official Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[Sikh]

Basecamping is getting worse grrrrrrrrr

I know. Finally jumped on tonight and it was basically to the point where in BF2 you spawn at the first flag in Karkand and your cornered everywhere. Not a so happy feeling. Good thing is, I just read there latest blog and they are working on a server browser client fix, as well as others. I know from experience from the launch of BF2 that this was expected, but the server browser I believed they would of had down perfect seeing how now, it takes a few seconds before you load 200+ servers on BF2, and the Stop Update button actually works right away when you click it.

I just think with the Frostbite being a new engine, they tried a new code for the server browser. While I dont blame them, at the same time im a coder who usually uses what works, and optimizes it / moves onto news ways in the background. Its like going from html tables to web 2.0 div coding. I stayed with tables, while i was learning 2.0 in the background.

But, I have faith in DICE. Ive never had faith in EA after a few games/reasons not only battlefield. But, I plan on keeping faith with in DICE and hopefully SOONER they fix the issues rather then 5 major updates later.

Worst thing is, No Team Balance and Base Camping. The other problems i can "deal" with, but when you get in a game finally and cant even move, that makes me furious.

[ZombieFly]

can i make a request? if you play bfbc2 and you're younger than 25 and see me (Zombiefly) can you please not shoot me? I'm 37 now and having difficulty competing against the lightning reactions of you young gamers!.... :)

love the game. really looking forward to 1943 as the first level of bfbfc2 has given me the WWII taster I was craving! :)

[Sikh]

can i make a request? if you play bfbc2 and you're younger than 25 and see me (Zombiefly) can you please not shoot me? I'm 37 now and having difficulty competing against the lightning reactions of you young gamers!.... :)

love the game. really looking forward to 1943 as the first level of bfbfc2 has given me the WWII taster I was craving! :)

Haha no problem man, ill be sure to turn my zomebifly-dar on :ninja:

But, I wish they would put a date on 1943. I loved it for 360 but I can only fly really good on PC and no I dont have a joystrick/flightstick. Im just good flying with the mouse.

[rajputwarrior]

so because your having problems with the final game that added a lot of optimization and etc, you think pc gaming is a pain? Lmao are you confused?

Something mist be wrong on your end if your getting CRASHES. Check your drivers. If you have an ati card good lucky with that. But Its your choice what you like don't dump on pc's because you like something simple like consoles.

@Billius: ARE YOU NEW to this thread? Follow battlefield blog. Issuses should be fixed after tonight there last big maintaineance. If you don't like it QUIT PLAYING. The more people like you stop playing the less the stress on servers. All this is happening because of the influx of people. There's long term players like me, sethos, dl, anaron, etc. Then there's people like you that complain. Hell besides the ea server issues whenever I got past logging in the game ran fine. Haven't played since yesterday because I'm waiting till tomorrow morning after all the maintainance is done.

I'm not. And like you said specifically ati users. I'm sorry but you cnt blame dice for atis lack of good driver. I think beta drivers/ ati catalyst 9.x or 10 work but yeah about that.

I blame ati for crappy drivers like always. And that's me. I've always had problems with ati. Ever since 2003-4. So I'm speaking from

my experience not got everyone.

Like I said the game crashes is YOUR problem. Not DICE's.

buddy, get off this games ****...

people are having issues with the game, some aren't. good on ya if you are not but a lot of people are. why can they not share their opinion without being pestered by you?

The CTD's are not a driver problem. I had NONE since release day (and had played tons) until the r6 server update and now I get them often, that points to a network problem with bc2 causing ctd's for people.

The CTD's people got using the server browser in the beta when the master server was having issues further reinforces this. So yeah its DICES problem.

it's not, i can't play the single player game with my 8800gt with the latest drivers (one's that got pulled) and the previous ones.

[mattmatik]

I don't mind the basecamping. If people would use squads how they are supposed to be used (i.e. ACTUALLY USE THEM!) then basecamping wouldn't matter since you can spawn on squadmate.

