bad company 2 - Page 78

No, think you guys mixed it up? I thought it was:

M1 Garand kills -> go to Thompson
M1 A1 Thompson kills -> go to nowhere

My Thompson skills went to the EBR.

This is correct.

How do I get on EA live chat? I don't see a link to that anywhere on EA.com?

support.ea.com/chat

i'd been having some issues with my EA account, as well as problems unlocking Veteran status. i tried the EA chat, and after 20 minutes spent waiting in queue and chatting with the rep, i got good on both fronts.

so, i'd like to second the 'EA chat support is great' notion. if you are having issues with Veteran status, give 'em a try.

Didn't work with safari, switched to firefox and live chat worked fine.

I spoke to 3 CSRs (Tristan, Joshua and Dale...2 by live chat and 1 by phone). They all said nothing could be done to retrieve my stats. I didn't even play any games since this happened. Apparently once you login using the gamertag associated with the new email address, that's it...all gone...nothing that can be done.

They did give me a new VIP code, but I'm not sure I feel like being a noob with no weapons all over again...I like the game but I'm going to be at such a disadvantage now it's going to be an exercise on frustration

The whole transcript from the last chat is too long to put here, after I had them put the gamertag back with the oringianl email address...here's the conlusion (where I started with the first 2 conversations...all with the same result)

TRISTAN: Is there anything else I can do for you ? [04:35:46 PM]
: now that the gamertag is back to the correct email address before this change was made yesterday...is there any way to get my battlefield bad company to stats back? I lost them when this change was made [04:06:35 PM]
TRISTAN: We are sorry but it is not possible to get back your battlefield bad company stats back.. [04:37:35 PM]
TRISTAN: because once you have lose your stats then you cannot get them back. [04:38:22 PM]
: wow...wish I had known that before the change was made yesterday...I thought they were related to the gamertag...not an email address [04:08:37 PM]
TRISTAN: yes [04:38:43 PM]
TRISTAN: Is there anything else I can do for you ? [04:38:56 PM]
: no...thnks anyway [04:09:27 PM]
TRISTAN: Your welcome [04:39:17 PM]
TRISTAN: It was my pleasure to assist you. [04:39:25 PM]
TRISTAN: I would greatly appreciate your taking the time to complete the survey which you will receive in your email. [04:39:26 PM]
TRISTAN: Thank you for your participation. Have a wonderful day. [04:39:33 PM]

sorry dude... roll with avs and well help you unlock everything again

It's just like prestiging.

For the past week or so, whenever I try to get into a game, I get booted out to the Xbox Live dashboard. I keep getting kicked out of the game (right before i'm put into a game) for about 10 times until I finally get into a game. Why is it doing this? Is this happening to a lot of people? Is there a way around this crap? It sucks trying to get into a game, just to get sent to the Xbox dashboard before the game starts. By the time I get into a game, I don't feel like playing anymore.

A game should never dump you to the system dashboard. You've got something else wrong here. Dirty/scratched disc? Bad install to the hard drive? I dunno.

its definitely the game, back when there were server issues at the start it kept doing this to me (and 3 guys i constantly played the game with)... everything has been great since they fixed it all though (for me)

Thanks man, I'll keep playing because it's really a good game...it's just going to suck being nerfed for a while with the standard class weapons again. Although I probably use them better than I did when I first started playing the game.

Were you going into a game from the BC2 menus, or were you at the dashboard trying to join a friend's game? If it's the latter, try going into BC2 first and going to multiplayer-join friends. If it fails to connect, you should at least stay within the BC2 menus. Also, if it was failing to join a friend's game it could be that it really was full or they were playing on a mode or map that you don't have access to.

If it's any consolation, I seem to have had the most connection problems here. I did go all weekend and several hours last night without getting booted once though - the skies parted and a choir of angels sang, it was beautiful.

good gaming with some avser's yesterday... GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!

Has anybody figured out how the Skill Rating is calculated? Lately if there are not any AVS folks on I have been running solo/ squadless. While I don't get nearly the same amount of points I have been working on my recon skills and that class tends to do well solo (well until I have to go scrounging for ammo).
Anyway my stats have been average at best but my skill rating is very high (currently at 195), I can't figure out how that number is calculated.

-Pete

xbox=czarnp

Hmmm my playing last night must have had a negative effect, I am now down to 164.

I never see any of you guys playing online during the evenings. Last night even Nerd, my go to BC2 guy, was playing Defense Grid.

I think the calculation is:

(Pi x number of children playing on my street x how many beers I have had today) / number of times my wife has yelled at me

I'm hoping that I'll be able to get online this week. I've been playing DA:O cause I'm oncall for the wife as her runner and make frequent longish pauses.

I am beginning to think there is host advantage. A few times, this guy would not die. He would eat bullets and not die. Also, the same person is extremely fast as well. Another thing, how come sometimes I can not throw a hand gernade after spawn. Sometimes, bullets go right through the enemy. I was the sniper at close range. The bullet goes right through him. I had to run up to him with the hand gun to kill him. Strange.

latency to servers there aren't hosts. I.E. Hes closer than you.

I don't think there is a host since we play on EA servers

Doesn't the (how many beers I have had today) / (number of times my wife has yelled at me) cancel out?

Last night defending Valparaiso I shot a rocket at a Blackhawk that went in the opening and out the other side

I did make up for it though with a later shot and triple kill

Helicopters have an anti-rocket shield around then when I shoot at 'em. I don't think I've ever hit a chopper with a rocket.

I was in the total doghouse with my wife. She came down and was bitching about me playing BC2. Then someone in an Arnold voice yelled " They are in the building " and I just starting laughing. She was so pissed she just got up and went upstairs!! Def playing BC2 and doing Arnold impressions is pure win!!

Awesome games last night. had a blast and we reeled off some wins too. Good getting to game with some folks I hadn't gamed with yet. As usual we all fell in line with great teamwork and communication as is the standard of gaming with mature AVSers. Thanks again.

Thanks for clearing that up. I was thinking of Gears of War 2.

Yep, it was a blast. Hard knowing what we each mean when we say left/right of something, what perspective it's from. Some of the stages I don't know which is A or B and hard to give info about the enemy when I'm dead and can't see the map!

Which is why I'm amazed that they don't have a compass on the minimap.