Battlefield Bad Company 2

[Celeras]

Lots of snipers but in conquest the majority of people I run into are assault and med packs. Most people seem to swap based off of squad needs or capping needs.

Rush has a lot of recon on account of them being awesome, especially with the spot scope. Keeping your eyes on the box does wonders, nobody gets in unnoticed with a single good recon on D.

[Galkaeater]

So is this game a snipefest like all the other bf games?

Oh there will be tonnes of snipers but you wont get sniped by them because they're all shit.

[Akucaen]

Oh there will be tonnes of snipers but you wont get sniped by them because they're all shit.

Pretty much this. I spent the first section of a rush map bunny-hopping a sniper based on the reload time. I'd stand still a moment, then run and jump, wait for the reload, and do it again. This went on for a good 12 shots or so until an assault class ran up and ruined my fun.

Personally I favor assault and medic more than anything.

[Thunder]

The fuck.. EA has been down for me for over three hours now.

[Devolver]

Loving this game like crazy. Anti-tank mines while defending on practically any map is absolute rape face. easily break 500 xp explosions because people are too retarded to look while they are driving. Also red dot xm8 compact is mmmmmm tasty . Attacking I usually roll with the Gustav (I think thats the name) rocket launcher and just blow holes in the side of objectives.

And spot +20 spot assist spot +20 spot assist spot +20 spot assist spot +20 spot assist spot +20 spot assist spot +20 spot assist spot +20 spot assist spot +20 spot assist spot +20 spot assist.

Be a bro and spot gd it.

[Galkaeater]

yeah I love the gustav (currently have 3 gold stars with it) along with the extra rocket ammo perk for 8 rockets I use it for anything and everything.
Also another good thing about anti tank mines is that even if you die and change to a RPG they dont disapear though only a max of 6 at a time can be droped.

[Devolver]

a max of 6 at a time can be droped.

I was wondering what the max was. This is good to know, for sure.

[Celeras]

Spoiler: show

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Spoilered cos HUEG.

[Insanecyclone]

Are there problems on the console version or just PC?

but with problems like this

I may get the ps3 version.

[Quixon]

Thanks for that chart.


Now that I am more familiar with the game I am doing much better. I haven't jumped off Medic yet, just unlocked the Defib Paddles yesterday. Going to unlock a bit more and then move to engineer more than likely.


Can someone explain to me how the Mortar Gadget works? I obviously don't have it unlocked yet, but I have been killed by it more than a handful of times.

[Celeras]

Are there problems on the console version or just PC?

but with problems like this
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I may get the ps3 version.

Well, the particular problem in that video would be universal for consoles/PC. Because the dudes a troll and tryed to join a server during maintenance.

And np for the chart. Mortar works kinda like a UAV missle, hold target and call the strike.

[Foof]

Well, the particular problem in that video would be universal for consoles/PC. Because the dudes a troll and tryed to join a server during maintenance.

Regardless of whether or not it was during a maintenance for the video, it's pretty much what's been happening for me since release (mind you that's EU release, so only a couple days). Joining a server is really hit or miss for me. Server numbers are never accurate even if you spend the time to completely refresh the server list. Games are more often than not either full or whatever that no pop up box error is. Following friends into games is a nightmare.

I haven't played any other BF games but from what it sounds like this is normally how their releases go and they have a good history of fixing it so I'm not too worried. I'm enjoying the game a ton and glad I spent the money so don't take this as a bad post.

edit: Forgot I wanted to mention this, but is the sniperfest a console thing? Haven't really had an issue with it so far.

[Thunder]

Chart's cool, would have never looked twice at the second to last sniper(VSS) had it not been for that.

Good knowing the numbers behind ceramic armor and magnum ammo too.

Also, anyone know if ADS time varies between guns/sights/etc like in CoD?

[desertigloo]

the amount of players in a sever is never accurate because it takes a minute to refresh, it was accurate at some point, but a lot can happen in a minute ._.

[Foof]

the amount of players in a sever is never accurate because it takes a minute to refresh, it was accurate at some point, but a lot can happen in a minute ._.

When all of my 20/32 games give me the full error message right after a full refresh, I doubt that. It's just buggy for me.

[Korietsu]

Every BF game ever made had online server fuckup because of EA. It happened in BC1, BF2 (Every patch), 2142 (every patch), 1943, and now BC2.

[Ivaden]

What's the learning curve like for this game? I never played the first BC, or any BF game for that matter. And as much fun as I do have on MW2, it was very frustrating as someone who never played COD4 jumping into games and getting destroyed. Edit: talking about online of course.

Really interested in this game, the sniping seems wonderful.

[Celeras]

Same as any shooter really. Though MW2 pros who can't aim for shit tend to get shat on pretty good.

[Quixon]

What's the learning curve like for this game? I never played the first BC, or any BF game for that matter. And as much fun as I do have on MW2, it was very frustrating as someone who never played COD4 jumping into games and getting destroyed. Edit: talking about online of course.

Really interested in this game, the sniping seems wonderful.

If you are legitimately good in MW2 (not spamming tubes and RPG's like a motherfucker), you should get the hang of it in a couple days.

Took me 3-4 days till I saw consistently good scores from most of my matches. The bullet gravity is actually very easy to get the swing of when sniping. I think I whiffed 2 shots before I figured that out. Since then I'm pretty consistent with head shots when taking out the enemy...... even with that fucking bolt action SR you start with lol.

[Thunder]

It's a lot easier than CoD. In CoD there's drop shotting and higher sensitivity to get used to. While in BC2 there's just getting used to never knifing when someone's in front of you. Only use that shit when you want someone's dog tag, challenges, or w/e.

Sniping is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better in BC2, so far I've never made any retarded shots where I know the motherfucker was in my crosshairs and it some how missed. Where in CoD I've seen people snipe a bomb defuser in the back and the bullet somehow never hits.. or something.