Battlefield: Bad Company 2

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Singh400

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What do you mean?
As in, as soon as people spawn they are now vulnerable. Inadvertently found this out when I was trampling around the enemies spawn. One person at a time spawned in front of me, and I was killing them as soon as they spawned in. No spawn protection at all...
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As in, as soon as people spawn they are now vulnerable. Inadvertently found this out when I was trampling around the enemies spawn. One person at a time spawned in front of me, and I was killing them as soon as they spawned in. No spawn protection at all...

Oh yeah, I think they changed that when they changed the revive invulnerability. The protection is removed as soon as they so much as twitch their mouse in any direction. Where before you could look around.

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No, looking around doesn't affect the 2 sec protection. But if you start moving, shooting, whatever, it's gone. At least regarding revives, but spawning should be similar. I think...

And implementing this was a GREAT decision. Medic trains are more or less fixed now.

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ahmz

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Nice shooting

2 C4s should be enough against vehicles , 4 is overkill :laugh:. I never started using C4s until I learned to literally lobbed them about 5 meters and beyond, never had to walk up to vehicles ever again

Haha, yea, I usually add 3 just to be sure, but it seems as though 2 is enough.. but I like a big bang :laugh: I only just started playing in this style so I still need to improve a lot.

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I never got the hang of throwing C4, couldn't quite get the mechanics right. It always ended up blowing up in my face, literally.

Search YT for some clips explaining it. The basic idea is to throw C4 and like half a second later jump. Doing it with an upward angle (45 degrees or smth) will increase the distance even more.

But occasionally I still botch it up and end up failing rather epically. But it's not as annoying as detonator refusing to work all together or C4 sticking to air (yep, air).

Also, if you put a stick of explosives at a tank (not on it), you will need only one to blow it up. Not sure if it works with the armor spec though.

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I never got the hang of throwing C4, couldn't quite get the mechanics right. It always ended up blowing up in my face, literally.

It's really just click (with your c4 out) then jump to throw it far. Do not jump then click or else it won't go anywhere. It's pretty easy to grasp, just spend about 5 minutes in an empty server to get a feel for the angle. Remember, click then jump NOT jump then click.

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Singh400

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Plenty of bad luck going around yesterday. Got stuck on all the maps that I hate. Heavy Metal is my least favourite map. I just hate it. It encourages vehicle use or sniping. To sit there in a tank the whole game pounding away or spend the most of the game running to and from a bush? No thanks. Oasis on Rush is kinda sucky too. Get's better towards the end, but the beginning bits are boring.

Cold War is just plain awesome. And Harvest Day is pretty good on Rush, but complete borefest on Conquest.

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BFBC2 Vietnam got a 9.5 on IGN

http://pc.ign.com/articles/114/1140476p1.html

Whether you're new to Bad Company 2 or have been repairing, healing, and blowing up other players since March of this year, Bad Company 2 -Vietnam is among the best multiplayer experiences this year. The ability to contribute and succeed and unlock additional levels in ways that don't have to include shooting other players and the reliance on strategy over twitch gameplay clicks just as well in Bad Company 2 - Vietnam. Meanwhile, the re-balancing of character classes and level variety might actually trump Bad Company 2 proper. Battlefield fans will probably argue over whether to play Bad Company 2 or its expansion in the months to come. But when it comes to choosing between arguably the best multiplayer game of the year and its excellent expansion, that seems like a good problem to have.
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Decided to play some BC2 last night to warm up for Vietnam's release tomorrow, and I started at 10 PM, next thing I knew it was almost midnight, and I usually go to bed at 11PM since I have work in the morning. Had a few decent rounds...

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This is literally after not really playing other then 1 round in the past 2-3 months. I have been thinking lately, especially because of Black Ops MP (and how I absolutely do not have any fun at all while playing it and I just cannot play well with a controller), but last night sealed the deal for me. Pretty much from this point forward any FPS that is released I am playing on the PC and that is it. I am more or less done playing FPS's on the consoles. Sorry to all my friends on here whom I do play FPS's with on the consoles, but I just do not enjoy myself with a controller at all. Anyone I have played with in this past year can attest to the fact I am usually towards the bottom of the list if not the bottom, and it is just I can no longer play FPS's with a controller. I do not know if my reaction time has slowed down lately, if I just do not care, if it is because I just do not have that much time to play anymore so because of that I just do not get a good feel for things (which I do know for sure is a huge reason), but it just is not enjoyable for me.

With a KB&M, even if I have not played any game for months, I can pick it up and pretty much not lose a step. I have never been the best player out there, but I am decent when I am doing okay, and it just frustrates me to no end when I play on the console and am consistently in last place, like I was this past weekend when I tried playing some Black Ops with habnad. I did not make it past an hour before I gave up and just was so truly frustrated.

So my avatar that I have not changed for at least the past 2 years now rings more true then ever for me, and needless to say I am very much looking forward to checking out Vietnam this weekend.

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Yeah.. I don't get how people can play fps games on the console. Usually when I played fps games on any console I spent more time looking at the ceiling or floor than anything else. So hard to control where you're looking. At least that's my experience with it.. haven't played a fps game on a console since MoH on the ps2 so maybe the controls have gotten better.

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ahmz

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Today I almost raged after launching and joining a SQDM game, I died 3 times in a row and I couldn't find anyone to kill, it was annoying me badly. But then I got 18 kills straight till we won, so it was all good :D

Yeah.. I don't get how people can play fps games on the console. Usually when I played fps games on any console I spent more time looking at the ceiling or floor than anything else. So hard to control where you're looking. At least that's my experience with it.. haven't played a fps game on a console since MoH on the ps2 so maybe the controls have gotten better.

Nope, I was at a friend's house a couple of months ago and he got me to play some MW2 on his xbox, I couldn't shoot straight, I couldn't look around properly, it was just ridiculous, I was like get this rubbish away from me.

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ahmz

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Just played an hour of Vietnam, it was ok, it was certainly less frenetic IMO, less going on in a way, and the sounds are definitely less, there seems to be a lack of atmosphere. Also, a lot of the map textures look low-res. I did begin to enjoy it though, it kinda grows on you.

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Nope, I was at a friend's house a couple of months ago and he got me to play some MW2 on his xbox, I couldn't shoot straight, I couldn't look around properly, it was just ridiculous, I was like get this rubbish away from me.

I guess it just takes more skill to play on console.......

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