Special Forces; The forgotten game?

2006-07-06 01:46:08

#1

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|6955

Every now and then I play the vanilla BF2 and come to realize how much I like Special Forces!
No damn armor uber-whoring, no damn jets bombing away a great firefight, balanced maps, grappling hooks etc.

But one thing bugs me! I'm getting the feeling that EA is more concentrated on vanilla BF2 and it's boosters than bringing new stuff to the SF community.

For instance the new "Road to Jalalabad" map. Why is it that they only create new maps for v:BF2 and not for BF2:SF? Why can't the community create good maps and submit those, like they did for the Counterstrike and all other games.

Are there even any good maps out there for BF2/SF, and if so, why hasn't EA offered to put them into one off their fuck-u... ehm patches?

2006-07-06 01:47:51

#2

Maximus[be]: Member; +14|6782

agree

2006-07-06 01:49:37

#3

FathomsDown: Member; +19|6870|England

It it aint broke, don't remind Dice that its there for them to 'fix' it.

I do admit that some more US/Mec maps would be nice as they seem to be the less played teams because of two night maps in their theatre.

2006-07-06 01:50:28

#4

oberst_enzian: Member; +234|6961|melb.au

i wouldn't say its a forgotten game, as i play it almost every night on a full or almost full server

i agree on all other points tho. just another way that this brilliant game has been hobbled by its management.

2006-07-06 01:58:59

#5

TrollmeaT: Aspiring Objectivist; +492|6891|Colorado

I like aspects of them all, even EF has the great wall, AF has Midnight Sun, too many to list for BF2v & SF.
Of all of them though SF is my favorite.

2006-07-06 02:03:15

#6

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|6817|Cheshire. UK

SF has got to be my Fav BF2 variant with AF a close second...and Yeah I would love a few new Maps or the ability to submit our own Ideas for a few New maps..!! Ranked of course lol...

Oh well and then I woke up!

2006-07-06 02:05:39

#7

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|6955

What I would really like to see is a map like the DoD_Caen2 map from Day Of Defeat.

Lots of alleys, lots of rubble and a center where armor etc can't be used.

2006-07-06 02:09:16

#8

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|6817|Cheshire. UK

I would like to see a purely Urban Warfare Map......house clearing, tunnels... woods...trenches.....you would have to work as a team then...lol.....smurfs would become target practise lol..

2006-07-06 02:11:19

#9

kn0ckahh: Member; +98|6957|netherlands, sweet lake city

I just get long load times on SF thats why i rather play the faster vanilla

2006-07-06 02:51:33

#10

Souljah: Member; +42|6886

ssshh be quite before they try and "patch" SF. then itll be nerfed just like regular BF2. SF is fine just the way it is. no need to change anything (except for maybe people crashing to desktop). but what im really hoping for, is that the infantry only mod is for regular BF2 and not SF. SF is already made for infantry fights. people who say it isnt really doesnt know how to play the game then.

Last edited by Souljah (2006-07-06 02:52:08)

2006-07-06 03:07:34

#11

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|6955

kn0ckahh wrote:
I just get long load times on SF thats why i rather play the faster vanilla

Didn't we play against eachother last night?

2006-07-06 03:43:21

#12

Longbow: Member; +163|6865|Odessa, Ukraine

The reason why I don't play SF is that in SF i'm newb comparing to regular SF addicts . Mostly all SF players have huge practice there , they play only SF , and I with my 70 hours in SF can't deal with them ... and yeh , Palace with gaymore whores & nade spammers is shit .
And maps... total unbalanced for choppers . Deep fog and Mobile AA's ..
So the only way to be satisfied from playing SF for me is to achive nesessary skills , but every time I realize it I ask myself a question : Do I really need to learn playing this shit when I have better and more balanced vanilla ? - No .

2006-07-06 03:45:38

#13

Shem: sɥǝɯ; +152|6746|London (At Heart)

kn0ckahh wrote:
I just get long load times on SF thats why i rather play the faster vanilla

I get the opposite...

hmmm

Shem

2006-07-06 03:53:59

#14

imdead: Death StatPadder; +228|6988|Human Meat Shield

I play exclusively SF, with a VERY little vBF2 when I get tired because I can put my feet up and click "whack-a-moles". I have sensed some kids got allowance and thier mommies got them SF for thier birthday because I've been seeing alot more Karkand practices and 2 yr olds saying "stfu, noob, you are being owned". Shit for 4 months our SF wasn't tainted with Clays, Nades and Noobs; now they have arrived in full bus loads. I call it the "Family Noob Vacation", where once in awhile you see them on certain times of days and other times you have great games.

