I tried this game out, and it seems pretty good, at least till Battlefield 3 comes out. Playing from Toronto I never had any latency. Not being able to switch classes in-game, or all four at all without buying is FUCKED, but whatever. There are at least plenty of anti-armor options around the maps to keep vehicles balanced when engineers aren't available.
As for the money systems, here's how it works:
By playing the game, you earn silver credits, which are used to rent weapons and equipment other than your starting ones. They can be rented in increments of one to three days. I'm a pretty decent player, and I earned enough point to unlock a weapon for a day in one round.
You can purchase gold credits (BF's, whatever that means) in a similar way to Microsoft Points. These can rent weapons for longer periods of time, or purchase them for permanent use. You can also purchase cloths/hats/vests that don't affect gameplay, and buy xp or credit boosts which make you earn more for a period of time.
By playing the game, you earn XP which allows you to rank up, earning points to put into an unlock tree for your character's class. I play Assault, so I can dump points into, say, grenades to get more grenages, or awareness to give me an indicator of where I'm being shot from. You have to put a point into planes and helicopters to unlock the ability to pilot planes and helicopters, which I think is a smart move.
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