BF2142 Beta Testing Begins

Ponster

Greetings!

Welcome to the Battlefield 2142 Tuning Beta. This is your official invitation to join us in play testing our latest Battlefield creation. As part of our VIP list you will be among the first to experience our new Titan Game Mode in full ranked play against other public players.....




The VIP keys were sent out today so let me know if there are any other beta testers here in boards.ie

R0ot

I didn't get any beta key! Im fecking disgusted!

spooky donkey

Well im not. Those people who wil be beta testing the game will wana be one patient bunch, Im agine how buggy the game will be before release. It will be much much worse than 1.3

And ive said it before, I wont get excited about any game that dont have ak`s and m16`s.

Sgt. Politeness

spooky donkey wrote:

And ive said it before, I wont get excited about any game that dont have ak`s and m16`s.

can i get a hell yeah??

Oh and BF series = another quality game series turned into ridiculous EA cash cow and losing credibilty because of it. F*ck 2142.

Zillah

Sgt. Politeness wrote:

can i get a hell yeah??

Oh and BF series = another quality game series turned into ridiculous EA cash cow and losing credibilty because of it. F*ck 2142.

Have you played it?

To speed things up I'll inform you that the answer is "no". So shut up.

They're under absolutely no obligation to make patches for any of their games, they only do it to keep us happy and maintain their reputation. If they liked they could just keep churning games out, not release a single patch and probably make just as much money because of teen-kiddies buying everything.

Keyzer

Zillah wrote:

Have you played it?

To speed things up I'll inform you that the answer is "no". So shut up.

They're under absolutely no obligation to make patches for any of their games, they only do it to keep us happy and maintain their reputation. If they liked they could just keep churning games out, not release a single patch and probably make just as much money because of teen-kiddies buying everything.

Ohhh.. I think i just seen a handbag flying through the air...

Zillah

Keyzer wrote:

Ohhh.. I think i just seen a handbag flying through the air...

You want some of this too? Huh? HUH?!

Ponster

I'd reply only I'm too busy playing BF2142

Actually when I say playing I kinda mean de-bugging

projectmayhem

seems to be a bunch of gameplay vids on youtube, but i'm not sure if they're beta testers or just gamespot vids (sans tag on the bottom corner)...

jonski

Zillah wrote:

They're under absolutely no obligation to make patches for any of their games, they only do it to keep us happy and maintain their reputation. If they liked they could just keep churning games out, not release a single patch and probably make just as much money because of teen-kiddies buying everything.

Do you not think this would get old pretty fast ?

This is a whole different conversation , the old " we except unfinished software but expect it to be fixed while we use it debate " which is usually argued with the " would you buy a car ( or a toaster for that matter ) if you though it didn't work but would be fixed while you are driving ( toasting with ) it "


We buy , we know it will probably need a patch , we get the patch and maybe a few more , we buy again . In this instance some got more burned than usual . People rented servers for 3 months and using them proved extremely difficult , frustrating and costly , this , for me , was unexpected . I would be very wary of buying into this francise again , but then the celtic tiger seems to have passed me by , maybe if I had disposable income I wouldn't give it a second thought .

Keyzer

Zillah wrote:

You want some of this too? Huh? HUH?!

Bring it on fool...

Ponster

Picture Of the Support Sheild In Action.

Vegeta

This makes me want to buy a new graphics card

po0k

It's Tribes.

This is a good thing.

Keyzer

Seen some maps on youtube, they look very boring and bleak.
Are they just maps for demo purposes?

Ponster

No idea. There's only one map provided with the beta.

Sgt. Politeness

Zillah wrote:

Have you played it?

To speed things up I'll inform you that the answer is "no". So shut up.

They're under absolutely no obligation to make patches for any of their games, they only do it to keep us happy and maintain their reputation. If they liked they could just keep churning games out, not release a single patch and probably make just as much money because of teen-kiddies buying everything.

Have you played it either? No?? Yeah i thought not, so think about that before telling me to shut up. Last time i checked it was okay to express an opinion.
And have you ever even played anything other than BF2? Bit of vietnam maybe? Some 1942? DC? No? No? BFV WW2 mod maybe?
F*ckin bf2 fanbois. You play bf2 for a few weeks and think its the be all and end all and you know everything about the BF series.
And yes they are obliged to release patches when they release games as broken as BF2 was, otherwise noone would buy the games in the first place.

Ponster

Sgt. Politeness wrote:

And yes they are obliged to release patches when they release games as broken as BF2 was, otherwise noone would buy the games in the first place.

You were going pretty well up until there. Zillah's point remains correct. They don't have to release patches. Of course not releasing patches would be suicide but it's still their choice.

Sgt. Politeness

Ponster wrote:

You were going pretty well up until there. Zillah's point remains correct. They don't have to release patches. Of course not releasing patches would be suicide but it's still their choice.

Can you imagine if EA never relased patches though? The games shelf life would be about 6 months shorter for one thing, as people would get sick of the problems with the games and give up. Remeber the M60/LAW kit in BFV 1.1? If that hadnt been changed the game wouldve been dead after 2 months. And as it is, BF2 is STILL in a f*ckin shambles after what, 3 patches?? Try playing 1.0 now and tell me they're not obliged to release patches. Punishing commander for artillery TK's? Fine, noone goes commander so!
Yes thy dont HAVE to, but if they didnt, thier games would be dead in the water.

