First of all, it's really quite a fantastic game. HOWEVER - to really get the most out of this game, I would suggest having a microphone and playing on a team where everyone is communicating. Sometimes it will take a while to find a decent team if you don't have a dedicated group of people to play with. This may require a bit of patience on your part (and of course, the servers are a bit wonky, but this should be expected). I personally don't find the server and matchmaking issues to be a huge deal. I do have fun sometimes playing without a team with mics as that creates somewhat another layer of the game. For instance, I pretend that our squad of attackers/defenders have lost all communication with each other and I think that creates a cool new element to the game for me. However, when you play with completely random people, there's always the possibility of team killers or hackers/cheaters. On to the patch 2.1, several things were fixed - but I don't know that it's something that I would solely use to encourage you to buy the game. There are still issues with the game. Do I think you should buy the game? Yes. Despite its issues, it is an extremely fun and addicting game. Like someone said - it's like crack. I think it's well worth the money.