Battlefield Bad company 2

[Liquid]

Are you playing Rush or Conquest? Rush is a bit easier to get in to to learn the ropes.

[Mad_Al]

At the moment I have an 18 man server, so its 9v9 on Conquest, if I change it to Rush its cut down to 5v5, I don't really know why, but for obvious reasons I keep the server running conquest, I had to reserve a slot for myself on the server as last night I couldn't get on... full house for most of the night.

[Liquid]

I still haven'[t managed to get on. Not knowing how server renting works does it cost more the more players you have set? I ususaly play on 32 man servers.

I really want to play the game in a decent squad, all with their own roles and using voice chat as thats where the game would really shine I expect.

[Mad_Al]

Yeah it cost more for more slots, My thinking was if it takes off, (which it seems to be doing as I couldn't get on it last night as it was full) I would possibly look at getting a larger server, but at the moment it serves the purpose, you can still squad up and use the built in Voice comms, so get on it... if you go to the multiplayer tab at he top and browse servers, you can then click on name, as in name of servers and this will sort them alphabetically, look for the MUltiplayer servers and then the Mad_Al one, right click it and add it to your favourites.

[madameye]

Been playing the story.

Erm, sorry to sound like some old noob but even though I've seen the gameplay on YouTube I am just fucking taken aback by the graphics. I wasn't prepared for this. That bit in South America where the whole vista is presented to you. My wife happened to look across and thought i was watching some online video of a tropical destination. Suddenly it was: "this is a pc game?".

She loves travel and all that and genuinely thought it was full on photoreal video footage and asked where it was! I then explained, put the headphones on her and she did say it was very impressive but after hearing all the gun fire and army speak she then went away and did what ever it is 'they' do.

I did play some multiplayer for a short while after a few server issues and managed to take out a tank in the first 30 seconds??!!
What on earth is going on? This game is making me dizzy.

[Bagsabbis]

I take it that's a good type of dizzy then Mr Eye?!  I am almost at the point where I have harangued the DWP into giving me some money, so will hopefully in the next fortnight have a little to spend on games, and this is on my hit list.  I'm guessing there is space for a bullet-magnet like me then..?

[Mad_Al]

I now have the server running rush, I'd set the server to play rush squad, which limits the player numbers, but so far the server is running fine and proving to be very popular. The option to limit class's would be great as an opposition full have snipers is not great, hopefully soon I'll be able to limit class's to a specific number, but for now it will have to do, I may, however, set the rank limit as the game is a little one sided when your up against level 30 players, the thing is where do I set the bar, any suggestions will be appreciated.

[peachFUZZ]

Stop it you lot.  I've already got too many games and not enough time.

[The_Djinn]

Stop it you lot.  I've already got too many games and not enough time.

Thats my  excuse, its a good games but the flaw are driving me  .

I cant tell where people are from the fire of their weapon or footsteps. while the sound of war maybe good. The direction of it is non-existent. I really must go and bitch about this on their forums.

But I do like it, its got the same hook as COD4 has with the perks and unlocks, tho nad spamming is ripe as is snipping. And I've yet to hear anyone use the VOIP.

[Liquid]

Glad to see a few of you have it now, hopefully we can get a little squad fun going at some point, as I too havent heard anyone using VOIP. I keep seeing you guys pop in to my games and I always try to get in to yours if you are on.

Which class are people enjoying the most?

Recon with the 12x optics is amazing, but then medic completely destroys. Engineer is great once you get past the awful first weapon and assualt is just bloody good fun old chap. Red dot optics and the XM8 are awesome at close and medium range, plus the 40mm grenades   

[madameye]

I'm looking at pushing Engineer this time. It's a class I've never ended up pursuing but always fancied.
I must admit to liking the entry level silenced jobby. Been in a few situations where it has proved very useful.
Managed to drive a tank into the hills and rain down hell on the objective and so claiming it before being sussed and rpg'd.
Lots of sweet moments. I still gaze at the graphics and physics in wonder.

Looking at how far away the first mod is, I can see I will need to give this some serious time.
Loving it though. It's the Battlefield I dreamed of (nearly) with no end of possibilities for taking the enemy out.

[Bagsabbis]

Am just wondering, in the 'game name' thread, would it be an idea to put your favoured class (or two) in there, just so us folks who are getting it a bit later can see if there is any particular role that's lacking? 

[Liquid]

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3279688

Some good info here, you should be able to read it without a membership but all the swear words will probabaly have stupid things replacing them. Something Awful is always my first stop to find out about games, most of the people there are complete nutters and manage to find out all the little bits and pieces about a game 

[Liquid]

This is also a good site for showing off



... or not.

[Liquid]

I'm in love with the Carl Gustav, I want to have little RPG babies with it. When used againt infantry its like firing a mini nuke at them, and it flies fast enough that with a bit of aim you can easily take down a chopper in one hit.

Was in a game with Djinn this evening and the team balance certainly needs to be sorted out as soon as possible, I like thats there is a cool down period between you switching so you can't keep flipflopping but it needs something to stop people jumping on to an already full team. Amusingly I kept trying to change teams for 5 mins but was getting revived before I could switch.