Rumor BF2 pay-per-month

The Master · 09-22-2004, 05:44 PM

Ok theres is rumor out about BF2 costing 5-10$ a month like a MMORPG to play.
Before people read that on other newssites and it jumps around the net so a mob of fanboys goes to march to EA headquarter and burn it down, or come here and scream, i like to point out that this rumor is most likley caused by stupid wannabe importants.

The 'proof' for the pay-per-month story is this screenshot:

Judge for yourself, for me it looks like you can buy addons or new skins or something.

Dick_Justice · 09-22-2004, 07:00 PM

That is actually wrong !

My Gamestar magazin stated that BF2 will alow you to "buy" better equipment for your points.

So while a normal Soldier might start of with an M-4, you later get the possibility upgarde it to an M-16 or whatever.

grim reaper · 09-22-2004, 08:10 PM

thats pretty cool if what dick said was true, if the master is right you get the torches and pitch forks i'll get the mob.

Soyuz · 09-22-2004, 09:50 PM

Thats the dumbest Idea ever. It should be the other way around, the better you are the worse weapons you get. Im mean whats the point ofhave the experts mowing everybody down with the best guns. Unfortunatly games never maske these challenges and you have to make them u your self (like better a level using only grenades)

Monkeyfeng · 09-23-2004, 03:13 AM

i think the screenshot is made up. but if its real, i mean paying money for each month? that is just wrong.

NavalLord · 09-23-2004, 03:52 AM

to me it looks like you spend points earned by skill durning the game to buy stuff such as mp3 player for vehicles and new equipment and whatnot, no real money should be spent except for the 1 time purchase of the game, unless your moloo, then no money shall be spent at all

melee · 09-23-2004, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by georgie_porgie_k

Thats the dumbest Idea ever. It should be the other way around, the better you are the worse weapons you get. Im mean whats the point ofhave the experts mowing everybody down with the best guns. Unfortunatly games never maske these challenges and you have to make them u your self (like better a level using only grenades)

What would be the point of doing better then?

Ever play Wolf ET or ANY RPG? it works...

Soyuz · 09-23-2004, 04:16 AM

Ya I'm playing Wolf ET right now and I've never gotten a promtoion that gave me anything!!!! (thats cus i suck dick at it) Now isn't that alot of fun! no double pistols till I'm an old old man! YAY!

Ya well maby i'm wrong. After all you need to motivate the players to actually participate in the action.

Dick_Justice · 09-23-2004, 08:19 AM

Yup, dont worry about the weapons upgrade.

Other games have done it (Enemy Territory as stated above) and it works well. It motivates people to play less retarded and rewards them.

Also the new equipment will always be balanced. So a SAW249 might be the upgraded M60 and be slightly better, but your in no way invulnurable.

Same with Sniper Rifles. While newbie gets a PSG rifle, the leet player gets the barnet 0.5 cal.

grim reaper · 09-23-2004, 09:26 AM

would you lose all your upgrades when you leave the server though, i remebr somewhere that dice where going to have a master server with stats one?

Mac · 09-23-2004, 01:45 PM

Yeah, paying monthly to play a game is stupid. Why pay so much money to play one game? I mean, you already spent 30-60 bucks when you bought it in the first place...

If it does cost to play, I aint getting it....

Monkeyfeng · 09-23-2004, 03:50 PM

BF2's multiplayer features sound alittle bit too good to be free of monthly payment. i just hope that nothing is charged here. i hated spending my money buying stupid credit for games in order for me to play online. it should every gamer's right to play games online free of charge. except for retail prices.

[AoS]MeCCa · 09-23-2004, 03:54 PM

Maybe .. But with ingame money i believe... Not ppm... that would suck to much.

Soyuz · 09-23-2004, 08:54 PM

Maby if you give Eagames 10 dallars you get all the uber wepons and if you pay 50 you get the chain gun. LOL

Point_Blank · 09-24-2004, 12:19 PM

y'know, shooting down n00bs with a better gun will make it more fun.
i guess buying weapons would stop all this "n00bs don't have a clue wots goin on" so all the n00bs use tanks on repair points 2 make them invincible.

of course having a better gun will make you a bigger target for ppl so they will probably aim for you rather than the n00b standing next 2 you! :/

Monkeyfeng · 09-24-2004, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Point_Blank

y'know, shooting down n00bs with a better gun will make it more fun.
i guess buying weapons would stop all this "n00bs don't have a clue wots goin on" so all the n00bs use tanks on repair points 2 make them invincible.

of course having a better gun will make you a bigger target for ppl so they will probably aim for you rather than the n00b standing next 2 you! :/

then the race of n00bs will be forever erased!

Soyuz · 09-24-2004, 10:02 PM

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then the race of n00bs will be forever erased!

You rasist nazi bastard!!!!! j/k

Tap · 09-26-2004, 05:17 AM

Kill the noobs!!!

If this is PPM like 10 people will play it and they'll all be Evercrack addicts that felt like using guns for a change.

btw, thanks for the banner stalin i made it smaller and added a little 3-D border thing.

Rexxie · 09-26-2004, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by georgie_porgie_k

Ya I'm playing Wolf ET right now and I've never gotten a promtoion that gave me anything!!!! (thats cus i suck dick at it) Now isn't that alot of fun! no double pistols till I'm an old old man! YAY!

Ya well maby i'm wrong. After all you need to motivate the players to actually participate in the action.

Yes, you obviously suck at ET if you've never been promoted.
I love ET, especially for it's skill/XP system. Dual-pistols is pretty much a smacktards weapon, you don't really need them. They aren't very accurate, and you're better off using a thompson/mp40.

