official Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[gtxvortex]

@Boz - Just go on to a server with a decent set of admins and PB Streaming setup then. Job done.

Edit: Going by the amount of moaning about cheats on the official forums too is this the new bandwagon to jump on to this week?

They are noobs. they confuse hacks and Lag with each other.

[GameOverRob]

Hit rank 22 last night only got one achievement left. The most annoying one of the lot - 20 demolition kills, I think I have one!

Only got two more guns to unlock, one in the sniper class and one in the medic class.

[Minifig]

Yay. Unlocked my Medic kit. :)

[bolerodan]

I just had a massive frustrating game play last night. Just nothing was going my way. Oh well, night before that I had some great rounds. Cant have them all. This game is extreme on both ends. When you're losing, its frustrating as hell! But when you're winning its amazing. Granted I still have fun either way.

One of my major complaints is how the server list is not saved and requires you to refresh it again. This wouldnt be a problem normally, however it takes ages for the server browser to grab the list. I hope they address this.

[acnpt]

Some of those rush games can last for ages. How long does the average one last?

[LingeringSoul]

Eh, hacks just come with the territory as far as PC gaming is concerned. The best you can do is find a good server that is being administrated properly like Spookie said (although admittedly, that isn't always easy with the atrocious server browser that DICE has given us). I played CS:Source for ages, and that game had a higher density of hackers than this game will ever have. I didn't let them ruin my fun then, and I won't let it happen now.

All of the talk about headsets on this thread has opened my eyes (or rather, my ears). I think it might be time to kick my cheap Logitech pair to the curb. I was holding off for the long time, because there was no game enticing enough to make me buy a new headset. However, I can see myself playing this for a long time to come, so I may as well take the plunge and do some research :).

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Damn. The Astro A41 headset looks amazing. It's too bad the MixAmp is sold separately. It's required for Xbox360 & PS3 compatibility. That's $130 on top of the $200 price tag for the headset.

[rajputwarrior]

i don't konw what they are talking about when it says connection issues have been resolved. Pings are still crap and it takes a year to load the server list...

[Spookie]

Pings are still crap

They explained that it's the game latency not the ping.

[rajputwarrior]

They explained that it's the game latency not the ping.

whatever it is, it's not fixed....

[spacer]

i don't konw what they are talking about when it says connection issues have been resolved. Pings are still crap and it takes a year to load the server list...

Yeah, that is one thing I don't understand. I join servers that are displayed as having a low ping (in the 30's) but when I actually get into the game, everyone has pings in the 100s. I'm usually around the 130-150 mark when I play, and it's not the greatest for a shooter...

[rajputwarrior]

Yeah, that is one thing I don't understand. I join servers that are displayed as having a low ping (in the 30's) but when I actually get into the game, everyone has pings in the 100s. I'm usually around the 130-150 mark when I play, and it's not the greatest for a shooter...

it's garbage for a shooter. I use to be so picky with CS and CSS that i wouldn't play unless my ping was below 60-70, same with COD. Now with battlefield if im around 160 im happy :(

[bolerodan]

it's garbage for a shooter. I use to be so picky with CS and CSS that i wouldn't play unless my ping was below 60-70, same with COD. Now with battlefield if im around 160 im happy :(

I actually havnt noticed HUGE lag issues.. visually that have affected the game.. even though the latency/ping is way past up in the 100's. I have only had a few games that have noticeable lag moments. Either way I havnt been too affected by the number being reported back. *shrugs*

But I've said it before and I'll say it again. That server browser needs to be fixed.

[gregb0b]

Is anyone else having issues with the game crashing to 306's Dashboard after you try to join a game?

[Sikh]

Damn. The Astro A41 headset looks amazing. It's too bad the MixAmp is sold separately. It's required for Xbox360 & PS3 compatibility. That's $130 on top of the $200 price tag for the headset.

I thought the same thing Till i looked at the "audio" systems. If you look there you can get the astro a40s plus the miniamp for $250 if you buy it as a bundle. I was happy to see that and will be ordering one within the next month.

At those compaining about the "ping" it's latency. So your "pings" are fine for this game. If the server had a low ping when you join I and Theres no lag your fine.

@Lingering: man where have you been! Good headsets are always essential for pc gaming. If it wasn't for pc gaming headset we would have console pros who have Tritons or turtle beaches that are popin around the corner killing you. I remember 4-5 years back everyone was like "he plays to much or he's hacking or he's lucky". No it's "damn what headset do you have".

Console gamers just realized that GOOD quality headsets are what make gaming even better. So you can hear the jets fly by, heli fly in, someone driving on a quad, getting snuck up on. If it wasn't for my g35s I would of been dead so many times when being base raped at port valdez or Nelson bay. The fact I can hear someone else look on my map and it's not a team member gives me an extra few seconds to stab a bitch. I've collected over 100 dogtags in matter of hours.

[Spookie]

whatever it is, it's not fixed....

It's not broken. How I understand it is they measure the entire round trip rather than the ping.