I hope DICE works on the team balancing, it's desperately needed. I find myself checking the scoreboard every so often just to make sure it's not completely out of whack.

I am loving the desert map with the ship in it. God, what a great map that is (I can't remember the map names for anything).

[Sikh]

I don't mind the basecamping. If people would use squads how they are supposed to be used (i.e. ACTUALLY USE THEM!) then basecamping wouldn't matter since you can spawn on squadmate.

I hope DICE works on the team balancing, it's desperately needed. I find myself checking the scoreboard every so often just to make sure it's not completely out of whack.

I am loving the desert map with the ship in it. God, what a great map that is (I can't remember the map names for anything).

Arica Harbor? I like that map too, I believe its Arica. Ive been searching / adding to favorites all the servers with arica haha.

Gonna probably burn out the map but oh well. I also see myself checking scoreboard more for team then score haha.

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@Rajput: Great comment there buddy. Seeing how im not on the games ****(i added the stars and know exactly what you mean, kthanks). You just fail to realize that im tired of people blaming a game for all there problems, regardless if its this game, mw(not 2), bf2, bf2142, etc. People are still complaining about 1942 not working right with 7 and thats DICE's fault. Em yeah ok. Please check status quo and get back to me, kthanks.

btw, an 8800GT shouldnt be able to play this game unless its 1024*768 @ low. I popped in my 9600GT in my familys pre built dual core 2.6 tower and that ran BC2 @ 1024*768 Medium-High Playable. No crashes yet. But at work i have people coming in everyday, "why is it my game didnt crash in beta, but now it does", idk, whats your hardware "intel, ATI" or "AMD, ATI". Those who come in regularly with a Nvidia say "nope no problems, they actually optimized it so now my 260 can play @ 1080 without problems unlike the beta". Althou they state a 7600GT as MINIMUM, no one should be playing a PC game if its barely or at minimum. That 8800GT is powerful, but dont expect it to do much. This game deserves more power.

That above was the same problem me and DM were having. Same cards(260 216), equivalent CPU's and the game still wouldnt let us do 1080. I could, he couldnt, but even when I could, it couldve ran better like it does now.

But, im done posting replys to people who are having problems, if your having a problem fine, i wont "pester" you. There are you happy rajput?

The only "fixes' i have was either getting Beta of the ATI drivers, which usually fixes it, or setting AI to max like stated before.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Arica Harbor? I like that map too, I believe its Arica. Ive been searching / adding to favorites all the servers with arica haha.

Gonna probably burn out the map but oh well. I also see myself checking scoreboard more for team then score haha.

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It's Africa Harbour. ;)

Anyway, lets tone things down a bit. Sikh - I understand what you're saying. Thing is, we don't know the inner-workings of the game's code. The issue with ATI video cards could be driver-related, game-related, or a hybrid of the two. Bottom line is we really don't know the cause of the issue. Just that it only seems to affect some ATI users. If it turns out to be an issue with the game, then lets blame DICE and hope that they fix it soon with a patch. If it turns out to be driver-related, then lets blame ATI and hope that they fix it soon with their next driver release or a hotfix. Mmm'k?

[Sikh]

It's Africa Harbour. ;)

Anyway, lets tone things down a bit. Sikh - I understand what you're saying. Thing is, we don't know the inner-workings of the game's code. The issue with ATI video cards could be driver-related, game-related, or a hybrid of the two. Bottom line is we really don't know the cause of the issue. Just that it only seems to affect some ATI users. If it turns out to be an issue with the game, then lets blame DICE and hope that they fix it soon with a patch. If it turns out to be driver-related, then lets blame ATI and hope that they fix it soon with their next driver release or a hotfix. Mmm'k?

Sure thing man. I just didnt like rajputs tone. I understand if he's saying im pestering people, no need to say im on the games d**k or any other name for that matter.

Also, I thought the same thing, check it again, its ARICA. My friend corrected me tonight as we were talking about this game and im like "NO". Went on my phone, its arica. I know right.... couldnt just make it africa harbor :).

