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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    You might have been standing by the guy who shot the tag.

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  • musanmanmusanman Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    It also permanently marks the object on the radar. So the tank can't all of a sudden go away. When you're demo it looks a lot like the target reticule when you're calling in a JDAM. Which makes me wonder if the JDAM would auto target a tracer'd tank.

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  • Oddjob187Oddjob187 Pew TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Woodroez wrote: »
    Lawlzor wrote: »
    If I get the full game will my team stop sucking so badly?

    No, they won't.

    This man is correct, sort of. Your team will probably only suck bad when your on a map full of dick wads that refuse to do anything but snipe, and when you call them out for being giant dick wads they'll go abloo bloo bloo, i want to snipe not blow up the three Abrams in our base or generally be helpful and get a score higher then 50 points. This is where you learn to TK my young grass hopper.

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I'll be on in no more than a half-hour.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Just got this, and it's awesome!
    But come on, what the fuck. If I beat a level on Hard it should give me the Normal achievement aswell, not force me to play it twice. I started on Hard assuming this was the case...

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  • mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Just got this, and it's awesome!
    But come on, what the fuck. If I beat a level on Hard it should give me the Normal achievement aswell, not force me to play it twice. I started on Hard assuming this was the case...

    God I hate games that do that, its bullshit.

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    Oddjob187 wrote: »
    Man, why do so many people on my team always suck? Last round I was playing horrible, and i was top of my team with 511. This game i was there for four minutes at the end before we lost and I finished first with 219 points after four minutes. Seriously, is there a way to filter sucky people?

    You can filter them by team killing them! :twisted:

    Submit a negative player review? Whenever I've submited one it says "X will now be avoided." I've always assumed that means it'll try to stay away from them in matchmaking stuff. Plus it hurts their rep!

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Arrath wrote: »
    Dashui wrote: »
    Oddjob187 wrote: »
    Man, why do so many people on my team always suck? Last round I was playing horrible, and i was top of my team with 511. This game i was there for four minutes at the end before we lost and I finished first with 219 points after four minutes. Seriously, is there a way to filter sucky people?

    You can filter them by team killing them! :twisted:

    Submit a negative player review? Whenever I've submited one it says "X will now be avoided." I've always assumed that means it'll try to stay away from them in matchmaking stuff. Plus it hurts their rep!

    I always do that when I run into someone who constantly leaves their mic on. My God that is so annoying. It's like they're now all congregated in Bad Company, as well as all the people with the x's in their name. xXRandomIdiotXx

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  • KaseiusKaseius Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I really haven't run into as many problems with people as you guys seem to have, with people having their mics on or being sniping dumbasses, teamkilling, et cetera. There've been a few problems in a few games but other than that, it has been an all around awesome experience so far.

    Also, add me for playing: KaseiusC

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Is there a list of PS3 players?

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Apparently, being good with artillery is grounds for being TKed and the artillery gun being blown up.

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Great games tonight guys. Really looking forward to clan support, so we can get an entire team of PA rolling.

    I unlocked the MG36 tonight, and sweet lord I love that weapon. I'm still not sure if I like it over the M60, but the acog scope makes it a really good case for the MG36.

    Oh, and with all the "x" in the name hate going around, I feel it necessary to note that the "x" in my name is purely for camouflage purposes.

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Kris_xK wrote: »
    Great games tonight guys. Really looking forward to clan support, so we can get an entire team of PA rolling.

    I unlocked the MG36 tonight, and sweet lord I love that weapon. I'm still not sure if I like it over the M60, but the acog scope makes it a really good case for the MG36.

    Oh, and with all the "x" in the name hate going around, I feel it necessary to note that the "x" in my name is purely for camouflage purposes.

    Yeah man. GGs all around. I still feel like I've not hit my stride yet, though

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Seriously EA, thanks for not screwing us with the micropayments, but considering your findallfive program, I'd rather buy them in future. Also next time you release a game that's multiplayer based, do you think you could not turn the servers off every day, it's been like 2 hours now with no ability to connect to EA online. It'd be understandable if this was some small shoestring budget developer, but EA? come on

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yeah, Find All Five is a bigger pain in the ass than just paying for them. Their gamertag linking process is nothing short of sadistic.

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  • ArthArth Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    chasm wrote: »
    Apparently, being good with artillery is grounds for being TKed and the artillery gun being blown up.

