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

[fatpat268]

Admins are getting kicked from servers? Lol, damn.

It doesn't take that many bullets to kill people honestly..I only find that with the shitty engineer weapons.

I play engineer all the time and I used to think the same thing until I started to fire in three round bursts. Before, I could unload a mag at full auto and still not kill the guy. With bursts, I can squeeze in two kills before I reload.

That is unless you're using the starting 20 round mag gun.... then well that sucks.

Engineer is by far my favorite class in the game. You have a decently powered and silenced rifle and a rocket launcher so that you don't feel completely useless against tanks.

 

[Chappie]

Interesting article over at the Techspot
http://www.techspot.com/news/38142-battlefield-bad-company-2-gpu-performance-indepth.html

I'll be upgrading my video card in the near future...so seems like some good info. in that article.

Chappie

 

[minmaster]

I'm a COD convert, so the game play is going to take a lot of getting use to.

I don't like the health bars and I don't like emptying out a clip to kill some one. I also think there is a lot of jerkiness in this game and the animations/kill boxes are off. Just seems like a lot of the timing is out of sync with the hit detection.

welcome to the world of Battlefield. one of the issues BF games have been suffering from for a long time. i do think the jerkiness is worse in BC2, not sure if that's recoil or performance related but it is pretty frustrating at times.

 

[pontifex]

Who would have thought that snipers would be shooting you from far places or trying to hide???

thats not what i'm complaining about. snipers are just gods in this game. it's impossible to find them and deal with them. in other games you can tell where they are and avoid that area or try to flank them. here, you can't tell anything. and the kill cam is worthless in this game because it shows the enemy who killed you in 3rd person, facing them, and its usually AFTER they've already moved from the spot they killed you from.

if headshots are the only way to get 1 shot kills with the sniper rifles then all of them are expert marksmen because every time i die to a sniper it is a shot kill.

 

[clamum]

If you need to empty an entire clip at someone to kill them, you're missing them about 95% of the time then. Holding down the fire button is useless; shoot in 2-3 round bursts. Been like this since Battlefield 2 (which actually was nicer in that you could go into single shot mode; I could basically snipe with the medic's G36C). And of course try and go for the head. Just shoot in short bursts, or single shots, and keep practicing.

I got pissed last night cause I could only stay alive for a few moments until I got killed. And usually by a sniper (overpowered class IMO, but whatever). I probably played 10 games and was only on the winning team the very last last game and ended up having by far my best game that last one. Granted I was on a better team, but what I started doing differently the last couple games and especially the last was to hang back more, and not go Rambo (I play the Assault class). There's just no way I can compete by running into the front.

Needs a few issues ironed out (jesus, in the 5 years since BF2 they can't write a decent server browser? Good lord) and balance adjusted, but it is damn fun when you're on a decent team. :awe:

 

[pontifex]

I play engineer all the time and I used to think the same thing until I started to fire in three round bursts. Before, I could unload a mag at full auto and still not kill the guy. With bursts, I can squeeze in two kills before I reload.

That is unless you're using the starting 20 round mag gun.... then well that sucks.

Engineer is by far my favorite class in the game. You have a decently powered and silenced rifle and a rocket launcher so that you don't feel completely useless against tanks.

I blew up a tank last night with the repair tool - it was fast too. Snuck up behind it and just attacked it with the tool.

 

[pontifex]

If you need to empty an entire clip at someone to kill them, you're missing them about 95% of the time then. Holding down the fire button is useless; shoot in 2-3 round bursts. Been like this since Battlefield 2 (which actually was nicer in that you could go into single shot mode; I could basically snipe with the medic's G36C). And of course try and go for the head. Just shoot in short bursts, or single shots, and keep practicing.

I got pissed last night cause I could only stay alive for a few moments until I got killed. And usually by a sniper (overpowered class IMO, but whatever). I probably played 10 games and was only on the winning team the very last last game and ended up having by far my best game that last one. Granted I was on a better team, but what I started doing differently the last couple games and especially the last was to hang back more, and not go Rambo (I play the Assault class). There's just no way I can compete by running into the front.

