Battlefield 2: Booster Packs

[SAS]

Details on the new Battlefield 2: Booster packs have been released.

The upcoming packs named Battlefield 2: Euro Force, scheduled for release on the 8th Feb will come packed with an all new European Army battling it out across 3 new maps; “Operation Smoke Screen”, “The Great Wall of China” and “Taraba Quarry”. Four new vehicles will also be on offer including the Eurofighter.

Battlefield 2: Armored Fury, scheduled for release on the 28th March with the focus on large armour vehicles. Three new maps will be on offer; “Midnight Sun”, “Operation Harvest” and “Operation Road Rage”. Also expect to see 2 new vehicle classics including Jets and Recon Helicopters.

Booster Packs will be available via EA's own downloader via www.downloader.ea.com, priced at a reasonable priced £5.99.

 

[Aada]

I suppose people can't complain at £5.99 more maps etc nothing wrong with a lil price tag.

 

[TdC]

hmm I'm a bit miffed tbh. these things used to be free, though having said that new vehicles are nice. 5.99 won't break my bank. much

 

[KevinUK]

'reasonable price' !!!

Half Life 2 have been giving this stuff away for FREE.

Why did we just get an addon pack for £15 for 8 maps (of which at least 3 are total RUBBISH) and some new stuff and now release ANOTHER addon pack.

It just splits the community even more, servers will run this new stuff, people wont buy it and some people will...

I would also like them to FIX THE GAME first so that I can play it. I havent bothered to try in over 2 weeks as I have been getting a 'disconnected from server' message.

I HATE EA. uke:

I will still buy their future games.

 

[Aada]

'reasonable price' !!!

Half Life 2 have been giving this stuff away for FREE.

Why did we just get an addon pack for £15 for 8 maps (of which at least 3 are total RUBBISH) and some new stuff and now release ANOTHER addon pack.

It just splits the community even more, servers will run this new stuff, people wont buy it and some people will...

I would also like them to FIX THE GAME first so that I can play it. I havent bothered to try in over 2 weeks as I have been getting a 'disconnected from server' message.

I HATE EA. uke:

I will still buy their future games.

I guess they are what we call a business.. i got no probs paying for this BF2 is one of the best games last year and im still playing it! and i will probably be playing it until they release BF3 sometime in a few years.

You can have a huge amount of fun on this game dieing is actually damn funny sometimes

 

[throdgrain]

I agee wholeheartedly with Kevin.


Except for the bit about buying thier future products

 

[dysfunction]

I also agree with Kevin...

I bought BF2 and enjoyed it but Ive not played it since the release of the 2nd patch and I doubt I will play it again as its just too buggy....

 

[Aada]

I also agree with Kevin...

I bought BF2 and enjoyed it but Ive not played it since the release of the 2nd patch and I doubt I will play it again as its just too buggy....

Buggy in what way? ive yet to see any real game breaking bugs? if any bugs at all? i'm not being a fanboi here but the game runs flawlessly for me so can you explain the bugs that plague you?

 

[KevinUK]

The one that ruins it for me is I can join a server and after say 30 seconds it just says 'you have been disconnected from the server'.

e.g. I was able to play yesterday morning but I tried in the afternoon and I kept getting that message.

This all happened since the latest patch.

 

[throdgrain]

You cant connect to a server via ASE or gayspy or whatever.

 

[DaGaffer]

Buggy in what way? ive yet to see any real game breaking bugs? if any bugs at all? i'm not being a fanboi here but the game runs flawlessly for me so can you explain the bugs that plague you?

Random crashes to desktop?
Complete screen freeze on night maps sometimes?

Loads of minor bugs:
1. Constantly respawning US arty on Dragon Valley
2. The red tag/blue tag problem (which has been there since day one)
3. Wall bugs - the crates in the C5 on 'Night Flight' where you can get inside and shoot out but can't be shot from outside.
etc. etc.

