The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

[zylander]

I think he's talking about the sensor that looks like it goes on your scope. The sensor nade thingy is easy to rack points up with. Just throw them on an mconn or flag and you get tons of points.

Good to know. I'll have to start using that thing.

 

[zerocool84]

Good to know. I'll have to start using that thing.

It's easy to get points but it's easy to die cus you have to get fairly close to be able to throw the sensor in it.

 

[pontifex]

It's easy to get points but it's easy to die cus you have to get fairly close to be able to throw the sensor in it.

actually you can throw that thing pretty far.

 

[ViviTheMage]

actually you can throw that thing pretty far.

Yeah, my guy feels like John Elway sometimes, he can huck em far.

 

[scooterlibby]

Didn't lag on you at all??? I'm not ganna play for a while cus every time I go on it lags like a madman.

ATOT has been laggy as sin lately. I'm not too far away in Texas.

 

[ussfletcher]

Yeah, my guy feels like John Elway sometimes, he can huck em far.

Yeah, just throw it at a 45 degree angle and watch it cruise like 1/4 mile.

 

[Eugene86]

Hey is the AT server hardcore or regular mode?

 

[Punter]

So when I unload an assault rifle clip into someones chest is there any explanation of how they can locate and kill me instead of dieing? Is it skill? Is it lag? Is it ranks, I am only rank 2?

Never had this happen in games before but seems to happen all the time with BBC2.

 

[Demo24]

So when I unload an assault rifle clip into someones chest is there any explanation of how they can locate and kill me instead of dieing? Is it skill? Is it lag? Is it ranks, I am only rank 2?

Never had this happen in games before but seems to happen all the time with BBC2.

When you get hit a red directional semi circle appears letting you know from what direction.

 

[TheJTrain]

So when I unload an assault rifle clip into someones chest is there any explanation of how they can locate and kill me instead of dieing? Is it skill? Is it lag? Is it ranks, I am only rank 2?

Never had this happen in games before but seems to happen all the time with BBC2.

If you're unloading into their chest, they're probably facing you and with the muzzle flash and all, probably have very little difficulty in locating you. Also "unloading" tends to mean "full-auto spray-and-pray" - correct me if I'm wrong on that point - where quick single-shot or burst fire tends to yield more accurate results. In full-auto your bullets are going everywhere BUT at the spot your crosshair is pointing at - most of your rounds are probably missing completely.

 

[Punter]

... well i have tried bursts and i have tried spray and pray. Honestly neither works for me. I easily have the drop on folks and still they kill me. Think this game just is not for me which is a real shame as I loved the other Battlefields.

 

[TheJTrain]

... well i have tried bursts and i have tried spray and pray. Honestly neither works for me. I easily have the drop on folks and still they kill me. Think this game just is not for me which is a real shame as I loved the other Battlefields.

I feel your pain, but try not to let that stop you from having fun. I'm a sub-1.0 K/D guy who has much more fun with the teamwork aspects of the series (and it's still there big-time in BC2) than just murder-death-kill. That said, there's always a get-used-to-it curve with a new game, so if you haven't put a few solid hours into it (8 maybe), keep giving it a chance. It had been a while since I played a MP FPS, and I was getting my butt handed to me early. Only after 6 or 7 or so hours have I felt like I know what I'm doing again (just passed 10 last night, still only rank 7, still got a ways to go). And THAT said, you're always going to have good days and bad days. Two nights ago I felt like I could do no wrong, was having a blast and played 'til 3am 'cause I just couldn't stop. Last night was a brutal slog that saw me at my rookie levels of performance again. I'll play again tonight and see how the universe feels about me then!

 

[Demo24]

... well i have tried bursts and i have tried spray and pray. Honestly neither works for me. I easily have the drop on folks and still they kill me. Think this game just is not for me which is a real shame as I loved the other Battlefields.

Up close, spray or knife. From afar, bursts in iron sight mode. When you get the red dot that will help your accuracy a lot. Remember if they run, you have to aim ahead of them. Also if you don't see an X appear over your crosshairs then you haven't actually hit them.

 

[Regs]

... well i have tried bursts and i have tried spray and pray. Honestly neither works for me. I easily have the drop on folks and still they kill me. Think this game just is not for me which is a real shame as I loved the other Battlefields.

I am the same way. It seems like I would unload on a guy for damn near 5-6 seconds and they can kill me in 3 shots while running around like a chimp. I'm too geared off of modern warfare to play this game. It's like learning a second language for me. And like you, I could have an easy drop on a guy, but I actually wonder if hes worth alerting by knicking him with a bullet or two just to have him shoot me dead with one well placed shot. Almost seems like my hits are not detecting.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Remember if they run, you have to aim ahead of them.

Negative. The way this is set up is mind-blowingly convoluted and just plain retarded. If you're using a sniper rifle or mounted heavy MG then the bullets have travel time and you need to aim ahead (and above) your target. If you're using a light MG, assault rifle or SMG then bullets have no travel time and are unaffected by gravity so you aim directly at your target. I don't know why they have two different rules, I think all bullets should have travel time.

