anyone tried the Nations at War mod for BF2? Its pretty cool, sort of like DC was for BF1942

[AGB]Spectre

http://www.agbgaming.com

5/12/2006 4:55:23 PM

for those who have the Special Forces Expansion: is it worth it monetarily as well as weapons unlocks?

5/14/2006 2:34:24 PM

^^everythings so fast!

5/14/2006 2:51:53 PM

^^if its 20 bucks, which is how much i paid for it, then yes its worth it. solely for the three maps that are awesome and the the grapple hook and zipline.

i wanna know if the euroforce booster pack is worth it? its only ten bucks but i hear its difficult tryin to find a server.

5/14/2006 3:44:57 PM

^ meh, so far it hasn't I can't get the fucker to run right on my windows 2000 machine....

5/15/2006 12:43:05 AM

Heres another mod we have been playing, US Intervention

http://usi.jarhedz.com/

Its like Nations at War and DC and alot of fun as well....some cool tricks too, like being able to zoom in and zoom out your tank gunsight recticle (x key)

5/15/2006 8:28:39 AM

New scout-class helos in the Armored Fury expansion are supposed to serve as mobile UAV's. Now that's extremely useful - if not questionable in terms of balance. However, if Euro Force is any indication, good luck finding a server. Surely some of you out there have been playing on Euro Force servers?

5/15/2006 9:55:53 AM

So for an ENTIRE round yesterday, I got vote-kick spammed. I felt so flattered. Some guy just had some massively bad luck and happened to be in virtually every vehicle I bombed on Kubra Dam. I think my first 5 kills were the same guy over and over. LOL. I wasn't even doing that terribly well - I only went something like 25:5.

Seriously, though, if you're going to have the misfortune to be killed by someone repeatedly, at least man up and try to hunt them down and kill them back instead of being a bitch and trying to vote them out. What the hell is wrong with people? For as much as I could enjoy this game, it's stupid things like this which make me wish I was interested in another good FPS.

5/17/2006 2:18:53 PM

i despise the grenade launchers minimum effective range...while i never whored it against infantry at close ranges....it was vital to blowing up buggies and jeeps

5/17/2006 2:27:47 PM

Quote :

"uhhh the m24 is a 'beginning' rifle.... got your view distance set to 100% and geometry at max?"

i was thinking you mentioned the M24 because it was the .50 cal

i dont know what shit is set at

i just want to know the difference between the first and second rifle unlocks

im thinking about getting the shotgun for the engineer is why

5/17/2006 3:08:38 PM

man me and some friends downloaded nations at war. that mod is sweet. so many new maps. they're refreshing to play.

5/17/2006 8:06:54 PM

so wait

do you have to unlock all the first guns ni order to get to the second ones?

thats going to suck ass

5/17/2006 9:25:56 PM

^ If that's true, then that sucks. I'm not a huge fan of playin the support kit

[Edited on May 17, 2006 at 9:34 PM. Reason : ]

5/17/2006 9:34:34 PM

you dont have to unlock ALL of them, just the ones in the same class before you get the 3rd ones

5/17/2006 9:37:03 PM

i unlocked the .50 cal

it wouldnt allow me to unlock the second rifle with my second unlock

i could choose from everything else

but not the second sniper rifle

5/18/2006 2:37:49 PM

odd
you have the sf expansion right?


oooooooh it may be a euro xp only unlock or something

[Edited on May 18, 2006 at 2:46 PM. Reason : 3]

5/18/2006 2:45:54 PM

I believe that the L96A1 was a Euro Force unlock?

Which brings me back to my ongoing question - please someone recommend some servers which are running Euro Force maps? I am so absolutely sick and tired of Karkand, Mashtuur, and Sharqi that I don't know what to do and yet it seems like every server plays them as every other map in the rotation. Barf.

5/19/2006 11:05:18 AM

so wait

they put a gun in the game that you could never unlock until they dropped an expansion?

...

5/19/2006 1:42:17 PM

^ precisely. there are many weapons that can only be unlocked with the added expansions. the newest sniper rifle, L96A1, is a clear example of that. that's y in original gameplay very few people have that sniper rifle but those that do absolutely dominate cause that is a truly 1 shot 1 kill weapon, unlike the 2nd sniper unlock where it's usually 2 shots or 1 hella good head shot.

