^ I'm looking into building a new gaming rig soon - nothing super top of the line for CPU - but at least a beefy vid card to go along with the other parts I have here.. so I'll be back doing crazy stuff in choppers soon enough

also I agree - flying choppers is mostly practice.. kinda like playing a racing game where some people are just THAT much better than others due to the time they spent learning on the same controls

oh and page 39 - yay.... i think...

[Edited on January 30, 2006 at 9:33 PM. Reason : edit]

1/30/2006 9:32:08 PM

OK, I've definitely confirmed that the fighter-bomber's LGMs can destroy commander's assets and bridges (obviously - they are the most powerful weapon in the game). How about helicopter TV missiles, though?

It's extraordinary to me how it seems as if people just don't even know that bombs can destroy assets. I see Special Forces guys going all kinds of ways out of their way to get to an asset when all they have to do is just divebomb it. I am becoming quite efficient at keeping the enemy's UAV trailer out of commission.

2/1/2006 11:49:02 AM

I need a new headset....the one i have freakin hurts my ears.

Do they make one similar to the halo2 headset for a pc?

2/1/2006 5:59:10 PM

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2272,CONTENTID=9523

thats the one I have,

however the major complaint I have about it is that the mic boom is not adjustable, and my teammates complain that my volume is faint even though the input is boosted all the way up and the mic is as close to my face as possible.

2/1/2006 6:08:54 PM

I use the SOCOM headset from the PS2...I don't listen to the game sounds thru headphones, so it's great...one ear speaker, light, and I only route voice through it in my teamspeak setup...can find them for 10-15 bucks on ebay

2/1/2006 6:25:59 PM

goalielax:

you know how much of a pain in the ass that is for the people listening to you to hear the game sounds through the mic also?

I had a guy that was in a plane doing shit like that with the voip and all you could hear is the fucking missile lock klaxon

(have I mentioned how much I want to get rid of that fucking thing?)

2/1/2006 6:32:21 PM

http://www.alteclansing.com/product_details.asp?pID=AHS502I

I use these. I play alot while my wife is in the same room watching TV and with my old set (some no name from wal mart) I used to get alot of complaints from squad mates about hearing the TV in the back ground. I also would tell my wife to turn down the TV so i could hear the game. This headset freakin rocks though. It almost completely shuts out other noises for me and has a noise canceling microphone so people on the other end can hear me and not the latest lifetime movie.

^yeah, i hate that too...thats why I use headphones rather than my bose surround sound for when I am gaming in multiplayer

[Edited on February 2, 2006 at 11:07 AM. Reason : d]

2/2/2006 11:06:43 AM

My Wife just put an ixnay on my teamspeak usage.

She says I'm too loud and cuss to much and it upsets her. So I'm confined to only listening now when she's home

2/2/2006 11:27:25 AM

I don't even have a headset so I don't use voip. Although I have found a few times when I am in a good squad where it is useful. Lots of times my squadmates are complete idiots though.

2/2/2006 2:12:45 PM

^^ .....

Yeah I feel your pain there man

2/2/2006 2:32:05 PM

i think headsets are only good in competitive gaming, like tourneys. but for casual fun play i dont think they are needed. i play just fine without talkin to my teammates.

2/2/2006 3:00:56 PM

when I'm with my teammates it really helps....even when just screwing around.

It helps especially when in a pilot/gunner situation where the pilot sees a guy with a rocket launcher and the gunner don't

Also, sometimes when Dogfighting I have my copilot mouselook for me since YOU CAN'T FUCKING MOUSELOOK AND CONTROL THE DAMN PLANE AT THE SAME TIME. RANT RANT RAAWWWR

Also works well when groundpounding.

2/2/2006 3:05:41 PM

^agreed... there are a group of guys I play with alot from another game and we all are kind of migrating to bf2 and it is definitely helpful to be able to tell them there is a guy behind them or whatever in the middle of a firefight.

btw... I can see why everyone bitches about the planes. they are damn near impossible to take out without another plane. So if you have some gay ass bitch pilot who sucks but always is jumping in the one damn plane on the map you are screwed because the AA sucks donkey balls unless it is a stationary target

2/2/2006 3:15:18 PM

Who's up for some teamplay tonight? IM me, di6italapathy. My bf2 name is occamsrezr, I'll probably be going in around 6:30 onto some server.

2/2/2006 6:10:45 PM

obviously they don't use the nice little push to talk feature. I have my scroll wheel click set for PTT, so the mic is only open when I speak.

I don't use the built in VOIP because I only play in tourney/clan settings and talk with others on teamspeak

people who don't use PTT should be shot...repeatedly...in the groin

2/2/2006 7:07:16 PM

voice activated works just fine if you don't use speakers... and you're not on a TS server with 40 people at a time...

