Battlefield Bad Company 2 Clubhouse

[erocker]

You have kill 1Kurgan1 10 time using a knife to qualify.

It's futile. I've tried knifing, sniping, mauling, beating, shooting, bombing, tanking, etc. and he doesn't die. Maybe we need a "Can't kill 1Kurgan1 club." Kurgan is really Sargent Slaughter, the fictional character. You can't literally kill fictional characters, so I guess he's got that going for him lawl.

[ChewyBrownSuga]

I can't seem to get online to pick a name or my favorite classes

[overclocking101]

ea servers are down again thats why you cant chewy

[ChewyBrownSuga]

blah when will they be back up?

[1Kurgan1]

It's futile. I've tried knifing, sniping, mauling, beating, shooting, bombing, tanking, etc. and he doesn't die. Maybe we need a "Can't kill 1Kurgan1 club." Kurgan is really Sargent Slaughter, the fictional character. You can't literally kill fictional characters, so I guess he's got that going for him lawl.

:laugh: Thats great, I might have to sig this too :laugh:

[Nick89]

I think I just might be the highest ranking guy on TPU!

http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sig/clean9/pc/PVTCaboose1337.png (http://bfbc2.elxx.net)I would be the highest ranking guy but I cant connect most of the time.

[kid41212003]

Steam server is down, lol?

[lemode]

You have kill 1Kurgan1 10 time using a knife to qualify.

:roll:

[Black Haru]

so, maxed engi and tried medic today... my k/d tanked wall street style. totally different way of playing the game, it's gonna take getting used to.

3 day weekend, so I should be on for ridiculous periods of time.

[1Kurgan1]

Alright lemode I got to ask, who the hell is that guy, he looks like Gerrad Butler, but I really don't think it is, either way, his expression is great. Seeing your sig now makes me have to ask, I figured one pic, eh there always that one pic of someone in a funny pose, but thats 2 and he's wearing a suit there, so I don't think it's coincidence.

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Who has 1kurgan1's tags the most times?

[1Kurgan1]

so, maxed engi and tried medic today... my k/d tanked wall street style. totally different way of playing the game, it's gonna take getting used to.

3 day weekend, so I should be on for ridiculous periods of time.

Hide, and hide some more, any LMG before or after the M60 is pure garbage in comparison. And as soon as you get the LMG unlock for greater accuracy, use it. Once you get that go Ramboing, well not completely, find nice rocks, throw down health paccks behind them and own, but keep moving, don't want to camp for too long or you will get an army of Assault guys noob tubing you.

Who has 1kurgan1's tags the most times?

I'm betting Soviet, I think most of the people that play a lot have knifed me now, I've relaxed on it a bit and increased my K/D, but there is times when I feel the blood lust come back, but thats only during a full moon.

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Im in our server now.

[OnBoard]

It's futile...

1Borg1, resistance is futile :)

Went screenshothappy again, another 15 patch. This time uploaded the in reverse order and still they are wrong way around :ohwell:

Couple destruction shots and no spoilers. Sure is a fun game, but maybe I'll save rest for tomorrow.
http://img717.imageshack.us/g/bfbc2game20100311014033.jpg/

[lemode]

Alright lemode I got to ask, who the hell is that guy, he looks like Gerrad Butler, but I really don't think it is, either way, his expression is great. Seeing your sig now makes me have to ask, I figured one pic, eh there always that one pic of someone in a funny pose, but thats 2 and he's wearing a suit there, so I don't think it's coincidence.

ahah...trip just asked me if that was me in TS.

it's yakov smirnoff. he is a russian comedian from the 80's. his pictures are just so funny and they make me laugh.

I'm betting Soviet, I think most of the people that play a lot have knifed me now, I've relaxed on it a bit and increased my K/D, but there is times when I feel the blood lust come back, but thats only during a full moon.

you and laughing man are tied for 7 tags

[ChewyBrownSuga]

whats the sever name?

[1Kurgan1]

ahah...trip just asked me if that was me in TS.

it's yakov smirnoff. he is a russian comedian from the 80's. his pictures are just so funny and they make me laugh.

A russian with the last name smirnoff, now thats just funny. I wouldn't have thought those pictures would be that old, look to be good quality, granted they are a small size, but very sharp.

whats the sever name?

Go to server browser and search [TPU] make sure TPU is in caps, you'll see it.

[douglatins]

I am getting failed to connect to server key wtf?

[OnBoard]

I'll pop in the server quickly if you guys don't knife me :D Zero sec MP played so far, would just like to see how the latency is.

[human_error]

yay everything's back up, time for some killin'

**edit**

well i would play if i didn't CTD every time my server list loads -.-

[lemode]

lol who is Niko...something

sorry man karma for kamping...after i killed you the 4th time i CTD

[human_error]

so i really get into the rush game on the TPU server...CTD and now whenever i try to join the server i get logged out of EAs servers :shadedshu

Dice really need to fix this game up :mad:

[1Kurgan1]

lol who is Niko...something

sorry man karma for kamping...after i killed you the 4th time i CTD

Nike084? I don't think he's on the list yet, but I think he plays, or at least I thought I seen him post in here.

[OnBoard]

Fun stuff! Just getting hammered with just basic kitts, but doing ok :)

[Mussels]

Fun stuff! Just getting hammered with just basic kitts, but doing ok :)

Your K/D ratio will always suck unless you go medic/assault. I play as engineer and while my K/D is low (and therefore peopel tell me i suck) with repairing, spotting and pwning tanks, i get over 1K points every round with just these 'basic' kits :)

[OnBoard]

Yeah, but got ammo hub unlocked =) Soon medic hub, but first SP to end. Too fun on MP to play single player soon at all :D

Runs amazingly good, did the 4xAA trick, maybe that was it. No problem running MP with everything high, in Beta it was impossible.

[brandonwh64]

ahah...trip just asked me if that was me in TS.

it's yakov smirnoff. he is a russian comedian from the 80's. his pictures are just so funny and they make me laugh.



you and laughing man are tied for 7 tags

This is too funny

http://scienceblogs.com/tfk/images/_tourmate_img_tours_2337-5.jpg

[Wrigleyvillain]

Runs amazingly good, did the 4xAA trick, maybe that was it. No problem running MP with everything high, in Beta it was impossible.


Whats this AA "trick"?

[OnBoard]

Whats this AA "trick"?

2xAA gives horrible performance (at least for some) so higher is better. Ah you got the same card, should work if it doesn't run that great.

[Wrigleyvillain]

Ok ya I read "2X AA bugged" somewhere. But I dont seem to notice much difference in fps or visuals no matter what setting though tbh havent tried totally off yet. AA seems to work but not on all objects. Rooftops and especially thinner things antennas and comm towers are pretty jaggy. My gun for example looks a lot better. Even messed with the settings file.

Tho definitely don't have an fps issue regardless and my system fast but not really "up there" anymore.

[PVTCaboose1337]

I still think I have the highest rank of anyone. However, spring break means I won't be playing much BC2, so I end on this note:

http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sig/cleanc/pc/PVTCaboose1337/0042a.png

[Wrigleyvillain]

Not much else going on in San Antonio eh? ;)

[1Kurgan1]

Your K/D ratio will always suck unless you go medic/assault. I play as engineer and while my K/D is low (and therefore peopel tell me i suck) with repairing, spotting and pwning tanks, i get over 1K points every round with just these 'basic' kits :)

You suck, dont listen to his advice :laugh: Also dont forget sniping, good K/D ratio when your always hiding, eng is a rough one though.

[PVTCaboose1337]

Medic is where I get my best K/D because of the M60. No other reason. I get super heals, revives etc too which help! The worst is engie because of underpowered weapons. However, once you get the M14, you can roll with the other classes, and be a combat engie. I also have grown to love the anti-tank mine. Just drive a tank for a few rounds on a map, get a hang of where you go, then play engie, plant mines around where you drove, especially in the ditches and potholes. I am done with RPG's and others, they are horrible. My real anti tank class is sniper and zerg suicide c4 rush. That or mortar. Mortar is probably a better choice for the masses yeah...

EDIT: 1Kurgan1, add me to your friends list in game! I want to go up against you sometime!

Not much else going on in San Antonio eh? ;)

No there is not. Nearly everyone I know is going to South Padre or something... I'm going to France.

[tigger]

I do believe i was lucky and killed you 1Kurgan1 :P

Lovely lovely game when the servers are'nt buggering about.

[boise49ers]

You suck, dont listen to his advice :laugh: Also dont forget sniping, good K/D ratio when your always hiding, eng is a rough one though.

Hell yes it is. I get blown up repairing other people all the time. Never any medics around either. How do you call for one any way(medic). Not that you will need one when you get blown up repairing vehicles. I was bleeding out one round and ran around the whole map looking for one and never could find one. Finally ran around a corner and took a tank round in the face. No need for a medic then.

[Mussels]

its the one lame bit of consoleitis on the PC version... that one button does everything. to call for a medic, you have to look at him and hit Q...


why cant they just seperate the buttons and give us that advantage? its not like we're Vsing the console players, and it would give us an unfair advantage...

