Friday, July 08, 2005
Stat Whores, Coming to a Battlefield 2 Server Near You
Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.
There are ranked and unranked Battlefield 2 servers, with ranked servers hosted by EA and available for a fee to anyone else.
The difference between the two types of servers is that on ranked servers, your performances earn you rank (obvious) and allow you to unlock new weapon kits for each of the different roles (classes) in the game.
Of course, people are doing what any EQ-seasoned powergamer worth his salt would have been doing from day 1: powerleveling their stats.
Step 1: Find a medic buddy
Step 2: Find a victim on the other team (willing victims preferred, but not required)
Step 3: Kill victim (with a knife, preferably, to conserve ammo)
Step 4: Have medic buddy revive victim
Step 5: Repeat steps 3-4 for several hours
Step 6: Woot! Ding! Grats! LOL!
Sounds like a lot of fun, doesn't it? The only thing it needs to be competitive with most MMOs is to make it so that you have to stab the enemy a couple dozen times before he dies. And maybe make the enemy a goblin or something.
There are ranked and unranked Battlefield 2 servers, with ranked servers hosted by EA and available for a fee to anyone else.
The difference between the two types of servers is that on ranked servers, your performances earn you rank (obvious) and allow you to unlock new weapon kits for each of the different roles (classes) in the game.
Of course, people are doing what any EQ-seasoned powergamer worth his salt would have been doing from day 1: powerleveling their stats.
Step 1: Find a medic buddy
Step 2: Find a victim on the other team (willing victims preferred, but not required)
Step 3: Kill victim (with a knife, preferably, to conserve ammo)
Step 4: Have medic buddy revive victim
Step 5: Repeat steps 3-4 for several hours
Step 6: Woot! Ding! Grats! LOL!
Sounds like a lot of fun, doesn't it? The only thing it needs to be competitive with most MMOs is to make it so that you have to stab the enemy a couple dozen times before he dies. And maybe make the enemy a goblin or something.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
I'm Not Dead!
I don't want to go on the cart.
Between moving, starting a new company, and getting ready for a few weeks in Europe, I've had my hands full. No time for EQII, much less the ol' blog.
Well, maybe just a little bit of time. I noticed that a lot of the loot that was previously group-only is now available as solo loot. I've also noticed that there are some non-raid-loot items out there that are substantially different from other items of the same tier. That is good. I'm still not seeing much besides the same old stat bonuses, though. After Diablo 2 raised the bar with all sorts of interesting items, it's tough to settle for the rather plain loot from EQ2, Guild Wars, and so on.
In other news, I made $13 selling 50 gold on the Station Exchange. The realization that I could exchange my Norrath currency for $2000 U.S. currency has yet to be counterbalanced by a good "integrity of the game" argument. Supporting it, however, are the recent purchase of $1500 worth of furniture and a severe case of techno-lust for the Dell 2405FPW.
Between moving, starting a new company, and getting ready for a few weeks in Europe, I've had my hands full. No time for EQII, much less the ol' blog.
Well, maybe just a little bit of time. I noticed that a lot of the loot that was previously group-only is now available as solo loot. I've also noticed that there are some non-raid-loot items out there that are substantially different from other items of the same tier. That is good. I'm still not seeing much besides the same old stat bonuses, though. After Diablo 2 raised the bar with all sorts of interesting items, it's tough to settle for the rather plain loot from EQ2, Guild Wars, and so on.
In other news, I made $13 selling 50 gold on the Station Exchange. The realization that I could exchange my Norrath currency for $2000 U.S. currency has yet to be counterbalanced by a good "integrity of the game" argument. Supporting it, however, are the recent purchase of $1500 worth of furniture and a severe case of techno-lust for the Dell 2405FPW.
