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Originally Posted by Hksvr4

I was playing with a squad for about 30mins Then all of a sudden, dashboard. This is how it happened to me. Never joining a game though. Btw, xbox live was selling a month gold membership for $1.

Originally Posted by RAVEN56706

Originally Posted by overwilhelmed

Just played this game for the first time last night. I was impressed by the visuals and gameplay but I must have looked like I never touched a controller before. I played BAD. I am not too bad in CoD but this just pwned me. The game was the one where you got to blow up the two points then move on to the next two.

Anyone have any tips for someone just starting this game? I don't think my pride can take any more beatings like that.... A good little guide for noobs would be something good to read, if anyone has any inputs! I appreciate it!!!

Originally Posted by dae giovanni

you'd probably get more out of checking out some links on YouTube, but off the top of me head:

1) be patient. it will take a while to get into the flow of things!
2) don't force it. if you are getting owned and it's frustrating you, just back out, take a breather, and try again later.

3) know when to run and when to creep. tank shooting at you? sprint! nao! otherwise, be careful-- your weapon isn't at the ready while running, and sometimes you'll run yourself right into a really bad situation. get used to being crouched down, which incidentally helps you avoid taking damage and steadies your aim.
4) aim for the chest, up. there is more area to hit when you shoot at when aiming lower, but you'll of course need more shots. i tend to aim for the heart and let the recoil spin me up into a headshot when possible.

5) know your kit's strengths and weaknesses. if you are a medic, run FROM tanks, not TOWARDS them. reverse that if you are an engineer.
6) likewise-- use your kit! if you are a medic, for example, toss out health packs to your mates! they stay alive and you get points.

7) double tap 'A' when jumping from high places-- this will deploy your parachute and guarantee a gentle landing.
8) don't stay stationary for too long. (especially in non-hardcore modes when your enemies can see you on kill-cam.)

9) use your squad. first off, you should be running with a squad-- 'lone gunman' tactics rarely work well. while we're here: turn on your headset and communicate! a well-organised squad is nearly unstoppable.
0) use the 'back' button to spot. even if you dont get the kill, youll get assist points and help your team win. this is less-useful in hardcore mode, but still works!

lastly-- have fun. who cares what your KDR or SPM are?

Originally Posted by overwilhelmed

Just played this game for the first time last night. I was impressed by the visuals and gameplay but I must have looked like I never touched a controller before. I played BAD. I am not too bad in CoD but this just pwned me. The game was the one where you got to blow up the two points then move on to the next two.

Anyone have any tips for someone just starting this game? I don't think my pride can take any more beatings like that.... A good little guide for noobs would be something good to read, if anyone has any inputs! I appreciate it!!!

Originally Posted by overwilhelmed

Thanks for the tips!!! Part of my problem was a lot of issues were control issues carrying over from MW2, like pressing in on the stick to stab, or RB to throw a gernade. I also did not know how to deploy a parachute. Is that a one time thing? I need a couple more hours I think to get into the tempo of the game and to learn the maps a bit. I like the pacing of the game a lot better than MW2. It kind of makes MW2 feel like an arcade shooter...

AVS Battlefield 2 List
Gamertag: AVS BFBC2

Send invites to that tag to get on the list. Use the friends of friend option to invite and join games.

Copy and paste this entire list along with the above. Thanks.