Needs a few issues ironed out (jesus, in the 5 years since BF2 they can't write a decent server browser? Good lord) and balance adjusted, but it is damn fun when you're on a decent team. :awe:

I agree with the small bursts, but when the enemy is less than 5 feet from you unloading at full auto should mow them down. it doesn't work though.

 

[Demo24]

no I've gotten up to 400 points for a single shot with a 50pt kill +10 headshot +211 marksman and +50 avenger and +30 defender lol

they were at basically opposite map edge, was awesome

Haha, that's awesome! Guess it's time to get out the recon class and try for epic kills.

any rifle can damage the canopy, even the AR's, I blew a canaopy away with the XM8 and killed the occupants on Valdez when they decided to hover too close to the ledge by the oil pipes at the second attacker zone

Ahhh, I totally forgot about this after seeing it in a video on youtube! Definitely going to try this next time as sniping the heli is pretty challenging at times.

I blew up a tank last night with the repair tool - it was fast too. Snuck up behind it and just attacked it with the tool.

I did the same thing, it was immensely satisfying. There's that one desert rush map where both sides have 2 tanks. It's basically an engineers rpg paradise for the first half. :twisted:

 

[fatpat268]

I agree with the small bursts, but when the enemy is less than 5 feet from you unloading at full auto should mow them down. it doesn't work though.

I agree, but you just need to get in the habit of rapidly clicking to kill some one.

 

[Exterous]

any rifle can damage the canopy, even the AR's, I blew a canaopy away with the XM8 and killed the occupants on Valdez when they decided to hover too close to the ledge by the oil pipes at the second attacker zone

Don't forget grenade launchers. Two guys entered a heli to steal it from our team and I launched a granade to at least damage the helicopter before they escaped with it. It seems I hit the canopy and killed both of them while the heli was ~10ft off the ground. It bounched back down and one our our guys got in and took off.

 

[Exterous]

I agree with the small bursts, but when the enemy is less than 5 feet from you unloading at full auto should mow them down. it doesn't work though.

It can varry by weapon as some have a bigger spray radius on full auto. I have had some success with spray and pray in close quarters (I want to say it was the M36?) but always died when I tried that with the M60 as I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn without using short bursts

 

[Termie]

Interesting article over at the Techspot
http://www.techspot.com/news/38142-battlefield-bad-company-2-gpu-performance-indepth.html

I'll be upgrading my video card in the near future...so seems like some good info. in that article.

Chappie

Thanks for posting. I've been waiting to see an article like this. It's interesting that they choose to vary high/medium/low and resolution, but not AA/AF or DX9/10/11. From what I've seen, the DX setting has a huge effect. Still a very useful article, but some of the combinations make no sense, like 1680x1050/low/2xAA/DX10. If you're having trouble with your FPS, then switch to medium and cut the AA and DX10 effects out, I'd say. Still, very, very helpful article.

 

[astrosfan315]

now that I've been playing it pretty steady for a week I find myself enjoying tracer darting the helo's then blasting them out of the sky. The helicopter explosion animations are awesome.

 

[ViviTheMage]

now that I've been playing it pretty steady for a week I find myself enjoying tracer darting the helo's then blasting them out of the sky. The helicopter explosion animations are awesome.

It really depends on how hit the chopper too..if you hit the tail, it'll spin like hell, you hit the side, it will blow to the side, if you hit the bottom, it blows up mid-air, etc, etc...they did a helluva good job on this game, so fun!

 

[Zargon]

Don't forget grenade launchers. Two guys entered a heli to steal it from our team and I launched a granade to at least damage the helicopter before they escaped with it. It seems I hit the canopy and killed both of them while the heli was ~10ft off the ground. It bounched back down and one our our guys got in and took off.

in the rush that has the blackhawk and bradley, in the green forest with the lighthouse

I was assualt and blew up a door gunner a good 200 ft up with the 40 mm, it was great

missed the next 8 though



and I loathe the tracer dart, it flys SO SLOW.

 

[pontifex]

I was playing the SP for a bit just now and that is fun so I guess its not a total waste. Why couldn't they make the MP like the SP, instead of the huge clusterfuck that MP is?

