Battlefield : Bad Company 2 impressions

pyrhic · 2010-04-19T12:04:54.000Z

had a good laugh at myself the other night playing l4d and I automatically hit Q to spot the tank when I saw him…

had my first experiences with the ‘real bad lag’ the other night. Normally, i’m on WC servers and everything is hitting right. However, I saw copet on and went to his server, which must have been an EC server cause it was taking 12 shotgun blasts to kill someone and was very reminiscent of that shotgun video…

Craig_O · 2010-04-19T12:49:26.000Z

Adree:

Even if he could damage the chopper that way until he killed the engineer sitting in the back ghost riding the drill he’d be wasting his time.

How do you repair the chopper from inside? I know someone said you have to aim at the right spot, but I can’t seem to find it.

KevinC · 2010-04-19T12:53:29.000Z

Just do what I do: flail around wildly until it starts repairing, then try to find the spot that did the trick :P

Adree · 2010-04-19T13:23:00.000Z

Rward:

um - I’m sure spotting still works, you just need to hit tab to bring up the mini map and the spotted person should be on there?
They don’t appear on the main screen though - basically like goodgimp described above…

I’m logging in and checking this now - might only update this post in an hour or 2 though.

Yes SPOTTING STILL WORKS IN HARDCORE.

wumpus · 2010-04-19T13:51:27.000Z

Hardcore mode sucks for all the reasons detailed above.

I find that normal mode WITH FRIENDLY FIRE ON has most of the benefits of Hardcore mode.

All they need to do is increase bullet damage 25% (does not apply to sniper bullets), like on the consoles. Right now I use almost exclusively explosives because it takes just a redonkulously stupid number of bullets to kill anyone.

KevinC · 2010-04-19T14:24:55.000Z

I definitely agree on the Friendly Fire. I love servers that have it enabled… gee, wouldn’t it be cool if I could filter for such a setting???.

Here’s to hoping for a decent server browser in the next patch!

Rward · 2010-04-19T14:57:49.000Z

Stridergg:

you can’t damage helos with LMG’s, you can only damage the people inside.

You can damage helos with sniper rifles though.

Anyone managed to get a sniper on the very top of the ship in Atacama desert?

A buddy and I were messing around on an empty private server and managed it (take helo, fly well above it and sort of inline, then eject and chute down) but I’d be interested to know the results on a full server.

Cl_Flushentityhero · 2010-04-19T15:07:53.000Z

Rward:

You can damage helos with sniper rifles though.

Yeah, I like using the 50cal and just shooting at the fuselage. Has netted me a surprising number of vehicle destructions.

Eddard · 2010-04-19T15:13:16.000Z

Agreed, having friendly fire on normal servers is an excellent compromise.

With regards to how hard it is to kill other players, once you have magnum ammo and make sure to aim for the head (I play on PC so I imagine this is easier than on console) the damage done feels right.

My problem with hardcore is that Rush devolves into a day of defeat like game where there are too many snipers and everyone camps in some corner. Once you move into the open and actually try to get something done, you’re immediately shot down by the thousand campers nearby. But at least in day of defeat, you had to compensate for a massive amount of recoil, which is obviously not the case in bad company.

Was anyone disappointed when they unlocked the mg3? It feel rather useless and all the more disappointing since it’s the last medic class unlock. At short range it doesn’t do enough damage compared to other fast firing guns such as the engineer’s smgs. At medium and far range, what few bullets hit, hardly do any damage. I checked the stats, it’s damage is a little over half of that of the other lmgs, and a third of the m60’s. It would be interesting if the mg3 got a significant damage increase at the cost of having to deploy the weapon on a cover and having to remain stationary, but I doubt DICE would ever patch in a change that radical.

Lux · 2010-04-19T15:13:57.000Z

Cl_Flushentityhero:

Yeah, I like using the 50cal and just shooting at the fuselage. Has netted me a surprising number of vehicle destructions.

Guess the term ‘anti-material’ wasn’t just for show this time around.

thinkingork · 2010-04-19T18:45:30.000Z

Very excited about the new server browser!

