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Played the Xbox360 version last night.

For me, this series seems to have lost its luster.

Everything seemed distant, macro, hard to control and just blah.

Gonna give it a few mores hours and see if anything resonates.

 
JerseyToughGuys said:
Played the Xbox360 version last night.For me, this series seems to have lost its luster.Everything seemed distant, macro, hard to control and just blah.Gonna give it a few mores hours and see if anything resonates.
Sadly this was kind of my first impression... only giving it about an hour isn't fair, but a little disappointed so far. May just be the game mode/lack of idea of WTF I doing.
 
JerseyToughGuys said:
Played the Xbox360 version last night.For me, this series seems to have lost its luster.Everything seemed distant, macro, hard to control and just blah.Gonna give it a few mores hours and see if anything resonates.
Sadly this was kind of my first impression... only giving it about an hour isn't fair, but a little disappointed so far. May just be the game mode/lack of idea of WTF I doing.
This is pretty much how I felt the first time I played BF2 from 1942. Knowing how much I loved BF2, though, I am willing to bet as I play this more and more, I am going to love it. Because it is one map and one mode of play, the games have pretty much devolved into sniper and nade spams at certain choke points. It will get better. I hope to be able to get into the choppers and fly soon. I have not been able to as of yet.Give it time and I bet it improves greatly with experience.
 
I had a better experience last night. Kinda know my way around the map. unlocked the next assault rifle and its a lot better than the default rifle.

Sniping is definitely harder in BF:BC2 than in COD:MW2. The bullet takes time to travel the distance and drops. It took me awhile to get the distances zeroed in but I got better as the night went on. Sniping very long distances is not real easy. BTW I only snipe when defended not when attacking :goodposting:

Twice last night we lost attacking with only 1 capture point left and the attackers really swarming the last point. :wall:

Never lost whiled defending :unsure:

 
stats were down all last night. I cant get into the game (especially when i'm playing the same map over and over) unless i'm accumulating points. I'll try to get on tonight. At least the friends list is working.

 
stats were down all last night. I cant get into the game (especially when i'm playing the same map over and over) unless i'm accumulating points. I'll try to get on tonight. At least the friends list is working.
Played a round or two last night with Maelstrom. Voice chat conked out midway through the first round. Still losing 1 on 1 gunfights when both guys see each other at the same time. Assault rifles seem SUPER deadly. Especially the XM8 unlock. I vehicle whored my way to a first place finish in one of the rounds.I like how the AA vehicle works. Driver gets a limited grenade launcher while the gunner gets to fire the main AA guns. That's going to make mobile AA very deadly.
 
stats were down all last night. I cant get into the game (especially when i'm playing the same map over and over) unless i'm accumulating points. I'll try to get on tonight. At least the friends list is working.
It seemed like stats were working for me. I was getting unlocks, ranking up and getting pins and medals.
 
damn. i joined 4 seperate servers and there werent any stats on any of them.

Maybe i need to stop hitting "play now" and use the server browser. I didnt think the servers i joined were unranked, but maybe i'm wrong.

 
At what point does the next assault rifle unlock? I have played far too many rounds in servers with no stats, I am afraid. :)

 
At what point does the next assault rifle unlock? I have played far too many rounds in servers with no stats, I am afraid. :)
go to the gadgets and weapons section in the menu. It tells you how many points you need to unlock each item.You get the X8 pretty early, but you can only get it by playing and getting kills with the assault kit. You cant get it by simply using the kit while driving a tank.You have to earn the points using the actual equipment.
 
Got my BF2, SF and 2 boosters, as well as 2142 and 1942 and both expansions registered. :goodposting:

I should get a cane or something to unlock to show me as an old man. :confused:

 
i also got credit for bad company 1 and heroes.

For some reason, it doesnt let me enter my gamertag for 1943. There's no spot to enter it when you click on the Xbox360 version in the drop down menu

edit: never played 1942. Bought Vietnam when it came out, but i didnt have the rig to run it, so i just gave up. Pretty sure its sitting in my desk somewhere

 
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i also got credit for bad company 1 and heroes.For some reason, it doesnt let me enter my gamertag for 1943. There's no spot to enter it when you click on the Xbox360 version in the drop down menuedit: never played 1942. Bought Vietnam when it came out, but i didnt have the rig to run it, so i just gave up. Pretty sure its sitting in my desk somewhere
It is not giving me credit for my Gamertag for some reason with the BC1 demo.
 
