[bf1942] How could DICE agree to this??

[Brigham Stevens]

It says in that interview that unlocked weapons will only be available 
on RANKED servers.  Are you basing your comments on other sources than 
that interview?

Jon Wolberg wrote:

> Did anyone else see this interview?  A former customer of mine showed 
> it to me.
>  
> http://www.realityfriends.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=573
>  
>  All this sounds great, but a few more details have come out that are 
> of concern:
> 1. Higher ranks get access to exclusive 'unlock' weapons
> 2. Higher ranks are the default choice for 'commander'
> 3. Only EA servers (offical and those rented from EA) will be 
> 'ranking' servers (eg: players can only earn rank when playing on EA 
> servers)
> 4. Ranks will still be visible on unranked servers and therefore 
> ranked players can get access to the unlocked weapons on unranked 
> servers (and potentially a factor in determining who is commander)
> 5. Unranked servers can 'turn off' unlockable weapons, but cant 
> universally unlock them for all players
>
> As you can imagine this creates a series of issues:
> 1. Inbalance between players with access to unlocked weapons and those 
> without (especially for casual gamers or those late to the game)
> - plus will regular players on unranked (nonEA) servers get have to 
> hand over 'commander mode' to anyone who has a rank (which he carried 
> over from the EA servers)
>
> 2. Inbalance between EA servers and private servers (such as the ECGN 
> public servers or those rented from ECGN)
> - Are the 'unranked' servers going to become 'ghost towns'?
>
>
> Personally I think giving ranks anything more than bragging rights is 
> a mistake (eg: special weapons). And I think only providing them on EA 
> servers and EA rented servers is blackmail.  They did this with 
> Americas Army and it didnt work out that well.
>
> thoughts?
>  
> Jon


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