I recently got to rekindle some memories and a semblance of fun with some BF2 multiplayer but I was quickly reminded why it eventually stopped being fun.
Because of the fucking jets. More than a decade later, people are still allowed to uses these pieces of shit. Any faggot with half-decent jet flying skills becomes an omnipresent, nigh immortal no-fun-allowed entity the whole fucking game. Even choppers have a struggle taking these fuckers down. The only thing that can take it on is another jet to serve as distraction; everyone else just tries to ignore them because nobody can do shit about them.
Oh, you're moving to a nearby flag? Get bombed.
Managed to take a flag? Get bombed.
Having a shootout with enemies? Get bombed.
Defending a position for more than 3 seconds? Get bombed.
Rolling in a tank? Get bombed.
Driving a jeep? Get bombed.
Oh, you're having fun? Get bombed.
Just spawned? Get bombed.
Trying to take it down with a SAM emplacement? Let me just use a flare and fly out of your range, then come back and bomb both you and the SAM with laser precision before you can get another lock-on so you can't use it again for a while.
Bombed.
Bombed.
Bombed.
FUCK
No wonder I had more fun with BFBC2 when it came out. It had no obligatory-death-every-few-minutes vehicle in it.