[rajputwarrior]

It's not broken. You just don't understand there is a difference between game latency and ping to the server. How I understand it is they measure the entire round trip rather than the ping.

It's not broken. How I understand it is they measure the entire round trip rather than the ping.

i know the difference (Y) either way it needs to be fixed. Why would it be counting latency when it says ping, it measure ping in the server browser and when you go into the game it says ping? And if both are latency, why it is so good in the server browser then crap when you get into the game?

[Sikh]

Also they are fixing the server browsert they already know about it. No use complaining if there working on fix

[rajputwarrior]

EA completes Battlefield: Bad Company 2 server maintenance

After a rocky launch period, EA assures us via Twitter that the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 online servers should now be finally stable. Pretty much every iteration of Bad Company 2 has seen issues arise when connecting to EA's servers for multiplayer online, with Xbox 360 kicking some users all the way out to the Dashboard and PC users experiencing authentication issues with PunkBuster.

The developer now says that those issues have been addressed, due in no small part to new servers being added over the weekend. "All new hardware is in place and ready to serve your BFBC2 needs," the tweet reads, backed up by a Q&A on the Battlefield Blog with more info. While some players may still experience a stat loss issue, EA and DICE are actively looking into a fix and encourage anyone who experiences said glitch to report it right here. Now, if you'll excuse us, we've got dudes to sneak up on and knife in the back.

Source 1 - Twitter

Source 2 - Battlefield Blog

VIA Joystiq

So that says to me if you still have server issues, EA is saying it is no longer on their end. Good luck all.

Also they are fixing the server browsert they already know about it. No use complaining if there working on fix

(Y) are they now? if you keep talking without backing any of it up eh?

[seethru]

Server maintenance = hardware.

Server browser = software.

Two entirely different things. The browser will be fixed in a patch in the future.

[rajputwarrior]

Server maintenance = hardware.

Server browser = software.

Two entirely different things. The browser will be fixed in a patch in the future.

its something more then that, a patch wouldn't explain why the server pings on the browser is about 6-7x lower then the ping reported in the game.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Just tried Rush mode on PC at the urging of some people, and of course I get stuck on a team as I always do of nothing but snipers, could not even take the first 2 crates. :crazy:

I armed both myself, but it was pointless, my team just sat back and sniped and did absolutely nothing, oh except one guy had 26 kills and 3 deaths. :angry:

And of course the other team actually played it the way it is supposed to be played, and just steamrolled over us. Nothing I could do against a whole team of snipers sitting back while the other team actually played it right. I guess I just have awful luck with the Rush matches I choose, but it is literally always the same scenario.

Luckily God Of War III just arrived, will let me take a much needed break from this game before I get utterly fed up with it.

[rajputwarrior]

Just tried Rush mode on PC at the urging of some people, and of course I get stuck on a team as I always do of nothing but snipers, could not even take the first 2 crates. :crazy:

I armed both myself, but it was pointless, my team just sat back and sniped and did absolutely nothing, oh except one guy had 26 kills and 3 deaths. :angry:

And of course the other team actually played it the way it is supposed to be played, and just steamrolled over us. Nothing I could do against a whole team of snipers sitting back while the other team actually played it right. I guess I just have awful luck with the Rush matches I choose, but it is literally always the same scenario.

Luckily God Of War III just arrived, will let me take a much needed break from this game before I get utterly fed up with it.

i gave up on rush, being the only guy trying to get the objectives done gets REALLY annoying...

[killmaster84]

Just tried Rush mode on PC at the urging of some people, and of course I get stuck on a team as I always do of nothing but snipers, could not even take the first 2 crates. :crazy:

I armed both myself, but it was pointless, my team just sat back and sniped and did absolutely nothing, oh except one guy had 26 kills and 3 deaths. :angry:

And of course the other team actually played it the way it is supposed to be played, and just steamrolled over us. Nothing I could do against a whole team of snipers sitting back while the other team actually played it right. I guess I just have awful luck with the Rush matches I choose, but it is literally always the same scenario.

Luckily God Of War III just arrived, will let me take a much needed break from this game before I get utterly fed up with it.

Tend to only play Rush when I'm with my friends. Playing with randoms make the nerd rage come out in me.

[Sikh]

(Y) are they now? if you keep talking without backing any of it up eh?

Jesus dude, you try to get me angry dont you. HERE JUST FOR YOU

Server Browser bugged: All the following browser issues are things the team is currently working on improving.

Too slow This is caused by the current browser system. - A new system is being developed by the BFBC2 PC team to improve the server browser

Displaying inaccurate number of players connected on game servers - This is caused by the difference in server status between when the refresh was initiated and when the results display.

No ping displayed - This is caused by Windows admin privileges. To view ping in the server browser run BFBC2.exe with administrator privileges.

Source

Is that more obvious now? I can tell you atleast know how to read the blog, but what about now? Are you happy? Or are you gonna continue to say im talking out of my ass? if so, stop replying to me, kthanks.