Ranking System Dramatcly Changed Warning Spoilers

[FactionRecon]

Well actaully I'm only at around 3,000. So for all you guys that play it religiously, more power to you. But at least I get Corporal now.

[[SYN] hydraSlav]

Originally Posted by ZZZargo333

actually i was talking to some higher ranked players apparently they have first or second leutenant (spelling?). so it does go higher than what we see on paper here.

It is true... just logged in, got all the way to Master Seargent, but it shows "2nd Leutenant Next". My reaction may have been a bit less calm if the original poster mentioned there were more ranks.

However, the fact that you get all your weapons so quick and badges is still bad. I logged in, and got all my guns unlocked... wow, so fun... and there i was 2 days ago breaking my head over which gun to choose next... but thanks to Dice, the excitement is gone.

It's like going for a movie about which you read some great reviews, and then you met some retarded friend on the way that tells you the whole movie in 2 sentences and ruins it all. You just loose all interest.

I've also heard that veteran badges are very easy to get now... A badge should signify a superior skill at something... not something everyone gets...

I worked my ass off for my Gold Knive Badge, getting 18 kills on a regular server before the round ended. I don't even know what this badge is worth now

[ptownlax503]

Well I'm glad they toned it down, but holy crap did they tone it down. I would have been happy if the top rank was still at 125000 or something but the 250000 before was really pushing it. It does kind of suck now, i was 8300 and looking forward to my next unlock but now i have that and more. I mean it'll still take me awhile because I don't play very much but oh well...they can always change it back....

[EvilDisc]

Wee, got a new unlock
Im around 2200 score, but anyway I like the new ranking system.

[TheSmeghead]

I personally don't really give a flying duck about ranks, I play the game for the game play not some rank, while I understand some folks do play for ranks/points and its important to them which is fine, we are all different

What I did not like is the need for or the use of weapon unlocks, for an online games of this type I feel its unfair that you get penalised by having access to inferior tools because you have work and have a life and are not able to play a game 16 hours a day to get a weapon.

IMO everyone should have access to the same weapons, skill does win out, after all this is a combat game not mmorg or life sim game

[Oblivious]

Originally Posted by TheSmeghead

I personally don't really give a flying duck about ranks, I play the game for the game play not some rank, while I understand some folks do play for ranks/points and its important to them which is fine, we are all different
What I did not like is the need for or the use of weapon unlocks, for an online games of this type I feel its unfair that you get penalised by having access to inferior tools because you have work and have a life and are not able to play a game 16 hours a day to get a weapon.
IMO everyone should have access to the same weapons, skill does win out, after all this is a combat game not mmorg or life sim game

The only reason I've cared about playing ranked servers, was for getting weapon unlocks. Ranks, Medals and Badges are OK I suppose and a good tool for guaging your performance, but I honestly couldn't care less about them.
The points sytem was way out of reach for the average player, the one who has a life and a family outside of gaming. That said, I do think they might have gone a little overboard on how far they nerfed it. But, given a choice between the two, I'd have go with the current system.

[=[DCEF]=</Scorpion/>]

if you look on this site : http://www.wildcards.org/BF2/BF2RankingSystem.htm
it will show the last rank still going up to 250,000 global pts...

(and yes, for those who dont notice, it are the ranks after the 1.03 patch)

[GateKeeper{NL}]

but its chaos there now
every noob can own now its not about skills now everyone pkm's u now
commanders that trow art on own bases for tk fun
and a noob is a staff seargeant now i dont understand the men from the boys
if u undestand me

[Conface]

Its not good that the ranking system has been dumbed down. The ranks were there for people who need their ego's boosted to see just how awesome they are. The ranks were almost pointless because I saw way too many groups of friends just hiding out in a corner of the map killing/reviving eachother to up their rank. Its just ridiculous that that happens and for me I dont give a shit what rank you are because you could be like all these dicks and gotten your points unfairly. Whenever I am commander and I see a group of dicks like this I just constantly throw some arty down ontop of them (I could care less about tking the guys on my team) and eventually they will leave the server.
Unfortunatly this is a smart move by EA because it will allow people who dont play the game that much to boost their ego even if they are shitty players. The smart head office at EA did this just for that reason because the majority of people that play BF2 are not going to play it enough to get a whole shitload of points. Its just too bad for the players who play a whole crapload and want recognition for it (unfortunatly these people are not the important ones in EA's eyes).
They should have made the the ribbons and medals much harder to get. Pretty soon everone is going to have every single ribbon and medal in the game and they are going to become insignificant. It was always awesome to get one of these awards and now it is going to suck to get one every time that I play.
For the majority of people who play BF2 this move will make their experience more enjoyable but it sucks for the people who want to be in a elite group of high ranked players that they can compete and compare with.

[Awaking]

I cant belive they nerfed it so badly, and yes i said nerf. I went from corpral to gunney with 3 kills i honestly though it was a bug before i came here and read about it. If they did this just becuase people were wanting all the unlocks faster, in my opinion unlocks shouldnt have been tied to ranks, could have been so nice.