Patch 1.3 Info

kirving

EA have released the 1.3 patch info. Its here for anyone who wants a look. Air-dropped vehicles sounds cool.

Here is another version from Bf2 Ranked Servers.com

spooky donkey

I just copied and pasted the details here to save people the bother of going to another site to read the changes.

Attention Soldiers!

Although the 1.3 patch is still being worked on we wanted to provide a peek at what you can expect with the coming release:

NEW FEATURES

* Co-op: Co-op Mode allows you to play Single Player levels on the Internet and LAN with both AI controlled bots and human players. Several new options have been created that will allow the server creator to modify how the bots behave in game.
* Air dropped vehicles: Squad members can now send a request up the chain of command for a vehicle to be dropped at their location.

BUG FIXES & GAME PLAY TWEAKS

* Prevented ban list from being cleared in the event of a server crash.
* Fixed issue with players not properly ranking up on servers where they continuously play.
* Fixed bug where friendly vehicles show up as valid targets.
* Friendly Vehicle lock: Lock-on weapons do not lock on to friendly vehicles. The box with an X through it will still appear, but a lock tone will not sound and then if fired, the missile will not track the friendly target.

Keep in mind this is only a part of what 1.3 will include. Our live team is working diligently to provide the best update possible in preparation for the release of the Armored Fury booster pack!

V9

Air dropped vehicles? That sounds like fun for a bout 5 minutes...

Atlas_IRL

not very realistic is it

MiCr0

hopefully they'll be able to drop mobile AA in wake ;-)

projectmayhem

i can see air dropped vehicles being a mess tbh... request a humvee and after you've either left the area or been killed... THEN the vehicle drops

TheHairyFairy

If you join a sq while dead you will not be able to spawn on the sq leader immediately. Instead you will have to spawn else where first then you can spawn on the squad leader.

FFS I cant work out what EA are playing at.

Fairy

Zen 2nd

I would like the idea of being able to parachute into the zone you have selected rather than spawning on the ground.

The vehicle air-drop sounds good.

AnCapaillMor

Gah!!!! you gits are never happy, you'd find fault in anything. Air drops are a nice touch, i hope they do something on the prone and shoot thing, an give the other jets some sort of parity with the J10.

irlrobins

Air drop vech sounds a bit crap. But I'll wait and see how it works in game. But what happens when someone asks for a tank and they happen to be up on one of the towers in Great Wall?

projectmayhem

AnCapaillMor wrote:

Gah!!!! you gits are never happy, you'd find fault in anything. Air drops are a nice touch, i hope they do something on the prone and shoot thing, an give the other jets some sort of parity with the J10.

tbh everyone has good reason to not be happy. dice/ea have messed up bf2 fans since day 1, so if they expect everyone to bend over with every addition then they have another thing coming.

i guarintee you there'll be a patch to fix the bugs this brings on... and there'll be at least 1 bug that you'll wonder how it got past QA (assuming dice even does that)

Hal1

The next expansion pack "bf2142" includes that feature where you can request an air dropped vehicle. It should be an improvement for larger maps where you would have to run for miles. Nice touch indeed

KdjaCL

Air Drop better have a 1 and 0 in the CFGs for Ranked servers.


kdjac

kirving

I'd say it would be in commander controls, and happen much like a supply drop. I dont think it will be tanks or the like, probably just a hummer or FAV.

Pongo

The more I try and convince myself I like this game, the less I actually like it. It depends how they are implemented, but I don't think vehicle air drops will add anything. In fact, it smacks of desperation, there hasn't been any mention of this feature before, now all of a sudden they're including it with a patch even though there's STILL unresolved issues with the game.

Ponster

AnCapaillMor

The coop thing, will it be for 16 player maps or bigger ones? i wonder.

Jackabo

think of the amount of nitwits spamming your headphones with *requesting tank,requesting tank *
As yer man would say from Corination Street " ah say Bfv ftw ah say Bfv ftw you know"

SeantheMan

AnCapaillMor wrote:

Gah!!!! you gits are never happy, you'd find fault in anything. Air drops are a nice touch, i hope they do something on the prone and shoot thing, an give the other jets some sort of parity with the J10.

Same here, the only thing id like is for the 3 jets to be even

J-10's and Migs destroy the F-35s

It was much better before the 1.2 patch when you mostly relied on your guns .

Drapper

/sings "Its a raining Humves Haleluja its a raining Humvesss AMen !"

the Mine guys will have a great laugh with this !!

Sgt. Politeness

I wonder how long it will be til the patch to fix the bugs that this patch creates will be released.

Keyzer

projectmayhem wrote:

i can see air dropped vehicles being a mess tbh... request a humvee and after you've either left the area or been killed... THEN the vehicle drops

.... or lands on you....

the_syco

Aye. Nothing worse than the last man on the map being killed, next to a flag, with a supply drop:D