Excited NooB with Questions

[joecacti]

Good Day all! I'm so excited by this game, I got it when I anticipated getting a new monitor for Christmas, and have been so pumped about it that I upgraded my rig to 2 gigs of memory and a new 9550 256 meg ATI graphics card... Got my box all tweaked too (tweakguides.com = the shizz) It just looks awesome, and the number of things you can do in game is great, and the squad/commander aspect is sweet too...

I've waited to post because even though I had so many questions, I figured I could answer them myself after some time... Even so, there are some things I still am trying to figure out:

1) Medic: I try to use the shock paddles, but they don't seem to work very often. Even if I crouch over the guy or get prone, it seems that only 1 out of 5 or 6 actually revive...

2) My name: I chose 'one_moron' (long story), but now I'm thinking on changing it... Is there a way to change your in game name without starting all over in terms of rank?

3) General Gunnery: Theres times where I'm prone with full health, and start pumping lead into some dude coming around the corner, but he still frags me first... What gives? Do some classes have more armor than others?

4) MORE! Any good links to strategy guides I may have missed? Specifically, basic (I mean really basic) Helo and Fighter Plane guides? At first I thought airpower/artillery was way too strong in this game, but now I know just stay out of base areas and you should be fine...

W00t! Can't wait to play again!

[barz26]

Re: Excited NooB with Questions

Good Day all! I'm so excited by this game, I got it when I anticipated getting a new monitor for Christmas, and have been so pumped about it that I upgraded my rig to 2 gigs of memory and a new 9550 256 meg ATI graphics card... Got my box all tweaked too (tweakguides.com = the shizz) It just looks awesome, and the number of things you can do in game is great, and the squad/commander aspect is sweet too...

I've waited to post because even though I had so many questions, I figured I could answer them myself after some time... Even so, there are some things I still am trying to figure out:

1) Medic: I try to use the shock paddles, but they don't seem to work very often. Even if I crouch over the guy or get prone, it seems that only 1 out of 5 or 6 actually revive...

2) My name: I chose 'one_moron' (long story), but now I'm thinking on changing it... Is there a way to change your in game name without starting all over in terms of rank?

3) General Gunnery: Theres times where I'm prone with full health, and start pumping lead into some dude coming around the corner, but he still frags me first... What gives? Do some classes have more armor than others?

4) MORE! Any good links to strategy guides I may have missed? Specifically, basic (I mean really basic) Helo and Fighter Plane guides? At first I thought airpower/artillery was way too strong in this game, but now I know just stay out of base areas and you should be fine...

W00t! Can't wait to play again!

1: You sure you're doing it right? The defibs are normally the highest in terms of accuracy. I know it seems simple but make sure it's your own guy and aim for their kitbag. Also people that have been artilleried or C4'd etc often cannot be revived.

2: You can't change your name only your prefix.

3: Assault has the highest armour, think support is up their aswell. Make sure you aim for the head and the server you are on as a low ping...other than that..welcome to BF2:)

4: Check this forum, there's loads

[alpha107]

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1) That's the nature of the beast (Shock paddles) I hit a good 50% of the time (I'm fairly new too) Plus, make sure your paddling the CHEST! Idk if it's true, but it seems to work much more often if your over the direct chest.
2)Nope, sorry man. You can add a clan tag, but as far as changing your whole name, a new account is the only way.
3)I don't think some classes have more. Plus, headshots, this game has been around for a year and a half so people are VERY experienced by now. Some weapons just flat out destroy others, In my opinion as much as people deny some weapons are just much easier to use. COUGH G36E COUGH
4)Look in the hints and tips section of Totalbf2, and use the search function, you'll find endless amount of strategy guides.
Hope I helped, and feel free to correct me on any mistakes, anyone.
Edit: YAH BEAT MEH :'( Yeah I guess there is armor :'(

[stilla-killa]

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i think if the guy is criticaly wounded i.e. shot in the head then they cant be revived.

