04-07-2005 13:49									#31
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Just learned some cool new features, they keep track of your stats, and on some servers, you can "unlock" special weapons for each kit. For example, the medic kit has an upgraded rifle from the M16, some British model with an enhanced scope on it. It is excellent for medium-long range shooting. They also hand out medals for outstanding performance, for example, if you defend a flag and take out 10 guys in one stand.

I like to shoot snipers with the special weapon.

It seems helicopters rule most maps. As long as you can keep your chopper in the air, you can dominate pretty well. A BlackHawk carrying troops escorted by a gunship to destroy armor will win the day.

I've been on some maps where all the spawns were taken in less than 5 minutes, because of the rapid movement of a fully loaded BlackHawk.

In other news, I have pretty much neglected eating, sleep, and excercise for the past 2 weeks straight.

	04-07-2005 18:00									#32
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An article in Dagens Industri (a daily swedish business paper) states that BF2 threatens Counterstrike's position as the number one on-line game...

They quote statistics from Gamespy.com (I haven't verified it) and also interview Digital Illusion's (the developing firm) chief executive... They expect to sell 1.5 - 2 million copies of the game...

Link to DI (in swedish, so pretty useless I guess... ):

http://www.di.se/nyheter/

The story's name is "Battlefield 2 snart nr. 1" ("Battlefield 2 soon number 1")...

Carolus

	04-07-2005 19:58									#33
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I can believe it, simply that enjoyable

	04-07-2005 20:13									#34
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From TeamXbox:

quote: Last week, we reported on Digital Illusions' development plans for next generation consoles from both Microsoft and Sony. Today, in a Swedish-only press release, Digital Illusions CE (DICE) announced that Battlefield Modern Combat will be developed for the Xbox successor. Interestingly, the release schedule for the game is the same for current consoles and the "MS Nextgen": Fall 2005. This release date certainly hints that the rumors of a Fall 2005 launch date for the Xbox successor might be true. This information comes just after EA's announcement of a tender offer for all outstanding shares of the Swedish game developer.

I certainly hopeed this was going to be released for the 360. Thank you DI

	04-07-2005 22:49									#35
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How are the teams formed? I always get frustated with noob allies in teams based FPS.

	04-07-2005 23:01									#36
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike How are the teams formed? I always get frustated with noob allies in teams based FPS.

well, there is an option for autobalance

but normally u pick whom you want to be on as long as temas are not overly unbalanced in numbers..

this reminds me, I used to play the Rogue Spear series a lot at MSN..I sometimes would play and have to answer the duh-huh question "Are you in a clan?" then I would say no I just wanna play and then would get the boot or get talked smakck to..

I changed my name to something like C.S.M.A.Major Payne 4U..

code:
C.(Clans)S.($u@k)M (Major)A (ar$e) 

	04-07-2005 23:02									#37
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You can either join a squad, or go solo. In a squad you get info from the commander. If the commander sucks, you can vote to have him kicked out. But you'll always be susceptibles to newbies unless you join a "clan" or something.

	04-07-2005 23:10									#38
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quote: Originally posted by ajbera You can either join a squad, or go solo. In a squad you get info from the commander. If the commander sucks, you can vote to have him kicked out. But you'll always be susceptibles to newbies unless you join a "clan" or something.

then find out that the clan is full of newbies

lol

	05-07-2005 03:33									#39
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When I take this up I will definitely join a clan. It's the only long term way to play I think.

	05-07-2005 03:39									#40
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike When I take this up I will definitely join a clan. It's the only long term way to play I think.

yes, if ou can find the time. I once belonged to a clan or rather attended some meetings during the Delta Force2 days. I loved the game met some folks on the server and hit it off. But, when we started to train, I actually got taken to task for putting real life, at the time my wife had alsmot died and gotta tell ya, didnt have time to dedicate to wet nursing some wanna be's..........

I love gaming and to me its a way to unwind from the office, like posting here, I do it because I enjoy it, if I didnt well then, I would not return.

