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BF2 Newbie Questions

...of course, NOT enabling GameSpy and being ranked means you will never get to use the alt. weapons on servers. EA has banned for 1 month all those demo servers that enabled alt weapons and disabled the 12 min timer. :(

They've already got PunkBuster for verifying your CD key (those who played BF42 and BFV will remember that) and they always seem to release a buggy, half useful browser.

Just go to GameSpy and click 'Forgot Password' for petes sake.
 
that is weak man.... they banned all the servers i played on..

evidently all of them had the time limit tweak running..


so weak 12min matches..

I have half a mind to reverse engineer the gamespy login for both clients and servers and release an opensource version... maybe distributed as well..

i think it is bullshit what they are doing..
 
weebling1 said:
...of course, NOT enabling GameSpy and being ranked means you will never get to use the alt. weapons on servers. EA has banned for 1 month all those demo servers that enabled alt weapons and disabled the 12 min timer. :(

They've already got PunkBuster for verifying your CD key (those who played BF42 and BFV will remember that) and they always seem to release a buggy, half useful browser.

Just go to GameSpy and click 'Forgot Password' for petes sake.
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I tihnk when it comes to unofficial servers for the full release they'll be able to do whatever they want - meaning they could unlock weapons.
 
I heard somethign about being able to guide your anti-tank rockets by clicking your cursor in the direction you wanted it to go in, but this doesn't seem to work for me. Also, has anyone else noticed the weid happenings with the anti-tank weapons and the anti-air stations (on the ground)? The stinger missiles can take me out with one shot when i'm in a chopper, but today i shot an MEC copter with an anti-tank rocket from about 20 feet and it didn't even start smoking! I find that a bit weird considering it's designed to take out heavily armoured tanks, not bloody aircraft
 
Wally said:
I heard somethign about being able to guide your anti-tank rockets by clicking your cursor in the direction you wanted it to go in, but this doesn't seem to work for me. Also, has anyone else noticed the weid happenings with the anti-tank weapons and the anti-air stations (on the ground)? The stinger missiles can take me out with one shot when i'm in a chopper, but today i shot an MEC copter with an anti-tank rocket from about 20 feet and it didn't even start smoking! I find that a bit weird considering it's designed to take out heavily armoured tanks, not bloody aircraft
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I've noticed that damage can be kind of iffy sometimes. I was trying to shoot down a helicopter with the AA missiles and it survived 3 hits...
 
Since everybody's being nice to n00b's gonna chance a likely obvious question. Can you coordinate AI teammates in SP to attack/move away from a certain position using the squad functions as well? Also is there a command to warn teammates when you order artillery?
 
enlightenedby42 said:
Since everybody's being nice to n00b's gonna chance a likely obvious question. Can you coordinate AI teammates in SP to attack/move away from a certain position using the squad functions as well? Also is there a command to warn teammates when you order artillery?
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The artillery shows up on the minimap.
 
enlightenedby42 said:
Since everybody's being nice to n00b's gonna chance a likely obvious question. Can you coordinate AI teammates in SP to attack/move away from a certain position using the squad functions as well? Also is there a command to warn teammates when you order artillery?
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In the commander hud screen, rt. click a squad and a choice "Move! artillery!" should come up. It alerts that squad that a barrage is inbound.
 
enlightenedby42 said:
Can you coordinate AI teammates in SP to attack/move away from a certain position using the squad functions as well?
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Yes, the bots to a decent job of following the commander's orders. They divide into 3 squads usually. I take the smallest and use them for defense and send the other two out on offense.
 
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Originally Posted by Wally
I heard somethign about being able to guide your anti-tank rockets by clicking your cursor in the direction you wanted it to go in, but this doesn't seem to work for me. Also, has anyone else noticed the weid happenings with the anti-tank weapons and the anti-air stations (on the ground)? The stinger missiles can take me out with one shot when i'm in a chopper, but today i shot an MEC copter with an anti-tank rocket from about 20 feet and it didn't even start smoking! I find that a bit weird considering it's designed to take out heavily armoured tanks, not bloody aircraft

When you fire your anti-tank weapon HOLD THE BUTTON DOWN (just like when your a sniper w/ bolt action to watch your results), the rocket will track to the center ring on your targeting recticle so you can follow moving target. Kinda hard to judge range so fancy loop-de-loops are unlikely to hit (but will practice anyway :D) But it does curve nicely into targets.

They do seem weak powered against helos (same as BFV) and tanks. But a clannie of mine got some 1 shot tank kills last night, gotta pump him for info and sweet spots :)
 
General anti-tank tip > the front of the tank has the thickest armor. If you are in a tank and are being attacked by either anti-armor troops or another tank, make sure you have the front of your tank towards the opponent. This gives you two, three, sometimes four more hits before you go kabloomie.

On the other end, as an anti-tank soldier, get behind the tank and shoot at the weakly armored rear. You will be MUCH more effective this way.
 
I am having a problem, In trying to set up my Air controls it tells me hat the control I want is already in use in the Air controls, but it isn't listed anywhere, I am trying to set up my gamepad to use for flying but the joystick controls for the analog right and left are already in use but there not listed, same with Helo setup.
 
Diablo2K said:
I am having a problem, In trying to set up my Air controls it tells me hat the control I want is already in use in the Air controls, but it isn't listed anywhere, I am trying to set up my gamepad to use for flying but the joystick controls for the analog right and left are already in use but there not listed, same with Helo setup.
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That's a bug. First replace the control with a character on the keyboard. Like the backspace key. Then replace that with the control from your gamepad :)
 
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