Some classes dont have armour at all.

the only way to change ur name is start a new character

[vesuvan]

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4) MORE! Any good links to strategy guides I may have missed? Specifically, basic (I mean really basic) Helo and Fighter Plane guides? At first I thought airpower/artillery was way too strong in this game, but now I know just stay out of base areas and you should be fine...

https://www.secretsofbattlefield.com

Check out our site, it has a lot of good tips!

[|CBW|Simon]

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1) If you see a beating heart above the body, they are revivable. People artilleried, or who die in explosions cannot always be saved (He's Dead Jim). If you see them fall, you have about 15 seconds to revive em from that point.

2) To change name, you have to restart your rank and stats.

3) Support and AT have armor. Also, within 1/2 a second you have to take into account that what you see, what your opponent sees and finally what the server sees will all be slightly different than each other. He may actually have shot first but your computer just didnt' see it. Netcode and interpolation play a part in some of this. The other part? Were you doing a spray and pray. If so, that is highly inaccurate. Stick to 2 to 3 bullet bursts.

4) There are lots of strategie guides here in the TIPS section of each area. Also there are going to be other sites that have strategy guides as well. There is so much reading you can do, but only some of it will really matter compared to the ole Practice Practice Practice. Get some time under your belt and the guides will make MUCH more sense.

[joecacti]

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Cool, thanks for all the tips everyone... I think I may have been trying to revive people that have really been blowed up good, rather than just critically injured. I'll look for that beating heart. I guess I'll keep my name, and I'll work on short bursts and headshots. And gosh I wanna practice, but can't at work :hmm:

It did take me a while to learn to set mouse sensitivity up to 10 in order to pilot a chopper effectively, that's the type of basic helicopter guide I'm looking for...

Gotta say too, there's one beautiful huge China vs. USA map that runs the length of a river gorge, I wish there were many more tickets on there, that map could really be played for hours at a time it's so huge.

[troybob]

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that map you are talking about is either

http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planetbat...64_menuMap.jpg
dragon valley (click link for pic)

OR

http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planetbat...64_menuMap.jpg
Fushe Pass (click link for pic)

[|CBW|Simon]

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there are servers out there that will run the Dragon Valley map 24/7

A good set of Helicopter how to's are at

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=armydr

[troybob]

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there are servers out there that will run the Dragon Valley map 24/7

the "killer b" dragon valley server is well admin'd

[Ramirez]

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To question 3, about armor:

Assault, Anti-Tank, Support: Armor
SpecOps, Sniper, Engineer: No armor

[joecacti]

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Ooo, that explains it, I've been playing Engineer alot because I saw for a couple of rounds the highest scoring peeps were engineers...

The map was definately Fushe Pass on GameTimeKiddies, Dragon Valley is also one of my favorites, but Fushe Pass is just so vertical and involved... I think 2 teams could easily play on there for 600 tickets and not get bored.

I definately prefer servers that a) switch maps every 2 rounds, b) have a low ping, and c) have more than 50 players total...

[Nightf1yer]

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Welcome excited 'noob'
You have many, many exciting times to come. Plus some very frustrating time ahead of you
Its all good though, squad up VOIP up and i garantee you will have many, many hours of fun.
Remember, for good times communication is essential

A good commander is also nice. I remember last night, i was was squad leader, my squad was dominating, the commander noted this and followed my every move. He was in constant VOIP with me, and i relayed that to my squad members through VOIP. He was always looking over our squad and would tell me the exact location of enemys and such. He was not spamming 'spotted' but telling me like 'there is a guy prone on the stairs to your left'... that kind of thing... Well my squad owned the battle every time, we didnt even need anyone else. Our squad was 'leet' becuase we had this AMAZING commander talking us through our every move!

Long story short, team work rules.... Good commander, good squad leader and everything falls into place......
VOIP is the best tool in this game, believe ME

[imported_kill_harry_NZ]

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yeah same but i lick karkand and the pump action shotgun f**ken ownes lol thts why i havent unlocked the engineer unlocks

[Supermario]

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To question 3, about armor:

Assault, Anti-Tank, Support: Armor
SpecOps, Sniper, Engineer: No armor

You forgot medic.