Well, I had a shitty gaming weekend, much of it thanks to 2142. SUCH an uneven gaming experience. You can have a run of good games with ppl working together, and then you can't buy teamwork for love or money. When you throw in 2142's craptacular performance (go to load into a game, and fully HALF the time you're booted out before you load) it makes for a shitty gaming experience, especially if you're server-hopping looking for some teamwork (can't find a good game, and you can't get the goddamn game to load!)
You spot a single enemy foot soldier at your silo, and your teammates jump in an APC and drive off to leave you alone to deal with him (and then you get kicked for using the word "tard" 🙂 ). . .squads wander around with seemingly NO goal in mind. . .they park the vehicle (and the spawn point) a few MINUTES away from the target. . .and, of course, unfailingly, you end up on the team that doesn't know from teamwork, and you're left dead looking at the enemy run away, thinking, "Boy I wish I could squad up with the enemy." But you can't, because EVERYONE wants that - that's why your under-performing team is also left 1 or 2 ppl down all the time.
You get left behind, run out of ammo, and finally suicide to spawn on your squad leader, only to see him suicide 30 seconds later (apparently) because he's in the middle of nowhere - and now YOU'RE in the middle of nowhere, alone. You run around, lay traps, set up situations where you might succeed knowing that no one has your back - you work, you bust your ass, and you get six points towards your next upgrade (there are 40 unlocks, BTW. I still don't have grenades).
In other words, it's a lot like BF2. I recommend every one buy it immediately.
I'm seriously rethinking this whole "PC gaming as fun" idea. Anyone want to form a band instead? Play D&D? Reading circle? Quilting?
You spot a single enemy foot soldier at your silo, and your teammates jump in an APC and drive off to leave you alone to deal with him (and then you get kicked for using the word "tard" 🙂 ). . .squads wander around with seemingly NO goal in mind. . .they park the vehicle (and the spawn point) a few MINUTES away from the target. . .and, of course, unfailingly, you end up on the team that doesn't know from teamwork, and you're left dead looking at the enemy run away, thinking, "Boy I wish I could squad up with the enemy." But you can't, because EVERYONE wants that - that's why your under-performing team is also left 1 or 2 ppl down all the time.
You get left behind, run out of ammo, and finally suicide to spawn on your squad leader, only to see him suicide 30 seconds later (apparently) because he's in the middle of nowhere - and now YOU'RE in the middle of nowhere, alone. You run around, lay traps, set up situations where you might succeed knowing that no one has your back - you work, you bust your ass, and you get six points towards your next upgrade (there are 40 unlocks, BTW. I still don't have grenades).
In other words, it's a lot like BF2. I recommend every one buy it immediately.
I'm seriously rethinking this whole "PC gaming as fun" idea. Anyone want to form a band instead? Play D&D? Reading circle? Quilting?