[1Kurgan1]

I like the Q button, its nice for marking, not for calling for a medic or ammo, I never hear my guy yell anything when I hit Q on a Assault guy. But honestly, it wouldnt matter if there was other buttons or even ways to make it flash "rez me fool", "give me ammo now!" right on peoples screens, they just dont get it and wouldn't do it anyways. I watch other Medics run right past my corpse, and those moving ammo boxes never drop ammo. I hated the radial wheel in BF2, too time consuming.

I still think I have the highest rank of anyone. However, spring break means I won't be playing much BC2, so I end on this note:

http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sig/cleanc/pc/PVTCaboose1337/0042a.png

I am now almost 25, so right with you.

[OnBoard]

I like the Q button, its nice for marking, not for calling for a medic or ammo, I never hear my guy yell anything when I hit Q on a Assault guy. But honestly, it wouldnt matter if there was other buttons or even ways to make it flash "rez me fool", "give me ammo now!" right on peoples screens, they just dont get it and wouldn't do it anyways. I watch other Medics run right past my corpse, and those moving ammo boxes never drop ammo. I hated the radial wheel in BF2, too time consuming.

BF2142 wheel was quite the same, just more stylized
http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/819222/images/image040.jpg

But what I miss is (in this): page up said "roger" "righto" and that stuff and page down said "negative "no can do" and similar. So when a squad leader gave an order you could just hit those. Or someone asking for heal/ammo/lift a quick page down was enough, if you couldn't do it (like already deploed medic hub). Had to type in this that I don't have a health back yet, would have killed me in tight spot.

Commo Rose was needes just for pickup, ammo, heal and I need reinforcements <- that one no-one ever listened to, lost many rounds because of it. Oh and there was that specific spot menu too that you could select what you saw, if you didn't quite have the time to spot it.

The sound is quite backwards in this, in BF2142 you could only hear people yelling what they needed and so on, in this just explosions and guns and team stuff is missing. Something in the middle would be great :)

[Mussels]

the ability to call for medics, ammo, and support (inf/armour) is all we need. a rose comms menu would be perfect.

[OnBoard]

the ability to call for medics, ammo, and support (inf/armour) is all we need. a rose comms menu would be perfect.

Agree, doesn't need that many buttons as there were. Simple center spot and those + pick up around.

[kid41212003]

I do look at the mini-map frequently. So, if people request for ammo, I see it right away. I don't pay much attention to the voices except enemy spotting (natural reaction to those voices :D). But I guess in some tight situation, it's a lil bit hard to make someone to notice your requests.

They only need to make it more noticeable, and it will work perfectly. A single button is enough.

[Mussels]

I do look at the mini-map frequently. So, if people request for ammo, I see it right away. I don't pay much attention to the voices except enemy spotting (natural reaction to those voices :D). But I guess in some tight situation, it's a lil bit hard to make someone to notice your requests.

They only need to make it more noticeable, and it will work perfectly. A single button is enough.

no its not. you cant call for a medic without seeing one in front of you, which means you're spinning in circles like a tard to find one.

iv'e jumped up and down in front of a medic asking for help, all he did was shot me. its just not clear enough when people need HEALING, as opposed to reviving.

[Nick89]

Where is the TPU server located? It sucks because I always have 200+ ping...

[1Kurgan1]

the ability to call for medics, ammo, and support (inf/armour) is all we need. a rose comms menu would be perfect.

It won't help any. People don't care, people are out to kill, not to play team work. Like I said I barely ever see ammo dropped, or health packs down, reguardless of who needs it, those should always be down. And it was the same for BF2 or any other game, people just play and don't care.

no its not. you cant call for a medic without seeing one in front of you, which means you're spinning in circles like a tard to find one.

iv'e jumped up and down in front of a medic asking for help, all he did was shot me. its just not clear enough when people need HEALING, as opposed to reviving.

Theres a big blinking cross on the map, same as when someone dies, it's really easy to spot, like I said above, just no one cares.

[kid41212003]

no its not. you cant call for a medic without seeing one in front of you, which means you're spinning in circles like a tard to find one.

iv'e jumped up and down in front of a medic asking for help, all he did was shot me. its just not clear enough when people need HEALING, as opposed to reviving.

Your icon will turn into a cross, and kept flashing on the mini map, and you don't have to press Q. 90% of the time when I was just sitting at one place to recover my HP and a medic was passing by, and then he dropped me a healing pack, and I did not even ask for it, it's hard not to see someone is low in HP, unless the Medic thinks he is not a Medic.

Anyone knows how to play a Medic would do that without even thinking, you can see people's HP bar after all.

Where is the server located? It sucks because I always have 200+ ping...

Virginia, I believe. My ping is not bad 70-90ms, and I'm from the West coast... CA :ohwell:

@1Kurgan1

The betas (both PC, and PS3) seem to have more pro players, cause I got revived, ammo, and health pack like ALL the time.

[AphexDreamer]

No offense to the TPU server but I dont think I'll be playing on it till EA gets things straight. 3 times I played on it and each time I get disconnected right at the end of match and lose all my points. :(

[shevanel]

same here.. i should be rank 11 but im only 8.. ive lost stats at least 6 times but i dont care i just play to have fun i dont really care to rush though.. im having a blast with this game.

[bigtye]

no its not. you cant call for a medic without seeing one in front of you, which means you're spinning in circles like a tard to find one.

iv'e jumped up and down in front of a medic asking for help, all he did was shot me. its just not clear enough when people need HEALING, as opposed to reviving.

Add me mate.

Big_Tye

I play medic with both tech slots for med packs, supa quick and supa long "special Tye massage", have you back on your feet in no time.

I play Apex server, BLM and AU BC2 server.

PM if you want TS3 details for my clan. You can jump on for a whirl.

Tye

[1Kurgan1]

@1Kurgan1

The betas (both PC, and PS3) seem to have more pro players, cause I got revived, ammo, and health pack like ALL the time.

I think for Assault your right, I always got ammo. But for Medics, my god was the betas bad, especially the PC beta. I can recall right at the beginning of the pipeline on the last set of crates (bottom of the hill), I was dead, I watched 5, I'm not kidding you, 5 Medics run right over my corpse. All of them were looking up at the top base just holding down the machine gun, most likely aiming at nothing, and if they were they would be missing since burst first especially with the crappy machine guns is the only way to hit anything. /rant off

But yeah, it does seem people are improving, but still having an LMG I run out of ammo a lot and am forced to grab another kit, or sometimes I will grab an assault guys kit, drop myself ammo, grab my kit back and res him just to be sure I get ammo :laugh:

No offense to the TPU server but I dont think I'll be playing on it till EA gets things straight. 3 times I played on it and each time I get disconnected right at the end of match and lose all my points. :(

It does seem strange how the server is dropping only 1 side at a time. That 1st map that dropped I was 29/11, wasn't too happy about loosing that, and lost a 28/9 map before. But both times only 1 side got dropped, makes no sense.

[mdsx1950]

I'm getting my copy soon. One of these days, and i know i'll love the game so can i join this clubhouse? :D

[TheMailMan78]

It's futile. I've tried knifing, sniping, mauling, beating, shooting, bombing, tanking, etc. and he doesn't die. Maybe we need a "Can't kill 1Kurgan1 club." Kurgan is really Sargent Slaughter, the fictional character. You can't literally kill fictional characters, so I guess he's got that going for him lawl.

I have three of his dog tags. I wear them with pride.

[F430]

I have a problem with my xbox 360 controler, i need to progrem it so i can play with it on my computer and i don't know how...plz help tnx...and it isn't possible to progrem the right joystick..

[Tatty_One]

Well I have just picked up the game, gonna install it when I get home from work, then play a bit of single player to get a hang of it, then be prepared for an old man to kick some butt! :rockout:

[Mussels]

I have a problem with my xbox 360 controler, i need to progrem it so i can play with it on my computer and i don't know how...plz help tnx...and it isn't possible to progrem the right joystick..

you plug it in, it works or it doesnt.

[tigger]

Forget it tatty :P im an oldie too and usually my reactions are way to slow for nippers but i enjoy playing so i dont really care how bad my k/d ratio is excetra.

[Black Haru]

so whats with all the engi bashing?

I think with engineer people forget why the guns have silencers. as engi I did almost as much sneaking as most snipers. once you get up to the AK-74 your pretty much set, I had no trouble keeping a respectable k/d. (also the guided rocket is a god-send)

[Tatty_One]

Forget it tatty :P im an oldie too and usually my reactions are way to slow for nippers but i enjoy playing so i dont really care how bad my k/d ratio is excetra.

Not as old as me!!! I'll just snipe and run away!!

[Mussels]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/Capture553.jpg

beat that, biotches :P KD of 8.0

[douglatins]

About the eng, all the rockets do the same damage? Because it always seems i blow more shit up with the RPG!

http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/Capture553.jpg

beat that, biotches :P KD of 8.0

Dude you divided by zero :roll:

[Mussels]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/Capture554.jpg


triple kill with one rocket :D uber score!

