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Enverex
29 Sep 2005, 10:24pm
Hmmm...

Ok, so I went out and bought Battlefield 2 (I really hate paying full price for games) but was dissapointed when for single player it had virtually no more than the demo did! (the same, just with a few more maps). You can't configure any of the options, map sizes or anything, so Single Player just consists of a Skirmish on a few different maps with preset settings that you can't even change! And here was me thinking there would be a game in there somewhere. Grrr. Anyway (before anyone says anything, yes, I know you can manually edit the config files to add more bots or download haks for bigger maps, but both invalidate the game so you can't play online and the bots dont use the bigger maps properly).

So, I start playing online and it isn't as bad as I thought it would be (3 year olds running around spastically killing everyone including their own team while shouting "omg yuo nub lololol"... although actually it was pretty much that... just without the team killing.... as much).

So anyway, with my super uber connection my ping is ~14 to different servers, peaking around 18 or so at a bad time, but one thing is REALLY bugging me. Say I'm shooting someone and they fire back, if I move behind something (say I drop down behind a wall) then most of the time I will still die as if they hit me, I ducked, then I died, i.e. me being somewhere where I'm not anymore. Which kinda sucks. Trying to fire from the turret of a chopper or tank can be a nightmare too, sometimes it seems like the tank or whatever has gone into an epileptic fit and starts spasming.

So yeah, not too impressed. Seems to be f-all teamwork (been playing all day on lots of different servers), lots of "omg rofl wtf lol bbq" speak all the time and I keep dying when technically it shouldn't be possible. Another thing that was driving me insane was that I'd die so many times within 2 seconds of spawning, sometimes less. I'd appear then get shot, or hit by artillery or hit by a truck, etc etc.

Even with that excluded I still seem to be dying too much, pretty much a 1:1 ratio with my kills, maybe I'm just used to dumb AI, or maybe I just suck...

FormFactor
30 Sep 2005, 4:50pm
I have to disagree. I love the game, and for the number of people on a server, the lag is relatively low.

I have experienced the choppy vehicle issue, but usually only if a laggy player is in my vehicle. And I always call them on it.

I usually have a blast with teamwork and here is why. Find a friend (or friends) that plays, and get on the same squad. Its especially fun on a teamspeak server. With several good players that dont f***tard too much, a squad can pretty much pwn the entire server.

I would be happy to squad up with ya sometime.

I actually look for clans to squad up with. I dont have time to be in a clan, but I find playing with serious clansters makes the game much more enjoyable.

Give it a try!

Enverex
30 Sep 2005, 5:13pm
Was playing again today, lots of the games just seemed to be retards messing about and NO ONE SPEAKS ENGLISH... which is a tad annoying (those that do only seem to be capable of tard-speak). So yeah, need to find some good people to play with...

Enverex
30 Sep 2005, 5:45pm
Ok, the game has officially gone from mildly annoying to pain infuriating.

Was playing in a game earlier and there were two guys stood in the road who just killed the guy behind me. I fired an M203 and hit the one guy square in the face but no, thats not enough to kill the one next to him, hell, it's not even enough to kill him. Thats right, an M203, detonated ON HIS FACE and didn't kill either of them. Seriously WTF.

Later on I was firing at someone (they were lying down facing me) and I hit him about 8 times (and I KNOW I hit him because it kept doing that twitch thing they do when you hit them) so not only did I hit him in the head repeatedly, I hit him with 8 rounds.... but noooo, I die and he's fine.

Seriously, this game is just pissing me off. It's like fighting godmode bots on Unreal Tournament... and they have godmode.

Enverex
3 Oct 2005, 4:19pm
Does anyone here have the Basic Repair badge? I have tried to get it (you need 5 repair points) but I just can't get it. The most repair points I have ever managed to get in a game was 3 I think, and every time I've spent the entire round trying to just repair, but it seems to need to do so much that it's damn near impossible :(

RWB
3 Oct 2005, 4:27pm
You might wanna try playing with some buds of mine.

http://www.claninexile.com

Go there, you can find some information about the TeamSpeak server. I've gamed with them since 1999, a bunch of good guys trying to find other good fun guys and/or gals to game with. Not an actual clan, just a group of guys having fun so you can join us if you'd like, lots of others play with us.

Enverex
3 Oct 2005, 5:28pm
You might wanna try playing with some buds of mine.

http://www.claninexile.com

Go there, you can find some information about the TeamSpeak server. I've gamed with them since 1999, a bunch of good guys trying to find other good fun guys and/or gals to game with. Not an actual clan, just a group of guys having fun so you can join us if you'd like, lots of others play with us.

