Have you guys heard anyone chat during the game? I havent heard any squad member talk yet. Makes me wonder what I am doing wrong... It is supported, right?

3/4/2010 1:21:48 PM

Yes, chat is sporadic at best. You can only chat with the other 3 members of your squad, unfortunately. Sometimes you get in a good squad, and sometimes you get stuck with idiots. I got put into a squad last night where the other 3 guys were doing absolutely nothing but sniping, and were running their mouths constantly about their K ratio. I really wanted to encourage them to go back to MW2, but I figured starting a flame war wasn't going to help my team win.

Heh. There's no "I" in team. There's also no "M," "W," or "2." When you get a good squad (or miraculously, whole team) working together in Battlefield, it's like magic.

3/4/2010 1:37:25 PM

yeah thats why i like playing with friends. Last night my squad was constantly getting the 'best squad' award after every round and we were communicating the whole time.

3/4/2010 1:39:58 PM

Yeah, I hope you guys are on tonight. We can do some squad battles and other shit. Should be badass.

3/4/2010 1:40:22 PM

I'll be on for sure. Last night my squad mate and I were owning in the chopper and bradley. It really helps when you communicate where targets are and when to GTFO if an RPG is incoming haha.

[Edited on March 4, 2010 at 1:48 PM. Reason : f]

3/4/2010 1:48:15 PM

XBox 360:
maticwin
Axelay MkIV
ktk Golovko
DaBEANnHCL

PS3:
Dr_Alan_Watkins
jus10ls

3/4/2010 2:24:21 PM

Quote :

"what did your voice message say last night? haha the voice was low and I couldn't hear it over the background noise but it sounded like you said you weren't getting BC2 until Friday or this weekend?"

Yeah thats what I was saying haha. Im going to grab it tomorrow after work if youre going to be on.

[Edited on March 4, 2010 at 4:55 PM. Reason : a]

3/4/2010 4:50:17 PM

XBox 360:
maticwin
Axelay MkIV
ktk Golovko
DaBEANnHCL

PS3:
Dr_Alan_Watkins
jus10ls
SgtSobchak

3/4/2010 5:27:07 PM

^^SWEET I'll be on most of the weekend.

3/4/2010 5:39:08 PM

Was just playing against a team on which, presumably, an entire squad had unlocked the mortar strike. They were round-robin dropping it on buildings which had crates, and they would eventually level the building. This was on the nighttime map with the sub base. They managed to destroy every building but the last one in this manner. That's kind of irritating, but it didn't seem like my team was making a big push to stop them from doing it. I have yet to unlock it, so I don't know if its range has changed from the first game.

3/4/2010 7:04:57 PM

just unlocked the 50cal... holy shit it is sooo much fun.

i love the extra points for the awesome shots from a sniper. I was rocking a few games and destroying kids.

Xbox 360: Bladerunner13

3/4/2010 8:04:54 PM

chronic narnia - xbox 360

3/4/2010 9:15:59 PM

^^Is the .50 cal a 1 hit kill to the body?

3/4/2010 10:43:31 PM

^^^what do you mean extra points? i know you get points for head shots. anything else?

also, i have a pretty good strategy that worked last night for capping flags. and it's fun as hell. i take an atv and ride circles around the flag. you have to keep moving, but stay within the capture zone (which is a lot larger this game). it took forever for someone to kill me. meanwhile, i draw all sorts of attention. when the nubs fire at me, my squad member(s) trace the fire, flank em, and kill em.

only did it a couple of times, but it worked both times, and was hilarious.

[Edited on March 5, 2010 at 6:25 AM. Reason : ]

3/5/2010 6:22:01 AM

there are a few things that will need to be changed or at least have server tools for, pilfering equipment from starting mains for instance, spam of mortars like previously described... etc

3/5/2010 12:27:10 PM

XBox 360:
maticwin
Axelay MkIV
ktk Golovko
DaBEANnHCL
PlzDieIRL

PS3:
Dr_Alan_Watkins
jus10ls
SgtSobchak

3/5/2010 12:45:01 PM

People that sit in an enemy spawn with their sights on spawn points should be kicked from the room.

That is all.

3/5/2010 1:03:01 PM

while i agree ^, people can not spawn at that point and then circle around and kill him from the other spawn. had to do that a lot in BF2 cause of the spawn point campers.

3/5/2010 1:21:09 PM

what is this "closed beta client" business for PC?

I wanted to try a demo, but that's all I'm seeing. Is it going to be locked once I get it installed and try to run it, now that the game is out? Or can I still play a level or two vs some bots?

3/5/2010 1:45:32 PM

Has anyone else joined in a game only to find all their weapon unlocks gone?

This happened to me last night, but they came back when I joined another game.

And now it's just happened again.

3/5/2010 3:35:10 PM

should be just opening glitches.... some servers might not be set up right...

3/5/2010 3:59:35 PM

looks like all the good war games have their share of online issues

3/5/2010 4:01:09 PM

This game is so much better than CoD, I'll take some glitches...

3/5/2010 4:52:06 PM

Anyone else having trouble connecting on PSN?

3/5/2010 5:00:17 PM

^^No doubt.

This game shits all over MW2.

[Edited on March 5, 2010 at 5:00 PM. Reason : ..]

3/5/2010 5:00:18 PM

Quote :

"Anyone else having trouble connecting on PSN?"

No problems with PSN, but it's not letting me connect to EA Online, whatever that is.

3/5/2010 5:01:31 PM

Shit's weak.

3/5/2010 5:04:11 PM

EA's having master server issues. it's not just BFBC2...many games are impacted. stuff is coming back online, but slowly. i can log into EA now, but server connectivity is hit or miss

3/5/2010 9:02:19 PM

Started campaign todAy. Graphics and sound are great. I just think it's too easy. The thing that makes the game is the static background and draw distances are spectacular.