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ARICA HARBOR (ps3 beta map)

Following the results of the armor assault at Atacama, U.S Command insists on a similar action to capture the port of Arica. The assault group will launch a "break through" action directly at the Russian base. If the fight dictates, the Battle Group will cut directly through the town located on the axis of advance. Collateral damage is of no consequence. The Russian base must be destroyed in order to cross the desert and reach the port. Heavy casualties are expected on both sides.

Source

Above taken exactly from website. Did a quick google, couldnt find the offical announcement from dice or the posted map list on neowin or in this thread i believe it was.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Oh my, you're right. It is Arica. I can't believe I read it as Africa this whole time... :pinch:

I blame the Internet. I first read it as Africa on gaming news sites before the PS3 beta started.

[+.Vamp Subscriber²]

*hugs his BC2 disk case* I think I'm in love! If anyone plays this on PC feel free to add me (.vamp is the BC2 name) and I'll throw first aid at your head when you're feeling woozy or electrocute you if you're having a nap. Would be fun to play with some Neowiners!

[Nerve]

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Anyway, is it only the medic that gets LMGs?

Is the medu

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unnecessary

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Only the Medic class can spawn with a LMG. Other classes can pick up a LMG, effectively becoming a Medic (minus the skin).

[bolerodan]

Arica Harbor? I like that map too, I believe its Arica. Ive been searching / adding to favorites all the servers with arica haha.

Gonna probably burn out the map but oh well. I also see myself checking scoreboard more for team then score haha.

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@Rajput: Great comment there buddy. Seeing how im not on the games ****(i added the stars and know exactly what you mean, kthanks). You just fail to realize that im tired of people blaming a game for all there problems, regardless if its this game, mw(not 2), bf2, bf2142, etc. People are still complaining about 1942 not working right with 7 and thats DICE's fault. Em yeah ok. Please check status quo and get back to me, kthanks.

btw, an 8800GT shouldnt be able to play this game unless its 1024*768 @ low. I popped in my 9600GT in my familys pre built dual core 2.6 tower and that ran BC2 @ 1024*768 Medium-High Playable. No crashes yet. But at work i have people coming in everyday, "why is it my game didnt crash in beta, but now it does", idk, whats your hardware "intel, ATI" or "AMD, ATI". Those who come in regularly with a Nvidia say "nope no problems, they actually optimized it so now my 260 can play @ 1080 without problems unlike the beta". Althou they state a 7600GT as MINIMUM, no one should be playing a PC game if its barely or at minimum. That 8800GT is powerful, but dont expect it to do much. This game deserves more power.

That above was the same problem me and DM were having. Same cards(260 216), equivalent CPU's and the game still wouldnt let us do 1080. I could, he couldnt, but even when I could, it couldve ran better like it does now.

But, im done posting replys to people who are having problems, if your having a problem fine, i wont "pester" you. There are you happy rajput?

The only "fixes' i have was either getting Beta of the ATI drivers, which usually fixes it, or setting AI to max like stated before.

8800GT? I have an 8800GT and it runs perfect. Set on Medium and up no low. (granted it doesnt look the greatest as some of those screenshots out there, but its definitely not on low or looks crappy. Bloom off. No AA, Resolution at 1920x1200 and I get a descent 30+ FPS. It plays fine. No crashes, no unstability, no slow downs. So im not sure where you're getting your info on about the 8800GT. Runs fine on high resolutions above Low. That being said, I would love a new card though, so I can crank everything to High.

[Black Hawk]

Played like half a round of hardcore squad deathmatch on Arica and I think I was going "FFFFFUUUUUU" the whole time. Just way too much camping. I'm used to venturing out and looking for others to kill but everyone was hunkered down. I can't say I like the mode all that much. Maybe I should try it in Rush.