Issue there is that they are all in the US so are likely to be playing on US servers. I'm in the UK so if I play on their servers my ping is going to be a lot higher (150 as opposed to 14).

rapture
6 Oct 2005, 2:46am
What servers are you playing on? Random ones each time or certain ones?
The Multiplay.co.uk servers are always good, try those next time you play.

Nosferatu
6 Oct 2005, 3:23am
For Battlefield 2 there are a few things. First, if you are interested in points and unlocking weapons play on only ranked servers. Also, if you are looking for teamwork join a squad and when you select a spawn point choose your squad leader (the dot will be green instead of white). If after a few minutes you notice no one on your squad is sticking together, choose another squad. Usually you can at least find a few that do stick together and help each other out. Lastly, BF2 can't really be played as CS or UT2k4. You get many more points playing as a team and helping out your teammates (medic, ammo, repair, capturing flags, etc.). Finally, sniping is extremely hard in this game. Especially at distance. Expect to miss almost every shot. :( If you are going to fly anything, get a joystick. It's much easier and gives you more control in helicopters and the especially the planes. Bind the hat switch on the joystick to different vehicle views. Once you get comfortable with it, you can the view looking forward at the nose of the jet to see when enemy jets are on your tail or the missile lock is from AA on the ground. It also helps you to time when you need to swerve to avoid a missile.


Some fun tips:

- One anti-tank missile will blow up a jet. The best thing to do is hide along a runway and wait for someone to jump and try to hit him with an AT missile when he is first starting the engines or is going down the runway.

- Placing a bunch of C4 in a bush or just hidden along a road, insurgent style, can be very effective at stopping the enemy from using a road. Once you get them once and they don't know what killed them, they usually find a different route.

- Two AT missiles can usually bring down a blackhawk helicopter if they have no engineer in there to repair it.

- It's very hard to hit someone with a missile in air-to-air combat when they are turning. So if you want to avoid a missile just keep making big turns. It works for stingers too but not as well.

- Anti-tank mines are fun to place 1/3 of the the way down the on the airstrip from the hanger, just make sure you wait and watch... it's hilarious. Also, try placing a couple spanning the with of the runways. I've seen pilots notice them at the last second, try to swerve only to hit another one I've placed.

- If you can do it, place C4 under a wing or in the back engine of a jet or helicopter. Hide and wait until someone jumps in and let them take off and fly for awhile, then hit the trigger. They will explode in mid-air and have no idea how they died. You can blow up jets across the map if you have C4 on it. It's also great when they pack a helicopter with 5 people and you blow it out of the air.

- When dropping bombs, they will land approx. where the center of the gun site on the HUD is. It's also very useful to be able to change views in the jet to see where your bombs land. Practice bombing a lot offline to get a feel for it.

- Swooping down in a jet and using your guns is really effective at taking out people, boats, and jeeps. It is also effective at taking out anything else like an APC, tank, or the AA guns on the battleship.

- It's hard to do, but if you switch to bombs and follow an enemy plane you can use your main guns on him instead of your missiles and since you have your bombs activated he won't hear missile lock and a lot of the time will have no idea where he's being shot from. A joystick also comes in handy here to when you bind your thumb button to change from missiles to bombs.


It's hard to say how important joysticks are if you are flying an airplane or helicopter. Once you master it, you can be a very very good pilot. Flying them with a keyboard and mouse is very limiting compared to a joystick. I have the Logitech Cordless Freedom 2.4GHz joystick. It's one of the most expensive, but I love it. There is also an almost identical version that has a cord which is a lot cheaper.

djstubbs
6 Oct 2005, 3:32am
I am the only BF2 professional here.

Please refrain from any comments, questions only plz:

First off bud you need 2Gb of memory to actually enjoy BF2, until then you will lag to ****.

Also, the getting killed after you duck has always been a part of the battlefield series.

Until you're fully down, a shot may kill you.

RWB
6 Oct 2005, 4:06am
I am the only BF2 professional here.

Please refrain from any comments, questions only plz:

First off bud you need 2Gb of memory to actually enjoy BF2, until then you will lag to ****.

Also, the getting killed after you duck has always been a part of the battlefield series.

Until you're fully down, a shot may kill you.


Excuse me? :scratch:

I'm not going to get into most of this, but I can say that I have 1GB of memory and it runs perfectly fine on my measly little system.

Enverex
6 Oct 2005, 6:24pm
What servers are you playing on? Random ones each time or certain ones?
The Multiplay.co.uk servers are always good, try those next time you play.

I play on those a bit, to be honest I've played on most servers, it's just the same sort of people that get to me though. Those that camp points but not capture them, those that sit by a plane or something all day (on your team) and if you ever get in it they park a car in the way or shoot you, etc etc. Nobs basically.