Oh and yes I know you can "see" your rounds when you fire SMG/LMG/AR weapons, but this effect is faked. The actual hit detection is a straight raycast. If you don't believe me try shooting at a moving, distant UAV and you'll quickly find that firing directly at it, despite distance and movement speed, is the best way to hit it.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

And like you, I could have an easy drop on a guy, but I actually wonder if hes worth alerting by knicking him with a bullet or two just to have him shoot me dead with one well placed shot.

Spot him then. You might get some assist points.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Negative. The way this is set up is mind-blowingly convoluted and just plain retarded. If you're using a sniper rifle or mounted heavy MG then the bullets have travel time and you need to aim ahead (and above) your target. If you're using a light MG, assault rifle or SMG then bullets have no travel time and are unaffected by gravity so you aim directly at your target. I don't know why they have two different rules, I think all bullets should have travel time.

Oh and yes I know you can "see" your rounds when you fire SMG/LMG/AR weapons, but this effect is faked. The actual hit detection is a straight raycast. If you don't believe me try shooting at a moving, distant UAV and you'll quickly find that firing directly at it, despite distance and movement speed, is the best way to hit it.

I tend to miss them when I aim directly at them and I have to lead them just a tiny bit with ARs. The UAV thing I need to try. I've been leading it because you can see the bullets travel when shot through the air.

 

[SR1729]

I tend to miss them when I aim directly at them and I have to lead them just a tiny bit with ARs. The UAV thing I need to try. I've been leading it because you can see the bullets travel when shot through the air.

This is just due to latency. This is not by design. The server's location (which is the authority) will always be a touch ahead of where the client thinks it is, since the client is always being told by the server where it is.

This is why game hosts always have such a huge advantage in games like Gears of War and Modern Warfare 2. Since BC2 uses dedicated servers, everyone is on a relatively level playing field.

I agree with GodlessAstronomer: either give all guns travel/drop or make them all instant-hit. It's stupid that gamers need to study up on the physics of each weapon like this. The casual gamer will be utterly lost. I actually love the bullet physics in this game (makes Recon kills VERY gratifying), but they need to apply to all weapons.

 

[GullyFoyle]

New R8 Server release

Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Updated to R8
Mar 24 2010 17:26:24 by Killing
All Bad Company 2 servers have been updated to version R8 this build includes a number of crash fixes, so we hope all servers will be more stable now.

The full change list is:-

* Workaround for the "player manages to join server twice" crash. Now the server detects this and refuses the player entry. Client might hang but it will not take down the server as well.
* Workaround for the "cannot join player to any team" crash. Teams might get uneven, most notably SQDM sessions with 5v3 players, but the server should no longer crash.
* Game sends PB output to pbucon (so pb webtool can be used to run PB commands and see their results)

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twitter.com/OfficialBFBC2: "You can now check out the EA Master Server status for each platform on -
Home | Battlefield Bad Company 2 - battlefieldbadcompany2.com"

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[paperfist]

... well i have tried bursts and i have tried spray and pray. Honestly neither works for me. I easily have the drop on folks and still they kill me. Think this game just is not for me which is a real shame as I loved the other Battlefields.

Some of the unlocked (depending on class) will have guns that will drop you quicker. I know with the assault class when I got the XM8 I started doing a lot better. Still though from time to time luck, lag have a factor in game play as well as someone else shooting you that you may not notice

 

[Homer Simpson]

New R8 Server release



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twitter.com/OfficialBFBC2: "You can now check out the EA Master Server status for each platform on -
Home | Battlefield Bad Company 2 - battlefieldbadcompany2.com"

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really? thats all they fixed? how bout that complete lack of functional auto-balancing. or maybe server settings that dont stick. like on our server, i set the kill cam off in the settings via the control panel the host provides. if i reboot, kill cam is on even tho the control panel says otherwise. i gotta turn it off using a 3rd party tool like bc2cc or guardian.

 

[SR1729]

really? thats all they fixed? how bout that complete lack of functional auto-balancing. or maybe server settings that dont stick. like on our server, i set the kill cam off in the settings via the control panel the host provides. if i reboot, kill cam is on even tho the control panel says otherwise. i gotta turn it off using a 3rd party tool like bc2cc or guardian.

With server patches being released almost daily, expect the fix list to be quite short.

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

The only game I've ever been a decent sniper in was TFC, and since I haven't been able to figure out sniping in this game I've been having a lot of fun as a tank hunting recon. My k/d ration is horrible, but it is extremely satisfying to take out a tank while using a pistol as my main weapon, and if I can take out a couple per round I tend to score decently.

 

[Childs]

The only game I've ever been a decent sniper in was TFC, and since I haven't been able to figure out sniping in this game I've been having a lot of fun as a tank hunting recon. My k/d ration is horrible, but it is extremely satisfying to take out a tank while using a pistol as my main weapon, and if I can take out a couple per round I tend to score decently.

Use the dart pistol and CG...tanks tend to blow up quick. I like that one you apply the dart you can target it from behind cover.

 

[Jschmuck2]

New ATI drivers out today fix the long load times bug *supposedly*