 

[Demo24]

I was playing the SP for a bit just now and that is fun so I guess its not a total waste. Why couldn't they make the MP like the SP, instead of the huge clusterfuck that MP is?

Maybe you are just getting on bad servers? I haven't had an issue with too many snipers or getting constantly popped by one. Sure, I get sniped often enough but it's fairly easy to avoid them. Just don't walk out into the middle and stand still. Keep moving/running and your chances of getting headshotted from afar decreases a lot.

 

[Tristicus]

I play engineer all the time and I used to think the same thing until I started to fire in three round bursts. Before, I could unload a mag at full auto and still not kill the guy. With bursts, I can squeeze in two kills before I reload.

That is unless you're using the starting 20 round mag gun.... then well that sucks.

Engineer is by far my favorite class in the game. You have a decently powered and silenced rifle and a rocket launcher so that you don't feel completely useless against tanks.

I started using the SCAR, which is the better weapon I've used, but I still don't like the class.

 

[pontifex]

I started using the SCAR, which is the better weapon I've used, but I still don't like the class.

I have the compact XM8 and and I like that one so far. badly in need of some kind of scope for the guns, even if it is just a red dot sight.

 

[VashHT]

thats not what i'm complaining about. snipers are just gods in this game. it's impossible to find them and deal with them. in other games you can tell where they are and avoid that area or try to flank them. here, you can't tell anything. and the kill cam is worthless in this game because it shows the enemy who killed you in 3rd person, facing them, and its usually AFTER they've already moved from the spot they killed you from.

if headshots are the only way to get 1 shot kills with the sniper rifles then all of them are expert marksmen because every time i die to a sniper it is a shot kill.

Are you playing HC servers or something? I've never had much of a problem with snipers, just stay in cover and run everywhere and you're fine. I never stand still in this game, even if I'm defending a building or something I strafe back and forth a little just in case people are trying to snipe me.

 

[Udgnim]

putting in more hours now (at around 5) and noticing some things that are becoming more aggravating

I wasn't sure if it was just random flying debris at first, but my PC has an issue rendering the enemy UAV. it'll blink in and out of existence. seems to be distance based though. I didn't have this issue in beta.

I was massively annoyed when I found out there wasn't a player limit for teams. seems idiotic that DICE would not code in a maximum player count for a team.

also, I'd like to know DICE's logic of not implementing voluntary team switching only when player count is <=1 between teams.

already mentioned in an earlier post, but DICE needs to make the "Win Round Pin" worth more points. too many people play Rush like it's TDM.

I also experienced BC2 freezing and having to reset the PC for the first time.

 

[pontifex]

Are you playing HC servers or something? I've never had much of a problem with snipers, just stay in cover and run everywhere and you're fine. I never stand still in this game, even if I'm defending a building or something I strafe back and forth a little just in case people are trying to snipe me.

i doubt i'm playing HC because it takes forever to kill someone (except me apparently).

 

[Demo24]

putting in more hours now (at around 5) and noticing some things that are becoming more aggravating

I wasn't sure if it was just random flying debris at first, but my PC has an issue rendering the enemy UAV. it'll blink in and out of existence. seems to be distance based though. I didn't have this issue in beta.

Yeah, I experience this issue as well. I need to get my display settings right, as the rendering distance seems awful on my comp.

 

[leeland]

I had something similar in the Beta...every thing on the ground was doubled...so one guy would look like two...and it also seemed like it was a distance thing.

I just scored the game off ebay for 32 bones...got an upgrade on my CPU to a quad, now I need to find a budget video card!

 

[paperfist]

i doubt i'm playing HC because it takes forever to kill someone (except me apparently).

Put in some more time in on MP as it gets better if you follow what everyone says in this thread. I got my ass handed to me left and right because I was running right into the front lines trying to take everyone down shooting without taking my finger off the mouse button.

Now I stick with my squad, crouch when I near enemy lines, stick to cover, shoot in 2-3 bursts down the sights at the upper torso and people die Sure once in a while they don't, but most of the time they do.

Snipers pissed me off too, but if you know the map and watch the kill cam, bullet trail and the screen for those red arrows you can see where they are. Can't reach them? Break out the sniper rifle