BF2S Forums Nobody Wants to Be Commander Anymore

Problem is, again, Dice did a half arsed job implementing the stuff. (IMHO)
Why is it that people can rack up kills by doing whatever they want?
I mean commanders can tell people what to do but if you do it or not, you will still get points.
They could have done a system where, when you give a job (attack, defend, whatever) everyone doing their thing in that area get points.
Likewise commanders would get points for the people doing their jobs and the commander giving them stuff.
If such a thing were implemented, a commander should get ZERO points for art kills (for instance).

Now either BF2 is an action game and then there is no need for a commander or it is a team-based tactical game.

Do your search with only "Large Maps" selected, and pick a server with 32 or fewer players...  don't pick a server using Wake Island (as it's only a 64-player map, so all the other rounds may be 32 or 16 maps), or Karkand (if the server is like 30/64, and it's on Karkand, I don't think it'll take long to fill).


But yeah, I hate that stuff...  my first time commander I tried it one round (cause I noticed the guy the previous round wasn't doing crap), and had a fun go of it.  Sat hidden spotting targets, dropping UAV and artie and supplies...   We went from loosing the previous round to winning that one, same map (Kubra Dam).  3rd round on the map another guy who had been out flying the chopper (crashing the chopper) all the last round got commander by outranking me.  What's the first thing he does?  Gets in the jet!

I quit the server not long after that.  Commander hopping in a jet is a bad sign, unless he's just using it to hide in the corner of the map.

kontrolcrimson wrote:

i love commander now, i spent 10 hours last weekend and got over 1500 kills. all you need to do is know how the arty works.
just drop supplies, even if thhey dont need it, set uav, if they loose they loose, swap teams and command there. they will learn.
as for the basic commander badge, getting forty points isnt to hard. first wait a few rounds, is there some going commander straight up??
if not, get some kills get a small score then hit commander for the last half. give them everything wither they need it or want it.

Am I the only guy left trying to play as a teammember and not as a point-monger?

I still like being a commander but I agree that people seem to be even more reluctant to command then before. As for kill points my observation is that:

a) The in-game stats will not show your artillery kills.
b) Nevertheless you will get the kills in the stats (definitely), so your K:D improves (at least in my case, because I suck with hand weapons)
c) Because of that you can still earn badges that require kills IAR by killing with the arty.
d) I am pretty sure that you do get points for repairs. I observed that it does not say "You got a repair point" in-game but at the end of round I was credited for x repairs. I am not sure whether these repairs count towards your Engineer badge, because I did not get 10 repairs IAR as commander yet.

As for the guy who struggles to get command badge: AFAIK the commander points are calculated as the average of points your team gathered. So it is a bit a matter of luck to get enough points for the badge. You should find a server without time limit and preferably with evenly balanced teams and as suggested above which is not very populated. This way the round will last long and your teammates will sum up tons of points which is good for your commander score. If you really are a stat whore you could even reduce your efforts if your team gets to strong just to prolong the battle (but of course no one would do that). So a lot of things that influence your commander score are completely out of your control. Of course you should still struggle to win. The badge requirements are before x2 but for the bronze/silver/gold stars it's a different story.

I disagree with the guy who said commanders get points for sitting around. If I command I do not fly around, run around or even worse sit in a tank for protection and block it for my team. I find a "save" spot not to sit around but because I am busy scanning, spotting, supplying, and directing. From time to time I have to go shoot a SecOps guy and repair my assets. That's not sitting around. Apart from that: If there were no benefits for commanders at all, why should anyone bother (at least on ranked servers). And I think you agree a good commander can mean the difference between winning and loosing if teams are nearly even and squads obey the orders.

Long message (sorry) but I wanted to point out that not all commanders are lazy stat-whores and commanding is not so bad points-wise as some may think.

Omnimalice wrote:

I never want to be commander, ever. But I still do it when my team has none. Last night I busted my ass as commander, only got 5 points, kept the UAVs rolling, arty going, spotting, everything, worked my ass off- and what did I get? A loss and a mutiny.

I happen to like playing commander. But you are absolutely right, a good, team player commander works his tail off!  In fact, often as commander I have to literally take off my top shirt because I'm sweating so hard working the controls with such intensity.  You are constantly watching and monitoring.  You are trying to pay attention through all the chatter in the net, your droppin' supplies, providing UAV, and trying to inflict massive casualties with arty.  Watching your tickets.  Whew.

