FPS Multi-player?

[spelk]

So.. anyone have some other "Tactical" FPS recommendations?

Mount and Blade: Warband (Napoleonic)?

I still bob on every now and then to keep my hand in, and it's still a thrilling game in terms of being in charge of a Infantry brigade or Cavalry. You get the best of both worlds, command and first person shooter. However, you do need to train a bit to become good at firing accurately, as well as learning how to melee with the bayonet or the sabre.

[Nefaro]

The best DLC for BF3 is Back to Karkland, Aftermath and Endgame.  The others...not so much.  Close Quarters is an inferior CoD rip-off that hardly anyone plays, and Armored Kill is so-so.  I paid the premium price and, all things considered, consider to have gotten my money's worth back, particularly with Aftermath and Endgame (both fantastic). 

But I agree with you about EA milking their fanbase for all they are worth.  The entirety of BF3 is a solid gaming experience, one that walks the narrow line between the more sober-minded Arma 2 and the cartoony CoD/BlackOps.  As I have posted elsewhere, I had a blast with it.  However, I am feeling more than a bit miffed that EA is rolling out BF4 already, and expect premium members to have to re-up with another $60 for the base game, plus once again for the premium membership.  This stings all the more when EA rolls out BF4 with a 17-min demo of a single player campaign no one cares about.  Oooh, pretty graphics and characters with names...I am so impressed.  ::)

I probably would've picked up ARMA2 but heard that it's FOV was rather restrictive in certain views and those always give me a splitting headache in widescreen format.  :-[  I suppose BF3 will have to work for a modern shooter fix, for a time.  I'm certainly in no hurry to get BF4 - I'm feeling well & truly milked as it is.

As for Red Orchestra 2...I have a love/hate relationship with it.  I like it because of it's gritty WWII realism, but hate the fact that even after the GotY edition was released, the game still is buggy as heck with all sorts of graphical glitches and other bugs.  Like I am fond to say: it is less RO 2 and more RO 1.5.  I am hoping Rising Storm adds a lot of fixes and polish because it needs it. 

Another thing that drives me crazy with RO2 - the insistence on having friendly fire activated on every server.  Just what is the rationale for this?  I mean, half the time I have to laugh as all the realism grogs constantly complain about getting shot by newbs.  LOL!  Yes, FF is very realistic...but contributes nothing but aggravation to the gameplay.  Sometime realism for the sake of realism is NOT a good idea.   :P

Pretty sure I've seen at least one Hardcore server where friendly fire was turned down to 50%.  If only more of them at least went that half distance.  It's really difficult distinguishing enemies from friendlies in RO2 and I'm surprised I've not been FF'd even more often.  I think most everyone examines their target's headgear because the Germans generally wear helmets and the Russians have wool caps.  Someone also mentioned that, when they're running, Russians carry their rifle in one hand while the Germans use two(?).   Still not easy cues when you're eyeballing them from 150m.   It's the friendly fire from douchebags running along behind you for the last 10 seconds which is the most infuriating.  I wonder if the military checks for excessive ADD these days.  :P

[Father Ted]

Another thing that drives me crazy with RO2 - the insistence on having friendly fire activated on every server.  Just what is the rationale for this?  I mean, half the time I have to laugh as all the realism grogs constantly complain about getting shot by newbs.  LOL!  Yes, FF is very realistic...but contributes nothing but aggravation to the gameplay.  Sometime realism for the sake of realism is NOT a good idea.   :P

I have to say that FF is one of the most important aspects of games like RO2 for me.  Without it the guns don't seem real and it does contribute to the game play in that you have make decisions before you pull the trigger.

Nefaro, if you want to persevere with RO2, you will find that you learn to differentiate between the sides.  I very rarely TK these days.  Being TKed myself doesn't really bother me, unless it's deliberate - but then that that isn't down to mistaken identity.

[Nefaro]

Another thing that drives me crazy with RO2 - the insistence on having friendly fire activated on every server.  Just what is the rationale for this?  I mean, half the time I have to laugh as all the realism grogs constantly complain about getting shot by newbs.  LOL!  Yes, FF is very realistic...but contributes nothing but aggravation to the gameplay.  Sometime realism for the sake of realism is NOT a good idea.   :P

I have to say that FF is one of the most important aspects of games like RO2 for me.  Without it the guns don't seem real and it does contribute to the game play in that you have make decisions before you pull the trigger.

Nefaro, if you want to persevere with RO2, you will find that you learn to differentiate between the sides.  I very rarely TK these days.  Being TKed myself doesn't really bother me, unless it's deliberate - but then that that isn't down to mistaken identity.

Oh, I rarely TK'd after the first couple matches.  I tend to take an extra second to make sure it's not a friendly I'm shooting, but some people don't.  I think the trigger happy ones are where the complaints come from, but I can deal with those if they learn at some point.  It's the asshat kids who think it's funny to TK every once in awhile, on purpose, who send us into a rage.  I haven't seen it much in RO2 but there are definitely just such dick-alopes in BF3.  You know the kind.. hanging out in the spawn area blasting their teams' vehicles with the 'noob tube', even after someone gets in.  The less "tactical" a shooter, the more fvckwits in it so RO2 is one of the least lousy with 'em.