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2. HoosierinOhio (EST/Cleveland, usually on between 9-12 weeknights, weekends any time and later til 2-3am sometimes)
3. Salminella
4. Lord Zath (CST/Chicago, usually on around 4-6; 7-10 weeknights, any time weekends)
5. gismousa
6. DallasAch (CST/Alabama, on at various times)
7. Infrasonic07 (PST/California, available anytime after 5-6pm PST on weekdays or anytime on weekends)
8. Sundull (EST/Georgia, afternoon & evening)
9. matteoms (CST/Alabama, usually after 9 at night til whenever)
10. damnsnake(CST/Arkansas, on around 8-9 til whenever. also have a friend that plays regularly
11. Redfox29311
12. Czarnp (CST / Minnesota, usually on 8-10 pm or so) -Pete
13. Terryb28 (EST 8-11 pm)
14. bigorangeking
15. geeeeeoff (CST/Chicago/random 5-10)
16. Tiberdrum (EST/Rhode Island, afternoons, and 5 PM onward)
17. FrccDirtyNeedlz (CST/Chicago/ 8pm until I can stay awake )
18. Lowgn (EST/NJ, weekday evenings after 7)
19. CoffeeMugg (EST/Ohio, usually on between 9-12 weeknights, weekends any time and later til 2-3am sometimes)
20.majik99 (CST usually on after work around 11pm and later)
21. Nexus976Lives (EST/Rhode Island, 9-12am weeknights and weekends, Mic currently busted but will listen and team play while acquiring replacement)
22. Sheekamoo (PST/California, usually on late at night until early AM, but I sometimes pop on early in the day.)
23. SER 182 ( central 10 pm week and late night on weekends- i have a mic)
24. sushisake (EST/MA 8-11pm weekdays and anytime in weekend)
25. hardrotoman (CST 9-11:30 pm weekdays and variable weekend times - have mic - can sometimes use it - usually play support)
26. jc23263 (EST 7-10pm weekdays, 7pm-1am weekends - have a mic)
27. GENERAL CUPKAKE (EST 8-11:30pm..i have a mic)
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29. DaveS78 (CST 7-12 Mon thru Fri, anytime on weekends, have mic)
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32. RemoWilliams84 (CST; from 3:30pm - 5pm and again from about 7pm to 11pm; have mic)
33.akbled (PST; 6:00-10:00pm most evenings,have mic)
34. SCOTTKELLYDHS (Alaska time 1hr behind CA) Have mic never used it.
35. benjaminbenjami cst most evenings after 9:00 on alot on weekends
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37. SwornToAvenge (EST 0930-1159, have mic)
38. darklordjames3 (PST 2300-0400, will use mic when girl isn't around)
39. scrub175 (est 7:39, mic and TB)
40. shovelbum (EST 1900-2300, weekends vary, casual gamer, have mic)
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47. Vash615 (CST, Nights between 7PM - 11PM, Assault and others as needed, mic'd)
48. LoneRellik (EST, 9PM-12AM most nights, casual gamer, have mic & can sometimes use it, will definitely listen and take on support role when needed)
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57. Hksvr4 (EST Random Times, Mic)
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59. GreggerG (~8-10pm CST M-F, some weekends, mic)
60. Ravanux (EST Random Times usually evenings, Mic)
61. brandiniman (EST, if I'm playing, send invite and save me from the silence)
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64. The Abuser (PST Evenings, especially weekends)

Originally Posted by formulanerd

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In This Electronic War, Momentum Shifts to the Underdog.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2, from Electronic Arts, takes aim at the Call of Duty series.

By SETH SCHIESEL
Published: April 7, 2010


Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a better game than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Though war is hell, the characters in 'Bad Company 2,' above, have a lot more fun than the somber types in 'Modern Warfare 2.'

Yup, I went there. I'm not taking refuge in nuances. Unlike many critics, I'm not weaseling out of making a tough call by saying that they are both great games.

Of course they are both great games, but no one can honestly reply, I don't care when asked if you should pull into Burger King or McDonald's. (Other suitable analogies: Toscanini versus von Karajan, Red Sox versus Yankees, Ginger versus Mary Ann.)

When it comes to these global mass-market products, everyone has a favorite. And when it comes to the latest generation of hard-core first-person combat shooters, I find Bad Company 2, released recently by Electronic Arts for Windows PCs, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, more sophisticated, more immersive, a boatload funnier and simply more interesting than Modern Warfare 2.

I think that phone ringing is Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard, publisher of the Call of Duty series, calling to tell me that he's going to eat my heart for breakfast tomorrow while he enjoys his world-class art collection. O.K., I'm just joking about the threatened ventricle roasting. But those are the sorts of passions involved in the fight between E.A. and Activision for the loyalty (and money) of the serious shooter fans who collectively spend millions of hours every day playing these games.

