Obligatory BC2 Patch Thread (opinions and that stuff)

[=MNKY=Frosty]

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Does anyone else think the new chat system is pretty bad. I hate to sound like an old fart dissing the game over and over again, but putting it in the top left corner with that horrible console type chat (as in console window, not a PS3/Xbox) is really ugly and you can't even leave the chat off, if someone talks, the big ugly bar pops up on your screen... then you get the mysterious translucent blue box...

I thought the old chat system was nice, at least with a console so you can see who has said what. Not an ugly chat system in the top corner :x

Also they nerfed the AT4 from 420 damage to 360 damage (same as RPG now), more proof that Demize doesn't understand balance. Clearly his thought was, nerf the tracer dart so now the AT4 is OP, must nerf that too....

[iQue]

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I heard the lag come from the procon tool admin but I have some doubts.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's because of that really.

[Infernalis]

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It's not a matter of ping, I'm playing on server with 25 ping (25 in the browser) and I have this strange lag. It really depends of the server, some work without any problems and some lag as hell. I deleted my BFBC2 folder but it didn't helped. I heard the lag come from the procon tool admin but I have some doubts.

[iQue]

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Haven't noticed any lag whatsoever, but I only play on TV2 servers pretty much, where I have a very low ping

[imported_Rafterman]

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So I see a large number of players complaining about lag problems with the new patch. I'm having some of the same issues. Some servers are unplayable, while others work pretty well, but there is still lag (micro-lag I've heard some call it).

For example, I was playing Arica Harbor and was sitting up on the hill by the US spawn looking down in to the town with my sniper scope. Saw a guy climbing the stairs in the tall buildings under construction (where the Heavy MG and Stationary AT are). As I'm watching him go up the stairs, he just freezes at the bottom of one of the stairs and a couple second later he's no magically on the roof.

Is there any solution to this problem? I've tweaked several settings and updated my VC drivers and nothing seems to help. It gets better, but it's still there.

I'm considering a re-install and hopefully that might help.

[Scinto]

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How can you make a absolutely **** map even worse?

Thats your opinion of the map, I actually like Arica CQ.

[RocketChild]

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Thats actually good news. Hope the next patch will do the same to CG.

Maybe a different thread should be dedicated to this question, but why is this good news? It is not like the GL is really that devastating in BC2. Back in the BF2 days, it got a very bad reputation for allowing someone to bunny hop and kill another player without splash damage harming the shooter. That was in the very early the games release. It was cleaned up a bit in later BF2 patches but still did not have the lessened damage, slow trigger switch to rifle and fuse timer that BC2 employs. For the most part, it takes a little bit of talent to use the GL now. I can't tell you how many times I've shot a wall, or hit someone with-in a foot of them and they turn and lay me out while I'm switching weapons. It is not that powerful.

It does provide a handful of cheap shots, but so does the LMG, a sniper rifle that is not sighted, the shotgun(s), or even a knife when a person is wearing a kevlar vest and helmet. And unlike the CG, you have to stop and think about ballistics arcs when firing at range. And even at close range, you are likely to miss the person only to have the round go flying past them out bouncing down the street. The frustrating thing about the GL is that often, when it does work, it kills the person so fast, they did not have a chance to duke it out. But really, most shots from a GL come from the back or side anyways, or from a distance, so there is really not chance for a melee exchange anyways.

[L-iNC]

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Arica Harbour Conquest has changed alot some of it made the map worse.

How can you make a absolutely **** map even worse?

[vanilla]

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The 40mm GL seems to not be as deadly as it was in the R7 patch

Thats actually good news. Hope the next patch will do the same to CG.

[Scinto]

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Arica Harbour Conquest has changed alot some of it made the map worse.

1. Below A there is now a large green container.
2. Below B & C there is a wrecked tank & transport truck.
3. The out of bounds has been moved back way to far as you can now take a dip in the sea and walk around the edge of the map getting to both major spawns easily, the hillside can be walked along without going out of bounds and allows you to sit further up and able to shoot into the main base on the hill.

I think Im going to have to look around the rest of the maps to see what untold changes there are :|:

[Vreki]

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So, they finally released the patch?
What has been broken or unbalanced this time?

[[Expletive Deleted]]

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Another thing with the weak text chat is the lag every time someone types something.
Lame.

[Beav=OTF=]

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Played around 5 hours tonight and I have to say that the lag is unreal, I did not lag this bad before the patch and a upgrade in video card. While playing me and several others noticed significant lag around armed MCOMs and some seem to notice it during the text box server message.
The 40mm GL seems to not be as deadly as it was in the R7 patch, plus the load in time to the next map now seems to take double the amount of time it did prior to patch. The knife registration seems to be a bit better, but not what it was prior R7.
My Ping on the OTF server ranged from 98-155 in game. Our server is 50 miles from my home and I have 26Mb Down and 3.6 up on Comcast cable.

Anyone else noticing this?

Sys Specs:
XFX mobo with Intel Avondale 2.2G Dual Core Processor
3G Mushkin Ram
ATI 4850 1G graphics- OC'ed 750/2400
Windows XP- Freshly reformatted.
Running HDMI to boot

[CptainCrunch]

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I hate it when they make changes and do not include it in the change log. I mean I guess they cant include every little thing, but I would think adding vehicles and boulders to maps would be considered changelog worthy.

Crunch

[MrChris_CJ]

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yeh there were some stealth changes, like quads added to one of the conquest map (was it arica?) some map tweaks like on panama and they tweaked the lighting on White Pass

the text box was a bit annoying tbh because if you want it you either have to have an annoying huge box or an annoying small box, at least provide the choice of having the old one which tbh I never had a problem with, I just turn it off now