I just bought BF2 for the PC. What patches should I install and what mods do you guys like the best? Also, looking at the maps for the first day, I haven't seen any maps that have any airplanes. Are there not any included on the game?

6/25/2006 3:20:07 PM

Go to the ea website (http://www.eagames.com) and download the latest patch, it will include all the other ones. Just make sure it isn't the incremental patch.

The single player is only 16 people, planes are only in 32+ maps.

6/25/2006 3:22:42 PM

I cannot believe how often servers randomly crash since this latest patch. I was playing this evening and was doing well enough to earn the Good Conduct medal, and then the fucking server goes down. That record had better count - I was 42-0 flying the Hornet.

6/29/2006 1:03:55 AM

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thats what i get when i try to buy armored fury

7/3/2006 8:42:38 PM

Finally got into Armored Fury after a vacation and I have to say that new maps are welcome. However, the sole reason I bought the expansion was to fly the new planes, and they are only in 2 out of 3 of the new maps. Ugh. Even more annoying is that there's only 1 plane per team on the Midnight Sun map, and 2 planes per team on Rolling Thunder. The SU-39 is fantastic, as its cannon can tear into armor. The A-10 is about as good, but seems slightly better at killing infantry than armor. I can't stand the Fantan, though, as its bombs don't seem to release altogether even when I am pressing the release as quickly as I can.

It's truly amazing to me how EA seems to acknowledge that the planes are almighty - at least in the hands of a talented pilot - in this game, and yet every time they put out new content they almost make the planes more powerful. Case in point - there are no fighters on any of the new maps, so people have to rely upon mobile AA or mounted AA. Well, the mounted AA is pretty close to worthless since it never seems to be where you want it and it doesn't pack enough firepower to take a plane down with only 2 of the smaller missiles, so mobile AA is the only option. However, since there are so many tanks in the new maps, the poor mobile AA can get eaten for lunch in a big hurry. No mobile AA = fun time for whomever is lucky enough to get one of the new bombers. I say lucky because now that they don't spawn as soon as the map begins, I have seen a ridiculous number of people TK'ing for the plane.

I have never missed the vehicle pad in Tribes 2 as much as I do now. It truly was the best solution to preventing vehicle stealing and keeping a constant balance I have ever seen.

7/10/2006 5:18:27 PM

yeah vehicle stealing from mains is the single lamest thing in game.... there are ways to lock vehicles at certain vehicle spawns but the standard game does not have them....

7/14/2006 9:08:51 PM

Well, I meant more along the lines of same team stealing rather than enemy stealing. It is ridiculously obnoxious how people will stand around like idiots in an attempt to get the plane/whatever "first." There's no sense of order or management, not to mention the rampant TK's when someone has a temper tantrum because they didn't get the plane.

But anyway, let's talk about something which I'd hope would get a serious response. Anyone ever seen this?

http://www.msxsecurity.com

There have been many occasions in which I had to stop and wonder how exactly in the hell someone could kill me from such an extreme distance while I was under cover, and finding this site kinda makes me believe that this is the explanation. I don't really bitch about cheating in online games unless something appears to be terribly wrong, and some of the things I've seen lately have made me wonder. I can't help but be curious as to whether or not this is "real," as they do have some pretty extensive movies on the site. Being able to see where EVERYONE is, especially through cover, is quite interesting...

7/25/2006 8:22:07 PM

yeah, cover is only so-so protection.... your tag can pop up at range even under cover.... kinda lame at times....

7/25/2006 10:37:19 PM

Anyone recommend a good balanced mod? I am so sick of the faggotry I see in ranked servers that I really need a change of pace.

7/31/2006 12:56:49 AM

Nations at War (NAW), US Intervention (USI) and Allied Intent are all great mods

if you want a hilarious mod, try the Sir Mod

http://totalbf2.filecloud.com/files/file.php?user_file_id=205213

the pistol shoots artillery, nuclear hand grenades, automatic artillery rifle, the tank plays the beats to a rap song while you drive....its hilarious

[Edited on July 31, 2006 at 1:02 AM. Reason : .]

