Battlefield Bad Company

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

I'm really getting into the Specialist role now, played for a few hours tonight and managed to get a few more awards :p

If anyone wants to get together as mentioned to join a Neowin squad, then post your gamertag in here and I'll add you, I'm sure Dirty Larry would too, its so much better in a squad.

Just in case my sig isnt showing, my tag is oO BeLGaRaTh Oo feel free to add me :)

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Yeah the game is fantastic, even though it frustrates the hell out of me lol.

My newest gripe are the idiots who walk out into my line of fire and thus, team kill..

Very annoying.

I seen one guy tonight, jumping infront of someone deliberately while he was firing a rocket (N) And this was a ranked match as well, I'd expect that kind of stupidity in Player matches.

Sigh...I still love it though lol

Currently rank 12 :) Only 13 more to go!

[Nic]

I'm probably going to get this with my next paycheck.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Yeah sorry all, I did not get a chance to play at all today, me and my wife just vegged out, stayed in for the holiday, and just watched movies and the Twilight Zone marathon.

I definitely plan on playing tomorrow afternoon (Saturday July 5th), like I mean definitely. I already gave my wife the heads up. :laugh: So I will probably be on anywhere between 12 noon -2 PM, and will play at least a few hours.

@ Munky - Yeah, unfortunately Team Killing just seems to be par for the course. Even in BF2 I dealt with it. At times it is just unavoidable because there are just plain stupid people out there. LOL

[Golferjim]

Looks nice, can I have it now please?

[Minifig]

My newest gripe are the idiots who walk out into my line of fire and thus, team kill..

You have no idea.. :rofl: .

I'm sitting in the way back corner of some really high mountain, trying not to be seen as I play the sniper class, and I've almost always got a constant bead on someone's head, when some moron runs in front of my shot and I get tagged with a TK. :(

Though, some of those uber long distance shots are so super rewarding when the guys running around trying to catch a ride or trying to defuse the bomb in the base.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Those were some good matches guys :) Good to see Neoadorable again!

And Larry, you should invite your work friends again if we get some matches going tomorrow! They were pretty cool (Y)

I ranked up 3 more times tonight to Second Lieutenant, and I only need 16 more dog tags for the "Get The Dog" achievement :D

Pretty pleased with that, and we had some awesome matches!

Gonna rest my eyes and hands for the rest of the night though :laugh:

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

Didnt play as well today, forgot to take my meds this afternoon so joints siezing up :( Still very enjoyable game. Look forward to tomorrow :p

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Yeah we all had our one or two bad matches tonight, you still did well though.

I'm suffering pretty badly from gamer "claw" / cramp just now. I should really be staying off the pc / consoles :/

[Minifig]

If you guys want, toss me an invite. I'd love to join some familiar faces.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Sure, what's your gamertag? Just so I can make sure you are on my Friend List.

Just pointing something out to everyone, there is only 4 members per squad, so if we don't invite you straight away don't fret. It just means the squad is full, but I'm pretty sure you can still join the game (Y)

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

First off just wanted to say it was really a great time playing with you all of you guys yesterday I got to play with. I got a 4-5 Hour playing marathon in there, and I honestly cannot remember the last time I was able to play that long. So that was kick ass, and also the reason I have not played at all today. :laugh:

Sure, what's your gamertag? Just so I can make sure you are on my Friend List.

Just pointing something out to everyone, there is only 4 members per squad, so if we don't invite you straight away don't fret. It just means the squad is full, but I'm pretty sure you can still join the game (Y)

And just wanted to reiterate what you said above. Playing with other people on this game really means only joining a 4 man squad. It is beat, but how they work it. However with that said, I had my two friends who were not in the squad originally, and they both chose Join Game through the dashboard through my Gamertag so we were at least able to play on the same team. :yes:

[mattmatik]

Alright, so I've had a few hour long sessions of MP and I've finally got myself somewhat used to the pace and actual purpose of the game. So, obviously that means I now have some questions, LOL.

First of all, I've been playing all unranked matches. What does playing in ranked matches do for you? Is that how you start earning your level ups and unlocks?

Second, I've noticed a number next to the names. What does that signify?

And third...why is that most people just run around the map like a headless chicken instead of either trying to demo the crates or keep them secure?!?! I guess that's BF though, I had the same gripe with BF2, haha. I'd love to play more support but it's a hindrance when nobody is doing assault.

[Vortex566]

Just picked the game up, only played the single player so far. I have to say I really am enjoying it. Feels a lot different then COD4 but that in my eyes is only a good thing.

I think I will give multiplayer a blast during the week. Would love to play with some Neowin people! Give me an invite if you see me in game.