Have fun Dr Spike, hope you get the chance to get some time in playing, you will enjoy

GT

	05-07-2005 09:13									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Carolus Rex An article in Dagens Industri (a daily swedish business paper) states that BF2 threatens Counterstrike's position as the number one on-line game... They quote statistics from Gamespy.com (I haven't verified it) and also interview Digital Illusion's (the developing firm) chief executive... They expect to sell 1.5 - 2 million copies of the game... Link to DI (in swedish, so pretty useless I guess... ): http://www.di.se/nyheter/ The story's name is "Battlefield 2 snart nr. 1" ("Battlefield 2 soon number 1")... Carolus

Awesome.

I can believe it. I played CounterStrike for a couple of months. It is a fun game, but I like the depth of Battlefield better.

The best thing about Battlefield is that momentum and swings in the game. You see what the enemy is doing and adapt to it. Counterstrike, once you're dead, you're dead. For example, my favorite part is when your team is down to one base, and you are desparatley trying to escape to get another base. Pretty much the entire enemy army is bearing down on your last base and your army is rapidly being destroyed, unless someone can get out and capture another base.

But even if you get to the other base, they will see it, and you have to hang onto it long enough for your team to get access., and spawn to defend it. It's also hard when they find out about you. They know exactly where the flag is so they know you're going to be right next to it. But, if you're trying to defend the flag, and you're all by yourself, they could come from any direction.

I have to say I prefer the Middle Eastern maps to the Chinese ones. The Chinese maps tend to be too big and require too much vehicle movement to get from place to place, especially when there is alot of water, you spend half of your time just trying to figure out how to get to the other base.

That's why I like the Middle Eastern maps, as they are mostly street fighting.

There are two maps that come to mind, one has the television station on it, and the other has a really big mosque, where the Americans start at one end of the city and have to penetrate all the way to the other end.

"MEDIC!!!!!"

*Ted runs avoiding fire to revive the fallen comrade*

I learned to fly a jet yesterday on an empty server. It was surprisingly easy, only took about 30 minutes. You use your keys for major turning, and use the mouse for minor tweaking in movement. It looks like it will take some time to master strafing, as you have to be high enough to be able to dive down without hitting the ground, but not so high that you can't see anything.

Helicopter is still wayyyyy too hard.

	05-07-2005 09:17									#42
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike When I take this up I will definitely join a clan. It's the only long term way to play I think.

I'd like to join one someday too. I'm going for vacation, but when I return, I want to get a group together badly. I'd like to figure out the audio portion of it, as I can't get my microphone to work properly.

The clans that play with audio will kill any other team by a landslide.

	05-07-2005 09:24									#43
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OOGALA KOOGALA!!!




Which reminds me, one of the more hilarious parts in the game is when a Marine is standing there grenade spamming, announcing to everybody around him, "FRAG GRENADE," and then you sneak up on him and put that to a stop.

	05-07-2005 09:31									#44
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I want to know who does all the voices on this game. I know they are famous actors.

I want to hit it with that Iraqi UAV chick. Maybe I can get that as a ringtone on my phone or something.

	05-07-2005 12:00									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker I'd like to join one someday too. I'm going for vacation, but when I return, I want to get a group together badly. I'd like to figure out the audio portion of it, as I can't get my microphone to work properly. The clans that play with audio will kill any other team by a landslide.

Join one - you'll improve lots.

	05-07-2005 17:47									#46
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Damn, the server browser, though, is seriously fubared on this game.

Those clans are tricky business. Yes, if you join one, you will probably have more fun, as there will be teamwork, skill improvement and whatnot. But, the problem is, you need to be dedicated for it or you'll be kicked out anyway. You need probably to attend regular training sessions, be there for ladder matches, etc. If you're a rather casual gamer and play when you have time to spare, you might find that is not exactly for you.

	05-07-2005 22:42									#47
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But casual gamers should play the Sims or something.

