Ranking System Dramatcly Changed Warning Spoilers - Page 7

***deftond*** · October 12th, 2005

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Originally Posted by MerrickDS

Now that would just be foolish ...
I ( like everyone else) is not going to pick up a game of this magnitude for the 50 usd it cost, so i can sit there and look at a jet on a runway, and think to myself,
" Someday i will have enough rank to fly that" give me a break ..... [sarcasm]I would rather at that point .. Shoot down my own planes to get my monies worth lol .[/sarcasm]

LOL

***[SYN] hydraSlav*** · October 12th, 2005

I was actually always a supporter (since BF42) of a "qualifying" or "certification" system, so that people can't operate planes/helis without first getting the required certification.

You can practice on single player, and then go online and get the certification (flying certification on some official EA server, nothing to do with ranks, etc), and only then pilot a full blackhawk

***Dark Saint*** · October 12th, 2005

No way .. if i pay this much i better have the ability to do what i want

***JediFalco*** · October 13th, 2005

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Originally Posted by [SYN] hydraSlav

See, that the funny bit, since the non-gamers (yes, if you can't afford 3 hours a day [come from work at 6, dinner at 7, family from 8-10, 3 hours of BF2 from 10 till 1am], you are not a gamer) don't care about the ranks, then why were they nerfed to please these non-gamers?

Why are they not "gamers"? Do you have to spend a certain amount of time on one game to become a "gamer"? Don't be a mong....

***Dark Saint*** · October 13th, 2005

yeah i would have to aggree with falco. Your amount of time played doesn't make you a gamer. If you can hold your own against someone who plays more that you, what is the difference.

Just because you don't play for three hours a night doesn't mean you aren't a gamer.
This is the same type of logic that gave us the "camper" syndrome.

***Haugfather*** · October 13th, 2005

I am glad they changed it but in classic EA fashion the messed that up too.

I was campaigning for a logical progression in Rank. 500 for R2, 1000 for R3, 2000 for R4, 4000 for R5, 8000 for R6, 16000 for R7, etc...

Now it makes as little sense as before but in our favor. Way to go DICE.

I am happy about having more unlocks though and the change in ranking system did bring me back from a nearly 2 month hiatus.

Oh and about the 250k limit? Still doesn't make any sense. If they are going to add officers they need to come up with another way to do it. That and there is only 1 Sargenat Major of the Corps at a time.

***Ender Wiggin*** · October 13th, 2005

I'll tell ya... it's funny how one day (pre-patch) I'll read here and in many other BF-related forums how much the ranks and unlocks used to suck because it took forever and it wasn't fair and yada yada yada. Now (post-patch), I'm reading in this and in many other BF-related forums how it's too easy to get new ranks and there's no more distinction to your awards and everyone has the unlocks and yada yada yada.

Yikes. EA responds to popular opinion by making the first few ranks easier to attain but keep the highest ranks a pain in the rear to get... and now nobody seems to like it.

Honestly? I could care less about the ranks, medals, and awards. Yeah, they're neat to look at and shoot the breeze over with buds, but nobody gives a rat's ass if you have a certain medal and they don't. Seriously. If you think the others care, you need to go out more -- the only person who will care is yourself (not saying that's a bad thing, just being realistic). It's the unlocks that are key to me. Right now, I'm happier than horsesh*t -- I have all the unlocks I wanted so now I can play without worrying or caring so much about the stats and enjoy the game for itself, just like I did with BF42 and BFV. Do I want to noob-tube as a US Assault? Or would I rather be able to hit more accurately with the G3 when I'm US Assault? Now I have that choice and that's awesome.

***deftond*** · October 13th, 2005

I agree with you wiggin.....this is so very much true...

***$$$ BIG PIMPIN $$$*** · October 13th, 2005

you dont have to have a big rank 4 all the unlocks

***SunTsoo*** · October 14th, 2005

Rank means nothing, except for unlocks and commander choice. Anything else is just somebody's ego. I cannot believe that a single one of you new sgt's that hates the 'nerfed' ranks is sorry about getting all the unlocks. I'm not, and I really don't care all that much if others have them, I try to use them to better effect. Sure some guys will have fun with the gas-op'd shotgun, but they'll realize eventually that to win you need to spawn with the weapon your squad needs, not the one you like best. Having unlocked just about everything, I'm more valuable to my squad! It's not just what you have unlocked, it's what you do with what you have unlocked to help your squad/army win.