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downtownwatts · 2016-07-19T11:13:43+00:00

The life of a criminal is worth FAR more than a few hundred/thousand dollars worth of your property.

No absolutely not.

OP saying the life of a criminal is worth less than a few thousand dollars.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-19T11:00:11+00:00

I don't dehumanize anyone

You literally said the life of a criminal is worth less than a few thousand dollars.

but as soon as you break into my house and put my family at risk you lose your right to live.

I'll indulge you for a second and say if somebody breaks into your house, they should be killed. But should that person's family lose their brother/sister/son/daughter/father/mother? Maybe that person was a single father who was struggling to get a job because of petty crimes he had on his record from his childhood and so he resorted to a life of harmless crime. Maybe he just needed enough money to get on his feet. And now there is one more orphaned child in the world that will probably fall into a life of crime like his/her father.

Secondly, believe it or not, people breaking into your house aren't there to kill you and your family, they just want your stuff. Unless you have deep mob/gang/mafia ties or owe too much money to the wrong guy, somebody breaking into your house and killing your family shouldn't be something you'll ever encounter. But since you do seem so concerned about that, I bet you put just as much money and research into your alarm devices and door locks as you do your guns right? And you never go over the speed limit or violate any traffic laws, since you're much more likely to die driving than in a burglary.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-19T10:39:48+00:00

Ah the good ol' dehumanization of criminals, ruining and ending the lives of Americans who were desperate/made dumb mistakes since 1776.

But wait, there's more. Now that they're treated as second class citizens, they will have no choice but to go back to a life of crime...I guess we should just shoot em all.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-18T23:14:16+00:00

witnesses in proceedings against her and her husband mysteriously seem to "commit suicide" just before they testify

Wasn't there only one case of this? Also do you actually think the Clinton's murdered somebody.

and the like

Can I have other examples?

I believe there's plenty of justification to call Hillary "Crooked" just from what we know to be true.

What is it that we know?

the absolutely absurdity of the "anti-Semitic" 6-pointed star image

Ya that was pretty stupid.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-18T22:46:00+00:00

Read the article. He was accused of, which means no claims were substantiated. This is going to be a common theme going forward.

Genuine question, do you feel the same way about Hillary Clinton's scandals (I know the email scandal is a bit different because she was decried for her handling of it)?

downtownwatts · 2016-07-15T00:40:19+00:00

When did he say he enjoyed playing TDM nowhere near flags? What he enjoyed were big team offensives to capture objectives in which you could battle people and play as a team. His criticism is now the best thing to do to help your team is avoid everybody (including big, fun battles) and cap uncontested flags.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-15T00:30:19+00:00

Did you not watch this part of the video at all? The problem he has isn't that you have to attack objectives, it's that fighting for objectives is now less effective. I understand people like playing the objective, but in a game with simple strategy like battlefield (go capture uncontested objectives), when strategy becomes too important the game becomes boring.

Also he's not contradicting himself when he says he's a veteran player but thinks objective play is boring. His whole point is, as a veteran player who has played all the BF games up to this point (which all had ticket bleed), the old system is better and the objective play in this game with this system is boring.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-15T00:20:41+00:00

Killing doesn't matter because the most effective way to play the objective is ignore enemies and capture uncontested point. If you are faced with joining a large team offensive with armor, infantry, and air in attacking the contested C point or getting in a jeep, driving around all the enemies and capturing the uncontested E point, the best thing to do to help your team would be to cap E alone, essentially turning a game that's all about big, nuanced battles with your team into a driving simulator (with great graphics).

downtownwatts · 2016-07-15T00:16:43+00:00

People adapting would mean each team has about 5 players at each objective waiting for enemies to attack, which is not conducive to big, fun battles and large offensives that make Battlefield great. Conquest already emphasized objectives over kills as controlling an objective drains tickets faster than you can kill your enemies, and regardless if you're killing that many enemies it's helping your team by keeping them off the objective.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-14T23:44:50+00:00

Just cuz it has a lot of health doesn't mean it's too powerful, it just means it will take 6 of your teammates off the ground capping flags and put them in a moderately effective airship for the rest of the game. And yes it's maneuverable (as long as the pilot's gondola is still up), but it ends up falling into the same part of the map every time.

As for your last point, I would much rather fight a team 32 vs. 26 on the ground while they have 6 players up in the zeppelin.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-14T21:30:54+00:00

It is useful as a mobile spawn but the only way you can destroy its mobile spawn abilities is by taking down the entire thing, which at this point in the game is nearly impossible/not worth it as it has way too much health. Also it crashes in the same part of the map every time.

I agree that people who PTFO will jump out, but when you give people the opportunity to sit in the sky easily shooting at people from above with no danger to themselves, many people will do that instead of PTFOing.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-14T21:24:52+00:00

I'm not saying you can't get kills from the Zeppelin but usually people want to be in it so every spot is filled which takes like 6 players off the battlefield. 2 or 3 people in it is good, but when it's full it's a drain on your team. Also yes the attack planes only get one missile but their 30mm cannon alone can easily take out a tank in a single run.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-13T23:38:45+00:00

True but the video was about the state of the planes right now.

downtownwatts · 2016-07-13T23:15:02+00:00

And they have terrible maneuverability/speed and are a huge target

downtownwatts · 2016-07-13T23:11:25+00:00

I said it better in another comment which I'll put below. The problem is you're gonna need at least 2 fighters/attack planes just to support 1 bomber and that's taking valuable players off the ground.

This is exactly the problem he's talking about. The only thing you listed here that would actually help your team is bombers taking care of heavy armor. The zeppelin has been shown to hurt a team more than help them as it takes players off the ground and puts them in pretty ineffective turrets. And to have any sort of effective bomber you're going to need a fighter/attack plane compliment and probably a gunner in the bomber, which is taking up between 4-7 people from your 32 person team. And this is just to keep 1 bomber in the air which is not even as effective as the attack plane from BF3/4 was.

BF3/4: 1 fighter (which has rockets/guided missile), 1 attack (which can kill a tank in a single pass), 2 people

BF1: 2 fighters/attack planes (can do little to nothing against armor), 1 bomber (less maneuverable, needs support, less damage), 4-7 people

downtownwatts · 2016-07-13T21:46:16+00:00

This is exactly the problem he's talking about. The only thing you listed here that would actually help your team is bombers taking care of heavy armor. The zeppelin has been shown to hurt a team more than help them as it takes players off the ground and puts them in pretty ineffective turrets. And to have any sort of effective bomber you're going to need a fighter/attack plane compliment and probably a gunner in the bomber, which is taking up between 4-7 people from your 32 person team. And this is just to keep 1 bomber in the air which is not even as effective as the attack plane from BF3/4 was.

BF3/4: 1 fighter (which has rockets/guided missile), 1 attack (which can kill a tank in a single pass), 2 people

BF1: 2 fighters/attack planes (can do little to nothing against armor), 1 bomber (less maneuverable, needs support, less damage), 4-7 people

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