7/31/2006 1:02:01 AM

Tk for jets it's fun and rewarding

7/31/2006 1:07:40 AM

TK'ing for jets is probably #1 on my list of things I'd like to reach through someone's computer for and give them a real pistol whipping. And what's even more obnoxious about it is that it feels to me like the programmers were too lazy to come up with a good solution to this sort of problem, so they have never bothered to change this in any BF game.

It is really astounding to me how even years later, the balancing, anti-griefing, anti-spawn camping, and same-team vehicle claiming mechanics in Tribes 2 were simply brilliant. I *never* witnessed the kind of smacktardism in that game which I see running absolutely rampant in BF2.

7/31/2006 12:34:15 PM

LET'S FUCKING TALK SOME BATTLEFIELD 2 OK!!!!!!!!!111111111111

7/31/2006 12:34:38 PM

I love planting C4 on MY PLANE as one of my smacktard teammates tries to take it. He thinks he's up up and away then .... *click*... *boom*


I don't actually do it except when said smacktard killed me first.

Last time I played, I noticed a shitton of what I'd like to call "cheating" but rather call "suspicious anomalies." On Kark, this dude would fucking kill me in one shot EVERY SINGLE TIME, even when I snuck up from behind him. I'd just get wasted anytime I saw him on my screen.

Then I look at the stats and noticed, that on a 64 player server, his K was like 83:2

7/31/2006 2:20:35 PM

^ i did that on Sharqi with the MEC helo. i was spawn TKed like 5 times in a row by the same person so when he was in the chopper landing for repairs i snuck up put 2 pads of C4 on the chopper and let him take off. once he was in the air i said "take this and stick it up your ass" and then detonated. he was all pissed off which made it so funny.

[Edited on July 31, 2006 at 2:24 PM. Reason : .]

7/31/2006 2:24:30 PM

jihad jeeping is a ridiculous amount of fun

7/31/2006 3:04:12 PM

^agreed

anyone played armoured fury yet? i am tempted by the city map

7/31/2006 3:43:42 PM

I have Armored Fury, played it like three times

hardly any servers run it

Nations at War
http://www.nations-at-war.com

US Intervention
http://usi.jarhedz.com

Allied Intent
http://www.alliedintent.com/web/

are three great mods that are much better than the expansion packs and cost nothing


also

http://www.agbgaming.com is my group's forums

this is my NAW server I started for my group, wouldn't mind getting some people to play

7/31/2006 6:06:37 PM

I have been playing AF almos exclusively since I got it last month. Some of the new content is amazingly fun, but this pack has what I'd consider to be some glaringly serious issues.

- The Little Bird is bar none the cheesiest thing in the whole game now. The other faction's scout choppers aren't even remotely as effective as the Little Bird because they are not as agile. Good fucking luck shooting one of these down with a SAM. Best bet is to try a jeep's .50... but pray the pilot doesn't spot you first. I've seen talented Cobra pilots before, but that talent pales in comparison to the almost-too-easy grim reaping this thing can do. The things I've seen people do with this chopper really makes me wonder just how much cheating is actually going on.

- The Fantan is, in my opinion, the single worst plane in the entire game. It could be an excellent plane if only the stupid bombs would all drop simultaneously like they do on the other 2 bombers. You practically have to be in a completely vertical dive to kill anything with armor.

- I absolutely adore the A-10. You do have to be smart about where you take it since mobile AA's can eat it for lunch, though. SAM sites are merely an annoyance since it can live through 2 small SAMs, but a third one will take it down.

- Related to this, it's so ridiculously obnoxious how everyone and their brother wants to fly the A-10 and the SU-39 and they will do anything to get the chance. I have never seen TK in ANY game on the same scale I've witnessed in Armored Fury. At any given time, there's likely to be 3-4 guys all waiting to get one, and it's almost a guarantee that one of them will TK you for it - if not blow up the whole plane just to be a dick. I honestly think the problem is compounded tremendously by the planes not appearing immediately once the map is loaded. I know the people with lesser hardware bitch about not getting a plane because people with greater hardware have the map load faster, but now all the smacktards get more of a chance to completely sabotage their team when they have a temper tantrum like a fucking five-year-old.

