0h lol looks like dice are selling a new 2142 booster soon

jackal22 · Post by **jackal22** » 2007-01-13 23:38

was just reading off the 2142 forums and it seems they are going to releas a £20 booster pack, it even appears on the register you ea thing...

oh thats a new low, not even a few months and they are selling a new booster...

im so glad i bought bf2 when i did or i might have been caught up in the **** that is 2142/

SGT.Collado · Post by **SGT.Collado** » 2007-01-13 23:43

No one's gonna buy that shit. After BF2, I think they fucked up the series. They had it well going. All we see from them is quantity not quality,

JohnnyPissoff · Post by **JohnnyPissoff** » 2007-01-14 00:43

Booster packs are experimental to see how many strung-out ranking freaks are willing to pay to play future massive warfare games. The new pay to play model will be based on having to acquire the latest booster/update pack, to play the game on-line instead of the archaic pay by the month plan that most massive on-line games now utilize. Check this press release:

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EA To Acquire Mythic Entertainment, the Virginia-based MMORPG developer is in the process of being acquired by Electronic Arts:

June 20, 2006--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS - News) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Virginia-based Mythic Entertainment®. Upon completion of the acquisition, Mythic Entertainment will become EA Mythic, a wholly-owned studio dedicated to developing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Mythic is recognized worldwide for revolutionizing the online gaming space with the award-winning Dark Age of Camelot® and is currently developing Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning(TM) under license agreement with Games Workshop.

The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close during EA's second quarter of fiscal 2007. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Upon completion of the acquisition, Mark Jacobs, the President, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Mythic, will become Vice President, General Manager of EA Mythic. Rob Denton, the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Mythic will assume the role of Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of EA Mythic. Mythic's 175-person development team will remain in Fairfax, Virginia.
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BF3 MASSIVE???? a 64bit remake of BF42 (BF43?) with full scale battlefields?

Rambo_Matt{USA} · Post by **Rambo_Matt{USA}** » 2007-01-14 01:03

JohnnyPissoff wrote:Booster packs are experimental to see how many strung-out ranking freaks are willing to pay to play future massive warfare games. The new pay to play model will be based on having to acquire the latest booster/update pack, to play the game on-line instead of the archaic pay by the month plan that most massive on-line games now utilize. Check this press release:

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EA To Acquire Mythic Entertainment, the Virginia-based MMORPG developer is in the process of being acquired by Electronic Arts:

June 20, 2006--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS - News) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Virginia-based Mythic Entertainment®. Upon completion of the acquisition, Mythic Entertainment will become EA Mythic, a wholly-owned studio dedicated to developing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Mythic is recognized worldwide for revolutionizing the online gaming space with the award-winning Dark Age of Camelot® and is currently developing Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning(TM) under license agreement with Games Workshop.

The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close during EA's second quarter of fiscal 2007. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Upon completion of the acquisition, Mark Jacobs, the President, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Mythic, will become Vice President, General Manager of EA Mythic. Rob Denton, the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Mythic will assume the role of Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of EA Mythic. Mythic's 175-person development team will remain in Fairfax, Virginia.
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BF3 MASSIVE???? a 64bit remake of BF42 (BF43?) with full scale battlefields?

What a shame DAOC was such a good game it was my first mmorpg I have had alot of good memories of it now the EA-nazis are most likely going to cheese the game up and officially kill it.

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2007-01-14 01:39

Hmmm... Warhammer online will be finally released. But it'll be rubbish and not worth the wait, let alone the monthly fees of EA are getting thier filthy mits all over it.

JohnnyPissoff · Post by **JohnnyPissoff** » 2007-01-14 01:46

Yea EA will screw both game types up trying to integrate. It seems to me the commander "god-kid" in BF2 was to bring massive multi players in the game with the bf42 fps players (he rains down arty like Thor rains down thunder bolts at will lol) and that crazyass zoom in on any player thing man that totally ruined the game as far as a pure fps battle game like BF42 was.

Viper5 · Post by **Viper5** » 2007-01-14 12:48

OMFG Im going to cry. Dark Age of Camelot was THE BEST MMORPG this world has ever seen. Loads of fantastic memories and people. And now EA is taking them over. Excuse me while I wail.

Jackass_miu · Post by **Jackass_miu** » 2007-01-14 15:19

EA Games!! Disappoint Everything!!

00SoldierofFortune00 · Post by **00SoldierofFortune00** » 2007-01-14 15:44

jackal22 wrote:was just reading off the 2142 forums and it seems they are going to releas a £20 booster pack, it even appears on the register you ea thing...

oh thats a new low, not even a few months and they are selling a new booster...

im so glad i bought bf2 when i did or i might have been caught up in the **** that is 2142/

Not this hate EA **** again. Get over it or ignore it. All the Dice and EA hate got old after Armored Fury.

Guess what??? Some people aren't reality freaks and some actually like the expansions and the original. I brought Special Forces and have no regrets at all. The only thing wrong was that I wish more people had been on to play it back then and it could of been more playable, but o well.

I am not saying that you have to like what they put out or agree with it, but damn, this **** gets old. Not everyone is you. Some people like a game you can pick up and play without having to learn much.

Post by **Saobh** » 2007-01-14 18:31

00SoldierofFortune00 wrote:I am not saying that you have to like what they put out or agree with it, but damn, this **** gets old. Not everyone is you. Some people like a game you can pick up and play without having to learn much.

Yeah, well the problem with that is its kind of becoming the norm...

Post by **duckhunt** » 2007-01-14 18:39

Agreed, theres no need for any more aggresive EA/DICE bashing. They have bought us the most unique fps games to date, and they are a big company to make money, they cant provide for everyone. Thats what PR is for

Also notice how we are using their booster pack material? Were doing it legally so not all bad things come from these.

wooly-back-jack · Post by **wooly-back-jack** » 2007-01-14 18:42

not getting anymore money from me, BF2/SF + Mods will do for me

BF2 and onwards made me hate EA with a passion.
futuristic pap doesn't do it for me anyway, past + present ftw.

jackal22 · Post by **jackal22** » 2007-01-14 19:21

you know i bet if you sold prmm 1.0 on the open market as a mod you would rake it in, more so then the **** that eas going to force dice to makes rushed.

i dont nesecerily hate the companies just their lack of principles and their tendency to screw over all customers, with **** support and no care for cheaters glitchers bug abusers etc.

causticbeat · Post by **causticbeat** » 2007-01-15 13:51

I think if they sold PRMM 1.0 on the open market theyd be in alot of legal troubles

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-01-15 13:55

jackal22 wrote:you know i bet if you sold prmm 1.0 on the open market as a mod you would rake it in, more so then the **** that eas going to force dice to makes rushed.

i dont nesecerily hate the companies just their lack of principles and their tendency to screw over all customers, with **** support and no care for cheaters glitchers bug abusers etc.

by law we are not allowed to sell the mod.

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » 2007-01-15 14:31

bf42 - 2 is where the smart money will be.

jackal22 · Post by **jackal22** » 2007-01-15 14:33

yeh but im pretty sure that ea would see that if they let you their own sales of bf2 would rocket

like people buying halflife just for counter strike...

Jedimushroom · Post by **Jedimushroom** » 2007-01-15 17:11

You people who say arcade - style games are the norm now are being too picky.
PR hits the spot right in the middle but beyond that there is only Red orchestra (so-so) and Armed Assault (buggy and awful)

You have to compromise I am afraid.

Oh and if you hate EA so much why did you buy BF2?

wooly-back-jack · Post by **wooly-back-jack** » 2007-01-15 17:53

EA arent mod friendly because they want to SELL Mods lol