    I'm positive I was once TKed in Oasis because I was singlehandedly keeping the enemy trapped in the back of their base, letting the rest of the team take out the crates. I even stopped them from rushing a light tank to our base and taking me out. Then some guy TKs me, gets in the artillery, and by the time I respawn, there's an enemy tank in our base, and he's trying to shoot it with an SMG.

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  • LoathingLoathing Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Arth wrote: »
    chasm wrote: »
    Apparently, being good with artillery is grounds for being TKed and the artillery gun being blown up.

    I'm positive I was once TKed in Oasis because I was singlehandedly keeping the enemy trapped in the back of their base, letting the rest of the team take out the crates. I even stopped them from rushing a light tank to our base and taking me out. Then some guy TKs me, gets in the artillery, and by the time I respawn, there's an enemy tank in our base, and he's trying to shoot it with an SMG.

    I see a repeating trend here. Same thing happened to me on a different map. Had the enemy team pretty much locked down in their second Base while our team went for the crates, was number one on points from taking out vehicles, groups of enemies etc.

    A buddy of mine and me were in private chat the entire time so we don't have to listen to random shit in game chat, then I noticed the little thing that pops up when someone in the squad is talking - pretty much it was going the entire time from some guy in the same squad as me. He then TK's me in the arty and takes it himself.

    Ended up with my friend shooting the guy out of the arty, me re-taking it and continuing on. Once the arty was useless because I couldn't shoot at the final enemy base, I tracked the guy down and shot him in the face.

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  • Oddjob187Oddjob187 Pew TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Arth wrote: »
    chasm wrote: »
    Apparently, being good with artillery is grounds for being TKed and the artillery gun being blown up.

    I'm positive I was once TKed in Oasis because I was singlehandedly keeping the enemy trapped in the back of their base, letting the rest of the team take out the crates. I even stopped them from rushing a light tank to our base and taking me out. Then some guy TKs me, gets in the artillery, and by the time I respawn, there's an enemy tank in our base, and he's trying to shoot it with an SMG.

    Actually you were TK'ed because you were getting to many kills with the Arty and someone else wanted them so they kill you and some times blow up the arty so they can get on it. Happens all the time. :)

    Not by me though, fuck arty. Gimme a knife and a thong and I'll get right up in that mother.

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    A multiplayer game without decent server support. Where the servers go down every single day, is not a proper multiplayer game. Its a joke.

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Whats worse is that I can see some people playing... just not me.

    I'm going to take this downtime to make a tiny effigy of EA and then burn it in a satanic ceremony.

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  • nonplussednonplussed Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I think it's working again, but I'm not positive if it's for everyone and screw logging off and back on to check.

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  • ED!ED! Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Anyone having connection problems with EA today?

    Oh nvm. Guess not the only one.

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I got about four minutes into a game before the servers went down again. Yeah, using servers instead of peer-to-peer is definitely the way to go.

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    When they can cut them off when BF:BC 2:SUBTITLE comes out to force the multiplayers over, yeah it is the way to go.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I like how the servers keep going down in the middle of the freakin' day. I imagine they're going on their schedule, their time zone, however. DICE is based in Sweden. Taking it down for updates or so on our schedule, where the highest volume of players probably is, would probably be something along the lines of the middle of the night for them. Just as long as they're going down to improve stability, I don't mind. They usually aren't down for all that long.

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I am also in europe and the servers are being taken down at around 6pm everyday, so swedish time that is 7pm. So its not likely because its the middle of the day for them, more that its going down once they are no longer watching over it

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    pabh wrote: »
    I am also in europe and the servers are being taken down at around 6pm everyday, so swedish time that is 7pm. So its not likely because its the middle of the day for them, more that its going down once they are no longer watching over it

    Ah, but Sweden exists outside of normal space time. It screws everything up! Although, one of the side effects is bustier women, so I approve.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    pabh says the servers are up, but I'm still unable to connect to multiplayer. I'm in the US, so maybe the US servers or something are still down and aren't letting people connect. I guess you and I will have to wait until later to play, pabh. :(

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  • SkullOmaniaSkullOmania Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I'm in the UK and unable to connect as well.

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  • nonplussednonplussed Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Servers are up here in the west coast.

    Also, I just hit 25 (take that, gold edition!) and an interesting tidbit of information that may or may not have been discussed is the form arrows. Those arrows next to your name apparently signify how well you're doing?

    Anyhow, I bring this up because those arrows get replaced with a number that is described as follows when they show you your "General of the Army" rank:

    "You will now start your hunt to become the worlds foremost General. From now on you can see your skill level. This is a number between 1 and 50, where 1 is the highest level awarded to only a single player in the world. Play well and you will be promoted, play badly and you will be demoted. Good luck!"

