eusgen
Nugget
+402|7360|Jupiter
When the game first came out the ranking system was very adverse, you need 50k just to get to like staff sergeant(if i recall), This ment only about 3-4 unlocks by the time you have 20k point. Why was this good? I will explain.

When you chose an unlock, you stick to that kit because your unlock was unique and for the most part "better" than the stock weapons. So if you chose the DAO, you were most likely gonna be AT all the time.
The game was much more fun when everyone had only 1-3 unlocks, this meant you had a prefered pack to choose from  and that was your expertise. After about 3 patchs, pretty much everyone had almost every unlock and they used every kit. Now its almost like the unlocks are stock weapons cause they are so easy to get.

Point: The game was much much more fun when you only got a few unlocks to choose from, it made the game much more competative.

So i really dont give a fat shit about all of you who think 30k is to much to get your LAST 2 unlocks, Cry!

I have every unlock on my 2 star general account, but i use mostly stock and the origional unlocks (non-sf)

Discuss.

The unlock hugging babbies meant that they wanted all the unlocks and if they couldnt have them all they were gonna cry, this topic isnt about using the unlocks, its about choosing and the # of unlocks people "should" have, so stfu.

Last edited by (EUS)Gen.BadSnipaDay (2006-07-14 09:22:03)

I.M.I Militant
We Are Not Alone In Here
+297|7287|Melbourne, Australia
yer i miss the old days
BlokieBF2
Member
+11|7220
your sig just caused me to have a stroke

my lawyers will be in touch
ozzie_johnson
Member
+98|7226|Penrith, N.S.W, Australia
yeah the old days i was a corpal at 10k+ points. And then the patch i got promoted 3 times i was like glitch or something wtf!!!!11111!!
jkohlc
2142th Whore
+214|7094|Singapore
that explains why i chosed the M95 as my first unlock b4 i got the xpack
alexilaiho68
Where's my coffee gone!?
+45|7068|Australia

jkohlc wrote:

that explains why i chosed the M95 as my first unlock b4 i got the xpack
Im getting it next D:
Sgt_Bob05
Nade Spammers Must Die
+49|7269|Australia
From my memory the rankings were
PFV- 500
LC- 1500
CPL - 10500
SGT - 25,000
STF SGT - 50,000
Gun Sgt - 75,000
1st Sgt - 100,000
Sgt Mjr - 150,000

You received an unlock at each rank from PFC onwards. Now that was good.
BVC
Member
+325|7263
I've got all the tier 1 unlocks and lack only 2 of the tier 2 unlocks, yet I find myself using the original guns as much as the unlocks.  Why?  Because they aren't that bad.  In some situations they're better but in others the originals are best.  The only unlock I find myself using religiously is the DAO-12.

One reason why EA changed it may have been to make BF2 live up to all the hype, its not very honest marketting a game as having all these unlocks and then forcing players to put in 400-odd hours just to have a good go at them all.  You do have to remember that players with hundreds upon hundreds of hours are few and far between.

I do agree that it takes a bit of the glow off 2LT and above...perhaps sticking with one unlock per promotion would of been better?  Then if you have SF, you'd get guns at 2LT, LT, CPTN, MJR, LT.COL and COL...
eusgen
Nugget
+402|7360|Jupiter

Pubic wrote:

I've got all the tier 1 unlocks and lack only 2 of the tier 2 unlocks, yet I find myself using the original guns as much as the unlocks.  Why?  Because they aren't that bad.  In some situations they're better but in others the originals are best.  The only unlock I find myself using religiously is the DAO-12.

One reason why EA changed it may have been to make BF2 live up to all the hype, its not very honest marketting a game as having all these unlocks and then forcing players to put in 400-odd hours just to have a good go at them all.  You do have to remember that players with hundreds upon hundreds of hours are few and far between.

I do agree that it takes a bit of the glow off 2LT and above...perhaps sticking with one unlock per promotion would of been better?  Then if you have SF, you'd get guns at 2LT, LT, CPTN, MJR, LT.COL and COL...
Thats not the point, i personally didnt want "all" of the unlocks, and not everyone was ment to get all the ranks. High ranks were for Extreme players, but people cried cause they wanted to get EVERYTHING in the game right NOW! Its called work for it and dont be a puss. you dont play 400 hours of the game?... then you dont deserve high ranks and tons of unlocks, do you?
Zilla
Killa of threads
+122|7210|7th level of hell

too bad the negs arnt working any more. you still play the fucking game right? quit bitching for the sake of pissing and moaning. your probably just pissed cuz you get owned by a cpl w/a g36e. shut yer nancy mouth and play teh fucking game.
kn0ckahh
Member
+98|7306|netherlands, sweet lake city
I really miss those days....
much more fun I was a noob with my Big Bad G3 wich wasn't over powered JET.....
and my M95 what was really   crapy ass gun.
if everybody would have only 2 onlucks BF2 would be much more fun with for expertise over kits
Sydney
2λчиэλ
+783|7411|Reykjavík, Iceland.
I agree 110% with the OP. Unlocks made you special in the old days.
eusgen
Nugget
+402|7360|Jupiter

