I'll call this one: Snipers Are Ruining Online FPS
SO I started playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 online recently. Didn't take me long to get back into the swing of things and I'm doing fairly well. I get in my zone and usually pull my weight and 2-3 other people's weight too. So, without too much undo bragging I feel I'm pretty ahead of the curve when it comes to what it takes to be good at BFBC2.
Further, a lot of attention has been paid to squad based tactics to get things done, and having served my time in the US Army as an Infantryman, I think I've got a leg up on the competition there too. I know what some of you are saying, "this is a video game and those real life tactics don't work." The truth of the matter, is they do. Not as often as I would like, but they are more often than not effective.
So having given my credentials here I'm hoping anyone reading this comes into it with the understanding I am not some FPS fanboy who bitches and cries when things don't go my way. I adapt and over come. Every kit has its time and place, and the surest way to win is to work with a good squad. I understand losing is part of the game. Sometimes you just get beat by a better team. It happens.
Losing because your squad consists of 3 other people doing their own thing and the other 8 people on the team doing their own thing instead of working together... Thats a problem for me. I love Battlefield. I've been a player since it was only for PC. Working together has always been the main ingredient in a winning recipe, and for a while that's how it was.
What happened? There have always been way to many snipers on any map (even the ones poorly suited for the kit) in a BFBC2 game. Why? I'll never knock a good sniper. Ever. One who understands you cannot score kills or benefit your team if you're sitting in a tall building, by yourself, on the opposite side of the map as everyone else (Including the enemies). One who understands that sometimes, it is not the right time to play death from afar.
Those fail snipers though... You know which ones I'm talking about. The ones who die constantly getting counter sniped or when someone runs up on them and stabs them, or mercifully puts one in the back of their ghillied head. The ones who end entire matches with 2 kills and contributed nothing else to the cause. Those are the guys I want to talk to now:
Stop being a Buddy Fucker (as in Battle Buddy). I know its cool to shoot some one from stupid distances and surprise them with a crack a flash of red and having to re-spawn, but we need you over here, in the fight. With every other motherfucker in the game. We need you to put down the rifle, grab a sub-machine gun, or an assault rifle, maybe even a light machine gun and come help us cap the base, or blow up Objective Bravo. If you're worried about dying don't worry. It happens to us all the time. Dying doesn't hurt your score. Getting kills, assists, revives, and caps helps it out like you would not believe though. These are the things you're missing out on when you sit in that lonely building for the entire match waiting on those 2 perfect kills. Its not a battle of patience. Its fucking annoying. That is not playing. That is camping. Camping is douche bags. Stop being a douche bag. If that's not enough, hop into the tank and come blow fuckers up with us. I promise we'll never complain about having tank support when we're in the dirt shooting it out with bitches.
Speaking of vehicles that brings me to my next point. The vehicles do not exist solely to get your lazy fucking ass back to where you died so you can try the same lame shit and die again. What do I mean? Well if you die, and re-spawn at base, and there's like 3-4 other people there, don't you think you look a little bit like a cock sucker when you just hop into the hummer and leave the rest of us off to hump it back to the action? You couldn't give us a lift? You should also be aware, you might not have gotten the shit blown out of you as you wheeled around that curve at Alpha if your punk ass had waited at least long enough for a gunner to climb in that hummer with you. Its amazing what a .50cal machine gun firing into the corners does to damage someone's willingness to poke their head out long enough to draw a bead, and fire that AT4 at you.
It takes 2 seconds to not be a goddamn stupid douche bag in this game. Spawn with your squad, and act like you want to win. You'll be pleasantly surprised when you win, and wait for it.... Wait for it...
Actually get good at the game! Zomg! Yes! You'll learn to keep your head on a swivel, and pay attention to your surroundings, and you'll learn about those other kits so when you do go back to sniping (when its appropriate) you'll be able to tell if that guy you've got in your scope is carrying a sub-machine gun or an assault rifle, and you can respond accordingly.
If there's anyone else out there fed up with the stupid BFBC2 players, and wants to get their game on. My gamertag is Ac1ds0ld13r. Peace out yo.
SO I started playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 online recently. Didn't take me long to get back into the swing of things and I'm doing fairly well. I get in my zone and usually pull my weight and 2-3 other people's weight too. So, without too much undo bragging I feel I'm pretty ahead of the curve when it comes to what it takes to be good at BFBC2.
Further, a lot of attention has been paid to squad based tactics to get things done, and having served my time in the US Army as an Infantryman, I think I've got a leg up on the competition there too. I know what some of you are saying, "this is a video game and those real life tactics don't work." The truth of the matter, is they do. Not as often as I would like, but they are more often than not effective.
So having given my credentials here I'm hoping anyone reading this comes into it with the understanding I am not some FPS fanboy who bitches and cries when things don't go my way. I adapt and over come. Every kit has its time and place, and the surest way to win is to work with a good squad. I understand losing is part of the game. Sometimes you just get beat by a better team. It happens.
Losing because your squad consists of 3 other people doing their own thing and the other 8 people on the team doing their own thing instead of working together... Thats a problem for me. I love Battlefield. I've been a player since it was only for PC. Working together has always been the main ingredient in a winning recipe, and for a while that's how it was.
What happened? There have always been way to many snipers on any map (even the ones poorly suited for the kit) in a BFBC2 game. Why? I'll never knock a good sniper. Ever. One who understands you cannot score kills or benefit your team if you're sitting in a tall building, by yourself, on the opposite side of the map as everyone else (Including...