Adree · 2010-04-19T21:29:36.000Z

Rward:

You can damage helos with sniper rifles though.

Anyone managed to get a sniper on the very top of the ship in Atacama desert?

A buddy and I were messing around on an empty private server and managed it (take helo, fly well above it and sort of inline, then eject and chute down) but I’d be interested to know the results on a full server.

Only the 50 cal will damage the chopper.

copet · 2010-04-19T22:13:32.000Z

M95 does significant damage. I got my first 100 point helo kill today with it. It was one of the best moments of my BFBC2 career.

maxle · 2010-04-19T22:23:21.000Z

The first time I hit a Blackhawk with an RPG was magic. The second time it happened was even better.

MattKeil · 2010-04-19T23:07:57.000Z

I killed one with a grenade launcher the other day. Of course, it had been worn down by heavy MG fire beforehand, but it was still pretty awesome.

TurinTur · 2010-04-19T23:48:13.000Z

copet:

M95 does significant damage. I got my first 100 point helo kill today with it. It was one of the best moments of my BFBC2 career.

If anyone is wondering, “significant” here mean 10 points of damage.

Hans_Lauring · 2010-04-20T00:05:11.000Z

Rward:

You can damage helos with sniper rifles though.

Anyone managed to get a sniper on the very top of the ship in Atacama desert?

A buddy and I were messing around on an empty private server and managed it (take helo, fly well above it and sort of inline, then eject and chute down) but I’d be interested to know the results on a full server.

No, but I had a fun game the other night where I got into the Blackhawk only to find out the driver was a sniper aiming for the top of the lighthouse - instead of shouting at him (I hate dicks who crash the chopper) I managed to bail out with him and there we were a sniper and a medic (and soon a squad of snipers).
There’s surprisingly good cover up there and every time they killed a sniper I would resurrect… They got me once, but I just spawned on him and continued my merry way.

Tman · 2010-04-20T01:22:05.000Z

Hanzii:

No, but I had a fun game the other night where I got into the Blackhawk only to find out the driver was a sniper aiming for the top of the lighthouse - instead of shouting at him (I hate dicks who crash the chopper) I managed to bail out with him and there we were a sniper and a medic (and soon a squad of snipers).
There’s surprisingly good cover up there and every time they killed a sniper I would resurrect… They got me once, but I just spawned on him and continued my merry way.

Getting on top of that lighthouse is the lamest move in all of BFBC2. it’s just a selfish KDR whore who has no concept of team and what it takes to win Rush.

I hope they patch that out or make it like an out of bounds area.

All ghillie suited pussies should be where I can knife them. it really sucks that ff=on doesn’t allow you to knife 'cause I’d be going rambo on my own team for pulling that stunt.

Adree · 2010-04-20T01:35:50.000Z

Tman:

Getting on top of that lighthouse is the lamest move in all of BFBC2. it’s just a selfish KDR whore who has no concept of team and what it takes to win Rush.

I hope they patch that out or make it like an out of bounds area.

All ghillie suited pussies should be where I can knife them. it really sucks that ff=on doesn’t allow you to knife 'cause I’d be going rambo on my own team for pulling that stunt.

Bawwwwww

Hans_Lauring · 2010-04-20T02:01:35.000Z

Tman:

Getting on top of that lighthouse is the lamest move in all of BFBC2. it’s just a selfish KDR whore who has no concept of team and what it takes to win Rush.

I hope they patch that out or make it like an out of bounds area.

All ghillie suited pussies should be where I can knife them. it really sucks that ff=on doesn’t allow you to knife 'cause I’d be going rambo on my own team for pulling that stunt.

You can get there, just like we did. Line of sight is a two way street - bullets go both ways. Mortar strike is your friend.
And a good sniper killing people who’re trying to disarm charges or just in general and spamming Q to spot is a great help on that map.

On the same map I encountered a three man chopper team, that was fucking annoying. The pilot could fly, the chopper kept repairing and the guy with the gatling was deadly - you never survived long enough at a heavy MG to shoot it down (when I use the Gatling I can’t hit for shit). I think they kept one chopper up for the entire round - I could use som AA on that map.