There have been quite a few threads lately that have slammed on Infantry Only servers saying things like,
"People don't follow orders."
"Nobody is involved in teamwork."
"It's basically stat padding."
and etcetera...
I have played both types a lot but it is my opinion that IO servers provide much more teamwork than the non-IO's. You must move as a squad and rely on each other because one person driving past the entire opposing team to the flag wont happen. On many levels you have to be smart and WORK HARD as a team to capture flags. When you're US on Jalalabad you have to be smart to get anything, and there is always someone who complains about it if they're loosing but they just sit there, sniping which is basically giving up the game.
Or US on karkand: back when I first started playing IO-karkand everyone would just meet in the middle, then the US team figured out you could go to the right and over that wall and head for train accident. Then the MEC adapted to that so the US started going left and heading for suburbs. The MEC adapted once again so the US found they could fake going for suburbs and go for hotel. It's cool to see the evolution of how people go and guess which way will be next (fake suburbs, skip hotel and hit train?).
The same goes for Sharqi Peninsula: first going straight in, then taking a boat to hotel, then starting at club house and heading for alleyway, then...?
It's is a well known fact that half the team on non-IO servers will just sit around at the airfields and wait for a jet or heli while they are loosing tickets and flags, and most often TK'ing just to get their precious points and make their E-penis larger.
Just the other day I was playing at Wake and we were about to lose the airfield so I told all the people on my team to get out of their planes and helis to help defend it but they just kept bombing the carrier and we ended up losing the level.
I have found that on non-IO servers all the games tend to be one-sided which is decided by which team has the better pilots:
Either you have good pilots on your team so while the other teams' pilots are getting shot down you can capture flags (because the entire other team is just sitting at the airfield). Or the opposite and any flag you come close to getting is just bombed by their ace pilots (if not artillery).
Don't think I'm just bitching about not being able to fly (which I can't, but that's not the point), I know that it takes a lot of skill to be able to fly... I prefer IO because you have to have overall skill. You have to know where to go, when, how to attack, what kit to use and when, how to work with teammates. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ORDERS!
I will admit that many people are medic whores and just sit and revive and grenade spammers who just sit/throw/resupply/repeat, but that doesn't compare to the J-10 whores or SU-30 whores that TK just to get their precious vehicle for a few more kills. Those people (medic whores/grenade spammers) have no actual skill (ahem, T#L#O#W) but that's just what comes with the territory, there will be no perfect mode.
Feel free to agree with me or flame me but just make sure it's contructive flaming and state WHY you think I'm wrong/dumb/skill-less/etc.
"People don't follow orders."
"Nobody is involved in teamwork."
"It's basically stat padding."
and etcetera...
I have played both types a lot but it is my opinion that IO servers provide much more teamwork than the non-IO's. You must move as a squad and rely on each other because one person driving past the entire opposing team to the flag wont happen. On many levels you have to be smart and WORK HARD as a team to capture flags. When you're US on Jalalabad you have to be smart to get anything, and there is always someone who complains about it if they're loosing but they just sit there, sniping which is basically giving up the game.
Or US on karkand: back when I first started playing IO-karkand everyone would just meet in the middle, then the US team figured out you could go to the right and over that wall and head for train accident. Then the MEC adapted to that so the US started going left and heading for suburbs. The MEC adapted once again so the US found they could fake going for suburbs and go for hotel. It's cool to see the evolution of how people go and guess which way will be next (fake suburbs, skip hotel and hit train?).
The same goes for Sharqi Peninsula: first going straight in, then taking a boat to hotel, then starting at club house and heading for alleyway, then...?
It's is a well known fact that half the team on non-IO servers will just sit around at the airfields and wait for a jet or heli while they are loosing tickets and flags, and most often TK'ing just to get their precious points and make their E-penis larger.
Just the other day I was playing at Wake and we were about to lose the airfield so I told all the people on my team to get out of their planes and helis to help defend it but they just kept bombing the carrier and we ended up losing the level.
I have found that on non-IO servers all the games tend to be one-sided which is decided by which team has the better pilots:
Either you have good pilots on your team so while the other teams' pilots are getting shot down you can capture flags (because the entire other team is just sitting at the airfield). Or the opposite and any flag you come close to getting is just bombed by their ace pilots (if not artillery).
Don't think I'm just bitching about not being able to fly (which I can't, but that's not the point), I know that it takes a lot of skill to be able to fly... I prefer IO because you have to have overall skill. You have to know where to go, when, how to attack, what kit to use and when, how to work with teammates. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ORDERS!
I will admit that many people are medic whores and just sit and revive and grenade spammers who just sit/throw/resupply/repeat, but that doesn't compare to the J-10 whores or SU-30 whores that TK just to get their precious vehicle for a few more kills. Those people (medic whores/grenade spammers) have no actual skill (ahem, T#L#O#W) but that's just what comes with the territory, there will be no perfect mode.
Feel free to agree with me or flame me but just make sure it's contructive flaming and state WHY you think I'm wrong/dumb/skill-less/etc.