For Battlefield 2 there are a few things. First, if you are interested in points and unlocking weapons play on only ranked servers. Also, if you are looking for teamwork join a squad and when you select a spawn point choose your squad leader (the dot will be green instead of white). If after a few minutes you notice no one on your squad is sticking together, choose another squad. Usually you can at least find a few that do stick together and help each other out. Lastly, BF2 can't really be played as CS or UT2k4. You get many more points playing as a team and helping out your teammates (medic, ammo, repair, capturing flags, etc.). Finally, sniping is extremely hard in this game. Especially at distance. Expect to miss almost every shot. :( If you are going to fly anything, get a joystick. It's much easier and gives you more control in helicopters and the especially the planes. Bind the hat switch on the joystick to different vehicle views. Once you get comfortable with it, you can the view looking forward at the nose of the jet to see when enemy jets are on your tail or the missile lock is from AA on the ground. It also helps you to time when you need to swerve to avoid a missile.


Some fun tips:

- One anti-tank missile will blow up a jet. The best thing to do is hide along a runway and wait for someone to jump and try to hit him with an AT missile when he is first starting the engines or is going down the runway.

- Placing a bunch of C4 in a bush or just hidden along a road, insurgent style, can be very effective at stopping the enemy from using a road. Once you get them once and they don't know what killed them, they usually find a different route.

- Two AT missiles can usually bring down a blackhawk helicopter if they have no engineer in there to repair it.

- It's very hard to hit someone with a missile in air-to-air combat when they are turning. So if you want to avoid a missile just keep making big turns. It works for stingers too but not as well.

- Anti-tank mines are fun to place 1/3 of the the way down the on the airstrip from the hanger, just make sure you wait and watch... it's hilarious. Also, try placing a couple spanning the with of the runways. I've seen pilots notice them at the last second, try to swerve only to hit another one I've placed.

- If you can do it, place C4 under a wing or in the back engine of a jet or helicopter. Hide and wait until someone jumps in and let them take off and fly for awhile, then hit the trigger. They will explode in mid-air and have no idea how they died. You can blow up jets across the map if you have C4 on it. It's also great when they pack a helicopter with 5 people and you blow it out of the air.

- When dropping bombs, they will land approx. where the center of the gun site on the HUD is. It's also very useful to be able to change views in the jet to see where your bombs land. Practice bombing a lot offline to get a feel for it.

- Swooping down in a jet and using your guns is really effective at taking out people, boats, and jeeps. It is also effective at taking out anything else like an APC, tank, or the AA guns on the battleship.

- It's hard to do, but if you switch to bombs and follow an enemy plane you can use your main guns on him instead of your missiles and since you have your bombs activated he won't hear missile lock and a lot of the time will have no idea where he's being shot from. A joystick also comes in handy here to when you bind your thumb button to change from missiles to bombs.


It's hard to say how important joysticks are if you are flying an airplane or helicopter. Once you master it, you can be a very very good pilot. Flying them with a keyboard and mouse is very limiting compared to a joystick. I have the Logitech Cordless Freedom 2.4GHz joystick. It's one of the most expensive, but I love it. There is also an almost identical version that has a cord which is a lot cheaper.

I'm aware of pretty much all of those things really, except for the mine on the runway thing... I'll have to try that one, heh. I tried using my joystick earlier, but the rudder and yaw are both inverted which made it damn near impossible to fly.

I am the only BF2 professional here.

Please refrain from any comments, questions only plz:

First off bud you need 2Gb of memory to actually enjoy BF2, until then you will lag to ****.

Also, the getting killed after you duck has always been a part of the battlefield series.

Until you're fully down, a shot may kill you.

No, you wont lag at all if you use Medium settings and have 1GB of RAM. Large maps will lag on a 1GB system on high graphics, but all maps are fine if you use medium settings and have only 1GB of RAM.

Battlefield "Professional" eh? Care to explain why you're on EAs exploiter list?

Anyway...
I'm not exactly inexperienced: http://bf2s.com/player/Enverex/
Just not up on certain tactics.

djstubbs
6 Oct 2005, 10:45pm
EA's exploiter list???

LOL...

I play in CAL, 3rd round playoffs.

Also lol at your kd/r....

http://bf2s.com/player/djstubbs/

You have a 1:1 kd/r...., mine is about 2/1.

http://bf2s.com/player/43338357/sig5.png (http://bf2s.com/player/43338357/)

primesuspect
6 Oct 2005, 10:52pm
oh brother :rolleyes:

Enverex
6 Oct 2005, 11:37pm
EA's exploiter list???

LOL...

I play in CAL, 3rd round playoffs.

