Ok. You guys are right, I am wrong.
Conquest is awesome.
But more than that, Operations is even better. So, since my last post in here, I have pretty much played both Conquest and Operations exclusively. Wow. Right now, it's hard to go back to a Team-Deathmatch mode since it just seems shallow in comparison. Back to Conquest and Operations, both have their pluses. I like Conquest because the game is more spread out, you can chose your flags. As such, the map sometimes can feel a little large and overwhelming. And IMO the biggest plus; You can play it in Hardcore mode. Operations... Operations is simply mayhem. I like how you can play a 64 player match and you have all of them attacking/defending a single flag. Unbelievable. And I like how it really gives you the sense of being part of a full scale invasion.
In these two modes, but more so in Operations, the ability to use your classes well really becomes a huge factor. I've played games where we've been completely run over and I've been in games where we as attackers fought in an equally matched up game, gaining bit, falling a bit. The most epic moments I think have been overall in Monte Grapa, as you progress to the last sector and as attackers fought our way up the underground tunnel into the bunker. 3 locked doors, dynamite, grenades and eventually up the stairs into the first halls. Our medics and suppliers made the difference in the end, support supplying us with ammo for more grenades, our medics reviving us as we died. Our numbers kept falling, our Zeppelin came burning down and as the counter reached zero, somehow, we reached the flag and miraculously conquered it. Simply epic.
Which brings me to an important point; Operations (and Conquest) are only as good as they are when the players you play use their classes well. What I think is some of the best gaming moments I've had in a first-person-shooter have also brought some of the worst. I've been playing a lot as medic and I've stopped counting the number of times I died attempting to save my fallen team-members only to see them press the x to respawn just as I got there. In a game where every life counts (Operations/Attackers) it's frustrating. Similarly, I've died a couple of times next to a flag and I know there is a medic right next to me, yet he didn't save me. Similarly, support classes who fail to supply us with ammo. And then there are simply far too many who play as scout. They might help in sniping the occasional enemy off the distance but in the end, you can rarely capture a flag if you're by yourself. Scout is my most played class too, but Operations, I've started playing exclusively as medic (Selbstlader-Optic for the win) because it's better and more effective for the team.
Also, I've also played in Operation matches in Monte Grapa where we've been overrun. I thought I was being smart for once when we were on the 2nd last sector, I gave up on defending the flags and fell back to the underground tunnels at our base/bunker and started closing doors and locking them. Sure enough, 2 minutes later, the sector was closed and the enemy attackers were already knocking on our doors. Guess what - I was the only guy down there trying to hold the line. Our team of 32 players - no idea where they were or what they were doing. Probably taking up positions on the mountain side sniping or something. Trying to defend the impossible, I got run over and the 20 attackers marched straight over my corpse to the flag and the battle was lost in seconds.
I guess this is where it might be fun to play part of a larger team, a larger party of people who know what they are doing. Which brings me to my question: Anyone still playing BF1 on the PS4?