Ri_Nollaig

Ponster wrote:

You were going pretty well up until there. Zillah's point remains correct. They don't have to release patches. Of course not releasing patches would be suicide but it's still their choice.

they may not be obliged to release patches but if they release a buggy product and expect people to deal with it, they would ultimately lose sells which is all they care about. Also bf is a franchise which is relying on customers who buy it because they enjoyed a previous version.

projectmayhem

Sgt. Politeness wrote:

And as it is, BF2 is STILL in a f*ckin shambles after what, 3 patches??

3? it's like 7 i'd say

anyway, anyone beta testing got any positive reviews? or videos? or torrents? (maybe not torrents, that be illegal, yarr)

Ponster

Here's a positive thing.

It would appear that there's a LOT more code or something being controlled at the server side. As bugs are being reported, DICE are fixing them without having to touch the clients. Sure this doesn't apply to all bugs but glitches (e.g. the Karkand one) is fixable serverside in BF2142.

Zillah

Sgt. Politeness wrote:

Have you played it either? No?? Yeah i thought not, so think about that before telling me to shut up.

Unlike you I didn't make an opinion on the game that neither of us has played. So whos the fool? I have no idea how good it will be.

Last time i checked it was okay to express an opinion.

I get irked when people make completely baseless opinions.

And have you ever even played anything other than BF2? Bit of vietnam maybe? Some 1942? DC? No? No? BFV WW2 mod maybe?

Uh yeah I played BF1942 quite a lot right from the start actually. You really need to check your information sources before you make more "opinions".

F*ckin bf2 fanbois. You play bf2 for a few weeks and think its the be all and end all and you know everything about the BF series.

Again, I didn't claim to know anything about the BF series, I just pointed out that you are in no position to make an informed opinion on the unreleased game that you havn't played. So whos the fanboi? The guy irrationally condeming a game series thats changing from the originals or the guy pointing out that he's talking out his ass? Hmm....

And I've been playing BF2 for a year now. You really need better contacts dude. (EDIT: Just checked my stats actually, it was exactly a year on the 18th.)

And yes they are obliged to release patches when they release games as broken as BF2 was, otherwise noone would buy the games in the first place.

So they should, they're still not obliged. They made a product, you bought it. End of. If they decide to be nice and make you like them they make patches to improve a product you've already paid for.

projectmayhem wrote:

anyway, anyone beta testing got any positive reviews? or videos? or torrents? (maybe not torrents, that be illegal, yarr)

Torrents aren't illegal, they're just used for illegal stuff a lot of the time.

Sgt. Politeness

Zillah wrote:

I get irked when people make completely baseless opinions.

Baseless? So having played the bf series since its inception, and seeing how badly they supported the most popular game of the series so far, and being sceptical of the new iteration of the bf franchise is 'baseless'?

Yeah, i remeber the 300mb patch that wouldnt let you install unless you had 3GIGS free on your hard drive, which forced me to repartition my HDD just to f*ckin install it.
What about the the patches that actually increased the number of CTD's?
Even something as simple as the Red/Blue bug thet they STILL havent even fixed. How fu*king difficult is it to make enemies show up as enemies?
So yeah, the futures looking positively fu*king ROSY for 2142 innit??

Anyway, your opinion is about as important as dogsh!t to me Zillah, youre a bf2 fanboi, so say what you like, i could'nt care less.

Ponster

You didn't have to repartition, you just had to change a key in the registry.

The red/blue tag problem isn't easy to find. You don't appear to be a coder so don't get to have any opinion in the world as to if it's an easy or hard thing to fix.

Zillah

Sgt. Politeness wrote:

Baseless? So having played the bf series since its inception, and seeing how badly they supported the most popular game of the series so far, and being sceptical of the new iteration of the bf franchise is 'baseless'?

Oh being sceptical is fine, its a good thing. Randomly condeming a game you havn't played because you're feeling a bit pissy at EA is silly.

Yeah, i remeber the 300mb patch that wouldnt let you install unless you had 3GIGS free on your hard drive, which forced me to repartition my HDD just to f*ckin install it.
What about the the patches that actually increased the number of CTD's?
Even something as simple as the Red/Blue bug thet they STILL havent even fixed. How fu*king difficult is it to make enemies show up as enemies?
So yeah, the futures looking positively fu*king ROSY for 2142 innit??

We won't know until the game is out will we?

Anyway, your opinion is about as important as dogsh!t to me Zillah, youre a bf2 fanboi, so say what you like, i could'nt care less.

Do you actually understand the term "fanboy"? It refers to someone that has a relatively baseless and yet fanatical support for something. So in reference to you calling me a fanboy, either you have me confused with someone else or you're just spewing shite, which isn't suprising at all considering the kind of things you've said so far on this thread.

projectmayhem

Zillah wrote:

Torrents aren't illegal, they're just used for illegal stuff a lot of the time.

that's what i mean, in this case discussing a bf2142 torrent would be illegal

Gone West

Ponster, what sort of spec are we (realistically) looking at, to make this game playable?

Zillah

projectmayhem wrote:

that's what i mean, in this case discussing a bf2142 torrent would be illegal

Oh right I thought you meant for the videos you mentioned

PrivateSmokey

This tread is gone to Sh*t:mad:.... and they give out about NRG & TIG LMFAO, even ban some of us.


Splurting sh*t at each other over something that you cant actualy fix is point less, its certanly not constructive as its mainly about BF2/patch issues this tread is about 2141 Beta not BF2 not patches not EA, 2142 Beta!!!

If People are warey of 2142 dont buy it straight away,let it run for a week or two see what people have to say about the release then deside.

anyway, anyone beta testing got any positive/negitave reviews.

PrivateSmokey

Ponster; whats the steps to get beta testing 2142 or have you a link u can post:D