Furiously
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Single player is decent. Some of the characters has some great lines, my favorite so far was...
The number of f-bombs is at level 11. I guess they wanted to be sure to get a "m" rating.
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fuser
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The server browser doesn't show ping....
Run the game as Administrator on 7/Vista and the ping times will display. |
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Furiously
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You have my thanks.
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Jimbo
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Thanks fuser, that solved the problem of not showing ping (really my dumb fault, i forgot to reset it to run on admin when i installed it). But now I get the great send my ass half way around the world when joining a game! Click on a server from Chicago with a decent ping & zip I'm over in Germany on an European Server, I got to say hi to the Aussie's too! They did something to get the extra items working, so that is better, now the bug is with the M1 Garand shows up but can't equip.
The game is fun when it work! My son & took turns playing it for a bit, and had a great time, just iron out the bugs DICE and it will be great.
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snowwy
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Good for you. I can't even connect to any servers. Getting "the server has dropped you. Please check your connection" or something similar. Tried updating PB which actually worked for one game. Then it was back to square one. Searched forums without finding anything that helps. Official forum had a post about running updater.exe in EA folder. No such thing there in the digital download. Unless they mean the bfbc2 updater which says i'm updated so.....  edit: and just as i wrote this drivel i got into a game  Guess EA-servers are still hosed |
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« Last Edit: March 04, 2010, 04:30:12 PM by snowwy »
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Malakili
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Good for you. I can't even connect to any servers. Getting "the server has dropped you. Please check your connection" or something similar. Tried updating PB which actually worked for one game. Then it was back to square one. Searched forums without finding anything that helps. Official forum had a post about running updater.exe in EA folder. No such thing there in the digital download. Unless they mean the bfbc2 updater which says i'm updated so..... edit: and just as i wrote this drivel i got into a game Guess EA-servers are still hosed I've been able to get into games out, but the clan I am in has had a ton of trouble getting into games all together, whether its the friends list or the server list or any other one of 1000 bugs that keeps fucking up 1 or some of us at any given time. Its frustrating as hell too, becuase the game is REALLY good when everything functions as it should. |
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Furiously
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I love the lack of autobalance...
And by love I mean am totally annoyed when it becomes obvious which side is winning to see 1/3 of the people switch to the other side to guarantee the win.
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fuser
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Spent about ~10hrs solid multiplayer and satisfied with this game.
The utter confusion of the new maps and the urban environments that seem to go on forever in every direction make this game really exciting. There's no single choke point to major objectives so you really stand a chance on either side, this is without even considering the whole destructible everything. The game play isn't slow at all, with the urban settings you really have to be a spider monkey on crack to cover every angle and possible way someone can stab you in the base of your skull. Audio is really good and the fading out effects and audio distortion on shells landing near by makes it interesting. Controls are great and it handles really well with a minor gripe of constantly holding CTRL to crouch as there's no toggle.
The PC version still has some major problems, a friend hasn't been able to stay connected to match for longer then 5-10mins. I had nothing but punkbuster issues (getting kicked) launch night, the unlocks and stats go out of sync every once and a while when you get disconnected form EA. UI is very consolish but no where near the issues with say Borderlands but unforgivable stuff like placeholder text are still there. Some other gripes are you cannot automatically sign in, no offline building kit setups, and the way the server browser works is stupid. You have to wait for a full refresh before it will populate the list. If your lucky you can cancel the full refresh then leave the multiplayer menu and come back it with some to display. The friends list works well and you can easily see their stats and join on their games which is a bonus (Yay for not having to find the server they are playing on). From the beta the spamming of marking targets is way down, seems you can only mark one and there's an internal 10-20second cool down.
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HaemishM
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Hmmmm, let's see, bugs and multiplayer server issues on release? YEP, it's a DICE game.
I don't feel bad at all about waiting a few months for this game to stabilize.
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Furiously
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Oh - but there is a lot of fun to be had. I just got kicked from a server for shooting 5 guys in the head in about 10 seconds followed by knifing the admin who wanted to show me who was boss trying to sneak up beside me.
I don't really care for the unlock system. It gives no real control over your "developing" your character.
sync issues, unlocks not showing on some servers, not being able to join the same server as a friend. Yea. That part stinks. As does the massive wave of side switching on rush maps for the +100 pts being on the winning side.
