Hardcore mode in Beta. W T F.

[ThIrD-EyE]

So I played some hardcore mode in the bfbc2 beta. That was fun... for the Defenders. Of all the rounds of hardcore I played (I think it was about 9 or 10 rounds before I gave up) , the attackers never won a single round. Hardcore in Call of Duty 4 and Waw works perfectly fine, but in the beta of BFBC2 it does not. No, in the Beta it is more like "OMFG, everything is blowing up around me and I can't move or I will die and if I don't move I will die!" there is also "OMFG I can't live more than 5 seconds without being spawn raped by everything blowing up around me!"

In regular mode, I would say explosives are the main choice of weapon followed by whatever guns you happen to be carrying because the guns are all just so weak. In hardcore mode though, everything is almost too powerful so everyone is just spraying and praying and so you end up with a blanket of lead that becomes nearly impossible to get through unless you have extremely good cover or are in a tank.

I play nothing but hardcore mode in Cod4/WaW, I love it, I have no problems at all, but of what I have experienced in the Beta, has completely turned me off from the idea of hardcore mode for BFBC2. Flame me all you like, I'm expecting it, currently though, hardcore mode is just nothing but an exercise in frustration.

[troybob]

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I wouldn't judge HC yet. I think it will be a great mode for some players.

But HC wasn't supposed to be included in the beta. Some savvy server admins figured it out.

I doubt it's polished. I mean the mounted MG's don't have crosshairs.

[[Expletive Deleted]]

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It makes the tracer gun really hard to use. You don't really aim down the sights with it, so the lack of crosshairs means you just have to guesstimate.

[WolfAlmighty]

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I wouldn't judge HC yet. I think it will be a great mode for snipers.

Fixed.

[ReaperOfsouls]

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I was never a fan of Hardcore in CoD4 or WaW, and am not in BFBC2.

I just hope that BFBC2 does not turn out how CoD4 and WaW are now, the majority of the servers being hard core.

[imported_DaMaster]

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I was never a fan of Hardcore in CoD4 or WaW, and am not in BFBC2.

I just hope that BFBC2 does not turn out how CoD4 and WaW are now, the majority of the servers being hard core.

It's called options, players like to have options. Hardcore in MW2 was just retarded, you could shoot someone in the toe with an SMG and they would die. I haven't been able to see what HC is like in BFBC2 as without filters it's hard to find a server.

Either way, options are good. What one player may not like another may, no need to limit the options.

[ThIrD-EyE]

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I'm not exactly judging hardcore for retail based on my experience with the beta, but it is an indication of how it will be. That is what really why I'm worried about and frustrated with hardcore mode.

I forgot to mention it but when using the grenade launcher with the assault class in hardcore mode. The iron sight doesn't work so you can't accurately aim your 40mm nades. This could be one of the reason I saw very few people using it and instead spraying their rifles at anything that moves.

[Rambo]

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Game should be HC weapon power std! not 30 bullets to kill or 3 sniper hits(body),even taking me 5-10 pkm shots or more Grrr

Lack of ironsight in the game means the mode is a fat fail!,way people camp and power of weapons makes game play suck

[ShadowX8001]

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I really like HC. It's fun and mor realistic, and although I havnt played it long, it seems MUCH slower. people seem more afraid to move. It is no doubt great for snipers. But snipers in a way must focus on each other or risk quick death, which means there is less time shootin at the infantry. I really like that there is NO killcam. Killcam REALLY ruins the game.

[Roamer]

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I like hardcore for the same reasons and unfortunately for you guys that like the vanilla version I'm pretty sure that HC will be the dominant mode of play for most servers as it is with WaW and CoD4. I think people that like the vanilla game must just be a vocal minority.

I don't see much spraying and praying either. Aimed shots still need two or three rounds to drop someone. I like the fact that the mini map is gone and that FF is on so that you just can't curtain an area with mortars while your own team runs underneath the same devastation.

[Minmaster]

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yes there is appeal in HC for some. my early online gaming days were with rainbow six, a game where you're shot once or twice, you're dead. i kinda miss the tactical style gaming over today's fire a whole bunch of bullets to make a kill style. it's the same reason i enjoyed HC in MW, not because it's easy to kill but because it's easy to die, the game becomes very different and your senses are heightened. it's altogether a different gaming experience if you ask me. it's more immersive, palm sweating and closer to what i would be feeling if it was actually real. laugh all you want but there is a place for HC. i don't care that all guns become deadly... that's how it is in reality ain't it?

now for BC2's HC mode... it leaves a lot to be desired but i guess i'll have to see when the game is done. i'm not confident that BF style game works well with HC because of the fact that infantry v infantry combat in BF isn't its strong point.

[=MNKY=Frosty]

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I don't what kind of terrible team you was placed with but I find HC to be a lot of fun, more fun that softcore (I like killing people with 10 bullets in the chest its fun NOT). If you never won on attackers/never lost on defenders then maybe the server you played on was full of people who like to get their deck chair and sniper rifle out?

[Minmaster]

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btw, everyone is calling it hardcore mode but didn't dice say it's "realism mode"?

[vanilla]

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I played HC mode on a low pop server. Made it empty.

[Killerus]

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hardcore mode = camp fest No thanks