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Megahurtz400 said:
Goody gum drops, Origin wont accept my card for some reason, getting a a hold of B2K should be fun :(

Anyone else think B2K might ruin this game a little bit, be like BF2 where after a little while there was only a handful of servers that weren't 24/7 IO Karkand? :(
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I dont think the B2K maps will have as much replay value as in BF2. However we are changing our 64man Conquest 1000tickets to Back to Karkand only, with ofc the 4 map rotation.
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Goody gum drops, Origin wont accept my card for some reason, getting a a hold of B2K should be fun :(

Anyone else think B2K might ruin this game a little bit, be like BF2 where after a little while there was only a handful of servers that weren't 24/7 IO Karkand? :(
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Megahurtz400 said:
Good to know, thats what stopped me playing BF2 in the end, just the nade spam fest that was Karkand IO :(

I miss operation clean sweep, was an epic map with the 2 man jets :(
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I wouldn't be supprised if we see a few more of the BF2 maps... Next DLC will no doubt be BF3: Speical Forces DLC ------> Warlord :D
 
mehuk said:
Orange as IRN Bru for me :D

Just played Siene which was a rape anyway, but even in behind broken trees I can see Orange, close up its as it was... same for Med tbh. Maybe Hardcore mode is different?

Id say the scope is tighter, blurrier at range and people at range look greener (like they have a camo suit on). Not sure if thats what nerf people wanted, but either the patch has not nerfed me, or im easy to please :D

Close quarter maps its still the scope to use imo for the ease of it. Caspian... maybe more for the spotting in bushes as you can still see orange... not used it on the desert type maps yet.
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Screenshot? :D
 
Pighardia said:
T-flight Hotas, couldn't bind roll or yaw at all before the patch, it didn't even recognize the buttons and half of them had strange descriptions for them in the menu. Now i loaded it up and it automatically had everything set and i didn't need to change anything
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Ah good stuff!!

Thats 2nite mission for me set up joystick... tho i did read that the X52 works pretty good anyway.

I've stayed well away from Conquest as i absolutely hated the half the maps!

Our 64man 1000 tickets will only run Large Conquest back to Karkand maps.... Thats where i'l be spending ALL of time game time, even if it is normal mode :eek:
 
Jock said:
Why are most of the TFU servers now 8 man. The descriptions still seem to be the same, talking about 32 and 64, but for some time they always seem to be just 8 players.
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It’s a method we use the get the servers full, the server will automatically change the server slots as the player count goes up, this allows for people to find us when selecting 1-5 free slots and doesn’t disable quick join.

This is one of the reasons why our servers were full most of the time. Tho now they’ve put the location on the server its going to be more difficult to fill, as UK servers don’t often get a lot of love from outside uk, hence us keeping “UK” out of the name.

Just hope the 64man conquest will be nice and full come Karkand Release as the 1000 tickets BF2 maps only rotation will make the games last longer and thus more fun :D
 
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iamtheoneneo said:
this tbh, EA released this game at the worst possible time, they care very little for longevity of the game they were all about getting units out before MW3 hit.Only problem with that is that MW3 did hit and most flocked to that and then Skyrim hit and even more people flocked to that and then KOTR will hit and even more will drop to that....

Yeh theres B2K and it may bring people back but i doubt for long given a week later KOTR hits.

would be interesting to see the stats to see num players on bf2 bc2 and bf3.
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You've made your points over and over again, fancy just givingup!

I'm loving this game tbh, the competitive scene is going strong and we're getting plenty of mixes each night!

B2k looks great and genuinely cant wait to spend Christmas caining it!!!

P.S on another note I won a RT comp on twitter and won DLC for BF3 ps3!!!
 
dr_volki said:
get out this is pc only forum :mad:


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I agree : (Thegoon walks out with tail between legs :( ) lol Na i bought it so that when the misses says no to me being sat in the pc room i can still play BF3 while she reads a book in bed... so technically i'm more a dedicated battlefield hero than a dirty console player?!

tlrBeta said:
I am a BF3 fan here just picking up on one of your points

Competitive Scene going strong: How is that 'really' possible when the game really does lack competitive support... No spectator mode, no tournament mode etc etc

I guess it depends on what we call going strong ? :)
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Well we've had plenty of matches and despite the lack of tools the games have been very much fun on ESL, Edom etc.... Also we've been able to get plenty of friendly gamesoff iirc.

