Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[Voicy]

Punky, I see on the scrolling info bar on the game as you log in - as well as on forums - that for some it's necessary to do a manual PB update since the one with the game & their 300MB update doesn't cover it.

I just played Single Player last night. I'm not comfortable with my screen resolution and a few settings on the game, making it a bit sluggish. So I'll have to sort that out before I start jamming online. So far the weapons have a PR feel to them, which is kinda cool.

[TG]

I've only played single player so far. Had to drop the res down somewhat.

[Flatty]

TG, I thought you were running a dual GPU setup?

[Arbythep00nage]

I played a few hours of SP last night, wasnt in the mood for MP.
Its freaking awesome!!!1
I run it on high at 1680x1050 on my 4890 and its AMAZING.
I have honestly never seen such detail in a game, the cutscenes are just crazy.

[SintaxErr]

I just got a copy. Going to install play SP and then come over for some pwnage! :D

[Sabre]

The server browser is retarded though, must have been programmed by a script kiddie.

Try add a server in fav's and it triggers a server refresh, and the server filter by name is borked :(

OPtherwise seriously intense, I love the fact that the folliage restricts your vision so much, even if u run on low detail, when i find one of those machine gun emplacements all i do is cut down teh trees to give me a better view :P

[Voicy]

Aurora .. :mad:

[TG]

TG, I thought you were running a dual GPU setup?

I am, but my CPU is a bit lacking.

[doobiwan]

Played about an hour of SP this evening, not bad, definitely better than BC1, although the first mission in South America gives me Deja vu for the opening of Halo 3 ....

[gus]

Also only have an hour of SP so far. I had the black screen of death problem initially, but fortunately a game driver update seems to have fixed that (holding thumbs). I agree with the comment about the server browser. Only ever saw one SGS server on the browser and it was full.

[Punky3025]

If I actually bought this game. I would be hunting TG's tags

[Arbythep00nage]

Punky feel free to come hunt me :p

[gus]

If I actually bought this game. I would be hunting TG's tags

Well, fairly sure I gave you some ammo tonight.

This game is great fun.

[TG]

If I actually bought this game. I would be hunting TG's tags

So then why do I have a friends request from you? :p

[Flatty]

Looks like I'll be waiting a couple more days because Take2 didn't bother to check my Order ID on their deposit slips. OK, granted, I was slack because I didn't fax/email proof of payment having neglected to retrieve the POP from my minion. Sometimes one expects the Hinternet to be a seamless operation, neglecting the most mundane aspects. If it were my business I'd just look up the Order ID on my bank statement that was used as a reference and send the stuffz. Actually, I'd invite them around for a cup-o'-tea as well the next time they were in town. No, heck, I'd take them for a beer. Sheez, this backward mentality I have to put up with. :p If you pay with your CC do you have to fax/email POP? Heck, this is hard cash we're talking about!

[Arbythep00nage]

No pop needed for card payments.
They use a paygate and that completes the application and tags the payment as done automagically. I only use card, transfers are a pain in the butt and dont earn you ebucks!

[Flatty]

I used to use cards until I offended my bank in manners of which it is not polite to speak of openly. I remember the days before I ever thought of using a card, or a bank - I paid for everything in cash & I didn't owe anyone a cent. If you haven't got it you cannot spend it. As such I am reduced to paying cash for all my transactions, which suits me fine because "if you haven't got it you cannot spend it!" :)

This thrust for everyone to have a bank account is merely a plot to control the masses, regardless of my current disfavour with banking institutions. A paperless society translates to a helpless society. The day hard cash flies out the window is the day every single person in the world loses control of their affairs. Is this sour grapes because of my own situation? No! Had I known then what I know now, I wouldn't have turned to a bank for anything, at all!

[Arbythep00nage]

I pay the full amount on my card every month. Its just for convenience in my case. I wouldnt spend money I dont have, been there done that had hassles with banks. Never again.