[shevanel]

yeah but RPGs cant fly around a corner

[boise49ers]

I have a problem with my xbox 360 controler, i need to progrem it so i can play with it on my computer and i don't know how...plz help tnx...and it isn't possible to progrem the right joystick..

Xpadder !
This program works well to map keys to Controller.
I use it for Flying, which I still suck at.

http://xpadder.com/index.html

[boise49ers]

Forget it tatty :P im an oldie too and usually my reactions are way to slow for nippers but i enjoy playing so i dont really care how bad my k/d ratio is excetra.

Exactly ! If I worried about my K/D ratio I would of quit 10 years ago. I play to have those once in a great while games where everything just plays out right and I look like I know what the hell I'm doing. Plus I live to blow shit up. That is why engineer is the sweetest of classes. I had a round on COD 4 where two young really mouthy punks said lets rape this guy when I first came online. It was just me against them. By the end of the game it was like 20 to 8. I slaughtered both of them time after time. So right before the level ended they go oh he's hacking. Shit I don't have a clue how to hack. Typical though you have a great game and they call you a cheater.
Fawkin Punks :D

How old is old Tatty and Tigger ? I'm thinking I fall under that category !

[tigger]

We should team up and kill all these punks on here tatty,the gramps on a rampage team :p

[boise49ers]

We should team up and kill all these punks on here tatty,the gramps on a rampage team :p

Well I'm a 3 time grandpa so I must be one of you too:roll:

[boise49ers]

so whats with all the engi bashing?

I think with engineer people forget why the guns have silencers. as engi I did almost as much sneaking as most snipers. once you get up to the AK-74 your pretty much set, I had no trouble keeping a respectable k/d. (also the guided rocket is a god-send)

Yeah can't wait to get that. When you get that , can you then launch
one after a dart and hit the target with out much aiming ? I have hit
few tanks with the dart and waited for some one to blow it up thinking the
UAV guy would, but nothing happened.

[Mussels]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/Capture555.jpg


7.5 :D


also, i learned the engineer wrench thingy destroys enemy vehicles... rather fast too

[Tatty_One]

Well I'm a 3 time grandpa so I must be one of you too:roll:

Just one for me and thats enuff!

[human_error]

also, i learned the engineer wrench thingy destroys enemy vehicles... rather fast too

o.O gonna have to test this - saves me ninjaing in and surrounding enemy tanks with AT mines before making my retreat and poking the mines with a friendly shotgun shell.

BTW i'm finding the autoshotty amazing now i've got my aim in - get the speed boost power and bam! shotgun in the back (i think everyone who was on this morning had quite a bit of lead and stab wounds in their backs:p)

[rampage]

cool i didnt realise the repair tool destroted enemy vehicles. nice K/D ratio

also waht were the bronze dog tags ?

[douglatins]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/Capture553.jpg

beat that, biotches :P KD of 8.0

once i got 17/0 but then i got greedy and died, ended with 32/4 sniper though

[boise49ers]

cool i didnt realise the repair tool destroted enemy vehicles. nice K/D ratio

also waht were the bronze dog tags ?

Knife kills

[F430]

Xpadder !
This program works well to map keys to Controller.
I use it for Flying, which I still suck at.

http://xpadder.com/index.html

Is it good for other things except flying?

[Mussels]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/Capture556.jpg

4 kills yet 10 kills? durrr, multiple kills in one shot makes game spaz

yeah... 112 rockets with 86% accuracy. i was really, REALLY pissing off the enemy with their choppers - one shot killing the pilot was always fun, chopper dropped like a rock into the ocean.

[boise49ers]

Is it good for other things except flying?

Couldn't tell you brother. I would much rather use Keyboard
and mouse over controller, except for flying. Download it and
try it out is all I can suggest. Good Luck !

[boise49ers]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/Capture556.jpg

4 kills yet 10 kills? durrr, multiple kills in one shot makes game spaz

yeah... 112 rockets with 86% accuracy. i was really, REALLY pissing off the enemy with their choppers - one shot killing the pilot was always fun, chopper dropped like a rock into the ocean.

When do you get that rocket launcher ? Thats is an engineer unlock , correct ?

[Mussels]

When do you get that rocket launcher ? Thats is an engineer unlock , correct ?

indeedily doodely neighbour

[boise49ers]

indeedily doodely neighbour

And when does that unlock do you remember ?

[Black Haru]

Yeah can't wait to get that. When you get that , can you then launch
one after a dart and hit the target with out much aiming ? I have hit
few tanks with the dart and waited for some one to blow it up thinking the
UAV guy would, but nothing happened.


the RPG and the gustav lock on to tracers, the guided (the name escapes me) does not. it moves with your crosshair (like the stationary AT)


the RPG does the most damage VS armor (I think) the gustav is faster traveling and better VS infantry the Guided does reasonable damage to armor, but is relatively slow moving.

[Mussels]

And when does that unlock do you remember ?

about a week ago, for me :D

[boise49ers]

about a week ago, for me :D
Thank you that was Very helpful. :rolleyes: Guess that mean I'll
see when it happens eh ? Don't want to spoil it for me right ? :D

[Mussels]

Thank you that was Very helpful. :rolleyes: Guess that mean I'll
see when it happens eh ? Don't want to spoil it for me right ? :D

i seem to unlock something new every time i play, and i've only played four times.

[twicksisted]

[url]also, i learned the engineer wrench thingy destroys enemy vehicles... rather fast too

Yeah i love fragging people with the medic defribulator... hit an enemy with a defrib, instant kill... better than knife :P

[Black Haru]

@boise49ers; in your multiplayer tab on the menu go to "weapons and gadgets" it will tell you how many points are required for each unlock.

[epicfail]

Lol, well how long do you play in intervals mussels that might explain why, because like same for me also, it doesn't take long to unlock stuff expecially for medic

[Mussels]

Lol, well how long do you play in intervals mussels that might explain why, because like same for me also, it doesn't take long to unlock stuff expecially for medic

maybe 2 hour stints?


i'm also something of a team player, example i just got the smoke launcher upgrade for vehicles - on the UAV that makes it SHOOT smoke grenades onto the ground :D

i'll fire a rocket at some vehicle, make it fall back, and then look for whatevers left and smoke it - you can stop MG's, rocket launchers, tanks, snipers... just about anything from seeing your team and thus firing at them.


oh and that 8:0 round i had one of the more awesome events in the game. i was covering the approach up some cliffside where ~5 friendlies were - one would fire a tracer at tanks, if it hit the otehrs would pop up simultaneously and fire all their rockets... seeing 4-5 guided rockets home in on a tank in perfect sync is just awe inspiring (or terrifying for the enemy)

[Tatty_One]

So before I install the game, I assume you can "chop & change" what you are whenever you want?

[digibucc]

you can choose different loadouts before a map or whenever you die
assault(ammo)
engie(repair)
medic(heal/revive)
recon(mortar)

they all have different skills and different weapons, though some weapon unlocks are available to all classes. the special skills are in captions next to the class.
i don't know if you can change your name and keep your skills .

spot. spot spot spot. mash your q button, your team will love you for it :)

[human_error]

spot. spot spot spot. mash your q button, your team will love you for it :)

I keep seeing people saying to do this - when i installed and played the game spot wasn't mapped to any keys at all - i had to map it to Q for it to work. If you have just installed the game i'd suggest checking that the key is mapped before trying for a while wandering why it wasn't working (like i did :p)

But yeah spotting is a really good help - plus you get +20 points if someone else kills someone you've spotted.

[epicfail]

i don't know if you can change your name and keep your skills .



can only switch your tag, not the name. that does a whole new soldier you keep your old one though. also

[Mussels]

can only switch your tag, not the name. that does a whole new soldier you keep your old one though. also

we have a quote button. its much easier than the way you did it (yeah, i can see what you did in realtime :P), and it shows the name of the person you quoted (and a link to their post)


spotting is great, i get tons of points from it - and it really helps those in backwards positions (snipers, vehicles, etc)

[epicfail]

we have a quote button. its much easier than the way you did it (yeah, i can see what you did in realtime :P), and it shows the name of the person you quoted (and a link to their post)


spotting is great, i get tons of points from it - and it really helps those in backwards positions (snipers, vehicles, etc)

haha ya i no, i did that but i removed some of the text i wasnt responding too and i guess removed too much of the quote thing so i just redid the quotes. :-P

I Keep forgetting to spot, i think ive spotted once since Saturday, dont no its just not a natural move yet.

[brandonwh64]

Mussels is racking up the rank! soon he will be passing us!

I have to update my sig pic cause i ranked up ALOT last night

http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sig/clean1/pc/AzzKKr64.png

[boise49ers]

maybe 2 hour stints?


Wow if I play 5 games a night that is a lot for me.
And that is spread over the evening. I can't
sit in one place that long. No wonder
I get slaughtered.

[lemode]

Mussels is racking up the rank! soon he will be passing us!

I have to update my sig pic cause i ranked up ALOT last night

http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sig/clean1/pc/AzzKKr64.png

you don't knife a lot! get to it man!

[PVTCaboose1337]

People who don't knife alot = play sniper all the damn time and don't help their team.

