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Battlefield: Bad Company - The console only Battlefield game! Out now.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Well, maybe we're just lucky. For the most part, I haven't run into any retards. I haven't been team killed constantly. Most people at least know what they're suppose to do. It also helps that we play together in squads a lot, so we're usually fighting together. Last night, until the very end, we were a blitzkrieg force. Maybe you should try to play together with us instead of by yourself. We're on pretty regularly.

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  • Oddjob187Oddjob187 Pew TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yea, yea i guess that could help.

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  • ZoldenZolden Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Oddjob187 wrote: »
    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.

    I just got to 25 in a legit manner today. I select the maps I want to play via custom games usually... and though theres what, 8 maps? They are pretty well diversified.

    The MG3 is tight, the gold/25 sniper rifle is... basically an svu with 2 more shots. The AK for assault is actually really decent.

    I didn't know they had the skill level feature once you hit 25. This actually makes it really easy to point out who was a vehicle flipper leveler... they are all in the 40's. I'm at 9 right, just dropped back one from 8.

    I have the feeling that, much like cod4, after maxing out I might lose interest pretty quick. At least until conquest comes out. Now that I have all unlocks except one, I'm a little pissed that I didn't preorder. I die from the pre-order unlock sniper rifle fairly often. If they don't give everyone another chance somehow to get it I'll be irked.

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    To my shock and amazement, I usually get paired up with some pretty good players in my squad. People who actually talk and strategize and don't TK me when I'm raping bitches with artillery.

    And some of you need to add me so I don't have to pray that the randoms I get matched up with aren't complete fucktards.

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  • nonplussednonplussed Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I play for some decent stretches and I put up with the idiocy of the random people that I get stuck with by doing my own thing and sticking to it. One guy who stays alive near the front lines with a bunch of headless chickens will actually keep some decent pressure on the enemy.

    As for the MG3, I'm not a fan of that gun. I seem to do poorly with guns that have a high rate of fire and low damage. Logically, the rate of fire should make up for the damage but I find myself losing a lot of gunfights with all of the high rate of fire guns.

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Holy shit let me play!

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Kris_xK wrote: »
    Holy shit let me play!

    Still can't get on? I was able to connect about an hour ago. If you do manage to get on and I'm online, as well, send me a squad invite.

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  • LoathingLoathing Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    If you guys want another member, add me if you want. I'm usually on a decent bit, GT is GameOffPantsOn.

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  • Nitsuj82Nitsuj82 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I'll be on in about an hour or so (10pm PST). Gotta eat and talk down the girlfriend first.

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Just got on for a bit, the trick at this end was I disconnected and reconnected my dsl and thus got an new ip and then it let me straight on.

    be back on in a bit.

    pabh on
  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I don't expect to fall asleep until 4-5am est. I'm rebooting my sleep cycle so I may not sleep at all.

    And I don't really expect to do much but play 360.

    How the hell do you party up in this game? I know I was in a 'squad' with pabh earlier but it seemed like the game never put us in together, he was even on the opposing team a few times!

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    choose custom game, then invite people with x

    you have to pop back to the dashboard to see whos actually playing though

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  • AkinosAkinos Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    So I finally had enough fun with this game that I decided to go try and get me some of these "Five" weapons.

    Luckily the machine gun (the one I wanted) was easy enough, but man, how the hell do you link your gamertag to your EA account, and do they really want us to preorder a game we already bought?

    (I'm sure this has come up a billion times, but goddamn.)

    edit: I almost forgot! I'm downloading a demo of a game I own to unlock a weapon? I hope they know they are huge assholes.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Akinos wrote: »
    So I finally had enough fun with this game that I decided to go try and get me some of these "Five" weapons.

    Luckily the machine gun (the one I wanted) was easy enough, but man, how the hell do you link your gamertag to your EA account, and do they really want us to preorder a game we already bought?

    (I'm sure this has come up a billion times, but goddamn.)

    edit: I almost forgot! I'm downloading a demo of a game I own to unlock a weapon? I hope they know they are huge assholes.

