Battlefield Bad Company

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

Yes it stays in place, but only for a limited time, if its on a tank quickly throw some C4 and detonate it when you respawn, if the tank is still around you will take it out.

[Sethos]

Yes, they do - But you won't be able to detonate them as far as I know.

[mattmatik]

Okay, my NCAA '09 dynasty fell through (people just up and quit without a word!) so I'm going to be putting time in BF:BC. Problem: I lost my original headset that came with my 360. This won't do as the last few times I played it REALLY would have come in handy LOL! So, what do you guys recommend? I really don't like the original headset.

Also, I'd like to join up with Neowin folks but I'm on pacific time. What time do you guys usually play? I work 12 hour night shifts but only 3 nights in a row then I get 3-4 off. In short...send me an invite when you guys are on or at least a friend request! Okay, enough of my life story.

Look forward to it!

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

I was just online but my connection dropped again straight more or less straight away, just after I invited Andy :(

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Sorry I didn't accept the invite right away John, I needed to get GH3 out of my system :p

I switched to BF after my song though and you were gone :(

[Massiveterra]

Okay, my NCAA '09 dynasty fell through (people just up and quit without a word!) so I'm going to be putting time in BF:BC. Problem: I lost my original headset that came with my 360. This won't do as the last few times I played it REALLY would have come in handy LOL! So, what do you guys recommend? I really don't like the original headset.

Also, I'd like to join up with Neowin folks but I'm on pacific time. What time do you guys usually play? I work 12 hour night shifts but only 3 nights in a row then I get 3-4 off. In short...send me an invite when you guys are on or at least a friend request! Okay, enough of my life story.

Look forward to it!

If you don't have a headset I recommend raising the game's VOIP level to the max, as it is usually hard to hear people talking to you. You can still play really effectively if you go along with your squad's strategy.

I usually play from 8:30 - 10:30 EST. Usually I catch some UK neowin folks during this time, although it would be really late for them

[L3thal Veteran]

Man I suck online. I have to get used to the game.

[Massiveterra]

I really don't know how the spm calculates. is it per round? because if i play for 2 hours and check my stats i can get 14 points per minute. then if i play for another 2 hours and check, i can get 6. it's really all over the place and i don't get it.

[Smigit]

isn't it just "score per a minute" so its the total score divided by minutes spent playing. Thats what I assumed anyway and it certainly seems to scale in most cases with the players who have the highest score.

Also it seems to be on a round basis to me, not over the entire online session.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Yeah that's what I was thinking too, score / time played per round = SPM.

[Dave J.]

wow, i haven't played bf in what seems to be 2 days. been involving myself with geo wars 2 :p

ill be on this tonight sometime.

[MillionVoltss]

Cheers for the game, two weeks off :) so ill be about if youve space on your squad.

Yeah monkey you should get involved with geo wars 2 also its better if thats possible than the first.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

You are always welcome to join Millionvolts (Y) Just make yourself known with invites when you want to play (Y)

Yeah I'm still on the fence about Geo Wars 2. It's double the price than the original.

Is there any form of co-op online? I know 4 player isn't, but did they include 2 player at least?

[MillionVoltss]

Multiplayer seems to be on 1 console only. Theres 6 game types and more enemy's such as Gates and waves, ahh go on.

[Dave J.]

Is there any form of co-op online? I know 4 player isn't, but did they include 2 player at least?

unfortunately, no. i was hoping for some kind of online multi-player, but no such luck. the single player itself is real fun. most of the achievements are real easy to get except the 4 i have left.

in the single player, if you didn't know, there are a few different modes that you can play. i think it's worth the 800 points, its all ive played the passed 2 days.

[TJenkins]

I've had this game for 2 weeks or so and wasn't that impressed with the multiplayer (hooray for teamkilling!)...until I discovered ranked matches and Specialist with UMP and C4, now I love it more than I did CoD4.

Anyone wants to add me, Mr Zombee on the 360. Usually on after 10EST

[Guest]

I'm either going to rent this or Soul Caliber IV tonight. I'm undecided :/

[Massiveterra]

for some reason my score is always way low when i play with dave j. :p

this weekend, playing with a lot of randoms, I realized I hate playing with:

1. Snipers - stop spawning me so far from the crates LOL!

2. People going for achievements - I don't care about you falling from a Hellicopter

3. People on the artillery gun - see (1.)

[Massiveterra]

LOL I started getting real hazy at the end. I just remember thinking I was playing Pokemon, not Uno

[Massiveterra]

And my girlfriend wasn't happy about me being so loud too LOL. By the way, Dave, I'm definitely going to the Sick Of It All/H2O show this saturday. It just sucks it's a dry event. I would have bought you a drink.

[Dave J.]

And my girlfriend wasn't happy about me being so loud too LOL. By the way, Dave, I'm definitely going to the Sick Of It All/H2O show this saturday. It just sucks it's a dry event. I would have bought you a drink.

hahaha..its only going to get worse when UNO RUSH comes out this fall.

and YES! that's awesome, give me a call when you get up here, depending on the time, maybe we could get a quick drink or hit up some games (i live 20 minutes from the venue) at my place ;)

my bro will be coming as well.

[Matt]

im about to purchase this game and i wanted to know if i would be better off purchasing the 360 or ps3 version of bad company.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

im about to purchase this game and i wanted to know if i would be better off purchasing the 360 or ps3 version of bad company.

Just based on the amount of people here who own it, many more have the 360 version.

[Massiveterra]

hahaha..its only going to get worse when UNO RUSH comes out this fall.

and YES! that's awesome, give me a call when you get up here, depending on the time, maybe we could get a quick drink or hit up some games (i live 20 minutes from the venue) at my place ;)

my bro will be coming as well.

where is the closest place to meet up so we can have a quick drink?

[Massiveterra]

daskl;fj sdao THIS THURSDAY!!!

From Kotaku:

Bad Company Conquest Mode Coming This Week [Free DLC]

EA DICE is making good on the promise of free DLC for Battlefield: Bad Company they made back in April of this year, introducing an all-new game mode to mix things up for players this Thursday. conquest Mode, first seen back in Battlefield 1942, pits two opposing teams against each other in a race to deplete the other team's tickets. Killing an enemy takes off one ticket, while capturing and holding certain objectives can be a major drain on the opposition. While it's only slightly different from the Gold Rush mode that came with the game - it plays out on the same maps - it does add just a bit of variety to the game's already rich multiplayer experience. Plus, you finally have an excuse for just wandering all over the map killing random people instead of going after / protecting the enemy's gold.

Look for the update this Thursday for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game