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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?<br>
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Jon Wolberg wrote:
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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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face="Arial"><font 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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Jon</font></div>
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