- It's interesting how consistently the US wins Midnight Sun with a huge point spread (+150). The same can also be said for the MEC winning Operation Harvest with the same kind of spread. Operation Road Rage can go either way. I don't feel this is related to the servers I've been playing on, as I've been playing on 5 different AF-dedicated servers and none of them are clan camped.

Nations at War looks very interesting! I may have to check that one out.

7/31/2006 11:58:12 PM

^so are there many servers running Armored Fury?

[Edited on August 1, 2006 at 12:25 AM. Reason : k]

8/1/2006 12:24:58 AM

Fuck armored fury, buy special forces, it's 10x more fun.

Except for the russian maps they suck.

8/1/2006 1:07:17 AM

i have spec forces

8/1/2006 1:21:43 AM

^^^ Yes, and my filters are set to display only large maps and ranked (plus some other things like Punkbuster and populated). I know I have at least 5 dedicated AF-only servers in my favorites which I play on regularly, and I have a few more which I have seen running AF maps. The main one I play on is called 101st Armored Fury. (It has a Chuck Norris server logo. LOL.)

Sadly, I absolutely NEVER see any Euro Force maps at all. Damn shame, too, since I really wanted to fly the Typhoon more.

8/1/2006 1:35:03 AM

the typhoon is a fucking dumptruck.

8/1/2006 11:38:21 AM

Yeah, I know it doesn't fly as well as the other fighters, but I still would have liked a chance to use it more. Does anyone know if its used in Nations at War? I'm kinda annoyed that they don't have an outright FAQ on their site which details all of the gameplay changes in the mod. The biggest thing I know for certain is that there are kits which use man-portable AA missile launchers, and that suits me just fine.

8/1/2006 5:31:27 PM

Wait for battlefield 2142, there will be no more Plane N00bs!

8/1/2006 9:10:02 PM

i have spec fury

8/1/2006 9:15:53 PM

Anyone use xfire?

8/1/2006 9:18:39 PM

^^^ I dunno about that. I suspect the planes are going to be very similar to the VTOL-type crafts in T2, and that suits me just fine. And with the removal of AA missiles and sole reliance on flak cannons, it makes me extremely curious to see whether or not EA is making another huge balance mistake. Either way, I'm in it to fly. Groundpounding can be so very boring to me.

8/2/2006 12:17:23 AM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1361947684527169788&q=2142

8/2/2006 11:40:43 AM

arrrg, they need to get those mods finished.....


and on that note i cannot install (successfully) Euroforces or Armored Fury b/c i have windows 2000 and the freakin EA downloader will not run on it....

8/2/2006 3:16:39 PM

that sucks... I just picked up AF yesterday and the maps have been pretty good

8/2/2006 3:27:25 PM

i finally got special forces and think its pretty fucking stupid that i cant use my european sniper rifle with the european forces

wtfff

8/3/2006 2:10:26 PM

you refer to the second tier unlocks? yeah i know what you mean....

8/3/2006 4:13:39 PM

yeah the l96a1

i believe they mention it as being european

yet the european forces dont use it...they use all american rifles

GAY

anybody playing tonight?

8/4/2006 12:46:14 AM

Nice video man, so it looks like e.a is running with the unlock idea, and turning bf42 into a tactical rpg. This should be verrrry interesting and time consuming!

8/4/2006 2:10:15 AM

stats server all fucked up

dear 1.3, please die

dear 1.4, please come

8/24/2006 8:51:10 PM

Heh. More like "dear 2142, please come." My best friend got into the beta last night, and I haven't had a chance to stop by his house to see it yet. I just hope it's as good as everything I've read. The class combinations and unlocks sound awesome to me.

8/24/2006 10:10:25 PM

i heard the new patch is going to fuck up all these dolphin-diving, prone-reliant kids

im told theres going to be a big-ass delay in pulling your gun up and firing

maybe now i wont be dead before my horizontal and flying enemy even hits the fucking ground

and how the fuck are people jumping and shooting/throwing grenades???????

8/25/2006 3:54:38 AM

start shooting or start throwing then jump

when i see

Quote :

"bf42"

i think BattleField 1942....

