How Does One...

UDI5x5 · 11-24-2006, 02:45 AM

I'm confused. Perhaps my mind is failing... how does one acquire a high rank in this game? Is it done by being a Commander or a squad leader? The game makes no sense. You can get killed outta nowhere, enemies appear outta nowhere (if this were actual combat, you'd never be able to get anyone to fight cause your life expectency is only about 2 minutes) and when enemies do appear...watch out cause they're gonna be about 5 times as mean as you. You fire on them and it takes 4 or 5 hits, they fire on you and you're dead with one hit...I just don't get it. It's a great game with great potential but it just doesn't make sense. Something is out of kilt here. Maybe it's me and if it is, please help. I am more than willing to listen and to learn. Also, the game seems to expect the player to know...to know what? Does or should one have played EA's previous Battlefield games to understand this one? I have not and perhaps this is where the problem lies. All I need to do now is buy EA's previous games, buy the suggested hardware to run Battlefield 2142 and bend over? I smell a rat and that rat smells like money...If I'm wrong, then I apologize and I stand to be corrected.
awh

Caslon · 11-25-2006, 10:31 PM

Your rise in rank by over all score. This includes kills, and other factors such
as healing, repairing, capping Silos, flags, assist kills. It's all formulated together and is what advances you in rank.

BF1942 was much more simplified in all aspects. You could pretty much always
tell where killing fire shots came from. The terrain and buildings were much simpler too.

BF1942 evloved into BF2 with more buildings...advanced weaponry. Even in BF2 you can get shot and know not where from...but usually you have a good idea.

BF2 evolved into BF2142 with even more complex and varied building design.
As such...on large populated servers...you have ppl that lie in hard to see areas and wait for others to do the moving around. You more often than not DO NOT see (or have any idea) where that shot came from.

I too am not thrilled to die and the Heads Up Display text doesn't tell me what or who killed me. In BF2142, I'd say almost half my deaths are a complete mystery to me!

You might like BF2 better...it's the same game engine and less complicated for newcomers to this series.

insinuwait · 11-26-2006, 03:27 AM

Get a grip on battlefield with BF2, its way less confusing for new comers. I was new to BF with BF2.

Jaeger · 12-03-2006, 03:59 PM

Yeah BF2 is kool and less complicated to say the least.. Rank is aquired quite easily in this game, take flags, destroy the enemy, play how you want to play and with some patience you will aquire rank in due time..

Strange_Things · 12-03-2006, 08:25 PM

I still love the original battlefield '42. You should check it out also, it's great.

Btw, how's everyone doing? I haven't posted in at least a year.

Jaeger · 12-03-2006, 11:24 PM

Hi Strange, doing well thank you and yourself? Yerah the original is always the best when you think of it but as time moves on there is always the threat of something bigger and better coming along ..

NavalLord · 12-04-2006, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaeger

Hi Strange, doing well thank you and yourself? Yerah the original is always the best when you think of it but as time moves on there is always the threat of something bigger and better coming along ..

Forgotten Hope 2?

insinuwait · 12-04-2006, 01:38 PM

^^ I ca't wait to play that, thats why I have kept BF2 installed.

11-24-2006, 02:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
UDI5x5 Private Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Magalia, CA Posts: 18	How Does One... I'm confused. Perhaps my mind is failing... how does one acquire a high rank in this game? Is it done by being a Commander or a squad leader? The game makes no sense. You can get killed outta nowhere, enemies appear outta nowhere (if this were actual combat, you'd never be able to get anyone to fight cause your life expectency is only about 2 minutes) and when enemies do appear...watch out cause they're gonna be about 5 times as mean as you. You fire on them and it takes 4 or 5 hits, they fire on you and you're dead with one hit...I just don't get it. It's a great game with great potential but it just doesn't make sense. Something is out of kilt here. Maybe it's me and if it is, please help. I am more than willing to listen and to learn. Also, the game seems to expect the player to know...to know what? Does or should one have played EA's previous Battlefield games to understand this one? I have not and perhaps this is where the problem lies. All I need to do now is buy EA's previous games, buy the suggested hardware to run Battlefield 2142 and bend over? I smell a rat and that rat smells like money...If I'm wrong, then I apologize and I stand to be corrected. awh

11-25-2006, 10:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,803	Re: How Does One... Your rise in rank by over all score. This includes kills, and other factors such as healing, repairing, capping Silos, flags, assist kills. It's all formulated together and is what advances you in rank. BF1942 was much more simplified in all aspects. You could pretty much always tell where killing fire shots came from. The terrain and buildings were much simpler too. BF1942 evloved into BF2 with more buildings...advanced weaponry. Even in BF2 you can get shot and know not where from...but usually you have a good idea. BF2 evolved into BF2142 with even more complex and varied building design. As such...on large populated servers...you have ppl that lie in hard to see areas and wait for others to do the moving around. You more often than not DO NOT see (or have any idea) where that shot came from. I too am not thrilled to die and the Heads Up Display text doesn't tell me what or who killed me. In BF2142, I'd say almost half my deaths are a complete mystery to me! You might like BF2 better...it's the same game engine and less complicated for newcomers to this series. Last edited by Caslon : 11-26-2006 at 03:09 AM.

11-26-2006, 03:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
insinuwait First Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,861	Re: How Does One... Get a grip on battlefield with BF2, its way less confusing for new comers. I was new to BF with BF2. __________________ I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out. - Bill Hicks

12-03-2006, 03:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jaeger Private Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ft. Campbell, Kentucky Posts: 9	Re: How Does One... Yeah BF2 is kool and less complicated to say the least.. Rank is aquired quite easily in this game, take flags, destroy the enemy, play how you want to play and with some patience you will aquire rank in due time..

12-03-2006, 08:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
Strange_Things Specialist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 232	Re: How Does One... I still love the original battlefield '42. You should check it out also, it's great. Btw, how's everyone doing? I haven't posted in at least a year. __________________ <center>~Mark \"Tupac is one of the greatest rappers ever and eminem will never amount to what tupac is\"-Googlism</center>

12-03-2006, 11:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jaeger Private Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ft. Campbell, Kentucky Posts: 9	Re: How Does One... Hi Strange, doing well thank you and yourself? Yerah the original is always the best when you think of it but as time moves on there is always the threat of something bigger and better coming along .. __________________

12-04-2006, 01:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
insinuwait First Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,861	Re: How Does One... ^^ I ca't wait to play that, thats why I have kept BF2 installed. __________________ I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out. - Bill Hicks