Battlefield Bad Company 2

[ManaByte]

I had an awesome run yesterday. Unlocked the third Assault weapon, but I stick with the Tommy and C4. There is nothing more awesome than taking out a vehicle + 2-3 enemies in one shot.

[brawndolicious]

Last night I unlocked the XM8 LMG and then a few games later, the MG36 (because reviving people is the easiest way to gain xp).  Those guns just feel really overpowered because of their huge magazines and short reloads. Especially the MG36 because it's pretty accurate and has a built in red dot sight, meaning you don't need to use a perk.

Now I just unlocked my third sniper rifle.  It's silenced and semi-auto so it's good for short to medium range buttrapeage.

The only class I can't really be bothered with is assault tho.  That just seems like such a generic, unspecialized class that there's never really a reason to use it over the others.

[GilloD]

I have 13 hours played according to Steam, but I've only actually played the game for 3 hours and 7 minutes.

That;s ove r10 hours trying to connect, waiting for the servers to list etc.

In that time I learned 3 Guided by Voices covers and read 150 pages of Infinite Jest, plus picked my way through a history of Korea.

Fuck.


This.

Game.

Up.

It's.


Stupid.

Fucking.
Ass.

[ManaByte]

It's not the games fault you live in Korea.

[fistfulofmetal]

GilloD
you realize that it most likely has nothing to do with EA/Dice, right? You see all of us playing just fine. Sure it goes down a few times here and there but the majority of the time it works fine. Issue's on your end, dawg.

[GilloD]

GilloD
you realize that it most likely has nothing to do with EA/Dice, right? You see all of us playing just fine. Sure it goes down a few times here and there but the majority of the time it works fine. Issue's on your end, dawg.

On PC? There are a few more Korean servers up now, apparently EA started signing contracts here.

The majority of my problems are now pure software. The browser doesn't do well if you don't have 100 games to pick from.

[fistfulofmetal]

i play on PC. 24 hours of game time. it's crashed a few times but nothing major. server browser works fine, just takes awhile to load.

[GilloD]

i play on PC. 24 hours of game time. it's crashed a few times but nothing major. server browser works fine, just takes awhile to load.

Here's my last 20 minutes:

Login. Wait about 4 minutes for broswer to get a list. Find a server. Thing spins. Nothing. ALT CTRL DLT, reopen, Server Browser, 4 minutes. Find a server, thing spins and just hangs. Wont quit me, won't load a gam. I wait 6 minutes. ACD, reload game. Finally get into a game. I play for about 45 seconds, get dropped by EA servers. It hangs on "Updating Stats". I brush my teeth, do the ishes, come back. Still "Updating Stats". ACD, I'm going to bed.

I have never had a problem playing an online game here. MW2, Dawn of War 2, Left for Dead 1 & 2, HAlflife Deathmatch, Team Fortress 2, any other Battlefield title. Not a single issue. Bu Bad Company has been a nightmare. I havent been able to finish a round since last Thursday.

[fistfulofmetal]

i mean, do you see any one else having those kind of problems? i've yet to hear someone having as much of an issue as you're having. it's probably something to do with where you are + the game being unstable as it is. not saying the game doesn't take awhile to load games or even load the server, but it's not that bad.

[AdmiralViscen]

Assault class definitely sucks. I don't even like sniping and I have more Recon points than Assault.

They should have come up with some other kind of bonus ability for Assault. The ammo refill is really only needed if a person has been revived by a medic 3x and is running short. So why not just skip the middleman and get the points for being a medic? And as you level up, you start getting double rockets and double C4 and stuff and then you REALLY don't need an ammo pickup.

In the last game I'd use Assault and blow through tons of walls to carve through the stage, but in this game most of the maps have much fewer buildings and you don't get anywhere near as many grenade rounds.

I guess once you get the M16 the Assault class has a clear purpose, but I'm not really seeing why I'd wanna use the XM8 over the Medic's M60 or whatever cool gun I've been using as an Engineer. Never mind being able to heal/revive/rocket/repair.

[fistfulofmetal]

I pick Assault because I would rather have an assault rifle over an MG, and I don't have much interest in healing or repairing vehicles. Plus the M416 > any gun in the game.

but i do agree that the assault class needs more abilities to choose from.

[cool breeze]

Last night I unlocked the XM8 LMG and then a few games later, the MG36 (because reviving people is the easiest way to gain xp).  Those guns just feel really overpowered because of their huge magazines and short reloads. Especially the MG36 because it's pretty accurate and has a built in red dot sight, meaning you don't need to use a perk.

from my brief time with it, the XM8 LMG sucks compared to the M60.  M60 and MG+ is so powerful.  The only flaw is that all LMGs become very inaccurate if you fire while moving, but other than that, I can pretty much snipe with the thing.

as for the assault class, I think the assault rifle is the best weapon to just kill enemies.  I'd say 60% of the times I've been killed in the game was from a grenade shot at me.  The guns they get to use are also great.  I briefly use the class when I was in Squad Deathmatch (which is an interesting mode if not for the vehicle on the map that breaks it) and switching to an assault rifle had me killing guys quicker. 