I'm a big fan of the game, but pretending it's bug-free is just ludicrous.

 

[throdgrain]

Pretending its prettier than Source is also ludicrous

 

[Aada]

Random crashes to desktop?
Complete screen freeze on night maps sometimes?

Loads of minor bugs:
1. Constantly respawning US arty on Dragon Valley
2. The red tag/blue tag problem (which has been there since day one)
3. Wall bugs - the crates in the C5 on 'Night Flight' where you can get inside and shoot out but can't be shot from outside.
etc. etc.

I'm a big fan of the game, but pretending it's bug-free is just ludicrous.

Random Crashes is most likely a driver issue your end i had this sometimes updated my drivers now i don't crash but every PC is different.

Never had the freeze screen yet.

I don't go on dragon valley that much so don't know.

Yes ive experianced red/blue tag.

Wall bugs there is really only that wall bug.

The bugs you guys are complaining about aren't really game breaking either.

Maybe i'm just incredibly lucky not to experiance these game breaking bugs. Overall BF2 is a polished game yes there are bugs but if only a few people are experiancing the disconnect problems etc its not a problem with the game its their end.

 

[TdC]

2. The red tag/blue tag problem (which has been there since day one)

god that's soooo horribly. yeah, I know there are light and dark uniforms, but ffs, anything flashing red draws an instant trigger response from me :/
a couple days ago I was -11 before I realised what the heck was going on

 

[Catsby]

You cant connect to a server via ASE or gayspy or whatever.

Catsby uses ASE and Gayspy to connect to BF2 servers.

Castby directs you to this link for ASE (For Gamespy use the same command line trick)
http://ase.staticservers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=291



Catsby highly recommends going into your BF2 folder -> Mods -> BF2 -> Movies: and renaming all the .bik files to prevent them from holding up the BF2 loading when using a game browser, if you have SF as well, do the same for BF2->Mods->xpack -> Movies.

Catbsy is as ever, at your service.

 

[TdC]

TdC directs Catsby to open the shortcut to BF2 and enter [highlight]+menu 1 +restart 1[/highlight] after the path to the BF2 exe and outside the "". then Catsby will not see the movies even if they are still named as they were originally.

TdC isn't at your service, but he's glad to help out.

 

[throdgrain]

Its all bollocks

 

[throdgrain]

Mmm, actually that shortcut worked Catsby, so nice one you strangly self obsessed little person.
I went on, I played for a map, it was ok tbh, then... "your connection to the server has been lost".
lol

 

[KevinUK]

I just deleted the movies, why have 200mb ish of rubbish you wont watch again?

Yeah DoD looks far nicer, just look at the water on the map with the bridge :worthy:

 

[DaGaffer]

Random Crashes is most likely a driver issue your end i had this sometimes updated my drivers now i don't crash but every PC is different.

Never had the freeze screen yet.

I don't go on dragon valley that much so don't know.

Yes ive experianced red/blue tag.

Wall bugs there is really only that wall bug.

The bugs you guys are complaining about aren't really game breaking either.

Maybe i'm just incredibly lucky not to experiance these game breaking bugs. Overall BF2 is a polished game yes there are bugs but if only a few people are experiancing the disconnect problems etc its not a problem with the game its their end.

*sigh* My drivers are up to date and I never had any problems (other than occasional lag) until the most recent patch. I also never had a screen freeze until the latest patch. I never crashed to desktop, until the latest patch. I know exactly what's causing it, I need 2GB of RAM, rather than the 1GB I'm currently running. The fact that 2GB is now a requirement to run the game properly, rather than just an improvement, isn't very good, and for people who can't afford to fork out £100 -odd quid for new RAM, I'd say yes, it is "game-breaking".

The wall bug (exploit, whatever) is possible elsewhere, but just not as easy.

