Yea it's a crazy world we live in
what one guy hates the most, the next one loves the most... I personally alt-tab to the desktop and go to facebook or some forum whenever El alamein comes up, same thing with Alam Halfa.. I just don't
feel anything when playing those maps, a game of
WordFeud on my girlfriends phone is more exciting to me.. still, others have their prime moments rolling around in tanks on those maps, but when maps like Anctoville, PeB, Pdh, Ramelle, Lebisey, Hurtgen, Sidi Rezegh comes up, the game immediately catches my attention again and I continue to care about what happens on the server.
Good thing we can offer all kinds of experiences in fh2... Im sure DICE wants to do the same. So it's IMO very nice and cool that we can choose between Rush and Conquest on all maps. I also think the TDM in BC2 was really nice... for just a 20-30min game session, it was sweet to just hop in and get some fragz, with all the "game mode stuff" stripped away... just you, some dudes and some weapons. Like a round of paintball. Hope we get that in BF3 also.
The more ways you can use a game, the better. you could call it a
TransProduct usability. (Many different ways for the user to interact with the product) Even if you can manage and do stuff while not ingame (Battlelog) is nice, dress your guy or buy/change gear. Maybe a lunchbreak you just do this kind of stuff, so the next time when you want to get some action, you're all geared up and ready to go. Or what would be nice would be if your teammate could call for an airstrike, and you get a message on facebook or MSN or Battlelog, then you control a web-based bomber plane (simple graphics) that drops the load in-game for your friends. 30sec interaction right there. Stuff like that