My thoughts on 1.5 thus far

[=MNKY=Frosty]

Re: My thoughts on 1.5 thus far

1. The new map isn't bad as long as the american team doesn't suck and gets stuck with just their base flag, a team of anti-tank and support can pretty much win the game by destroying all the APC's and Boats that come their way (APC's take like 3 hits). I was wondering what it would be like if the USMC were given Temple to start, this would mean semi-decent teams don't get steam-rolled at least (bads ones still will).
2.Not a big fan of Taraba Quarry and I only play OSS and Great Wall out of the euro forces maps really.
3. I haven't really noticed a big change in the supposed "amazing new hit reg". I still get frequant shots producing clouds of dust, and shots being "absorbed" by enemies. If anything I would say based on the last few hours of playing on the new patch that has actually made the hit reg slightly worse (but that could just be me).

Only good things to say really are the f35B - J10 balanced issues are a lot better, Prone shooting isn't by far as effective (it still works well at CQC though), and no more silly claymores deaths that could be avoided

I think they missed something though, they forgot to rename the medic to the Juggernaught.

[imported_kiwi]

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1. New maps are a joke
2. Hitreg is better at least for low pingers, TV is dominating (well it kinda were already but now it's even more)
3. Looks like PB still does not like fast computers because you get kicked after map change with unmodified content.
4. F35 moment of fame, pay back time J10 good bye :)

[Rob848]

Re: My thoughts on 1.5 thus far

I'm very pleased so far... A+

Everything seems to run smoother, maybe that's all of my 4 gigs of RAM being used. Hitreg definitely seems noticeably better, the new maps all seem cool and are a great change of pace, and there are a ton of servers and players online right now.

[MatTheCat]

Re: My thoughts on 1.5 thus far

Bullet points...

1 - The new map sucks
2 - Taraba Quarry is in dire need of helis. I'll settle for Littlebirds.
3 - The hit registration is still completely unacceptable. (1) would be ok if (3) wasn't a problem.


I'm hoping the low ping servers are going to fill up a lot more and play something other than Operation New Shiny Piece of Crap. Until then, back to L4D and COD4.

1) I only played it once last night just too see how it was and thought it looked rather interesting...

BUT

3) Yes, it seemed the hit registration in this map was wayyy off....I was like rattling guys with my PKM and then F2000 and getting no registered hits whatsoever (in situations where 1000+ hours BF2 gaming experience tells me that my target should have been dead). Is this only an issue with this map or wot?

[iQue]

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I haven't had any reg issues at all (been playing a lot of Blue Pearl)... but weapons are crazy inaccurate as always

[System]

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That and the fact that the F-35B has more vulcan rounds than the J-10. I haven't had the chance to try out F-35 vs. J-10, but if what you say is true, I look forward who are truly good pilots or cowards who just flew J-10 for the J-10.

Bullet points...

1 - The new map sucks
2 - Taraba Quarry is in dire need of helis. I'll settle for Littlebirds.
3 - The hit registration is still completely unacceptable. (1) would be ok if (3) wasn't a problem.


I'm hoping the low ping servers are going to fill up a lot more and play something other than Operation New Shiny Piece of Crap. Until then, back to L4D and COD4.

:)

As an addendum, I would like to say that hit registration from Littlebirds and attack helis is still spot on, so I can count on the air aspect to keep me playing... until the servers empty up again.

I agree points 1 and 3.

The new map is crap, I only played it once and it was just horrible. Not to mention the sound seems to be messed up on the map when your sitting a top a roof and firing into the building floors - you dont hear anything and you move your gun up and you hear everything?

The hit reg is absolutely shlt now! i was assualt on karky with the ak-101 and dropped down to prone and unloaded an entire full clip into a guy a few meters away from me who was prone trying to kill me with his SAW as well. Like honestly, i understand there is a delay on accuracy but the guy was so close we could shake hands and it took a full clip to get the job done? stupid!

or another time im prone with the support gun and a guy spawns (as support too) not too far from me as im capping a flag n i start shooting @ him, no shots hit and he crouchs n brings me down to half life instantly?!!? the f? Again i found myself unloading way more ammo that i should have too and i had the iron sights on, was a PKM too - and we all know how that thing is like a automatic 50cal sniper on a 1-3 burst shot!!

However I disagree on Tab quary! I like it without the helis, and the map itself is pretty cool. as long as the jets stay about even you can have a really good battle going on the ground without worrying about some jerks hovering in circles above you blowing you up the moment you spawn.

That and the fact that the F-35B has more vulcan rounds than the J-10. I haven't had the chance to try out F-35 vs. J-10, but if what you say is true, I look forward who are truly good pilots or cowards who just flew J-10 for the J-10.