    This stinks of that Ghost Recon achievement, without the actual achievement (thank goodness). Not to brag, buuuuuut mine is 7 and when you're in game you can see the rating of everyone else on both teams.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    nonplussed wrote: »
    Servers are up here in the west coast.

    Also, I just hit 25 (take that, gold edition!) and an interesting tidbit of information that may or may not have been discussed is the form arrows. Those arrows next to your name apparently signify how well you're doing?

    Anyhow, I bring this up because those arrows get replaced with a number that is described as follows when they show you your "General of the Army" rank:

    "You will now start your hunt to become the worlds foremost General. From now on you can see your skill level. This is a number between 1 and 50, where 1 is the highest level awarded to only a single player in the world. Play well and you will be promoted, play badly and you will be demoted. Good luck!"

    This stinks of that Ghost Recon achievement, without the actual achievement (thank goodness). Not to brag, buuuuuut mine is 7 and when you're in game you can see the rating of everyone else on both teams.

    The the highest level is awarded to those that exploit, I would imagine. You've got people with 11 million points. So already the system is broken and the top players are those that cheat. They need to reset the leaderboards when they release the patch with the exploit fix, but that would be the smart thing to do and so far EA and DICE haven't been that smart.

    How are the level 25 weapons, the MG3 especially? I've been looking forward to using that gun since it has such a high rate of fire. I'm level 22 right now, so not much more to go. I want to keep playing but the fucking servers have been down and are still down for me.

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  • nonplussednonplussed Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Ah, that's right. I forgot about those vehicle flipping idiots. Ah well, I think I'm happy with my rank, though there's always room for improvement skill-wise. I'm not really in it for the top rank anyway, I love blowing stuff up.

    I'm working on testing the MG3 now, but I'm not the best support guy so we'll see. So far, though, 200 round clip and a better than average iron sight are good things.

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    pabh says the servers are up, but I'm still unable to connect to multiplayer. I'm in the US, so maybe the US servers or something are still down and aren't letting people connect. I guess you and I will have to wait until later to play, pabh. :(

    I just played a couple matches w/ pabh. I'm US, east coast.

    Also I have discovered that support is definitely my class.

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Still no luck for me. Goddamnit.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    For crying out loud, it's still not working for me. I'm CST. This is irritating. I want to play!

    Edit: This is ridiculous. Is it just me, or is this the longest it's been down so far? So far it's been down the entire evening.

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    persistance in the trying is what worked for me, I think. I did send an email to dice saying I'd turn the game into an ashtray if they kept it up, but I really dont think it was that.

    edit: yeah it just let me in again after trying for about 10 times, so I think more that its server load, than server down

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    This is some bad server support. It's been down every day, hasn't it? I believe we're at or over fours hours of downtime so far. I gotta' wonder what the heck they're doing. They should take it down in the middle of the night, not in the middle of the bloody day!

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  • ZoldenZolden Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    This is some bad server support. It's been down every day, hasn't it? I believe we're at or over fours hours of downtime so far. I gotta' wonder what the heck they're doing. They should take it down in the middle of the night, not in the middle of the bloody day!

    I've been playing the past 2 hours, it hasnt been down for me... it wouldnt work for about 15m earlier around 1pm est, but I haven't experienced any issues other than one really laggy game. Try resetting your 360 or something.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Zolden wrote: »
    Dashui wrote: »
    This is some bad server support. It's been down every day, hasn't it? I believe we're at or over fours hours of downtime so far. I gotta' wonder what the heck they're doing. They should take it down in the middle of the night, not in the middle of the bloody day!

    I've been playing the past 2 hours, it hasnt been down for me... it wouldnt work for about 15m earlier around 1pm est, but I haven't experienced any issues other than one really laggy game. Try resetting your 360 or something.

    Some people are getting lucky, others aren't. It's quite weird. Right now I'm just going through my library and trying games I haven't played in awhile or beaten. I've got Bladestorm in right now and I was playing Frontlines earlier. All I want to do is play more Bad Company! :x

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  • Oddjob187Oddjob187 Pew TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    How the hell have you managed to get rank 25? You don't get bored out of your fucking skull playing the same maps with a bunch of dumb fucks that need to die in a warp fire so they cannot pollute the gene pool? I got an hour or two at a time before I have to put the controller down.

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