A Battlefield 2142 thread

bringerofdecay said:
how many of you have bought northern strike? favourite map? vehicle?

i did a few days ago it's pretty decent, not to hot on the new vehicles though, they seem totally imbalanced, the Goliath is a joke, and so is the hachimoto, neither are very good at what they are supposed to do, although i'd have to say the hachimoto is far more fun to use :), the goliath is to easy to take out, a couple of engineers or recon troops can do it easy.

my favourite map is a cross between Port Bavaria or Liberation of Leipzig, the latter in the lead at the moment as there it seems bigger, with less open spaces, and half the map isn't wasted with dead ground
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yep NS is ok, the Hachimoto is uber fun, its a death dealing monster and sooo much fun to throw around, we sometimes find an empty server and race them around port bavaria map.. bit like racing around Operation Market garden in modified jeeps, aaahh the memories
 
only now after 3 years have we seen some decent MODs for BF2 and the reason why? easy, no-one would play on unranked servers because of their e-penis ranks and oh so precious stats
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I certainly dont think thats the reason. The main reason is the lack of support Dice have given the mod community, most likely due to constant development pressure from smelly EA.
 
FirebarUK, EA charge more for Ranked servers in BF2 and 2142, whereas in BF1942 it was just one type of server which meant that we could load in the most popular community made maps and are own MODS so you never had any problems with kids wanting to only play on ranked scoring servers, its a problem thats noted on many forums and backed up by modders who simply cant be bothered putting all that effort into making new content because people wouldnt use unranked servers

we had two 1942 servers running at minimal cost to the clan, weve never bothered renting a server for BF2 or 2142 as its just to expensive because players prefer stats over fun,, its just not worth while owning a paid server unranked if no-one uses it, ill bet no-one who plays any battlefield game unticks RANKED SERVER in the browser list

**the tools are there to make maps and new content so thats not the problem**
 
Its a pity as I'd pick gameplay over stats anyday. Surely people can just rent a non-ranked to use for mods? I don't really see the problem .. ?
People surely play a mod because its good, they wouldnt boycott it simply because it doesnt have some kind of unlock system?
 
they did, although there was a seperate rank system in development for MODs but i dont think it ever got off the ground, and i agree play it for fun thats the only ingredient(sp) you need
 
I play Project Reality BF2 mod which has ABR ranked servers. Not sure how it works but you don't really care when the mod is so much fun
 
Picked up 2142 this weekend, only played a few hours but it's certainly good fun.

Been playing BF2 and it's associated mods for ages and all the things I've learnt playing that meant I was doing very well indeed from the first game. 5 hours play and I've already had about 6 promotions as well as a 2nd and 3rd place, not to mention the usual awards. Actually doing better than in BF2.

Might have to pick up Northern Strike next month.

Hope to see some of you out there in FPS land.
 
iv stopped playing now. found it increasingly less fun. Too many people hoppin around chuckin apms and then even worse when they do it with rdx and dont even kill themselves somehow. Some will argue its 'skill', ill argue otherwise, its just plain retarded. Theres games for people that want to play like that, ie. quake+unreal. Im looking forward to playing the new ones of both, as atleast in them everyone can equally do those things and it doesnt ruin the experience.
 
peetee said:
iv stopped playing now. found it increasingly less fun. Too many people hoppin around chuckin apms and then even worse when they do it with rdx and dont even kill themselves somehow. Some will argue its 'skill', ill argue otherwise, its just plain retarded. Theres games for people that want to play like that, ie. quake+unreal. Im looking forward to playing the new ones of both, as atleast in them everyone can equally do those things and it doesnt ruin the experience.
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the answer to your problem is dont play on servers with FF turned off, simple really
 
eekfek said:
take away the ranking system and the stats padding and cheating wouldnt have been so bad in the BF2 and 2142, simply stating the game wouldnt be as fun is wrong wrong wrong, the best of this series Battlefield 1942 didnt have stats nor did it need them, yet it became one of the biggest online shooters at the time with MODS and User made content frely made and supported
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Would love to see BF42 redone with up to date graphics and sound. Such a good game and the slightly slower pace meant people tended to play as a team a little more rather than die, spawn run die spawn.....
 
eekfek said:
the answer to your problem is dont play on servers with FF turned off, simple really
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ill ignore that since i was on about every server i play, im pretty sure none of them have ff turned off. The annoying punishes are another thing, but that comes with everything really.
 
peetee said:
ill ignore that since i was on about every server i play, im pretty sure none of them have ff turned off. The annoying punishes are another thing, but that comes with everything really.
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Use the advanced server search and check the FF only box.
Problem solved.
 
read it again, i find the annoying players doing all the annoying things on ALL servers, majority of which i play are FF ON servers, if not ALL them.

2142 is an appauling game compared 2 bf2, its a shame they didnt just release it as an addon and apply all the updates to the bf2 engine, buddylist etc.
Everyone running around like headless chickens, generally poor maps..
 
peetee said:
read it again, i find the annoying players doing all the annoying things on ALL servers, majority of which i play are FF ON servers, if not ALL them.

2142 is an appauling game compared 2 bf2, its a shame they didnt just release it as an addon and apply all the updates to the bf2 engine, buddylist etc.
Everyone running around like headless chickens, generally poor maps..
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In your opinion, whereas in my opinion it's head and shoulders above BF2.
And conversely, I find that there's a lot more annoying play on BF2 servers than on the BF2142 servers.
Especially spawnraping, which is atrocious on BF2, but quite rare on BF2142.
 
bf2142 is a great game...very funny at times. 1shot snipe kills from a mile away juicy goodness. knife kills fun, Knowing that when you die your claymores will avenge you. Setting up a ring of RDX death round a flag and waiting until its almost been capped then setting it off....i like explosions i do :D

btw is the upgraded camoflage better than stock? ie with stock camo for recon its not that great as you can still see a blur.
 
Surfer said:
bf2142 is a great game...very funny at times. 1shot snipe kills from a mile away juicy goodness. knife kills fun, Knowing that when you die your claymores will avenge you. Setting up a ring of RDX death round a flag and waiting until its almost been capped then setting it off....i like explosions i do :D

btw is the upgraded camoflage better than stock? ie with stock camo for recon its not that great as you can still see a blur.
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just started playin a lot of recon myself...and luvin it. Like you say....takin a silo...hidin then letting of some remote RDX when its gettin taken by about 4-5 of the enemy is just absolutely fabulous! Another good move is when you are defening your Titan....load 4-5 RDX's along the bottom or middle tier outside...just when you know a transporter with about 6 or 7 enemy is just about to land...get the timing right then pop them...mass destruction. I love that one!

Yes the upgraded camoflage lasts a lot longer than the standard one...and aslo make you just about unnoticeable for a bit of time also.
 
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