In my most humble and realtively inexperienced opinon, there are three ways of playing Battlefield 2, and each has both it's merits and it's downsides. I will here list them in what I deem order of importance, or a should not say importance but personal preference.
1) The way of the Noob
This should not necessarily conjure the negative connotations we have all become so familiar with, because let's face it, we've all been a noob once. Remember the first time you tried to fly a chopper? Ok, it was fun, but it was damn difficult too. Or the first time you accidently TKed someone? Yeah, we've all been flamed, but hey, that's part of life, right? The problem is when player refuses good advice, and insists on 'practicing' on massive servers, tying up valuable resources by hopping in air power and denying more skilled pilots a chance to HELP THEIR TEAM. Which brings me to my next section.
2) The Master of Solitude
You know the type; ususally master pilots, snipers, or the poor, lonely commander, but these generally dominate the population of online servers. Often the most skilled players, they're fed up with being dragged down by 'lesser' soldiers and can frequently grow impatient with 'noobs', i.e. anyone who can't precision bomb in a j-10 from 300ft while being tailed. Although I can understand these types (hey, they've gotten good enough to deserve respect), they're not particularly fun to play alongside, even if they are born killers. Why? Because BF2 is a TEAM GAME. Which leads me to my next point.
3) The Soldier of Tao
This, in my opinion, is the pinnacle of the BF2 technique. Often Medics, Squad Leaders and Transport Chopper Pilots (the kind who wait around for others, spamming 'get in!' to fellow players). These are valuable friends in the online gaming experience. Why? Because they stick by you! They say 'thanks' when you revive them! They encourage you by their very presence AND MAKE THE CAMERADERIE OF FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE WITH FELLOWS COME TO LIFE! Ok, so some might say 'join a clan or stfu', but I say no, this is how we should ALL play. If I wanted to play alone, I'd play offline. At least that way I'd always get the jet, I could snipe to my heart's content, and I would be sole master of my dominon. But if that's what I wanted, I'd go buy a single player game. I play Battlefield so that I can share in the experience of living through arty strikes by taking shelter on cornices with my fellow men, so that I can guard another's back and work together, so that at the end of the day I can say 'WE have triumphed', not that lonely and solitary 'I'.
-Ranger-Oceanus
P.S. I use x-fire under the name digimonkey. Look me up any time, even if you're a 'Noob'. I'll watch your back. "United we stand, devided we fall."
1) The way of the Noob
This should not necessarily conjure the negative connotations we have all become so familiar with, because let's face it, we've all been a noob once. Remember the first time you tried to fly a chopper? Ok, it was fun, but it was damn difficult too. Or the first time you accidently TKed someone? Yeah, we've all been flamed, but hey, that's part of life, right? The problem is when player refuses good advice, and insists on 'practicing' on massive servers, tying up valuable resources by hopping in air power and denying more skilled pilots a chance to HELP THEIR TEAM. Which brings me to my next section.
2) The Master of Solitude
You know the type; ususally master pilots, snipers, or the poor, lonely commander, but these generally dominate the population of online servers. Often the most skilled players, they're fed up with being dragged down by 'lesser' soldiers and can frequently grow impatient with 'noobs', i.e. anyone who can't precision bomb in a j-10 from 300ft while being tailed. Although I can understand these types (hey, they've gotten good enough to deserve respect), they're not particularly fun to play alongside, even if they are born killers. Why? Because BF2 is a TEAM GAME. Which leads me to my next point.
3) The Soldier of Tao
This, in my opinion, is the pinnacle of the BF2 technique. Often Medics, Squad Leaders and Transport Chopper Pilots (the kind who wait around for others, spamming 'get in!' to fellow players). These are valuable friends in the online gaming experience. Why? Because they stick by you! They say 'thanks' when you revive them! They encourage you by their very presence AND MAKE THE CAMERADERIE OF FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE WITH FELLOWS COME TO LIFE! Ok, so some might say 'join a clan or stfu', but I say no, this is how we should ALL play. If I wanted to play alone, I'd play offline. At least that way I'd always get the jet, I could snipe to my heart's content, and I would be sole master of my dominon. But if that's what I wanted, I'd go buy a single player game. I play Battlefield so that I can share in the experience of living through arty strikes by taking shelter on cornices with my fellow men, so that I can guard another's back and work together, so that at the end of the day I can say 'WE have triumphed', not that lonely and solitary 'I'.
-Ranger-Oceanus
P.S. I use x-fire under the name digimonkey. Look me up any time, even if you're a 'Noob'. I'll watch your back. "United we stand, devided we fall."