Battlefield 2: MC vs Battlefield 3 Clan Support

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This thread is to discuss, what I believe to be, the regression of Battlefield Online “Clan Support”. It would be nice for an EA administrator to stumble on this and give his/her input, God knows they’ve seen some of my threads before. “This thread has been locked for _______…”

Really brief summary of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

To me, this game changed online console gaming and put Battlefield on the map, at least as far as consoles are concerned. This was the first Battlefield series game to be released on console and it was initially developed for the Xbox and PS2 in 2005. In 2006 they released an updated version for Xbox 360.

Clan support on this particular game was phenomenal in my opinion, grant it this was 7 years ago. Everything you could think of was accessible “In-Game” and from the console you could:

-Create Clans

-Invite and kick members as well as dictate leader and co-leaderships.

-See All clans in the game, their statistics and their ranking in-game! This was one of the coolest features. If you wanted to be a part of the best clans you could see their Win/Loss, their members and stats, and their ranking right there on your screen. There was no doubt who the best was… and I rolled with a couple of the best in my BF2 days.

-Another one of the best features was online, in-game, challenging. Clans from all over the world would “ready-up” on the clan servers and you could challenge anyone at anytime all over the world. THERE WERE CLAN MATCHES EVERY DAY!!! It was so simple it’s retarded.

-The game recorded all match wins and losses so there was no disputing. Random people couldn’t join the clan server, only members of the clan. And it would switch you around on random sides. ALSO the match COULD NOT START until both teams discussed strats and hit the “ready-up” button… THEN the match was on.

What happened Battlefield?.. EA? This concept was incredible. It was simple, effective and brought all clans and people up to speed with who was who in the Battlefield world.

Is their TRUE Clan Support in Battlefield 3… No, not really. And this is what brought so many fanatics and loyalist to your series when it was released on console. I’m a little disappointed… but I’m sure you heard all of this before during the release of Bad Company. This clan support you developed was SEVEN YEARS ago… why would you regress to having nothing??? Chill with your cutbacks Uncle Sam.

Hope BF1 has in game platoon & matchmaking lobby, platoon leaderboards like they HAD in BF2MC
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Didn’t even read that wall of text, try to get straight to the point.
But I did read the title, and I say that BF3 has no real clan support.

Spetsnaz
https://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2832655391616137944/ [battlelog.battlefield.com]
Still under construction, still recruiting.

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It’s a lot to read but all of that is just to get the thread started. I wanted to fill people in on some history and clan support that BF2 offered. It’s been my experience that there are a lot of people who never played that game and it’s too bad. Probably one of the best online games put out to date IMO.

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I think OP has a lot of very valid points on this issue. Thumbs up!

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I do remember the clan support bf2 had. No idea why they pulled it out.

Spetsnaz
https://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2832655391616137944/ [battlelog.battlefield.com]
Still under construction, still recruiting.

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BF3 would be top tier if they had the same involvement and dedication to it as they did then.

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That game is not even online anymore.

It went offline about one third into 2011 along with at least a dozen other EA games.
So Modern Combat on 360 is done for. Only the people who had played it before will know what the poster is talking about.

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BF:BC2?

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Bad Company 2 is not Battlefield: Modern Combat. Bad Company 2 came after and is still online. I haz it.
But what I’m sure everyone wants to know is:

Will the new rent-a-server concept truly extend the lifespan of online community with non-corporate, consumer-supported servers?
Battlefield2: MC only lasted what? Five years until it was completely offline?.. Would rent-a-servers have changed that?

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I understand but I dont think you get me… Im for the way thing were on BF MC… 5 years online is a lifetime in the gaming world… point is: The “in-game” clan support feature was incredible because it made sense and was easy. This game would last a long time with it… maybe thats what EA doesnt want anymore. Then people wouldnt buy any of there other games for a few years.

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I think MAG got clans down the best I’ve ever seen a clan system done in a game,

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That’s why youre a purple pony

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I wonder why they just decided to name it “Massive Action Game”. Am I the only one who thinks that’s weird?

@SLuGz -x-
yeah, I would have participated in your discussion but I bought BF2:MC as they were shutting the servers down, so I never got to play it.
And yet, they keep all the other versions of the Battlefield franchise still online. (insert confused face here)

There must be something they really did not like about Modern Combat. LOL

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Killzone 2 had GREAT clan support also. You could directly challenge clans or set up tournaments. Some tournaments would take weeks to complete because there were so many clans participating. You could completely customize each clan match by size (1V1 all the way to 16V16) Choose which weapons were available, which maps, and which classes you wanted in each clan match) And all of it available in game. Played in a bunch of EPIC 3v3 and 4v4 clan matches in KZ2.

And just like BF3, Killzone 3 stripped most all of the great clan support that was in KZ2 and tossed in a shit tier “wanna be” clan system that was a complete waste of code.

I don’t understand why game developers want to remove competitive gaming from their games . Especially when those options are so important to serious gamers.

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Man you missed some great playing years on that game if you didn’t have it when it came out. That’s when being in a clan was actually FUN AS HELL.

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yeah wtf is dice thinking why dont they make an exact game of bf2mc call it bf3mc, bf2mc did have everything you would want in a game this is bullshi,t bf3 looks dead to me even tho alot of people play it i play it everyday and dice said that playing with friends has never been easier. guess what dice bf2mc was way more advance than this piece of shit game

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BF2:MC is the best BF for console. Fuck Frostbite and all that fancy bling bling shit… rather bring back true clan support like Modern Combat 2 had. Motherfuckers speak about Nex Generation Game while BF2:MC already had all we wanted… in 2005 on ps2.

THIS game made me buy a 360… And not even a Veteran Status in BF3? Seriously Fuck that shit.

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Dice stop making your greddy decisions, and look what COD devs have gave their buyers. Lots of features, thats why so many people like it. Me personally, i dont like it i loved BF2:MC. Why because the features it had. You still want to make money just give us clan support and charge for the servers . i know why you guys didnt add BF2MC features because youre being greedy due to the fact buying servers gives you extra cash. Keep it up eventually were goona stop buying your games, for your selfish decisions and will move on to a new game with better features that is less money draining company.

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Will you morons stop comparing COD games to BF3 or BF4 ..The game has been changed so much for you people its wrecked.If you want kill streaks,camping in corners,bullsh&t maps,one direction gameplay,dogs,1 chopper you can enter and really shit graphics then go back to COD and stop bitching.Neither game has any connection to the other and dumb retarded comments about COD have no place on a BF forum !!

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I have made a new thread for BF1 and included this along with a few other posts i found in google search. Go add your voices to this, i also sent link to Braddock community manager (new) hopefully we will get a much awaited answer on this…