This game shall soon be in my hands. gettin' ungrounded soon hopefully. So I'll be seein' you on the Battlefield! (See what I did there?)
hey you should be ungrounded... what rank have you reached? and also to anybody else who reads this what rank ae?
Rank 12 atm. Its really slow ranking up. I already have the UMP, all the vehicle specs and every sniper but the M95. I love this game. Some much smaller and some much bigger maps needed. They're all midsize.
If anything, the maps should all be bigger. This is one of the most cramped BF games they've made. There should DEFINITELY not be any smaller maps, there's one small sized Rush map and that's all we need. The whole point of Battlefield is that it isn't a tiny arena for people to run around and rack up kills. Level 19 BTW. Vehicle and Assault classes maxed out, and almost got my sniper class maxed out (about 3/4 of the way to the M95).
They need maps where the shotguns are actually worth using. I liked the maps in the original BC. There were tons of wide open spaces great for everything, and then there were cramped little clusters of buildings great for close range people. It was a perfect balance. Now, theres only mid and long range areas, and it isnt as open. Theres only one or two paths to take to get to the next base and i enjoyed sneaking along the unused roads.
I agree that it's focused too much, the problem isn't in the size of the maps though. DICE has obviously made a (successful, IMO) attempt to appeal to the general audience without changing their core design. It's far more team based now, and leaves enough close range areas if you know what you're doing. Also, shotguns shoot decently far (closer range than anything else, obviously, but if you look down your sights with slugs, you can get some pinpoint accuracy, comparable to any given assault rifle). I think what they've done is a step forward, though I'd love to see a few remakes (D-Day and Iwo Jima...PLEEEEEASSSEEEEE). A few alternate paths would be nice, too, but the focusing was to be expected, considering the single player's direction. It's also not necessarily a bad thing, as focusing tends to also focus the intensity of the game much more instead of spreading it out to few areas. BC2 just feels much better than BC1 in that regard.
Focusing is what i dont want and what i hate. Sandbox is what is fun. Thats why BC1 was awesome and Halo 3 sucked. Shotguns work for MAYBE one kill. Then explosives blow the **** out of any cover you may have had. The only class without explosives is the medic class. What is needed is a group of hard to destroy buildings, so that close range becomes relevant. Most building clusters are made of wood and any cover is totally gone in one grenade or mortar.
Rank 16. I have maxed the Vehicle and Medic classes, while being 1 unlock (I believe) away from maxing the Recon and Engineer classes. As for assault, I just unlocked the ammo box last night. I'm not a fan. Being a helicopter pilot is awesome. It took me a bit to get it down, but now I can fly pretty well. I prefer the Apache, because not only do I get kills with it but a skilled gunner can get a good amount of kills riding along, something tough to do in the Blackhawk. I've found unskilled gunners are almost as bad for the Blackhawk as Heavy MGs and Missle Launchers, as they can turn 5 minutes in the air into 1 kill. But I try my best to fix that, by hovering low and rocking back and forth to avoid fire/missles. If it gets to risky, I just take off and circle the map for a bit. I try to set up my gunners as best I can, so if anyone's interested in playing with a decent (but improving!) pilot then send me a FR.
Are you guys kidding me!? Shotguns are useless!? The range on most of those shotguns are freaking ridiculous! The saiga! Don't even get me started, I though that crap was an assault rifle the first time i was killed by it. I was flying around in the Apache at high speeds and altitudes, shooting enemy tanks, and some dude with the NS-2000 comes and shoots me out of the damn thing! He didn't even have slugs on! I was WTFing all over the place!
Medic class! And the XM8 LMG is awesome. I have the two you unlock after it, but I prefer the XM8 + Red Dot Sight. It's a one burst kill with low recoil and high accuracy. Perfect. Oh, and you can heal yourself and revive teammates too. Awesome class!
My favorite two guns in BC1 were the UMP, the NS-2000, and the XM8 LMG. Not sure now. I got 700+ kills with the UMP in BC1.
Um...no. And I mean that I fire the gun in bursts. Not three shot burst like the FAMAS and M16, but why should I go full auto and ruin the accuracy? I'll stick with Bad Company 2.
Take out a building in 30 seconds flat and an mcom station in 20 seconds = C4 + AT MINE = WIN Self explanatory. AT mines have twice the range of the c4. Drop 6 AT mines and 6 c4's on an mcom and boom. Put 6 AT mines strategically round a buildings foundations and, umm, BOOM!