Zilla wrote:

too bad the negs arnt working any more. you still play the fucking game right? quit bitching for the sake of pissing and moaning. your probably just pissed cuz you get owned by a cpl w/a g36e. shut yer nancy mouth and play teh fucking game.
Read the other posts and stfu. And i think the day i get owned is the day.... wait its never gonna happen!
jord
Member
+2,382|7246|The North, beyond the wall.
Why are people babies if they use unlocks?

I like unlocks,they're fun to play with and have better qualities.

Also i'd rather have everything included in the game i bought rather than play for 500 hours to get all the guns.
Longbow
Member
+163|7215|Odessa, Ukraine
so why not to return to old ranking sistem ?
eusgen
Nugget
+402|7360|Jupiter

jord wrote:

Why are people babies if they use unlocks?
Never said that, please read again.
Kontrolfreq
Member
+50|7172|Cambridge UK

jord wrote:

Also i'd rather have everything included in the game i bought rather than play for 500 hours to get all the guns.
Hear hear! Some of us have lives outside of BF2 and therefore can't be expected to play for hours and hours to get game content.
jord
Member
+2,382|7246|The North, beyond the wall.

(EUS)Gen.BadSnipaDay wrote:

jord wrote:

Why are people babies if they use unlocks?
Never said that, please read again.
"Unlock hugging babies" is the title.
TheEternalPessimist
Wibble
+412|7188|Mhz

(EUS)Gen.BadSnipaDay wrote:

jord wrote:

Why are people babies if they use unlocks?
Never said that, please read again.
"unlock hugging babies"

Jord reads better apparently
Murphy <s18>
Member
+8|7220|51st State
Because i paid my money and i get to play an hour a night tops and its taken me till now to get 23000 points on my two accounts since the day of release and i dont think i should have to play for another year just to gain the full content, and to be fair having a 30,000 pt gap is stupid its the biggest gap in the whole ranking system!

EDIT: there wasnt even a gap like that in the old ranking system

Last edited by Murphy <s18> (2006-07-14 07:32:33)

psycokiller05
Jihad God
+18|7161

(EUS)Gen.BadSnipaDay wrote:

Zilla wrote:

too bad the negs arnt working any more. you still play the fucking game right? quit bitching for the sake of pissing and moaning. your probably just pissed cuz you get owned by a cpl w/a g36e. shut yer nancy mouth and play teh fucking game.
Read the other posts and stfu. And i think the day i get owned is the day.... wait its never gonna happen!
i rember you i shock paddled u 4 times in one round and once with a knife so i have to say pwnd ahhahahah lmao
LSD_Wash
Member
+64|7381
I agree with the original post 100% (except the implication that people that use unlocks are somehow 'babies').  Part of what made this game so much fun is striving for the unlocks to feel like you had earned something tangible.  The ribbons and medals are neat for about 5 seconds, a new rank is cool for a couple of days, but a whole new weapon is fun for a LONG time. 

I was really pissed when I was fast approaching 50,000 to get my 3rd or 4th unlock when suddenly they changed it and I got everything all at once.  I haven't gotten a new weapon in ages and there are none to be had. So  I've played less since reaching Lt. Col. but have stepped it up a little in the last week or so because I'm about 1500 points from Colonel.  There is a 30,000 gap for my next rank which is just that, a new rank without any other benefits (except I can command if I feel like it most of the time).   I would have loved to see the old system put back in place, but it seems too late for me. (unless they add some more unlocks)
Chou
Member
+737|7359
I played the game right out of the box for the last 2 months, unpatched and unranked.
If you are talking about the old days...
Hyper
Banned
+154|7319

(EUS)Gen.BadSnipaDay wrote:

Zilla wrote:

too bad the negs arnt working any more. you still play the fucking game right? quit bitching for the sake of pissing and moaning. your probably just pissed cuz you get owned by a cpl w/a g36e. shut yer nancy mouth and play teh fucking game.
Read the other posts and stfu. And i think the day i get owned is the day.... wait its never gonna happen!
ive slapped you around once or twice
although i did get slapped pretty hard myself in a later map
Cbass
Kick His Ass!
+371|7262|Howell, Mi USA
Ah those were the days. I used to pick the unlock of the kit id be playing next. thinking ok i almost have this vet badge, going for ___ next so ill unlock their weapon at the next rank up. I still use stock weapons for shits n giggles. The other day i did some sniping with the SVD, its actually not a bad weapon.
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