The bottom line is this. Every single game that comes out has bugs. Some are not so bad and some are completely stupid and break the game. The companies that release the game and/or program the game are always pushed to a deadline and many often do not have the time to really make the game bug free. There are just too many systems types out there with random parts to conceive of every single driver issue and/or bug. As for bugs and unbalancing issues within the game these are simply overlooked because of unadequate testing in the alpha or beta stages. Think of every single game that has come out in the last few years. Some of the most popular were laden with bugs and unbalance issues. WoW has put out no less than 20 patches since it started and many were expansions on content. Epic put out about 10 to fix things for UT2004 and also include more maps. Valve has Steam so it on occasion puts out a patch that you barely even notice because it auto patches the game after you login and before you play it. So Battlefield 2 isn't too far off from the norm. It has gain so much popularity over the last few months, more so than I believe EA/Dice had guessed. I think that DICE is working very hard on patches to fix things in the game but I also believe that they are under staffed in this area. They are probably already working on another expansion and so most of their programers have other deadlines to meet. This is a matter of man power and money. EA has little to do with it outside providing the distribution, front end and the massive amount of equipment needed for the game and perhaps a hefty paycheck to DICE for their work.
All you can do is when you see a bug or feel strongly on a balance issue is to type out a descriptive and well thought out post on the official EA forums. Get other people to do the same or even right up a standard letter with all the issue and have all your friends copy and paste that same letter to the forums themselves. The only way to enact change is to show that the change you request is supported by a large number of the community.
Battlefield 2 does have it's bugs and yes these bugs are very annoying at times. Some things like the server browser are completely inept and need to be redone. These are all issues that we need to clearly state to EA/Dice on the Official EA Forums. Do not act like 12 year olds speaking 1337 speak and expect to get anything done. Be mature, calm and descriptive in your forum posts and over time with enough support things will get done.
I hope the patches keep coming as long as they can. I still think that Epic has done a much better job in the patch area but that's a different company so we can only just hang in there and see how things turn out.
Cheers.
Last edited by kilroy0097 (2005-11-20 18:32:58)