There's your problem right there.

I prescribe 500ccs of SIM team battle.

Hahaha, unfortunately that was the only game on that night, and thats kinda my point. I also play SOCOM: Confrontation, and there is ALWAYS ample amounts of players and matches ALL the time! Now I know I shouldn't compare the two, but I've played enough to know that BoP has a great community and that is one reason I keep coming back for more, but such gaming tactics as were demontrated that night make BoP undesirable to some, especially for newcomers.
Heres a question: do you think "teaching" those few bad apples a lesson a neccessary evil, so that they either learn to play "nicely" or stop playing altogether? Is it for the greater good of BoP?

+1, try moving up to Sim mode if you can find the fights. Nobody raids the sim matches that I've seen. The free-for-all is just free-for-all.

I've been working too much to play much lately, and a lot of the older players have stopped posting - but hopefully I can still get a ladder going. It will have to mean people moving up from realistic. The team matches are generally better, even if it's just 2 v 2.

Even if there's nobody else online, you can benefit quite a bit from 1 on 1 sim matches, where you can practice advanced maneuvers you don't get a chance to in free-for-alls. Even if you get destroyed, you'll probably pick up a few tips. Also if you play a high enough ranked opponent, even getting 1 kill is likely to increase your rank dramatically.

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LOL !!! Good one ! I just gotta say one last time, sorry for bunching you in with the other two players. I think I'm so used to playing with good honest guys that that game pissed me off so much.

Hey, dumbass they do not count if they are friendly fire related, do you have anything else to say "Expert?"

I believe he was in realistic mode not arcade mode.

it's down to players not game modes, the few time i tried to play sim the "aces" weres not as friendly as they would have you believe.
I ended the game being the only person they killed.
You can't speak for everyone kozz there are bad apples in sim too.waterman you played with me before did i team up on you with every one else? I'm pretty sure i didn't unless we in a team battle.....

Watermann I feel your pain Ive been ganged up before , but also sometimes like Kozz said it just targets that same person over and over thats what happened to me one time in dogfight with Winny and after game told him I was sorry but that he was always my 1st target when I re-spawned. But to get to my real point to everybody i guess is just enjoy the game and be thankful you have a good wife who lets you play. The other day i came home and my wife ( a.k.a. Satan ) and she had smashed my PS3 into a million pcs. ( also sorry to davedog ,McKinney,shadow, Gilly the other night on that strike mission where i quit with about a minute to go that was the start of the fight ) so now i only have my sadness and misery to keep me company. So the next time you get pissed off @ somebody and want to quit the game just think of 'ole kidrock40 sittin @ home with nuthin. its been GREAT playin with you guys and you ALL are very nice people to play with..... .Gilly,shadow,McKinney if any of you guys read this be sure to tell davedog and chameleon why i haven't been on and that i will probally never be back .......... Thanks guys for all the great games !!!!! :)

ouch Kidrock!!
Was wondering where you'd vanished too as we had some cracking games that night. You have my complete sympathy.
I propose here and now we start a 'Buy kidrock a new PS3 Mrs Kidrock' petition!!!
hope you get back soon mate, gutted to lose a great pilot and top bloke.