[Stoney Mason]

I use assault class if I need to kill people in a general sense.
I use recon class (with a non-sniper gun) if I'm assaulting a base or holding a base because of the UAV.
I use the engineer class if someone in my squad is a good tank driver so I can repair them.


The medic class is the only one I haven't found a true use for in my personal play style although I'm trying to figure it out.

[The Fake Shemp]

EA servers completely offline?

[ManaByte]

Looks like it. Oh well, ima go sniping in TF2 instead.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

For all the medic naysayers, keep playing until you unlock the 4x scope.  I'm telling you, having a heavy machine gun with that sight is like being an assault/recon combo with the ability to heal.  Totally kicks ass.

Plus you can sneak up on an enemy and defib their ass.  Infinitely more satisfying than the fucking knife.

[ManaByte]

For all the medic naysayers, keep playing until you unlock the 4x scope.  I'm telling you, having a heavy machine gun with that sight is like being an assault/recon combo with the ability to heal.  Totally kicks ass.

Plus you can sneak up on an enemy and defib their ass.  Infinitely more satisfying than the fucking knife.

Repair tool is more satisfying than the knife.

[cool breeze]

Repair tool is pretty dope.  You can drill holes in walls with it.

[ManaByte]

Repair tool is pretty dope.  You can drill holes in walls with it.

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Never knew about drilling holes in walls with the repair tool.  Seems like an awesome plan for an engineer/recon team.

[cool breeze]

um, I don't know if it's still there in the full game, but you could do it in the beta.  I just remembered that I never played as engineer after unlocking the repair tool in the full game.

It was pretty neat to drill a hole in the wall and snipe through it.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I haven't seen anyone doing it so it may not be in the retail version, but then again maybe it is and people just haven't caught on yet.  If it's in there then Nelson Bay is about to get 20 times more frustrating.

[brawndolicious]

Last night I unlocked the XM8 LMG and then a few games later, the MG36 (because reviving people is the easiest way to gain xp).  Those guns just feel really overpowered because of their huge magazines and short reloads. Especially the MG36 because it's pretty accurate and has a built in red dot sight, meaning you don't need to use a perk.

from my brief time with it, the XM8 LMG sucks compared to the M60.  M60 and MG+ is so powerful.  The only flaw is that all LMGs become very inaccurate if you fire while moving, but other than that, I can pretty much snipe with the thing.
as for the assault class, I think the assault rifle is the best weapon to just kill enemies.  I'd say 60% of the times I've been killed in the game was from a grenade shot at me.  The guns they get to use are also great.  I briefly use the class when I was in Squad Deathmatch (which is an interesting mode if not for the vehicle on the map that breaks it) and switching to an assault rifle had me killing guys quicker.  

Yeah I tried grinding this class tonight but I actually liked it!  The guns are good at basically all ranges and the smoke grenades are awesome when you're playing as attackers on Rush.  Usually a building with a m-com station in it will be turned into swiss cheese giving you no cover to hide behind after you arm the charge but shoot off a few smoke grenades and your ass won't get sniped anymore.  It's so beautiful.

[AdmiralViscen]

I tried Assault again last night and had a much better time with it. You really need to change your playstyle for it.

The ammo refills are still not terribly useful but you can spam some points from them at least. Having the double load of grenades really makes you a powerhouse, and their assault rifles can give you the edge 2 on 1. We were doing Conquest instead of Rush, maybe that made the difference for me.

We managed to get two full squads going for a brief time, mostly 3 and 3 though.

[ManaByte]

Arica Harbor conquest mode and Laguna Presa rush mode for free on March 30th.

[GilloD]

lul. Servers own again. I wish this had IWNet or whatever the fuck that thing was that everyone thought would END GAMING FOREVER. This is totally a worse situation.

[fistfulofmetal]

Dice needs to release Strike at Karkand for BC2. They release Wake Island for every Battlefield game but for what Bad Company is (a mostly urban based combat game), Karkand is perfect.

Strike at Karkand 2010. Do it.

[GilloD]

BATTLEFIELD WAR JOURNAL, DAY 6:

Cap said something about the zipperheads setting up a new server way down the list. We went to check it out- The place was crawling with them. We tried to enter the camp for about an hour before heading back to Thailand. Life's slow, but at least we get to live it. Then it happened again- The blackouts. I kept finding myself back at the desktop for no reason. Over and over, sometimes not even making it to the battle before waking up back at the Steam depot.

