Yeah, I’m referring to Battlefield 2. What else would I talk about?
Quite a bit has happened in the Battlefield realm since I last checked in. First and foremost, the patch. You might be tempted to hate on this news, considering that we’ve got our first patch only days after Battlefield’s street date. But remember, if you will, the history of the series: Battlefield 1942’s first patch came out before the game hit shelves. Hell, before that they patched the demo, twice. Certainly, then, the series it taking a step in the right direction.
Ah, but is it? Check this out. Yep, EA just told us to uninstall our patched versions due to memory leak issues on certain systems. Moreover, we’re assured that DICE is hard at work on a fix for 1.01. Patching the patch? Somebody call up Guinness, we’ve got a record low here.
As if the patching isn’t bad enough, we’ve also got the cheaters to consider. First, let me state this: I think the stats/ranking is a horrible idea, and should be eliminated ASAP. Nothing good has come from it, and I’ve got a few pictures to prove my point. I’ll start by showing you this example of “stat farming”. All they did was establish a ranked server of their own, got three people in, locked it, and spent God knows how long killing the same guy over and over. Simple.
Fortunately, stat farming like this isn’t common, since the effort needed to establish a ranked server puts it out of range of the common lamer. Far more common is this kind of stat farming. Guys will chuck all their grenades, empty their rocket ammo, whatever, then have a Support buddy come by and do a resupply. Essentially, the same system that rewards the Medic and Support classes for the work they do is the same system that allows these lazy fucks to jet up the ranks. Of course, there are the hackers, but they’d be there anyway, and are so rare that most Battlefield players never see one.
Yes, EA does know about the farming problems, but isn’t doing much about it. Too busy patching the patch, I guess.
Yes, EA does know about the farming problems, but isn’t doing much about it. Too busy patching the patch, I guess.
