this came out of another discussion, in which gotmex talked about the possibility of an additional tier of ranked servers, or 'uber ranked servers.' these would only allow experienced veterans to enter, and thus provide a greater quality of gameplay to competitive players.
along those lines, i came up with this system, it's pretty straightforward.
allow server admins to set a minimum rank for players to join. before you get all upset and flame me for keeping the newbs out of games, remember that EA runs over a hundred ranked servers in the US alone, and they're mostly empty most of the time. there would be plenty of room for all the new players to gain rank.
what would keeping out low ranked players really do? after all, higher rank doesn't equal skill, and there are as many good low ranking players as there are high ranking idiots. well, we can't easily keep the idiots out of bf2. but there is a whole class of smacktard that this WOULD keep out - people that make new accounts just to be assholes, and join servers just to tk and be a general nuisance.
this wouldn't be much different from a true MMORPG, where you can only access certain areas after you've reached the adequate level. BF2 is essentially an online FPS with MMO qualities on the side, after all. when you reach the high level dungeons in an MMO, there are usually less idiots than the lowbie training grounds. why not have high level servers for BF2? sure people are as free as ever to be assholes, but they'll have to do it on their high ranking main account, not a garbage account that they made just to TK people.
along those lines, i came up with this system, it's pretty straightforward.
allow server admins to set a minimum rank for players to join. before you get all upset and flame me for keeping the newbs out of games, remember that EA runs over a hundred ranked servers in the US alone, and they're mostly empty most of the time. there would be plenty of room for all the new players to gain rank.
what would keeping out low ranked players really do? after all, higher rank doesn't equal skill, and there are as many good low ranking players as there are high ranking idiots. well, we can't easily keep the idiots out of bf2. but there is a whole class of smacktard that this WOULD keep out - people that make new accounts just to be assholes, and join servers just to tk and be a general nuisance.
this wouldn't be much different from a true MMORPG, where you can only access certain areas after you've reached the adequate level. BF2 is essentially an online FPS with MMO qualities on the side, after all. when you reach the high level dungeons in an MMO, there are usually less idiots than the lowbie training grounds. why not have high level servers for BF2? sure people are as free as ever to be assholes, but they'll have to do it on their high ranking main account, not a garbage account that they made just to TK people.
Last edited by Krappyappy (2005-12-04 00:30:02)