    You have to get to rank four in the demo to unlock that weapon. It's a good gun, though. It's just too bad the demo is Oasis only and FULL of idiots. You think it's bad in the full game? Just wait.

    As far as checking your stats online to get one of the weapons, linking gamer tags is farbot and I'm sure you already discovered that's a fruitless effort. Linking just does not work, and if you're on the 360 the damn system never sends you your confirmation submit e-mail. However, you can check your stats and get that weapon without ever having your account linked.

    First, login with your EA account here: http://badcompany.ea.com/
    And then go here: http://badcompany.ea.com/myprofile/xbox/yourprofilehere

    Ta-da! Now all you need to do is start up the game and your weapon will be unlocked. As far as the pre-order one, you'll have to eBay that, I'm afraid.

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  • AkinosAkinos Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Woo, now I can't connect at all. Thanks for the tips, though.

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  • chuck steakchuck steak Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    All of my unlocked stuff is suddenly gone. Fucking lame. Anybody else experiencing this lameness? On the PS3 btw.

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  • AkinosAkinos Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    All of my unlocked stuff is suddenly gone. Fucking lame. Anybody else experiencing this lameness? On the PS3 btw.

    Yeah. All of my shit is gone. 360. Fuck this game forever.

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  • chuck steakchuck steak Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    So they wiped everything on both systems? What the fuck could the reason be? Good thing the game is fun and i wasn't too far into it. But still, I hope they fix this pronto.

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  • AkinosAkinos Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yeah, official Bad Company forums are blowin' up, looks like someone messed up...

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  • nonplussednonplussed Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yay. Just hit 25 and now all my shit disappears. It better be back in the morning or I reckon I'm going to throw a tantrum briefly before sighing deeply and resigning myself to starting over again.

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yup everything's gone on 360...except oddly my dog tags.

    I would anticipate this getting fixed though.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Guys, don't jump the gun. Your stuff isn't gone. This was happening earlier today, and it came back a few minutes into the match. It looks like the servers are just having trouble and they're doing maintenance, but your stuff isn't gone. If you wait it out, it should show back up in the match or later. As evidence of this, go to your unlock page or dog tag page, as someone mentioned. They're all still there. It's just accessing them in-game instead of a review page that the servers are putting out at.

    But still, these guys fucking suck with maintaining their servers. Lag and the servers constantly going down. You'd think the very long beta and demo could have given some feedback for them to solve these issues before they ever arrived for the full game, yet it turns out the full game has more issues than those two ever did. It's a load of crap and I hope they get things sorted out. This is rockier than an MMO launch, and this is just a first person shooter!

    Speaking of the official Bad Company forums, anyone find it annoying how they don't have a link at all to it on the game's website?

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    Guys, don't jump the gun. Your stuff isn't gone. This was happening earlier today, and it came back a few minutes into the match. It looks like the servers are just having trouble and they're doing maintenance, but your stuff isn't gone. If you wait it out, it should show back up in the match or later. As evidence of this, go to your unlock page or dog tag page, as someone mentioned. They're all still there. It's just accessing them in-game instead of a review page that the servers are putting out at.

    But still, these guys fucking suck with maintaining their servers. Lag and the servers constantly going down. You'd think the very long beta and demo could have given some feedback for them to solve these issues before they ever arrived for the full game, yet it turns out the full game has more issues than those two ever did. It's a load of crap and I hope they get things sorted out. This is rockier than an MMO launch, and this is just a first person shooter!

    Speaking of the official Bad Company forums, anyone find it annoying how they don't have a link at all to it on the game's website?

    Well that explains why i couldn't find the forums...anybody got a link?

    Also, we can still play I guess? I hadn't entered a game out of fear.

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  • VaLiantineVaLiantine Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    Guys, don't jump the gun. Your stuff isn't gone. This was happening earlier today, and it came back a few minutes into the match. It looks like the servers are just having trouble and they're doing maintenance, but your stuff isn't gone. If you wait it out, it should show back up in the match or later. As evidence of this, go to your unlock page or dog tag page, as someone mentioned. They're all still there. It's just accessing them in-game instead of a review page that the servers are putting out at.