i also got credit for bad company 1 and heroes.For some reason, it doesnt let me enter my gamertag for 1943. There's no spot to enter it when you click on the Xbox360 version in the drop down menuedit: never played 1942. Bought Vietnam when it came out, but i didnt have the rig to run it, so i just gave up. Pretty sure its sitting in my desk somewhere
It is not giving me credit for my Gamertag for some reason with the BC1 demo.
same thing happened with me. then i remembered that i only played the Beta, not the demo.
 
i also got credit for bad company 1 and heroes.For some reason, it doesnt let me enter my gamertag for 1943. There's no spot to enter it when you click on the Xbox360 version in the drop down menuedit: never played 1942. Bought Vietnam when it came out, but i didnt have the rig to run it, so i just gave up. Pretty sure its sitting in my desk somewhere
It is not giving me credit for my Gamertag for some reason with the BC1 demo.
same thing happened with me. then i remembered that i only played the Beta, not the demo.
I have not linked my Gamertag to my Ea account apparently. Too much hassle.
 
Looking around at Newegg right now, I bet I could build a system that would play this and most modern games at decent res and settings for less than $400 INCLUDING Windows 7 OS. Anyone need help in that area?

 
Looking around at Newegg right now, I bet I could build a system that would play this and most modern games at decent res and settings for less than $400 INCLUDING Windows 7 OS. Anyone need help in that area?
What processor would that include?
I just specc'd out an i5 system for a neighbor that is a very good friend for about $760 here:
OK Steve, I had a few minutes at lunch so threw up a spec system for you. I am going for the following:

Case

PSU

HDD

Optical

Card Reader

Vid card

OS

I will then do a CPU/Mobo/RAM combo to go either Intel or AMD, depending on how high end you want to roll.

Decent case for $50

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811147153

550 W OCZ PSU for $45 after MIR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817341022

WD 500 GB SATA HDD for $56

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136073

Lightscribe DVD writer for $32

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106335

Card reader for $10 because you just need them nowadays

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820609298

OS You can buy a Windows 7 Professional key on eBay for about $10 right now, so $10 there

Video card is a little more important. I am sitting at $203 right now, so if I am aiming for $800, have about $600 for RAM, a video card, motherboard and CPU. Nice.

For a decent video card for $160, the ATI 5770 is hard to beat at that price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102864

If you wanted to go bigger, the 5850 is around $300 and a monster

Let's say the $160 card, though. We are sitting at $363. At this point, I am going Intel for high performance and a Crossfire board to boot.

CPU is the Intel Core i-5-660 for $208.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115219

Now we are at $571 with a very nice build. Mobo and RAM is all that is left:

For the mobo, this is mine and I love it - $115 and Crossfire ready:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813157171

So now we are at $686 and just need RAM. 4 GB is all we need.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820227495

That is my RAM for 4 GB at $80.

Grand total is $766 plus a few dollars here and there for shipping.
I could do $400 or so with an AMD CPU and lesser GPU if you have case and a few other things.
 
my brother and i played for a few hours again last night. We tried to use in game VOIP, but i dont think it was working.

We had a huge round in the tank as attackers. I started out the round with 16 kills (he had like 12 plus a dozen or so assists) before they finally took us out. (i was using the advanced Armor upgrade).

the repair mechanism is a whole lot faster in this game than it was in Bf2. Unless the opposing team has skilled players with a very cooderinated attack plan, a tank with a good gunner, the right upgrades and a repairing engineer is going to be a very dificult team to bring down.

IMO, the SCAR is the best gun that is unlockable in the Beta. It seems like the hit detection has gotten better since the first day and i can drop 2 or 3 enemies with 1 clip if i can headshot 1 of them. plus its silenced. I prefer the red dot sight, but the irons arent terrible. Engineer is by far my favorite class so far (big change for me)

And i still maintain that they need to limit sniper counts, at least on the attacking team. It kills the game. There were a few times last night where the otherteam refused to push on 2nd and 3rd MCOM stations and my teammates (the defenders) got frustrated and ventured down the road towards the spawn. these maps are set up so that the area between teh MCOM stations needs to be crossed quickly. (there's no cover). When the defending team ends up in that area against a team of snipers, its nothing but a turkey shoot. Not a big deal (because the defenders and their unlimited tickets still win) but not very fun to play.