[lemode]

People who don't knife alot = play sniper all the damn time and don't help their team.

i play sniper a lot and i still manage to do both. the only map that i just like to be useles in is laguna persa...but even then i will cap A.

[random]

Hehe snipers are fine on normal servers, on hardcore servers they are a nuisance. The one shot kill thing makes everyone think they can snipe other than that it at least attracts for cheap easy kills.

I've found engineer to give me the most kills at the moment compared to assault or recon on normal servers.

Sig updated!

EDIT: By the way whats the deal with pressing Q? I had a team member raging cause no-one would press it lol.

[epicfail]

Wow if I play 5 games a night that is a lot for me.
And that is spread over the evening. I can't
sit in one place that long. No wonder
I get slaughtered.
haha really? i do atleast 3-4 hours stints usually, then i get off during the week, weekend i play alot though if i dont work, or have something to do.

People who don't knife alot = play sniper all the damn time and don't help their team.

lmao, i snipe more in sniper class compared to my other classes, because i sneak into the enemies base and knife them.

Hehe snipers are fine on normal servers, on hardcore servers they are a nuisance. The one shot kill thing makes everyone think they can snipe other than that it at least attracts for cheap easy kills.

I've found engineer to give me the most kills at the moment compared to assault or recon on normal servers.

Sig updated!
thats why theres m95 for regular servers haha,
but dont worry you guys are kind of a nuissance also in hc servers 1 or 2 shot kills for autos :-/.


ya i get more kills as medic than any other, then recon,

EDIT: cuz you editted, lol, q makes you see the red arrows or tank icons on your screen, and i think you can lock onto to them not sure though that might be tracers. it gives you free points and helps your team win.

[brandonwh64]

i try not to get close enough to knife unless i have too :)

[epicfail]

i try not to get close enough to knife unless i have too :)

lmao, come on man kd doesnt mean anything mine is only .88 because i rush and knife shit :-P

[lemode]

EDIT: By the way whats the deal with pressing Q? I had a team member raging cause no-one would press it lol.

Q is for spotting.

It's important to note where the enemy is for your team. Learn it, spam it, love it!

[epicfail]

Q is for spotting.

It's important to note where the enemy is for your team. Learn it, spam it, love it!

K i guess he already said this kind of.

but think of it as free points, helping your team.

because you see the red triangle werever he is, behind a wall, in a tank, you will always no were he is until it times out. so thats why its good.

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Sometimes I spam the spot button on enemies already being shot. Still gives points. :roll:

[sNiPeRbOb]

Sometimes I spam the spot button on enemies already being shot. Still gives points. :roll:

I've totally done that too. Spotting helps get rid of those pesky snipers. Spot one out, and tell your squad in vent to have at it! :cool:

[epicfail]

I've totally done that too. Spotting helps get rid of those pesky snipers. Spot one out, and tell your squad in vent to have at it! :cool:


so your the reason i keep getting hit while hiding in my little spots ;-)

[sNiPeRbOb]

so your the reason i keep getting hit while hiding in my little spots ;-)

Noooooo... :rolleyes: :laugh:

[epicfail]

Noooooo... :rolleyes: :laugh:

Ya i try to take sneaky ways to get behind the other people, but sometimes i get spotted so i cant knife the other team.

[btarunr]

Single Player campaign is so underwhelming!

[epicfail]

Single Player campaign is so underwhelming!

the dam servers down again? :-/

hopefully there up by 4:30 central so i can play all night then leave at 9:30 to go hang with this girl and have fun ;-)

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Single Player campaign is so underwhelming!

Since it's the first BF campaign on PC it could be worse I suppose. The AI is garbage though.

[cadaveca]

I love how the AI ignores your team, and always focuses on you! lol. And they can see through walls, etc...damn hackers!:laugh:

[epicfail]

I love how the AI ignores your team, and always focuses on you! lol. And they can see through walls, etc...damn hackers!:laugh:

ya cant use your teammates as bait, but i guess you couldnt in mw2 either, they focused on u if you were out.

[EastCoasthandle]

The number in game is not PING.
What the number shows in game is game latency.
This is basically how far behind the client is compared to the server.
We try to keep the server a small portion in front of the clients so in most cases it can use replicated data until they get the next ghost update from the server. If there is a lag spike it will start predicting the state when they run out of information, however, the basic idea is to smooth out the experience compared to everything having to be corrected when the predictions are slightly off.

Post (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/951015-everybody-laggs-100-ping.html#post13252644)

[epicfail]

Why cant people just get good internet to play there fps games so they wouldnt need to do this for lagspikes?

[niko084]

Why cant people just get good internet to play there fps games so they wouldnt need to do this for lagspikes?

What is the sense of this post?

Please refrain from posting useless things, your complaint isn't even really valid.

[epicfail]

What is the sense of this post?

Please refrain from posting useless things, your complaint isn't even really valid.

The number in game is not PING.
What the number shows in game is game latency.
This is basically how far behind the client is compared to the server.
We try to keep the server a small portion in front of the clients so in most cases it can use replicated data until they get the next ghost update from the server. If there is a lag spike it will start predicting the state when they run out of information, however, the basic idea is to smooth out the experience compared to everything having to be corrected when the predictions are slightly off.


From what i understood, there trying to give us a bigger latency to the server so they can predict what will happen next for lag spikes that can happen, to smooth down the lag spike

My post said if people had good internet connections we wouldnt have to worry about lag spikes,

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

This game is complete winning FAIL.

[boise49ers]

I love how the AI ignores your team, and always focuses on you! lol. And they can see through walls, etc...damn hackers!:laugh:
I have to agree with that. They (your squad) can be in the wide open surrounded
and if you poke your flippin head out they all gun for you. Even the tanks do it.

[shevanel]

naysayer

[boise49ers]

Why cant people just get good internet to play there fps games so they wouldnt need to do this for lagspikes?

Yeah in these roaring times of prosperity they should make that a priority :roll:
Screw the kids clothes and feeding that damn dog Pop needs to play BFBC2 :D

[epicfail]

Yeah in these roaring times of prosperity they should make that a priority :roll:
Screw the kids clothes and feeding that damn dog Pop needs to play BFBC2 :D

finally someone who makes sense ;-) lol jk, im just saying even if you dont have that great of internet you shouldnt be spiking, it sounded wrong the way i said it but.


I have to agree with that. They (your squad) can be in the wide open surrounded
and if you poke your flippin head out they all gun for you. Even the tanks do it.
forgot to double quote so, but ya the first mission in mw2, were you were in the gunner and had to make it across town was quite annoying since bullets seemed to be attracted to your head.

[niko084]

From what i understood, there trying to give us a bigger latency to the server so they can predict what will happen next for lag spikes that can happen, to smooth down the lag spike

My post said if people had good internet connections we wouldn't have to worry about lag spikes,

While this is true, it doesn't really cause "lag".

Yes it can be slightly annoying do to calculations being incorrect, but that's not something that can ever really be totally fixed.

But your complaint is completely ridiculous and simply not even possible for a lot of people.
Did you know Qwest along with many others offer high speed in locations they are not really ready for and you will be lucky to hold a connection for more than a few hours let alone get transfer rates of higher than 50kb/s.

With only 60% of the intnernet users being on high speed, 40% being on dial up and the something like 40% of the US population not even having internet service...

The infrastructure isn't even there yet, let alone the requirement for everyone to have a $1000+ computer to play these games decently.

I understand the frustration but complaint to the big communications companies that own these lines that took billions of tax dollars to switch the entire system over to fiber and they didn't, this started in the early 1990s I believe, they cashed out and told the government they didn't have the money to replace it, *read STOLE our money and didn't do with it what it was given to them for.

[boise49ers]

finally someone who makes sense ;-) lol jk, im just saying even if you dont have that great of internet you shouldnt be spiking, it sounded wrong the way i said it but.



forgot to double quote so, but ya the first mission in mw2, were you were in the gunner and had to make it across town was quite annoying since bullets seemed to be attracted to your head.

Hey don't pay attention to me I'm a sarcasitc bastard :rolleyes:
I just wait for stuff like that just to be a smartass. Takes my co-workers
awhile to catch on. That can be pretty funny. The wife she hates it. I hope
to play a few rounds tonight. I need to quit changing my key lay out though.
I think I have a pretty good one now. Just remembering what you changed up
can be difficult for us seniors.

[shevanel]

yeah i put f as communicate/spot and q as pistol switch.. took me a while to get used to it.. in fire fights i would run up and spot them and then get shot in my face..

i was trying to pull a pistol but i wasnt used to my layout.. all good now though lol

[boise49ers]

yeah i put f as communicate/spot and q as pistol switch.. took me a while to get used to it.. in fire fights i would run up and spot them and then get shot in my face..

i was trying to pull a pistol but i wasnt used to my layout.. all good now though lol

Yeah that is like pulling out the racket gun to knife some one. Or think you are repairing a vehicle and shoot an RPG instead. I've done all the combinations of stupid shit. Of course at home I've been known to put dish soap in the refrigerator too.

[Black Haru]

Of course at home I've been known to put dish soap in the refrigerator too.

