Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[Malakili]

I sniped a helicopter pilot yesterday. I think I'm hooked.

I did this once and it was easily my favorite recon moment (not that I have many to choose from).  The other thing was on Valparaiso when I was defending and there were snipers up in the light house and we were on the next set of objectives  I sniped one guy at the very top and got a marksman +146 headshot (for a total of 50 + 10 + 146 = 206 points).   There are good moments to be had, but I like the more intense firefights of the other classes in general.

[Thrawn]

Picked this up recently and really been enjoying it.  I think I'm pretty set that Hardcore/Rush is by far my favorite way to play already.

Been playing mostly recon while I'm learning the maps and such.  Being one of those annoying people that sits back and plays sniper all game.  Managed to get my first quad kill last night :D

Of couse I also managed to mortar myslef twice last night when apparently it targeted some leaf right in front of me that I coudlnt see instead of what I actually aimed at.

[WayAbvPar]

Charming. Trying to play this morning. Mistakenly joined a Conquest map, so I played out the round, then left to find a Rush server (BC was empty at the time). I spend 45 minutes fighting with the fucking server browser until I finally get a server it lets me actually join. CTD when I join. Try BC (which by now had 8 or 9 people on it). CTD. Try again. CTD. Reboot my PC. Try again. CTD. Try another favorite server. CTD.

I am starting to wonder if this game is worth it any more. So much frustration and bullshit to wade through just for a few nuggets of fun game play.

[LK]

I am starting to wonder if this game is worth it any more. So much frustration and bullshit to wade through just for a few nuggets of fun game play.

It's why I started playing Mass Effect 2 when I had 8 hours to kill Monday instead of getting dick stomped by weirdness in MW2 for that amount of time.

[Engels]

WAP, what changed in your config? Was there a patch this morning?

The server browser is an unforgivable POS. It doesn't remember your filtering preferences from one session to another and its slower than heck. I just can't get my mind around it. Is it because its console code ported to the PC in a lackadaisical manner?

[fuser]

Charming. Trying to play this morning. Mistakenly joined a Conquest map, so I played out the round, then left to find a Rush server (BC was empty at the time). I spend 45 minutes fighting with the fucking server browser until I finally get a server it lets me actually join. CTD when I join. Try BC (which by now had 8 or 9 people on it). CTD. Try again. CTD. Reboot my PC. Try again. CTD. Try another favorite server. CTD.

I gave up last night prepatch. CTD about 5 times no changes in config or patches (steam). Was thinking it might be my PC and reboot or video card update but thanks for confirming it's not just me.

[Malakili]

Charming. Trying to play this morning. Mistakenly joined a Conquest map, so I played out the round, then left to find a Rush server (BC was empty at the time). I spend 45 minutes fighting with the fucking server browser until I finally get a server it lets me actually join. CTD when I join. Try BC (which by now had 8 or 9 people on it). CTD. Try again. CTD. Reboot my PC. Try again. CTD. Try another favorite server. CTD.

I gave up last night prepatch. CTD about 5 times no changes in config or patches (steam). Was thinking it might be my PC and reboot or video card update but thanks for confirming it's not just me.

I had a lot of crashes the last 2 days as well.

[WayAbvPar]

Yeah no changes in my config at all. Was playing fine, then suddenly nothing. Waited an hour, and got in- just played 4 rounds with the goons. Of course, it ended with a server crash...

[fuser]

Yeah the server bombed out again after almost 24hrs of no issues

I've contacted the GSP about refunding donations,  and will strongly avoid whenever BF3 is launched.

[squirrel]

Yeah I've had a few CTD's today as well, no changes on my end.

EDIT: You know the crashes, the balance issues etc. None of it bothers me much. But the server browser seriously makes me nuclear stabby. How can it be that slow??

[Strazos]

I just wish I could see ping on the browser.

Other than that, I have not had issues.

[Engels]

You can see ping if you set Steam.exe to run as administrator (right click the executable, select Compatibility tab) and then do the same for the BF2 executable. Lame, but we know that about BF2 interface code by now.

[Xuri]

Yeah I've had a few CTD's today as well, no changes on my end.

EDIT: You know the crashes, the balance issues etc. None of it bothers me much. But the server browser seriously makes me nuclear stabby. How can it be that slow??

This.

[caladein]

I've contacted the GSP about refunding donations,  and will strongly avoid whenever BF3 is launched.

Just got my refund email from PayPal.

[ashrik]

So apparently the shotgun attachment to assault rifles is not too bad. I seem to actually have better luck with it than the 40mm grenade launcher...and I like to tell myself it takes more skill to sneak up on people than just sit on ammo and spam nades.

Speaking of shotguns, has anyone tried the Pump Action + Magnum Ammo + Slugs combo? It's great fun... when it feels like working.

When you sneak behind enemy lines, one shot kill three people and C4 a light tank; you're right as rain.

When you ambush some guy reloading, unload a shell point blank a crouching, stationary engineer; only to somehow miss and get knifed; you yell at your screen. Having to right click before firing really hampers the already limited application of shotguns.

