Battlefield 2 1.5 FINAL patch released 1-Sep-2009

[AzN]

Meh I like f35 the way it is now. Fast and responsive but vulnerable to missile fire. Other than wide screen support and a new map. Still cool either way.

 

[KeypoX]

The grenade launcher sucks now. It bounces instead of exploding on impact. I only played for a min i will try the new maps soon


Oh anyway to play the new maps singleplayer + bots?

 

[uclaLabrat]

Originally posted by: KeypoX
The grenade launcher sucks now. It bounces instead of exploding on impact. I only played for a min i will try the new maps soon


Oh anyway to play the new maps singleplayer + bots?

How far were you shooting it? It always bounced before the minimum arming distance.

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat

Originally posted by: KeypoX
The grenade launcher sucks now. It bounces instead of exploding on impact. I only played for a min i will try the new maps soon


Oh anyway to play the new maps singleplayer + bots?

How far were you shooting it? It always bounced before the minimum arming distance.

are you sure about that? Yeah it doesnt bounce after a long distance.

 

[BillGates]

Argh -- I 'upgraded' to the patch right away when it came out (before seeing this thread). Well, there weren't many servers and I wanted to roll back, but couldn't figure out how to. I ended up uninstalling BF2 altogether and trying to clean up the registry, then reinstalling and repatching to 1.41. Well, the patch keeps crashing when I run it and the game won't even start. This sucks - I just want to play!

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: KeypoX

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat

Originally posted by: KeypoX
The grenade launcher sucks now. It bounces instead of exploding on impact. I only played for a min i will try the new maps soon


Oh anyway to play the new maps singleplayer + bots?

How far were you shooting it? It always bounced before the minimum arming distance.

are you sure about that? Yeah it doesnt bounce after a long distance.

If you're talking about the M16/M4 fitted with the M203 Grenade launcher, those grenades are time-armed and depending on the type, wont go off without 14-27meters of distance. The US. Army states the minimum safe distance to fire the M203 is 31 meters without line of sight and 50 meters recommended.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: KeypoX

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat

Originally posted by: KeypoX
The grenade launcher sucks now. It bounces instead of exploding on impact. I only played for a min i will try the new maps soon


Oh anyway to play the new maps singleplayer + bots?

How far were you shooting it? It always bounced before the minimum arming distance.

are you sure about that? Yeah it doesnt bounce after a long distance.

If you're talking about the M16/M4 fitted with the M203 Grenade launcher, those grenades are time-armed and depending on the type, wont go off without 14-27meters of distance. The US. Army states the minimum safe distance to fire the M203 is 31 meters without line of sight and 50 meters recommended.

The noob tube was nerfed a few patches ago.

 

[RallyMaster]

Looks like it might be time to get a widescreen.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Check out the changes being looked at/made in the next patch. It's the third or fourth link on the twitter: Twitter

They are taking and acting on all reports of bugs, and seriously considering gameplay tweaks.

The last two changes are interesting:

• The guns on the Blackhawk chopper originally had a spash damage of 3, that was reduced to .25 in a later patch since it was owning too much. This turned it in to a flying target, generally unused. In response to popular request, they have re-upped the splash damage to 1.5 for the next patch.

• They have added the ability to move past Claymores by proning. If they haven't reduced the damage radius, this could take a while!

Good? Bad? Go register on the forums and make your opinion known!

forums.electronicarts.co.uk

 

[spacemanspliff1]

Looks like EA FINALLY!!! took a friggin hint from the competition mods and widescreen hacks. Only took YEARS. Hopefully, bf3 is coming next month right? lol

What sucks is that BF is my favorite game type and nothing else gets my attention like it. Kind of like being addicted to cigarettes, I'm not but most of my friends are. You know they are BAD for you but you NEED them at certain levels.

I still won't install the beta though. Wait for the official release. You probably will have to uninstall and re-install if you do the beta. That is a pita.

 

[DannyLove]

Thanks for the update. I don't want to participate in the beta and will just wait for the full patch.

Looking forward to it.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Bump for 2nd BETA patch release. Will update top post with more info later.

 

[SeaSerpent]

It would be nice if they could get some US servers up and running.

 

[bf1942]

Great game, still playing today years after it's release,

I did not know Engineers can defuse claymores, with the wrench im guessing.

For patch #2 did the go back to the shorter time between junmping and prone?
(that's to bad if they did, die dolphin divers)

An option to ONLY turn off jets would be great!

Good pilots really ruin some maps for us ground pounders.
They are just to good, at targeting everybody , and really hard to shoot down.

 

[DannyLove]

sorry but what does this mean?

under Beta 2

* The jets on Highway Tampa were replaced with attack choppers in 1.50 - Fixed, Highway Tampa is now as it was in 1.41

I haven't played the beta 1 or 2 yet, but they reverted back to Jets? Or will this map now have choppers?

I ask because I've always wanted to see choppers in this map, should be freakin' COOL. So no choppers in this beta/release?

 

[GullyFoyle]

For patch #2 did the go back to the shorter time between junmping and prone?
(that's to bad if they did, die dolphin divers)

That is correct. I was told by a BF2 know-it-all (DCON Mod coder), that back in the day you were invulnerable during the animation shown while proning or standing back up, and that was of course a big problem. It was fixed in a very early patch, but it's legend lives on... Now "dolphin diving" affords you no real advantage, so it is not really an issue to worry about.

I haven't played the beta 1 or 2 yet, but they reverted back to Jets? Or will this map now have choppers?