[Flatty]

I'd pay the full amount if they'd talk to me :p

[EyeBall]

Awesome game , Finished the SP and was a little bit disappointing for it to be finished so quick :(

Starting to get going on the MP , Getting a bit confused on to who's the enemy and who is the good guys. I'm really enjoying it a lot . Just not finding any other geeks online .

[Arbythep00nage]

Oogies we will be, get TS3 installed and add us to your friends list.
that makes it alot more fun and also easier to see where we are playing, you can just click join and it will add you to the game.

[Bass]

Will definitely try to be on tonight ... Remember to first login to TS3 when going online - that way we can all chat/co-ordinate our assault on the servers (as well as trying to all get onto the same server) ... :D

Looks like EA is also getting the issues sorted out slowly but surely .. :woot:
http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2010/03/09/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc-update-and-maintenance.aspx##

[TG]

I'll give it a bash tonight. Haven't tried since Sunday.
Chat to you okes on TS3 tonight.

[Flatty]

The phenomenal success of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has led to EA servers being overwhelmed -- the publisher has been forced to rush software fixes out the door to squash the disconnection bugs that have frustrated countless thousands of Battlefield fans. The good news is that the worst appears to be over.

After last nights EA server outage on PS3 and PC, EA have found the issue and put a fix in place and brought the servers back online. This means that both PS3 and PC players can return back to playing Bad Company 2.

We are aware of a number of remaining disconnect issues on PC and we have released the “R5” server to hosts yesterday to address some of the disconnects. We are continuing to work on the remaining disconnect issues to have a solution as fast as possible as well as looking into reports of other issues raised on the forums for consoles and PC

Battlefield Bad Company 2 has managed to prove so popular that yesterday the concurrent users in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 surpassed that in Battlefield 2 which has been going strong for almost 5 years.

More details here (http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2010/03/06/ea-server-and-battlefield-bad-company-2-disconnect-status.aspx##). In other news (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/13086470-post7.html), more gamers have been playing the PC version of Bad Company 2 than either console version...

Games on Net (http://games.on.net/article/8296/EA_scrambles_to_eliminate_Bad_Company_2_server_gremlins)

[EyeBall]

Is there a thread with bf bc 2 nicks ?

My ingame nick is eye8all

[Arbythep00nage]

http://www.wargeeks.org/showthread.php?t=9194
There you go oogies, add us!

[Noodle]

So klapped the SP tonight, got all the GS I could out of it. So playing on hard was not soo bad :p

Just wish Telkom would sort my line so I could play MP all proper like! :(

[Flatty]

I had a couple of games on a French server, with a 375ms ping - my KD is now officially 1:1 :)

[Arbythep00nage]

It works well on an int server ey flatty?

[Flatty]

It works well on an int server ey flatty?

I couldn't actually believe how well it worked - I just looked for the lowest ping & then again not Germans because they're apparently seriously good at these games. The froggies were cool :)

[Arbythep00nage]

We all played a German server and raped the guys stukkend. Some of them were pretty high rankers too.
I think its similar in most areas.

[Flatty]

I guess it helps if you play with your clannies?

[xEDGEDKIDx]

I've also found it hey... There are these level 29 Germans and I've been winning most the rounds... Hmmm... Germans still suck at war!

[Flatty]

I had a few games on local - woke up at 3 am and found Org on, so I joined. Got pwned a bit, but I am getting into the hang of things. Eyeball also joined a bit later. I suppose it helps once you start to learn the maps. The other non-snow maps are awesome. Servers just went dead a few minutes ago, as in total DC & no reconnect.

Got back onto a rocking iGame server. Really starting to get the hang of it.

The one thing that confuzzes me is: aren't your unlocks supposed to be better than what you had?

From EA:

"Since launch a week ago, BFBC2 has already put EA servers through the following stress:

* The 4 different soldier types have gathered a score of more than 34 Billion.
* There's been more than 400M kills made.
* 1.3M roadkills
* Squads and Teams have assisted each other to 6.2 Billion points."