 
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my brother and i played for a few hours again last night. We tried to use in game VOIP, but i dont think it was working. We had a huge round in the tank as attackers. I started out the round with 16 kills (he had like 12 plus a dozen or so assists) before they finally took us out. (i was using the advanced Armor upgrade).the repair mechanism is a whole lot faster in this game than it was in Bf2. Unless the opposing team has skilled players with a very cooderinated attack plan, a tank with a good gunner, the right upgrades and a repairing engineer is going to be a very dificult team to bring down. IMO, the SCAR is the best gun that is unlockable in the Beta. It seems like the hit detection has gotten better since the first day and i can drop 2 or 3 enemies with 1 clip if i can headshot 1 of them. plus its silenced. I prefer the red dot sight, but the irons arent terrible. Engineer is by far my favorite class so far (big change for me)And i still maintain that they need to limit sniper counts, at least on the attacking team. It kills the game. There were a few times last night where the otherteam refused to push on 2nd and 3rd MCOM stations and my teammates (the defenders) got frustrated and ventured down the road towards the spawn. these maps are set up so that the area between teh MCOM stations needs to be crossed quickly. (there's no cover). When the defending team ends up in that area against a team of snipers, its nothing but a turkey shoot. Not a big deal (because the defenders and their unlimited tickets still win) but not very fun to play.
Is it me or does the grenade launcher have almost no splash damage?
 
my brother and i played for a few hours again last night. We tried to use in game VOIP, but i dont think it was working. We had a huge round in the tank as attackers. I started out the round with 16 kills (he had like 12 plus a dozen or so assists) before they finally took us out. (i was using the advanced Armor upgrade).the repair mechanism is a whole lot faster in this game than it was in Bf2. Unless the opposing team has skilled players with a very cooderinated attack plan, a tank with a good gunner, the right upgrades and a repairing engineer is going to be a very dificult team to bring down. IMO, the SCAR is the best gun that is unlockable in the Beta. It seems like the hit detection has gotten better since the first day and i can drop 2 or 3 enemies with 1 clip if i can headshot 1 of them. plus its silenced. I prefer the red dot sight, but the irons arent terrible. Engineer is by far my favorite class so far (big change for me)And i still maintain that they need to limit sniper counts, at least on the attacking team. It kills the game. There were a few times last night where the otherteam refused to push on 2nd and 3rd MCOM stations and my teammates (the defenders) got frustrated and ventured down the road towards the spawn. these maps are set up so that the area between teh MCOM stations needs to be crossed quickly. (there's no cover). When the defending team ends up in that area against a team of snipers, its nothing but a turkey shoot. Not a big deal (because the defenders and their unlimited tickets still win) but not very fun to play.
Is it me or does the grenade launcher have almost no splash damage?
very little from what i've seen. But its not THAT bad. If you hit a gun shooting from a window, he usually dies. The rocket launchers are worse though. Last night i flanked the enemy and got into the attic at the 2nd set of MCOM stations. An entire squad was hiding behind a pile of crates next to the main road. I fired a Rocket right into the group. They were all within 5-10 feet of the impact site. None of them saw it coming. Only one died. Of course, i fired 2 more rockets and wiped the whole squad out (they werent very smart) but it should have only taken 1.
 
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You may have already figured this out, but spamming q is like a little forward looking radar. If you spam it where you think enemies might be, you'l often uncover them. Unlike BF2 where it just throws a ? up where ever you hit spot, BC2 will only trigger when it's a real spot.

I have been owning with the sniper spamming q all through the treeline and then burning down the dots.

Played alot today. Mortar Strike is awesome fun. I love that you have to expose yourself to call it in and it's not overly powerful, but it can level a building for you to root out a pesky sniper or force a tank to move.

Man, I think it would be a hell of a lot of fun to play in a squad as recon and provide overwatch for a team of you guys.