[MR_Candyman]

8800GT? I have an 8800GT and it runs perfect. Set on Medium and up no low. (granted it doesnt look the greatest as some of those screenshots out there, but its definitely not on low or looks crappy. Bloom off. No AA, Resolution at 1920x1200 and I get a descent 30+ FPS. It plays fine. No crashes, no unstability, no slow downs. So im not sure where you're getting your info on about the 8800GT. Runs fine on high resolutions above Low. That being said, I would love a new card though, so I can crank everything to High.

ya, I have an 8800gt running on medium at 1680X1050. I have no issues at all.

[John Freeman]

Oh man! Valparaiso is ****ing huuge map. Just had one of the best rush rounds ever. Something like 40 mins long or so with everyone pushing and pretty much 0 snipers on both teams. Actual combat scores nearing 10k. Oh man!

[ViperAFK]

I started getting them after the R4 release. Mostly though, I get a display driver crash. That could be ATI's fault (problem with the driver) or it could be a bug in the game.

I have a friend with an nvidia card that started getting them recently as well. I don't get a display driver crash, the game just exits to desktop immediately. No errors of any kind.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Played like half a round of hardcore squad deathmatch on Arica and I think I was going "FFFFFUUUUUU" the whole time. Just way too much camping. I'm used to venturing out and looking for others to kill but everyone was hunkered down. I can't say I like the mode all that much. Maybe I should try it in Rush.

I just tried this mode for the first time myself today, and it sounds like this is just how the people play it. So if our experiences are indeed indicative of how people play this mode, I will never play it again. I just do not find any fun at all in almost every person being a sniper. Just not my cup of tea.

I am actually starting to get slightly bored with Conquest too which is my favorite mode. Just needs more maps.

[rajputwarrior]

8800GT? I have an 8800GT and it runs perfect. Set on Medium and up no low. (granted it doesnt look the greatest as some of those screenshots out there, but its definitely not on low or looks crappy. Bloom off. No AA, Resolution at 1920x1200 and I get a descent 30+ FPS. It plays fine. No crashes, no unstability, no slow downs. So im not sure where you're getting your info on about the 8800GT. Runs fine on high resolutions above Low. That being said, I would love a new card though, so I can crank everything to High.

8800gt is better then a 9600gt so what he says makes no sense....

i run the game @ 1440x900 with 2xAA and 4xAF and on high and it runs great... My 8800 is slightly overclocked, but it keeps up with everything i throw at it still.

[bolerodan]

8800gt is better then a 9600gt so what he says makes no sense....

i run the game @ 1440x900 with 2xAA and 4xAF and on high and it runs great... My 8800 is slightly overclocked, but it keeps up with everything i throw at it still.

yeah, the 8800 is better than the 9600 so I dont know what he is going on about. My 8800 also is keeping up with everything I throw at it as well, quite happy I purchased this card back then.

[Black Hawk]

I just tried this mode for the first time myself today, and it sounds like this is just how the people play it. So if our experiences are indeed indicative of how people play this mode, I will never play it again. I just do not find any fun at all in almost every person being a sniper. Just not my cup of tea.

I am actually starting to get slightly bored with Conquest too which is my favorite mode. Just needs more maps.

I was also playing Conquest exclusively. I guess I'll try Rush now. Didn't try it much since you're more likely to get owned if you have a crappy squad/team.

[Green_Eye]

I just tried this mode for the first time myself today, and it sounds like this is just how the people play it. So if our experiences are indeed indicative of how people play this mode, I will never play it again. I just do not find any fun at all in almost every person being a sniper. Just not my cup of tea.

I am actually starting to get slightly bored with Conquest too which is my favorite mode. Just needs more maps.

Hey Larry you planning on jumping on at any point?

[WastedJoker]

I only play rush if my friends are online. Otherwise I stick exclusively to Conquest.

This game is unrivalled when you're in a good squad.

Oh and the medic class must be overpowered since it's so popular :P

[sambrentnall]

Well I'm now on X360, is any one coming online tonight (UK time)?

[dead.cell]

Oh and the medic class must be overpowered since it's so popular :p

lol, medic classes have been number one in most FPS multiplayers when given the option. :p