it will catch more hackers that will be added to PBbans
PBbans aren't supporting it server side
it will catch more hackers that will be added to PBbans
<nonfact>I cant see hacks be ready straight away at least not like mw2. Its a new 3d engine so its gonna take some time to analyse it and work out the differences, i say differences as all fps hacks work in a similar way. mw2 was just the same engine as previous mw game so the cheats were up and running even before the game was released.</nonfact>
Not with a BETA being made available![]()
All this arguing about this and that, just chill......
Would it be wrong, legally/morally, to pre-order a copy, get my beta key and cancel my order within the 14-day period the EA store allows?
Especially if I was not liking it?
Thats what just about everyone here is doing.![]()
Just to recap quickly.
DICE @ PC Players: 'don't worry, we got your back'
So far we have:
No developer console.
No PBBans. (No offence GGC but I hadn't even heard of you until this fiasco)
No Server client.
No Mod tools.
No Screenies/Videos.
Delayed Beta.
No Demo.
Lower Sound Quality than Consoles.
Silly features we don't want instead of ones we do.
No Moments 1 HUD.
No battlerecorder.
No good RCON (Unknown but I'm not holding my breathe with any features.)
This effectively means:
No competitive community.
No mappers community.
No potential Forgotten Hope 3 community.
No potential Project Reality 2 community.
No BF3C, 21CW etc.
Over run with hackers, padders & glitchers
Therefore no hardcore pub clans/communities.
And so on.
This also hurts the normal pubbers because:
Many comp clans/teams have a pub server or two. Also many comp players swap back to vanilla every so often & see bellow.
Mod community keeps the game alive, most mod players swap back to vanilla every so often & this helps stop the game dying.
Admins will have hard time running a good server. This will mean there are less, this will mean less community & choice for players.
All of the above means less clans & therefore less servers.
If you don't believe me just look at ETQW, FFoW, 2142. They have so few servers & population now it's just ridiculous.
Game server stats at time of writing:
ET:QW: ~40 active servers. Many with only 1 or 2 players in, probably idling.
FFoW: 9 active servers. 5 have under 10 players.
2142: 143 active servers. 51 have under 10 players.
You do not want your game to turn out like that!
Also - Please give me a good reason why I should stick with DICE & this game because there are other games with seemingly better support & community relations etc etc that I could go switch my pre-order to. I now realise the only reason I am still here is because I LOVE the PC Battlefield games. I'm sure others are here for the same reasons, if this game didn't have the "Battlefield" title I wouldn't have given it a second thought after hearing about the 'features'.
So the EA Store version has beta access?
Ah no, it doesn't. Cheers for that, was just about to order.![]()