[Edited on August 25, 2006 at 9:03 AM. Reason : 3]

8/25/2006 9:02:22 AM

well that makes sense

however

one time i was facing aonther sniper and he ran behind a fence

i start running towards the fence and bam he hops up above it and caps me with his rifle in mid air

wtf mate

8/25/2006 12:22:51 PM

yeah, ever since 1.3 came out i havent been able to play at all. it jacked up my game.

but i'm definitely ready for 1.4 or 2142. altho 2142 is gonna be released while im abroad studying, so its gonna kill me waiting another couple months b/f i can play it. that and the wii!

8/25/2006 1:31:07 PM

Don't tell me it's going to take longer to switch weapons. It's so slow that it already drives me insane as is.

8/25/2006 5:22:53 PM

i think its about right

in real life its obviously even slower

but im talking about pulling your gun back up to fire once you go prone

8/25/2006 10:09:15 PM

Point of Existence 2 Mod is out for BF2.. its awesome

http://www.pointofexistence.com/

Mirrors for download

Europe:

ftp://poe2:poe2@download.beneluxgaming.nl/PoE2_v1.0.0.zip
ftp://poe2:poe2@62.141.39.53:2100/PoE2_v1.0.0.zip
http://downloads.bf2sigs.net/download.php?file=16
http://www.chaos-hoernchen.de/me_download_...php?mekat=POE_2

US mirrors

http://poe2files-west.earthlinkultimategaming.com/PoE2_v1.0.0.zip
ftp://poe2files-east.earthlinkultimategaming.com/
http://www.loudergood.com/~arsclan/PoE2%20Client.v1.0.0.zip

8/26/2006 11:02:21 PM

OK, wow. Now that mod looks like a true class act. I will definitely be checking into this one. I appreciate very much that the team took the time to create a thorough manual documenting all of the additions and changes. Hopefully there will be a lot of people playing this. I did try another highly recommended mod lately only to find that nobody was playing...

By the way, 2142 looks very nice but the beta is buggy as hell. In only the 20 minutes my friend and I messed with it, disconnected him three times. We also saw some very unusual white-out and flashing graphics which we couldn't explain. I'm gonna go try it out again tomorrow since he hasn't played any of the previous BF games.

8/27/2006 12:02:57 AM

Got to play a bit of Point of Existence this morning after a hefty download, and it is EXTREMELY impressive. I love the new models and skins, and the new voices are truly a crowning touch. I'd say the maps are actually superior to the regular maps. Mobile AA in the mod is absolutely freocious. I'm not particularly crazy about how aircraft can only have one weapon system active at a time, but I suppose it is more realistic that way.

Also got to play about 2 hours' worth of 2142. I dunno if it suffers from bad netcoding or if all of the servers I played on just have chronic lag, but it currently seems quite unstable. On 4 different servers I got disconnected 4 times, and saw an equal number of spikes which lasted for over 30 seconds. I'd be interested to see how it plays on my computer (which is about a year older than the one I was playing on). I am very disappointed in the performance of the flying units, as they handle quite similarly to current BF2 helicopters (which I do not like at all). I'm not sure how kit unlocks work yet as the as-yet-unranked profile I was playing on didn't have the ability to choose anything other than the most basic loadout for each class. After playing for two hours, I was only halfway to the first rank, and I was typically getting a 2:1 kill/death ratio in each round. I did see two people with invisibility devices, and they were pretty damned cool. I walked right past one guy, and he shot me in the back with his HANDGUN and killed me with two rounds (and I was wearing body armor)! Many weapons have laser aiming modules, but it's too bad you don't actually see the red dot appear on a target. It'd probably make twitch shooting broken, though.

8/27/2006 6:22:45 PM

ok wtf, 1 guy sniping on wake island had the L96A1 and no kiddin, every freakin time 1 shot 1 kill. this game is complete bullshit.

8/27/2006 7:52:14 PM

sounds like you need some practice

8/27/2006 10:56:09 PM

Hey axe, how'd you apply to become a beta tester for 2142?

And, are there a few servers running p.o.e?

8/27/2006 11:02:01 PM