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EA help center is rubbish. I sent them a email explaining that i couldn't add my old games BF:1942/Vietnam and BF:2 to my account for veteran status. I read on here that some people got EA support to do it for them. So i sent them a email and got one back a few days later saying that they have added the games for veteran status, i checked my page and saw they didn't get added so i emailed them back and some guy responded with "Origin is having issues with redeeming games released before 2009. So you would not be able to redeem the game".

So its not possible to redeem them for veteran status? because iv seen people with them added on there profiles etc.
 
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so who's is the best server for teamwork? as in squad level cooperation? as much as iv played nobody seems to follow orders or stick together?
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The TFU, Bronken and official OCUK servers are usually pretty good for squads sticking together at the very least. I have found most players wearing thet OcUK tag to be good team players.
 
lol I got told to go back to cod earlier by someone who was annoyed that I made him wait 5 seconds by waiting for my vehicle to fill up at the start of the game before I drove off. He then blamed the loss of the entire game on me because of the minor delay :p
 
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lol I got told to go back to cod earlier by someone who was annoyed that I made him wait 5 seconds by waiting for my vehicle to fill up at the start of the game before I drove off. He then blamed the loss of the entire game on me because of the minor delay :p
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hes obviously a 'pro' commander from BF2! :D
 
Rufio said:
EA help center is rubbish. I sent them a email explaining that i couldn't add my old games BF:1942/Vietnam and BF:2 to my account for veteran status. I read on here that some people got EA support to do it for them. So i sent them a email and got one back a few days later saying that they have added the games for veteran status, i checked my page and saw they didn't get added so i emailed them back and some guy responded with "Origin is having issues with redeeming games released before 2009. So you would not be able to redeem the game".

So its not possible to redeem them for veteran status? because iv seen people with them added on there profiles etc.
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I was one of the people who said they got EA to do it, and heres what i did

1) Go to the battlefield Veterans page here : http://veteran.battlefield.com/
2) Log into the EA account (Step 1) you will have created for Battlefield 2142. This should pick up your Battlefield Persona, and if you linked your BF2 soldier name to it at the time to get BF2 veteran status - it should show your BF2 name as well.

This bit is key. If you just have a brand new EA account created for BF3 i don't think they will just add BF2142 / BF3 etc.. You need the EA account you created for 2142. Try and recover that. If you never played 2142 and never linked your BF2 account to a EA account, you possibly can't now.

*edit* i've just tried to do that now and the option to link your accounts and input your CD keys has gone :confused:

EA must have only recently stopped it. The BF veterans page still tells you to go to that page to link your accounts.
 
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Just unlocked stealth for jets, total overkill joke of a perk, you don't even need to worry about stingers it renders them virtually useless. Just have to keep an eye out for other Jets gunning you down.

And Dice are actually going to nerf stingers? DERP
 
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Just unlocked stealth for jets, total overkill joke of a perk, you don't even need to worry about stingers it renders them virtually useless. Just have to keep an eye out for other Jets gunning you down.

And Dice are actually going to nerf stingers? DERP
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What piece of hardware you are using for flying the jets?
 
Fantastic game, but jets seem utterly pointless. The maps are far too small to accommodate them. They are too fast to engage ground targets effectively so all you can do is dogfight other jets (which, if you dont have flares/ATA missiles, is incredibly difficult).

I'd really like to see more really big opens maps with no jets and more transport helicopters. I think it's actually really fun playing bus driver and ferrying squads into battle with a pair of competent door gunners, but alas, most transport choppers seem to fall prey to jets and attack choppers far too easily to see this sort of play.

Anyway, played the game for 3-4 hours straight earlier. Started a couple of rounds in softcore mode and it was pretty fun, but then found a decent 32 man HC server. Fantastic gameplay :)
 
am getting random disconnects, crash to desktop and also its as iff the server drops when on the TFU ocuk ones inbetween maps

when it works its awesome, when it doesnt I wanna goto dice and kick them in the nuts!!!
 
