1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

[Heartless_]

http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2005/10/bf2-patch-13.html

"So what is so good about this patch? Well it fixes a lot of things... and by fix I mean changes that were needed! First and foremost the requirements for each rank have been reduced SIGNIFICANTLY! I logged in and after a few kills I was awarded three new ranks."

Also I have some ideas for what else needs changing

1. Vehicle vs Infantry kills should only give the driver/shooter one point for the kill. I am sick and tired of matches where the gold/silver are just tank/aircraft wh*res.

2. Sniper rifles still feel horribly inaccurate 50% of the time and still are extremely weak. A shot to the chest or head area should = death.

3. Increase accuracy of support machine guns. Bullets should drop off at a shorter distance to prevent long range sniping.

4. Tanks should be easier to destroy... fewer AT rockets required.

5. Map balance... give infantry more damn places to hide so we stop getting raped by the vehicle wh*res.

[EB ..S8..]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

- The stingersite is ridicilous, i get a large number of teamkills now while there is not a single team plane nearby?
- Sniperrifle sucks bigtime now, you need 3 shots to the head to kill!
- BFHQ, were is the status to the next rank?
- Why the hell dont i get points for killassists anymore, i know i shot a person when his name lights up afther i shot him!

[ledbythereaper]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

Reinstall BF2 and then install patch 1.03 over the base installation.

[Musicalgibbon]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

1. Agreed. It doesn't feel justified when I'm getting them myself. Can still keep the reward for the pilot/driver though, that seems justified enough.

2. I've just about got the hang of mid-long range with the stock MEC and Chinese sniper rifles, so I know they can be used to good effect. The M95 and US stock sniper seem difficult to use, but I get the impression most of that is down to my lack of skill. I generally find it a bit easier if I play more as a mid-long range rifleman, always keeping pretty close to the action. Rather than sitting on top of a building 500m away from the enemy targets.

3. I personally don't have any problems with the light machine guns, and it's one of my most played classes. I think it'd become way too powerful if given a boost of accuracy.

4. Again I don't tend to have to much of a problem with this. If they made it too easy nobody would use tanks, and there wouldn't be such a great feeling when you defend a point from a tank as a lone AT.

[imported_Spuddy]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

What needs changing are all the bugs that should of been fixed in 1.03 and haven't!

[Heartless_]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

Only bug problem I've ever had with BF2 is the friendly displaying as an enemy...

Had a sweet knifing set up and it turned out it gave me a TK... was way too easy of a knife kill :P

[big_sammy_b]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

i disagree with all of the posters points except for the sniper one it would be good if a shot too the chest meant a kill.

The only real issue i have with the new patch is the fact the browser doesn't work.

[Drevor]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33907

[Yezo]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2005/10/bf2-patch-13.html

"So what is so good about this patch? Well it fixes a lot of things... and by fix I mean changes that were needed! First and foremost the requirements for each rank have been reduced SIGNIFICANTLY! I logged in and after a few kills I was awarded three new ranks."

Also I have some ideas for what else needs changing

1. Vehicle vs Infantry kills should only give the driver/shooter one point for the kill. I am sick and tired of matches where the gold/silver are just tank/aircraft wh*res.

2. Sniper rifles still feel horribly inaccurate 50% of the time and still are extremely weak. A shot to the chest or head area should = death.

3. Increase accuracy of support machine guns. Bullets should drop off at a shorter distance to prevent long range sniping.

4. Tanks should be easier to destroy... fewer AT rockets required.

5. Map balance... give infantry more damn places to hide so we stop getting raped by the vehicle wh*res.

1. No I do not want this to be true. Its a well known fact that vehicles provide more support and are a more valuable asset to a team than plain infrantry. They deserve the same treatment if not better. IF you didn't have a tank covering your ass when capping a flag with about 10 guys comming or are around you, you wouldn't stand a chance.

Without aircraft you dont have any protection against tanks. I just feel you've said this because you have been owned too frequently by vehicles.

[Heartless_]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

I thought the server browser was completely trashed again... then I clicked off all the filters and reclicked the filters I wanted. Works like a charm now... a lot better than the previous version.

Also about vehicles... great they are support! That is what they are meant to be!

What are they used for? Spawn camping and infantry slaughtering. Its bad enough it takes so many rockets to destroy a tank... 2-3 should do the job... not 4 or more. Tanks are damn fast enough to get out of an area for repairs.

Vehicles are great support and play into the gameplay, but vehicles get the MAJORITY of the points and the medals on the maps. Reducing their points earned per kill to 1 would balance out the problem.



Added a new fix too!

Enemies should not get a warning when their vehicle is near a landmine! Either they see it or they don't!

[FFSConman]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

All in all the patch was just ok.

Vehicles/armor are fine when it comes to taking damage. Although two AT rockets should be enough to take a tank out.

I would like to see a new kit created which would include stinger missles.(Not going to happen) The AA still does need to be improved slightly to counter fighters/bombers. The helo's still can take way too much damage IMO. One tank shell should take out any helo.

The server browser is bjorked but I like the favorites option. To get my browser to work properly I unchecked all the map size boxes.

The new ranking system is fine as well. It keep my interest in playing.

Sniper rifle accuracy is also fine. Any greater and that's all anybody would play.

I would like to see the C-4 cars and the C-4 in general adjusted along with AT mines. Being able to through them any great distance is slightly out of whack IMO.

So, again the patch was for me a lateral move rather than an inprovement. It does some good things and makes some things worse.

[Berrern]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

http://hgamer.blogspot.com/2005/10/bf2-patch-13.html
2. Sniper rifles still feel horribly inaccurate 50% of the time and still are extremely weak. A shot to the chest or head area should = death.

They should be more accurate, yes, but not more powerful. A headshot kills now, and a chest shot with the M95 leaves 2 bars of health.

3. Increase accuracy of support machine guns. Bullets should drop off at a shorter distance to prevent long range sniping.

Perhpas the accuracy should be improved slightly for the standard Support guns, but for the PKM it's quite nice now imo.

4. Tanks should be easier to destroy... fewer AT rockets required.

It only takes 2 rockets for a tank to blow up (not set it on fire, but blow directly). Maybe 3 rockets if you're unlucky and miss slightly on one of the shots. That's all fine to me.

[MiniMizer]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

Inner-vehicle communication.

[dyslexixboy]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

fix the bugs then worry about tweaking the game

[Drevor]

Re: 1.3 patch comments... and what 1.4 needs to have!

Inner-vehicle communication.

proximity communication + a HUGE speaker icon above the persons head so you know whos speaking
(yeah, I know that the name is displayed in the lower left .. but that doesnt allow you to fast identify where that person is.)