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Bad Company 2: Explosions, Hyperbole, and Hyperbolic Explosions

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Oh and who is Talkinghead88?

    Sorry last night for wanting you kicked, but I was annoyed that you never left the 2nd spawn as attacker on Isla Innocentes just to spam rockets at them.

    Satsumomo on
  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Leitner wrote: »
    Two perk related questions. Is the body armour visible/at all useful on hardcore? And, does the agustable foregrip only improve accuracy whilst using the sights, or all the time?

    Body armor means 62.5 HP instead of 50 HP in hardcore, which usually means one bullet. I think its usefulness is greatly diminished because of the lack of healing in hardcore, leaving you to rely on the charity of medics. If you've got some reliable medics it might be more useful, but you probably have better options.

    The accuracy upgrades reduce spread by a third at all times. It's irrelevant when standing still and aiming down the sights though, since there's 0 spread in that case unless it's a pistol or the terrible F2000 or the MG3. Naturally it's most valuable on the least accurate guns, namely the LMGs.

    SoundsPlush on
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  • finnithfinnith ... TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Can I get added to the PC list? My soldier name is finnith.

    I'm also another black hole of reinforcement tickets, but I think I'm getting better, especially after I decreased the graphics settings.

    finnith on
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    Steam: CavilatRest
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    Oh and who is Talkinghead88?

    Sorry last night for wanting you kicked, but I was annoyed that you never left the 2nd spawn as attacker on Isla Innocentes just to spam rockets at them.
    A tyranid player.

    I'm unsurprised he did this.
    Leitner wrote: »
    Two perk related questions. Is the body armour visible/at all useful on hardcore? And, does the agustable foregrip only improve accuracy whilst using the sights, or all the time?

    Body armor means 62.5 HP instead of 50 HP in hardcore, which usually means one bullet. I think its usefulness is greatly diminished because of the lack of healing in hardcore, leaving you to rely on the charity of medics. If you've got some reliable medics it might be more useful, but you probably have better options.

    The accuracy upgrades reduce spread by a third at all times. It's irrelevant when standing still and aiming down the sights though, since there's 0 spread in that case unless it's a pistol or the terrible F2000 or the MG3. Naturally it's most valuable on the least accurate guns, namely the LMGs.
    LMGs are actually the most accurate seeeeeeee

    And when you're ADS it starts at 0 but well again seeeeee

    I spent days of hours testing this you know.

    Goomba on
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  • übergeekübergeek Sector 2814Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Goomba wrote: »
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    Oh and who is Talkinghead88?

    Sorry last night for wanting you kicked, but I was annoyed that you never left the 2nd spawn as attacker on Isla Innocentes just to spam rockets at them.
    A tyranid player.

    I'm unsurprised he did this.
    Leitner wrote: »
    Two perk related questions. Is the body armour visible/at all useful on hardcore? And, does the agustable foregrip only improve accuracy whilst using the sights, or all the time?

    Body armor means 62.5 HP instead of 50 HP in hardcore, which usually means one bullet. I think its usefulness is greatly diminished because of the lack of healing in hardcore, leaving you to rely on the charity of medics. If you've got some reliable medics it might be more useful, but you probably have better options.

    The accuracy upgrades reduce spread by a third at all times. It's irrelevant when standing still and aiming down the sights though, since there's 0 spread in that case unless it's a pistol or the terrible F2000 or the MG3. Naturally it's most valuable on the least accurate guns, namely the LMGs.
    LMGs are actually the most accurate seeeeeeee

    And when you're ADS it starts at 0 but well again seeeeee

    I spent days of hours testing this you know.

    What are you going to do when they mess with the guns on Wednesday? Do it all over again?

    übergeek on
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  • SladvanSladvan Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    übergeek wrote: »
    Goomba wrote: »
    Satsumomo wrote: »
    Oh and who is Talkinghead88?

    Sorry last night for wanting you kicked, but I was annoyed that you never left the 2nd spawn as attacker on Isla Innocentes just to spam rockets at them.
    A tyranid player.

    I'm unsurprised he did this.
    Leitner wrote: »
    Two perk related questions. Is the body armour visible/at all useful on hardcore? And, does the agustable foregrip only improve accuracy whilst using the sights, or all the time?