I have so been there.


Also, with spot, if your target takes cover, you know where they are going to pop back up at. I've found I do a lot better spotting every single enemy even no one else will see. (also, I've gotten spot assists on my own kills before)

[epicfail]

While this is true, it doesn't really cause "lag".

Yes it can be slightly annoying do to calculations being incorrect, but that's not something that can ever really be totally fixed.

But your complaint is completely ridiculous and simply not even possible for a lot of people.
Did you know Qwest along with many others offer high speed in locations they are not really ready for and you will be lucky to hold a connection for more than a few hours let alone get transfer rates of higher than 50kb/s.

With only 60% of the intnernet users being on high speed, 40% being on dial up and the something like 40% of the US population not even having internet service...

The infrastructure isn't even there yet, let alone the requirement for everyone to have a $1000+ computer to play these games decently.

I understand the frustration but complaint to the big communications companies that own these lines that took billions of tax dollars to switch the entire system over to fiber and they didn't, this started in the early 1990s I believe, they cashed out and told the government they didn't have the money to replace it, *read STOLE our money and didn't do with it what it was given to them for.

Sadly i guess ive just been kind of spoiled i guess, ive had high speed since i was 4 or 5, which is when i started gaming, so i never game'd on dialup, and the people in my town have high speed except maybe a couple people old people, and i live in the country, maybe 1 outa 10 or 1 outa 15 that have dialup, and they have its because they cant get high speed for they live.
With only 60% of the intnernet users being on high speed, 40% being on dial up and the something like 40% of the US population not even having internet service...

not getting your math here :-(, theres usa has 140% population?. i would guess usa would be closer to like 65%, 20% dialup, 15% none.

[QUOTE]The infrastructure isn't even there yet, let alone the requirement for everyone to have a $1000+ computer to play these games decently.[QUOTE]
i know this is not great a thing for me to say, so your saying that if i paid my money i got for working on a 1500 dollar computer, i should be even penalized a bit playing a game because of those that dont have the money to pay for there computer that can run the game well?

but anyways what does latency have to do with computer price? its your internet that makes you lag spike, unless its fps lag which isnt what we were talking about

[boise49ers]

Sadly i guess ive just been kind of spoiled i guess, ive had high speed since i was 4 or 5,
I was about that old when my Pop got our first black and white TV set. You've seen the kind with the wooden cabinet and little semi round screen. Then when I was about 10 we got a 20" quasar works in a drawer color TV. You old guys out there, remember those ? Ok this is a game thread Sorry for the off-topic crap. :respect:

[Loosenut]

I was about that old when my Pop got our first black and white TV set. You've seen the kind with the wooden cabinet and little semi round screen. Then when I was about 10 we got a 20" quasar works in a drawer color TV. You old guys out there, remember those ? Ok this is a game thread Sorry for the off-topic crap. :respect:

Quasar...by Motorola. There's a name I haven't heard in a while :laugh:

[niko084]

not getting your math here :-(, theres usa has 140% population?. i would guess usa would be closer to like 65%, 20% dialup, 15% none.

Of the people that have internet 60% have high speed, 40% have dialup, out of everyone only about 60% even has internet.

The infrastructure isn't even there yet, let alone the requirement for everyone to have a $1000+ computer to play these games decently.


i know this is not great a thing for me to say, so your saying that if i paid my money i got for working on a 1500 dollar computer, i should be even penalized a bit playing a game because of those that dont have the money to pay for there computer that can run the game well?

but anyways what does latency have to do with computer price? its your internet that makes you lag spike, unless its fps lag which isnt what we were talking about

I'm saying its kinda the same subject... Not everyone can afford it, or even has the ability to get it at their location.

Don't get me wrong man I understand the pain perfectly well but it's something you just have to deal with if you want to play online games...

Tis why LAN FTW *read :slap: them for not allowing it.*

[epicfail]

Quasar...by Motorola. There's a name I haven't heard in a while :laugh:



was wondering what the hell you were talking about without you saying by motorolla i wouldnt of found it though, i checked Quasar and apparently its a black hole.
lmao
i truly think ive seen that one before, my grandma had one or something, or it might of just been on tv.

Of the people that have internet 60% have high speed, 40% have dialup, out of everyone only about 60% even has internet.





I'm saying its kinda the same subject... Not everyone can afford it, or even has the ability to get it at their location.

Don't get me wrong man I understand the pain perfectly well but it's something you just have to deal with if you want to play online games...

Tis why LAN FTW *read :slap: them for not allowing it.*

ahh k all good i didnt understand the way you said it i guess.

[lemode]

For iPhone owners, there’s an app that allows you to track you bad co 2 stats!

there is a paid version as well that lets you compare stats Pins insignias or battlefield news features.

just search iTunes for 'Battlefield Bad Company 2 stats Lite'

[Wrigleyvillain]

BFBC2 subreddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/badcompany2/)

[epicfail]

For iPhone owners, there’s an app that allows you to track you bad co 2 stats!

there is a paid version as well that lets you compare stats Pins insignias or battlefield news features.

just search iTunes for 'Battlefield Bad Company 2 stats Lite'

whats the point in that, truthfully u should no your stats.

[1Kurgan1]

indeedily doodely neighbour

Don't you mean neighboreeno?

i try not to get close enough to knife unless i have too :)

:D

lmao, come on man kd doesnt mean anything mine is only .88 because i rush and knife shit :-P

Yeah mine was around 1.2 - 1.3 during the first 3 days, then I got the 200 tag medal on the 3rd day and have relaxed since then and now I'm getting close to 2. It's risky to go in for tags.

[epicfail]

Yeah mine was around 1.2 - 1.3 during the first 3 days, then I got the 200 tag medal on the 3rd day and have relaxed since then and now I'm getting close to 2. It's risky to go in for tags.


lmao ya, but thats what makes it thrilling ;-)

[Nick89]

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Sucks.

I'll say this with good reason until I can play a game without disconnecting, or actually be able to play the single player with sound.

[brandonwh64]

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Sucks.

I'll say this with good reason until I can play a game without disconnecting, or actually be able to play the single player with sound.

sounds like you are having a bad time :(

[Nick89]

sounds like you are having a bad time :(

I'd be having a good time if I could actually connect to the EA servers, and when I finally do connect, stay connected long enough to finish a round.

[brandonwh64]

I Get High With a Little Help from My Friends (Playing around in BF:BC2) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQzdLR-rVUo)

[AphexDreamer]

Any1 else find it annoying that you have to keep reselecting your weapons, specializations, etc... for each class at the start of each new server you load into?

[digibucc]

Any1 else find it annoying that you have to keep reselecting your weapons, specializations, etc... for each class at the start of each new server you load into?

i find it refreshing ;)

[TheLaughingMan]

I'd be having a good time if I could actually connect to the EA servers, and when I finally do connect, stay connected long enough to finish a round.

I know you have tried all the usual suspects, driver updates, etc. Have you gotten to the point where you just purge the game and reinstall it from scratch yet?

Any1 else find it annoying that you have to keep reselecting your weapons, specializations, etc... for each class at the start of each new server you load into?

Not really.

[sNiPeRbOb]

Any1 else find it annoying that you have to keep reselecting your weapons, specializations, etc... for each class at the start of each new server you load into?

YES! i find it really annoying to have to reset all the classes every single time...

[Nick89]

I know you have tried all the usual suspects, driver updates, etc. Have you gotten to the point where you just purge the game and reinstall it from scratch yet?



Not really.

I killed it off steam entirely and let steam re-download it I have fixed all other issues I had with the game.

I just cant connect half the time.

[digibucc]

it seriously could just be timing.

between ea servers being down and pb kick issues, it could be bad luck and nothing special. sometimes i get kicked off once every 15 minutes, literally. 4 times in a row before,... i gave up, and then 2x the next morning when i tried again.

then later that day i played for 3 hours no problems.

idk what this means, other than we're all in the same boat. just waiting for EA to fix it so it can be the great game it... is.

[lemode]

whats the point in that, truthfully u should no your stats.

it's an application...yes i know my stats regardless now thanks for asking.

[human_error]

I Get High With a Little Help from My Friends (Playing around in BF:BC2) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQzdLR-rVUo)

:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:

Any1 else find it annoying that you have to keep reselecting your weapons, specializations, etc... for each class at the start of each new server you load into?

I find it really frustrating. Sometimes classes reset between rounds on the same server too - especially specialisations and vehicle bonuses...

[TheLaughingMan]

My play experience for the pass few days has been up and down. Some times I can play for hours with no issue, then others I get kicked as soon as I reach first place in the round. Damn you EA!

I want my points for those pins I did not get.

[Soylent Joe]

Do NOT buy unless you have a 2-3 thousand dollar computer. I have a fairly powerful computer consisting of 3GB memory, 2.4gH processing speed, and a 256 MB video card (NVidia GT8600),running windows 7, and I CAN'T even play this game on the lowest settings. DICE did a horrible job of optimizing this game, DO NOT believe the minimum requirements. The only reason I give it a 1/10 is because i managed to play about an hour online, before video lag got the best of me.