[Org]

Yeah it was fun TG. Sorry I switched sides but at that time we were 5 against 1.

I agree with you that the guns you unlock aren't always better. I'm playing assault at the moment and have unlocked all but the last gun (the m16 i think) and to me the second assault gun (the xm8) is the best of the lot. Maybe it's because it doesn't deviate so much if u empty a clip in one go - I still struggle to let go of the fire button until the gun is empty :D

[Flatty]

I am really starting to enjoy this game.

It seems the unlocks, not necessarily the weapon unlocks, make a huge difference. Almost back up to 1:1 again.

[Vortex]

It's awesome, and what makes it better is the rounds where there are a bunch of Geeks on.. Somehow it's so much more fun! (Even when spawned apon as sniper and your position given away)

[Flatty]

I see just about everyone has failed to do the VoIP fix.....some of the BFC dudes have done it.

[gus]

I am starting to enjoy deathmatch more than rush. In rush, I tend to go for the objectives, so struggle to have a K/D ratio of more than 0.5. In deathmatch I seldom have a K/D below 1 and often as high as 3. Rush seems to yield a higher score per round, so for leveling it is still probably better. I have not yet figured out how to play conquest, so cannot say much about that.

[TG]

I am starting to enjoy deathmatch more than rush. In rush, I tend to go for the objectives, so struggle to have a K/D ratio of more than 0.5. In deathmatch I seldom have a K/D below 1 and often as high as 3. Rush seems to yield a higher score per round, so for leveling it is still probably better. I have not yet figured out how to play conquest, so cannot say much about that.

Conquest is the same as BF2. Just go stand in the flag area until the flag is captured, and run around doing that at all the bases.
Although it's a lot more intense than BF2, if you ask me.

[Arbythep00nage]

I cant seem to play without getting a ctd after a few mins.
Its really annoying trying to play against guys with high ranks and all the unlocks that make them so much more accurate than you.

[Flatty]

And they have better armour, making you easier to kill in a one-on-one. We'll get there ;)

I was looking at the leaderboards - some dude has already racked up over 120 hours of game play - he must be starving by now. :lol:

[Arbythep00nage]

I've also found it hey... There are these level 29 Germans and I've been winning most the rounds... Hmmm... Germans still suck at war!

You do know that Rainynight is German right?

[Hoss]

Bwahahahahaha

[Flatty]

You do know that Rainynight is German right?

Looking at the way the Germans obliterated everyone else in World of Warcraft, I'd say that Germans are talented at most games they play.

[Vortex]

So I changed the VOIP setting, and tested with Sabre and it worked perfectly! Actually too well.. I could hear him crunching on chips with his auto-activated VOIP! :D
I tried again later with a bunch of people in the squad, and no go.. do all have to have the setting do you think?

[Arbythep00nage]

Well im sure all the geeks have it now, so lets see when we get to squad up a little.

[TG]

Well, I've been yelling at you okes now n then with mine, and I don't hear squat. So I think it must be some random thing that makes it work.

[Flatty]

Mine worked fine with DLBomber who had done the change. Too many people haven't done the change which is quite irritating because one of the things that made BF2 truly great was its insquad VoIP - I enjoy ranting & raving at complete strangers.

[Vortex]

Mine worked fine with DLBomber who had done the change. Too many people haven't done the change which is quite irritating because one of the things that made BF2 truly great was its insquad VoIP - I enjoy ranting & raving at complete strangers.

Yes, yes you do..


:D

[Noodle]

From Wingers twitter....
http://www.xboxgaming.co.za/games/b/battlefield-bad-company-2/video/public-service-announcement-frags/

[Arbythep00nage]

Lol I saw that a bit earlier today posted on another site.

