official Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[WastedJoker]

I also got the Gold star on 40mm grenade last night :w00t: and finally got the saviour/avenger medal - that one took ages to get since I'm often being the one saved :p

[rajputwarrior]

haven't played this game in like two days... having withdrawls, not going to lie.

[Blackhearted]

Why people still prefer aiming with a lousy controller compared to a keyboard and my highly accurate Razer gaming mouse, I still can't understand

I can't either. Trying to aim and hit someone using a gamepad is often times more frustrating than it is fun. Especially if you or the target(or both of you) are moving. Then it only gets worse.

[rajputwarrior]

I can't either. Trying to aim and hit someone using a gamepad is often times more frustrating than it is fun. Especially if you or the target(or both of you) are moving. Then it only gets worse.

well i did get pretty good at it playing MW2 on my ps3... just takes practise.

[WastedJoker]

5yrs of gaming on consoles then switched to a PC for the last 5 months.

Tried playing on my mates Ps3 today. Hilarious - I was running all over pointing at the sky :lol:

It's amazing how quickly your thumb coordination goes.

[Hedon]

But..it's like if it takes you 3 seconds to aim the crosshair to an enemy using the joystick, I can do it in a blink of an eye with a mouse Oh well, never mind lol I think this debate is never ending anyway

LOL 3 seconds. If that were true for me, I wouldn't game on console for sure.

[Singh400]

I have taken a break from getting platinum stars and started to use my old and very trusted friend the AN-94 Abakan. It tears through anything. The screenshots below says it all (3x Combat Excellence Pins ? 8 kills in a row)

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Somebody recommend me a shotgun, all the ones I have tried suck.

[Duality]

Somebody recommend me a shotgun, all the ones I have tried suck.

I have always loved the ns2000. Just seems to beat all of the others - it feels right :)

[Singh400]

I have always loved the ns2000. Just seems to beat all of the others - it feels right :)

Mmmmm, the Neo-Stead right? Tried it a few times, never got on with it.

OT: Happy Birthday mate ;)

[trag3dy]

How to properly play the recon class:

As for shotguns, I've always liked the 870. It works good for me.

[Blackhearted]

The 'proper' way is to spam motion mines? I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

[trag3dy]

Uh...yeah? You can't use mines effectively if you're on a hill 3 spawn zones back. Is there something wrong with using mines? It's sort of the entire purpose of the class.. And you didn't notice all the other badges such as marksman's head shots and nemesis pins?

What's with the negative attitude? Why do people post just to be rude? Oh, right...the internet. :unsure:

It's kind of funny, most people hate recon because they sit far back to preserve their KDR and everyone gets mad at them for not using motion mines. And yet I show a screen shot of me effectively playing the recon class to it's fullest and this guy some how finds a problem with that..? :wacko:

[rajputwarrior]

Uh...yeah? You can't use mines effectively if you're on a hill 3 spawn zones back. Is there something wrong with using mines? It's sort of the entire purpose of the class.. And you didn't notice all the other badges such as marksman's head shots and nemesis pins?

What's with the negative attitude? Why do people post just to be rude? :unsure:

stroke their virtual ego...

found a squad deathmatch server where no one went in the tank for 3-4 maps :) good times.

[Singh400]

I have platinum with the 40mm grenade launcher. But but but but, I also have platinum with the XM8, M416, An-94, and M16, and 8 gold stars going on 9 with the AUG. It's justified. :whistle:

Started on my platinum with the AUG. And it is horrible inaccurate, and it just doesn?t seem to have the stopping power as the other assault guns. Basically it is a glorified stick :D

How to properly play the recon class:

As for shotguns, I've always liked the 870. It works good for me.

Indeed, that is how to properly play the recon class (Y) I only play it now and then, and I still run around like a headless chicken in a wookie suit. Those of the kind of scores I get playing assault (:wub: AN-94)

found a squad deathmatch server where no one went in the tank for 3-4 maps :) good times.

Probably the best game mode. SQDM is near on perfect, but they had to go and **** it up by putting a tank in there.

[trag3dy]

Yeah, the AUG is pretty bad, especially at any range. If I could be assault and use an SMG I would gladly trade just about any SMG for the AUG. :laugh:

[Hedon]

27% accuracy with a sniper? Proper?

[trag3dy]

I'm not entirely sure the accuracy stat shown there is uh..well..accurate. If you notice it says I had 34 kills with the m24 out of 35, but I also have an explosive pin which is 4+ kills. So yeah.. and there's no way I shot anything near 205 rounds with the m24 as well. That would be emptying my ammo reserve at least 10 times. And I didn't. Killed a few with pistol kills as well but didn't get any pins for that.

Maybe overall accuracy? I really don't think that screen reflects very well weapon stats for the game.

[Singh400]

27% accuracy with a sniper? Proper?

Damn right. Yes he was scoring kills, but he was also dealing damage to enemies. It is much better to deal as much damage as you can and spot them. Than to chase one kill - which most snipers tend to do. Usually when I am sniping (on the rare occasion). As long as I deal some damage and they are spotted I leave them for my team mates near the area to finish off. And lets face it, as soon as someone gets spotted they don't last long at all.

[Hedon]

Damn right. Yes he was scoring kills, but he was also dealing damage to enemies. It is much better to deal as much damage as you can and spot them. Than to chase one kill - which most snipers tend to do. Usually when I am sniping (on the rare occasion). As long as I deal some damage and they are spotted I leave them for my team mates near the area to finish off. And lets face it, as soon as someone gets spotted they don't last long at all.

As a sniper, I go for the spotting and one shot head shot.

[gkl]

I'm not entirely sure the accuracy stat shown there is uh..well..accurate. If you notice it says I had 34 kills with the m24 out of 35, but I also have an explosive pin which is 4+ kills. So yeah.. and there's no way I shot anything near 205 rounds with the m24 as well. That would be emptying my ammo reserve at least 10 times. And I didn't. Killed a few with pistol kills as well but didn't get any pins for that.

Maybe overall accuracy? I really don't think that screen reflects very well weapon stats for the game.

The most kills stat is calculated from the time you started to play on that server, and not in a specific round. So, from the time you've joined the server your most kills were made with the M24.

[trag3dy]

I thought as much. Doesn't make very much sense to have it like that, imo. It should reflect stats for the round played only. I don't really cared how well I did over 3-4 games.

[Blackhearted]

The most kills stat is calculated from the time you started to play on that server, and not in a specific round. So, from the time you've joined the server your most kills were made with the M24.

I don't think so. Cause if that was the case there'd be end round screens that would show my most kills as being with a weapon i didn't even use that round. Which has never happened.

On another note...: Any and all games completely dropping on the chance that EA's servers randomly die... Is the worst game design decision i have seen in a long time.

[gkl]

@+trag3dy

Ya, I don't like this system as well.

@Blackhearted

A bug perhaps? (shocking)

[Singh400]

Had some brilliant games last night. Ran into a clan by the name of X-Ray. They were really good. I could just about hold my own in a 1v1. Really pushed us to play our best 100% of the time. No goofing around with tagging friends with tracer darts last night I tell you.

We lost every match against them (they made all the difference, the rest of their team were random pubbers) but still awesome games (Y)

Would also like to mention that someone I ran into a couple of weeks who decided to make sport of me, got banned yesterday for an aimbot :rofl: Muuhahahahahahahahaha :D

[gkl]

I'm unsure about this but do the stats update realtime? As in, if the game crashes, I don't loose the pins/points/stars obtained in the round, right?

I love when that happens on the friggin Your team has won screen