> fairly powerful
> 256MB 8600GT
> lol

So, I'm really considering buying this game inn a matter of minutes. I figure I should be able to get 45FPS or above on medium settings right? There's nothing I hate more than paying full price for a game then not being able to run it properly.

Also, why are you guys getting kicked? I assume it has to do with your ping or something right?

[TheLaughingMan]

> fairly powerful
> 256MB 8600GT
> lol

So, I'm really considering buying this game inn a matter of minutes. I figure I should be able to get 45FPS or above on medium settings right? There's nothing I hate more than paying full price for a game then not being able to run it properly.

Also, why are you guys getting kicked? I assume it has to do with your ping or something right?

You should be able to get 50+ FPS on high settings, I don't know what that guy is talking about. He should pick better servers. Please also note he is use a 2 gen old, low tier card. You have a 1 gen old gamer/enthusiast tier card.

The kicks are related to EA's Master server being overloaded and some bugs with the final release. It has gradually gotten better, but has not be as good as day 1 since the "initial fixes". The kicks are far less frequent and should be completely gone in the next day or so/ revision R8 of the server structure.

[EastCoasthandle]

At DICE's request, all GSPs will switch off all public and privately rented Battlefield: Bad Company 2 servers after eight hours of inactivity, in an effort to reduce load on EA's crash-happy master server:

Due to the continued issues with the EA master servers, DICE have requested we turn off servers which aren't actively being used by players.

As we want you guys to enjoy this excellent game with as little problems as possible, we are going to be turning off all servers which have had 0 players for over 8 hours.

Please note that this is a temporary measure, which we hope everyone will support; however we also appreciate that some of your may not want your servers turned off.

Just to confirm this will only effect servers if they haven't seen a single player for over 8 hours so there is no need to worry that your server will be turned off when its full.

This follows the shut down of public servers, accounting for around 40,000 player slots.

Read more about it here (http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/53663/Inactive-Battlefield-Bad-Company-2-Servers-Being-Disabled)

Update:
This appears to only effect Multiplay. (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/952180-idle-servers-now-shut-down.html#post13264094)

[El Fiendo]

I rarely get kicked, probably about twice in 5 or 6 hours of playing. However, does anyone else notice the spot button doesn't always work even if you're squarely on the enemy? Is it restricted by a range? It happens most when the enemy is out of effective range of my gun but I can still clearly see them. I've also noticed a few times where the spot button didn't work and then none of my keys on my keyboard worked for several seconds either, though this seemed more like a game / lag freeze than anything. Its the only time it happens, so I doubt my G15 is dying.

Also, is this of interest to anyone?

http://www.battleforpax.com/prizing

[EastCoasthandle]

I'm not going to speculate. All I will say is that there was one person I couldn't spot although I could spot the person behind him. And I could also spot people who were further away. In any case, you're not the only one who's noticed this.

[TheLaughingMan]

This will not effect us any, but that is a strange thing to do. I don't see how inactive servers will help resolve anything unless all the servers report in activity from time to time. That would contribute the bog down if a server is logging into the Master server every 30 minutes to go, "Hey, no one here still. blah blah blah." If that is the cause, tell them all the shut up for a while may help a lot.

And dido on the spot. I also don't like the lack of structure for squads. There needs to be 1 and only 1 person called "Squad Leader" that can give attack and defense orders. I actually like my follow orders bonuses, but I rarely get them, if I am not the one giving the orders. And since it is the same system, I too have trouble giving orders and spotting stuff at times.

[EastCoasthandle]

Other titles ran at GameSpy stats backend, this is the first BF PC title to run at EA for everything. So it is a learning process for the EA Online teams on what kind of demand you guys can generate on their hardware.
post (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/952180-idle-servers-now-shut-down.html#post13265530)
Odd, why not get GameSpy to help out with the load?





It is caused by the fact that the longer the list the more time it takes to get the list and the bigger the file downloaded by each client and as the current client refreshes the whole list every time and all the time you go into Server Browser that is a lot of requests for information.

Both EA and DICE are working on improving the system and by adding extra hardware and fixing the client to cause less load and allow more servers.
post (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/952180-idle-servers-now-shut-down.html#post13266522)
This is regarding his earlier statement that empty servers cause extra load.

[cadaveca]

Sounds like Baloney to me...they are trimming the fat to stay in budget. No other reason, IMHO.

But I have noticed that going onto my other connection @ 350k, the load time is much longer, so it seems the list isn't even compressed, as it's easily 10x as fast now.

Even account authentication is far faster. Too much data is being exchanged, period, and I doubt this will have much impact.

[Tatty_One]

Installed the game tonight, played a little single player to get a feel for it.... was not that impressed TBH although I appreciate the GREAT strength of this game is Multiplayer, when I came to give multiplayer a try I couldn't create an account with EA.....kept saying "unable to create account" ..... am I doing something wrong?

[AphexDreamer]

i find it refreshing ;)

lol

YES! i find it really annoying to have to reset all the classes every single time...

:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:



I find it really frustrating. Sometimes classes reset between rounds on the same server too - especially specialisations and vehicle bonuses...

Did they really think we wouldn't mind. I almost thought it just wasn't working like Voice Chat. PATCH!

[OnBoard]

Hmm, pretty demanding level that trainyard thing (edit: panama canal)where TPU server was just while ago. Had to lower settings and still wasn't that smooth :/ And got kicked out with 'not enough room on the server' or something like that message :)

Tatty_One: no idea on that, had my account quite a while now.
Seems others have same issue too, maybe it's just when server is loaded?
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/423965.page

Did they really think we wouldn't mind. I almost thought it just wasn't working like Voice Chat. PATCH!

It took 1½years to get kit save in a patch to BF2142 :D I reallyreally hope it'll come sooner to this. Although at the moment I don't mind a bit as I have nothing unlocked :) (once I'll do it'll start bugging more and more, the more you unlock, says Michael Moore in his upcoming EA document :p)

[boise49ers]

For iPhone owners, there’s an app that allows you to track you bad co 2 stats!

there is a paid version as well that lets you compare stats Pins insignias or battlefield news features.

just search iTunes for 'Battlefield Bad Company 2 stats Lite'

How much? I only usually do free apps. I think maybe if
I log on to my game it'll give me the same info for free :D

[boise49ers]

> fairly powerful
> 256MB 8600GT
> lol

So, I'm really considering buying this game inn a matter of minutes. I figure I should be able to get 45FPS or above on medium settings right? There's nothing I hate more than paying full price for a game then not being able to run it properly.

Also, why are you guys getting kicked? I assume it has to do with your ping or something right?

You'll be able to run it on high. I do with my specs at 1680x1050

[Mussels]

From what i understood, there trying to give us a bigger latency to the server so they can predict what will happen next for lag spikes that can happen, to smooth down the lag spike

My post said if people had good internet connections we wouldnt have to worry about lag spikes,

because no matter how much money you have, you cannot buy a lower ping.

[boise49ers]

lol





Did they really think we wouldn't mind. I almost thought it just wasn't working like Voice Chat. PATCH!

I think if you can just hook up and play a few rounds
with out a disconnect you'd be happy. I know I am.

[TheLaughingMan]

post (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/952180-idle-servers-now-shut-down.html#post13265530)
Odd, why not get GameSpy to help out with the load?

post (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/952180-idle-servers-now-shut-down.html#post13266522)
This is regarding his earlier statement that empty servers cause extra load.

That explains way too much. EA, you do not test new ideas related to the backend of a system on one of the most anticipated and largest titles in your portfolio. You wanted to "test" stat tracking, go do it with Battlefield Heroes. People can't really complain about free stuff not working 100% of the time.

Stat tracking should, as Digi said, be assisted by GameSpy. Stat tracking is kinda what they do and they do it well. Maybe they need to call the people who handed the BF2142 stat tracking contract and ask them how that system worked.

I was defending them and giving them time to sort this out, but this is plain BS. They dropped the ball on that one and now I am pissed off.

Installed the game tonight, played a little single player to get a feel for it.... was not that impressed TBH although I appreciate the GREAT strength of this game is Multiplayer, when I came to give multiplayer a try I couldn't create an account with EA.....kept saying "unable to create account" ..... am I doing something wrong?

Honestly, the Single Player was a bit flat to me. I liked the fact they tried to keep the pace up, but some of the cut scenes were just boring to watch and badly explained. I miss the goofy, stupidity from the original which was entertaining. On the same note, the story gets better and the cut scenes get funnier as you go along.

Side note. Single Player is the story and the multiplayer seems to literally be fecal matter hitting the oscillating air flow device that stuff in single player caused.

[OnBoard]

I'll start a "IHateSovietMissileMissilesInMyHead" fanclub xD

Intense stuff that squadrush thing, but had couple good rounds, this one particularly :)
http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/BFBC2Game_2010_03_12_03_07_28.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/BFBC2Game_2010_03_12_03_07_41.jpg

But too good you all still, though doesn't really help that every map is a new one :p And my tags are now all over the place :/ Stabbed Easy Rhino when he was disarming a charge, saw the animation and kill, only to get head shot by Soviet Missile and didn't get the tags :(

[random]

Anyone know if you could get a kill pin with the repair tool? I've been trying.. its harder than using the knife though. :laugh:

On topic, the single-player gives me headaches I don't know about anyone else but I'm dying on some spots over and over because of BS AI hehe, playing on hard btw.