I'm not sure there are enough maps.
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Xuri
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Hmmmm, let's see, bugs and multiplayer server issues on release? YEP, it's a DICE game.
I don't feel bad at all about waiting a few months for this game to stabilize.
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Jimbo
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Has any game not had problems with Punk Busters?
Maybe TF2?
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NiX
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Has any game not had problems with Punk Busters?
Maybe TF2?
TF2 doesn't use PB. |
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Pennilenko
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having too much fun to complain, I'm sure I will find something to bitch about eventually. I understand that some people are experiencing issues. I however have been lucky enough to not have any.
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Picked this up last night. Got it installed, then spent most of the night waiting for the fucking server browser to refresh, and then trying dozens of servers to try to get in to a game. At this point I am sure DICE is just trolling the community with their comically bad menus and server browsers. It is like an Intro to Computer Programming midterm project. At a school for lemurs.
When I can actually join and play, it seems really fun. Hope they unfuck some of the issues with a patch soon.
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HaemishM
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Can you actually sort the server menu by any of the criteria (like ping or number of players)? You couldn't to that in beta and it pissed me right off.
I love DICE games but I swear I want to skullfuck their menu guy until he is dead.
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Furiously
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Yep, it's sortable.
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Pennilenko
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BTW. Name is Pennilenko in game if anyone wants to add me to their friends list.
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"See? All of you are unique. And special. Like fucking snowflakes." -- Signe
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WayAbvPar
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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fuser
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I'm binfuser ingame
Speaking of which whats the interest in getting a bat country server?
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What do they cost? I am not sure we have enough dedicated players to foot a monthly bill if they are priced like BF2 servers were ($5 per player slot, if memory serves).
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Pennilenko
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None of the filter options work when you hit full refresh, you have to use the search button below the filter options to get them to take effect in your filter selections |
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fuser
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What do they cost? I am not sure we have enough dedicated players to foot a monthly bill if they are priced like BF2 servers were ($5 per player slot, if memory serves).
$1.24 a slot so $40/month for a 32 slot server with Gameservers. |
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Wow that is much better. I would be down for $5 a month or so. Especially if I can lord admin status over everyone else  |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
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fuser
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I've ordered a 32slot one in Dallas, will update when the order is completed. DICE has requested that all server providers hold off on creating new servers while they work on an issue that is causing heavy server load due to the large number of servers currently running. A fix is in development to prevent the server browser from causing the heavy server load and new servers will be able to be setup and launched as soon as possible.
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WayAbvPar
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I have zero confidence that DICE can fix anything regarding the server browser, but I will cross my fingers.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Pennilenko
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I have zero confidence that DICE can fix anything regarding the server browser, but I will cross my fingers.
I am totally confident they will shake out the issues. I have zero confidence on it happening fast. They always eventually get rid of the bugs with all their other games. |
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WayAbvPar
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Their server browser in BF2 is STILL a piece of shit after 5+ years. It works better than the one in BC2, but it is really really bad.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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kildorn
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It's a BF game. It's server browser being shit is a matter of keeping the series true. Changing the server browser to not suck is like taking the zerg out of starcraft.
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fuser
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Bat Country is now live I'll tweak the settings/maps in a bit.
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WayAbvPar
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Nice! Is there a way to paypal donations?
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Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
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fuser
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Nice! Is there a way to paypal donations?
Clanpay allows you directly pay to to server balance and shows the current amount and the fee. I have added the following to reserved slot list so you can get in if its full: Pennilenko WayAbvPar binfuser WAP also has admin access |
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Sky
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Bat Country is now live I'll tweak the settings/maps in a bit. Sonofa that's probably the only thing that can tempt me with a new fps... |
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Malakili
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I'll be adding the server to favorites. My soldier name is Zhenya, so pass me a friends invite.
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WayAbvPar
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Nice! Is there a way to paypal donations?
Clanpay allows you directly pay to to server balance and shows the current amount and the fee. I have added the following to reserved slot list so you can get in if its full: Pennilenko WayAbvPar binfuser WAP also has admin access Right on...dropped $10 into the account. |
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Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
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