I know most of you players will hate this idea, but I seriously think that EA screwed up lowering all the requirements for ranks and awards to what they are now.
Originally, to get veteran combat awards, you would need 150 hours in that kit. Even now, there are only a few players that have this in more than one kit. Expert was 300 hours (if I'm not mistaking). Now I feel that these awards were great, because if you found someone who actually had a veteran/expert award, they obviously are a veteran/expert at that kit, or at least played long enough to be considered that. Now, if you search just about any player that has over 100 hours playing time, they probably have a few veteran badges.
Vehicle awards are the same way. Imagine all vehicles; Transport, chopper and aircraft have the same time/kill requirements as the armor does now. That's the way it used to be and in my opinion should have stayed.
Here's an example: http://bf2s.com/player/75119759/ Currently has about 100 TOTAL hours played, and already has 3 veteran awards. Now with the old requirements, he'd be 50 hours short of 1 veteran award if the entire time he played was in one kit. (Random player that proved my point, sorry)
Now the ranking system I feel is the most screwed up. To be the rank that I currently am, Sergeant Major, you would originally needed the same requirements as the current 4 star general. There are too many players today in servers that are officers. In real life, there'd be 1 maybe 2 lieutenants on the battlefield at once. Every other officer is normally a non-com. So why change the game so that most players hold these ranks? If the game was still the way it was originally set up, most people now would be the rank of corporal-master sergeant. Now, these are more along the lines of soldiers that would normally see the battlefield.
So to sum up all I said:
I feel that the original ranking system and award requirements were far superior to what they currently are. It actually took a conscious effort to get those awards, and a long time to get to know each kit. Achieving a rank or award actually meant something back then; I was always thrilled every time I got just a stripe. Now people are like, "hey I just got Lieutenant, cool. Only 15,000 points to Captain."
**Edit: found a guy that proved my point**
Originally, to get veteran combat awards, you would need 150 hours in that kit. Even now, there are only a few players that have this in more than one kit. Expert was 300 hours (if I'm not mistaking). Now I feel that these awards were great, because if you found someone who actually had a veteran/expert award, they obviously are a veteran/expert at that kit, or at least played long enough to be considered that. Now, if you search just about any player that has over 100 hours playing time, they probably have a few veteran badges.
Vehicle awards are the same way. Imagine all vehicles; Transport, chopper and aircraft have the same time/kill requirements as the armor does now. That's the way it used to be and in my opinion should have stayed.
Here's an example: http://bf2s.com/player/75119759/ Currently has about 100 TOTAL hours played, and already has 3 veteran awards. Now with the old requirements, he'd be 50 hours short of 1 veteran award if the entire time he played was in one kit. (Random player that proved my point, sorry)
Now the ranking system I feel is the most screwed up. To be the rank that I currently am, Sergeant Major, you would originally needed the same requirements as the current 4 star general. There are too many players today in servers that are officers. In real life, there'd be 1 maybe 2 lieutenants on the battlefield at once. Every other officer is normally a non-com. So why change the game so that most players hold these ranks? If the game was still the way it was originally set up, most people now would be the rank of corporal-master sergeant. Now, these are more along the lines of soldiers that would normally see the battlefield.
So to sum up all I said:
I feel that the original ranking system and award requirements were far superior to what they currently are. It actually took a conscious effort to get those awards, and a long time to get to know each kit. Achieving a rank or award actually meant something back then; I was always thrilled every time I got just a stripe. Now people are like, "hey I just got Lieutenant, cool. Only 15,000 points to Captain."
**Edit: found a guy that proved my point**
Last edited by Drexel (2007-01-26 12:21:05)
