Battlefield 2 Revival

[Ronin]

Hi guys,

I know i've been away along time, but, i do miss the hours on bf2 . i do love that game.
And i certainly do not miss those hours and hours on css .
Anyway, was just wondering who still has copies of this lying around?
Or if people have bought all the expansions for it? And how they go? (Spec Forces, Tour of Duty, etc)
Thanks

[Gober]

I Still Play BF2 tho i play Project Reality mod of BF2, don't like Vanilla BF2

[Jagu]

I still play standard Bf2 a bit, and I love the reality mod.

[Ra`]

Sorry, don't play it anymore. Sick and tired of getting bombarded by planes.

[Reaver]

Same Ra... I tried to like the game but since I'm infrantry minded in how I like playing I found it impossible to get a good game going that wasn't just over run by planes and vehicles... So I never get hooked to it...

[TRiFFiD]

[Lisa]

Have you tried forgotten hope ?

[Andruil]

With so few people playing these days its a bit repetitive. 75% of servers are running wake and for every plane theres 5 players who think they deserve to fly them so even if you enjoy the infantry or armor side of things the rest of your team is hanging round the runway most of the time

Alot of the people still playing will prolly head over to bad company next week when it releases, i would have jumped on it myself but my PC is so underspecced it wont even load the BF Bad Company website!

[Ra`]

it wont even load the BF Bad Company website!

LOL

[Will Munney]

What server you playing on Gober?

I have been playing Project Reality too & it's not bad.

There is very little in the way of planes, but some maps do have choppers but they are more for ferrying people to destinations.

I like the fact that you need to be in a team to take the objectives with this Mod.
Bleed out is a good feature along with the recoil.

Willy

Edit: Damn Triffy up to his usual tricks again.

[smegma]

Hey Guy's.... any of you got BF bad company 2 ?? if so what servers are you playing on... love to have a game with a SLAKER agian.... i miss the old CS days and BF2 days

[Binky]

I do, and Im liking it. My ign is, very creatively, [OSOK]Binky. I usually play on the 3FL servers, but that all depends on the *shudder* in-game browser.
What is it about Battlefield and their browsers? They are so abysmally awful that I think they hired a monkey to do that bit. Or possibly a PGK'er...

[Frosty]

What is it about Battlefield and their browsers? They are so abysmally awful that I think they hired a monkey to do that bit. Or possibly a PGK'er...

Glad to see im not the only one that thinks this..... Im running around, osokfrosty - add me to the in game friends list, if its working properly....

[themadmilko]

I play as..... madmilko

PGK Requiem is.... Requiem303

one very very frustrating game at times - but I keep going back.
do you bonus points for RAGE quits? = only part I excel at........

[Sedativejam]

Playing BC2 as sedativejam

Twice now Ive played and unlocked quite a bit of stuff only to find it didnt update to my thingy... So annoyed!

I usually just join a random server with people in it...

[Sedativejam]

Perhaps we could ask for a BC2 SLAK server in place of the L4D2 Server.

[Reaver]

Back when Modern Warfare 2 was released for the PC, all hell broke loose because Infinity Ward had abandoned a long-standing tradition of dedicated server support for PC-based games. In short, PC games of old allowed anyone to setup and host a multiplayer server, a great convenience that allowed for custom maps and mods.

Infinity Ward suffered a PR nightmare from which they refused to budge. In turn, sales of Modern Warfare 2 were not in line with expectations. Seeing an opening, DICE, developers of Battlefield and the forthcoming Bad Company 2, issued forth press-releases in the hopes of taking advantage of the ill-will.

An example:

A lot of buzz has been floating around the internet lately about dedicated servers and we wanted to make sure our all our players have the best understanding of how Battlefield will be played on the PC. Since Battlefield 1942 DICE has used dedicated servers for all platforms. This formula has worked well, and still works well, for us and for the gaming community. We have stayed true to this practice and will continue this tradition into the upcoming title Battlefield Bad Company 2.

Other games use player-hosted or ‘peer to peer’ solutions, often resulting in a “host with the most” situation; where the player hosting the match has an advantage over other players connected to their game. Everyone else is dependent on the host’s internet connection and if they don’t have a great connection neither will you regardless how great of an internet you have. Also, unless server migration is implemented the game ends when that hosting player quits the game forcing you to find another player-host or start your own. With dedicated servers everyone gets non-stop action with no connection penalties based on some other player and their internet. This makes dedicated servers the best solution for online PC gaming hands down! So rest assured PC players, Battlefield will stay true to its roots offering dedicated servers to all its players and continue the tradition of the ultimate FPS gaming experience!

Now many believed this meant that anyone could host a dedicated server, but the reality isn’t so cut-and-dry. Yes, Bad Comapny 2 will support dedicated servers, but you will pay a small fee to rent this server from DICE-approved partners. Not quite the open-environment I was hoping for.

According to Eurogamer:

DICE has told Eurogamer there is “no profit” made from forcing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 players to rent dedicated servers instead of building their own.

Producer Gordon Van Dyke said files the community needs to build dedicated servers are being withheld in order to “protect the game’s integrity on PC”.

“This does not earn DICE a profit,” BFBC2 Van Dyke told us. “But we will see where the game goes and support it post launch.”

Right now the only way to host a private dedicated server is by renting from one of DICE’s authorised hosts. These, Van Dyke added, have already been picked in “all major regions of the world”.

This is a first for the Battlefield series, as Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 both supported community members building and hosting their own dedicated servers.

So can dedicated servers be hosted without paying???

[Thera]

judging from that.. no :/

[Binky]

It looks like not, Reavs
After a bit of looking, about the best price/service for a 32-slot server is $36/mth from Hypernia.
I have no idea if thats good or not, but unsurprising, Telstra/Bigpuddle supplies the same for about $70 (down from $90)... who does their marketing and why havent they been sacked yet?

[[SLAK]ten]

Signed up for duty today, [SLAK]Ten unsurprisingly