Anybody play America's Army: Ops??

[Heretik]

The Airborne School/Ranger patch is due out soon. The screenshots look pretty cool. I've played many of the other online shooters and they never really held my interest for too long, but I seem to be hooked on this one.

More screenshots and info can be found here if you're interested.

 

[BeHeMOTH]

Yea I like it alot, plus multiplayer is fun if you have a team that plays together, What CS should look like. I want sniper missions.

Is it me or did the one on one training stop after MOUT?, becuase with 1.22 I went straight to multiplayer.

 

[Heretik]

I started playing after MOUT was no longer required to qualify. So, I basically did Basic Training, qualified for Sniper School, then went straight into multiplayer. The airborne school (not sure about Ranger) will mostly be one-on-one (single player) training, from what I understand and from there, a couple of multiplayer missions.

 

[Shagga]

It feels really nice. However, I've had about 10 online games and fragged 3 ppl. 2 with grenades and 1 with the M16. The nades are too powerfull IMO. It's promising though.

[Edit]

What I meant to say was it is quite difficult... :frown:

 

[scottrico]

I played for a few weeks then I went back to RTCW and SOF2.
It was too boring.
I could never find a game that my teammates did not Teamkill like crazy.
And you can not kick players for campin on offence, forcing dead players to wait for the time limit to run out to play another round.
That sucks.
I support the army 100%. (got nothing but love for ya)
But they need to foccus on the war on terror, not video games.

You get what you pay for.
peace

 

[FatAlbo]

The live grenades are fine if you're sure no one is around.

The laser grenades are a whole separate issue however. The blast radius seems much larger than the live grenades. You can really abuse this by tossing it towards the team that starts outdoors in the McKenna map. Easily get 3-5 "kills" at the beginning of each round.

 

[Heretik]

Yeah, there are still some bugs in it. The grenades are irritating (whether "live" or MILES training). I've often found that grenades will still kill you from behind a brick/stone wall which sucks. And in MILES you see a LOT of people killing themselves with their own grenades ("...tagged himself with a laser") because the radius is much wider.

Keep in mind, though, the game is STILL in beta (won't go gold until around November, I think, when the CD comes out).

 

[BeHeMOTH]

well how do you get to sniper mission.

 

[NuLLxXx]

Originally posted by: BeHeMOTH
well how do you get to sniper mission.

If you read the Info in Rifle Marksmanship - Out of 40 targets: 36 = Expert Marksman (sniper school),
30 = Sharpshooter, minimum of 23 = Marksman (passing grade)

Then sniper school requires one shot per weapon to pass

 

[BeHeMOTH]

thanks must've missed that somehow.

 

[alrocky]

The 1.2.1 patch fixed some of the problems of the frag grenades. Blast radius is supposedly still the same but the lethality range was reduced. Used to be that you had 100% kills within the blast radius - glad they fixed that. The grenade lag was mostly fixed too. The airborne mission was pretty funny the first time I tried it out. For about 8 straight rounds there'd be at least one guy who'd land improperly and make a nice like crater for himself.

If you complain about not being able to votekick 'camping' people and having to wait the full round to play again, perhaps you shouldn't have died in the first place, or have a short attention span. I have no problem with guarding the exit at C.Tunnel, waiting 4 minutes for the OpFor to try to exit. Ans since this game is a recruitment tool, this is suppose to serve the Army in the long run.

 

[Heretik]

Yeah, they fixed quite a few things with the newest patch, but a few more "glitches" have popped up. I hear a LOT of people complaining they can't even qualify on the rifle range anymore....the accuracy is supposedly off somehow and the scoring is still a little buggy on some servers.

The game just went gold. They will be shipping the CD's out by late Sept/Oct from what I understand. It will be available in PC gaming magazines and at the Army Recruitment centers and events. The catch is, though, they are releasing two new maps ONLY on the CD available at the recruiters, but they will be made available for download at a "later date".

 

[LuDaCriS66]

Do you actually have to complete the single player missions before you can play multiplayer? Is there an in game server browser or do you have to use gamespy?