5/19/2006 2:35:26 PM

I wish SO badly that I could "trade in" some of my unlocks in favor of ones which I would use more often. I so seldom ever wind up using the Assault rifles, but I certainly could see using the L96A1 if it is as good as everyone seems to indicate. Dunno about the P90, but I reckon I'd use that a lot more often as well.

5/19/2006 5:01:13 PM

i thought someone clearly stated that it was not a one shot, one kill rifle

that it was before, but the programmers changed it

and how the fuck can it kill someone with one shot when a .50 cal round to the chest does not?

PS that is really fucking aggravating

[Edited on May 20, 2006 at 3:04 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2006 3:03:49 PM

Peculiar thing about the L96A1 - I have definitely been 1-shot-and-killed outright with it. However, I've also noticed the same thing about the Barrett. I think it may have something to do with range, actually. I know that in the seldom occasions I've ever used the sniper kit (since I don't have the L96A1 yet), I have 1-shot-killed people with the Barrett but it was at a range of less than 50 yards. I really don't know about the others, though.

5/20/2006 3:42:42 PM

^^ yea tell me about it. i have been taken out at all ranges with that damn sniper rifle with only 1 shot so i know it is a 1 shot 1 kill weapon. i dont care what the programmers said or did because they are full of shit. lol.

5/20/2006 3:55:01 PM

well it doesnt tell you where you were shot

i've been one shot killed with many weapons and i've always assumed they got me in the head

so i would say you cant really tell

but ive shot a ton of people with the .50 cal and they just dont die

that really makes me mad

i should be able to take out jeeps and shit with that thing

plus a NUMBER of times ive had someone in my crosshairs and actually missed

and the guy wasnt even running

5/20/2006 4:24:11 PM

i just got the euroforce thing and havent seen or gotten anything new

but somehow i got awarded a gold star without my knowledge



only the special forces upgrade gives you two free unlocks?

it seems to be taking ten times as long to get this third promotion as it did the two previous

5/22/2006 10:58:21 PM

LOL. Good luck finding those Euro Force maps in rotation... (But hey, if you do find a server which rotates them frequently, please let me know.)

And yes, unlike Special Forces, you don't get any unlocks with Euro Force. That's highly annoying.

5/23/2006 8:18:52 AM

^You get unlocks based on your rank. My roommate has the Euroforces expansion, and I played a few rounds on his computer. I was a gunnery seargant beforehand so after I finished playing, I got 5 more unlocks.

5/23/2006 9:12:49 AM

Yes, what I was referring to is that EA gave everyone 2 "free" unlocks when Special Forces came out. They didn't do the same thing with Euro Force. I'm also a Gunnery Sergeant, but I know I've used 10 (both Special Forces, both Assault, both Engineer, both Medic, one Sniper, and one Anti-Tank) unlocks as well.

5/23/2006 2:51:08 PM

new patch out

5/23/2006 6:55:36 PM

iiiineteresting

5/24/2006 12:32:59 AM

new patch totally jacked my game

5/24/2006 1:27:50 AM

OK, air dropping vehicles is an absolute blessing since the main thing I detest about this game is the fact that it can take SO FUCKING LONG to get anywhere. Vehicle drops can really change the dynamic of certain maps - especially the city battles. Need to help your troops get somewhere fast? Drop a Humvee. Need them to deal with that annoying helicopter? Drop a Humvee. They need some instant cover? (I'm not kidding about this one - I saw it done several times yesterday.) Drop a Humvee. And the reset timer on the drops is alarmingly short!

I have yet to see whether or not you can actually drop a vehicle ON someone, but that would be utterly hilarious. It'd be too funny if you could zoom way in on the enemy's commander and drop Humvees on him repeatedly.

I am also very pleased to see that missiles will veer away from friendly aircraft now. I can't help but wonder if anything else has been changed about the missle dynamics, as I seemed to fare much better than normal in a few dogfights yesterday. Nothing is said about it in the notes, though...

5/24/2006 8:58:25 AM

Ok so question about the vehicle drops: are there a limited number of vehicles that can be on the map at a certain time? For example, a new tank won't spawn at a specific spawn location until the tank that was there before it has been destroyed. Is the same true with the vehicle drops or will you just be able to drop as many as you want once the drop timer has refreshed?

