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Bad Company 2: Bad is the new Good- New Patch notes in OP

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  • FatsFats Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    BF Heroes is aware that I have BC2 installed.

    BC2 remains unaware that I signed up for BF Heroes.

    I think it takes a bit for BC2 to update your veteran status, mine just appeared one day.

  • QuidQuid The Fifth Horseman Registered User regular
    Bah.

    Then I'll just play the waiting game.

    If that woman's cleavedge made one more person pick the game up off the shelf, it was a net positive for microprose. And to be blunt, if taking her top off could have increased sales enough to get a sequel, I'd endorse it 100000% because I like playing great games.
  • JakorianJakorian Registered User regular
    I can't believe I never used the AUG, it's fantastic.

  • WarcryWarcry Registered User regular
    Jakorian wrote: »
    I can't believe I never used the AUG, it's fantastic.

    Yeah, and on the Small Speakers setting it's the best sounding weapon in the game. Also, I'm killing mans with the Raffica. It's awesome.

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  • jeanlee411jeanlee411 Registered User
    Fynath wrote: »
    So what exactly did they do to pump shotguns and bolt action rifles? The notes are kind of vague.

    Also I'm glad to hear that the M9 won't be making me horribly, horribly angry any more. I don't really understand why they buffed the 443, though. That gun was already at least on par with the 1911.

    So, choppers are basically useless now on the PC? Or perhaps flairs (VSmoke) will become essential pilot equipment?

  • tinwhiskerstinwhiskers Registered User regular
    so I see some servers listed ast 17/24(8) the (8) is reserved slots I'm assuming?

    Also the bolt-gun nerfs are retarded, I would have been more in favor of the m95 giving OHK(center mass) at all ranges, over this crap. The Abakan with a 4x is a better snipping platform.

  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS
    so I see some servers listed ast 17/24(8) the (8) is reserved slots I'm assuming?

    Also the bolt-gun nerfs are retarded, I would have been more in favor of the m95 giving OHK(center mass) at all ranges, over this crap. The Abakan with a 4x is a better snipping platform.
    Wow this should go everywhere or something.

    ASSAULT RIFLES, LIGHT MACHINE GUNS; BETTER THAN SNIPER RIFLES

    Like a newsflash sort of thing. And then everyone else can go "uh no shit it's always been like that" and then I can just sit back and watch with my spreadsheets.

    Because seriously no shit, it's always been like that.

    Post-script: the bolt action guns weren't nerfed in any meaningful way and the AN-94 is not the best long range AR.

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  • TrevorTrevor Registered User regular
    Goomba's spreadsheets remind me so much of when people used to do crazy shit like graph out dungeons on paper in the Atari versions of AD&D. It's just so cute I can't imagine telling him how silly it is.

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  • SonorkSonork Registered User regular
    FPS games not dominted by snipers are more fun overall. I hope it will always remain that way in the BF series.

  • tyrannustyrannus Registered User regular
    awesome games tonight. i love the new patch.

  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS
    Trevor wrote: »
    Goomba's spreadsheets remind me so much of when people used to do crazy shit like graph out dungeons on paper in the Atari versions of AD&D. It's just so cute I can't imagine telling him how silly it is.

    It literally took me 20 minutes while I ate.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    Goomba wrote: »
    Trevor wrote: »
    Goomba's spreadsheets remind me so much of when people used to do crazy shit like graph out dungeons on paper in the Atari versions of AD&D. It's just so cute I can't imagine telling him how silly it is.

    It literally took me 20 minutes while I ate.

    :3

    It's cool Goomba, we won't judge you if it took longer.

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  • EricsErics Registered User regular
    I've been having no trouble using sniper rifles effectively. If anything, post patch I've gotten better at using them.

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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    I've been having some extremely annoying lag(?) when trying to spawn. I'll hit Enter Battle and it will grey out, then usually pause for 5ish seconds before lighting up again and I'll often to hit it 3-5 times before it will actually spawn me. Ugh.

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  • SladvanSladvan Registered User
    Adrenaline wrote: »
    I've been having some extremely annoying lag(?) when trying to spawn. I'll hit Enter Battle and it will grey out, then usually pause for 5ish seconds before lighting up again and I'll often to hit it 3-5 times before it will actually spawn me. Ugh.

