Okay I know some rough comments will come this way, not exactly flammage but rough nonetheless.
This is in no way an attempt to give people another way to effortlessly stat-pad their way through the ranks, but a general notice to the community that this is happening out there.
I'd say EA did a pleasantly good job on pressing down on statpadders, by putting the resupply time limits and the like, along with their Worst Enemy, etc, statisitics. Often the only kind of statpadding that goes relatively undetected is a flipped-boat repairing process, which still itself is mind-numbingly slow and thus not as effective as a point-gainer, but rather a specific engineer badge grabber (which really is no big deal in my mind as one expert badge doesn't help you much if at all). Ammo statpadders have since pretty much been vanquished, and the 3-man kill/revive process is easily caught and statpadders, are, no matter how unlikely it seems, getting reset.
However, just the other day I came upon statpadding of a new kind, almost ingenious method, that I nearly admire whoever thought of it. Sharqi 32. It really only caught my eye when there was someone with a score of 145 teamwork, and nothing more, on the other team. So I thought instantly, statpadder. Looking on my team roster, no one has any massive kill registers, even the whole team's kills don't add up to enough. Since I was the only one on the server who even knew what the hell statpadding is, I had to investigate myself. I analyzed the top scores after the round, noticing that he had got around 60 resupply points and another 85 driver points. Confusing, I thought to myself.
So come next round, I join the other team. I see that my suspect is in Squad Bravo, so I join in and check out the location of everyone. All spawning at the lower MEC base, and not running for the empty chopper, but for the boat. I quickly spawned as a sniper and hopped in just as they left. Now a different guy was piloting the boat, another man in the squad.... a squad of 5 support players and me, the sniper. So they drive out into the middle of nowhere, four move into the middle slots of the boat and start chucking greandes into the ocean. And of course the ammo comes out and slowly their process starts up and within minutes it's going at full efficiency, each of them getting a point every 15 or so seconds, and the driver getting a driver ability assist point every 4 seconds.
So, nothing I can do to stop them as a teammate, so i get myself killed and switch teams to kill them. Pleasantly enough, they're in a still boat, a perfect target for an AT. I take them out twice, without even seeing them, judging from my commander's spotting. Just shoot and see the rocket disappear, then a bunch of kills pops up. Easy way to redeem my terrible K/D and score that round.
Pictures;
Anyway, just to let you know that this is happening out there, and keep your eyes peeled for it.
DO NOT use this to your PERSONAL advantage, someone WILL spot you and report you. You can count on it.
I apologize in advance if this was a terrible choice, but I'm hoping in assumption that the majority of the BF2S community is mature enough to handle this the right way.
This is in no way an attempt to give people another way to effortlessly stat-pad their way through the ranks, but a general notice to the community that this is happening out there.
I'd say EA did a pleasantly good job on pressing down on statpadders, by putting the resupply time limits and the like, along with their Worst Enemy, etc, statisitics. Often the only kind of statpadding that goes relatively undetected is a flipped-boat repairing process, which still itself is mind-numbingly slow and thus not as effective as a point-gainer, but rather a specific engineer badge grabber (which really is no big deal in my mind as one expert badge doesn't help you much if at all). Ammo statpadders have since pretty much been vanquished, and the 3-man kill/revive process is easily caught and statpadders, are, no matter how unlikely it seems, getting reset.
However, just the other day I came upon statpadding of a new kind, almost ingenious method, that I nearly admire whoever thought of it. Sharqi 32. It really only caught my eye when there was someone with a score of 145 teamwork, and nothing more, on the other team. So I thought instantly, statpadder. Looking on my team roster, no one has any massive kill registers, even the whole team's kills don't add up to enough. Since I was the only one on the server who even knew what the hell statpadding is, I had to investigate myself. I analyzed the top scores after the round, noticing that he had got around 60 resupply points and another 85 driver points. Confusing, I thought to myself.
So come next round, I join the other team. I see that my suspect is in Squad Bravo, so I join in and check out the location of everyone. All spawning at the lower MEC base, and not running for the empty chopper, but for the boat. I quickly spawned as a sniper and hopped in just as they left. Now a different guy was piloting the boat, another man in the squad.... a squad of 5 support players and me, the sniper. So they drive out into the middle of nowhere, four move into the middle slots of the boat and start chucking greandes into the ocean. And of course the ammo comes out and slowly their process starts up and within minutes it's going at full efficiency, each of them getting a point every 15 or so seconds, and the driver getting a driver ability assist point every 4 seconds.
So, nothing I can do to stop them as a teammate, so i get myself killed and switch teams to kill them. Pleasantly enough, they're in a still boat, a perfect target for an AT. I take them out twice, without even seeing them, judging from my commander's spotting. Just shoot and see the rocket disappear, then a bunch of kills pops up. Easy way to redeem my terrible K/D and score that round.
Pictures;
Anyway, just to let you know that this is happening out there, and keep your eyes peeled for it.
DO NOT use this to your PERSONAL advantage, someone WILL spot you and report you. You can count on it.
I apologize in advance if this was a terrible choice, but I'm hoping in assumption that the majority of the BF2S community is mature enough to handle this the right way.