5/24/2006 9:13:38 AM

I have no clue about vehicle limits now. It seems to me that once a vehicle is dropped and someone claims it, it's an active part of the map and doesn't affect the next drop. I would guess that if a dropped vehicle sits there for long enough and isn't claimed, then it will eventually self-destruct. I'd really like to see how many dropped vehicles can be claimed before something cuts off. I do know that I got a quick look at 5 Humvees sitting in front of the Hotel in Mashtuur. It looked like valet parking - really pissed off valet parking. LOL.

5/24/2006 9:40:41 AM

Well damn couldn't you just pretty much get a squad of 6 guys, all engineers to wait at the main base and then drop six tanks right next to them. Once the last guy gets his tank, all 6 could just go on a destruction spree and stay right near each other, killing everything that moves.

5/24/2006 10:09:41 AM

Well, you can't drop tanks. From what I've seen, all you can drop are the jeep-type vehicles (Humvee, Vodnik, etc.). In the commander's screen, the button simply says "Vehicle Drop." It doesn't allow you to choose which type of vehicle. Now THAT would be completely overpowering. (But fun.) I do wonder if the vehicle count on certain maps has been increased, though.

No, I think the jeeps make for a perfect compliment to the game in that it makes it much easier to get troops to a particular part of the map quickly. I had truly begun to despise Mashtuur because I would make it my #1 business to grab a jeep and go try to capture the enemy's helipad and blow up their UAV as soon as the round started. With only 2 jeeps at the starting spawn points, I would get left having to hike it - or just give up and wait - since everybody else wants to just grab the closest flags and not one of the most critical. (Hey, if you can sap their UAV and deny them gunship support, then that's a much bigger accomplishment in my mind.) Being able to get troops where you need them makes the commander's job MUCH more fun since now you can issue an order and then actually provide a means for those troops to get where you want them.

5/24/2006 10:39:28 AM

Damn. You can't drop vehicles on people. You can stand directly under a parachuting Humvee, and it'll float like paper and glide to a "safe" resting place when it reaches your head.

5/25/2006 9:56:24 AM

lol
and yet the box o' death still works?

5/25/2006 10:15:34 AM

^ ive hit supply drops so many times when flying the helo, its hilarious when it happens though

5/25/2006 12:12:46 PM

I've never seen a suppy drop actually kill someone...? I wouldn't be surprised if that got changed now since jeep drops won't kill anybody. I have seen helos hit supply crates and shred them with the rotors, though. I don't know that I've ever hit one with a jet, but I somehow doubt that you live through it.

5/25/2006 12:16:45 PM

DAMN CAN I JUST GET PROMOTED PLEASE

5/25/2006 2:08:30 PM

what is ur current rank?

5/25/2006 2:09:45 PM

i dunno

ive been promoted twice

5/25/2006 2:11:17 PM

Check out this link to see how close you are to your next rank.

http://www.bf2s.com

Just enter your username and you can see all of your medals, unlocks, and stats. GREAT site.

5/25/2006 2:13:44 PM

i got the gold star somehow

5/25/2006 2:15:12 PM

WTF? (Excerpt from an interview with DICE lead level designer Tom Galt on Gamespot.)

Quote :

"A new commander tool has been added as well, and that is the ability to drop light jeeps anywhere on the battlefield. This comes in really handy when you're stuck in a field somewhere without a ride. As commander though, I have the most fun dropping jeeps on enemy snipers! For all you snipers out there, always remember: fire and maneuver!"

I just sat and watched a guy get a jeep dropped on his head the day before yesterday, and it merely floated off of his head. Either this programmer is misinformed as something was changed, or I witnessed a very odd glitch. I'm gonna go command ASAP and try to drop a jeep on myself to see what happens.

5/25/2006 3:20:33 PM

Can someone please tell me if BF2 Patch version 1.3 was released recently or a while ago?

5/25/2006 7:53:02 PM

it was just released the other day

5/25/2006 7:55:32 PM

Thank you. I looked at the date of the post about it and for some reason it said october 05.....I was really confused about my version, the latest version, and wether or not I had a cat

5/25/2006 7:56:35 PM

jeep drops kill people

5/26/2006 9:06:01 PM