BF2S Forums Masculinity problems?

well, you can't tell people how to play. It's everyone's personal choice.

I agree that teamplay is somewhat of a problem on public servers, but that has been the case since the early days of CS. Lack of teamplay has a much bigger impact in BF2 than it did in CS though, because BF2 is even more demanding as far as tactics and co-ordination are concerned.

I try to find servers with VoIP so I can at least ask the guys in my squad why they won't listen to me....

What you should be asking yourself is, if you would be willing to follow someone else's orders ( some random SL on a public server you just joined, I mean.. ).

Moreover, not everyone has the same view on the appropriate tactic in any given situation. Accordingly, if there are no squads set up and the commander doesn't give out orders ( because he doesn't have a plan ),
people a basically running around aimlessly from flag to flag, everyone on his own agenda.

I share your feelings, but I don't know how this could be resolved on public servers...

Hmm. When we're attacking a well defended base or defending desperately we usually change from our usual assualt antitank medic support to 4x Support. Unlimited grenades really really works

You only need to look at my 'lone wolf' hours to realise I'm not a team player. It's not that I don't believe in them, and for some it's great especially when they work well together, it's just that I do tend to do my own thing. I play for the fun and often I do join a squad only to find it dysfunctional and end up being the squad leader when everyone 'opts out'.

I wouldn't say that LW are whimpy, just maybe a little on the, "I want to do things my way", side, you can't blame them

When I do join a team, I play as a team and will endeavour to follow orders, but as B.Schuss says, "not everyone has the same view on the appropriate tactic in any given situation" ... That I concur

Each to their own

Raiding bases is what it's all about surely? Definitely best as a team, but I'm certainly not afraid to infiltrate a base and take out as many people as I can, and even try to capture the base.

Yes, I've been doing more Lonewolf lately. Some squads are ... well.. interesting, only a few are the proud. I seem to be lead into -- lead -- more often than not. I just want to be a Meat Shield when I join a squad nowadays because that's what it ends up being. Some dude said I sucked and get off his Squad, I agreed; but all he was doing was going for the first flag on Kark; so I seperated and were both Assault. I get more kills without a Squad but get revived the same as if I was on one... weird.