The Call of Duty franchise, after all, has sold more than 55 million copies and generated around $3 billion in retail sales over the past seven years. The most recent game in the series, Modern Warfare 2, was the biggest commercial hit of 2009 and has already become one of the best-selling games of all time.

John Riccitiello, the chief executive at Electronic Arts, had only one hope of cracking Modern Warfare 2's stranglehold on today's shooter fan: the Stockholm game studio E.A. acquired in 2006 that is known as DICE.

As recently as five years ago the Swedish company's Battlefield series was riding high. If you were a serious online PC shooter fan in the middle of the last decade, you were certainly playing Battlefield games. But then Activision swiped the market. Moving the Call of Duty games from World War II to the modern day made the games more exciting for many players.

The Call of Duty games included a robust offline component, allowing players to progress through a scripted story surrounded by computer-controlled opponents and comrades, while the most popular Battlefield games were essentially built to be played only online against other people. And players of Call of Duty were able to build a persistent online identity, so their virtual soldier would become more capable and deadly over time; earlier Battlefield warriors would almost always begin with the same abilities.

With Bad Company 2, the Battlefield series has now matched or exceeded the Call of Duty series in each of these areas.

First, modernity. Each franchise is actually quite similar in its fictional setting. In both series you play a Western soldier confronting a menace originating from the former Soviet Union.

But Bad Company 2 allows players to use a much broader range of modern military materiel, including tanks, helicopters, Humvees and other vehicles. More important, the virtual environments in Bad Company 2 are much larger and more diverse than those in Modern Warfare 2. Multiplayer battles in Modern Warfare 2 feel like chaotic arenas with people running all over the place looking out for themselves. In Bad Company 2, teamwork and voice communication are essential; the combat environments are more interesting and feel more akin to what I imagine a modern war zone to be.

Yet the biggest leap in Bad Company 2 is in its single-player campaign. It is only six or eight hours long comparable in length to the main story in Modern Warfare 2 and while it is not propelled by scripted set pieces as cinematic as those in the competition, Bad Company 2's narrative glistens. The characters in Bad Company 2 the redneck, the hippie pilot, the geek, the weathered sergeant are profane, quirky and usually hilarious. By contrast, the characters in Modern Warfare 2 are somber, even dour. War is obviously serious business, but the characters in Bad Company 2 seem to be having a lot more fun.

And third, DICE has now fine-tuned the persistent role-playing components of the online game, by giving players a panoply of ways to advance their characters and garner recognition from other users around the world.

One final technical note for consumers: Bad Company 2 is a game that needs to be played on a powerful PC, rather than a console, in order to be fully appreciated. I played mostly on a big rig from AMD, the chip maker, that was able to produce some of the most beautiful graphics I have seen in a shooter. Perhaps more important, the AMD machine came with an ATI Radeon HD 5870 video card that is able to support three monitors at once.

The experience of playing on three monitors, with the peripheral vision it allows, has simply been a revelation. I will continue enthusiastically to use Intel and Nvidia-equipped computers as well, but it may be impossible for me ever to return to a single-monitor setup.

As for the battle of the first-person shooters, let it rage. It is players who are reaping the benefits of this arms race between Activision and Electronic Arts. For now Bad Company 2 is on top.

Originally Posted by jammybastard

that link didn't work for me...here's another, and the complete text below...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/ar...any%202&st=cse

Originally Posted by dobieck1

Odd, no mention of Destruction. That's one of its biggest strengths.

Originally Posted by Hksvr4

Nice read. I agree, with team work and it really really works. I remember playing with avs players and I was on the other side. You guys had the team work going really well. One guy was tanking and two others were right behind the tank. Using the tank as cover and fixing the tank as well. We got destroyed and I just quit because there was only 5 players left on my team.

That wouldn't have happened to have been Arica Harbor on Wednesday night? I think we made it through that map in under 5 minutes - it was insane. I didn't notice you on the other team though.