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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did anyone else see this interview? A former
customer of mine showed it to me.</FONT></DIV>
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class=nf size=2>All this sounds great, but a few more details have come out that
are of concern: <BR>1. Higher ranks get access to exclusive 'unlock' weapons
<BR>2. Higher ranks are the default choice for 'commander' <BR>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) <BR>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) <BR>5. Unranked servers can 'turn off' unlockable
weapons, but cant universally unlock them for all players <BR><BR>As you can
imagine this creates a series of issues: <BR>1. Inbalance between players with
access to unlocked weapons and those without (especially for casual gamers or
those late to the game) <BR>- 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) <BR><BR>2. Inbalance between EA servers and
private servers (such as the ECGN public servers or those rented from ECGN)
<BR>- Are the 'unranked' servers going to become 'ghost towns'?
<BR><BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>thoughts?</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>