Battlefield Bad Company 2

[capcom_suicide]

Last night was LOL. I died and the guy who shot me died so had that map overview screen and could see somebody in a jeep driving along the pipes being chased by a helicopter. I just had to stop and take in the pure comedy - love this game!

Was good playing with you guys - sorry I legged it, Cap and Dots weren't taking it at all seriously!!XD

LOL! Agressive Brits at our best! It's good therepy I reckon!

That reminds me though, it was a shame we have the 4 man squad limit as it was superb to see you and Oli online, but stupid we couldn't all be in the same team. That said, the whole game balance is based around the 4 man figure so I understand that.

Would be nice to have a large team/Clan mode in the future.

What we probably should have done was split into two teams of 3.

Was good to see you anyway!

[MJ]

Jeff was just booted back to the dashboard last night in the middle of a game, and this has happened to us all at some point, loading...loading...DASHBOARD. Something I've not experieced with any other game.

I've had this happen once, but it was actually during a game. All I was doing was moving my character and aiming at the same time, then the screen went black and I was in the dash.

[spagmasterswift]

That reminds me though, it was a shame we have the 4 man squad limit as it was superb to see you and Oli online, but stupid we couldn't all be in the same team.

Its a bit naff on the conquest (or whatever its called) maps, I much prefer Rush where you are all focused on the same area and can easily get each others backs if in a squad or not. Squad spawning into bases is great mind you - Medics that do that and bring their fallen brothers back to life are the gods of this game though innit. I try and knife every medic I see!XD

[Orgun]

Quick question, does party chat on 360 still work with this? I've got it on PS3 but I was just curious. Would be great to have eight people in party chat all on the same side but in two different squads.

[Jebus]

Party chat works on all games except MW2 so far.

[mr_rich]

hows everyone handling their classes here? do you pick one and go for it or try to level them all up together? im mostly an assault and recon guy, but do dabble with engineer when the tanks are causing trouble. havent really touched medic

[Jebus]

I've literally only played as a medic from day one. It's my class anyway, I always play support to the more skilled players, though I tend to finished in the top 3 each round anyway as for some reason I find this game suits me when it comes to actually killing people!

I've had a go on the others and liked them all, they are all unique and once I've mastered medic I might try assault or engineer next.

[spagmasterswift]

I play Assault as I can actually kill people with the gun, tend to switch to Mechanic if tanks are around but normally they've been dealt with by the time I show up and then go on a suicide run so I can switch back to Assault >_<

Anybody know why some dog tags are silver?

[Orgun]

At the moment im going through and leveling up each class, and once im done with that i'll probably stick with medic. At the moment im switching between Assault and Engineer depending on the map.

Spag I think the dog tag colour is to do with the level of the player you shanked.

[Jebus]

Silver tags are from warrant officers (level22) and above.

Apparently there are gold ones too.

[spagmasterswift]

[MrBurns]Excellent[/MrBurns]

[Family Fry]

Engineer is my class, tracer dart + M2CG FTW especially against choppers, even without dart it's a fast rocket.
Recently though I have been loving the auto shotgun+C4 welded Assault class, death dealing to tanks and auto shotgun is great for M-Com defence and attack in buildings.
Just had auto update on 360 version, wonder if thats the new class kits/class achievements getting prepared.

[MJ]

Holy fence glitch on Isla Inocentes:

Silver tags are from warrant officers (level22) and above.

Apparently there are gold ones too.

The dog tags in Bad Company are coloured and include the level of the player on the tag at the time of acquiring it, which I think is more useful.

[Charlie]

I go recon mostly, but switch to medic or engineer when the situation demands it. Yet to try assault.

Does anybody else dislike perks/unlocks in FPSs? I disliked them in CoD4 and have disliked it in every FPS since. It's not enough you're up against players who, because they play the game more than you, have a better understanding of the game's nuances and idiosyncrasies and are more familiar with the maps; they also have better weaponry and equipment.

I understand players enjoy being rewarded and appreciate how unlocks serve as something to aim towards, something to achieve, but at the same time they handicap the already-handicapped. And it cuts both ways; in a one-on-one if I snipe somebody who's using an inferior rifle to me, it's not nearly as satisfying.

[Psyduck]

Not much to add to this thread, other than to say this game is great! I've barely played an online FPS since action quake (Q2 mod). Shame the manual is crap, so it's a bit hard to get your head around what's going on, but it's great fun.

I agree with Charlie about perks/unlocks. It'd be fine if you worked your way up to "full power" in say 5 hours, so there was a little progression, but it does seem pretty unfair otherwise...I don't really see the point of it.