BF2S Forums Infantry only poll

I don't really know because it's not really an issue on Wake. If they did that, the Chinese would be killing people with sniper rifles and blowing up American boats

I think IO should be ranked.


I just love having the choice of being able to play either type of game.
Depending what mood i'm in.

My opinion is as follows:

I feel that IO should be an unranked feature to the game.  This is because it is pretty much just a mod of the game.  Every other mod out there is unranked, so why isn't this?

Those of you who say IO is better because it's all based on skills, I beg to differ.  They complain about being camped by a jet or a tank, and dieing over and over instantly.  Well, if you'd actually play the game, you'd figure  out how to avoid these tools and better your gaming experience. 

IO in my opinion is more unskilled than the vehicle games.  IO is full of grenade spamming, claymore spamming, support spamming, medic spamming players who can't get any 'good' score in a vehicle map because they have no idea how to take cover and evade an enemy.  People join a squad so they can get a spawn point that isn't miles away from the action.  Commanders have nothing to do but click 1 button every once in a while.

Vehicle maps are so much more involved.  Sure there are still the grenade, medic, etcetera spammers, but they are much less prevalent.  There is actually a diversity to the kits that are played, AT/Spec Ops are actually sought after, then the supports and medics to keep them alive.  Squads tend to stick together in vehicle maps and the commander can actually spend his time commanding (giving orders, spotting threats, arty).

Now, I have a good guess as why there are people who swear by the IO servers.  The IO players probably left because they got sick of the few people who constantly sit in armor the entire round in the uncap, or they are tired of watching 14 teammates sitting on the carrier waiting to TK each other until the enemy plane comes and kills the rest.  I know why the vehicle maps are looked down upon by some.  But I still stand and say that the Vehicle maps are still better.  The air/ground/sea battles are what give this game some depth.  If you love that IO part, there are thousands of other games that offer the same game play.  Not many other games give the same 3 dimensional depth that BF2 gives in the vehicle games.

Now after saying this, some of you might go and look at my stats...  They aren't the greatest, and I'd never say they were.  Yes, I have a ton of hours in armor, but that is because I was one of those few that sat in the base and waited for it to spawn.  That part of my gaming career is over.  I am finally loving the infantry part of this game, and find it even more rewarding when you and two friends can go around and kill a tank before he even spots your squad.  I will always choose a vehicle map over IO whenever I have a choice.