    They introduced cool down on the spawn button just like the spotting. That way you actually think about when and where you're going to spawn and with what equipment, rather than just rushing in and wasting tickets. You keep hammering that button, you keep waiting. not really

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS
    Sladvan wrote: »
    Adrenaline wrote: »
    I've been having some extremely annoying lag(?) when trying to spawn. I'll hit Enter Battle and it will grey out, then usually pause for 5ish seconds before lighting up again and I'll often to hit it 3-5 times before it will actually spawn me. Ugh.

    They introduced cool down on the spawn button just like the spotting. That way you actually think about when and where you're going to spawn and with what equipment, rather than just rushing in and wasting tickets. You keep hammering that button, you keep waiting. not really
    Wait really?


    But yeah a lot of people are having that issue. It happens to me sometimes, too.

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    This has been on before the patch even, but I've noticed that when I spawn and get immediately killed, the spawn timer starts at 12 seconds.

    However, tonight I was killed after killing about 3 peeps on that life, and bam, 12 second respawn time.

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  • CyrixdCyrixd Registered User regular
    I've been getting a respawn lag that seems more like an unintended glitch. Sound loops and the screen freezes once I hit enter battle... then I wait... and eventually everything unfreezes, and it's like I never pushed the enter battle button. But if I wait a few more seconds, I'll spawn. It's around a 10 second process after waiting for the respawn timer to countdown.

    I really hope it's not intended, because it's really frustrating to be denied respawning when I want to.

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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    ^^^ I highly doubt it's intended.

    Come to think of it, I remember it happening when I first got the game some too, then disappearing until the last patch.

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  • CyrixdCyrixd Registered User regular
    Yeah I was responding to Sladvan, who seemed to be implying that the 'cool down' = lag.

    But I fixed it completely by disabling my anti-virus. A friend of mine was experiencing the same issue and had similar success by disabling his AV too.

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  • SladvanSladvan Registered User
    Cyrixd wrote: »
    Yeah I was responding to Sladvan, who seemed to be implying that the 'cool down' = lag.

    But I fixed it completely by disabling my anti-virus. A friend of mine was experiencing the same issue and had similar success by disabling his AV too.

    Did you see the part where I said "not really."

    I guess you didn't. NOT REALLY. There, seen it now? And in my experience, I have had to "double click" as it were on the spawn button. It seems the first click would select that window, and the second one would spawn me. I think the game may not be doing the auto-spawn at the end of the timer like it used to. Which was kind of annoying, since you'd click respawn, then decide to change kick, start selecting gear and be stuck as an engineer with no perks since you weren't fast enough. Someone go test it.

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  • CyrixdCyrixd Registered User regular
    Sladvan wrote: »
    Cyrixd wrote: »
    Yeah I was responding to Sladvan, who seemed to be implying that the 'cool down' = lag.

    But I fixed it completely by disabling my anti-virus. A friend of mine was experiencing the same issue and had similar success by disabling his AV too.

    Did you see the part where I said "not really."

    I guess you didn't. NOT REALLY. There, seen it now? And in my experience, I have had to "double click" as it were on the spawn button. It seems the first click would select that window, and the second one would spawn me. I think the game may not be doing the auto-spawn at the end of the timer like it used to. Which was kind of annoying, since you'd click respawn, then decide to change kick, start selecting gear and be stuck as an engineer with no perks since you weren't fast enough. Someone go test it.

    Whoa...

    I thought you might've been referring the very last part, that repeated respawn attempts increase the lag.

    No need to get snappy.

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  • CroakCroak Registered User
    Autospawn is working, per your example of not changing kit fast enough to beat it. :)

    There's probably something funky going on between that and the new start of map delay, which uses the same timer mechanic.

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace Germany wasn't content with 105. It evolved to 128. The Jagdtiger. Registered User regular
    LIIIIIIIIVE

    Good times, the patch has made the AEK-971 goddamn amazing.

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire lasers pew pew pew Registered User regular
    LIIIIIIIIVE

    Good times, the patch has made the AEK-971 goddamn amazing.

    It was actually decent before the patch, but yeah, much better now. Might even be my next platinum gun.

    @Cyrixd - Don't take Grumpy Ol' Slad too seriously.

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  • MasumeMasume Registered User regular
    Man, don't know if they changed the feel of the gun, but I find I'm LOVING the freaking M16 post patch.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace Germany wasn't content with 105. It evolved to 128. The Jagdtiger. Registered User regular
    I guess we can pretty much just say that this patch is amazing.

