BF2 Patch Released

[Firefly]

BF2 released a new patch. Supposedly makes the game less crappy. I HAVE THE PATCH, I HAVE THE PATCH, CLICK ME, CLICK ME (http://personal-geek.com/cbass/bf2patch.exe)

My outfit will be testing the patch tonight, to see if it makes the game BWC-worthy again. If you all want to play with us, we have a Ranked Server and a TS channel. We don't tolerate exploiting, we don't tolerate assclowns who ruin other peoples' gaming experience. All are welcome.

Send me a PM on this forum if you want to participate.

--ff/bwc

[Rbstr]

I should be getting my disk + key back form EA any day now. I can't wait to play BF on the new rig.

Thanks for the link.

[Electrofreak]

Both myself and Knight Wyvern (my bro) have the Special Forces expansion as well, and we've got 2 comps on a LAN right next to eachother in my game room. If anyone wants to join us tonight fragging let us know :)

[Mag-Mower]

I want BF2, but am not sure how it will run on my current system... I have a x300se and 512mb of ram, what should I upgrade in order to play BF2?

[Rbstr]

both, what's your CPU?

[Mag-Mower]

[email protected] GHz.

[Hamma]

I played BF2 demo and it seemed far to much like all the others :( Never ended up buying it after that.

[Electrofreak]

PKM is like a LMG sniper rifle, Black Hawks are shot down in seconds by fire from an Humvee or Vodnik, the shotguns seem pretty worthless now, and if you play as a Medic (with its 2 unlockables I might add) you're pretty much guarenteed one of the top ranks on the server for each round.

I just played it for a couple hours... some of it was fun, most of it was frustrating. Vehicle whoring is just as bad as ever (at least you can actually kill aircraft somewhat now), but some kits are just blatently overpowered (especially when you start taking unlockables into account).

Medic is one example (I really think you shouldn't be able to heal yourself), as well as the guns you get and unlock for medic are so versatile and powerful you'll hardly ever need to play any other kit.

Kits like Engineer pretty much get shafted. No guns besides shotguns (which are pretty terrible, WAY too much spread), AT mines get you TK points more often than not. Support pretty much pwns all with the recent changes to accuracy on LMG, as stated before the PKM is now crazy accurate for an MG. The FP2000 makes Assault a noobie kit by providing a scoped rifle and a grenade launcher in one package. Close target, noob tube it. Far target, scope and snipe it. The new sniper unlockable was a bit dissapointing, it is pretty much just a clone of the M24 so you can play MEC without having to deal with the SVD.

A couple small advantages in this patch, you can now reload while sprinting and you cannot fire while jumping (at least makes bunny hopping a tad less of a problem). The P90 gives AT kit an inaccurate but scopeable rifle and thus gives them a bit more surviveability vs the other kits. Special Ops kit is at least somewhat balanced still. UAVs are now visible in the air above you so now at least you can check and see if the enemy is aware of your position.

I dunno, theres SO much more EA could have done with this patch. How about providing different icons for different types of deployables (mine symbol for AT mine, claymore icon with direction-facing indicator, etc) so that those of us that use deployables don't suffer constant TKs. They could have given Engineers a rifle or maybe a tank trap, made shotguns more useable in general combat, increased the overheat rate on APCs, and just found ways to balance the kits better against one another. As it is, you're either Medic, with the option to pick from a variety of great guns to spawn with, Assault where you can tear people apart at any range with the FP2000, or Support where you just camp out somewhere with the PKM and tear people up. Play any other kit and you'll most likely find yourself being noob tubed, LMG sniped or up against an enemy who snipes at you with the LG85A1 and then heals himself whenever you shoot back.

:Sigh: Why does such a cool game have to be so damn frustrating?

[Peacemaker]

And vodniks down choppers in seconds? Looks like it WAS just a waste of my time and money.

[OneManArmy]

sounds like a pants party and everyones invited!!! :shake: shake:


its bf2 for god sakes... they can release all the patches in the world but it doesnt change the fact that the actual guns themselves feel like you're firing BB guns... just kills the awsomeness.. when i cant hit shit at 100m with a high powered rifle...

[Electrofreak]

And vodniks down choppers in seconds? Looks like it WAS just a waste of my time and money.

Yep. Also the Black Hawk's guns arent death hoses anymore (2 hit body kill instead of 1 I think). I hopped into a Vodnik with a Black Hawk coming at our base and started firing on it, and it didn't seem to have any previous damage, next thing I know it's exploding and I've netted myself 3 kills.

Later when I was riding in a Black Hawk as USMC we had a full health chopper that got cut down in moments to a 50-cal vehicle MG.

Also, smaller choppers are a 2-hit kill to SRAWs now I think. They're still useable but it's not a good idea to sit around hovering anymore.