	05-07-2005 22:56									#48
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So you mean to say you have the time and dedication for weekly trainings, ladder matches and whatnot ?

	05-07-2005 23:04									#49
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Yes, for one game. Unfortunately right now that game is Guild Wars. In a few months, who can say.

	06-07-2005 00:42									#50
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In a few months, it better be Civ4 for you .

	06-07-2005 00:45									#51
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Join a less hardcore Clan then?

	06-07-2005 02:42									#52
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cant get it to work, it says about a dll missing...

	06-07-2005 02:53									#53
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I await the day a superior version of this game is made available to the world via Xbox 360.

	13-07-2005 19:20									#54
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I've finally installed the game... it does work, runs smoothly on everything on medium details, so it runs much much much much much much better than BF1942

The graphics does fail often, but I'll try to install some newer drivers and see if that fixes the problem...

The controls are annoying though, in many cases I can't set a key to do what I want it to do, it keeps saying that the key is already in use, but it's not

	14-07-2005 03:46									#55
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I am having a hoot flying the chopter and various airplanes, I had to do a lot of practice by using a local server on MP and actually launching and playing by myself setting the respawn to -0- so when I crash I just xome right back to life

awesome game is all I can say

	14-07-2005 18:49									#56
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New info from the same source I quoted in a post above (www.di.se/nyheter):

"EA and Digital Illusions Announce Development of Battlefield 2: Special Forces Expansion Pack; Award-Winning Battlefield 2 for the PC Expands to Include Covert Ops
Get ready for all out war with special forces ... Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) and Digital Illusions today announced that development is underway on the expansion pack for the award-winning Battlefield 2(TM) PC game. Powered by the Battlefield 2 game engine, Battlefield 2: Special Forces(TM) brings the intensity and excitement of its predecessors into the realm of covert ops with the latest, most technologically advanced vehicles and weapons systems available to man.

In Battlefield 2: Special Forces, players will choose to fight as one of 6 different Special Forces soldiers -- Navy SEALs, British SAS, Russian Spetznas, MEC Special Forces, Rebel groups and insurgents. Armed with the latest Special Forces weaponry, players can take control of any of the game´s 10 new vehicles to engage in major conflicts with up to 64 players. Additionally, persistent character growth allows players to continue to rise through the ranks.

Battlefield 2: Special Forces takes the intensity and quality of Battlefield 2 behind the scenes of news headlines, showcasing the most elite and deadly forces in the modern military world. Using accurate Special Forces weapons, gadgets, and vehicles, these covert armies battle to control key military and strategic locations.

Developed by Digital Illusions Canada, Battlefield 2: Special Forces will be available fall 2005 for the PC. Battlefield 2: Special Forces requires Battlefield 2 in order to play. For more information about Battlefield 2: Special Forces or any other title in the Battlefield franchise, please visit http://battlefield.ea.com or our press web site at http://info.ea.com"

Carolus

	14-07-2005 19:06									#57
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Yeah its pretty amazing, especially on 64 player maps

EDIT: Expansion pack so soon!?

sounds cool though..

so, what about clan apolyton?

Last edited by laurentius on 14-07-2005 at 22:14

	15-07-2005 03:18									#58
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quote: Originally posted by laurentius so, what about clan apolyton?

Im down


I am just amazed at the gameplay

	15-07-2005 09:51									#59
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None of you patched, did you? There's some big problems with it, both client and server side. One of the top problem is is a big memory leak. Good to see their programs are already working on an expansion.

	16-07-2005 04:29									#60
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quote: Originally posted by alva None of you patched, did you? There's some big problems with it, both client and server side. One of the top problem is is a big memory leak. Good to see their programs are already working on an expansion.

yeah, like no other game ever released pu a patch out before the game was completed 100%



Im down with the game and have had fun and Ill pluck down the duckies for an expansion pack, wont be the worse I ever had

Looking forward

Gramps