I'm loving the shotgun with slugs and magnum ammo. Specially for hardcore. It just sucks that if you fire a shotgun without ADS mode, the slug or pellets apparently scatter to the 4 winds once they exit the barrel. Just unlocked the Neostead, gonna have some fun 

[Jimbo]

Thanks for having the server fuser, even if it is buggy, was fun to play with ya all...of course never saw more than 5 of us at once.  SGT SKIPPY will have to go level up on some other servers :)

[brellium]

Reinstalled the game hoping I could get into it, this time when i reinstalled it I was faced with 3-5 minute browser wait times, random CTD's, and now massive rubberbanding (I havn't seen that since UO), which really sucks for an fps where precise movement can mean the difference between life and death (and no more face stabby). Uninstalled and reinstalled same issue.

The game just earned my first ever dispute for a game purchased with a credit card (which pretty much all have been), for this:

Weapon balancing and tuning

When we created the first Closed Beta, we picked the most stable build we had. (Well, you have all seen how well that build fared when it faced the real world…) We had to choose either stability or new content — and stability won. Due to this, all content in the Closed Beta was some weeks old already at launch.
Weapon balancing is on-going in the retail game, and we are following what’s happening on the forums.

Game is pretty much working as intended, just not as expected, and it'll be patched later.

Steam can take and shove their no refund whatsoever for whatever reason policy, and deal with Visa's dispute process.

And unfortunatly anyone who doesn't do this is just saying, "Yeah, I'll buy a crappy game at release and hope it works later."

[Nightblade]

And unfortunatly anyone who doesn't do this is just saying, "Yeah, I'll buy a crappy game at release and hope it works later."

Well, it works fine for me and countless other people so... Too fucking bad? 

[Pennilenko]

Other than the server control issues, and the slow(but not unworkable browser) I have no issues. The game is immensely fun.

[Azazel]

And unfortunatly anyone who doesn't do this is just saying, "Yeah, I'll buy a crappy game at release and hope it works later."

Actually, I've been having an enourmous amount of fun with the MP so far. The Single player experience is also polished and fun. The Multiplayer is extremely good, despite it's differences from the wide-open maps of BF2/1942/DC which I really enjoyed. The game does have it's flaws and technical issues, no question, but for me personally the quality of the game is enough to override the technical issues. Which is a rare statement from me.

So I guess I'm saying "I disagree with your bitching, so go fuck yourself, whiny new guy."

The abuse is a reaction to your blanket statement toward anyone who "doesn't do" what you have chosen to do. 

[Azazel]

SecuROM removed from Steam version.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62826

 

[rrazcueta]

Are there ways to practice on a map before playing the map? I want to vroom vroom, but I'm having a hard time with everyone shooting at me all the time.

Also, do any of you use joysticks for vehicle controls? I hate turning the turret on a tank. I hate it so much.

[Azazel]

It's possible to quickly go into the options screen and bump up your mouse sensitivity when you jump in a vehicle. I wish they'd patch in seperate sensitivity options for vehicles, but I suspect that they have set it up deliberately like this as a balancing method.

I don't think you can play SP-MP, but turn off "no empty servers" on your MP filters and you should be able to find some to practice on. You won't be able to control the maps, but previos BF games' token SP experience have always had NPCs shooting at you.

[WayAbvPar]

Just had some good rounds. Permabanned a guy for swapping to the winning team at the last second even after I warned people about it earlier, and it is listed on the server info. If it was anyone you know tell him he is welcome back under a new name 

[fuser]

Permabanned a guy for swapping to the winning team at the last second even after I warned people about it earlier, and it is listed on the server info. If it was anyone you know tell him he is welcome back under a new name 

Guess what doesn't work. Banlists and server info 

[WayAbvPar]

Charming. He didn't come back afterwards and I announced it in chat, so hopefully it will be some sort of deterrent.

Also had to C4 a sniper in my squad after spawning on him 3 times in the same fucking space 15 steps from our spawn. Warned in team chat, then twice in squad chat, then blew him up up. remarkably I ran into him down in the middle of the fight not long after that 

[Engels]

So is this 'no sniper' rule something hard?  That's cool. Just wanna know if its just certain behavior you don't like, or if there's a unanimous 'snipers suck' rule going on.

[Malakili]

So is this 'no sniper' rule something hard?  That's cool. Just wanna know if its just certain behavior you don't like, or if there's a unanimous 'snipers suck' rule going on.

I think its more "don't be an asshat who sits back and gets a high KD ratio while not helping his team at all, especially on offense"

[Strazos]

Sometimes I don't get the sniper hate; killing people is always helpful.

I say this with sniper being my least-played class, for once.

[tgr]

Sometimes I don't get the sniper hate; killing people is always helpful.

I say this with sniper being my least-played class, for once.

Sniper hate isn't just in games. If you're a sniper in real life, and you get caught by the enemy, you're most likely getting served.

[Malakili]

Sometimes I don't get the sniper hate; killing people is always helpful.

I say this with sniper being my least-played class, for once.

Like, 1 maybe 2 snipers killing people is always helpful.  Anymore is hurting your team.

[Engels]

Firstly, I don't get a high kill count with the sniper. For me sniping in this game is way harder than in CoD W@W. Fuckers aren't still long enough. Secondly, what about spotting? Isn't that useful? I'm the first to get into an engie kit if I see a few tanks up, but I'm utterly useless as a beginner medic or assault. I have the twitch reflexes of a stunned vole on a thorazine drip. At least sniping, I do some good with spotting, and I take out other snipers.

[Strazos]

You also use your RPG to shoot individual infantry.

[Engels]

No, that was a lucky shot :P

[WayAbvPar]

Taking out defenders does very little good since they have an unlimited supply. More than 1 sniper on an attacking Rush team will absolutely cripple the whole team.