The progression of the upgrades is a games technique designed to keep people playing. A lure if you will. I'm alright with that, even though I do think it's patronising due to how easy it is (10 kills? It feels like it's pandering to the ADHD crowd) and that it gets tedious due to the sheer number of unlocks.deject wrote:All you're saying is "waaaaaaaaah unlocks" though. You complain about having to do it for each gun while complaining that they're too easy to get. Huh? I don't get that. If they're so easy, why does it matter if you have to unlock the same accessories for a new weapon? It's not like you have to use the new gun at all. Like I said, I've used essentially every weapon and accessory in the game, and unless you're a completionist compelled to run the unlock treadmill, it's utterly irrelevant to do anything but find a combo that fits the way you play and stick with it. I think I've earned the right to say with certainty that if you ignore the unlocked weapons you're not really missing out on much.
What I'm saying is that it's a poor system, that Bacons did it better, and that there's no logical reasoning behind the way they're unlocked apart from "Fuck it, we're just going to give people lots of unlocks". And you're right, most aren't needed or even used.
I think we're going to have to agree to disagree about the maps though, insofar that I think Caspian and Nosehair on Conquest Large are actually closer to being true BF maps, even if flawed. But as for the others, Metro is a clusterfuck and has no redeeming features. Damavand is a corridor due to the tunnel. Bazaar is ok but really could do with more routes via exploding walls and hidden courtyards. Seine is the same, more routes needed. Tehran seems to have flow problems on occasion. Kharg and Op Firestorm have masses of unused empty space.
Say what you will about BF2 maps being a bit too big, but they often had the big spaces between the points, not shoving the points close together and then having lots left over like in BF3. It generally goes to show that the BF2 maps were better when the remade versions are praised as being better than the stock BF3 maps by seemingly everyone.
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