Mefirst wrote:
I am not trying to judge here, but this is how I see it. BPT is usually a excuse for a small group of people to go leeway and usually get some easy kills, without having to fully commit to section based gameplay and a troop structure. This does not necessarily has to be a bad thing, but it does cause problems most of the times. It ends up as being some kind of want to be elite and this is poison for a community. You will have people who think they are better as other people and on the other side, you will have people who will be upset about the situation.
I can't remember how long you've been around MeFirst, but do you remember the public server before we introduced BPT? Exactly what you're saying still used to happen then, but it would be 4 or 5 people in "Delta" or "Echo" that would become the "special force". It's going to happen no matter how much we wish it wouldn't and in this regard I believe BPT has been very successful in containing those players to a defined area and quantity.
In any group of people we will find those that either don't care about others enjoyment as long as they are having fun, or don't want to accept any kind of authority, or don't enjoy mixing in a team - we have some members of 3CB like this who slip through the filter, and of course on a public server there are bound to be random pubbies with this mind set.
What should we do? Get admins to moderate heavily, set-up rules that force a certain play style, ban players that don't conform? Personally I don't think so.
The 3CB way, at least since I've been around, is to welcome all and try to educate by being role models as to how best to play. We don't force people to come under a Troop Command or follow orders. We take the rough with the smooth on the public server - some times it will be rubbish, other times epic. I fully agree with SJ's guidelines for moderation on the public server.
Things are different on private Op's: players must conform and follow orders - this usually weeds out recruits/members who will not play as part of a bigger team.
I'm not saying BPT is the best way, but aside from the suggestion of heavier moderation, I haven't heard alternatives yet (perhaps in enough detail) which I think would prevent some players from exhibiting that 'special' behaviour.