Also lol at your kd/r....

http://bf2s.com/player/djstubbs/

You have a 1:1 kd/r...., mine is about 2/1.

http://bf2s.com/player/43338357/sig5.png (http://bf2s.com/player/43338357/)

Ok, firstly I don't try simply to get as many kills as possible, I do lots of things based on teamwork. Second, I've not played BF1942 or any of the others, this is the first game of this type I've played and went straight online after the demo. Third, I posted that link to show that I didn't start playing yesterday with no idea what I was doing, I wasn't comparing penis sizes, jackass.

djstubbs
6 Oct 2005, 11:45pm
oh brother :rolleyes:

did it to get a rise out of him, i don't actually care about rank that much.

if i read what i had posted from someone else i would've said the same thing.

i will say that i do play competitively and have played all 3 games in the bf series.

Nosferatu
7 Oct 2005, 3:01am
Enverex, do you have a logitech joystick? If so Logitech has a program called "Logitech Profiler" that allows you to invert controls on your joystick which would fix your rudder & yaw problem. I had to use it for my joystick when I was using the 32-bit drivers, but the issue was fixed in the 64-bit drivers.

Enverex
7 Oct 2005, 9:55am
Enverex, do you have a logitech joystick? If so Logitech has a program called "Logitech Profiler" that allows you to invert controls on your joystick which would fix your rudder & yaw problem. I had to use it for my joystick when I was using the 32-bit drivers, but the issue was fixed in the 64-bit drivers.

No, I'm using my old MS Force Feedback Pro (which hasn't had actual supported drivers since Win98 :( )

dysfunxn
8 Oct 2005, 6:54pm
my friends play bf2, all the time, plus counterstrike and mohaa. i am a forum community member and they are recruiting. i think the servers r n canada. it is a US and canada mix. but u r welcome, (along w/ any1 interested) to join and try it out. it is www.nemesisgaming.com if you join the forum they can give you the ip's just ask. an outgoing bunch of folks and always looking for non hackers who actually play the game.

Enverex
8 Oct 2005, 7:55pm
People in the US and Canada are useless, as are people in Austrailia and Japan due to timezone differences. Not really likely to go with people that play CS though as I'm more of a sim person, not... "that" genre.

dysfunxn
8 Oct 2005, 8:00pm
now as far as timezone difference. 1 member only takes care of servers and plays (he doesnt need to work so this is his work) 2 members that are always on work nights here, and i work days, like abt half of the other members. there is always some1 on. if that is your concern it shouldnt be to bad. i have yet to find the servers empty. but also they have other games as well, guild wars, mohaa, cs:s and 1.6, kal online, and day of defeat. but then again if you arent interested thats cool to. just extending the offer and welcome.

rapture
8 Oct 2005, 8:25pm
I think the Multiplay servers are the best for UK players. Try and find some of the clan operated ones as they usually have active admins around... Cant say I really have that many problems (if any) with cheats or general idiots. I do quite regularly get the **** kicked out of me though :P Need a LOT more practise...

Enverex
9 Oct 2005, 11:37am
Yay, got lots more badges and ribbons now, heh. Yeah, I normally end up playing on the multiplay servers, I'll see if I can find some "clanners".

Sledgehammer70
12 Oct 2005, 8:53pm
LOL I would own you in BF2,

My kill ratio is 20/1 buhhaaaahahahaha what now Sucker punk ...

lol! I love these forums


IM driving the tank! and you.>>>..??? lets just leave it at that!

Enverex
12 Oct 2005, 10:17pm
Well, assuming you weren't being a complete twat and were joking... it wasn't funny. If you were being a twat: http://bf2s.com/player/43538195/ . You have 189 kills and 311 deaths. Thats a KD of 0.61 with a total score of 466 (Private FC) with already 23 teamkills.

I have 3099 kills, 2454 deaths (1.26 KD ratio) and a total score of 8563 (Gunnery Sergeant) and only 54 TKs (of which only 5 or less were my fault) as well as my assorted collection of badges and ribbons
http://bf2s.com/player/10526086/awards.jpg
Plus 16 Gold, 16 Silver and 11 Bronze stars.

That and your first sentence didn't even make any sense.

Sledgehammer70
12 Oct 2005, 10:20pm
lol... thats funny, and it was a joke...

RWB
12 Oct 2005, 11:11pm
BF2 no longer works for me after the patch :( The splash screen comes up, then I crash to desktop.

Sledgehammer70
12 Oct 2005, 11:12pm
that sucks!

Norge
14 Oct 2005, 3:22pm
I played BF2 for the first time in a while after they patched it last week. It was kind of fun to get back in the game and I will admit that the interface is getting a little better. Emphasis on a little better. It is still very clunky and I've ran into a problem.