One is not faster than the other, they are both the same, Graphic wise SF is more detailed, Greatly Detailed, so it takes longer and some of the cards can't handle the color or shadowing, alot of "stuff" is going on SF. Hell I got a new computer and all this time I thought Mass Destructions Chem Lab Containers were the same color! Hell I was so impressed I took a screenshot! Leviathan is beautiful as is Night Flight...Warlord is the second best Infantry map.

2006-07-06 03:56:18

#15

Longbow: Member; +163|6865|Odessa, Ukraine

Yes , Warlord is awesome , before you reach Palace...

2006-07-06 03:59:07

#16

farmerfez: o wut?; +78|6749

people play vanilla because you get higher scoring games, but i agree in full that SF is pretty sweet. I mean, tear gas lmfao

2006-07-06 04:14:17

#17

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|6955

farmerfez wrote:
people play vanilla because you get higher scoring games, but i agree in full that SF is pretty sweet. I mean, tear gas lmfao

I get the opposite. I get higher SF scores, mainly due to the fact, that I don't bump into bombs every minute.

2006-07-06 04:15:11

#18

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|6855|Wigan. Manchester. England.

totally agreee mate!

2006-07-06 04:16:22

#19

imdead: Death StatPadder; +228|6988|Human Meat Shield

Leave my SF alone!! Go back to the Karkand you whores It takes more skill to even put SF in the CD tray than to play Karkand...

You'll see some badass great players on Mass, Night Flight, Leviathan and Surge,.. You'll see some same ole vBF2 on Warlord and Ghost Town, Iron Gator, Devils Perch, but not much, people talking smack and trying to be the tank whore in which it will not work on SF.

Yeah the Palace is like the Hotel on Karkand, no one wants to take flags, just nade and camp at the stairs.

Does anyone know of a 24/7 Mass Destruction or should I make one??

Last edited by imdead (2006-07-06 04:17:23)

2006-07-06 04:20:38

#20

Stomper_40k: Re-Incarnation. You mean re-spawn right?; +44|6864|Cardiff - Wales - UK

FathomsDown wrote:
It it aint broke, don't remind Dice that its there for them to 'fix' it.

I do admit that some more US/Mec maps would be nice as they seem to be the less played teams because of two night maps in their theatre.

Isn't their moto "If it ain't broke - Break it"

2006-07-06 04:23:28

#21

Sambuccashake: Member; +126|6829|Sweden

It would be cool to see the maps that were taken out of the final version:
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=32190

2006-07-06 04:23:52

#22

Asianwaste: Member; +7|6724

I'd actually like to see a booster allowing the Special Forces gear to be used in vanilla BF2 maps. Imagine the possibilities of a grappling hook or zipline in Karkand.

2006-07-06 04:25:02

#23

whilsky: FUBAR; +129|6786|Bristol UK

I Love SF, i agree its not as popular as vanilla but it is a good expanstion. There just not enough uk based servers for me to play it as much as i would like to get enough of a decent ping, only chance i get now is thurdays with the bf2s EU server.

2006-07-06 04:32:45

#24

-=raska=-: Canada's French Frog; +123|6844|Quebec city, Canada

Bernadictus wrote:
farmerfez wrote:
people play vanilla because you get higher scoring games, but i agree in full that SF is pretty sweet. I mean, tear gas lmfao
I get the opposite. I get higher SF scores, mainly due to the fact, that I don't bump into bombs every minute.

I get higher scores on SF and a way higher SPM

SF rocks, even though the choppers are stronger with their awesome hydra missiles, it looks like there is less spawm raping and camping, maybe because they are less children playing it.

I dont understand why do people only play karkand because they only like infantry maps... if they want infantry battles, they can play ghost town, warlord, iron gator and maybe all SF maps ! and plus, you do not get gaymored each second (except in the palace )

I hope lots of ppl will read this thread and realize how good is SF, and maybe that will make the amount of servers grow up.. because too much of my good ping-servers are Ghost town only... thats a cool map, but I'd like to find an "all maps-server"

but as someone said earlier, sf is slower to load and you get less fps at certain places. thats perhaps the reason why this variant is not that played

Last edited by -=raska=- (2006-07-06 04:34:06)

2006-07-06 04:36:41

#25

Asianwaste: Member; +7|6724

It pisses me off that SF maps and vanilla maps can't be in one server map cycle. I get it that technically it's a modification but DICE could've put in a little more consideration that sometimes people still like to play the vanilla maps w/o switching to another server.

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