Just because you've never experienced problems doesn't mean they don't exist; in fact I'd say you were fekkin lucky because almost everyone I know has had some problems with the game at some point. It's a testament to how enjoyable the game is that so many people stick with it, but please, don't come on here and describe the game as 'polished' because its a long way from that.

I'll still buy the boosters, because £5.99 isn't a big deal for the amount of entertainment I get out of the game, and the second one (the armour one) is really my thing; I was a huge fan of the tank-dominated maps in DC, which is something I've missed in the current game. I am concerned that there won't be many places running the maps though.

 

[Aada]

*sigh* My drivers are up to date and I never had any problems (other than occasional lag) until the most recent patch. I also never had a screen freeze until the latest patch. I never crashed to desktop, until the latest patch. I know exactly what's causing it, I need 2GB of RAM, rather than the 1GB I'm currently running. The fact that 2GB is now a requirement to run the game properly, rather than just an improvement, isn't very good, and for people who can't afford to fork out £100 -odd quid for new RAM, I'd say yes, it is "game-breaking".

The wall bug (exploit, whatever) is possible elsewhere, but just not as easy.

Just because you've never experienced problems doesn't mean they don't exist; in fact I'd say you were fekkin lucky because almost everyone I know has had some problems with the game at some point. It's a testament to how enjoyable the game is that so many people stick with it, but please, don't come on here and describe the game as 'polished' because its a long way from that.

I'll still buy the boosters, because £5.99 isn't a big deal for the amount of entertainment I get out of the game, and the second one (the armour one) is really my thing; I was a huge fan of the tank-dominated maps in DC, which is something I've missed in the current game. I am concerned that there won't be many places running the maps though.

Upgrade to 2GIG asap since i upgraded to 2GIG the game is a dream no framerate shit lag no nothing.

2GIG will be standard half way through the year.

I'm not saying there is no problems but PC gaming isn't simple a game will work great on one computer and shit on another even if they are the same spec etc.

 

[nath]

The game is great.

The game is buggy as shit.

Both of these statements are true.

 

[Aada]

The game is great.

The game is buggy as shit.

Both of these statements are true.

On another note on that picture for the new expansion is that a new tank the soldiers are sat on?

 

[throdgrain]

I would hope its the Challenger (euro army?)

Could be a german leopard or summit though ?

 

[Aada]

I would hope its the Challenger (euro army?)

Could be a german leopard or summit though ?

Leopard would be awsome Challenger 2 would fucking own i was in the Army for 4 years (just got out last August) man that tank pisses all over the American tank

 

[throdgrain]

Was you? Good for you, what did you do?
Yeah our tank rocks btw











*notes Aada got out just BEFORE Iraq ....

 

[Aada]

Was you? Good for you, what did you do?
Yeah our tank rocks btw











*notes Aada got out just BEFORE Iraq ....

Royal Green Jackets 1st Battalion a grunt ^^ i was in the first wave in Iraq when the war started and did 2 months peace last January let me say this: the war was actually better then the shit we are in now

Now i keep getting letters from security firms offering me thousands a month to go over there but i aint risking it i know friends who have got out of the Army and done that some have died the first 2 weeks of doing the job.

And yes the yanks are as crazy as they sound.

 

[throdgrain]

Yeah a friend of mine has been over there 3 times as "security" Earns good dough, he works for that big company whos website has some big arab style pillers on it, name escapes me atm ...

 

[Aada]

Yeah a friend of mine has been over there 3 times as "security" Earns good dough, he works for that big company whos website has some big arab style pillers on it, name escapes me atm ...

The money is really good my eyes almost popped out my head when i got the letter ^^

I maybe going back in the Army though cannot adjust to civvy life :/

I'm doing some shit office job atm and its boring as fuck, applied for the Police but the application can take up to year for them to even look at!

 

[throdgrain]

It does, my mate joined the old bill about 6 months ago, and it took him best part of two years to get in...
Im not going anywhere near Feltham, where he works, hes bound to nick me the bastard