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Great videos Zath. I was laughing just as hard watching the videos compared to real time. I cant believe how far Razor went. We need to have a guy on the ATV and the rest of the squad waiting to spawn in. Spawning in an bailing while in mid air....lol

Some more from tonight. 2 are still uploading...

Here's the last two!




Sorry about the super quiet - Mrs. Zath was quite upset with me gaming with full volume while she tried to sleep at 10:30 pm.

the ATV launch into A is rediculously cool.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAH. The UAV view is hilarious !! Too bad I missed out on the fun. That's a great way to arm the crate fast. As Duke said, we would wait and spawn in after he lands.

Some time I use my Head phones when the wife is sleeping.

yeah that's why in the last video you can't really hear much (except for the laughing from everyone else as I soar through the air).

I had some TERRIBLE games last night - lost almost every 1v1 encounter, died from mortars on a building when I wasn't in the building anymore, etc etc. Then I realized after my 3rd consecutive negative round that I was still uploading one of the videos to YouTube. UGH!

I see the BFBC2 material on XBL is 50% off; for Onslaught, you can join with randoms, right? Do people actually play Onslaught?

yes you can make the game public and randoms will join you.

Onslaught is mainly good for practicing the chopper and achievements. Otherwise I wouldn't bother with the money. And that's coming from someone who bought it on sale for 50% off originally

Well, two things I would like to have, so I may get it..

Rust, onslaught is worth it (was for full price IMHO), probably will not be good with randoms since beating the maps on hardcore is tough and definitely needs a good squad. Most of us have it so just post here and we can organize a game. But just being able to start a private game and practice with flying or experiment with other loadout combo you want to try out is great.

Last night was fun but guys next time we have too many players for of all us to be in the party, would be nice if everyone who is the same squad remains in same the party, not the other one... no need name names you know who you are I think BF3 will solve this problem since they have full team chat.

And pj, if explanation wasn't clear -- if you still want try to get the M1 Garand, you just need a veterans status of at least 1 game. If you played any previous battlefield game (or figure out a way to convince them) you can goto http://support.ea.com/chat give them your gamertag and they will update it for you.

yeah I wouldn't worry about the M1 Garand or the Thompson, PJ. They're fun guns, but there are so many other guns to play with and with BF3 around the corner it's not that big of a deal.

You should get veteran status for 1943 though...

It's like $2.50 right now so I bought it and it's definitely worth it. Enough randoms are still playing it. Hardcore mode is pretty crazy though....I just can't figure out how to deal with that early chopper on isla inocentes.

If you keep the Blackhawk up before the Hind spawns, you can just fly very high trying to "flank" the Hind and your gunner should be able to take it down easily.

lmao!

Can't log into ea servers. Anyone else?

Bad Company 2... platinum (?!) edition is on sale at Best Buy this week for $19.99

Wife update! She just finished fumbling through campaign mission 1 and earned her first achievement... ever! She's NEVER played a FPS before so she is very unused to the controls (didn't even know how R3 and L3 worked). She actually likes it and is suddenly opening up to getting a 2nd xbox360 and a new TV.

Orange, you mentioned in the party the other day a "steal" of a TV. What was it? We're also going to keep an eye on upcoming 360 sales. Chances are we will wait till Black Friday for a deal on one. Maybe the same for the TV who knows...

Just updated my Live account for another two years! Cost me an arm and a leg.

Great! Are you going to have her try mp here soon?

It's going to be a long way till we get to that point.

She can barely even move properly without getting disoriented and confused. Has no idea how to aim with the crosshairs, constantly firing NEXT to the person she's trying to kill. MP will completely discourage her at this point. I'm hoping she can play more of the singleplayer, then do some onslaught, maybe with you guys supporting.

In the meantime, we're looking to get a new TV (would be great if some of you guys could give me suggestions here http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1359763), and a new 360 so the two of us could play Onslaught together.

The hope is that she'll be interested enough that we keep two of our three BF3 preorders and she can start playing BF3 with us. I know it will have co-op missions, which will hopefully get her interested in multiplayer. We'll see!

RaZoR asked about Mass Effect, so I'm going to try to answer my thoughts here in this post (since it's tough to do a full 8 person party discussion while playing BC2).

BOTH are WELL worth the money IF you enjoy: RPG games and/or Science Fiction.

In both games you really feel like you are part of a massive story and you are helping it to unfold. Both games give you the ability to make choices that may come back to haunt/reward you in the 3rd installment. Both games introduce you to new aliens, and what I like about it is that you aren't considered the galactic good guys (Babylon 5 approach instead of Star Trek). In fact, many of the races look down on you and you will have to earn their trust (or prove them right) by your actions. All the races have big differences that are well-flushed out with backstories that make sense for their appearance/behaviors. It's why I have played through the game so many times - I would say there is just about as much depth in this game as there is in BC2. In both games you can create your own Shepard - his/her face, class (determines weapons/abilities), and background.

