*Choose to take on the campaign solo or team up with a friend and play cooperatively!
*Persistent Player Progression – The more enemy units you destroy, the more experience points you earn to progress your player profile! Level up to unlock new units, powers, and upgrades to make your army more powerful!
*featuring 5 vs 5 objective-based battles! Choose your favorite class and take online strategy action to the next level as you conquer objectives
*The all-new party system lets you move with your party of friends from one online battle to the next

Although I'm not advocating buying this in any way (I long ago lost hope for the C&C series) looking through the list of features showed a bit of new innovation for an RTS.
Looks like they're copying some of the more 'standard' things for current FPS's, or BC2 at least, but the party-system (create your party once and it stays as you go from one game to the next) would be something new for most games.

RTS has always had that system silently in single player. You never start your first mission with ALL your units. You build up by winning missions. XP is essentially the same thing, except broken into even smaller chunks. Keeps some kids happy, being constantly rewarded for doing well. I'm not sure if behavioral specialists would suggest that's the most effective way to reward good behavior (that being constantly) but it sure worked for Blizzard.

I didn't like it at first in bc2 but it sure made me play the fuck out of it these last two weeks. I like how random noobs don't have the best guns to blow me away with. But i don't like how it impacted my play - i would choose my kit based on what weapon I wanted next, not on the map or the squad. Thankfully, it's over now. Personally, I kinda like XP systems as long as they are short duration. But long or permanent duration XP systems I refuse to play.

I didn't like it at first in bc2 but it sure made me play the fuck out of it these last two weeks. I like how random noobs don't have the best guns to blow me away with. But i don't like how it impacted my play - i would choose my kit based on what weapon I wanted next, not on the map or the squad. Thankfully, it's over now. Personally, I kinda like XP systems as long as they are short duration. But long or permanent duration XP systems I refuse to play.

I didn't like it at first in bc2 but it sure made me play the fuck out of it these last two weeks. I like how random noobs don't have the best guns to blow me away with. But i don't like how it impacted my play - i would choose my kit based on what weapon I wanted next, not on the map or the squad. Thankfully, it's over now. Personally, I kinda like XP systems as long as they are short duration. But long or permanent duration XP systems I refuse to play.

That being said I'm at the point where I've unlocked all my assault and so I'm playing classes that I'm sub-par with. I know it probably does help me get better but there are times where I know I'd be working better with the team and having a better time if I had a different load-out.
Brandon

How long did you play BF2? And how long did it take you to get all u'r guns there? Oh, and mass effect 1/2? Aren't all RPGs essentially one big long system of small rewards for continued gameplay?

Why you defensive, anyway? I said i liked bc2's system.

Mass Effect had a dumb story, fyi

Brandon

Why is it always "Brandon"? Why not Bill or Joyce? And what about Hank? Don't you think Hank deserves some recognition now and then?


Jimmy

How about fuck you?
The amount of Brandons is roughly equal to the amount of Brians around here. Don't hate us. Hate your parents.