Unlike BC2, 2 weeks after launch we could barely get game, as clans had stopped competition on euro dom anyways.
 
LtMatt said:
Anyone got any suggestions for how i can spread the word and increase the popularity of a new 32 rush server i just setup other than spam the info in this thread every now and again?

Maybe i should add a better name, maybe add OCUK in the name or something. Suggestions welcome gents.

Multiplay [OCUK] Rush 24/7 Teamwork is the current name.
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Use a clan to get it populated then change the name :D

But tbh the easiest way to fill a 32 rush imo is to put it as 24/7 metro rush. Once you get over 10 players it will fill up.
 
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LtMatt said:
Haha. That's why i added OCUK to the title. :D To be fair though i am kinda hoping that some of you guys will join/play as i had some decent games on smogsys server (albiet with some moaning) but i want more Rush and less Conquest.

Btw goon, thanks for the reply. ;)

My last two posts got nothing in this thread. :(
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Yeah no probs mate…

My honest advice would be to look at www.gametracker.com and see what settings, modes and maps the top servers run. This will give you a better idea on what works and what doesn’t. With Rush servers there isn’t much customizing you can do other than something like fast respawn and enforcing certain rules i.e no mortar or RPG spam.

The titles of the name helps, having OcUK makes no difference if I’m honest, go look yourself… few key words I’ve found helped:

24/7, tickets, metro, fast respawn, noobs, flight school, city maps, IO, inf only, 2 player start to name a few

Case in point, non of our guys have tried to fill this its purely started on its own due to probably a group of players who like the server settings:



The only way to keep people coming back is to either have a unique set of server side gamplay settings or have a solid group of followers who only play on your server. Don’t hold your hopes on the platoon’s either they’re pretty pointless imo!
 
~>Dg<~ said:
basically the golden key to having a busy server is having people start it off. this is the hardest thing apart from that the other things is quite easy and straight forward.


dont enforce stupid rules !!!!!!! this is what a lot of server owners do wrong !

no base raping or ban or no smoke no this :confused: its in the game let people use it !

this is one of the reasons i have had a break from the game cause of stupid admins :mad: might pop on your server later have a look see if it decent :cool: will add it on my site aswell might help
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Just seen this, If you’d said that with BC2 I’d have agreed…. Having a few people to kick it off just doesn’t cut it anymore.. Look at SaS Lecro’s server, everyday 2 – 5 people try to kick it off and just wont start like it did in BC2... lecro's server was at one point top in the uk in Bc2 for doing just that..... 12 of us sat in one of our rush servers the other night and it wouldn’t start.

I truly believe and this is coming from some who’s server are pretty dam busy most of the time... The key is customized unique servers, this isn’t BC2, BF players want specific servers with specific game play spec like in BF2.

We have one guy in our clan Vegas dedicated to keeping up with server mod's and he's done a top job. For example:

Our servers start off on 8 player maximum, once 8 players join the server goes up to once 16 players join it then goes to 32, then 48 and finally 64. This does 2 things.. 1: We appear on the 1 - 5 free slot list 2: It allows quick join (auto fill as i call it).
 
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flibby said:
Downside to this: I thought you're server was some kind of specialist 8 man server now so I've not been joining (8 man doesn't sound great :p) s it shows as 8 players in the server browser.

Although I now I know so np! :P
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Yeah i actually agreed and said the same when Vegas changed it, however it makes it 100 times easier to fill the server when a group of us join. People are more inclinded to join a server which says 14/16 rather than 14/64 if get me :D

LtMatt said:
That sounds like an interesting idea. How did you set that up in the control panel?
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I'l find out for you mate, we have a dedicated procon server, you cant do this sort of thing thro clanforge. You can always jump on our mumble and ask Vegas, sure he wont mind.
 
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