BF2142 Open Beta thread
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adfinni said:WOOOT a fr4gz member spotted on another forum(I'm Arctic btw)
Ive heard from sniper on fr4gz that this game is stunning, but will try the BETA next weekend my my new rig should be up and running!
Hate to dissapoint ya but the Beta ends this tuesday, you would porberly need the Demo when that comes out.
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i rarely play on the UK servers as they seem to suffer the most probs with connection, usually end up playing on the Ger/Nl/Fr servers
adfinni said:WOOOT a fr4gz member spotted on another forum
Ive heard from sniper on fr4gz that this game is stunning, but will try the BETA next weekend my my new rig should be up and running!
Hello dude
, good to see you. Yea i gave sniper a beta key aswell unfortunatly that was the last one. I recieved 5 from, ahem a source 
, as for the Beta that's your lot folks its now ended. Colin Clark the DICE community leader posted this up on the Official Beta Forums earlier today.."Hi Everyone,
We will be closing down the beta on Monday morning stockholm time. Our techs need some extra time preparing for the demo and have informed us that they will need to implement CD key checks and punk buster checks (both of which have been turned off).
I cant express how valuable and educational this Beta has been for us. You guys have brought up points and provided feedback on things that otherwise would have been overlooked or not considered.
I look forward to playing with everyone in the demo and when the game releases. I sincerely hope each of you have found some value in this experience and will choose to join us again in future beta testing.
See you on the Battlefield,
Colin K Clarke
AKA B15H09"
ive had a really cool time in playing this Beta its been a really good experience since playing before the thing went public on fileplanet thanks to some of you on here for some awesome games squarehead etc
this game really will be ace on launch and i have my copy secured. Bring on the demo and final release!
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I think im going to wait for the Demo, i liked the beta however with ads being placed into the game, im wating to see exaclty what they are going to be like and how many of the bugs they have sorted espically the ones that really annoyed me in the beta.
Im not too impressed with it atm. It seems that it doesn't require anywhere near as much skill as BF2 i..eits a lot easier.
It we look at the vehicles:
You have 2 air vehicles, 1 is the equivilent of an attack helicopter, the other the equivilent of a transport helicopter. There isnt any sort of plane in the game.
I am a rubbish pilot, my mates laugh at me all the tiem when i try to pilot any of the air vehicles in BF2 they need at least some skill to pull off and master. The ones in BF2142 however don't require any. I can happily fly these for ages and not crash them or even come close. Which tbh i am dissappointed in as trying to master the vehicles was an appealing side to BF2.
The land vehicles in 2142 move a lot faster (hover or rocket booster) and some even have a missile defence field.
Jumping out of vehicles is a lot easier as you auto descend in a protective drop prob that gives you some armor for protection and gets you to the ground a lot easier.
The class system though i do like, there are less classes in 2142, 4 iirc (recon, assault, engineer and support) however, you can customise these classes. While the level of customisation is nothing when compared to say Tribes it is a nice feature.
The graphics do look very good and the game performs reasonably well. The server browser seems more responsive than in BF2 however it still updates everytime which will take foreve like with bf2 when it goes retail.
All in all i think it is a polished mod that is coming along very nicely. I would prefere another air vehicle and for the existing air vehicles to be harder to fly. But, the idea of Titans i really like, infact i had a similar idea of this when BF2 first came out so im particulary happy it has occured.
It we look at the vehicles:
You have 2 air vehicles, 1 is the equivilent of an attack helicopter, the other the equivilent of a transport helicopter. There isnt any sort of plane in the game.
I am a rubbish pilot, my mates laugh at me all the tiem when i try to pilot any of the air vehicles in BF2 they need at least some skill to pull off and master. The ones in BF2142 however don't require any. I can happily fly these for ages and not crash them or even come close. Which tbh i am dissappointed in as trying to master the vehicles was an appealing side to BF2.
The land vehicles in 2142 move a lot faster (hover or rocket booster) and some even have a missile defence field.
Jumping out of vehicles is a lot easier as you auto descend in a protective drop prob that gives you some armor for protection and gets you to the ground a lot easier.
The class system though i do like, there are less classes in 2142, 4 iirc (recon, assault, engineer and support) however, you can customise these classes. While the level of customisation is nothing when compared to say Tribes it is a nice feature.
The graphics do look very good and the game performs reasonably well. The server browser seems more responsive than in BF2 however it still updates everytime which will take foreve like with bf2 when it goes retail.
All in all i think it is a polished mod that is coming along very nicely. I would prefere another air vehicle and for the existing air vehicles to be harder to fly. But, the idea of Titans i really like, infact i had a similar idea of this when BF2 first came out so im particulary happy it has occured.
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So has the beta testing finished now? No more playing?
roll on bf3 ;p cause bf2142 is the most over hyped *cough MOD* below avg game ive tested/played.
if when released people enjoy it, fine but it aint no bf2 beater and never will be imo
Digital : BF2 is dreadful in comparison ???
!!! substaniate that plz i could do with a larf ,
if when released people enjoy it, fine but it aint no bf2 beater and never will be imo
Digital : BF2 is dreadful in comparison ???
!!! substaniate that plz i could do with a larf ,
I agree i hope the do a BF3 as 2142 is aweful, nice cash in from them use the same bf2 engine and make people pay for a new game, mid october will come and pass for me with no 2142 in my collection.
Btw Digital to what you said here, BF2 is the perfect example of why EA/DICE should ignore the community except for bug fixes
BF2 was fine untill dice/ea released the 1.3 patch, its due to that the numbers that play bf2 has gone down so maybe they should not bother and let somone that can do the job better.
Btw Digital to what you said here, BF2 is the perfect example of why EA/DICE should ignore the community except for bug fixes
BF2 was fine untill dice/ea released the 1.3 patch, its due to that the numbers that play bf2 has gone down so maybe they should not bother and let somone that can do the job better.
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jim5000 said:So, should I cancel my pre-order for 2142 and stick with BF2 & PoE? Not had a net connection at home for the past month, so I couldn't get in on the beta
Maybe that's not a bad idea, the Desert Conflict mod will be out soon too. I'll probably get 2142 for the gaming experience with mates but I can't help thinking Tribes Vengance was more fun and a bit the same. I'm gonna load up BF1942 again sometime soon with all the mods. Flying was just so much more enjoyable in 42.
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jim5000 said:So, should I cancel my pre-order for 2142 and stick with BF2 & PoE? Not had a net connection at home for the past month, so I couldn't get in on the beta
Wait for the demo then see if you like it, usually comes out 10 days before retail, so if you dont like the demo cancle your pre order, but dont cancel it yet till youve tried it as you may like it.