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Exakter

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I'll keep this short. Both so I don't bug you guys, and so I don't rant.

(Sniping can be overpowered on any side when too many (un)skilled players are equipped, either it means one team can't spawn at all, or one team can't move forward at all and creates the most boring, stagnating, not to mention frustrating gameplay. )

I realize it's not your fault the game is like that. That said, why don't you try and impose some sort of communal sniper limit like you do with swearing?

Frankly, Hardcore rush, and hardcore mixed is mneh. Some time's it's great, other times it's trash, like right now. With half of my team constantly leaving, the other half staying - pretty much useless, and the enemy team just insulting us.

It's not fun to be in ANY server with the play is like this. Seeing other members tolerate, and in some cases even encourage it is bothering me.

Admittedly your servers are better than most, but thats not hard.


There.

I've said it.

Ex
 
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Slazenger said:
It's an interesting idea and has some merit but there are a couple things that will keep this from happening.

Firstly, EA has a clause in their terms of service that actually prohibits server owners from restricting weapons/classes on BC2 servers (I'm assuming due to the global stats and how that can alter a player's ability to level up properly). This being said, some servers do restrict weapons, but legal action could be taken (not a risk we're willing to run).

Also, there's a large majority of the player-base that is against such limitations on weapons.


It's no problem in most gamemodes though, albeit occasionally frustrating as you get repeatedly sniped...these snipers don't contribute much to make their team complete the objective.


I do appreciate your input and it's a valid argument, but I don't expect this will be happening on our servers.
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I see what you mean. If we put a limit on kits that could be used, then it would chase away people that love being sniper due to the fact that they cannot be whatever class they want to.
 
Exakter said:
I'll keep this short. Both so I don't bug you guys, and so I don't rant.

(Sniping can be overpowered on any side when too many (un)skilled players are equipped, either it means one team can't spawn at all, or one team can't move forward at all and creates the most boring, stagnating, not to mention frustrating gameplay. )

I realize it's not your fault the game is like that. That said, why don't you try and impose some sort of communal sniper limit like you do with swearing?

Frankly, Hardcore rush, and hardcore mixed is mneh. Some time's it's great, other times it's trash, like right now. With half of my team constantly leaving, the other half staying - pretty much useless, and the enemy team just insulting us.

It's not fun to be in ANY server with the play is like this. Seeing other members tolerate, and in some cases even encourage it is bothering me.

Admittedly your servers are better than most, but thats not hard.


There.

I've said it.

Ex
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Stop playing hardcore. OR. Play on Phu Bai 24/7. Problem solved.
 
Indeed, it might be a good idea if EA would actually let us. But, since we can't, the point is moot.

/Pwnt
 
TheAngryPanda said:
Fine, long as you wanna let me run assault with my SV98 and motion mines.
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Have a Smexy cookie sir! :w00t:

I'm finally getting better at vanilla again! Went 44/13 on heavy metal! Yippeee!

See you on the battlefield Panda! I be collecting teh bountyyy,,, Yarrrr!
 
I feel your pain, and i totally understand why you need to vent. Most of the time i just end up sniping and killing every person that has pissed me off :) It seems that this is the only way i can get back at them or have any fun when this happens. It happens every few days on the bfbc2 hc rush server, one team just totally dominates almost the entire day!
 
I does suck when the teams are stacked with snipers, but to be honest, I always see the sniper-only team lose. I've never really seen it be a problem personally, but that's just my personal account.

If we restricted snipers in a game and I couldn't get to be sniper, I wouldn't play the game. When I played DoD:S every day, I would check the sniper class every thirty seconds like a hawk on the Kalt server. But now I don't play DoD:S because we dropped Kalt.
 
yeah I unfortunately seem to be on the bad sniper teams.

I was busy this weekend but stopped by a sniper limited server that was HC.

Hate to say it but it was the most enjoyable game I've ever had in BC2. Also did some reading on the legal status of kit limiting.

Apparently, you can LIMIT kits, but not exclude them on ranked servers according to their EULA. But that comes down to the wording and server hosts are unsure, but no host has ever had their servers or permissions pulled for kit limitations. (Exclusions are another matter, servers have been shut down for excluding rpgs and the like)

Also, if you have an unranked server, you can do whatever you want to it in terms of kits limitations or exclusions.


Just throwing that out there. The server I played on is unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) rarely full, but I think that speaks more to their community or lack there of.

I suspect eGO could easily maintain a kit limited server, obviously only if the legal issue was clarified. Which, considering how slow companies are to issue writs over negative issues, I would never expect a response.

As to switching to entirely different game modes (or saying switch to recon) exacerbates existing issues I feel. Why have hardcore modes at all if thats the answer to unbalanced teams. - Also, usually when your team is unbalanced, switching to said class doesn't fix it.
 
Eh you know, I'm a infiltration sniper... I get behind the lines and just wreak havoc and do what I can. Recon isn't useless, it's the way you use it that can be useless... A sniper can kill 4 people in a matter of 10 seconds... however you can just waste space in the server if you're just camping in your base trying to get a kill.
 
How I feel when I troll servers with my sniping.

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muffinz2323 said:
Eh you know, I'm a infiltration sniper... I get behind the lines and just wreak havoc and do what I can. Recon isn't useless, it's the way you use it that can be useless... A sniper can kill 4 people in a matter of 10 seconds... however you can just waste space in the server if you're just camping in your base trying to get a kill.
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This is me enforcing your statement! Well said! :lol:

Anybody who has played with me know that i never camp! Well only for the 15 seconds while capping a flag BUT that is not the point! :P

All i do is run around like a 'Rampaging Duck' and treat my m40 like a shotgun( with a scope :laugh: )

There are no useless classes in any game; just useless teammates who don't know how to play the game or their class the way it should be played. This is the ONLY reason why people camp in their spawn or a specific place for a given amount of time. (THIS ONLY APPLIES TO CONQUEST MODE and THE ATTACKING SIDE OF RUSH MODE)
 
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The kit limiting thing would piss me off less if it actually DIDN'T LET YOU JOIN THE DAMN GAME IF THE CLASS IS FULL. I hate seeing 2 snipers, pick that class only to get in and the 3 sniper limit come up. Makes me leave immediatly.
 
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