A good commander can really help turn the tide of the battle for your side.  I know I have done help turn the tide of battle a number of times, but you are correct that if you have a weaker team, (guys running around and unproductively waiting for specific vehicles forever) sometimes all the hard work as commander gets you is a mutiny vote by those you are trying to assist.  Sheesh!

go bug this guy about tips on being a commander.  it's all he does.  http://bf2s.com/player/48375184/

pfcilng wrote:

I got my silver command badge, but long hard road to it.  I usually find that people dont want to be commander and rather call mutiny votes to whoever is in command.

You can always tell when a team has setup leadership or not - we were winning as USMC - we had a steady commander and more than one squad, so it was possible to do maneuvers.  I was switched to the PLA - and I wasnt surprised when I saw that nobody was commanding and there was a swuad of two people.

Dude, the vet command would be simple.  Just gotta get 1000 total command and spend atleast 25 min on a server as commander.  I can score as commander all day long, just cant get freakin 40 dang points.

I play Commander all the time and if you do it right you should get a gold y not . a good  Commander can help u get a gold or lower by telling you stuff like theres a tank coming. Or if u run out of stuff there a supply crate. i also keep flags from geting caped bye artying the base before they take the frag down. ive played it for over 200hrs and am good cant say that for the guys you have played with. but if you get a good Commander and the your team does not suck you will win.

the_heart_attack wrote:

=[4th]=SlayThem wrote:

I see a lot of people getting points for being commander. most of the time taking golds away from me.
I think Commanders get way too many points.. and  if they don't tone it down, atleast make it to where they don't get gold/silver/bronze medals for sitting on their ass dropping supplies.

i agree totally, although having said that...its there so why not exploit it?

iv only just atrted to go commander but i i agree shoulnt get the medals at end of round.

Last edited by springchiken (2005-10-26 23:25:16)

DUFFKING wrote:

As a commander i've found that it's frustrating when over half the team is not in a squad. Maybe i'm mistaken, but there's no way to give orders to these people. This in turn means that you are already at a disadvantage becasue the enemy could have more people in squads, which means more people doing helpful stuff.

I've found that more often than not, people DO tend to gravitate toward attack/defence markers, which is why the more squads that there are, the better. It's no good trying to co-ordinate an assault on wake if half your team are lone wolves.

I'd love to see a system that Automatically puts players in a squad, unless they choose the sniper class, at which they are free to do their own thing.

that would be a dream come true...

DUFFKING wrote:

As a commander i've found that it's frustrating when over half the team is not in a squad. Maybe i'm mistaken, but there's no way to give orders to these people.

That's what the K button is for - team messaging. If they don't have microphones you can always type suggested courses of actions.

I love being commander and helping my team mates.  I'm still a noob at heart and at my age lack the coordination that players like my son have in close combat so commaner is an optimal way for me to advance.  I certainly can multitask in defending my arty and direct squads, its just like running a maintenance squadron when I was in the Air Force.

I also find its the best way to accrue time in kit when sitting in the command chair.  I'd never get a sniper advanced badge, for example, unless I sat as a sniper commander.

Let everyone shun the command chair, I'll take it every time!!!

Yo, thanks for the tips.  Got my Command badge last night.  Woot!

rusti wrote:

@Lawk: I am pretty sure you know how to get comander points. All I am saying is that you need luck also. :-) And some patience maybe. I had to give it many trys before I made my basic command and my staff officer ribbon.

@sewermasta: Unbelievable! I knew some people only play a little fraction of the game most of the time but HOW ON EARTH did that guy get a win:loss of 12.46 : 1 ?

Raxor said that the guy owns his own server.

I'd like to see ONE MATCH just ONE MATCH where everybody DOES WHAT THEY ARE TOLD AND SUPPOSED TO DO. The commander THINKS and doesnt fly or camp or whatever and gives out Orders to the SquadLeaders, wich will obey these orders with their squadmembers. The opposing force will do the same. Not ONCE have I seen this, or even heard some1 talk about it. God I would love to see this happen.

My geuss is this only happens on Clan vs Clan fights.