    But still, these guys fucking suck with maintaining their servers. Lag and the servers constantly going down. You'd think the very long beta and demo could have given some feedback for them to solve these issues before they ever arrived for the full game, yet it turns out the full game has more issues than those two ever did. It's a load of crap and I hope they get things sorted out. This is rockier than an MMO launch, and this is just a first person shooter!

    Speaking of the official Bad Company forums, anyone find it annoying how they don't have a link at all to it on the game's website?

    Well that explains why i couldn't find the forums...anybody got a link?

    Also, we can still play I guess? I hadn't entered a game out of fear.

    Yep, you can still play. Really, don't worry, you haven't lost all your stats or unlocks. It's just taking some time for the servers to access your stuff in-game, for some reason. As of writing this, though, I don't know if they've fixed it yet or not. I wouldn't be surprised to find that specific problem fixed for today. Something like that they'd get on right away.

    So don't go throwing the game out of a window or anything, it's just server problems once more. It's a pain in the ass, but all we can do is wait for them to sort things out. I just hope they fire everyone and hire some better networking people.

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  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yup, all my in game unlocks are gone. Go to the unlock page...and its gone there, too. Even my Find all Five guns. Sweet.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Docshifty wrote: »
    Yup, all my in game unlocks are gone. Go to the unlock page...and its gone there, too. Even my Find all Five guns. Sweet.

    Go here: http://badcompany.ea.com/myprofile/xbox/profilenamehere

    You can check your stats online by going there. Make sure to login with your EA account first. No need to have your account linked.

    All my unlocks are still showing up on that page. Nothing is actually gone. This is just DICE and EA having shitty servers like usual. Pain in the ass.

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Holy shit, those forums are almost as bad as the WoW ones.

    Fuck, reading any forum (except this one of course) makes me want to go on a murderous rampage

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  • powersurgepowersurge Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    You would think after this many Battlefield games they would get it right when it comes to unlocks and stats disappearing and stats sometimes not counting. D:

    With that said I think this is my favorite Battlefield of all time. I really hope it makes it PC side. My favorite setup so far is the MG36 and Mortar. Its insane for defending. If I'm reading my stats correctly though it looks like most of my deaths by infantry are to M16 users. I might just have to blow an unlock on it after I finish off the gadgets (still need c4 I think).

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  • Nitsuj82Nitsuj82 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I just got the MG36...mmhmm, that's a fine weapon. Kinda makes me hate the support class a little less. Also, I have noticed I kind of suck at this game. Just means I have to practice more I guess.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    powersurge wrote: »
    You would think after this many Battlefield games they would get it right when it comes to unlocks and stats disappearing and stats sometimes not counting. D:

    With that said I think this is my favorite Battlefield of all time. I really hope it makes it PC side. My favorite setup so far is the MG36 and Mortar. Its insane for defending. If I'm reading my stats correctly though it looks like most of my deaths by infantry are to M16 users. I might just have to blow an unlock on it after I finish off the gadgets (still need c4 I think).

    It will make it to the PC side... as Battlefield 3. Updated engine, new graphics, more people! You think 24 people is crazy? Well shit, I can't wait to try this engine out with 80 people.

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Good games errybody.

    I really need to stop chasing down knife kills. I'm probably hurting my k/d and the team sometimes.

    but man, seeing those dog tags dangling down from the top of the screen...mmm. Wish I could generate a list to show off.


    EDIT: and I just finally got my BF2 account registered for the veteran program.

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  • KaseiusKaseius Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Noooo, I dropped below a 2 k/d ratio.. curse you bad streaks on maps like Harvest Day!

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  • finalbroadcastfinalbroadcast WisconsinRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    So do the servers suck a bit? I was getting dropped from games left and right after about 4AM CDT last night. Played COD4 just find right afterwords so it wasn't me. This is pretty fun, although I would like to play an attackers game where my team doesn't commit seppuku just as we are about to win. It's like as soon as you have that last crate corner everybody just rushes and rushes until you lose.

