BF2S Forums Sidetracked by Ribbons and badges shiny things

certainly is the addictive part of the game

Yes indeed it is, just check out the awards on both accounts of mine, also I'm trying for Veteran Knife

Yes, you have to admit DICE/EA was pretty brilliant on this one. 

In BF1942 I lived my entire existance sniping, but here you are "encouraged" to try all the classes to badge/ribbon up, and it truely gives the game a much longer and fuller life, expanding my enjoyment by trying just about every facet of the classes. 

Of course, it can also drive you to total distraction when you want a particular reward, but if I just play for one more hour...

I had to try very hard to get my expert knife badge and vet explosive badge distroying my k/d ratio in the prosses but hay i got em ..... im not shure it was worth it......................yes it was ..lol

At this point of the game i can't help but think about my medals and admittingly my stats as well.

Although i don't think of myself as a stat padder, i do concern myself with how i rank with other people in the bf2 community.  For quite a while i just chose which kit i was using based on the tactical situtation.  Then one day i had an awesome round and got alot of kills with the medic and started to look further into badges and other such rewards.  The bronze, silver, and gold stars no longer meant enough to keep playing, so i decided to concentrate on becomming a more well rounded player at a higher level.  I NEVER used to use support and engineer, but after using them, i have found situations where the usage of such classes makes me a better player and the team as well. 

With that said, and most vet badges in the bag, I'm starting to concentrate on more vehilce play and commander play.  I just started to command and although it is not as fun as running around and being a good grunt, it adds another level of appreciation of gameplay presented and trying to utilize that.  Only problem is some of the hours requirements are just CRAZY.

I agree with previous posts that DICE/EA put a nice feature in to keep the game challanging/addictive.  I think as humans we strive to take pride in what we do, and having a stat tracker helps in that regard.  No longer will us gamers be laughed at for just playing games, but we have prove of our accomplishements.  LoL....ok..this paragraph was just BS.

Nowt wrong with getting sidetracked for the shiny things, it's part and parcel of the game..... It's an acheivement and something I think we all would like to aspire to all badges, all ribbons, all medals.... but then what ... there's going to be some serious withdrawal when everyone's got what they want

It's what keeps the game interesting...not like badges and ribbons mean a whole hell of a lot in the grand scheme of things, but it keeps the game quasi-fresh by making you change your style of play to go after certain awards.

Let's face it...with one gametype and only 13 maps, it would have gotten really stale really quick if there wasn't something to hold people's interest.  It's fun to set out one night to earn a certain badge or ribbon.

I'm hoping against hope that EA/DICE does something to liven the game up a bit beyond releasing a new BF2 game.