Battlefield 2 Rules

Okay, I've wanted to do this forever. After hundreds and hundreds of hours of playing Battlefield 2 (and 2142 for that matter), many things have come to my attention that need to be addressed. Hopefully people who read this blog will actually pay attention.

The single most important rule of BF2 and 2142 is that it's a TEAM game. You are part of an army. Not an army of one. You are not Solid Snake trying to infiltrate a stronghold and stop the terrorists from using their nukes. You are one soldier out of many in an army with a single goal. Keep that in mind. If you decide you don't want to join a squad, that's fine, but you are still part of a team and need to do something productive, rather than run around and teamkill your own guys.

Rule 1: Join a squad. It makes life so much easier. You can coordinate attacks and make unified strikes against opposing flags. It's much better to take on a flag with 6 guys than trying to do it alone. The same holds true for BF2142. You might have better weapons, but so does your enemy.

Rule 2: If you are a loner and don't want to join a squad, that's okay, AS LONG AS YOU ARE PRODUCTIVE! If you want to play as a sniper, fine, but don't sit in one spot where no one else is. Be productive. Set claymore traps. Capture a flag via stealthy movement. In BF2142, the same rule applies. If you are the recon class and have the Camo Upgrade, use it! Capture a bloody flag while the rest of your team is engaging the bulk of the enemy.

Rule 3: If you join a squad, follow your orders. Don't sit there and spam "Negative!", "No way, man!", and "No can do!" every time your squad leader gives out an order. If you are going to do that, leave the squad. We don't want you in the squad. Don't be an idiot.

Rule 4: Revive your teammates. I grow sick and tired of getting critically wounded, calling for the medic that's standing a foot away, and then having him run off and ignore me. That is a gross neglect of your duties and just bad teamwork. Revive and heal your teammates! If a medic dies nearby, grab his kit and revive him! I experienced that a lot a couple nights ago when I played with Janne. He, too, is guilty of this. When I died, no one would revive me. Ever. And there quite a few medics on the team. Now, granted, there is a little more leeway on 2142 in this matter. Because the Assault and Medic classes are combined into one, not all assault soldiers are carrying the defibrillator on their person. Since you can select and customize your own kit in 2142, a lot of people go mostly assault or mostly medic.

Rule 5: Don't be a smacktard about vehicles. They are there for EVERYONE on your team to use. If someone beats you in a race to the tank, let him have it. Don't whine about it on team chat. Don't teamkill the guy. Wait for the tank to respawn or take another vehicle. Often times there are more than one tank in the general vicinity, especially in your main base. For people that get the tank or vehicle, don't be an idiot and just gun your engine and leave your teammates behind. Pick people up. And for the love of all that is good in this world, watch where you're going! Don't run over people! (Unless they are purposely trying to stop you because you beat them to the tank. In that case, have at it.) In BF2142, mechs are the vehicle of choice. Don't be an idiot about it. Don't teamkill people to get it. That just encourages people to teamkill YOU. The more we kill each other, the more the enemy doesn't have to.

Rule 6: Pilots, watch your bloody map. If you see an area you want to hit and it's full of blue dots, DON'T ATTACK IT! I grow very weary of getting teamkilled by my own jets. Pay attention or get out of the jet! For new pilots, learn to fly in single player before you decide to try your hand with a fully loaded blackhawk helicopter. People get mad when you crash mere seconds after takeoff. Another thing, let people know if you are going to bail. Press Q and select the "Bail Out!" option. People get very mad if the pilot jumps ship over the water and the chopper goes plunging down into the sea. Not cool. 2142: Don't fly transports if you can't fly.

Rule 7: Probably one of the most important rules of both games (or all BF games for that matter), don't punish your teammates for teamkills that aren't their fault! I'm sorry, but 95% of all teamkills come because the person that got killed is an idiot. If you run out in the middle of the street and get run over by a tank. That's your own fault. You have a map. You know where the tanks are and if they are moving. Don't punish the tank driver because you're a noob.

If you see a support class laying down cover fire, don't run in front of him! If you HAVE to get by him, bloody jump over him. Don't get cut down and then punish him for the teamkill. It's your own fault, idiot. If you get crushed by a helicopter that's trying to land and pick people up, it's your own fault. It's not a matter of they can't fly, it's a matter of your an idiot and didn't get out of the way or didn't press and hold the E button to enter the helicopter before it landed on you.

There are so many instances of idiots punishing people for teamkills that were purely accident on the part of the killer. Accident for them, idiocy by you. Don't be a smacktard. Forgive tk's unless someone comes up to you, points his gun, and pulls the trigger. Then it's okay to punish for the teamkill.

Rule 8: This one kind of ties into the last rule. If you see someone set down C4 (or RDX in 2142) packs to set a trap for the enemy. MOVE! Don't just stand there and try to hold down the area. All you are doing is effectively ruining the whole point of setting the explosives in the first place! That's just being selfish and a noob. I've come to the point where if I set C4/RDX and you stand there, I WILL blow you up if the enemy comes. Punish if you want, but it's your own fault.

Rule 9: Rank means nothing. It doesn't give you the right to call people noobs. In fact, most times those of much lower ranks are less noobs than those with higher ranks. It's probably 98% of Lieutenants and higher that are the biggest noobs in the game. They have this superiority complex. They are the ones that TK for vehicles, punish for accidental tk's that were their own fault, and spawn rape the enemy. They are the ones that ignore your orders and generally cause havoc and doom for your team. Don't be a noob. And don't call other's noobs. Chances are, they are better than you are.

Those are just a few rules I think people need to read and pay attention to. It makes gaming so much more fun for everyone when people pay attention and don't act like retards.