For those who have had no problems with Origin or Steam then bully for you, others have had a ton of issues. Like I stated earlier, not everyone lives where they have access to reliable high bandwith connections which are required for both Origin and Steam to work properly. I know this because I travel a lot and have had the opportunity to see both sides first hand.
^ That and the problem of Origin failing to launch that seems to occur for an hour or so every couple of weeks.
Most of the time between matches, the black loading screen just keeps going, over 10 minutes and I have to cntrl alt del. Any idea?
Im in the despise both Steam and Origin camp, I see no real benefit to either. People will say how much more convenient they are but Ive been gaming on the PC since the original Doom came out and Ive never had a problem downloading and applying a patch on my own. I prefer to do things my own way and not have a piece of software dictating how I play or manage my games. I guess im just a old independent codger.that always happens during work hours for me it seems so I dont notice
steam has its issues too, I would rather neither be required to play, but I agree with SLU and think hes referring to all the people who hate on origin but love steam when they are birds of a feather
2. Is it just be or is the minigun on the transport chopper uselss. I might be too used to BF2 chopper gunning, but I spent about 45 seconds spraying at a squad in open air, and got approximately 1 kill out of 6 people in open ground. Kicked up alot of dust around them but not much else. I might just suck, but I know for a fact I was aiming at them.
Well , finally got the game and played a few rounds. I might be comparing it a bit too much to BF2 which is one of my favorite MP games of all time and was a godly engineer. The AT missiles were hammers from god in my hands.
1. The unlock system is pissing me off for certain things. If someone has upgrades on a tank and we see each other in close range, I will never win, unless something really unlucky happens. Doesn't stuff like the Reactive armor more or less completely negate my first shot?
2. Is it just be or is the minigun on the transport chopper uselss. I might be too used to BF2 chopper gunning, but I spent about 45 seconds spraying at a squad in open air, and got approximately 1 kill out of 6 people in open ground. Kicked up alot of dust around them but not much else. I might just suck, but I know for a fact I was aiming at them.
3. Need to switch around weapons. 1 should be secondary weapon, 2 should be primary weapon. Need to fix that habit or figure out how to change it back.
4. Things die way too fast. I shouldn't be able to kill a guy with a single burst of 4 bullets. Its hard to react to things when single bursts kill you while trying to duck being a wall when you see someone. Also might be too used to BF2 where it was much harder to kill people quickly.
Have some more complaints that I need to think of, anyone have tips on countering some of this stuff?
Also, need to get some friends names to get some ATOT action going on.
1 yeah something like that.
2 see vid posted above
3 um....really? edit your controls man......
4 um....are you playing HC on accident?
Nope. It might be because I'm too used to BF2, but in bf2 things usually took about a second or two of sustained fire, or a few bursts. It gave you time to react.
In bf3, you kill things so much faster, that it barely gives reaction time. You see a light, then boom you die.
Anyway, I watched the Battlebus video, and that was a great pilot. But it did prove to me that the guns themselves are much nerfed compared to bf2. You need to have a decently long burst to kill people, unlike in BF2 where you merely had to hit around them and the massive spread of the guns would kill them almost instantly. Of course in my game, the pilot flew pretty quickly so I had a hard time keeping a constant target.
Nope. It might be because I'm too used to BF2, but in bf2 things usually took about a second or two of sustained fire, or a few bursts. It gave you time to react.
In bf3, you kill things so much faster, that it barely gives reaction time. You see a light, then boom you die.
Anyway, I watched the Battlebus video, and that was a great pilot. But it did prove to me that the guns themselves are much nerfed compared to bf2. You need to have a decently long burst to kill people, unlike in BF2 where you merely had to hit around them and the massive spread of the guns would kill them almost instantly. Of course in my game, the pilot flew pretty quickly so I had a hard time keeping a constant target.
Anyway, I watched the Battlebus video, and that was a great pilot. But it did prove to me that the guns themselves are much nerfed compared to bf2. You need to have a decently long burst to kill people, unlike in BF2 where you merely had to hit around them and the massive spread of the guns would kill them almost instantly. Of course in my game, the pilot flew pretty quickly so I had a hard time keeping a constant target.
Well , finally got the game and played a few rounds. I might be comparing it a bit too much to BF2 which is one of my favorite MP games of all time and was a godly engineer. The AT missiles were hammers from god in my hands.
1. The unlock system is pissing me off for certain things. If someone has upgrades on a tank and we see each other in close range, I will never win, unless something really unlucky happens. Doesn't stuff like the Reactive armor more or less completely negate my first shot?
2. Is it just be or is the minigun on the transport chopper uselss. I might be too used to BF2 chopper gunning, but I spent about 45 seconds spraying at a squad in open air, and got approximately 1 kill out of 6 people in open ground. Kicked up alot of dust around them but not much else. I might just suck, but I know for a fact I was aiming at them.
