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Topic: Battlefield 2: Special Forces (Read 21465 times)
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Jimbo
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Furiously
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Played for a few hours with Wayabvpar last night.
I fired AA at an enemy plane and took out 5 guys on my team. With 1 hit on a blackhawk. I also took out about 3 planes and 4 helicopters. The lock code doesnt seem much better, but the hit points on planes and helicopters seems much much lower.
New sniper gun is meh. Grenade launcher is pretty worthless now.
Firefights are a lot more fun.
Game is going to be even more armor-centric now.
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Sky
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Grenade launcher is pretty worthless now. Blah. |
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WayAbvPar
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Fur is right- the lock code is about the same, but flying things have far fewer hit points. That really caters to my playstyle- I was always the dumbshit on the ground firing futilely at the attack choppers milliseconds before they blew me to hell with rockets. Last night, there was an attack chopper circling one of our bases in massacre mode. I jumped into a newly spawned truck, manned the gun, and knocked it out of the sky with a few long bursts.
Pilots now have to respect ground emplacements, which makes it a lot more fun to be a grunt in air superiority maps like Gulf of Oman.
I had forgotten about the grenade launcher nerf. I played as assault a few times last night and didn't get a single killl with the launcher- I thought I was just out of practice (I rarely play the kit). Now it makes more sense.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Jimbo
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Woot! Spent the afternoon shooting up people with my PKM! And yes those vehicle mounted 50cals now put the hurt on helicopters now.
BTW...still got blown up by grenade launchers.
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Furiously
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Ohhh - Engineering... How I love the new mines. I planted some in the grass somewhere when I first started one map. 10 minutes later an enemy finally drove over them. It's very nice that you can't blow up your own side or yourself with them now.
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WayAbvPar
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Ohhh - Engineering... How I love the new mines. I planted some in the grass somewhere when I first started one map. 10 minutes later an enemy finally drove over them. It's very nice that you can't blow up your own side or yourself with them now.
I thought that would ruin all your fun, the way your were racking up TKs last night with the AAA  |
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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Furiously
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Only had one round where I was -21. Think I was in the 40's the rest of the time.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Mines don't blow your guys up now?
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Furiously
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server gets to decide that.
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WayAbvPar
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Anyone else find that the new patch FUBARed their frame rate? I get all kinds of video lag/chop now that makes it pretty much unplayable. This is on the same servers I played on pre-patch (pings well under 100ms), and with the same video options set. It is really frustrating, because I really wanna play!
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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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Furiously
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tried out a couple other servers last night - I think it's server related lag. Try playing on a 32 or 24 player server and mine cleared right up.
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WayAbvPar
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I will give it a try. Probably tonight, since I doubt EVE will be back any time soon.
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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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Furiously
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Since my leveling partner in WOW (that and the fact we both just hit 60) seems to be whipped, I might be joining you..to you know, kill you.
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WayAbvPar
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Since my leveling partner in WOW (that and the fact we both just hit 60) seems to be whipped, I might be joining you..to you know, kill you.
Oh IS he? No wonder he hasn't called me to give me an update. Good for him! |
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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Zetleft
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Downloading this now, hopefully get to play a few rounds. Don't like the sound of the range nerf on my AV kit though.
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Jimbo
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Downloading this now, hopefully get to play a few rounds. Don't like the sound of the range nerf on my AV kit though.
Grap a jeep as a force multiplier, I got lucky one night playing MEC defending from the US assult on Operation Clean Sweep map, and basically with my trusty missle launcher, and calling out incoming helio's, boats, and AFV's, I managed to score another bronze star. Those vehicle mounted .50 cals rock! Or better yet, hook up with a friendly support player like me :) I'll follow someone who is doing something right, keep you well fed with ammo, and hit the soft targets with a hail of lead. I luv how support guns got a boost in accuracy, heck I was having a blast playing them anyway, now it is even more fun. I've heard mixed things about the P90, so I just keep my DAO-12 when playing as a AV person. |
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Sky
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My experience is that my force multiplying jeep will be taken by the first chucklehead to ramble along and promptly driven off a cliff or into a lake or something. Shades of BF1942 artillery units.
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WayAbvPar
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Played on a 32 person map with a ping of 93ms. Still choppy as fuck. AARRRGGGHHH.
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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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Furiously
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Much be your wayblwpar computer. Try several other servers. I think it's the load on them.
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WayAbvPar
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Much be your wayblwpar computer. Try several other servers. I think it's the load on them.
Yeah it must be. I am sure its capabilities magically degraded, and that the EA patch has nothing to do with it. Now, if I can convince my wife that I need an upgrade... |
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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Zetleft
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Downloading this now, hopefully get to play a few rounds. Don't like the sound of the range nerf on my AV kit though.