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Dashui wrote: »
    powersurge wrote: »
    You would think after this many Battlefield games they would get it right when it comes to unlocks and stats disappearing and stats sometimes not counting. D:

    With that said I think this is my favorite Battlefield of all time. I really hope it makes it PC side. My favorite setup so far is the MG36 and Mortar. Its insane for defending. If I'm reading my stats correctly though it looks like most of my deaths by infantry are to M16 users. I might just have to blow an unlock on it after I finish off the gadgets (still need c4 I think).

    It will make it to the PC side... as Battlefield 3. Updated engine, new graphics, more people! You think 24 people is crazy? Well shit, I can't wait to try this engine out with 80 people.

    Netcode may need a bit of work for that, I'm noticing some odd behaviour in otherwise lag-free games. Hit RB? Okay, grenade launcher comes out..oh no wait m-16 again, haha!

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  • SagaxusSagaxus Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    At least your team does something, my teammates either warp to some other dimension or have been attacked by roving bands of magicians because they seem to disappear whenever we need to do something.

    Does anyone else feel that there is no middle ground in how well they play? I am either raping face or having my face raped. I'm either power tooling people in the face whilst getting all of the gold crates simultaneously somehow, or getting knifed from ten feet away after emptying my machine gun into the back of said knifer. The highs are high, but damn does my blood pressure go through the roof the seventh time smell my farts69 (sadly, this is a real person) shoots me in the face. I'd just like to have a normal game.


    And on the topic of achievements and the mission Ghost Town (I'll spoiler this just to be safe, I really don't know if it needs to be):
    In the very last fight, the one where the helicopter spends every waking second putting rocket after rocket into you no matter where you stand, I shot him downfour times with the laser designator before realising that it wouldin't work and then pushing my way through the objectives like it wanted me to. I'd just like clarification on if the reason I didn't get One In A Million was because I was shooting it down in a way it didn't expect so it just reset the chopper and acted as though it didn't happen. Or maybe the game hates me.

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  • KaseiusKaseius Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Sagaxus wrote: »
    At least your team does something, my teammates either warp to some other dimension or have been attacked by roving bands of magicians because they seem to disappear whenever we need to do something.

    Does anyone else feel that there is no middle ground in how well they play? I am either raping face or having my face raped. I'm either power tooling people in the face whilst getting all of the gold crates simultaneously somehow, or getting knifed from ten feet away after emptying my machine gun into the back of said knifer. The highs are high, but damn does my blood pressure go through the roof the seventh time smell my farts69 (sadly, this is a real person) shoots me in the face. I'd just like to have a normal game.


    And on the topic of achievements and the mission Ghost Town (I'll spoiler this just to be safe, I really don't know if it needs to be):
    In the very last fight, the one where the helicopter spends every waking second putting rocket after rocket into you no matter where you stand, I shot him downfour times with the laser designator before realising that it wouldin't work and then pushing my way through the objectives like it wanted me to. I'd just like clarification on if the reason I didn't get One In A Million was because I was shooting it down in a way it didn't expect so it just reset the chopper and acted as though it didn't happen. Or maybe the game hates me.
    The helicopter is invincible before you get to the end, so you do no damage, and the achievement requires you to do damage. :x

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Man I played a game last night where we were outnumbered 2:1. Then most of my team left and me and a squad of just 2 other guys managed to get every gold crate.

    Best game ever. We became like a well-oiled machine.
    :winky:

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I really like the main mechanic in this game, the destruct-ability, but I really do not like the game-type, or the gold mechanic. With the defending or assaulting fixed points that define the battlefield. Will the conquest mode open that up? ie make it so you can run around just attacking the other team?
    Also, I've died and we've lost the pair of gold crates, and I have the choice to choose either my squad, (still at the last checkpoint) or the new checkpoint. Yet it will not let me select my squad. If this is the case why even show the option?

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  • pabhpabh Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Man I played a game last night where we were outnumbered 2:1. Then most of my team left and me and a squad of just 2 other guys managed to get every gold crate.

    Best game ever. We became like a well-oiled machine.
    :winky:

    you probably won because you could talk to everyone on your side, why oh why did they not include this.

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