3. Need to switch around weapons. 1 should be secondary weapon, 2 should be primary weapon. Need to fix that habit or figure out how to change it back.
4. Things die way too fast. I shouldn't be able to kill a guy with a single burst of 4 bullets. Its hard to react to things when single bursts kill you while trying to duck being a wall when you see someone. Also might be too used to BF2 where it was much harder to kill people quickly.
Have some more complaints that I need to think of, anyone have tips on countering some of this stuff?
Also, need to get some friends names to get some ATOT action going on.
So I've concluded that while CrossFire allows me to raise the detail and gives faster frame rates, disabling it gives faster load times and more consistent performance... Total sad panda
not doubting you but it makes no sense. and it sucks
I didnt really notice increased load times
So I've concluded that while CrossFire allows me to raise the detail and gives faster frame rates, disabling it gives faster load times and more consistent performance... Total sad panda
I have no idea. With CrossFire on, the game randomly starts chugging, especially when I'm dead and it's watching who killed me. CrossFire off, lower frame rates, but smoother with no random chugs.
Also, pet peeve... If I hop in your tank, man the machine gun for you, and hop out to repair you after battles with other tanks, don't just f#cking leave me there and drive off, you inconsiderate douche.
And I hope that comment above wasn't directed at Zargon...might want to edit if you meant that in a general sense.
1. Reactive armor does absorb that first hit, but there is none on the front. My normal loadout includes guided shells, so to kill a reactive user faster, I use a locked on guided shell shot first, then hit with normal cannon for two fast hits. I also use autoloader so next shot is ready and downrange in a couple seconds. That's about all you can do, in a tank.
2. The battlebus, when used properly like the guys here do, is a death machine. I've been in a bus or two with a good squad and it was super fun. Your aim with the chaingun just needs work, because it cuts down infantry in an accurate burst less than a second long.
3. Yea, just change your controls dude.
4. 4 accurate bullets tend to kill anything. If you're on hardcore, cut that down to 2 or 3. Aim for the face and die even faster. I don't see a problem with how fast something dies if I'm putting my rounds on it accurately. /shrug
Also, pet peeve... If I hop in your tank, man the machine gun for you, and hop out to repair you after battles with other tanks, don't just f#cking leave me there and drive off, you inconsiderate douche.
you need to go to one of the high ticket metro only meat grinder maps. I think i got 80 resupplies one round.
I played some BC2 a while back and pretty much felt the same as you. The BC2 character movements are absolutely horrid compared to BF3. You described BF3 as "feeling weighty" , I would reverse that to say that BC2 always felt floaty to me, but without the ability to strafe they also felt clunky at the same time. I sure missed the ability to go prone when I went back in time too.All these comparisons to BF2 remind me that I wanted to give some impressions of going back last night to play BC2 for the first time since the BF3 demo. Wow, was it eye-opening!
First, the graphics don't even compare. I remember that when the BF3 demo came out, a number of people said it looked too similar to BC2. Not even close. Everything from gun models to ground textures to lighting effects are significantly improved in BF3. It truly was a generation ahead in that sense.
Second, the feel of the game is really quite different. BC2 feels much more arcade-like. The character movement is more two-dimensional, for lack of a better word. BF3 added a lot of "weight", which at first took some adjustment.
Finally, I think BF3 just makes you a better player. I scored 8 kills with the Neostad last night in BC2, after having scored just a single kill with it in 230 hours of play. Could be that everyone still playing BC2 is a noob, but it somehow just felt too easy, coming from BF3.
Anyone else taken a trip down memory lane lately?
I already uninstalled BF2, but had played it for a few minutes last fall. I was over it. The graphics alone bored me to tears, and the gameplay (particularly the lack of destruction and limited loadout options) left you little room to strategize.
All these comparisons to BF2 remind me that I wanted to give some impressions of going back last night to play BC2 for the first time since the BF3 demo. Wow, was it eye-opening!
First, the graphics don't even compare. I remember that when the BF3 demo came out, a number of people said it looked too similar to BC2. Not even close. Everything from gun models to ground textures to lighting effects are significantly improved in BF3. It truly was a generation ahead in that sense.
Second, the feel of the game is really quite different. BC2 feels much more arcade-like. The character movement is more two-dimensional, for lack of a better word. BF3 added a lot of "weight", which at first took some adjustment.
Finally, I think BF3 just makes you a better player. I scored 8 kills with the Neostad last night in BC2, after having scored just a single kill with it in 230 hours of play. Could be that everyone still playing BC2 is a noob, but it somehow just felt too easy, coming from BF3.
Anyone else taken a trip down memory lane lately?
I already uninstalled BF2, but had played it for a few minutes last fall. I was over it. The graphics alone bored me to tears, and the gameplay (particularly the lack of destruction and limited loadout options) left you little room to strategize.