One thing I don't get is why does everyone have a tag on their head on your team? Didn't you have to know the different skins in BF2?
Also, I haven't seen any HC servers yet. Is this not available yet?
If you throw in something like Q3A in the mix you'll realize most of the people that play the 2 above games have terrible twitch aim and no concept of running a map. They're just not meant to be hardcore gamers imho. They're just gamers that can only specialize in one game.
Which brings us to COD. COD sits in some awful middle ground where twitch gets you so far and tactics amounts to other people on your team being little more than damage soaks while you run around like an asshole picking people off. It really is like a gimpy Quake/UT with no map control component and you have a bunch of bots (players) to act as bait for you.
Honestly, I disable VOIP on every game I play. I don't want to start a pissing contest with you on who is better, but the best of the best use third party VOIP. In the battlefield series at least, its not even about who is the best player. Its all about teamplay.well now its obvious you guys aren't the greatest of players
Honestly, I disable VOIP on every game I play. I don't want to start a pissing contest with you on who is better, but the best of the best use third party VOIP. In the battlefield series at least, its not even about who is the best player. Its all about teamplay.
I'm just sad the medic class is now called assault. Now a lot more randoms will harness the stupidly overpowered ability to revive. Good 4 man medic groups can just completely dominate an area. Not being able to take down tanks doesn't really matter. My friends and I actively lure enemy tanks to waste their time while killing any infantry around. Less bads getting killed by tanks on my team means saving tickets.
Are grenades equippable, and is the equippable knife easy to use? My current mouse is only 3 buttons and it's a pain to use with BC2, wondering if I should get a 5 or more button mouse.
Yes and yes. There is a quick knife button you can use which will swing the knife and go back to your gun (it still takes time for it to happen, but its all automated).
A fair bit faster than BC2 but not sure I would call it "fast." Since all the keybindings and stuff are locked in the alpha I have to use my mouse on its lowest DPI setting, but I still turn it back up to medium when I'm in the LAV. I'd still get a more button mouse. Variable DPI is always useful and it's nice having quick knife, quick grenade and voice comms on the mouse.
hmmmm....I might be able to just keep using my current mouse then. But one more thing - how fast is the default turret turn speed on the LAV 25? Is it fast like BF2 or slow like BC2? My mouse is also not high DPI and isn't adjustable, so that's the only other issue.
Where uh, does one apply for an alpha invite?
Long time no see/hear, Jschmuck2!
I think the alpha invites are by "invite only"...although at this point I'm practically the only one here who hasn't been invited!
Hiya! I couldn't deal with the BC2 wonkiness but I'll be back in force for BF3, server in tow
Lots of Autohotkey and ingenuity. It was setup so technically anyone could talk to anyone by the use of the numpad, but that was rarely used in game except by the commander. If you wanted to talk the fourth person in squad 1, you would first hit one then hold down 4 for the duration of your speech. Zero clears in case you messed something up or don't know if u hit a key. Each squad was segregated into their own channels to talk like normal. Then everyone had a quick button to talk to all squad leaders and the commander. This was generally used by the squad leaders to talk to other leaders or the commander.I would ask how you coordinate 3rd party comms for a public server but I won't, I'll simply ask, even if all 64 players are in teamspeak or whatever, how do you organize it from there? Surely not into 1 32 person channel per team, and not into squads either(or in-game VOIP would be enough for that).
Also, for revives...haven't you heard that there's going to be revive reform? Actually...we heard about revive reform over a month ago. Have any of you in the alpha noticed any big changes or are medic trains back in full force?