[stinkthumb]

I saw last night that you can send a friend request to people in the squad assignment window. Just click on the little black triangle next to the person's name :D

[doobiwan]

Yaaay, BC2 here I come! I have ADSL again. It's a bit of a poor connection, only 9.8Mbps, down from 14 at my old flat :p

[WondaWoman]

oh blah blah blah :ras:

[Noodle]

Still no line :cry:

[doobiwan]

Oh man, I love this game. Few other games can go from 10 minutes of a sucky start into such a mad rush last 5 minutes of awsomeness. One round barely scraping 600 points, the next 4000+

[Scooby_Doo16]

Soooooooooooo, who have i knifed so far?

[Arbythep00nage]

Hey scoobs, been spending my time trying to keep your freaking tank alive.
Im still waiting for you to jump out of one so I can remove your tags from you!

[Vortex]

Soooooooooooo, who have i knifed so far?

You were annoying the living DAYLIGHTS out of me in the BC rounds last night - sniping from MILES away, but pwning at the same time! Tried to remove your tags, but it was hard to cover 100m with no cover while you're rapidly emptying your magazine at me! :D

[Hoss]

Vorty loves to sneak in from behind I see. I watched you last night trying to out flank some snipers on my team, knifing okes on the way.

[Flatty]

I'm really getting into this knifing thing, it's so cool when you came across a squad looking the other direction. :D

[Arbythep00nage]

knifing is related to ping im convinced of it. Im sure lots of people have heard my frustration in TS when I start knifing a sniper looking the other way and after two attempts he turns around and knifes me.
Its plain silly, worse than bf2 was. The other thing is people knifing you from 5 meters away, I mean come on how are you supposed to know when the knife is going to hit.

[Flatty]

Yeah, sometimes I can see the guy less than a foot away from me & I have to knife him 3 times before it actually works. Most times they twig after the 3nd attempt, turn around & sniper you in the head.

[Scooby_Doo16]

I wish there was a way to search through your tags got like 450 odd unique ones. Makes for a mission to find one.

[Arbythep00nage]

I was looking through my tags now and I noticed one of yours scooby :p
I noticed you got one of mine from like 10m away too :(

[Scooby_Doo16]

I was looking through my tags now and I noticed one of yours scooby :p
I noticed you got one of mine from like 10m away too :(

Shame the most i got off one dude is 10 TitaniumTBear. Not very strong titanium...

[Flatty]

It was nice squadding with you last night, Scooby.

Teamspeak details here: http://www.wargeeks.org/showthread.php?t=5815&page=2&highlight=teamspeak in the last post by Bass.

[doobiwan]

Has anyone tried C4 on an UAV?

[Flatty]

Has anyone tried C4 on an UAV?

Nope. Is there a point?

[TG]

Yes. It becomes a flying bomb.

[Vortex]

That sounds like an AWESOME idea! :D

[SintaxErr]

OI! Scooby, we need you on team speak boet.

[Scooby_Doo16]

OI! Scooby, we need you on team speak boet.


Kk will set it up now.

[gus]

@Flatty: I just want to say here as well, as I said on TS last night, I promise I will never move the tank again, even if there is an incoming attack. :D

[Flatty]

@Flatty: I just want to say here as well, as I said on TS last night, I promise I will never move the tank again, even if there is an incoming attack. :D

Schmuck :p

[Arbythep00nage]

Im guessing its a private joke?
Did a certain flatty get flattened a little more? :p

[Flatty]

Yes - I get really upset when I am trying to fix YOUR tank & you reverse over me. It kinda upsets my charitable groove. :)

BUT, I will concede that accidents happen & I have flattened many people with a tank while they were fixing me.

As my old boss used to say to me, "Do as I say, not as I do!" :p

[gus]

Flatty, thought I moved the tank forward to try to dodge the missile (which I failed to do, so the tank blew up), but sorry about running you over. I did not realize that happened as well. Even if your name said I was supposed to run you over. :D

[Hoss]

Well as long as you spun him round too... right round.... like a record.... baby :|



:p

[Noodle]

Well as long as you spun him round too... right round.... like a record.... baby :|



:p

You have no idea what horrid memories that song brings back, Blinky knows... :twitch:

[senorblinky]

EGAD MAN! Was that necessary!?

