I know the thread is rather old, but I found these pictures of Black Jesus taken last year when I was heavy into Special Forces.
I kept feeding him supply crates on this map when I was commander. He'd park at the entrance to the west building near the heli-pad and gun down anyone running out the door.
Honestly, I only took these screenshot because I knew of his rank. I wanted to follow him around and see if I could learn anything. He was not invincible; he just knew where to go on every map and what kit/vehicle to get judging by the other players.
However, I've come across gunnery sergeants that always get 80 point leads over the entire team. Having a high rank does not guarantee an exceptional player; in most cases, it's just an admin or someone who plays for long hours every day.
Take for example, {TA}FireStorm; as an Admin, he played nothing but Karkand in a tank and would kick those he didn't like. Bush Viper played nothing but Clean Sweep in the bomber and had a terrible attitude. RD-Volx always worked with his clanmates, and got really high points there. Often, I would see generals or colonels not even spawning unless they had a jet or a chopper for them.
Infantry Only has legitimized a form of pistol and knife battle. Notice how most of them are for karkand or warlord. I've checked many stats and seen high ranks with 85% of their time on such maps all lacking certain badges that otherwise would be easy to get with that time spent on diversified map rotations.
Honestly, I'll be moving on to bigger and better games before I hit General. Besides, I like not being the biggest and most desired target.
It is no surprise to me that many of the really good players who play as lonewolfs are terrible, but get lots of points working with their clan in a jet, chopper, tank or running on foot throwing supplies to each other capping flags and never dying while everyone else has a one track rambo mentality. I played for 6 months and barely got 8,000 points. Once I joined a clan, I started playing different. I went from 8,000 to 70,000 in a little over a year.
----------------------------------------
I like the idea of a top 10 battle, but I get a lot of those in Armored fury. Mostly high ranks love to play that mod for some reason. It is hell on Earth to stay alive there. I prefer just a few high ranks and a bunch of average to above average. Joining servers with newb clans or low ranks is fun for awhile, but even I like to have a challenge after so much time spent in the game.
The Sixth House