[digibucc]

Anyone know if you could get a kill pin with the repair tool? I've been trying.. its harder than using the knife though. :laugh:

On topic, the single-player gives me headaches I don't know about anyone else but I'm dying on some spots over and over because of BS AI hehe, playing on hard btw.

yeah it gets ridiculous at points. it helps with multi though, to play on hard.

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Anyone know if you could get a kill pin with the repair tool? I've been trying.. its harder than using the knife though. :laugh:

On topic, the single-player gives me headaches I don't know about anyone else but I'm dying on some spots over and over because of BS AI hehe, playing on hard btw.

The AI on hard is pure hax. I can think of a few spots that took several attempts to get through.

[Mussels]

you cant rush in in SP. sneak around, blow up walls, that kinda thing.

[lemode]

I'll start a "IHateSovietMissileMissilesInMyHead" fanclub xD

Intense stuff that squadrush thing, but had couple good rounds, this one particularly :)
http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/BFBC2Game_2010_03_12_03_07_28.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/BFBC2Game_2010_03_12_03_07_41.jpg

But too good you all still, though doesn't really help that every map is a new one :p And my tags are now all over the place :/ Stabbed Easy Rhino when he was disarming a charge, saw the animation and kill, only to get head shot by Soviet Missile and didn't get the tags :(

lol i love getting headshots...i had the perfect spot to pick you guys off...

[Mussels]

i should try joining the TPU server, see how bad the lag is. probably too much tho.

[random]

i should try joining the TPU server, see how bad the lag is. probably too much tho.

touche, was thinking that myself

[lemode]

i should try joining the TPU server, see how bad the lag is. probably too much tho.

touche, was thinking that myself

Yikes from Australia to Virginia...that might be unplayable for you!

[Mussels]

i just noticed the TPU server isnt mentioned in the OP... do we have to search it, or can we just manually add the IP?

[OnBoard]

i should try joining the TPU server, see how bad the lag is. probably too much tho.

touche, was thinking that myself

Have you pinged the server? My ping gave 142ms and ingame shows 140ms in the server browser. Will give an idea how bad it would be. 250ms+ and granades, 40mm, tanks + shotguns should still be playable :)

[brandonwh64]

i just noticed the TPU server isnt mentioned in the OP... do we have to search it, or can we just manually add the IP?

search for [TPU] in the search box and it should find it

[random]

265 ping for me .. I think that's borderline in terms of playable ping.

I'm in it bymyself atm, quick someone join so I can test it out :D

[lemode]

i just lost my favorite servers! i will join as soon as i can.

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

lol i love getting headshots...i had the perfect spot to pick you guys off...

That was a good spot you were in. Smoke grenades were our only saving grace... that and the AN-94 :D

[brandonwh64]

saiga shot gun with slug rounds and magnum ammo FTW :)

http://www.classicarms.us/images/SAIGA12SP.jpg

[OnBoard]

I didn't even know where he was, but pretty far I assume. In the end I was hiding between row of concrete blocks with a little hole in the middle. And what do you know came through there :)

[random]

Hey its actually not that bad, the ping to the TPU server that is. Its playable indeed!

just had a game with G-MAN, eRazerhead... whoever they are :)

[1Kurgan1]

i just noticed the TPU server isnt mentioned in the OP... do we have to search it, or can we just manually add the IP?

Top of the 2nd post has the server name and how to search it :toast:

[Marineborn]

256 unplayable ping, thats funny seeing i score first 2 second place in the tpu server with a 700+ ping. lol get some skill

[Mussels]

256 unplayable ping, thats funny seeing i score first 2 second place in the tpu server with a 700+ ping. lol get some skill

hitting laggy teleporting targets goes beyond skills

[OnBoard]

You guys still going? Might pop in for a little while soon.

[Mussels]

i just finished


its playable, but the lag makes it impossible for me to knife

[OnBoard]

i just finished

its playable, but the lag makes it impossible for me to knife

At least I got you :D Knifed couple dudes at the end of the round and got tags just from one :/

Fun stuff and best in my team once \o/ TY for the games, see you tomorrow.
http://img.techpowerup.org/100312/BFBC2Game_2010_03_12_06_00_43.jpg

[TheLaughingMan]

hitting laggy teleporting targets goes beyond skills

The practice will also ensure he is never caught off guard by that creepy little girl from The Ring.

[Mussels]

i cant join the server... nothing happens or i CTD

[Black Haru]

so, while you guys were doing your squad rush party, I went adventuring in reandom servers. pretty much all of my teams were ridiculously bad; however, I did get a nice knife streak in nelson bay.

two squads (medics and snipers mostly) were in one of the tree lines, so I decided to join them (uninvited). I run into the middle mashing my knife key, and the autolock goes crazy for about thirty seconds (I can't even see were I am) by the time one of the medics smarts up and kills me I had taken out 5 of them.

[TheLaughingMan]

Does anyone know if player tracker sites are up yet so I can hunt for specific people playing BFBC2?

[OnBoard]

so, while you guys were doing your squad rush party, I went adventuring in reandom servers. pretty much all of my teams were ridiculously bad; however, I did get a nice knife streak in nelson bay.

Yeah, I had a feeling that it might be so on random servers. TPU guys make good squad mates and a team :) Have played just couple rounds on another server (local low ping) and rest here.

Another good thing is that I can pick up almost any kit and it will be better than mine :laugh: Some nice guns you guys have. Few points and I can start reviving people and then starts the grind to get repairdrill thing.

But they've altered something with the guns since beta. The default ones aren't that bad as they were there. Sort of grew fond of the default medic gun (well until I reloaded and died twice for it taking so long).

[Mussels]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100312/Capture557.jpg


points points points :D

[OnBoard]

^^ nice score (+k/d & accu) :) And all colored stars.

btw. is there a graph or does anyone know from what you get all the different stars?

edit: second map pack info. Don't even know these maps yet and soon more. But free + more maps = fun.
http://worthplaying.com/article/2010/3/11/news/72992/

[ShRoOmAlIsTiC]

hey guys, my cousins steam got hacked and hes trying to get it back, till then is it possible to play bc2 with out having to start steam. since its a windows live game. I remember when the dirt2 came out I was able to play that before it was released because it was fully installed.

[erocker]

In the weapons chart on the first post, what is "Normal, Magnum, and Armor?" Better bullets and armor? How or when do we get the Magnum stuff?

[random]

In the weapons chart on the first post, what is "Normal, Magnum, and Armor?" Better bullets and armor? How or when do we get the Magnum stuff?

I think its at rank 16, you get a magnum bullet specialization. Rank 13 if you're a veteran, its effects are longer range and more bullet damage.

[Mussels]

some bastard on the TPU server kept one-shot killing me with a magnum .50 cal :(

[kid41212003]

There is a "shoot-through-object" bug when you hold down the fire button on your mouse.

Did anyone notice this?

EDIT: Like if you seen someone through a windows and you shoot them, you kept shooting even though he already ran away, but then he died like 3 feets away from the windows.

It happened to me sometime, and it happened alot with the unbreakable stone block.

[boise49ers]

Man I was getting my ass handed to me tonight. Had to quit.

[shevanel]

same. im tired too and trying to play just to play.. no more gaming for a bit :)

[random]

oh my god.. I just had to endure 8000 points of recon using a shotty and pistol... finally got my M95, gonna stop for a bit til tonight.

[exodusprime1337]

ugh server went offline, why does that make me sad!!!

[exodusprime1337]

ooo just found this little gem to aid with settings in the game have a looksee and try this out configurator for bfbc2 (http://ohlawl.com/liseda.html)

[random]

What graphics settings does everyone use?

DX9 or DX10?
Low/Medium/High?
Bloom Yes/No?
HBAO Yes/No?
AA and AF?

Cause yeah there are some FPS spikes especially with fire and debris, hmm..

[Wile E]

DX10
All High
Yes
No
4x and 16x

@ 1920x1200

[random]

Fan-based achievement added in-game

http://battlefieldbadcompany2.com/achievements-challenge

Title: The Dentist
Obj: Get a headshot with a repair-tool

so sweet lmao :D

[Tatty_One]

Hmmmmm didnt know you could actually select DX9 or DX10, I didnt even get all those options once I installed the game yesterday, not even sen that screen in Exodusprime's post, will have to tinker some more...... the game wouldnt even let me create an account yesterday ffs.

[Marineborn]

dx11
max everything
70-110fps

[AphexDreamer]

dx11
max everything
70-110fps

I need to get me some Cat Eyes as well.

[boise49ers]

DX10
All High
Yes
No
4x and 4x
1680x1050
35-50 fps

[random]

so far most of you seem to be comfortable playing under 60 FPS in multiplayer, I personally do as well but usually being 60 FPS at all times could help you in some situations.

Marineborn... just give me your rig ok :).