[Arbythep00nage]

Our current plan is to do final tests on the update and servers tonight and all being well we will look to release R7 client and R10 servers on Wednesday morning European time. While you wait for the release here are the details of the changelists for both the new client and server versions.
In the mean time here is the R7 client changelist.

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o MP – New Server browser
o MP – Added 15 second spawn timer for Conquest/Rush gamemodes at the start of round to prevent high end machines getting the upper hand before other machines load in.
o MP – Crash fixes relating to ALT+TAB at different times throughout the game
o MP – Hang fix when trying to connect to a full server multiple times
o MP – Deletion of soldiers now possible through the account pages in game
o MP – Removed screen flash during loading
o MP – Added support for colour blind players
o MP – Fixed crashes relating to faulty server banners
o MP – Servers closing during connection no longer cause the client to hang
o MP – Auto team swap reflects correctly in the scoreboard
o MP – Fixed scoreboards when switching teams before spawning
o MP – Rush scoreboards fixed
o MP – Veteran ranks no longer display as “12”
o MP – Isla Innocentes MCOM building fixed where knifing the fence would destroy the building
o MP – Logout/Login button correctly reflects the player status
o MP – Added minimum number of players needed to start a round
o MP – Isla Inocentes welcome message on the loading screen now fits the text box area
o MP – Reduced the brightness in Russian vehicles
o MP – Medic gadgets now display correctly if the defib is not unlocked
o MP – Server filter options are remembered
o MP – Punkbuster filter now works as intended
o MP – Scroll bar no longer overlays the Join Server button in the friends list panel
o MP – CANCEL server refresh is implemented
o MP – Zooming in on a friendly using the SAIGA no longer causes the crosshair to disappear
o MP – The chat no longer displays the incorrect player name when appearing
o MP – FoV switches to the default value of 55 when entering vehicles to prevent graphical glitches caused by wider FoV settings. The custom FoV returns when exiting vehicles.
o MP – FoV no longer causes the UAV station to rotate
o MP – Fix to correctly display the unlock progression at the end of round
o MP – Chat functionality will no longer freeze after writing a partial message at the end of round
o MP – One account can no longer connect to the same server multiple times
o MP – Squad Death Match is correctly named during loading
o MP – Server browser no longer gets a bad FPS when filtering Conquest
o MP – Server info banners correctly clear between displays
o MP – Setting display settings which the system hardware can not handle no longer makes the game unusable
o MP – Correct camera collision for vehicles' heavy machine gun
o MP – Game no longer crashes if the player sends a message in the loading screen
o MP – Trying to join a full server no longer causes the game to hang on Please Wait message
o MP – Most server filter options are remembered it doesn't remember the setting in dropdowns
o MP – Kit/gadget loadout saved between sessions
o SP – Fixed crashes when patching and trying to resume a campaign (there is now a message that you need to re-play the latest mission from the beginning)
o SP – Fixed a crash after the “Upriver” mission end cinematic
o SP – Supply create at “Resupply at Flynn’s create” objective now supplies weapon ammo
o SP – Hang fix when reaching the objective “Destroy Enemy Zu23”
o SP – Fixed hang after “Storm Cockpit” objective
o SP – Changed melee attack raycast to be detailed
o SP – Game no longer crashes when transitioning between SP_03B to SP_04A when installed in Polish
o SP – Game no longer crashes when killed by the first two enemies in the trenches on SP_01 when installed in Italian
o SP – Updating to R7 will invalidate your single player save game. If you update you will need to play your last mission from the start. If you do not update you will not be able to play multiplayer.

Here is the R10 Server changelist

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o Punkbuster is required ON for ranked servers
o Ranked servers cannot be started with a password
o Autobalance message goes to text-chat instead of in the middle of the screen
o Added weapon balance tweaks to a number of weapons – we are eagerly awaiting feedback!