What I really love is the whole class based system. As an engineer, you get promoted for building stuff that your team needs (command posts, mounted machine guns, generators etc), so you don't have to be a really good fragger to be of good use to your team.

Covert ops can spot landmines with their binoculars, very useful for the team! And while most smacktards/noobs always go covert ops because they've got sniper rifles, unfortunately not many of them realize that if you have a heigher covert ops rank, you get a more steady aim with the guns, so instead they spend the round trying to snipe people and end up killing like 2 people at max. Pretty sad

Either way, it works. I see a lot of medics reviving people, engineers building stuff, covert ops destroying objectives etc. You can't rid the world of smacktards, but you can try to reward them for playing well.

Anyway, a little more on-topic, I heighly doubt it will be P2P, they would have announced that by now if it was.

Soyuz · 09-26-2004, 04:02 PM

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Yes, you obviously suck at ET if you've never been promoted.

i know

. But "Never Give Up, Never Surrender!"

09-22-2004, 05:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
The Master First Lieutenant Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,700	Rumor BF2 pay-per-month Ok theres is rumor out about BF2 costing 5-10$ a month like a MMORPG to play. Before people read that on other newssites and it jumps around the net so a mob of fanboys goes to march to EA headquarter and burn it down, or come here and scream, i like to point out that this rumor is most likley caused by stupid wannabe importants. The 'proof' for the pay-per-month story is this screenshot: Judge for yourself, for me it looks like you can buy addons or new skins or something. __________________

09-22-2004, 07:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dick_Justice Major Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Marl, Germany Posts: 3,350	That is actually wrong ! My Gamestar magazin stated that BF2 will alow you to "buy" better equipment for your points. So while a normal Soldier might start of with an M-4, you later get the possibility upgarde it to an M-16 or whatever. __________________ Plays BF 2 in Europe under the name of \"Erich_Felsner\"

09-23-2004, 03:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
Monkeyfeng Captain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Taiwan, can you find it on the map? Posts: 2,785	i think the screenshot is made up. but if its real, i mean paying money for each month? that is just wrong. __________________

09-23-2004, 03:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 5,875	to me it looks like you spend points earned by skill durning the game to buy stuff such as mp3 player for vehicles and new equipment and whatnot, no real money should be spent except for the 1 time purchase of the game, unless your moloo, then no money shall be spent at all __________________

09-23-2004, 08:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dick_Justice Major Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Marl, Germany Posts: 3,350	Yup, dont worry about the weapons upgrade. Other games have done it (Enemy Territory as stated above) and it works well. It motivates people to play less retarded and rewards them. Also the new equipment will always be balanced. So a SAW249 might be the upgraded M60 and be slightly better, but your in no way invulnurable. Same with Sniper Rifles. While newbie gets a PSG rifle, the leet player gets the barnet 0.5 cal. __________________ Plays BF 2 in Europe under the name of \"Erich_Felsner\"

09-22-2004, 08:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	thats pretty cool if what dick said was true, if the master is right you get the torches and pitch forks i'll get the mob.

09-22-2004, 09:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Soyuz Second Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,472	Thats the dumbest Idea ever. It should be the other way around, the better you are the worse weapons you get. Im mean whats the point ofhave the experts mowing everybody down with the best guns. Unfortunatly games never maske these challenges and you have to make them u your self (like better a level using only grenades)

09-23-2004, 04:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
Soyuz Second Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,472	Ya I'm playing Wolf ET right now and I've never gotten a promtoion that gave me anything!!!! (thats cus i suck dick at it) Now isn't that alot of fun! no double pistols till I'm an old old man! YAY! Ya well maby i'm wrong. After all you need to motivate the players to actually participate in the action.

09-23-2004, 09:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	would you lose all your upgrades when you leave the server though, i remebr somewhere that dice where going to have a master server with stats one?

09-23-2004, 01:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
Mac Private Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Concord, California Posts: 29	Yeah, paying monthly to play a game is stupid. Why pay so much money to play one game? I mean, you already spent 30-60 bucks when you bought it in the first place... If it does cost to play, I aint getting it.... __________________ Mac Teamspeak: 67.19.89.4:8471 BFV Server 1: 66.237.58.25:14567 BFV Server 2: 67.19.89.5:15567

09-23-2004, 03:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
Monkeyfeng Captain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Taiwan, can you find it on the map? Posts: 2,785	BF2's multiplayer features sound alittle bit too good to be free of monthly payment. i just hope that nothing is charged here. i hated spending my money buying stupid credit for games in order for me to play online. it should every gamer's right to play games online free of charge. except for retail prices. __________________

09-23-2004, 03:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
[AoS]MeCCa Private Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden. Posts: 2	Maybe .. But with ingame money i believe... Not ppm... that would suck to much. __________________

09-23-2004, 08:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
Soyuz Second Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,472	Maby if you give Eagames 10 dallars you get all the uber wepons and if you pay 50 you get the chain gun. LOL

09-24-2004, 12:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
Point_Blank Private 1st Class Join Date: May 2002 Location: Inside your banana Posts: 139	y'know, shooting down n00bs with a better gun will make it more fun. i guess buying weapons would stop all this "n00bs don't have a clue wots goin on" so all the n00bs use tanks on repair points 2 make them invincible. of course having a better gun will make you a bigger target for ppl so they will probably aim for you rather than the n00b standing next 2 you! :/ __________________ The true master paralizes his opponent leaving him vunerable to attack

09-26-2004, 05:17 AM	#18 (permalink)
Tap Private Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: EAST COAST USA Posts: 27	Kill the noobs!!! If this is PPM like 10 people will play it and they'll all be Evercrack addicts that felt like using guns for a change. btw, thanks for the banner stalin i made it smaller and added a little 3-D border thing. __________________