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Fantastic game, but jets seem utterly pointless. The maps are far too small to accommodate them. They are too fast to engage ground targets effectively so all you can do is dogfight other jets (which, if you dont have flares/ATA missiles, is incredibly difficult).
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You just need to unlock the ground attack guided missiles like so :

 
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I'm thinking of getting a joystick for this. I don't seem to have the accuracy on the xbox pad when chasing someone close (i.e. gunning down another jet) and i find using mouse a pain in the butt because as it does not self centre i am forever lifting my mouse up and down.

Can anyone recommend a decent cheap joystick. The Logitech Extreme 3d Pro looks alright http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/gaming/joysticks/devices/291
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Im using a thrustmaster one, it has a nice throttle on it too.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GC-027-TH
 
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WingZero30 said:
You are finding it ok to maneuver the jet with ease? :p

I am thinking of switching back to K+M for jets from controller pad, though I need plenty of practice with K+M.
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Its not that hard, need to lift and reposition the mouse quite a bit.

It just amazes me in playing this how stealth and flares makes a weapon totally useless, even the lock on sound inside the jet changes when the missile has actually been launched basically telling the pilot "now you can pop flares".

I mean WTF, and theyre actually nerfing the stingers soon? Apparently stealth, plus flares plus a sound telling the pilots when the missile is launched isn't enough, they have to make the missiles do less damage now even though its near impossible to hit a jet now when pilots have those unlocks.


Id love to know what type of drug fueled decision making is going on over at dice, if anything the stinger needs to be faster and the flare reload needs to longer to actually give stingers a chance, the pilots then will still have the crutch of an obscenely long lock on time courtesy of stealth and a sound telling them when the missile has been fired. Dunno why they just didn't give the Jets an invisible shield and be done with it. :rolleyes::mad:
 
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Distorted84 said:
The TFU, Bronken and official OCUK servers are usually pretty good for squads sticking together at the very least. I have found most players wearing thet OcUK tag to be good team players.
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I've not managed to hook with any fellow Overclockers yet, I usally end up on the opposite side.

Mind, I only play Conquest so I'm probably not even in the right game mode.
 
Gerard said:
Its not that hard, need to lift and reposition the mouse quite a bit.

It just amazes me in playing this how stealth and flares makes a weapon totally useless, even the lock on sound inside the jet changes when the missile has actually been launched basically telling the pilot "now you can pop flares".

I mean WTF, and theyre actually nerfing the stingers soon? Apparently stealth, plus flares plus a sound telling the pilots when the missile is launched isn't enough, they have to make the missiles do less damage now even though its near impossible to hit a jet now when pilots have those unlocks.


Id love to know what type of drug fueled decision making is going on over at dice, if anything the stinger needs to be faster and the flare reload needs to longer to actually give stingers a chance, the pilots then will still have the crutch of an obscenely long lock on time courtesy of stealth and a sound telling them when the missile has been fired. Dunno why they just didn't give the Jets an invisible shield and be done with it. :rolleyes::mad:
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Yup pretty much what I have experienced with jet gameplay.

I think only option for now is to carry on using the cannon gun for downing enemy jets. Hence I need to experiment with different hardware to see which one would give me ease of use for piloting jet.

Edit: It's not just stingers but also jet's own heat seeker missiles which have become useless to a large extent against enemy jet's stealth and flares.

The other day I believe enemy jet was using the last unlock which I believe is chaff deployment. You are gonna love it as it leaves flares behind in rendering heatseekers/stinger missiles totally useless :p

When deployed it creates a trail of cloud dust and you just can't lock onto enemy jet easily. Oh yeah it's the ECM Jammer
 
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i know its probably been mentioned before but has anything in the game been changed/updated recently as my performance seems to of dropped somewhat and i have made zero changes to my system.
 
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