21cw it was like that.

2/2/2006 8:29:39 PM

I just hate the earphones that cover up your entire ear..cuz I have big ears.

I prefer in the ear headphones or buds.

2/5/2006 8:20:22 AM

did everyone else just randomly get two new unlocks?

2/5/2006 10:53:48 AM

yes

2/5/2006 11:12:58 AM

yes

2/5/2006 11:52:03 AM

http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread.jspa?messageID=354924&sls=2&threadID=41398#354924

When I battled, we had guys split into squads and each squad was in a different channel, so you usually only had 5 guys max in a channel...thought it was that way at 21CW as well

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 1:37 PM. Reason : .]

2/5/2006 1:36:02 PM

Quote :

"I just hate the earphones that cover up your entire ear..cuz I have big ears."

over-ear headphones are the only way to go!

2/5/2006 3:08:28 PM

goalielax:

it was during a match, but when you're in the "staging area" it was like .... white noise.

2/6/2006 4:34:44 PM

I think that all these servers are run by 14 year old boys that get the shit kicked out of them in gym class every day.

I swear if you're doing really well, someone will either try to votekick you out or the admin will accuse you of hacking and escort you out the door.

Almost makes me want to host my own server.

2/6/2006 9:48:48 PM

So what's the story on the random unlocks?

2/6/2006 9:49:36 PM

everyone got two random unlocks for some reason

noobs probably complained about getting pwnt by all the SF guns and they had to open up more unlocks to keep them happy.

fucking whining bitches.

I swear if I were a game developer, the last fucking thing I'd want is a "community forum". Fucking useless.

2/6/2006 10:40:24 PM

^^^i heard that all these kick votes are server glitches.

thats what a friend told me, and then sure enough as soon as i joined the next server, it said that i had initiated a kick vote against someone else b/f i even had the chance to.

2/7/2006 2:11:14 AM

^^ I honestly thought maybe EA was trying to whet everyone's appetite for new content before they release Euro Force. Whereas with Special Forces I was just kinda ho-hum about some of the unlocks (SCAR-L being the notable exception), I am outright craving that Benelli M4 and P90. I'm also very curious to see how the new SA-80 will be different. Ever since I unlocked the G36E, it has been far and away my favorite weapon and I haven't touched the SA-80 since.

2/7/2006 8:32:36 AM

the burst fire on the g36E is brutal.


i wish it was the spec gun so i could have c4 with it 8(

2/7/2006 9:31:18 AM

It's funny, I have much greater success with semi-auto than with burst on that rifle. Only time I ever use burst fire is if I know I'm going to be right up in someone's face. I have been making some remarkably long distance kills with semo-auto since I switched from the SA-80 to the G36E. The SA-80 is still a little bit more accurate (largely due to the scope), but I don't feel like it has good enough stopping power.

2/7/2006 11:23:03 AM

if u noobs wanna join a good squad tonight, join our vent. its just me and a couple guys:

server name: icbm6.nrgservers.net
port: 3500

well be in "other games." my name's Dr Alan Watkins. dont be shy. lets pwnt.

[Edited on February 7, 2006 at 10:10 PM. Reason : ]

2/7/2006 10:04:17 PM

haha I've been playing classic doom for doom3 all night

2/8/2006 12:14:55 AM

hot damn... if we ran our business like EA ran theirs, we'd be long gone... here's today's community update:

Quote :

"Listen up soldiers: We have some great news for you regarding the upcoming patch. 1.2 is in the final stages of its release cycle. This means you need to keep an eye on this web space for further info and a release date. I want to extend a huge thanks to our community for helping us grasp the issues that have made your gameplay less than optimal at times. We are very happy with the improvements in this patch and sincerely hope you are all pleased with the work we’ve done. AJ Marini "

When was this patch promised originally? Like January something? Not only that, but the new "Euro Bullshit" that was supposed to be released on Feb 8th and now is coming "Sometime in Feburary"?

Whats funny about this, is if you post about it on planetbattlefield, you get your thread deleted and suspended, and all the people call you a dumbass for bringing it up.

2/13/2006 5:28:23 PM

those two unlocks are the ones that are supposed to come with version 1.2............ so if if you used them up then you can't get the new sniper rifle

2/13/2006 6:13:29 PM

let me guess, the new sniper rifle will be more powerful than the M24 AND more accurate than the ... whatever the other one is.

just to placate the fucking whiners.

2/13/2006 7:00:37 PM

What new sniper rifle? The one in Euro Force...? I haven't been keeping up on patch news, so I don't really know what's changing. Someone said dolphin diving is out as is bunny hopping, but I'm not sure how they'll fix those?

2/13/2006 7:06:16 PM

is there any servers out there that keep stats that are hacked? .. like t-m-p ?

