Battlefield: Bad Company 2


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I wonder if anyone can shed some light on something. I originally pre-ordered the game, limited edition off steam. It says it comes with 6 unlocks. Tracer dart pistol etc. But as of yet I can't seem to use them in game. Do I have to level up higher first? Or do I have to put in a code or something to unlock them in the first place? :(

I managed to get a few games in today. BC2 suffers the same problems as all battlefield games. **** poor server browser. You run the game, have to login, select your player, then when I go to multiplayer / join game (to find a random game) it never works. I get the spinning wheel for AGES with NO cancel button unlike the other dialogues. So there is no movement after 5/10 minutes, its time to alt-tab to end the process and do it all over again. A nice cancel button would have been a nice touch.

If you use the server browser the results aren't much better. When you refresh all servers, again it takes forever, but when its done, the column "ping" has nothing but a dash. No matter which direction I scroll. I have no way of knowing if the server is worth connecting to.

Not to mention when I do find a server, one of 3 things will definitely happen when I double click on a server in the browser:

Nothing happens

Unable to connect, retry

Server full.

Mainly the first option. Nothing will happen, no message telling me that It's failed, just nothing.

The 4th option, actually connecting to a game seems to be hit and miss. Although alot of the above issues will smooth out as demand lowers on the servers etc, the other UI issues like the in-game server browsers will only be updated with a patch which I hope is soon.

Finally, is there a way to smooth out the mouse in the menu? It just seems to lag all to hell.

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You need to enter the second serial Steam gives you into the Multiplayer > Redeem Code menu in order to unlock those items, and you can use them straight away.

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I agree. The user interface is horrid in BF games (especially BFBC2). Horrid colours and poor use of contrast, events not having a cancel button such as refresing server list, making you wait till its finished doing what ever its doing. I am confused when developers miss such obvious and critical user interface design functions/choices. Most things seem common sense to me, but they are never there.

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I agree. The user interface is horrid in BF games (especially BFBC2). Horrid colours and poor use of contrast, events not having a cancel button such as refresing server list, making you wait till its finished doing what ever its doing. I am confused when developers miss such obvious and critical user interface design functions/choices. Most things seem common sense to me, but they are never there.

Yes! The BF interfaces are slow and stupid

They should learn from Valve

Valve game interfaces are speedy, easy to navigate and offer much customization in regards to window size of configuration panels, sorting servers and whatnot.

It just works flawlessly

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You need to enter the second serial Steam gives you into the Multiplayer > Redeem Code menu in order to unlock those items, and you can use them straight away.

Easy when you know how :blush:.

Many thanks. :D

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wow for the first time i could play 3hours straight! enjoyed it so much! i was a counterstrike player for 7years and never enjoyed sniping but with this game. :rofl:

10/10 for the multiplayer (Y) !

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Still loving the game. I ordered a Q9550 processor today, should be here by the end of the week, and I will really be smoking then

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Still loving the game. I ordered a Q9550 processor today, should be here by the end of the week, and I will really be smoking then

heh I'm also upgrading. Getting a HD5870 at the end of the month. :(

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heh I'm also upgrading. Getting a HD5870 at the end of the month. :(

wait until nvidia's new cards come out, that's what im doing. cause chances are ATI will drop their prices when they do!

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@Rajput: Garett doesnt sound or is an indian name as far as i know / can tell.

Ive been connecting fine everynight around 930pm CST till 1am CST, love this game so much. ATM im doing RUSH, slowly ill go to RUSH HC and then Conquest. I played and play SO MUCH conquest with BF2 that RUSH is a relief too me.

So far everything is getting quicker, I hope the next patch includes upgraded server browser(bf2/2142) for example and Team Balancing.

I always seem to play 10 vs 46546. Thats when I go recon and start picking people off for my team, and we usually have a chance as I talk to 2-3 other snipers to go recon and join me.

Gonna start playing this game a LOT more as soon as the issues get fixed entirely.

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@Rajput: Garett doesnt sound or is an indian name as far as i know / can tell.

Ive been connecting fine everynight around 930pm CST till 1am CST, love this game so much. ATM im doing RUSH, slowly ill go to RUSH HC and then Conquest. I played and play SO MUCH conquest with BF2 that RUSH is a relief too me.

So far everything is getting quicker, I hope the next patch includes upgraded server browser(bf2/2142) for example and Team Balancing.

I always seem to play 10 vs 46546. Thats when I go recon and start picking people off for my team, and we usually have a chance as I talk to 2-3 other snipers to go recon and join me.

Gonna start playing this game a LOT more as soon as the issues get fixed entirely.

it's not, it's english/jewish. don't ask why i have it, dad gave it to me, mom was against. Got a punjabi name too, never use it. only one buddy from high school ever did.

I did play last night as well without any issues. solid 2-3 hours.

