Battlefield Bad Company 2 Clubhouse

[Black Haru]

flares will be an excelent addition to the tweaks they did to tracer darts. flares will prevent (in the hands of good players) the other team from easily taking down your transport choppers & even regular gunships. i'll probably log in to check it out if when it gets put in game but i am sure that's hardly going to make me play full on again.

+1 it is a bit ridiculous just how hard it is to dodge a tracer locked rpg. (and every man and his mother carry tracers these days)

 

[1Kurgan1]

how many times is someone gonna be able to attach a tracer on to your chopper? how many people carry a tracer gun?

The answer to that question is... all the damn time. I barely use choppers and almost everytime I have ever been in one I swear a damn tracer gets attached. And all it takes is 1, it's not like an AA gun, 1 tracer + 1 rocket = you are dead.

 

[Lionheart]

The answer to that question is... all the damn time. I barely use choppers and almost everytime I have ever been in one I swear a damn tracer gets attached. And all it takes is 1, it's not like an AA gun, 1 tracer + 1 rocket = you are dead.

Lol you are 100% right, I fly heli's all the time when I get the chance, your pretty much flying in your own coffin

 

[OnBoard]

I tracer the gunships all the time (and everything else that moves) but might leave the other chopper alone, as it's really hard to kill people with the minigun. So if it doesn't shoot me, I don't shoot it.

Faster tracer was really nice, but it also made it way too hard to fly. All it takes is one dart and next you see 3 missiles flying after the chopper. Before it was almost impossible to kill gunship, now it's almost impossible to kill anything with it

Now if gunship did less damage to inf (close to zero splash for gunner) and it was mainly meant for tanks, then it could take more damage. Main missiles should make more damage (and a bit more splash to inf), you should be able to fly higher (would make hitting infantry harder).

But all that doesn't matter at all as there is too few maps with the gunship at all. So unless they bring out a proper vehicle map(s) it can be what it is.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Well the Smoke vehicle perk removes the tracking dart, but it is not working for the Gunship. That gives you the option to break lock-ons and force them to dart the Gunship again. This would be much more balanced, if it worked.

 

[1Kurgan1]

I'm not sure about balanced, I just think over all there are much better choices for vehicle perks, unless your sitting waiting for a chopper, but thats a waste. I usually grab alt fire and try and get a bradley then take off.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

I remember when a single Gunship with a good pilot could rule an entire map with little help. Now a gunship would be lucky to live long enough to get a few kills. There are too many Gustov whores. You add 1 or 2 guys with the tracking dart and no Gunship will make it for long.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Ive never come across a 'good' pilot in BC2 - even me a guy who spent more time in the air then on the ground in BF2, I havent piloted a chopper once... I cant be arsed using keyboard/mouse to fly & the controls dont like my Logitech stick too much & having the stick on the table just to fly 1 chopper around that map that gets shot to shit in a matter of seconds is a waste of time, so i dont bother (personal opinion) but yes...I know how great it is to fly

 

[cadaveca]

Yesterday, in that stupid snow map(not the one in the demo), there's that downed chopper on the right side if attacking...


I got stuck INSIDE the chopper, by trying to jump on it. I couldn't shoot anyone, and it seemed like noone could see me...I had to leave the server to get unstuck.

Things like that shouldn't happen at this point in the lifecycle of the game. Balance issues...sure...game-breaking bugs liek hte chopper...NO!

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Ive never come across a 'good' pilot in BC2 - even me a guy who spent more time in the air then on the ground in BF2, I havent piloted a chopper once... I cant be arsed using keyboard/mouse to fly & the controls dont like my Logitech stick too much & having the stick on the table just to fly 1 chopper around that map that gets shot to shit in a matter of seconds is a waste of time, so i dont bother (personal opinion) but yes...I know how great it is to fly

I completely agree. My roommate bought a Flight stick just for BFBC2. I told him before he bought it, "Unless you are really into flight sim games, I wouldn't drop $60 a stick you will use 2 minutes a day." He don't listen.

I just stay out of the sky. I will stick to foo soldier work as the only thing I could ever fly well was the Gunships in BF2142. And even then I sucked at dog fights.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

the only thing I could ever fly well was the Gunships in BF2142. And even then I sucked at dog fights.

I lived for dogfighting. it gets my adrenaline pumping so much i get high

 

[DrPepper]

Ive never come across a 'good' pilot in BC2 - even me a guy who spent more time in the air then on the ground in BF2, I havent piloted a chopper once... I cant be arsed using keyboard/mouse to fly & the controls dont like my Logitech stick too much & having the stick on the table just to fly 1 chopper around that map that gets shot to shit in a matter of seconds is a waste of time, so i dont bother (personal opinion) but yes...I know how great it is to fly

I'm a good heli pilot and it is crap flying in BC2. In BF2 there were hidey-holes etc placed to pop up and shoot etc. It takes skill to be good in a heli and no matter how good you are in BC2 you always get killed easily.

 

[Black Haru]

the only thing I could ever fly well was the Gunships in BF2142. And even then I sucked at dog fights.

I'm a good heli pilot and it is crap flying in BC2. In BF2 there were hidey-holes etc placed to pop up and shoot etc. It takes skill to be good in a heli and no matter how good you are in BC2 you always get killed easily.