    Body armor means 62.5 HP instead of 50 HP in hardcore, which usually means one bullet. I think its usefulness is greatly diminished because of the lack of healing in hardcore, leaving you to rely on the charity of medics. If you've got some reliable medics it might be more useful, but you probably have better options.

    The accuracy upgrades reduce spread by a third at all times. It's irrelevant when standing still and aiming down the sights though, since there's 0 spread in that case unless it's a pistol or the terrible F2000 or the MG3. Naturally it's most valuable on the least accurate guns, namely the LMGs.
    LMGs are actually the most accurate seeeeeeee

    And when you're ADS it starts at 0 but well again seeeeee

    I spent days of hours testing this you know.

    What are you going to do when they mess with the guns on Wednesday? Do it all over again?

    Probably. It only took him like 2 hours.

    Sladvan on
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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    So when I got this off Steam it downloaded and installed Punkbuster. How do I make sure it's enabled since the game is telling me that it's not?

    Quid on
  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    so who wants to let me run them over times while standing near a flag on the dome

    everyone? good

    L|ama on
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    L|ama wrote: »
    so who wants to let me run them over times while standing near a flag on the dome

    everyone? good
    I will if you will.

    Goomba on
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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Goomba wrote: »
    I spent days of hours testing this you know.

    Oops, I meant for moving around, not aiming - their spread is twice as high as most other guns. Didn't notice that their cumulative spray when sighted is generally lower than other guns, though.

    Also, given your damage numbers are in the hundreds but have the same ratios as other damage projections, do players actually have 1000 HP represented by 100, like tanks, or what...?

    SoundsPlush on
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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Oh it's just damage over a second. Or something.

    Basically meaningless.

    Also when ADS and moving most guns have like 1.0 or less and apparently LMGs have 2.0? It's what that guy on the xanga site says and I got all of my numbers that I just added or multiplied from him.

    Goomba on
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  • EricsErics Charming to the last Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Every time I look at that spreadsheet all I see are a big jumble of letters and numbers and I really can't gather anything from it.

    Erics on
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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Gosh darn this game makes me so fucking angry when I have a shitty night

    Like I hear the fucking headshot noise of FUCK YOU OUT GO YOUR BRAINS and the dick brushes it off and knifes me

    Oh well unlocked the XM8 for assault, apparently that makes the class less liable to give you a fucking stroke

    Robman on
  • Serious_ScrubSerious_Scrub Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I think a few hours ago, I got someone a double tank kill when I tried to run over a guy trying to plant c4 on another tank

    Serious_Scrub on
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Erics wrote: »
    Every time I look at that spreadsheet all I see are a big jumble of letters and numbers and I really can't gather anything from it.
    I made it mostly to spite Sladvan and it's all more-or-less meaningless anyway.

    Goomba on
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  • finnithfinnith ... TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I think a few hours ago, I got someone a double tank kill when I tried to run over a guy trying to plant c4 on another tank

    Why would you do that?

    In any case, I think I've really improved. As a Saiga Wookie, I just managed to cap the second last MCOM station on Arica Harbor by myself. I actually win gunfights now.

    finnith on
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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    last night i discovered that the repair tool sets off c4

    L|ama on
  • MegaMekMegaMek Girls like girls. Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    L|ama wrote: »
    last night i discovered that the repair tool sets off c4

    Imagine my surprise when I first tried to defuse an AT mine.

    MegaMek on
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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Can you repair bridges in this game? I have not tried yet.

    Fizban140 on
  • ebotasticebotastic Going Gonzo In People's HeartsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    That Guy did a good job of piloting the Apache on Port Valdez.

    After stealing it from the Americans and bringing it back to the Russian base to repair(thanks to serious scrub for jumping out and letting me gun) we went and killed mans.

    But we got hurt! So That Guy landed the Apache so we could repair it again. He landed it on its side. And it stayed on its side for a good 30 seconds somehow until he righted it and we took off to kill more mans.

    ebotastic on
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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Can you repair bridges in this game? I have not tried yet.

    seriously doubt it, I haven't seen that mechanic in a game since like... red alert?