ME1 is more RPG-like, being able to switch out weapons and armor, and upgrade those with mods. Therefore, you are able to highly customize your character. Gunplay is secondary but it is TOUGH and rewarding. If you get good at chaining abilities with your squadmates, you can really roll through enemies and it is very rewarding. The MAKO, your vehicle, can be very annoying to drive. Almost all sidemissions are the same "drop on a planet, kill some dudes, fly away" which does get repeditive. The story is great, and you really don't expect what happens.

ME2 is more focused on shooter mechanics than RPG. Less customization options, fewer choices for improving your character when he/she levels up. At the same time, it feels much more streamlined with less time "wasted" in an elevator. Though suddenly you're back to a limited supply of ammo which does get annoying at times. You can now only use one power at a time, which if you enjoyed that aspect of ME1 you will dislike. The story is great, though, and you have much more control over the game. You have a larger group of people you work with, and decisions from ME1 will show through in ME2. You can even die at the end of the game (one of mine did LOL). The ending really makes you want to play ME3.

DLC wise, ME1 platinum comes with Bringing Down the Sky, which is pretty fun. Their 2nd DLC, Pinnacle Station, is fun, too, though lots of people don't like it as much. I almost like it more TBH since you get some great goodies from it.

DLC for ME2 is more diversified, with Lair of the Shadow Broker being top notch. Like BC2's "VIP", ME2 comes with the Cerberus pack free in new copies. It's nice but not 100% necessary. I bought Kasumi's DLC by accident for full price but still like it and am glad I did. Overlord is fun. Arrival is pretty good but a lot of people don't like it for whatever reason.

I've played both games about 5-6 times now. So far, my Shepards have been:

(Myself) - Male, soldier, choices based on how I would play.
Jean-Luc Shepard - Male, bald (duh), 100% paragon (good guy approach), Sentinel.
Jean-Luc Shepard playthrough 2 - Started a second one to get a boost from the beginning.
Megab*tch Shepard - Female, red hair (matches my wife's LOL), 100% renegade, Infiltrator
Megab*tch Shepard playthrough 2 - same as Jean-Luc Shepard 2.
Middle Shepard (current play) - Female, doesn't want to make a lot of choices, therefore picks the middle of the road options.

Zath, I think that tv deal on tigerdirect is gone. It's $750 now, which still isn't a bad deal on a 55" lcd.

Link has been mentioned 323 times in this thread (someone asked a few days ago). Remove posts about a URL, and you're probably in the 200s!

Fun games last night with the crew. Played till 8 with a bunch - smoked'em good for a round and a bunch of people quit out. One group kept standoff chopper whoring on Isla attackers, but didn't accomplish much since everyone else kept sniping. After 30 tickets, half the other team left (aww...). Attacking on Isla we started base raping - got 3 tags; all 3 guys quit lol. Quit out on Atacama to play some Civ V.

Came back an hour later and people were on Atacama... still? Anyhoo, joined up, ended up winning, moved on to Oasis defense and suddenly half our party was out.

With just 4 of us left, we lost the first base pretty quick. On the second base, we managed to hold'em. Amazing how but I rocked the tracer dart and RPG and NO ONE was using smoke! Not even the chopper! There was also this guy who kept trying for boat kills on the side of the base. A quick RPG dispatched him and he kept doing it! You guys shoulda stayed - missed out on a hell of a defense. Lost B, A was armed several times. We still managed to kill'em off with a quick tracer/RPG. They even had both choppers at the end but couldn't do anything because they really sucked at flying. I ended the round with ace pin by about 2,000 points. 38 and 9.

That's when I joined in. Chopper whoring and didnt use smoke even with both choppers. Got one with the AA gun and took them out easily. When you and Stealth left, Revel and I were the only ones attacking. The others were noobs ranked 0-6. I think there was like 4 or 5 of them on our side. Fustrating. We didnt know how to fly the chopper at all. Revel and I managed to take out "B" but that was it. Soon after, Razor joined and he saved the day..LOL. At least he knew how to fly the chopper. Then Duke joined later in the match. We won that one. I think because BC2 is on sale that's why were are getting more noobs.

After a few games, Link joined on Harvest day. He wasnt kicking and screaming this time. It's really funny when you catch him off guard and he has no response. Anyway, took out an guy on a atv with three 870 shots. Good games as usual.

yeah BC2 is now platinum at $20. Glad to see!

Enjoy

I'm playing ME1 again after talking to Zath about it the other night.
Like he said the story in ME1 & 2 is great & the universe it takes place in is incredibly detailed and nuanced.

Originally I quit ME1 before completing the first mission because I got so frustrated with the combat.
When I restarted the other night I made sure I had a ME walkthrough wiki open on my laptop to help me in tough spots.
The enemies are tough, weapons abilities have to be unlocked (not the weapons, the ability to use them) and your squadmates are idiots if you don't take the time to learn their abilities and when to use them. They also need constant direction which I hate having to deal with when facing down 2 assassins at close range.