17

#18

Ludwig: Member; +1|7067

rofl ! thats true !
maybe they give us unlocks easily because they will add new weapons unlocks, like handguns, rocketlauncher or a personnal Stinger (somebody had this idea on this forum).
or maybe, if everyone can have all unlocks with 50.000pts, this will reduce farming and padding ...

2005-10-04 06:11:14

#19

r00fus: Member; +2|7055

i think the ranking system they have now is fine...the higher ranks are harder to get just as they would be if you were a real marine.

2005-10-04 06:11:29

#20

beeng: Get C4, here!; +66|7049

Heres some mo' info
http://www.bf1942.idv.tw/modules/news/a … oryid=2428

2005-10-04 06:17:55

#21

r00fus: Member; +2|7055

i mean it only took me a month to get where i am now, and if the new patch has rankings as we expect or were shown, i could be the top rank in a month. This really kills the long term factor of the game

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2005-10-04 06:20:15

#22

mort4u: Artillery catcher; +5|7102|Munich, Germany

i think we will see these days but if EA and Dicereally made the ranks that easy they didnt get it right again.
imho the ranks were a bit far apart and could have used a small tweaking but only like max -20%, e.g. LCPL at 8000 and CPL at 16000 and so on.
but LCPL at 2000 is quite a joke cause the real addicted players get that amount in 1 day and i get nearly a 1000 points on a good day and still 300-500 on normal days.
with this we will have masses of n00bs with M95´s and DAO´s running around,
sure it can make stat padding less desireable cause i remember 1 guy on the tracker forum who had his account reseted and he said "how else should i reach those ranks than with stat padding".
its just a question between better gameplay and longtime motivation.

i will still be happy when i get SRGT with the new patch but on the other hand i also was looking forward to achieve it

2005-10-04 06:20:29

#23

beeng: Get C4, here!; +66|7049

r00fus wrote:
i mean it only took me a month to get where i am now, and if the new patch has rankings as we expect or were shown, i could be the top rank in a month. This really kills the long term factor of the game

thats the IDEA. arrgh, how many times do i have to say it

2005-10-04 06:25:55

#24

CMDR_Dave: Redneck; +66|7104|Missoula, MT

Mooha182 wrote:
Yeah it should be people testing.....

27,000 points = Master Sergeant? hmmm...cool.

2005-10-04 06:28:25

#25

r00fus: Member; +2|7055

hmmm...dumb, yeah i guess they want us to move on to spec forces expansion. But because of this bull shit they're pulling with this game, i problably wont buy a game from ea in the near future.

And think about how much a server costs to run..you can rent your own server for 350 a month and run 10 servers off of it, but yet it costs 200 dollars for a ranked server.

they wont be making money off of their rip off servers any more after theres no point to being ranked. That should be a reason to add ranks or make the reqs higher.

Last edited by r00fus (2005-10-04 06:31:05)

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