 
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my brother and i played for a few hours again last night. We tried to use in game VOIP, but i dont think it was working. We had a huge round in the tank as attackers. I started out the round with 16 kills (he had like 12 plus a dozen or so assists) before they finally took us out. (i was using the advanced Armor upgrade).the repair mechanism is a whole lot faster in this game than it was in Bf2. Unless the opposing team has skilled players with a very cooderinated attack plan, a tank with a good gunner, the right upgrades and a repairing engineer is going to be a very dificult team to bring down. IMO, the SCAR is the best gun that is unlockable in the Beta. It seems like the hit detection has gotten better since the first day and i can drop 2 or 3 enemies with 1 clip if i can headshot 1 of them. plus its silenced. I prefer the red dot sight, but the irons arent terrible. Engineer is by far my favorite class so far (big change for me)And i still maintain that they need to limit sniper counts, at least on the attacking team. It kills the game. There were a few times last night where the otherteam refused to push on 2nd and 3rd MCOM stations and my teammates (the defenders) got frustrated and ventured down the road towards the spawn. these maps are set up so that the area between teh MCOM stations needs to be crossed quickly. (there's no cover). When the defending team ends up in that area against a team of snipers, its nothing but a turkey shoot. Not a big deal (because the defenders and their unlimited tickets still win) but not very fun to play.
Is it me or does the grenade launcher have almost no splash damage?
very little from what i've seen. But its not THAT bad. If you hit a gun shooting from a window, he usually dies. The rocket launchers are worse though. Last night i flanked the enemy and got into the attic at the 2nd set of MCOM stations. An entire squad was hiding behind a pile of crates next to the main road. I fired a Rocket right into the group. They were all within 5-10 feet of the impact site. None of them saw it coming. Only one died. Of course, i fired 2 more rockets and wiped the whole squad out (they werent very smart) but it should have only taken 1.
When it only takes 1 grenade/rocket it's called "OP and N00btubing" and when it takes 2 it's unrealistic! Make up your minds people.
 
my brother and i played for a few hours again last night. We tried to use in game VOIP, but i dont think it was working. We had a huge round in the tank as attackers. I started out the round with 16 kills (he had like 12 plus a dozen or so assists) before they finally took us out. (i was using the advanced Armor upgrade).the repair mechanism is a whole lot faster in this game than it was in Bf2. Unless the opposing team has skilled players with a very cooderinated attack plan, a tank with a good gunner, the right upgrades and a repairing engineer is going to be a very dificult team to bring down. IMO, the SCAR is the best gun that is unlockable in the Beta. It seems like the hit detection has gotten better since the first day and i can drop 2 or 3 enemies with 1 clip if i can headshot 1 of them. plus its silenced. I prefer the red dot sight, but the irons arent terrible. Engineer is by far my favorite class so far (big change for me)And i still maintain that they need to limit sniper counts, at least on the attacking team. It kills the game. There were a few times last night where the otherteam refused to push on 2nd and 3rd MCOM stations and my teammates (the defenders) got frustrated and ventured down the road towards the spawn. these maps are set up so that the area between teh MCOM stations needs to be crossed quickly. (there's no cover). When the defending team ends up in that area against a team of snipers, its nothing but a turkey shoot. Not a big deal (because the defenders and their unlimited tickets still win) but not very fun to play.
Is it me or does the grenade launcher have almost no splash damage?
very little from what i've seen. But its not THAT bad. If you hit a gun shooting from a window, he usually dies. The rocket launchers are worse though. Last night i flanked the enemy and got into the attic at the 2nd set of MCOM stations. An entire squad was hiding behind a pile of crates next to the main road. I fired a Rocket right into the group. They were all within 5-10 feet of the impact site. None of them saw it coming. Only one died. Of course, i fired 2 more rockets and wiped the whole squad out (they werent very smart) but it should have only taken 1.
When it only takes 1 grenade/rocket it's called "OP and N00btubing" and when it takes 2 it's unrealistic! Make up your minds people.
OHAI!
 
I like the grenade/rocket blast radius in this game. It makes it so you have to aim your shot and takes away the cheap feeling of getting a kill when you miss by 20 feet.

 
I like the grenade/rocket blast radius in this game. It makes it so you have to aim your shot and takes away the cheap feeling of getting a kill when you miss by 20 feet.
As long as I see a little x that shows me I did something. I'm still gettting a feel for the range of the launcher, especially the vehicle based one in the Mobile AA
 
FBG Battelfield Ventrilo Server set up :lmao:

Ventrilo Version 3.0.5

IP: ventrilo10.va.powervs.com

Port: 5074

Currently no password and can support 12 users.

See you on the Battlefield :goodposting:

 
FBG Battelfield Ventrilo Server set up :) Ventrilo Version 3.0.5IP: ventrilo10.va.powervs.comPort: 5074Currently no password and can support 12 users. See you on the Battlefield :goodposting:
Oh man, I told you guys I had one we could use for free. We just haven't really been taking advantage of it. Also Fraghaus's Teamspeak 3.0 sounded really nice.Had fun last night though even though voice wasn't working. We cleaned up our rounds. I had another Gold Star (whatever the new equivalent is)
 
:goodposting:

I saw some discussions on free chat options but no links or further action and liked the idea of a chat option just for FBG's

so I created the Vent server.