[Digitalx]

played full game kinda disappointed in the length but the small story is pretty cool to see in bf series but its obvious it's still very much multi player orientated but the small hitches with damage and server rules are still a bit of a let down in that area.

[jokeripa]

Anybody else been receiving the 'Failed to connect to EA servers' error? I keep getting it every so often. If anyone wants to squad up and take some names sometime my GT is DustyFingerz

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

First of all, I've been playing all unranked matches. What does playing in ranked matches do for you? Is that how you start earning your level ups and unlocks?

Exactly what you said, lets you get points towards your rank so you can level up, unlocks, etc.

Second, I've noticed a number next to the names. What does that signify?

It is their "Veteran Status," meaning it i s how many previous games they have owned in the BF series. For me at least, it is broken, as I have owned every game in the series ever, but if you register your game with EA, they add that to this number. I believe the max that number can be is 6? so I think they are counting BF 1942, BF Vietnam, BF2, BF2142, BF: Modern Combat (the last console game) and BF Heroes (for when it is released).

And third...why is that most people just run around the map like a headless chicken instead of either trying to demo the crates or keep them secure?!?! I guess that's BF though, I had the same gripe with BF2, haha. I'd love to play more support but it's a hindrance when nobody is doing assault.

It all depends on lot on who you squad up with naturally, and what server you get on. It is a joke right now though, but I believe just like in BF2, within the next couple of weeks after the people who are not serious about playing a team based game realize most everyone else is, they will not find it enjoyable anymore being one of the lone jackass'. So I think within the next few weeks we are going to see a seperation of the idiots and then it will be just the people who play the game to actually play the game left. Still with all of that said, having a good squad is essential to the experience, and FTR I have had good squads who were all total strangers, it is just the luck of the draw I suppose.

Edited July 7, 2008 by DirtyLarry

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

I agree with you there Larry, when I first got BF:BC I was weary of playing MP as there were a lot of idiots in there, however now that I play in a squad with yourself and DrunknMunky everything works a lot better, and I have noticed there are now far less people just running and gunning. Maybe when they bring out the conquest addon then it will also alleviate a lot of the problems, as those people who play like that can, letting everyone else try to capture the zones etc.

As mentioned in earlier post, I am really liking the MP aspect of this game now, which is a first for me on console.

[mattmatik]

Thanks for the reply, Larry :)

EA and their online account stuff has always been FUBAR. I can't get my soldier's stats to come up at all, it tells me my GamerTag is linked to the persona but when I click on my soldier, it then asks me to link a GamerTag! I don't know why EA can't get this to work right. It was a nightmare last year trying to get my NCAA'08 and Madden stuff online, too.

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

Thanks for the reply, Larry :)

EA and their online account stuff has always been FUBAR. I can't get my soldier's stats to come up at all, it tells me my GamerTag is linked to the persona but when I click on my soldier, it then asks me to link a GamerTag! I don't know why EA can't get this to work right. It was a nightmare last year trying to get my NCAA'08 and Madden stuff online, too.

I've just been through exactly the same thing with EA, took a week of emailing backwards and forwards. Long story short they manually added it 3 times incorrectly as BELGARATH, OOBeLGaRaTHOO and finally 00 BeLGaRaTh 00. I had to call them in the end they eventually did it correctly.

It's worth persevering as you get three weapon unlocks when the live account is linked properly, the first is for playing the demo and getting to level 4, the second for just checking your stats on the badcompany website (see one of my earlier posts to cheat this one if it is not linked correctly [edit]This post[/edit]) and finally there is the veteran status for linking all of your BF games to your account which unlocks another weapon.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Anyone up for a few games later today / tonight?

I'll be on in the next few hours, hopefully I'll catch a few games with Neowinians

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

I'll be online around 7ish, had to give yesterday a miss as too stiff with not taking meds the day before :)

I'll add soLoredd and disturb3d to friends list too in case they're on and want to join.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

I'll be online around 7ish, had to give yesterday a miss as too stiff with not taking meds the day before :)

I'll add soLoredd and disturb3d to friends list too in case they're on and want to join.

Yeah I took a break from gaming altogether yesterday, will only be playing for an hour or so tonight too. Although BF has that "one more round" pull on me, so who knows :p

[Minifig]

Sure, what's your gamertag? Just so I can make sure you are on my Friend List.

Guess you have signatures disabled .. :p

-- \/ -- Gamertag Info, -- \/ -- My Last.fm & My personal website (when you click it), -- \/ -- My Deviantart. :)

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

D'oh!

I can't believe I over looked that lol :| Sending a Friend Invite just now