BC2 finally gets new maps(ish)

Spear

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2010/11/05/playtest.aspx

A teaser screenshot, apparently from the BC1 map Oasis ported into BC2.

Dublin_Gunner

Better than nothing I suppose, and months late. Haven't had anything new in ages.

youcancallmeal

Hmmm this may prompt me to boot up BC2 again, there only so many different ways you can play the same map before it gets boring

ABE

i gave up when it asked my age lol feck off ea am to lazy

Spear

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2010/11/08/oasis-and-harvest-day-heading-for-battlefield-bad-company-2.aspx

Confirmed as Oasis, Harvest day from BC1 and Cold War, Heavy Metal from BC2 single player.

Dublin_Gunner

So 4 maps, with all 4 multi player modes.

This is finally a decent bit of content, and not just a new game mode.

Looking forward to playing them - whenever they decide to release them.

Dublin_Gunner

Still no update It said check back on Wednesday. Bloomin yanks and their time-zones

Wonda-Boy

BFBC2 is soooooo 2009, Black Ops is the new KING!!!! :eek:


Only takin the piss....cant wait for this. At last I have two games to fight over. Decisions decisions, you up for a session (gaming lol) the weekend dubs. Get the babby over to the mother and give the GF and few quid for a bacardi breezer and you sorted!

KeithAFC

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

BFBC2 is soooooo 2009, Black Ops is the new KING!!!! :eek:


Only takin the piss....cant wait for this. At last I have two games to fight over. Decisions decisions, you up for a session (gaming lol) the weekend dubs. Get the babby over to the mother and give the GF and few quid for a bacardi breezer and you sorted!

COD isn't really a great game for online play. The proper shooters play battlefield.

Wonda-Boy

I dont agree with that at all m8. One man's meat....n all that. I would say it depends who you play with, I mean if you were having a laugh with COD:BO online with mates and not with BFBC2 you would say the opposite.

BFBC2 is a much more TEAM based game where as COD:BO has different modes, TDM is all about kills so slow camping (moving cautiously) and flag domination (holding 2 and hammering the 3rd but not taking) is the name of the game. CTF is totally different, teamwork and observation are a must and I find it the best all round game mode. While I absolutely detest S&D not coz I get killed 1st far from it but peeps move around like they are holding china cups not very intense....and a tad boring.

So all in all I would say there are totally different games that cater for different players. I am rank 44 in BFBC2 and found it very hard to adjust to the run and gun type play of COD:BO but after what may seem run and gun tactics do play a part (with the right people)

shootermacg

so you playing cod wonda?

Wonda-Boy

Unfortunately and fortunately I am shooter. I have to say its not a great game but its FUN, and its something to play innit.

The thing I find about it is there is not MUCH skill involved that I can see. In so far as the fact its so pure run and gun its a case of been in the right place at the right time to kill someone. An opinion backed up by the leaderboards in every game....its not always the highest most experienced ranks winning like game they fluctuate so much its mad. And then you get the COD Veterans jumping and hopping and diving and toobing like a mother****er on maps that are too small for 15 of them doing it. Really is like UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2010.

Some would say thats a good thing (The leaderboards fluctuating)I tend to disagree TBH, because its not the game that stacks it that way its just luck. Yes you can maximise your chances by knowing the maps and invest in some silly dolphin diving and bunny hopping but meh....thats not me.

Take me for example....I am now LEVEL 7 PRESTIGE and am average at the game....WTF. People who are ranked say 40 or higher in BFBC2 are on the most part very good and accurate players....maybe I am over analyising it too much......lol.

Its a good for a while lets put it that way and I wanted to play this coz I never played the last one.

Dcully

Looking forward to these maps, any ETA ?

The Freeman

Dcully wrote: »

Looking forward to these maps, any ETA ?

not yet dude, many web peoples are under the impression it will be released on the 30th of this month.

can't wait, then we have vietnam a month later i presume.

spooky donkey

Yes I would suspect they will wait for all the fuss over the new COD to die down a bit before they try draw players back to BC2.

Barneslow

I hate the way DICE always announce new maps or new expansions, but never seem to give a date along with it, or at least an estimated date. I still am unsure as to when the vietnam expansion is coming out, or Oasis/Harvest Day. I hope it is before the new year though.