 

[NuLLxXx]

Originally posted by: Heretik
Yeah, they fixed quite a few things with the newest patch, but a few more "glitches" have popped up. I hear a LOT of people complaining they can't even qualify on the rifle range anymore....the accuracy is supposedly off somehow and the scoring is still a little buggy on some servers.

I was near TK'd last night and he had no points added I F'd up a nade toss and got 280 for near killing
2 on my team (Behind me mind you I took 0 damage)..... Damn trees & nades bounce like Super Balls....

Just tonight I took what seemed like 4 million hits @ range they guy closed on my postion I was able to kill him???
Miles gear so suks

Accuracy is way off in up right walk, crouch, and in some cases prone which pissed me off !!!! Tip: turn off Quick mode "left shift" when you aim now helped a little in old version helps a bunch in 1.2.1

 

[alrocky]

Originally posted by: LuDaCriS66
Do you actually have to complete the single player missions before you can play multiplayer? Is there an in game server browser or do you have to use gamespy?

The single player missions are training missions which shouldn't take you very long to complete. If you can't pass them you really shouldn't be in multiplayer. There is a (sorta weak) in game browser, gamespy, qtracker and the All Seeing Eye.

 

[scottrico]

if you complain about not being able to votekick 'camping' people and having to wait the full round to play again, perhaps you shouldn't have died in the first place, or have a short attention span

hey alrocky,
I said that I was tked.
And I bet it was you who tked me too.
lol

 

[Heretik]

Originally posted by: NuLLxXx


I was near TK'd last night and he had no points added I F'd up a nade toss and got 280 for near killing
2 on my team (Behind me mind you I took 0 damage)..... Damn trees & nades bounce like Super Balls....

Just tonight I took what seemed like 4 million hits @ range they guy closed on my postion I was able to kill him???
Miles gear so suks

Accuracy is way off in up right walk, crouch, and in some cases prone which pissed me off !!!! Tip: turn off Quick mode "left shift" when you aim now helped a little in old version helps a bunch in 1.2.1

Yeah, the more I've played since the newest patch, I've really noticed the accuracy is way off. I was lying prone next to the arch on the bridge and an OPFOR comes around the corner. I start pumping rounds from the M16 into him (this is very close range, mind you) and it took about 4-5 shots to off him (all center mass). I seem to remember before, at close range, it took only 3 shots max. Longer distances are even worse...hehe

Only thing that really gets me about the MILES maps is the nades......one goes off behind the trees, around the corner, 20 feet away and you're "tagged"

Hopefully they'll have these bugs & quirks worked out fairly soon...

As far as TK'ing.....only time I seem to do it lately is when someone walks right into my line of fire. Just last night, I spotted enemy on other side of bridge and start firing away with my M16, and one of my teammates just jumps right in front of me.......apparently, he must have already been red, cuz he went down for the count almost instantly. What gets me, though, is I got shot while holding a live nade....I died......one of my teammates comes to get my gun and the nade goes off......I get ROE for killing him in the blast....hehe.

 

[alrocky]

posted by: scottrico
[I said that I was tked. And I bet it was you who tked me too. lol

I wouldn't have wasted that round on you.

 

[scottrico]

lol

 

[kgraeme]

I can't even get through Basic. The cargo netting part seems buggy since it won't let me past even though I'm doing it "right". This is with the latest version.

 

[alrocky]

kgraeme, I just re-did the O course on 1.2.1. When you got to the top of the cargo netting, did you turn around 180* and then press your backward key to climb down the netting?

 

[kgraeme]

Originally posted by: alrocky
<STRONG>kgraeme</STRONG>, I just re-did the O course on 1.2.1. When you got to the top of the cargo netting, did you turn around 180* and then press your backward key to climb down the netting?

Yes. I figured out how to get past it though. I could only do it if I went up the right side and from there I could just jump off. On the middle or left, any lateral movement and it started over. And even with no lateral movement, once I got to the bottom of the netting, it still would start me over. The right side did the trick though.