When I logged on the game told me that I had adchieved the new rank of Lance Corporal and that a new weapon unlock was available. The kit I primarily use in BF2 is medic so I wanted to unlock the new medic weapon. Unfortunatly the weapon unlock screen doesn't tell you which kit each gun goes with so I hit the "Unlock Later" option. That way I could go see which weapon I needed for the medic kit. Well after figuring out which weapon I want to unlock I can't find an option anywhere to get back to the weapon unlock screen. Am I just straight up overlooking one of the buttons or is there some trick to this I can't see?

Norge

Gobbles
14 Oct 2005, 6:17pm
Well, assuming you weren't being a complete twat and were joking... it wasn't funny. If you were being a twat: http://bf2s.com/player/43538195/ . You have 189 kills and 311 deaths. Thats a KD of 0.61 with a total score of 466 (Private FC) with already 23 teamkills.

I have 3099 kills, 2454 deaths (1.26 KD ratio) and a total score of 8563 (Gunnery Sergeant) and only 54 TKs (of which only 5 or less were my fault) as well as my assorted collection of badges and ribbons
http://bf2s.com/player/10526086/awards.jpg
Plus 16 Gold, 16 Silver and 11 Bronze stars.

That and your first sentence didn't even make any sense.

http://bf2s.com/player/BSD.NAME/

Ive put some time into this game. you are across the pond and probably asleep when we play, or I suggest you play with us BSD, we have a ventrillo server and we pwn out on most servers we play on. We play 8v8 twl.

23 gold
40+ silver and Bronze
Veteran in 4 catagories and should have the rest by monday
I have all unlocks but the engineer jackhammer.

http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/sig.png (http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/)
http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/sig5.png (http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/)
http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/awards.jpg (http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/)

Sledgehammer70
14 Oct 2005, 6:20pm
Hey Gobbles

I would love to find a group of guys to play with on BF2, Is there any way I could join up with you guys csome time for some awesome gaming! I mean you dont live all that far form me :)

Gobbles
14 Oct 2005, 6:24pm
Hey Gobbles

I would love to find a group of guys to play with on BF2, Is there any way I could join up with you guys csome time for some awesome gaming! I mean you dont live all that far form me :)

http://www.bsdterritory.com/forum

register, get ventrillo, and we will gladly play with you. We are on most evenings here in cali, there are about 6 of us from cali, 2 or 3 on all the time, but after 7pm pst you will find us all playing CSS or BF2 usually BF2 because we are stat whores
:thumbsup:

Sledgehammer70
14 Oct 2005, 6:25pm
check you pm from me, I also already have Vent, So I just need the info, I guess I'll check out the link :)

Gobbles
14 Oct 2005, 6:32pm
you will need to register. We have most of our forum blocked from non registered users. Fear not, no spam from registering this a private site run by my friends. Ive know most of them for years. We have a BF2 twl team we can always use another, and you will get playing time, as we are usually short 1 or 2 people every match.

Ill pm you the vent details. I am name on that site..

Sledgehammer70
14 Oct 2005, 6:56pm
got the info and will check it out tonight! Did you get the PM form me? you guys might want to check out the event! I mean it is going to be pretty bad a$$!

kanezfan
14 Oct 2005, 7:40pm
Is it me or is the maturity level slowing eroding in here?

Gobbles
14 Oct 2005, 7:48pm
Is it me or is the maturity level slowing eroding in here?

how so? its thread related to a video game, how mature do you want it to be?
:D

Gobbles
14 Oct 2005, 8:01pm
For Battlefield 2 there are a few things. First, if you are interested in points and unlocking weapons play on only ranked servers. Also, if you are looking for teamwork join a squad and when you select a spawn point choose your squad leader (the dot will be green instead of white). If after a few minutes you notice no one on your squad is sticking together, choose another squad. Usually you can at least find a few that do stick together and help each other out. Lastly, BF2 can't really be played as CS or UT2k4. You get many more points playing as a team and helping out your teammates (medic, ammo, repair, capturing flags, etc.). Finally, sniping is extremely hard in this game. Especially at distance. Expect to miss almost every shot. :( If you are going to fly anything, get a joystick. It's much easier and gives you more control in helicopters and the especially the planes. Bind the hat switch on the joystick to different vehicle views. Once you get comfortable with it, you can the view looking forward at the nose of the jet to see when enemy jets are on your tail or the missile lock is from AA on the ground. It also helps you to time when you need to swerve to avoid a missile.


Some fun tips:

- One anti-tank missile will blow up a jet. The best thing to do is hide along a runway and wait for someone to jump and try to hit him with an AT missile when he is first starting the engines or is going down the runway.

- Placing a bunch of C4 in a bush or just hidden along a road, insurgent style, can be very effective at stopping the enemy from using a road. Once you get them once and they don't know what killed them, they usually find a different route.