I ask because I've always wanted to see choppers in this map, should be freakin' COOL. So no choppers in this beta/release?

That's right. In beta 1, they replaced the jets on the Highway Tampa map with choppers. There was a hue and cry on the forums about how this was an armor focussed map, and the choppers with their damn TV missles totally transformed the balance. A poll was taken, and the map was reverted back to the original vehicle balance for beta 2.

Make your voice heard! Register on forums.electronicarts.co.uk and vote!

 

[DannyLove]

That is true that it is an armor vehicle map, but it should have been like the swamps map where 1 controlled point yields a chopper. That would have been a better idea... oh well. I guess the cries are heard more

 

[Zenoth]

Originally posted by: DannyLove
That is true that it is an armor vehicle map, but it should have been like the swamps map where 1 controlled point yields a chopper. That would have been a better idea... oh well. I guess the cries are heard more

For once, that EA does listen to the "cries" and applies, I'm actually surprised they even took the time to make a poll about it.

 

[GullyFoyle]

The people working on the patch are pretty emphatic about identifying themselves as DICE, not EA. They seem to have some pride in their brand/work.

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: bf1942
An option to ONLY turn off jets would be great!

Good pilots really ruin some maps for us ground pounders.
They are just to good, at targeting everybody , and really hard to shoot down.

Turn off jets? Why not heli's too? A good heli pilot and gunner will dodge any ground forces if there is no jet. I'm not much of a heli pilot and I'm no xxdomination but I'm one of those jet pilots that will shoot your j10 down if you aren't good as me and ruin the entire game for you ground pounders. I get kicked on the regular just because they think I'm either cheating or give stupid reason so I don't ruin their game.

Perhaps it's time for you ground pounders learn how to fly. I know I did after 2 years of ground and pounding with no flying experience. Within few months I got decent and now I'm hard to kill even when I'm flying f35b.

 

[bf1942]

Yes,
an option to turn off the Heli's would also be nice,
Personally I enjoy the challenge of going toe to toe with the heli's and sometimes get them.
{at least you can see who you are fighting}

The Jets on the other hand usually come from out of knowhere ,
but the pleasure of killing one of them is excillerating.

Love to fly,
but I would guess, like most people, don't feel like having another thing cluttering up my desk.(joystick)

More than anything seeing a guy with 35 kills and no deaths,
who is dropping bombs on me from out of sight time after time, simply is not fun,
(maybe for him)
and that is what gaming is supposed to be , a fun challenge, not a blind slap in the face.

P.S
If there were maps with 64 jets we all could share the fun.
2-4 guys killing everyone else has ruined many maps , that I used to enjoy.

 

[AzN]

Actually most people don't care about having a joystick on their desktop. If you love to fly you should fly regardless whether it clusters your desk or not. Jets is the most powerful vehicle in the entire game and there's nothing like trying to kill a skilled pilot with a inferior jet. I don't know why ground pounders complain yet don't even learn to fly because you would be the guy with 35 kills and no death dropping bombs and shooting down other jets and heli. Nobody likes getting killed. Who does? Either learn to fly or stay in infantry servers.


P.S
64 jets right... Even the biggest map in bf2 with 64 jets would be too crowded. It would literally take no skills what so ever. Everyone locked on to everyone.

What's your bf2 screen name? You might know me but hate me ROFL... if you played with me...

 

[HumblePie]

Jets, when I did play, had way to many problems in multiplayer balance. the thing is that I do like to fly though. I was using my old microsoft 3d sidewinder force feedback (still the best joystick ever made). One major problem with jets is that 99% of the time the jets were hogged by retards on my team that couldn't fly and would constantly crash. Or just plain TK'd in some way to prevent use.

The thing about BF2 is I still feel too many of the maps are too small for jets. Infantry and vehicles only have so many avenues of approach for control spots and all jet pilots ever do is bomb run those avenues and then fly back to reload. Which is another thing I disliked. Flying over a runway magically reloads and fixes the jet? Really? Plain fail.

If there was real skill, force them to at least land That takes them out of the fight for a bit, makes them more vulnerable (which they should be), and prevents the stupid crap of blind bomb runs wracking up kills with zero recourse.

Having a vehicle, in the hands of a skilled player, that makes them pretty much unbeatable in a game is always retarded in pvp.

 

[AzN]

I wouldn't say the maps are too small. 4 jets in air in a 64 player map is definitely not too small to fly and do maneuvers and get away from other jets. Anything bigger would be a nuisance to find and shoot down other jets.

You can't be doing bombing runs back and forth dropping altitude/speed and revealing yourself. Then it becomes a pattern and very obvious. This is the biggest mistake most pilots make. It's easy way for yourself to get shot down especially if you are up against a skilled pilot. You have to land the jet to get a full repair which is not magical by any means. However I do agree with reloading part of jets. Then again this is a game not real life.

It takes skills to shoot down a j10 with f35b. It's hard but not impossible. Forcing jets to land? Maybe a police siren would help. ROFL...

I fly with a cheap $20 saitek Cyborg joystick so it really doesn't matter what stick you use long as it has enough buttons. I did however hear about those MS sidewinder sticks. Supposedly the best but no drivers for modern vista systems.


This guy is probably the best f35b pilot in the world. I've been shot down many times by xxdom. There's no getting away from him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7c11Ig-N0E

 

[RiDE]

I reinstalled but only played 1.41. There's so many cheaters now. lol