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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    Okay, for those with the spawn lag issue, it's apparently caused by AVG (and possibly by other anti-viruses as well). If you add the BFBC2 folder in My Documents in the exceptions list it should clear it up.

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  • finnithfinnith Registered User regular
    I just unlocked the M14, is it worth it at all? And what classes/kit combos should I be using with it?

  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    finnith wrote: »
    I just unlocked the M14, is it worth it at all? And what classes/kit combos should I be using with it?

    None. The M14 is shit.

    Go slugged shotguns like real men.
    Or VSS if you're into pfiuu pfiuu pfiuu, I know I am.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace Germany wasn't content with 105. It evolved to 128. The Jagdtiger. Registered User regular
    The M14 is actually pretty damned good, but the irons are akin to a midget's asshole. It will kill in a single headshot at a respectable distance, especially with Magnum Ammo, and is solid in close quarters from the hip, because you only have to hit them twice.

    You can use any class, but Recon works well with it as a substitute to the slug-shotties or the VSS.

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  • WarcryWarcry Registered User regular
    I guess we can pretty much just say that this patch is amazing.

    Yes it is. I actually stand a chance in shotgun battles on the Dome now. Thanks for the damage buff, Dice.

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush On the edge. Making a run for it.Registered User regular
    God, five rounds in a row of getting stomped in a pub with a team full of cretins.

    Yes, drive the tank into the enemy base on Valdez and then abandon it. Yes, it is surprising that they now have a tank. Yes, do the same thing with the BMD when you respawn.

    Watching this in black and white, five hundred feet up, weeping.

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  • MegaMekMegaMek BlueBot Registered User regular
    Warcry wrote: »
    I guess we can pretty much just say that this patch is amazing.

    Yes it is. I actually stand a chance in shotgun battles on the Dome now. Thanks for the damage buff, Dice.

    It's ok, I guess. Choppers are fucking useless now. :?

  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush On the edge. Making a run for it.Registered User regular
    Also, VSmoke definitely didn't drop flares/smoke when traced by enemies on Isla tonight. The guy might not have been locking on, or traced rockets aren't as accurate as they've seemed to me, firing them, because I dodged the first three of four just by pitching drastically forward and zooming to the other side. The fourth one definitely arc'ed in flight though, and there was no getting rid of that tracer. Attack helis only?

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS
    finnith wrote: »
    I just unlocked the M14, is it worth it at all? And what classes/kit combos should I be using with it?
    Hell fuckin' yes it is.

    I use it as assault, mainly because recon has sniper rifles, medic LMGs, and engineer should use tracer darts so you'd need a side arm. Basically M14, M93, and mag ammo make such a ridiculously good combo. Like, damn.

    edit: maybe the blackhawk's flare is alt fire?

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  • MegaMekMegaMek BlueBot Registered User regular
    Also, VSmoke definitely didn't drop flares/smoke when traced by enemies on Isla tonight. The guy might not have been locking on, or traced rockets aren't as accurate as they've seemed to me, firing them, because I dodged the first three of four just by pitching drastically forward and zooming to the other side. The fourth one definitely arc'ed in flight though, and there was no getting rid of that tracer. Attack helis only?

    Never seen flares on the PC version. Ever. Nothing I've tried has ever worked, and I've never seen anyone in game use them.

  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush On the edge. Making a run for it.Registered User regular
    I wouldn't even believe they existed, assuming it was a cruel hoax, if someone hadn't posted a video showing them used by an Apache.

    Unless you have to left click to launch the flares. God, I would feel so stupid if it was something like that and I'm jamming on right click all the time.

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  • SonorkSonork Registered User regular
    finnith wrote: »
    TheGerbil wrote: »
    Sladvan wrote: »
    Pegging choppers at anything but the long range is so easy with tracers now.

    Also, all you Radeon 4xxx people: Here is the load time update.

    <3

    I didn't even know this problem existed. By the time I spawned in my team would be halfway to the capture point in Arica Harbour.

    EDIT: I also see that I haven't been added to the PC list.

    Quoting this link for ATI 4xxx drivers one more time to fix load speed. Loading fast is fun!

  • LindLind Registered User regular
    Haha tracer darts are lovly now. Die helicopters die! :P

    Also I don't know if its just me or if its been buffed but I played a bit of recon with the VSS+red dot and killed mans left and right. Still eats ammo like crazy but at least I get kills now.

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