BF2S Forums Anyone else finding it hard to get back in?

Ah.... the 'Halo Effect".

The Battlefied series (especially BF2 and BF2142) differentiated itself from the typical FPS pack by supporting 'sandbox' type gameplay.  Bigger maps, diverse locales, long range attacks, intense fighting at checkpoints/chokepoints.

The CS, UT, MOH, COH type games are more of the 'arena' type gameplay, as popularized by mass-market XBot Halo players.  Let's take 40 players, dump them into a map the size of a sandbox, and let them cut each other to shreds fighting over a flag, or a bomb, or a briefcase.  It's no wonder that when your X and Y space is limited, you take to the 3rd dimension and start jumping Z.  Ever see a single fish sit still in a school?  Not likely, at least not for very long - he's lunch.

Yeah, other games deffinetly have different playstyles than BF2. It was hard for me to stay good at Battlefield 2 and CS:S while switching between the two since the pacing changes so drastically. Throw in TF2, CoD4, Red Orchestra, and a bunch of other FPS games into the mix and you'll probably have trouble trying to get back into one after playing the others alot.

t0mhank5 wrote:

I never left

Same. Even if I did, it was because EA's log-in server was down, and I whored up shotties in James Bond games on my Xbox.

My advice is, always move, and keep your mouse moving opposite your strafing. They have a harder time hitting you, and that messes up their hitbox, while you have a sweet little target.

Bunnyhopping against skilled players doesn't work often times, so watch that spacebar-finger. Bunnyhopping can disorient support players up close, however. Often times, I've seen them turn and fire at the wrong direction, while I insert a few bullets to their head.

ig wrote:

thats what i hate about other games like cod4. the movt is either slow as hell or nonexistent. i never stop moving in bf2 whether it be jumping strafin proning or whatv. thats prob the main reason i love bf2 so much

Yeah i totally agree, lots of people always complain about hopping and what not, but that, is what i feel defines bf2. Sure i hate it when people use such tactics against me, but i just take it as it is and improve. If EA ever nerfed all the bunny hopping and stuff, bf2 just wouldn't be bf2 anymore.

d4rkph03n1x wrote:

wongydude wrote:

ig wrote:

thats what i hate about other games like cod4. the movt is either slow as hell or nonexistent. i never stop moving in bf2 whether it be jumping strafin proning or whatv. thats prob the main reason i love bf2 so much

Yeah i totally agree, lots of people always complain about hopping and what not, but that, is what i feel defines bf2. Sure i hate it when people use such tactics against me, but i just take it as it is and improve. If EA ever nerfed all the bunny hopping and stuff, bf2 just wouldn't be bf2 anymore.

You mean worse than what they already did?

yea lol