First - please allow me to done my bunker gear as this WILL draw flames;
IMHO **THE** thing that makes BF2 the Bomb-Diggity game it is AND makes it draw the most fire is the ranking system. Seriously, would we have this kind of community (BF2s), the amount of "complaining" (I hate that word) or this amount of trash talk ("OMG You Fux0rn N00!3!!!!") if there was no scoring or ranking system? Take that away and this is nothing more than an on-line MMPG.
As an example - Call Of Duty 2 (great game) has no ranking system. I did a quick Google search on "Call of duty 2" and on the first page got a hit only one community site and that was the "planet" site that all games get. The same search on BF2? Seven independent community sites.
So, EA has created the perfect double edged sword here: The ranking system is gamer's crack. The ranking system is the developer's nightmare. One one hand: it's a game, get over it, if you don't like it, don't play it. On the other hand: If you can't SUPPORT it, don't DEPLOY it.
OK - flame On!
(edited for typos)
Last edited by Kaosdad008 (19 years ago)