For the Battlefield Players

[Hatchling Dragon]

How do you get that stat-block in your sig? Nifty.

So, they've (sorta) fixxed the lag on the Ranked Servers, thus letting us all accumulate rank. This of course means that we start to get un-locks. Now I'm curious what kits others have unlocked, and in what order, including reasoning for choices.

I found out the hard way that you only get one kit unlocked per rank, and I chose the Assault (G3 rifle) Kit for mine. This turned out to be a good choice though. I like the heavier-hitting bullets, the full-auto is good in close quarters, and I don't care for the Grenade Launcher when city fighting. With those heavier bullets the 20 round mag doesn't seem quiet the limitation I first thought it was.

I'm thinking of going with the Medic kit next, again partly because I'm not a real fan of the 3-round burst (I tend to get into close quarters). That and it just looks very cool. The regular weapon doesn't seem all that accurate, so the upgrade will definately help as well.

I've had real trouble hitting much of anything with the Sniper Rifle, so I rarely if ever play that kit. Has anyone given the .50 cal a try? Is that the good old '1 shot 1 kill' sniper weapon of old?

 

[Arc]

I'm thinking of going with the Medic kit next, again partly because I'm not a real fan of the 3-round burst (I tend to get into close quarters). That and it just looks very cool. The regular weapon doesn't seem all that accurate, so the upgrade will definately help as well.

I've had real trouble hitting much of anything with the Sniper Rifle, so I rarely if ever play that kit. Has anyone given the .50 cal a try? Is that the good old '1 shot 1 kill' sniper weapon of old?

I unlocked the G3, and while I use it on occasion (when I'm playing as Chinese), I still prefer the M16A2 and the AK101 to it. The bigger clip is very useful, and I really like the 3 round burst on the M16.

Unfortunately, there is no "One shot, One kill" sniper rifle. The M95 takes your target down to 3 bars, so that's usually either a kill or kill-assist, but it's somewhat unnacurate (possibly a bug that will be fixed in upcoming patch, as the .con files describing it are kinda weird). The only guaranteed kill is a headshot with any weapon, but that takes a bit of practice (and a little luck). To my knowledge, they intentionally reduced the power of the sniper rifle to promote teamplay, and while that may annoy some, I'm very happy with the decision.

 

[Hatchling Dragon]

Can anyone tell me how to make the game not log in to an actual game server every time I start it and log-in to the Account Server? It takes forever (up to 5 minutes at a time) and I end up on random servers each time. I'd like to pick a few servers I know to have good connections, decent performance, and hopefully a group of regulars I can get to know and count on (or avoid in some cases).

 

[KenM]

How do you get that stat-block in your sig? Nifty.

You go here for the stat block: http://bf2stats.ausgamers.com/

Sometimes the sight is down, but you can view your stats (or anyone elses if you know they're player ID.) It tells you how to do the stat block.
I choose the medic for my first unlock. I like it better then the default medic gun and I love full auto.
Something weird happened to me last weekend that i'm not happy about. I was playing on a ranked server and I got a medal and a ribbon in one game. I finish the round. A few hours later I'm playing on a different ranked server and I get a purple heart. The next day I go to check my ststs, the purple heart was there, but the earlier ones were not.
Also I called EA tech support, you will have to uninstall the game and reinstall without the current patch when the hotfix comes out. They won't just relase a patch to fix the patch. So I renisntalled without the patch. Had to totally remap my controls again, ect.

 

[KenM]

Can anyone tell me how to make the game not log in to an actual game server every time I start it and log-in to the Account Server? It takes forever (up to 5 minutes at a time) and I end up on random servers each time. I'd like to pick a few servers I know to have good connections, decent performance, and hopefully a group of regulars I can get to know and count on (or avoid in some cases).

Are you clicking on the "play BF2 online now" icon or just the BF2 icon. I click on the BF2 icon, the game starts, then I click to log in with my account, but then I can pick a server.
BTW, has anyone figured out what the "auto ready" check box does?

 

[Hatchling Dragon]

You go here for the stat block: http://bf2stats.ausgamers.com/

Sometimes the sight is down, but you can view your stats (or anyone elses if you know they're player ID.) It tells you how to do the stat block.

Much appreciated!

I choose the medic for my first unlock. I like it better then the default medic gun and I love full auto.

That's going to be my next, for those same reasons, as well as it's (hopefully) improved accuracy.

Something weird happened to me last weekend that i'm not happy about. I was playing on a ranked server and I got a medal and a ribbon in one game. I finish the round. A few hours later I'm playing on a different ranked server and I get a purple heart. The next day I go to check my ststs, the purple heart was there, but the earlier ones were not.

I've played on a server where the Admins said that happened, you could accumulate medals, but they wouldn't show up on your official record. If I'm not mistaken the points would show up, just not medals. They'll fix it eventualy, and while I don't object to points (I want unlocks!) I play mostly for fun anyhow.

 

[KenM]

I think EA is blocking the 3rd party stat view servers. So I put my clan sig on because stat sigs are no longer working.
The have the first info on the first expansion already: http://pc.ign.com/articles/632/632446p1.html


IMO they need to fix the game first before they worry about expansions.

 

[Allanon]

3rd party stats seem to be working again. See you around on BF2

 

[KenM]

The hot fix is out. http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_071505

 

[Hatchling Dragon]

Patch installed, as I've seen most servers already have it in (thus it's been at least partly tested )

Now if I could only find a way to get this POS game to let me bind the keys how I want them, instead of this 'that key is already bound' type messages, even though I'm in that panel and have previously removed that key binding.

I need my right mouse (Mouse 1) to be Jump, and SPACE to be Crouch, but it's always telling me that SPACE is already being used, even after using ESC to clear the default Jump. I've tried using Apply to 'set' the keys after un-binding the SPACE, but no luck.

I can use the defaults, it's just taking my edge off. I'm old and I need every advantage I can get to whup on all you whippersnappers