Is the BF2 community finally starting to die off?

2006-12-21 15:52:47

#26

ColonelCanuck: Member; +2|7097

Cheez wrote:
Why is there no 'Yes, because EA sucks donkey balls' option? I would have thought that would be the first, not 'the mod that everyone is NOT flocking too'.

Sure EA might suck but BF2 is still FUN after 18 months. Even more so now that choppers can be taken out and PunkBuster still does its job.

Try playing COD, MOH or some other online game where you need a wall hack and no-recoil just to stay even with all of the players. Don't you like shooting real uniforms rather than red or yellow globs.

I'm here until the end.

2006-12-21 15:58:01

#27

BeerzGod: Hooray Beer!; +94|7009|United States

I think the community is very stable, but I think its also lost a whole lot of people simply due to the way EA/DICE have handled certain things regarding the BF2 franchise. I also think a lot of the people who got sick of BF2 and hoped for something better with 2142 have been obviously dissapointed, and moved on to another FPS altogether. You really can't release a newer game a year later and expect the community to actually grow that much. They could have milked BF2 for another two years easy. Releasing a simple, FREE, mappack of 10 or so new maps would have made the community jump with joy. One year isn't enough time to really build a huge amount of new fans. You release a new game when the community starts talking about it, and getting anxious for something new. I mean hell, it has to be a sad awakening and a kick in the junk for EA to put so much hype into 2142, only to see that almost twice as many people still play BF2, and 2142 sales in the toilet. If EA/DICE actually listened to what the community requested/wanted/needed then it would be a whole other story. EA would be making more money, keeping their gamers happy, and creating a large NEW fanbase.

2006-12-21 16:12:38

#28

Doperwt.: Anouk, Slayers little bitch; +80|6833|Belgium

I think the gap between ranks is getting to big for most people, and with bf2142 eveyone can have a fresh start.

2006-12-21 17:02:26

#29

JaggedPanther: Member; +61|6913

maybe 1.41 affected your DSL??

2006-12-21 20:38:46

#30

docnutz: Member; +39|7198|B O S T ON area

JE3146 wrote:
I'm playing BF2 now more than ever.

2006-12-21 20:43:08

#31

KungfuBeer: The King of Beers; +31|7169|SoCal

I'm still on almost every night!

Getting my money's worth.

I did not buy 2142 because I knew, and posted that it would have the same problems BF2 did.

2006-12-22 00:26:33

#32

Drunk_Musketeer: To be honest I don't care anyway..; +57|7177|Great Wall

BF2 community is fine.. I don't buy BF2142 because I didin't like the demo... and because I didin't want to pay to EA for poor quality product. I always was saying "I will buy BF2142 if they fix BF2 first".. But that never happened.

2006-12-22 00:29:07

#33

reefl3x: Member; +72|6841|United States

I think its just so many people play the hell out of it & get bored with it.
As well as the obvious frustrations the game brings, which some of us take with a grain of salt, while some freak out & wanna break there keyboard.

Bf2 is a game you play in small amounts...

2006-12-22 00:47:54

#34

aardfrith: Δ > x > ¥; +145|7231

I don't know about the size of the community as I only look at a small part of it. Actually, that would be none of it as I now exclusively play bf2142 (out of FPS games).

I doubt that WoW would have much of an effect on the BF2 community because the games are very different and would appeal to different people.

2006-12-22 02:15:27

#35

Greenspan: Fed. Chairman (Ret.); +12|6926

Archer wrote:
The grease is now trimmed off, moving to 2142; while us solid flesh and fat remain on Battlefield 2.

Exactly. The volume of players and clans has defineatly decreased with 2142, but I think a lot of those people who moved on were people we could do without. Long live BF2!

2006-12-22 02:19:23

#36

explosivo: Banned; +262|7082

you should have put in

Because people are just getting fed up with it

i think i am

2006-12-22 02:21:15

#37

Emil: Teh strogg!; +205|6918|Trondheim, Norway

Fireteam_Delta wrote:
im planning on getting WoW for xmas i can't wait

KILL HIM!!!

2006-12-22 02:22:56

#38

Fenris_GreyClaw: Real Хорошо; +826|6958|Adelaide, South Australia

Emil_the_Slayer wrote:
Fireteam_Delta wrote:
im planning on getting WoW for xmas i can't wait
KILL HIM!!!

2006-12-22 03:41:45

#39

Nikola Bathory: Karkand T-90 0wnage; +163|7225|Bulgaria

No. BF2 community is stable in size.
I ping about 900 BF2 servers.
I love BF2 and I wanna be a general Gotta love that silver star!!

>>>BF3 Central<<<

2006-12-22 04:49:18

#40

Snake: Missing, Presumed Dead; +1,046|7005|England

Pretty stable.

You will always get players coming and going. The game is only 1.5 years old - people are still playing CS 1.6 and thats what, 10 years now? (going from beta to 1.6). Ditto with SOF2 but thats about 7-8, CSS which is 3 now.
The reason why we think BF2 is getting old is because of 2142 - EA released a new BF game so soon after BF2 its unbelieveable. The rank system doesnt help either. You hit General, and think "Ive completed it. Time to move on".