2/13/2006 7:33:27 PM

What do you mean by hacked?

2/13/2006 7:58:35 PM

if you don't know what i'm talking about then you don't know the answer to my question, just curious what servers you all play on

2/13/2006 8:34:41 PM

what an ass

2/14/2006 1:53:42 AM

ranked ones maybe? noob

2/14/2006 7:55:59 AM

patch 1.2 is out

2/14/2006 2:03:08 PM

link doesnt work for me

2/14/2006 4:01:38 PM

http://www.fileplanet.com


THEY CHANGED HELICOPTERS BIG TIME!

8 missiles instead of 12 loaded at a time, still 4 rounds

TV MISSILES: MAX DISTANCE OF 400M INSTEAD OF ~650M NOW
also, tv missiles are not as responsive when you shoot and adjust position, took a bit to get used to. you have to anticipate where they'll be more now instead of last second adjustments.

that means much less base raping and hidden fighting from heli's!



PLANES are now easier to shoot with missiles from other planes unlike before where they'd miss unless directly behind them most of the time.


UAV's are now flying around and can be shot down and also run into your plane/chopper



NEW SNIPER RIFLE!

much more accurate, not as much damage as m95, but accuracy makes up for it. overall i like it much better.

[Edited on February 14, 2006 at 4:08 PM. Reason : ]

2/14/2006 4:06:41 PM

BUG FIXES & GAMEPLAY TWEAKS
- Dolphin Diving is no longer possible
- Players can no longer jump and shoot at the same time
- "Prone Spamming" is now fixed
- "Sprint exploit" is now fixed
- Helicopters now carry 8 missiles rather than 14
- TV-Guided missile now have a shorter range
- Damage decreased from M134
- Hit points on all air vehicles has been reduced
- AA missile lock has been improved
- All support kit weapons have been adjusted
- All Sniper rifles have been adjusted
- Sa80 has been adjusted
- G3A3 has been adjusted
- Reload while sprinting has been enabled
- Medic defibrillator paddles have been adjusted. They now reload while not in
use.
- SCAR-L reload sound has been fixed
- Server setting to allow friendly fire to be off on mines without affecting
other weapons.
- Server search filters now work properly
- Mines can no longer be destroyed with other explosives
- Bug in MP7 fire rate fixed. Ammo count increased and mag count and damage
decreased
- Flash bang effect radius decreased
- Added unlocks for Sniper and AT kits
- Fixed a bug in terrain rendering with night vision, whereby terrain was still
dark in dark areas.
- Fixed a bug whereby mods that are not bf2 or not xpack permutate shaders
every time a level is loaded.
- Fixed a bug whereby non-xpack mods cannot use xpack shaders.
- Fixed bug in TV guided missiles of Havoc helicopter
- The LAV25 no longer shoots through penetrable materials.
- Vehicles no longer disappear when viewed from some vehicles with a HUD (e.g.
Tanks).
- Performance gain found in static mesh rendering.
- Detonation radius from grenade launcher explosions has been reduced.
- Grenade launcher projectiles now have a minimum distance.
- Decreased Flashbang count from 4 to 3
- Replaced the existing Czech Flag with the correct one in the front end


EXPANSION OF RANKS
- Ranks have now been expanded to allow for players to rank up to General


NEW FEATURE
VISIBLE UAV
- The UAV that is placed by Commanders will now include a visual element. An
actual UAV will appear within the
UAV detection radius and circle the area. Players will be able to shoot it
down, bringing the UAV detection to a premature end.
The Commander will be able to continue placing UAVs once the timer resets, as
per current design.

2/14/2006 4:14:33 PM

that uav feature sounds pretty incredible. downloading now. cant wait.

2/14/2006 4:15:03 PM

So if you shoot down the UAV do you get any points?

2/14/2006 6:24:09 PM

Quote :

"what an ass"

Quote :

"ranked ones maybe? noob"

first of all i'm not sure if these were directed at me... but who on earth doesn't know what i'm talking about? do i have to spell it out? i play on ranked servers as well, but obviously ya'll play on specific servers, just wondering which ones and "if" any were hacked or not.

2/14/2006 6:42:06 PM

well ive only played the patch for a/b 20 minutes so maybe its too early to judge but looks to me like it sucks!

u cant jump and toss c4?!! now they go about 2 feet when you lay em. takes so much fun out of being spec ops.

2/14/2006 7:13:08 PM

Quote :

"So if you shoot down the UAV do you get any points?"

You get a grand total of jack squat for shooting down a UAV. I took one out earlier with a Linebacker just for fun, and I got nothing for it. Very disappointing!

I would go so far as to say that this patch is the first step in my turning on this game.

2/14/2006 7:27:40 PM