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.