The F35 vs j10s is awesome! the lockon time is soo much faster now I dont know why those idiots @ dice/ea had it half a second longer to lock onto the j10 in the first place! the j10s dont seem to turn as fast judging by what ive seen from my enemies flying (havent tried it out yet myself) but they sure as hell dont deflect missiles in every direction nemore! was playing wake island n this noob thought he could rape the carrier like in the dark ages and jus pretty much ignored me behind him, only dropping his flares and still flying straight with a small twist to the left lol!! im so glad the j10 is doomed. Wake island will be fun now!

[imported_Talbot]

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It's not hit detection that bothers me, its the annoyingly non consistent bullet spread. Sometimes one burst is enough, other times you'll be unloading entire clips into someone head at 50 yards and not one bullet will make a hit, NOT ONE. I might be wrong, it may just be hit detection problems. However, to confirm to everyone that I'm not just idly whining, someone was shooting at me for the better part of 5 seconds while I was stationary and failed to kill me despite hearing the bullet hit impact sound.

This problem does not exist with 2142, praise the "loaaaard" for 2142.

[Kylee!]

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I agree points 1 and 3.

The new map is crap, I only played it once and it was just horrible. Not to mention the sound seems to be messed up on the map when your sitting a top a roof and firing into the building floors - you dont hear anything and you move your gun up and you hear everything?

The hit reg is absolutely shlt now! i was assualt on karky with the ak-101 and dropped down to prone and unloaded an entire full clip into a guy a few meters away from me who was prone trying to kill me with his SAW as well. Like honestly, i understand there is a delay on accuracy but the guy was so close we could shake hands and it took a full clip to get the job done? stupid!

*snip*

Hahaha, someone got owned by the prone delay.

Either that or you weren't playing on a low ping server.

[KINGDarkyDizzle]

Re: My thoughts on 1.5 thus far

Got over 500kb/s on filefront. AS for the patch I love it so far. Playing at my monitors native res looks awesome. Before it would screw with all my settings as I run dual monitors. Now it's perfect. I for 1 loved the new map. The fog is a bit much when sniping from the towers though.

[Soldat]

Re: My thoughts on 1.5 thus far

What about the F35 vs J10 argument? Has their been parity achieved or is it just the same old same old?

[MrChris_CJ]

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I was on Wake earlier (forgive me) and in the F35, the missiles actually worked on the J10, losing the lock works as it should but they hit the dam thing, as does other AA like stingers etc

The J10 dominance is at an end I bleev

[DurhamBULL]

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I agree points 1 and 3.

The new map is crap, I only played it once and it was just horrible.

The F35 vs j10s is awesome! the lockon time is soo much faster now I dont know why those idiots @ dice/ea had it half a second longer to lock onto the j10 in the first place! the j10s dont seem to turn as fast judging by what ive seen from my enemies flying (havent tried it out yet myself) but they sure as hell dont deflect missiles in every direction nemore!

My clan switched from a near dead Dragon Valley server to an IO Blue Pearl server and it's been full ever since. Apparently a lot of people love it. I actually don't care for Blue Pearl. I was excited about the changes to the TV camera but now I'll have to go play DV somewhere else to enjoy it. Pity.

As for the J-10 the two times I did fly it it seemed slower in turns as you said making it harder to evade the F-35. This is why I said in a previous message that good F-35 pilots are going to friggin' pwn the J-10.

[WolfAlmighty]

Re: My thoughts on 1.5 thus far

I still got instaprone instakilled by a guy with a P90 on Kubra, but I also saw lots of failed instaprone attempts as well. Hitboxes did seem better, but holy hell was it laggy tonight, brutally so at the start of a round. Hoping that irons out eventually, but I expected some lag as 1.2 and 1.3 came with some massive lag spikes for the first few days too.

But what bugs me a bit is, and I'm sorry to say this Sloi, how the hell is a littlebird not brought to flaming with an AT missile? I've conceded that cobras, Z-10s, Mi-28s, and the other bigger attack helis are more armoured so they can withstand a shot, but those littlebirds are little lightweight dinky suckers, yet an AT missile only brings it to about half health? o_O For some reason I always thought that AT set the littlebirds on fire but it had been years since last I played AF. Oh well, the maps are so awesome it's really not an issue, just a wtf moment when I got a lucky shot and nailed one in mid-orbit only to have him finish me off and fly away for repairs.

[.Churr.]

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I was excited when I saw the news, but after reading from several people that they raped the helis ONCE AGAIN... Lost my interest.

WTF EA. The choppers were the only freaking vehicle nerfed in all patches...
- Reduced missile count (14 to 8)
- Reduced TV range (~600m to 450m)
- Weaker armor

Now jets and AA are buffed? ****, this is ********.

PS: Sloi I added you on steam. Let's play L4D mofo.

[ponton]

Re: My thoughts on 1.5 thus far

Played yesterday a bit, and have to say, F38 is killer now! J10s, beware
Hitreg is better (at least I can snipe effectively) but sometimes dust clouds can happen. Whatever. Maps are OK, it seems Blue Pearl will be 2nd Karkand.
Summary: 1.5 is great!