+1. I'm a decent pilot and I can't stay up in a fully populated server anymore. my friend (wildabeast240) was at one point ranked top 50 for 2142 gunship; BC2- can't stay in the air.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

speaking of which, I may just ditch BC2 & head back to jet whoring in BF2 lol. my hearts not in BC2 anymore....I want low n fast gun/bombing runs, dive bombing, & carrier raping!!

 

[lemode]

Ive never come across a 'good' pilot in BC2 - even me a guy who spent more time in the air then on the ground in BF2, I havent piloted a chopper once... I cant be arsed using keyboard/mouse to fly & the controls dont like my Logitech stick too much & having the stick on the table just to fly 1 chopper around that map that gets shot to shit in a matter of seconds is a waste of time, so i dont bother (personal opinion) but yes...I know how great it is to fly

I'll forever give Black Haru credit for being one of the best Pilots I’ve encountered in BF2, BF 2143, & Bad Co 2. The dude is basically the reason I got Platinum for choppers.

I only say that because you’ve obviously never had the pleasure of flying with him.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I'll forever give Black Haru credit for being one of the best Pilots I’ve encountered in BF2, BF 2143, & Bad Co 2. The dude is basically the reason I got Platinum for choppers.

I only say that because you’ve obviously never had the pleasure of flying with him.

no one on TPU has ever flown with me because I dont think i was part of TPU when BF2 was in full swing. I could toot my own horn here all day about how great i am at this or that. but none of you will really know if im good for what i say, & chances are you probably wont find out because not many TPU members play BF2 anymore.

So im gonna have to take your word for it. Ive got friends outside of TPU that would say the same thing about me like your doin with haru.


(not trying to be rude - I can see that this msg can be taken the wrong way if not understood correctly)

 

[Black Haru]

I'll forever give Black Haru credit for being one of the best Pilots I’ve encountered in BF2, BF 2143, & Bad Co 2. The dude is basically the reason I got Platinum for choppers.

I only say that because you’ve obviously never had the pleasure of flying with him.

thanks. unfortunately my skills are somewhat deteriorated as I don't fly much anymore.

I will say that in a gunship it is possible to dodge a tracer locked rocket (even multiple ones if they are from similar angles) by skirting REALLY close to buildings. this is much easier in the Russian chopper but possible in both. the issue is; with so many engineers, your not dodging one or tree rockets it's usually 5-10 within a short period (too short to recover)


my proposal: make the hellfire (pilot's alt. fire) also double as a flare. it would only work for one or two rockets at a time (and has ~11 sec reload) so it wouldn't be OP'ed and when deployed for this purpose it would be unlikely that you would be able to hit anyone.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

I have seen a lot of good pilots, but BF2 was flat out broken and completely unfair. Carrier raping and 1 dude dominating an entire game by himself because he is an Ace Pilot is BS and the primary reason I quit playing certain maps.

I even had the benefit of an Ace pilot of the BF2142 Gunship on my side before. I think my friend eventually reached top 100 with it and I have seen him pull off stuff that should be in highlight reels.

BFBC2 I do not fear air assaults at all. That is a bad thing. A chopper in the area should make some people panic a little. Now that I am back into BFBC2 everyone is leaving. I guess I have to go back to pissing people off to get more friends. Back to killing people with the Smoke launcher and blinding snipers with smoke from the UAV. Cause that is how I roll.

 

[1Kurgan1]

speaking of which, I may just ditch BC2 & head back to jet whoring in BF2 lol. my hearts not in BC2 anymore....I want low n fast gun/bombing runs, dive bombing, & carrier raping!!

Eh, 1942 DC mod was where flying was at, people go on end about BF2, but I didn't feel it was half the game the DC mod was, never got into BF2 and never will, just wasn't as good as I had hoped. Just makes me sad that it doesn't seem anyone here even played it.

 

[t77snapshot]

Hey wut up everyone,

I just installed BC2 and started playing the SP and tried some MP too. This game is sick and I don't know why I took so long to get it. Anyway I would love to join the club! I'm @ rank 1

 

[overclocking101]

still no patch??

 

[GullyFoyle]

The next PC patch brings both flares for the choppers, and improvements for the chopper handling. Also, the guy in charge of balance in BFBC2 recently had this to say:

twitter.com/Demize99: "@masterkjn I'm not seeing any huge issues now, tracer maybe a bit fast... but time will tell."

So, we may also see a slow-down in the tracer speed once again in the near future. It's just way too easy ATM.

 

[t77snapshot]

Hey is it possible to strafe while sprinting in this game?

 

[1Kurgan1]

Hey is it possible to strafe while sprinting in this game?

Nope, just got to rely on fast mouse turning skills. I know some people have complained, but it all comes down to it really not being possible. Guns like the M60 in combat use are usually ran by 3 men, it's just too much for 1 guy to fire it, feed the ammo, carry extra ammo, carry more barrels. So to expect a single guy to actually carry the gun, and be able to sprint is actually amazing, and to sprint while walking is still kinda amazing, but to sprint and strafe would be down right impossible.

 

[jlewis02]

Need the knife patch NOW!