EVentually we got it sorted out, even got a round in at that new gook place. EVentually got disconnected, but not so bad. Then it started happening- I'd head to the assignment desk and the secretary would just start going through the file cabinet "Loading" she said, "Please wait". For hours at a time. I even went to the mess hall and when I got back she was still there.

War is hell.

(I cstill cant add favorites and the new Korean servers are PACKED. I woke up at 4 AM last night for no reason and took a peek- 32/32. Like 24 hours a day. I got in on luck alone, but then I got punted back to desktop )

[Eel O'Brian]

bout to get on the 360 and fuck some nukkahs up (me = nukkah) if anyone's on hit me up

[The Fake Shemp]

I'll be on around 9 PM. I need to go work out and eat some food nom nom nom

[demi]

i want to play. message me or something.

[Eel O'Brian]

alright, be on in about 10-15

[demi]

i meant like, around 9 as well, btw.

[Eel O'Brian]

ok, i'll be playing, one of you send me a message and i'll join you

[brawndolicious]

Anybody going to be on at 9 PST?

[Eel O'Brian]

probably not, but i'll ping you this weekend if i see you on

taking a break, back on in a minute

[Eel O'Brian]

hahaha, i felt like an idiot on that snow map

[Eel O'Brian]

also, check this - tomorrow and saturday at midnight they're taking the servers offline to "add more hardware"

because the best possible time to take the servers for your popular fps game offline  is on a weekend

gg, EA

[fistfulofmetal]

knifing dudes is awesome. i've been going knife exclusive for the past few games. one round I came into the enemies base from behind and saw four dudes lined up on a hill. swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe.

[Eel O'Brian]

i make great use out of the knife for chopping through fences, busting apart doors, etc

i've only gotten a couple of sneak kills with it

[The Fake Shemp]

I killed a dude with the defib paddles today

[ManaByte]

Got mortar strike today. Like C4 more.

[The Fake Shemp]

Mortar > everything.

Find a dark corner to sneak into and lay that shit down on tanks. You're a one man wrecking crew. And you don't run out - unlike C4. I only use C4 for certain maps.

[Eel O'Brian]

anti-tank mines are the pits

[The Fake Shemp]

They are very hit or miss. I swear I have put down some, have a tank or vehicle drive right over them and not blow up.

[fistfulofmetal]

M416 + Lightweight + Magnum ammo.

I do work on fools. Plus my knifing is getting out of hand. I'm always sprinting everywhere and moving with the motivation of knifing chumps. This one time a team mate and I were moving into a base and he started to get shot from the front right. So I started sprinting to the front left around a small shack and came up behind the dude. I could have taken cover and easily taken the dude out because he didn't know I was there, but instead I detoured around just to get the knife kill. Which I did. I'm already gold star+4 with it. 240 kills (more than any of the other weapons)

[Stoney Mason]

One of the most absolutely buggiest online games ever. 

The new weird thing that happens is now often when I pick multiplayer match the game starts the matchmaking process and then crashes me all the way back to the xbox dashboard. This has happened before but it happened like  3 or 4 times in one session today.

[fistfulofmetal]

to be completely cliche:



dogtags 

[Stoney Mason]

[FatalT]

[brawndolicious]

[fistfulofmetal]

The revolver is a beast.

[demi]

Yeah, I dont think I like this online. Back to GameFly you go

[brawndolicious]

I'll be on in mebbe an hour.

[Wario64]

What's the best way to level up stuff? seems like it takes a while to rank up.

finally played rush mode yesterday for the first time and found it better than conquest. I havent had much fun in a multiplayer game in a long time

[brawndolicious]

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What's the best way to level up stuff? seems like it takes a while to rank up.

finally played rush mode yesterday for the first time and found it better than conquest. I havent had much fun in a multiplayer game in a long time

medic, especially on offense (limited tickets).  just wait back behind cover throwing medpacks and defibbing people.  I usually get the higest score on my team when I only play as medic for the round.

[G The Resurrected]

fuck being sick 

[Brehvolution]

Yeah, I dont think I like this online. Back to GameFly you go

Did you play the demo? Was it any better using the retail version?

[demi]

I didnt like the demo either, really. I only rented it because the pics Wrika posted looked good. Turns out the SP was complete garbage anyway. No loss, just another shameful mark on the card.

[brawndolicious]

The AN-94 assault rifle is the best weapon in the game.  With a 4X scope it's like an extremely noobified sniper rifle.

I didnt like the demo either, really. I only rented it because the pics Wrika posted looked good. Turns out the SP was complete garbage anyway. No loss, just another shameful mark on the card.

I think you need to give the multiplayer more of a chance demi.