- Two AT missiles can usually bring down a blackhawk helicopter if they have no engineer in there to repair it.

- It's very hard to hit someone with a missile in air-to-air combat when they are turning. So if you want to avoid a missile just keep making big turns. It works for stingers too but not as well.

- Anti-tank mines are fun to place 1/3 of the the way down the on the airstrip from the hanger, just make sure you wait and watch... it's hilarious. Also, try placing a couple spanning the with of the runways. I've seen pilots notice them at the last second, try to swerve only to hit another one I've placed.

- If you can do it, place C4 under a wing or in the back engine of a jet or helicopter. Hide and wait until someone jumps in and let them take off and fly for awhile, then hit the trigger. They will explode in mid-air and have no idea how they died. You can blow up jets across the map if you have C4 on it. It's also great when they pack a helicopter with 5 people and you blow it out of the air.

- When dropping bombs, they will land approx. where the center of the gun site on the HUD is. It's also very useful to be able to change views in the jet to see where your bombs land. Practice bombing a lot offline to get a feel for it.

- Swooping down in a jet and using your guns is really effective at taking out people, boats, and jeeps. It is also effective at taking out anything else like an APC, tank, or the AA guns on the battleship.

- It's hard to do, but if you switch to bombs and follow an enemy plane you can use your main guns on him instead of your missiles and since you have your bombs activated he won't hear missile lock and a lot of the time will have no idea where he's being shot from. A joystick also comes in handy here to when you bind your thumb button to change from missiles to bombs.


It's hard to say how important joysticks are if you are flying an airplane or helicopter. Once you master it, you can be a very very good pilot. Flying them with a keyboard and mouse is very limiting compared to a joystick. I have the Logitech Cordless Freedom 2.4GHz joystick. It's one of the most expensive, but I love it. There is also an almost identical version that has a cord which is a lot cheaper.


I personally like them to hear the lock because I am sick and twisted and love watching them try to out fly me, some people dont care or think its a ground lock and fly straight, thats an easy kill. Ive found that shooting the bottow side of an airplane with your airplane blows them out of the sky in a matter of 30 or so rounds.

Other tips, master the throttle, its your friend. When bombing its easier to hit a target at slow speeds. A variable throttle is the best. Anything bellow 800 for your speed and you will be pretty accurate. Remember that moving slower you are an easy target for everything.

When dodging air to air missles, flying in circles works good, also flying straight up then leveling off then nose over and slightly spiral back downward.

Learn to use the rear view. When you hear a lock on you, switch to the rear view then back again. It allows you to see if you are being locked from the air or ground.

In a helo, full throttle=bad. A good straffing run is best done about 50% power, it tends to let the gunner get better shots with the gun. My buddy will fly at 45% throttle while I gun and we rack up alot of kills.

BF2 plays just dandy on 1gig of ram. More is better, more will help verify client data much faster but 1gig is most certianly acceptable. I get 60+ fps running a 9800xt at 1600x1200 low settings with 1 gig ram.

Enverex
14 Oct 2005, 10:44pm
http://bf2s.com/player/BSD.NAME/

Ive put some time into this game. you are across the pond and probably asleep when we play, or I suggest you play with us BSD, we have a ventrillo server and we pwn out on most servers we play on. We play 8v8 twl.

23 gold
40+ silver and Bronze
Veteran in 4 catagories and should have the rest by monday
I have all unlocks but the engineer jackhammer.

http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/sig.png (http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/)
http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/sig5.png (http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/)
http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/awards.jpg (http://bf2s.com/player/45473742/)


Ouch, thats almost a 1:1 KD ratio. You're also at 300 hours where as I am at 90 and nearing the same amount of Gold/Silver/Bronze medals as well as already having more badges and ribbons.

Maybe I'm not as bad as I think.

Still, if anyone knows a good clan in EUROPE then I'd appreciate it. Playing with Americans just isn't going to work.

Sledgehammer70
14 Oct 2005, 10:54pm
I find myself playing single player, so I dont have to deal with my teammates gunning me down....god it is so annoying

Enverex
14 Oct 2005, 11:06pm
I find myself playing single player, so I dont have to deal with my teammates gunning me down....god it is so annoying

Added advantage is you don't have to deal with people acting like 2 year olds either along with lag and many other horrid things (Bots don't bunny hop, dolphin dive, spawn camp, go to the enemies base at the start of a game to steal their stuff, TK you repeatedly because you're commander/in a vehicle they want, etc etc).

I've found myself reinstalling Operation Flashpoint and playing that instead actually.

djstubbs
14 Oct 2005, 11:26pm
http://img.tehsig.com/usr_2573/tpl_1/image.jpg

I play competitively, my team is one of the Top 4 American teams.