Some people prefer 2142, a lot dont though and come back to BF2.
I havent tried it, but people I know who have have mostly been disappointed with it.

You also have to remember that mods such as POE and Project Reality draw a lot of players and servers too - and they wont appear in the browser unless you dont check the "Same Version Only" button.
Ive noticed a drop in servers for SF, but not for vanilla.

2006-12-22 05:05:02

#41

The_Jester: Member; +52|6930|Italy

Vanilla is stable, SF is getting smaller.
50-60 populated servers vs 80-90 of a couple months ago.

2006-12-22 05:08:04

#42

Ice Cold Killa: Member; +26|6883|Perth, W.A, Australia.

it has been proven that more people still play BF2 over 2142 because of no/less bugs on BF2 but if the community is getting smaller its either WoW (world of wankers) or another FPS but i cant think which one.

2006-12-22 05:33:41

#43

shadow18alpha: I attend BF2 Anonymous Meetings; +129|7114|Warlord/Bellevue,WA

I am still here

2006-12-22 05:45:37

#44

fierce: I love [fiSh]; +167|7007

Taken from Game-Monitor.com, the first number are the current players, the second number the maximum players of all time and the last number are the servers.

BattleField 2 (bf2) 9110 155335 5065
BattleField 2142 (bf2142) 4228 53338 1602
BattleField 2142 (Titan) (bf2142titan) 3852 38025 1120

Just look up this numbers in 4 weeks.

2006-12-22 06:05:25

#45

Drunk_Musketeer: To be honest I don't care anyway..; +57|7177|Great Wall

Dunno much about WoW, but I like Guild Wars and I don't really need any BF

2006-12-22 06:27:39

#46

robthemadman: Always blame it on the ping; +63|6775

in my opinion, whether or not the BF" community as grown smaller recently, it's not going to die yet. bf2142 will bring many people back to battlefield, such as veterans from bf2 who had long since stopped playing. after playing bf2142, many of them will remember what a greta agem bf2 was, and start playing it again. I say this form experience, as i stopped playing bf2 a few months ago, bought b2142 a few weeks ago, had fun on it, but then realised i could be having more fun playing bf2. so i went back to it and here i am now!

2006-12-22 07:38:37

#47

Club3D: Member; +31|7280

Not so sure what you mean by community in correlation to the servers.

As community I do not think it has die down.

As for servers here are some facts (Dec 11th 2006) Source GGMANIA

1. Half Life - 33690 servers, 64044 players
2. Half Life 2 - 24835 servers, 45281 players
3. Battlefield 2 - 5281 servers, 11018 players
4. Battlefield 2142 - 2706 servers, 9590 players
5. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - 3568 servers, 7633 players
6. Unreal Tournament 2004 - 2346 servers, 5203 players
7. Call of Duty 2 - 6712 servers, 2672 players
8. Americas Army: Special Forces - 2225 servers, 2403 players
9. Call of Duty - 3086 servers, 2377 players
10. Quake 3: Arena - 1781 servers, 1728 players

2006-12-22 09:47:42

#48

Skorpy-chan: Member; +127|6784|Twyford, UK

Pretty damn small, going by the amount of decent-ping, not-infantry-only, occupied, not full, punkbuster-ed servers with autobalance enabled playing maps that won't get me jet-whored.
Which comes to about 5 whenever I try and find one to play on, generally.

EDIT:
However, I have only just gotten INTO the community. Bought the game a few weeks ago after I finally got a rig that could run it and an internet connection that can take it.
Got it preowned, no less, because I refuse to give EA money for half-completed products. I wouldn't buy a loaf of bread that's grossly misshapen, missing chunks, and mouldy, so why should I pay them for a game that is the same before a 3-hour patch download?

Last edited by Skorpy-chan (2006-12-22 09:50:48)

2006-12-22 15:01:47

#49

ColonelCanuck: Member; +2|7097

Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:
Emil_the_Slayer wrote:
Fireteam_Delta wrote:
im planning on getting WoW for xmas i can't wait
KILL HIM!!!

WoW??? No way... Kill Him!!! LOL

2006-12-22 15:06:41

#50

Phrozenbot: Member; +632|7054|do not disturb

Archer wrote:
Stable.

The grease is now trimmed off, moving to 2142; while us solid flesh and fat remain on Battlefield 2.

Uncle Keith says hi!:p

While it is stable, parts of BF2 are just unplayed... just to keep some of the favorite crap alive. Oh well:o

Yes. Because of BF2142.	26%	26% - 45
Yes. Because of another FPS.	3%	3% - 6
Yes. Because of World of Warcraft.	2%	2% - 5
No. BF2 community is stable in size.	39%	39% - 67
No. BF2 community is getting bigger.	5%	5% - 9
Don't know/care.	21%	21% - 36
Total: 168

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