I never payed much attention to that game, I guess now it is completely pointless.

I didn't like BF:H one bit  but it must suck for the people who do.
 
I suspected that this was going to happen sooner or later

 Wow... I guess EA got pissed that not enough people were willing to give up their nickels and dimes, so they decided to make the game unplayable for those folks? Weaksauce.
 
Good thing I never got into this game, as F2P and microtransaction games just aren't my thing. You get what you pay for; both for good and ill.

"  Wow... I guess EA got pissed that not enough people were willing to give up their nickels and dimes, so they decided to make the game unplayable for those folks? Weaksauce.   Good thing I never got into this game, as F2P and microtransaction games just aren't my thing. You get what you pay for; both for good and ill. "

" I didn't like BF:H one bit  but it must suck for the people who do."

" This happening is extra crazy when you consider that Ben Cousins is blaming this on the "recession" while the game is in open-beta, has plenty of problems going on and only has 5 maps so far.  "

Shameless indeed, is what EA are.  
  
I would rather play Quake Live anyway.

Having not charged you for the base game, I am inclined to say they don't really have an obligation to keep it free. A game that does not make money is a failure. On the other hand, it does kind of go against what they said this game would be, and that's a bit disappointing. 

" Shameless indeed, is what EA are.    I would rather play Quake Live anyway. "

It's all good, I stopped playing it after 2 weeks. It was quite novel to play for a while and the abilities offered up some degree of variety, but if you're on the PC hold out for 1943s release.

rofl, they were announcing the game as the first one to be totally free and now they are just raping in the asses the dudes who play it.

That's a bummer.  They did a really bad job handling all that.  Just plan ahead, make a proper fair system from the start, don't one day change your mind and betray everyone.

Although I haven't played it in awhile, that's kind of unfortunate. Not many things stay free forever.

My it is even getting worse... They are introducing clothing that you can buy that cancels out enemy skills. I've never hated a company but the EA DICE combo gets really close.

Ouch that sucks.

" That's a bummer.  They did a really bad job handling all that.  Just plan ahead, make a proper fair system from the start, don't one day change your mind and betray everyone. "

Wartime economy, man, wartime economy.
 
Come on over to Team Fortress 2! It's a great time!

I played that game for a few weeks when it was first made public. Didnt think it was much to be honest. 

I dunno why EA thinks this is going to work, people already know about TF2, a similar game that's free and generally regarded as better.

It was a solid little game for the week I played it, but now it's really worthless. Why are they so greedy anyway? I remember them boasting how much money this thing brought in. Such a cheap production, yet they made millions while offering it for free. That's not enough? If they made a Wii port that did away with all the real money stuff and added several more maps etc it would be worth a buy, but to constantly keep paying for this? No way, EA!

Some of the gaming news outlets have picked up on this: 

• http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/01/battlefield-heroes-store-updated-offers-advantage-to-microtrans/
• http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/12/ea-restructures-battlefied-heroes-pricing-fans-enraged.ars

Kotaku joined the party:
 http://kotaku.com/5416592/battlefield-heroes-is-practically-ruined

So we're all getting pissed off about a F2P game deciding to increase the price of some items through Valor Points and reduce the price of other things through BattleFunds (that's the real cash)...and yet the game still doesn't actually cost anything to play?  It may take me some time to actually get some stuff through rentals, and they won't last...but nonetheless, I can still play the game. 
 
And that, ladies and gents, is the world of F2P online gaming.  You play for free, and you have a limited amount of stuff available to you.  Meanwhile, if you want to REALLY play the game with all the jacked-up awesomeness, then yeah...you've gotta pay.  Name any online F2P/micro-trans game that DOESN'T follow this exact same pattern...besides fucking RuneScape.

" I didn't like BF:H one bit  but it must suck for the people who do.  I suspected that this was going to happen sooner or later "

" So we're all getting pissed off about a F2P game deciding to increase the price of some items through Valor Points and reduce the price of other things through BattleFunds (that's the real cash)...and yet the game still doesn't actually cost anything to play?  It may take me some time to actually get some stuff through rentals, and they won't last...but nonetheless, I can still play the game.  And that, ladies and gents, is the world of F2P online gaming.  You play for free, and you have a limited amount of stuff available to you.  Meanwhile, if you want to REALLY play the game with all the jacked-up awesomeness, then yeah...you've gotta pay.  Name any online F2P/micro-trans game that DOESN'T follow this exact same pattern...besides fucking RuneScape. "

It was a pretty good game too. I enjoyed it while I played it. But the prices are just way too high for those of us playing for free, as advertised.
 
I thought about buying Battlefunds, but for right now I'm postponing the very thought. I don't want to support this shit anymore. Not at least not until they make it as free as it should be again, and until they don't force me to play for 5 hours just so I can keep my weapon. It's crazy. I can't imagine how they could even think of this. I enjoy the game, but I'm not paying for something that's supposed to be free. I'm out until they fix the prices.

Might make more sense if people actually liked the game & they had a ton of people playing it & overloading the servers already..
 
but they don't.

I hate that game anyway.

" @jakob187 said:

" So we're all getting pissed off about a F2P game deciding to increase the price of some items through Valor Points and reduce the price of other things through BattleFunds (that's the real cash)...and yet the game still doesn't actually cost anything to play?  It may take me some time to actually get some stuff through rentals, and they won't last...but nonetheless, I can still play the game.  And that, ladies and gents, is the world of F2P online gaming.  You play for free, and you have a limited amount of stuff available to you.  Meanwhile, if you want to REALLY play the game with all the jacked-up awesomeness, then yeah...you've gotta pay.  Name any online F2P/micro-trans game that DOESN'T follow this exact same pattern...besides fucking RuneScape. "

The cost of bandages in VP went up by 21 times wich is not some minor just some minor change. Right now someone would have to win 2 games to just be able to afford one and bandages were an essential thing for snipers when they got light on fire. The prices for all the weapons went up at such insane rates, in order for a gunner the only class that can use a RPG to rent his RPG for one day using VP it would take him 3 hours of play and win every single game to be able to afford it for example and that is just for the RPG.   The game taking this route is not something wrong in itself but from the very start the game has been advertised as play 4 free and that there would not be a difference in combat potential between people who decide to pay for some stuff and those who don't however without any notice the whole philosophy behind the came gets thrown out of the window from one day to another.   If you would go online now without buying the needed weapons for your class you are going to get raped over by those who spend money on unlimited weapons. Good luck playing a gunner with who only has the standard TNT against a tank. League of Legends "

EA's a corporation, what did you expect? 

BFH used to be really sweet, easy to get into for short bursts of play and very polished for a game with such low spec requirements. I was literally about to drop cash on an outfit for a few bucks because I wanted to support DICE. 
 
Now, I'm really happy I didn't, seeing as there is a lot of people who invested up to $100 into what they thought was a solid game with a fair economy - Only to find that all of a sudden, EA had swooped in and turned it upside down. Despite their vow to never sell in-game advantages for real world cash. With this breach of trust, there is no telling when it'll happen again (and it does, just check for fireproof underpants that make you invulnerable to the soldier class' important burning bullet ability), so in effect, EA is scaring off potential investors. The weapon you buy today can be underpowered or canceled out tomorrow.
 
Their announcing  3 million registered accounts is a slap in the face of close to 2000 angry customers who already complained about the changes on the forum - and adding insult to injury, the entire thread goes largely ignored by EA representatives.

I remember watching my friend play it, and not being very impressed.

Well that is stupid, but i geuss it makes sense. 

thats gross