Norge
15 Oct 2005, 12:28am
I played BF2 for the first time in a while after they patched it last week. It was kind of fun to get back in the game and I will admit that the interface is getting a little better. Emphasis on a little better. It is still very clunky and I've ran into a problem.

When I logged on the game told me that I had adchieved the new rank of Lance Corporal and that a new weapon unlock was available. The kit I primarily use in BF2 is medic so I wanted to unlock the new medic weapon. Unfortunatly the weapon unlock screen doesn't tell you which kit each gun goes with so I hit the "Unlock Later" option. That way I could go see which weapon I needed for the medic kit. Well after figuring out which weapon I want to unlock I can't find an option anywhere to get back to the weapon unlock screen. Am I just straight up overlooking one of the buttons or is there some trick to this I can't see?

Norge
So no one knows the answer to this?

Norge

Enverex
16 Oct 2005, 11:21am
/me wonders why people are posting in this forum only to show their stats when it has nothing to do with the topic or subject and he actually specifically said not to.

DJStubbs: Although on the other hand, your stats are likely to be wiped shortly; http://www.bf2rankedservers.com/forums/search.php?searchid=9196
One of three screenshots of the offence: http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stubbs31hl.jpg

No idea Norge, I was actually thinking that myself. When you're on the BFHQ part of the game, see if you can click the unlock weapons on the bottom right of the page and see if that brings up the unlock option.

Anyway, still looking for an English clan. I don't think CiE want be anyway judging from the fact that two people that joined over a week later than me have been accepted into the clan and I'm still hanging.

djstubbs
16 Oct 2005, 6:44pm
LOL that's not stat padding, that's raping a noob in a pub with a friend of mine.

Sometimes it's the only thing to do in BF2.

Enverex
16 Oct 2005, 9:25pm
LOL that's not stat padding, that's raping a noob in a pub with a friend of mine.

Sometimes it's the only thing to do in BF2.

No, that is the exact definition of stat padding, you've also been reported 3 times and have multiple screen shots of events.

Guyute
17 Oct 2005, 12:02am
Enverex: In regards to the initial point you made about lag; maybe EA incorporated the same type of system the Counter-strike modders (or Valve once they bought it) did. They actually built a lag allowance into the engine, so if you duck into a door, and he still sees you because of lag, you get whacked. The engine knows where you were IN HIS EYES when he fired, so you still get creamed, even though in your eyes you made the move before. I used to get pissed off and rage about the hackers nailing me through a the corner of a wall until I read this on a forum somewhere...

Enverex
17 Oct 2005, 12:04am
That is quite lame and ultimately one of the reasons I'm not as good online as lan/offline :( sucks.

Guyute
17 Oct 2005, 2:54am
It's a blessing and a curse: blessing because I live in Nova Scotia, so I am always behind the lag 8-ball. Curse, because sometimes guys are even further behind than me!!! Kinda levels the playing field, in the end.

MAGIC
17 Oct 2005, 5:20am
bf2 sucks counterstrike 1.5 forever :clap:

djstubbs
17 Oct 2005, 5:21am
No, that is the exact definition of stat padding, you've also been reported 3 times and have multiple screen shots of events.

i have like 1000 points of that, and sometimes it was the only thing to do, my kd/r still stands.

honestly i have at least 5000 pts of tks, and who cares about fcking stats anyway.

as long as you have a good kd/r you're good in my book.

deicist
17 Oct 2005, 12:52pm
Anyone in the UK who fancies playing BF2 with a light hearted clan who don't take ourselves too seriously try =XDC= (http://www.xdcuk.net), there's a link to our multiplay server on the site and you're welcome to join us on our teamspeak server. If you join the forums and get chatting to people you'll be much less likely to get kicked off the server when we need space for people and we only really have one rule on the servers, behave like a twat and you will be kicked / banned.

edit: I'm =XDC=Deicist obviously :)

Enverex
17 Oct 2005, 1:48pm
Anyone in the UK who fancies playing BF2 with a light hearted clan who don't take ourselves too seriously try =XDC= (http://www.xdcuk.net), there's a link to our multiplay server on the site and you're welcome to join us on our teamspeak server. If you join the forums and get chatting to people you'll be much less likely to get kicked off the server when we need space for people and we only really have one rule on the servers, behave like a twat and you will be kicked / banned.

edit: I'm =XDC=Deicist obviously :)

I'll be signing up. The first paragraph on the site matched how I felt exactly :p

deicist
17 Oct 2005, 2:09pm
Ah, re-reading my post I should have perhaps worded it a bit better, we only ever ask someone to join the clan if they've been playing on the server / posting in the forums for ages and everyone knows and gets on with them.... usually takes 6 months to a year before we'll ask someone to join, but you're more than welcome to join the forums and play on the server with us :D

see you on the battlefield :)

djstubbs
17 Oct 2005, 8:21pm
Ah, re-reading my post I should have perhaps worded it a bit better, we only ever ask someone to join the clan if they've been playing on the server / posting in the forums for ages and everyone knows and gets on with them.... usually takes 6 months to a year before we'll ask someone to join, but you're more than welcome to join the forums and play on the server with us :D

see you on the battlefield :)

Why would you guys have such a lengthy recruitment process if you have no sponsors, or accomplishments to bar new members from joining with ease?