We aren't going to tell you what weapon balance tweaks we have done, we want your unbiased views on the changes before we detail what has changed. You can discuss the changelist over on the official BFBC2 PC forums here:
http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlef....rs.html

EA forum


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Sorry Sintax :( looks like your M60 is getting nerfed! Lucky I got my plat for the CG last night already.
The plus is not having to select your weapons and specs after every server change.

[Sabre]

hmmm..

o SP – Updating to R7 will invalidate your single player save game. If you update you will need to play your last mission from the start. If you do not update you will not be able to play multiplayer.

[Flatty]

"Kit/gadget loadout saved between sessions"

Has to be the most intelligent update ever :p

[Arbythep00nage]

I thought you would like that one flatty :p

[Flatty]

I thought you would like that one flatty :p

RB, it just boggles the mind that they have been planning this game for ages & they neglected to address the simplest of issues prior to release i.e. the one I mention & the server browser.

What kind?

[Arbythep00nage]

I see the update is out, started it on my laptop at work. It seems quite big cos it was moving very slowly on my 4mb.

[Flatty]

Yep, it was big - though I forgot to check how big.

[EyeBall]

sigh, I hate big updates :S

[Voicy]

sigh, I hate big updates :S

That's like saying you don't like playing WoW. :D

[EyeBall]

That's like saying you don't like playing WoW. :D

Not really , At least you know how big the update is and you can plan for it (ie visiting a buddy to download it for you )
with bc2 it starts to download and it could be 5GB, you only know afterwards

it sucks

[Hoss]

Its true, and then when you're really lucky having downloaded about 80% of the patch, your PC goes into hibernate and the BC patch has to start from scratch. True story

[Arbythep00nage]

Hoss thats fail, why do you even have hibernation? hmmmm? hmmmmmm?

[Flatty]

Hoss thats fail, why do you even have hibernation? hmmmm? hmmmmmm?

He's trying to do his bit for the planet, you schmo :p

[Hoss]

screw the planet I was just to lazy to disable hibernate. have done it now though :D

[TG]

powercfg -h off

fwiw. :p

[xEDGEDKIDx]

Argh... Haven't played in a week now, I'm still having withdrawal symptoms!

---------- Post added at 09:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:20 AM ----------

Hmmm... My sig says my accuracy is 114.90%... Must be shooting a little sharper than I'd imagined...

[Arbythep00nage]

Nice going there edge, you must be playing quite a bit. Can you play on local servers with PS3? or is it all peer-to-peer hosting?

[doobiwan]

I think all BC2's are server hosted, I don't know if there are EA console servers in SA?

[xEDGEDKIDx]

Yeah, I had been playing a lot... Suddenly my gym partners decided we needed to go twice a day cos of the whole "me getting married thing..." Ha ha.
Jammed for about 5 hours yesterday on Hardcore mode for the first time, think I'm gonna stay there, WAY more points up for grabs... Got like 13k in one round, was wee'ing a bit out of stoke.
I don't know about the servers, you get automatically assigned unless you have people on your friends list that you can join the game with. (Which I have none of, sad face)
I haven't had any latency issues other than the odd helicopter doing short teliports once or twice. Generally lag free actually. Wish I could play on something locally hosted though and own some local 12 year olds!


Edit:

I hate how slow the sig refresh times are. I'm level 28 now and owned like 10 of my own team mates by trying to rocket launch a guy going into a house on the last m-com station. Took the whole place down along with LOADS of team mates... Got like -150 points! ha ha

[TG]

What I find amusing is that Punky voted that he's not getting it, yet the bugger snipes me every damn time I play. :p

[Flatty]

What I find amusing is that Punky voted that he's not getting it, yet the bugger snipes me every damn time I play. :p

He's sneaky like that. That's why I have a whole bag of nades with his name engraved on them ;)

[stinkthumb]

I sharpen my knife anytime Punky pops up on the server... He's usually found in the roof of the highest building :D

[Punky3025]

:D