[Marineborn]

so far most of you seem to be comfortable playing under 60 FPS in multiplayer, I personally do as well but usually being 60 FPS at all times could help you in some situations.

Marineborn... just give me your rig ok :).

lol its like a sleeper, its got a beatup old case, wires all over the place, smashes in drive bays, but under the hood she flies, lol

[Black Haru]

so far most of you seem to be comfortable playing under 60 FPS in multiplayer, I personally do as well but usually being 60 FPS at all times could help you in some situations.

I play all low.

I played on high, but even when I was getting decent frame-rates (50's) it felt more sluggish. on low I average 70's


that 20 fps makes all the difference.

also, why am I always the first in the server to load??

[1Kurgan1]

so far most of you seem to be comfortable playing under 60 FPS in multiplayer, I personally do as well but usually being 60 FPS at all times could help you in some situations.

Marineborn... just give me your rig ok :).

I play 1920x1200 All High, HBAO Off, 4x AA, 8x AF, Bloom On Average FPS is right at about 60, but can dip into the 40's and can peak into the 90's. I don't notice the dips though, and it seems to run amazingly well.

lol its like a sleeper, its got a beatup old case, wires all over the place, smashes in drive bays, but under the hood she flies, lol

Your case isn't old, you bought that like a year ago, and I been saying it all along, 1368x768 is a joke, especially for 2x 5850's, next you need to buy a real monitor or tv for the setup.

[gumpty]

also, why am I always the first in the server to load??

So am I. The only reason anyone else beats me onto a map is if I've stuffed around deciding which kit to play.

So maybe everyone else is less decisive than us?

[Zubasa]

Kurgan, do you have any idea when will that fk'ed up auto balance be fixed?
The last game was the ass rape of the century...

[digibucc]

it just takes time to load on some people's computers. from what i have heard nvidia loads shaders faster, so that affects it.

i don't understand the issue, actually. why complain or even mention it? it should be the people loading last that have something to complain about (reasonable or not) ...

it's like you guys are winning a race and saying "why didn't everyone else come in before me? maybe they're just lazy?"

[Wrigleyvillain]

DX10
All High
Yes
No
4x and 16x

@ 1920x1200

Me too. Though as I've mentioned AA doesn't seem to work right.

[sNiPeRbOb]

it just takes time to load on some people's computers. from what i have heard nvidia loads shaders faster, so that affects it.

i don't understand the issue, actually. why complain or even mention it? it should be the people loading last that have something to complain about (reasonable or not) ...

it's like you guys are winning a race and saying "why didn't everyone else come in before me? maybe they're just lazy?"

A couple friends and I have all noticed that ATI cards tend to lag into loading maps in BC2 and MW2 compared to Nvidia counterparts. Peculiar predicament but doesn't really bother me any.

[FreedomEclipse]

it just takes time to load on some people's computers. from what i have heard nvidia loads shaders faster, so that affects it.

i don't understand the issue, actually. why complain or even mention it? it should be the people loading last that have something to complain about (reasonable or not) ...

it's like you guys are winning a race and saying "why didn't everyone else come in before me? maybe they're just lazy?"

I load in pretty quickly myself. Im usually the first in if i havent left my seat for a quick leak, snack, drink or just messing about with my kit.

so im not too sure if the whole faster on Nvidia's shader assumption has any weight. I still think performance in general is pretty random it might perform great on ones machine then not so great on others with the same or similar hardware.

[boise49ers]

Man I was getting my ass handed to me tonight. Had to quit.

I noticed something last night :twitch:playing when I went 0 and 7 in a round. If I go head to head with some one even if I start shooting first, I always lose. I'm thinking maybe I will tone down to medium setting on some of my setting and maybe drop my resolution to 1440x900 and see if that makes a difference. Against you guys on the TPU server I'm racing with a VW bug against Turbo Porche's. I think the graphic's are good enough on this game that medium should still look fine. Then 'll know if I just Suck that bad:roll:

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

So I read that EA and DICE are takig the servers down for 2 days to install new backend hardware to handle the massive amount of players. Servers should be down mostly today and tomorrow. Can anyone confirm?

[FreedomEclipse]

2 days?? ROFL

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

2 days?? ROFL

The installation should probably take place in NA, EU, and Asia. So yeah two days to get everything installed and configured and tested.

[digibucc]

i thought it said 3am for a few hours this morning and tomorrow morning

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

i thought it said 3am for a few hours this morning and tomorrow morning

Really?

did Rhino hear anything from our SP?

[digibucc]

The EA servers will be unavailable on Saturday 13th March at 8:00GMT/9:00 CET:12:00 (midnight) PST to install extra hardware to improve your online experience. For more info and to see some crazy Battlefield Bad Company 2 online stats please visit the Battlefield Blog: Battlefield Blog
idk if rhino heard anything. I read that last nite, that 3am this morning and tomorrow morning. i just found this quote by an EA rep on uk forums, that seems to confirm this, it doesn't have a length though.

[digibucc]

yeah, baza confirms here (http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2010/03/11/ea-maintenance-now-with-added-hardware.aspx)

it's both days for 4 hours, not all day. starting at 3am. so it was done before i woke at 8am this morning, and should be the same tomorrow.

Tomorrow, 12th March, and Saturday, 13th March at 8:00GMT/9:00 CET:12:00 (midnight) PST, EA will take the servers down, this time we will come up with even more hardware with more capacity to handle all the BFBC2 traffic. Once the maintenance is complete you will experience an improvement to your online experience.



This will be extended maintenance to allow the new hardware to be installed and affect all three platforms (PC, PS3 and Xbox 360).

Maintenance on Friday 12th will last for 4 hours - 8:00 GMT to 12:00 midday GMT/9:00 CET to 13:00 CET/12:00 midnight PST to 4:00 PST.

so it doesn't estimate tomorrow morning's downtime, but i can't imagine it could be much more.... even twice the time is only 8 hours, being ready by 11am est.

[FreedomEclipse]

ahhh 8am GMT is good - Ive got all night to get to rank 15/16 before they unleash hell

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Thanks digi. :toast:

[Nimmer]

A couple friends and I have all noticed that ATI cards tend to lag into loading maps in BC2 and MW2 compared to Nvidia counterparts. Peculiar predicament but doesn't really bother me any.

with an ssd I load last I mean dead last every time I play

I am pretty sure the ATI vs NV thing is 2 extra graphical features with DX11 cards.

2560x1600
Dx11
Max Settings
8xSSAA
16xAF

Me too. Though as I've mentioned AA doesn't seem to work right.

I have read that AA is disabled for DX9 setups for BC2

[travva]

guys does anyone know the fix for the no ping in server browser?

ive tried the administrator stuff too, it doesn't work.

[kid41212003]

@Triptex

Look like I'm the one who has the lowest average life time. :D

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

@Triptex

Look like I'm the one who has the lowest average life time. :D

I'm sure Soviet's average life it close to 3 minutes from all the sniping. :roll:

edit: http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sig/detail4/pc/soviet+missile.png

[FreedomEclipse]

I think my shortest life is less then 3 seconds - as I always seem to be squaded up with guys that ALWAYS seem to get chased down by a f**king tank & I spawn just in time to take a tank round to the face while they jump out of the house through a hole in the god damn wall & escape

[lemode]

I'm sure Soviet's average life it close to 3 minutes from all the sniping. :roll:

edit: http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sig/detail4/pc/soviet+missile.png

lol pretty close guess! nice i have 200 tags now.

[TheMailMan78]

I kinda feel ripped off to be honest. I mean I love this game but the pre-order was a sham! I mean the pre-order trailer showed the tracer dart being able to allow rockets to lock on to it. In game this does not happen. My next issue is vehicle alternative fire. The trailer showed you being able to have early access to this perk (alternate fire) but in the game you have to unlock it. I call BS on this.

[digibucc]

I had alt fire, and tracer darts/rockets work fine.

you have to have a compatible rocket. there are regular, tracers and heat... the carl gustav is tracer. when the dart is locked on you hold right mouse and put your square over the tracer square, it will lock on.

then just fire into the general direction and it will do the rest. they work.

[cadaveca]

I had/have no unlocks either.

[digibucc]

did you guys enter the second code? you have a regular key and then a pre order key.

hmmm

[cadaveca]

Yep, sure did, and verified that it was registered on my EA account, too.

[Soylent Joe]

Just bought it, installing now! :rockout:

Maybe I'll get my money's worth :/

[Wrigleyvillain]

I have read that AA is disabled for DX9 setups for BC2

It is. I'm running DX10.

[H82LUZ73]

I was just on the server and it is run with great respect by you guys,Really a great server.Man it was fun for a few hours but have to log off and get sleep.Was logged on as A2NuclearFallOut playing engi trying to get all the classes weapons.I usually play all classes.

[OnBoard]

Fun stuff! Gonna take a little brake now, too intense action for a long stint :) Unlocks keep on coming and enemies start to die more, which is even more fun :p


Look like I'm the one who has the lowest average life time. :D

I beat you! :p
http://bfbc2.elxx.net/sig/detail4/pc/OnBoard.png