One organization I know of that has a process similar to the one you speak of is:

Team Paradigm Shift -P- (http://www.teamparadigmshift.com/news.php)

But they have enough sponsors to build an entire pc, and can't change their roster and constantly hand out computers, some would join merely for those material items, hence the long recruitment process.

But even teams without big sponsors and high acclaim (accomplishments) have a short recruitment process but you have to be highly skilled.

I guess I'm just dissapointed to see teams turning people down or making them wait a long time just to join something that's nothing more than mediocre at best, maybe that's all that they want??

Now I'm not pointing fingers directly at your team, there are a few I know of that have similar procedures, maybe not to the extent of 6 months / 1 year, but similar.

I'm just trying to get an understand as to why you would have such a long recruitment process.

FormFactor
17 Oct 2005, 8:52pm
Hey Enverex! How did you get your BF2 stats in your sig like that? Do they update in real time?

Enverex
17 Oct 2005, 9:28pm
The site used to update every 10 minutes or so, but since the 1.03 patch it stopped updating, there are a few other sites though that are still working if you want to Google them. The one I use said they will be back up soon so I haven't bothered changing. I'm now a Gunnery Sargeant with 11,000 points and all but 2 ribbons :p

Stubbs: I don't think it's a case of people being good or anything, it's just to weed people out etc.

Enverex
17 Oct 2005, 9:30pm
Although, if anyone does know of any UK clans that aren't super hellbent on performance and that I could actually join sometime this year, I'd appreciate to know, heh.

deicist
17 Oct 2005, 11:33pm
We have such a long recruitment process because we're not interested in stats, or competitive ability or anything like that, we're not even a clan in the traditional sense. What we look for is people who know that a game is just a game, that it doesn't really matter how good you are as long as you're fun to play with. Basically it's more a badge of pride than anything else, we're proud that amongst our little community (a good few hundred people in various clans who we play against and with) being a member of XDC is a sign that you're not a jumped up little 12 year old who has more kills than pubes, and you are in fact someone who plays for fun. We don't even really recruit in the traditional sense, just every so often somone will point out that there's someone really cool who's been haging around for ages and we ask them to join.

Enverex
22 Oct 2005, 6:52pm
Right, thats my time wasted twice now.

Does anyone know of any UK based clans THAT I COULD ACTUALLY JOIN THIS CENTURY?

I'm on the verge of just selling BF2 because I'm getting very sick of it, very quickly. 99% of the people on there seem to be retards that are devoid of any common decency or logic so getting in a very active clan will be the only way left to stop me from just getting rid of this highly unpolished, very biased POS.

Dreamscape
24 Oct 2005, 2:42pm
Hi Enverex

I play with ZiiP. We don't take ourselfs too seriously, and i just hung out the server for a bit, and posted abit on forums before i joined.

site address is www.ziip.co.uk, if your still looking that is

Sledgehammer70
24 Oct 2005, 3:20pm
Hey Enverex, I have been back playing BF2 for 3 days with 1/4 of the kills and 1/4 of the deaths I am almost the same rank as you. Well as you were. But I have found this game to be addicting. And will be improving my scores over the next few weeks... at a .80 K/D ratio and plan to get it to 1.5 here in the next month....

http://bf2s.com/player/43538195/

Enverex
24 Oct 2005, 3:51pm
Hey Enverex, I have been back playing BF2 for 3 days with 1/4 of the kills and 1/4 of the deaths I am almost the same rank as you. Well as you were. But I have found this game to be addicting. And will be improving my scores over the next few weeks... at a .80 K/D ratio and plan to get it to 1.5 here in the next month....

http://bf2s.com/player/43538195/

Yeah, I wasn't Lance Corporal for ages, it's just those sigs didn't update for ages. Lance only needs like 500 points now, and I'm on nearly 13,000 ;D

Gobbles
24 Oct 2005, 5:09pm
ive stopped playing bf2 after the patch when everyone with half the global of mine was promoted to the same rank and given the same unlocks I was. Its an absolute gay noob fest in BF2 now.
Which is no biggie as myself and my friends have gone back to CSS to own...