Spear

Barneslow wrote: »

I hate the way DICE always announce new maps or new expansions, but never seem to give a date along with it, or at least an estimated date. I still am unsure as to when the vietnam expansion is coming out, or Oasis/Harvest Day. I hope it is before the new year though.

The EA store did tweet that the Vietnam release was Dec 21st, with pre-orders getting access on the 18th. They then withdraw that claim. Consensus seems to be to expect map pack 7 around Dec 1st or so.

Wonda-Boy

Cant wait for these new maps.....:cool:

jeawan

Spear wrote: »

The EA store did tweet that the Vietnam release was Dec 21st, with pre-orders getting access on the 18th. They then withdraw that claim. Consensus seems to be to expect map pack 7 around Dec 1st or so.

Thought this wasn't due till next summer , would be great if it was out before then

Spear

jeawan wrote: »

Thought this wasn't due till next summer , would be great if it was out before then

Summer may bring BF3 instead.

Spear

EA left a beta version of the patch publicly accesible, so here's some vids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC1wDkA3ow4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdqYBZma0oY

Edit: both videos are now nuked, seems EA are a tad unhappy.

Krieg

Map pack is out Tomorrow!

It now makes sense why todays patch was 2.6gb

The Freeman

Krieg wrote: »

Map pack is out Tomorrow!

It now makes sense why todays patch was 2.6gb

can't wait

spooky donkey

its only 1.64 gig on the xbox. wonder why so much bigger on PC?

Spear

spooky donkey wrote: »

its only 1.64 gig on the xbox. wonder why so much bigger on PC?

Lower quality textures I presume. Fallout: New Vegas was another recent example of this.

Dublin_Gunner

Spear wrote: »

Lower quality textures I presume. Fallout: New Vegas was another recent example of this.

Added to the lack of DX10/11 extensions, single texture pack as opposed to multiple for PC (for different settings) etc etc it easily explains the difference.

cherryghost

Looks like I have an excuse to get back onto BC2

Dublin_Gunner

Just played a bit of the new patch there. Liked it, a LOT

Hit detection seems to have improved, as has overall performance for some reason.

Scopes available for M14 and G3 make them really worthwhile weapons now, I sniped with an M14 lol

KeithAFC

I loved the game the moment i picked it up. And i am fussy about FPS games too. Quality game.

Dcully

Still one of my top choice MP FPS games,despite some flaws its a brilliant game imo, far better than some of the stuff we are seeing in the COD series of late.
Looking forward to trying the new maps later, red dot for M14 and G3, yes please!!

Krieg

On Wednesday 1st December 2010, @BattlefieldNews said:

Regarding BFBC2 map pack 7 release...this was sent out from a GSP to customers - "Unfortunately, Map Pack 7 has been delayed pending a server update to correct a minor issue with the release of the new maps. There is no ETA just yet but hopefully we'll have more information later today."

Edit:

Looks like the "Minor issue" might be the fact that everyone is getting banned by PB.

http://www.pbbans.com/mbi-latest50-bfbc2-lfb36.html

Normally you see a ban every minute or so, the log shows people getting banned every few seconds for the same thing. "PB HACK #132110"

On the plus side, we got SPECACT.

The Freeman

maps are up now to play lads

cherryghost

Pay?!

**** that

Spear

cherryghost wrote: »

Pay?!

**** that

He's missing an L.

The Freeman

cherryghost wrote: »

Pay?!

**** that

Oops, just realised i missed a letter.Makes all the difference eh!?

Spear

Really liked what I saw of Cold War there. Lots of nice close quarters chaos.

The Freeman

Spear wrote: »

Really liked what I saw of Cold War there. Lots of nice close quarters chaos.

Heavy Metal is awesome fun!

Krieg

+1 for heavy metal
I enjoyed Harvest day as well.
Oasis is now my most hated map, I dont think you are allowed play that map unless you have an explosive projectile and explosives perk :rolleyes:

The Freeman

Spear wrote: »

Really liked what I saw of Cold War there. Lots of nice close quarters chaos.

played a game of cold war there, great map.Played oasis there too, Fantastic.

Great job and fan support by our european buddies Dice, great Vip pack.