3/6/2010 1:21:08 AM

got 8 ace badges tonight and probably double that in best squad badges

some of the maps are really easy to break with one squad on teamspeak and the only piece of light armor on your side of the map. I forget which map it was, but we continuously just base raped the other team after we repelled the first wave of movement.

3/6/2010 1:41:55 AM

Roommate and I were playing earlier today on PSN with no problem.

^^We haven't started the campaign yet. My thinking from what I've read/heard is that the Battlefield guys still haven't quite figured out how to do a really great single-player mode. The franchise has been multiplayer-focused for too long.

3/6/2010 2:13:08 AM

Land mines do some fucking WORK in this game. I have yet to see how many you can have laid at a time, but I know I have made kills with them (especially on Arica) long after I forgot I had put them somewhere. Putting down a pair will kill any armored vehicle, and you get a ton of points for it. The only drawback is when you're on a team full of morons who never throw out ammo boxes. I still just don't get this. It's FREE POINTS. Throw them everywhere!

I'm pleasantly surprised that the ACOG also works well in this game, unlike some others I know. I've been using it quite a bit on the SAW and have gotten very good results at a distance.

3/6/2010 2:15:25 AM

any idea about how many ammo boxes you can throw out before they start disappearing?

3/6/2010 2:44:12 AM

^1

3/6/2010 4:44:50 AM

XBox 360:
maticwin
Axelay MkIV
ktk Golovko
DaBEANnHCL
PlzDieIRL

PS3:
Dr_Alan_Watkins
jus10ls
SgtSobchak

PC:
General Ben

3/6/2010 4:57:08 AM

XBox 360:
maticwin
Axelay MkIV
ktk Golovko
DaBEANnHCL
PlzDieIRL

PS3:
Dr_Alan_Watkins
jus10ls
SgtSobchak
katiencbabe84

PC:
General Ben

3/6/2010 12:09:24 PM

Quote :

"any idea about how many ammo boxes you can throw out before they start disappearing?"

Yes, only 1. However, whenever you see a group of people (or even just a long sniper), toss one out! The odds are overwhelming that that person has used some ammo, and you'll be earning easy points for it. I am chucking out ammo boxes almost every time the icon is replenished.

3/6/2010 12:52:03 PM

Quote :

"^^Is the .50 cal a 1 hit kill to the body?"

I don't know about BC2, but in the first game it was a one-shot kill if you hit them in the back.

3/6/2010 12:55:14 PM

Is this game a sequel to Battlefield 2?

It looks exactly like it from the trailers.

3/6/2010 12:58:38 PM

^^ Did you accept my friends request yet (from kneeslapper)?

3/6/2010 1:14:15 PM

Yes 75% of the time the 50 cal is one hit kill if you hit them anywhere and 90% one hit kill on body shots.

Quote :

"what do you mean extra points? i know you get points for head shots. anything else?"

for ridiculously long head shots across the map where you have to account for bullet drop you get extra points. And yes there is bullet drop for those who don't know.

Last night ran into a few squads with several upgrades either assault or medic and they worked together... yea they were almost unstoppable if your team is a bunch idiots running around away from the boxes with no upgrades.

Also I love the UAV. got a triple kill from the missle last night and it looked 10x cooler since i got to see it from above.

Xbox 360: Bladerunner13

3/6/2010 1:22:46 PM

The fastest way to level up (your guns especially) is to play Squad Death Match. I almost never get under 1000 points a round.

3/6/2010 1:35:53 PM

I just bought this and am currently downloading over Steam. Can't fucking wait!

3/6/2010 5:12:46 PM

it amazes me how many people are assault class but then i remember lots of people from COD:MW1 & 2 are coming in so they don't know the fun of being a medic, engineer, or a sniper.

3/6/2010 5:21:15 PM

There is so much diversity between the four classes, but the best thing is that you can tweak your load-out at any point during gameplay, and don't have to wait until the game is over and go to create-a-class to tweak and then be stuck with your choice for the whole game.

3/6/2010 5:30:47 PM

First glitch I've seen, check it out! FYI, this is the PC version.

http://www.justin.tv/clip/73cc459c58658575

[Edited on March 6, 2010 at 8:08 PM. Reason : /]

3/6/2010 8:07:38 PM

Just picked the game up at wal-mart. Will mount up after dook/unc game.

3/6/2010 9:03:05 PM

The servers are REALLY acting up right now.

3/6/2010 9:07:51 PM

Waiting for my girl to finish this movie then I will be on. I apologize in advance to whomever I play with for my noobish gameplay tonight.

3/6/2010 9:55:38 PM

Quote :

"^^ Did you accept my friends request yet (from kneeslapper)?"

I don't believe I did. I may have inadvertently deleted it since I didn't recognize the name, so please send it again.

OK, single most underrated item in the whole game so far: smoke grenade launcher. It seems like such a stupid use of an item slot until you see just how effective it can be in arming those hard-to-get crates which have no cover. Specifically, think about the first crate in the crater on Port Valdez as an example. Consider that with the Grenade Vest Specialization, you can bloop 2 smoke grenades in the proximity of the crate, and 2 more into the tall building behind it, and the bad guys will have a VERY hard time seeing you planting unless they are sitting right on top of the crate with you. I jumped on the 4-wheeler and did this earlier in the day, and it was far and away the single fastest crate destruction I've seen yet in this game. Smoke grenades can prevent snipers from getting easy potshots, too, as you can lob smoke in on their position from a VERY long way out. I've been trying this on the Isla Innocentes map, as I lob one smoke grenade after another into islands where the crates are so that the bad guys can't see me or my teammates coming. Try this out, you may be surprised by the results.

3/6/2010 11:41:29 PM