Grap a jeep as a force multiplier, I got lucky one night playing MEC defending from the US assult on Operation Clean Sweep map, and basically with my trusty missle launcher, and calling out incoming helio's, boats, and AFV's, I managed to score another bronze star. Those vehicle mounted .50 cals rock! Or better yet, hook up with a friendly support player like me :) I'll follow someone who is doing something right, keep you well fed with ammo, and hit the soft targets with a hail of lead. I luv how support guns got a boost in accuracy, heck I was having a blast playing them anyway, now it is even more fun. I've heard mixed things about the P90, so I just keep my DAO-12 when playing as a AV person. Yeah I have the extra unlocks to get the p90 if I want but I'll probably play around with in SF maps before deciding. I ended up playing with my Support kit last night on a 40 man server on wake island. Tons of fun with that with the boost. That high damage unlock helped me with a 3 to 1 kill death ratio and a nice gold star. The new accuracy with the large support unlock almost seems like it made the newly created SF support unlock largely irrelevant though. Whenever I use AV I love to group with support so I pay close attention to any I see around me, with support being adjusted maybe I'll get to see some finally :) Was nice that in one sitting at an AA ground unit I took out 2 choppers and 1 jet in about 5 minutes. That felt soooo good. |
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Azazel
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Gave BF2 another go tonight. I have to agree, the game is choppy as all hell all of a sudden, despite me playing on, you know, the same servers with my hardware being exactly the same. I played it for probably 2 hours-ish and by god it's just a confusing mess of a game. Can't say I really enjoy it anymore.
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Zetleft
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Downloading new patch 1.2.1 now that states it fixes performance issues with certain ATI cards, hopefully that'lll fix that mystery lag that has cropped up. linky |
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Azazel
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Ta. Installing it now.
I just realised, I haven't booted BF2 up at all since I patched and played through that lagfest for one session a few weeks ago.
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WayAbvPar
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I have an Nvidia card, but I will give it a go tonight to see if it is any better. I hope so- I haven't killed anyone in WEEKS!
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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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WayAbvPar
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Patch notes- Fixed the Hmmwv with TOW crash on Battlefield 2: Special Forces maps
Fixed the Battle Recorder crash
Fixed the screen capture
Fixed the issue with Pixel Shader 1.4 video cards
Fixed the issue that caused heat seeking missiles to stick to oil towers
Fixed the issue that caused heat seaking missiles to ziz-zag
Reduced the maximum number of claymores that can be dropped to 2
Fixed the Server Browser filter to enable search by map name
Fixed the error in Client
Server communication causing sound, animation and other sync issues. I am pretty sure my vid card falls into the Pixel Shader 1.4 set....crossing my fingers! I really miss taking my poker bad beats out on unsuspecting n00bs with my M95. |
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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Jimbo
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Had no problem with the 1.2 patch, luv the fix on that damn heat seeker lock, would drive me nuts on SF when you are fighting in the SAS vs Spetzna mission. Dang, I can't get my anti-air or anti-armor for nuthing...did rack up a lot of kills though in the Linebacker.
I really like the new sniper rifle unlock, it was a ton of fun and it seems accurate and powerful, 1 to 2 hits and down people go. And they made my support weapons even better, heck I loved them before the upgrade, now it makes it sweet to squeeze off a burst and down go the bad guys. I've found I actually choose the PKM and the SF unlock as they both have uses. The SF support unlock is great fired from the hip and in close quarters, the PKM is just wicked at medium to long range. It still takes about 2 belts of ammo on an attack helio to bring it down, but it is nice that support can at least annoy the attacking helio's and make them leave instead of just killing at will.
I'm finding that I play support, medic, or anti-armor more and more. Join a squad, see what is needed, spawn and go do as told, pretty fun believe it or not on the public servers.
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sinij
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I actually choose the PKM and the SF unlock as they both have uses
Other day I tried to knife support guy and he killed me after reloading twice. WITH PKM!! NERF! |
Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
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WayAbvPar
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Played a bit over the weekend. Slightly less choppy, but still pretty much unplayable. All I can do is sit and snipe- if I have to turn more than 30 degrees at a time I get freezes and choppiness. FUCK.
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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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Azazel
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They just pushed their next bit of shovelware out the door, too.
Any of you lot bought it? I would have, if EA/DICE hadn't done such a piss-poor effort with the game so far.
I still haven't tried the game out after the last incremental. I finally finished Call of Duty:UO instead.
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WayAbvPar
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I would buy it if it makes the original game run better. I think the game is fun as hell. Hated the first expansion, but the core game remains a lot of fun on the right server.
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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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Jimbo
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Holy shit it is out?!  I was going shopping anyway today, hopefully I can grab one today. I still say this is the best grind MMOG out there :-D I'll never get my pistol, knife, explosive ordinance, or air defense badge (and let's not talk about how I fly), but I'll keep on trying. |
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HaemishM
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They just pushed their next bit of shovelware out the door, too.
Any of you lot bought it? I would have, if EA/DICE hadn't done such a piss-poor effort with the game so far.
I still haven't tried the game out after the last incremental. I finally finished Call of Duty:UO instead.
Wait, they released ANOTHER BF2 expansion? ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME? Is there some programming god sitting over a cosmic toilet shitting this out? |
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Lemming
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I think they're calling it a "booster pack", or something like that. Something akin to EQ2's Splitpaw. Last time I checked, it was a few European boards and a few new weapons. I haven't checked up on it in a while, however.
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