    L|ama on
  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    L|ama wrote: »
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Can you repair bridges in this game? I have not tried yet.

    seriously doubt it, I haven't seen that mechanic in a game since like... red alert?

    Battlefield 2 had it.

    Fizban140 on
  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    It'd be nice if you could repair buildings very slowly.

    Nerdgasmic on
  • DirtmuncherDirtmuncher Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    L|ama wrote: »
    Fizban140 wrote: »
    Can you repair bridges in this game? I have not tried yet.

    seriously doubt it, I haven't seen that mechanic in a game since like... red alert?

    Battlefield 2 had it.

    MAG has it...

    Also some things MAG does better are:

    Ingame voice.
    Pointing out were mans are down and how long they have got till they have bled out.
    More mans ons same map.
    Command structure.
    More differentiated objective based mp gameplay.
    Resupply.

    But Mag also doesnt do a lot of things.

    Dirtmuncher on
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  • WarcryWarcry I'm getting my shit pushed in here! AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Just dropping in to say that the Small Speakers setting is the best. I was wondering how the sounds in the PC version and the console version could be so different. Somehow in all my weeks tweaking my sound I never actually remembered that setting was there.

    Warcry on
  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    What do you mean by Resupply?

    Nerdgasmic on
  • trevelliantrevellian Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    It'd be nice if you could repair buildings very slowly.


    Bricklayer spec - gadgets, mortar, trowel and low slung denims for workmans cleavage.

    trevellian on
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  • DirtmuncherDirtmuncher Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Nerdgasmic wrote: »
    What do you mean by Resupply?

    In MAG resupply is handled through crates at supplypoints. You need to press a specific button and actually pick the stuff up to refill your ammo, this takes time and leaves you semi-vunerable.
    Instead of a handydandy stylish suitcase that gets dropped or you drop at your feet and run over and which magically refills your ammo. Making the noobtubing and CG-whoring possible.

    Dirtmuncher on
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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    bring back cabinets and ammoboxes

    you think you know grenade spam now? In one map on 42, part of a standard strat was to have one person sitting beside an ammo crate throwing grenades until that position got over run.

    L|ama on
  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    I think that was Stalingrad, there was an ammo crate behind a wall next to the enemy flag. It was ridiculous.

    Fizban140 on
  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    yep, that map was usually not much fun

    and then in DC they went and made the grenades even more powerful without any extra cooldown or anything

    L|ama on
  • BeltaineBeltaine BOO BOO DOO DE DOORegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I switched my sound to the "War Tapes" option. It's fun.

    Beltaine on
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  • YallYall Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Any of the 360 crew gonna be on around 18:00 EST tonight?

    My buddy and I have started playing in a squad pretty regularly, and we'd like a couple of decent sqaud mates.

    Yall on
  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    L|ama wrote: »
    yep, that map was usually not much fun

    and then in DC they went and made the grenades even more powerful without any extra cooldown or anything
    To be fair though, everything in DC was more deadly. Damn the VSS.

    What are the different sound options for on the 360? I couldn't really tell a difference.

    Fizban140 on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    What is the War Tapes option

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    What is the War Tapes option

    The way the game is meant to be played.

    Alternatively, bass is given a boost and all sounds are somewhat sharper. Tank cannons and explosions really boom, voices can be heard yelling out clearer, and some of the smaller sounds like breathing become noticably audible.

    Suriko on
  • jefe414jefe414 "My Other Drill Hole is a Teleporter" Mechagodzilla is Best GodzillaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Yall wrote: »
    Any of the 360 crew gonna be on around 18:00 EST tonight?

    My buddy and I have started playing in a squad pretty regularly, and we'd like a couple of decent sqaud mates.

    I'll be on a little later (say 7pm EST) but, yeah, Tuesday is my typical play night. GT = Jefe414. Also, define decent squadmate :P

    jefe414 on
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  • BeltaineBeltaine BOO BOO DOO DE DOORegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
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  • hardehohardeho Registered User new member
    edited April 2010
    I've been lurking and following this thread for the last 300 pages or so. I think I'm ready to join in now lol. I play on 360, my gamertag is hardeho. On not too bad, and I like teamwork and going for objectives.

    hardeho on
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