To Play (Ranked) or Not to Play (Ranked)
Now that Battlefield 2 has gone Gold, we felt it would be a good time to share our plans for Ranked server configurations with the community. Also, we thought that some insight into these settings would be useful for prospective Battlefield 2 players (those new to the franchise as well as those who are not so new) in determining which servers will provide the best possible player experience for a given player. Obviously not all players are built the same and while some players will take to the highly competitive Ranked servers like fish to water, we are also certain that many other players will prefer to play in relative safety on Unranked servers.
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For those who don't want to wade through them, here's a summary:
- Ranked servers have friendly fire on, and TKs will be punished by default
- Ranked servers were designed with competitive play in mind
- Ranked servers will be heavily administrated and have Punkbuster on
- Ranked servers require a user account in accordance with EA's T+Cs
- Unranked servers are best for new players on the Battlefield
- Unranked servers have no EA-defined settings