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From the Battlefield blog :-)

"Battlefield Bad Company 2 Status Update

An update to Battlefield Bad Company 2 on PlayStation 3 is currently with Sony America and will, hopefully go live later today after we get Sony approval. When this happens PlayStation 3 owners will get access to the BFBC2 in game store and have access to their VIP content. Sony Europe will follow shortly after and will, all being well with Sony, allow European players to access the store and their VIP content early this week.

The access to the in game store will start things off by giving VIP members access to the Rush map, Nelson Bay and the Conquest map, Laguna Alta.

While the Xbox 360 and PC aren't getting a client update today we will of course be watching them at DICE and EA, making sure the servers keep running and let you game as much Battlefield time as possible.

We have been discussing a few issues on the official forums and provided some temporary solutions for PC gamers problems while we work on a more permanent solution for them at DICE. You can find the discussions about PB INIT errors and faster browsing tips at: http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/"

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Another veteran weapon? I'm a level 1 veteran and I don't have access to it. Anyone above level 1, can you check to see if you have it?

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Another veteran weapon? I'm a level 1 veteran and I don't have access to it. Anyone above level 1, can you check to see if you have it?

I have level 2 veteran status and I have access to that upgrade.

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Another veteran weapon? I'm a level 1 veteran and I don't have access to it. Anyone above level 1, can you check to see if you have it?

Level 3 and I have it.

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PC servers are fine, well our server is anyway had a good 2 hours on it, no disconnects or anything. Logged in fine aswell, seamed a little quicker then the norm as well, which is always a good thing :D

Didn't know you guys have a server... :p (I'm not used to check Gamer's forums).

Too bad I'm at uni right now, my class ends in 2h and I gotta work tomorrow.

Gonna play with you guys on the weekend. :D :D :D

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it's not, it's english/jewish. don't ask why i have it, dad gave it to me, mom was against. Got a punjabi name too, never use it. only one buddy from high school ever did.

I did play last night as well without any issues. solid 2-3 hours.

Thats what I thought. But isn't your dad Indian? And you still speak the language I'm guessing. I figured that your dads following the "your in America beta you need america name" like most Indian men that come here and change there name. I understand it's easier for other people but to completely forget about who you are is bs. Goes for ANYone not just Indians. I believe you should know where you come from.

But as far as you go I can tell you somewhat know the language? I myself have a English middle name but yeah.

/offtopic

But anyway I was on earlier couldn't resist and it was very stable to say the least. I did get punkbuster init errors on 2 servers yesterday but today those same servers worked. So providers / admins are doing there job maintaining servers.

I hate how hosts/admins never manage there server like in cod4 you have 200 active servers on 1.0 and same thing with bf2. It's bs. Keep up with the updates or don't complain the game is buggy.

Regardless it's nothing to do with servers hosted which is what I'm happ about. There's over 300 servers for bc2 I believe according to game-tracker or game-monitor I think it was.

But regardless hopefully DICE is pushing hard on EA and continues too until EA puts enough servers up. I mean they have enough 2/2142 login servers up so WTF. I know it's been few years since the games have been out but they should have had that same server support up for this game.

Oh EA when will you learn.

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Not the best score by any means, but nice to see that three Neowin members were the top of our team. (Y) And I do believe we won this round if I recall correctly. I know one round was real close and we lost, but I think this one we did win?

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Another veteran weapon? I'm a level 1 veteran and I don't have access to it. Anyone above level 1, can you check to see if you have it?

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I have it as well, Level 7 Veteran now thanks to EA support, and what does it do exactly? I saw it and still have no clue what it is?

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Another veteran weapon? I'm a level 1 veteran and I don't have access to it. Anyone above level 1, can you check to see if you have it?

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I had that before I added any of my other BF games to the veteran site. I think it's wrong.

@DL it makes shotguns shoot farther at the cost of damage. It's basically a slug instead of a spread. I didn't like it all that much. The whole idea of shotguns is to be close and personal and blasting people in the face. I have other weapons if I want to shoot from further away.

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And oh, still had pretty significant connection issues. Actually the only way I could connect was through joining someone else. I could not connect through the Browser. Once we did get on some servers, some were INCREDIBLY laggy.

Ironically I kept telling my brother in law how good the MP is, so guess who purchased it off of Steam yesterday? And guess who could not get online easily? LOL

@DL it makes shotguns shoot farther at the cost of damage. It's basically a slug instead of a spread. I didn't like it all that much. The whole idea of shotguns is to be close and personal and blasting people in the face. I have other weapons if I want to shoot from further away.

Thanks man, makes total sense since the Icon is a slug but I just did not realize what it did, but again makes sense and many thanks for the quick and easy explanation.

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No problem. And is it just me or did all our sigs die? It only says "Posted Image" to me.

Edit: And I still can't add games to my favorites list. :pinch:

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