Its pretty cheap, less than $20.00 for 6 months so its no big deal if it doesn't get used

 
:goodposting:I saw some discussions on free chat options but no links or further action and liked the idea of a chat option just for FBG'sso I created the Vent server. Its pretty cheap, less than $20.00 for 6 months so its no big deal if it doesn't get used
I can understand that. I'll login there from now on when I play. I might suggest you take that info down though and distribute it via PMS. there are people who enjoy going onto un-secured vents and harassing people.Hopefully the audio codes on this vent are good. I know there's a different by provider.
 
something's going on with my mic/sound card. Sound output works fine, but i dont think my computer is detecting any input. come to think of it, i hadnt even used my mic since i upgraded to windows 7. I've got the latest drivers, but i still dont think its work.

And jesus are the settings on vent more complicated than TS. i have no idea what i'm doing in there.

 
:popcorn:I saw some discussions on free chat options but no links or further action and liked the idea of a chat option just for FBG'sso I created the Vent server. Its pretty cheap, less than $20.00 for 6 months so its no big deal if it doesn't get used
I can understand that. I'll login there from now on when I play. I might suggest you take that info down though and distribute it via PMS. there are people who enjoy going onto un-secured vents and harassing people.Hopefully the audio codes on this vent are good. I know there's a different by provider.
if we get harassed I'll password it and send the password around via PM's
 
Sounds like so much hassle to play a game on the PC.
its not the game. its the 3rd party VOIP thats causing me problems. i got it semi-working. And honestly, i'll trade a little issue like that for all the benefits of PC gaming. the server browser and aiming with a mouse more than make up for the extra troubleshooting that comes with a new release.
 
Sounds like so much hassle to play a game on the PC.
OHAI. HOW RU?!?!?!
I'm good. How about yourself?Just never realized all the work that went into playing FPS on PC these days.... you guys have to keep your PCs up to date, pay for a server, and then find somewhere to host voice chat? I understand all that work is to make sure you have less than 10ms of lag, but just seems like so much hassle.
 
Sounds like so much hassle to play a game on the PC.
its not the game. its the 3rd party VOIP thats causing me problems. i got it semi-working. And honestly, i'll trade a little issue like that for all the benefits of PC gaming. the server browser and aiming with a mouse more than make up for the extra troubleshooting that comes with a new release.
To each his own. All this just goes to show why consoles will always be around because most people are like me in regards to gaming... we just want to plug and play.
 
Sounds like so much hassle to play a game on the PC.
its not the game. its the 3rd party VOIP thats causing me problems. i got it semi-working. And honestly, i'll trade a little issue like that for all the benefits of PC gaming. the server browser and aiming with a mouse more than make up for the extra troubleshooting that comes with a new release.
To each his own. All this just goes to show why consoles will always be around because most people are like me in regards to gaming... we just want to plug and play.
i play console games too, but they come with their own issues.
 
Sounds like so much hassle to play a game on the PC.
OHAI. HOW RU?!?!?!
I'm good. How about yourself?Just never realized all the work that went into playing FPS on PC these days.... you guys have to keep your PCs up to date, pay for a server, and then find somewhere to host voice chat? I understand all that work is to make sure you have less than 10ms of lag, but just seems like so much hassle.
It's worth it not to have to deal with the percentages of jackasses that I see on XBox Live. Plus, PC communities are so much more loyal due to the maturity and work that has to be put into the games.
 
OK, anything I need to know about Vent as far as setup? Got connected to the server easy enough, but having always used TS, I don't know if there are any ins or outs to the setup of it all.

 
OK, anything I need to know about Vent as far as setup? Got connected to the server easy enough, but having always used TS, I don't know if there are any ins or outs to the setup of it all.
Basic setup is pretty much plug and play. There are a lot of other options that you can use if you want but you don't need to. The one option I like about Vent is that you can individually adjust volume so you can turn the loud screamers down and the quiet chucklers up. :goodposting:
 
OK, anything I need to know about Vent as far as setup? Got connected to the server easy enough, but having always used TS, I don't know if there are any ins or outs to the setup of it all.
Basic setup is pretty much plug and play. There are a lot of other options that you can use if you want but you don't need to. The one option I like about Vent is that you can individually adjust volume so you can turn the loud screamers down and the quiet chucklers up. :sadbanana:
K, so Maelstrom gets tweaked up and Corp down then?
 

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