Blazer

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Scopes available for M14 and G3 make them really worthwhile weapons now, I sniped with an M14 lol

didn't the devs say that no scopes would ever be released for these guns as it would basically mean everyone would be sniping?
Looks like they've gone back on their word

Spear

Sc@recrow wrote: »

didn't the devs say that no scopes would ever be released for these guns as it would basically mean everyone would be sniping?
Looks like they've gone back on their word

They've been in the client code since day one, just disabled by a server variable. The rounds I played last night seemed to show less people using them than before.

Dublin_Gunner

Spear wrote: »

They've been in the client code since day one, just disabled by a server variable. The rounds I played last night seemed to show less people using them than before.

Well IMO the M14 is now a very viable Engi weapon - as its decent from range. Not a great close quarters gun due to it low rate of fire, but powerful and accurate with the red dot.

Hasn't made it over powered, but at least now a usable option.

Dcully

Played Rush on Oasis map, awesome map.

Wonda-Boy

Jesus, What have they done to the game. Dont like the tweaks at all, and the hitboxes are just disgraceful now (and its not coz I have been playing COD)
3 of the maps are great...Oasis is White pass with the houses moved around ffs!

Guns nerfed beyond stupid.
Lag now like in COD which I never had before.
Major armour raping and nothing else.

I pre ordered BFBC2-Vietnam aswell :eek:.....I bet its bollocks.

Spear

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Jesus, What have they done to the game. Dont like the tweaks at all, and the hitboxes are just disgraceful now (and its not coz I have been playing COD)
3 of the maps are great...Oasis is White pass with the houses moved around ffs!

Guns nerfed beyond stupid.
Lag now like in COD which I never had before.
Major armour raping and nothing else.

I pre ordered BFBC2-Vietnam aswell :eek:.....I bet its bollocks.

The lag is a bug in the server code which should be fixed in the next few days.

Wonda-Boy

TBH, I was on a server yesterday and spawned with a CG (as its like world of tanks now) and it killed me and told me to repick my kit...abviously a server add on now. I would love to play infantry only on these maps with just quads for transport.

But they better get the lag sorted asap.

Spear

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

TBH, I was on a server yesterday and spawned with a CG (as its like world of tanks now) and it killed me and told me to repick my kit...abviously a server add on now. I would love to play infantry only on these maps with just quads for transport.

But they better get the lag sorted asap.

Sounds like one of the remote console scripts in action. As much as I don't care for the CG easy mode spammers, I like kit restrictions less and it's very unfair and unwise on the newer tank heavy maps.

shootermacg

well to be fair, no one uses a CG for tanks lol so it sounds like an awesome script!

Wonda-Boy

What is the bug in zoomed mode now, its impossible to hit anything. Most kills now are fluked in zoom mode. The only way to get a decent K : D now is rape in tanks. Game is taking a step back IMHO, needs to get that lag sorted asap. That built up map thats like karkand is major laggy...I know dublin gunner was pulling his fookin hair out last night.

The only plus point for the last few days is "STABBING SNEAKY SHOOTER MAC" camping by a bridge in full sniper mode....lmao.

TheFairy

Finding the new maps seriously refreshing for this game. Also finding no lag what so ever and even better hit detection than before. Sprinting feels seriously slow after playing COD for a bit there, however it does make the game more tactical.

Needs squads of guys all talking to each other on TS to really enjoy this game. Squad with at least one of each class would rule on any map. Pre-ordered the Vietnam expansion there as well. The in game music will really add to the experience!

Dcully

TheFairy wrote: »

Finding the new maps seriously refreshing for this game. Also finding no lag what so ever and even better hit detection than before. Sprinting feels seriously slow after playing COD for a bit there, however it does make the game more tactical.

Needs squads of guys all talking to each other on TS to really enjoy this game. Squad with at least one of each class would rule on any map. Pre-ordered the Vietnam expansion there as well. The in game music will really add to the experience!

Atlast he has seen the light
If you enjoy BC2 infantry you should enjoy MOH now too mate, hitboxes are taken directly from MOH
Playing BC2 infantry maps feels very similar to MOH to me.
Fair play to Dice tbh,decent updates recently for both BC2 and MOH.
BC2 only ever really lacked plenty of really top class maps,these latest maps are excellent imo.
Ill get Nam expansion too but God knows when ill get to play all these games, WOW expansion out Tuesday,Nam soon after