Battlefield 2 Booster Pack News

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.

• toggle

  Is someone from EA coming to your house and putting a gun to your head? No. Just don't buy the damn t... : MR 9000
  • toggle

    No, but this kind of content shouldn't be charged for anyway. This is pittly ass little stuff that has tr... : Gibson Cowboy
    • I didn't think of it of a market-wide thing - I mean I can understand other games charging for map-packs ... : 60days
    • this is just how the world works, as soon as bigger businesses get involved they try to make as much mone... : spdon
• toggle

  Why dont start charging for patches while they're at it... : swebarb
  • God, I should bookmark this post for later because you know it's coming eventually... except, they won't ... : SatansFist
• seriously. fuck you ea : proclone1

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 9 replies.

• toggle

  yeah, and you know what I honestly don't see it working out. people don't want to pay 9.99 for 5 mini gam... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • So we hope. But smacktards live how they play. : Vangoghs Ear
  • How could they though? They still haven't re-released all of the classic 1.6 maps, there would be an upr... : grandmasterlee
  • It depends...stuff like these BF2 booster packs aren't going to go over. This is shit Epic or Valve or M... : Vorlonesque
• toggle

  So far Valve hasn't charged for any add-ons like new maps. : Fred Garvin
  • toggle

    Didn't say they had (though now that you mention it, in some ways I feel that DOD: Source was sort of a b... : Vangoghs Ear
    • I paid Valve $60, but I feel like I've gotten 4 shelf games worth of content. Yeah, so that's around $20... : johngloid
• this much content was never free a couple years ago in the battlfield series. i do not know why valve g... : ilem0n

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 16 replies.

• toggle

  I absolutely love the no shooting + jumping. Should've been in there from the start imho. I can see the C... : Halen
  • toggle

    this goes just beyond C4, think about grenades.. if you cant throw those while jumping, then yes it will ... : datim
    • toggle

      I don't jump when I throw nades so that doesn't bother me. If one doesn't do it in real life, then I tend... : Halen
      • toggle

        The game was designed so you could lob grenades higher/farther when jumping. Same with C4. And now they'r... : SatansFist
        • toggle

          It got real silly with the C4 though. I don't mind throwing a grenade farther but blowing a tank up with... : redfive
          • toggle

            Meh, I never saw the throwing distance with C4 as an issue... "across the street" seems pretty far for me... : SatansFist
            • the real good guys can chuck it far. Far enough to be in a tank and be aware of your surroundings and bl... : redfive
• toggle

  jumping and shooting ain't right. in the original it didn't happen because jump was such a terrible, glit... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • toggle

    Why not just make jumping+shooting extremely inaccurate instead of getting rid of it entirely? That way y... : SatansFist
    • toggle

      Have any of you guys played with serious C4 chuckers on Karkand? If that isn't out of control, I don't ... : awinnerisyou
      • toggle

        I haven't actually... care to describe it? : SatansFist
        • toggle

          People run around killing people with C4 like they were shooting it out of a fucking rifle like this: run... : Priest77
          • ive never had a problem with C4 throwers.. i think the people who suicide bomb are worse, and they really... : datim
• toggle

  I don't understand why they couldn't just allow jumping + throwing C4 or grenade while preventing any oth... : Bingo
  • I agree...it seems heavy handed or perhaps a little rash and thoughtless to just yank it out for all (if : Vorlonesque

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 18 replies.

• toggle

  Well... yeah. If you don't like it, don't buy it. This is the best way to show that customers don't a... : MR 9000
  • Which is what I intend to do: not buy it. This kind of content should be included free in patch updates a... : Gibson Cowboy
  • toggle

    You know what also might show them that people aren't happy? Posts like those in this thread and others a... : SatansFist
    • toggle

      I'm sorry. Why is this not acceptable? I don't see the commotion with the booster packs on Xbox Live. You... : deKaf
      • toggle

        When it's been the norm to distribute them for free and then they change it and expect us to pay for extr... : shred.
        • toggle

          *ding ding ding* Look, if the game was polished and bug-free (or as close as you can get) and they wer... : SatansFist
          • toggle

            I love you all over again. Come to the house tonight and let us make manbabies to the sweet, soothing sou : Ajax
            • When did you lose... that loving feeling? : carnivore
            • toggle

              Mmmm I feel some tingling in my private areas! : SatansFist
              • That's probably the Gonorrhea. It happens to all of us. : Ajax
          • toggle

            Having free content is nice, but it's not "the norm" and it doesn't make releasing extra content for a sm... : deKaf
            • toggle

              I'll take this point by point Having free content is nice, but it's not "the norm" and it doesn't make : SatansFist
              • toggle

                Point by point, only more randomized and less organized, and that ends my involvement in this discussion, : deKaf
                • toggle

                  When pointing out bugs I was more pointing out that the game was shipped in beta state, which is another ... : SatansFist
                  • It's 10$, for 3 maps and extras in the past the addons weren't that large.. I think I'm the only one on t... : evilwhitey
• toggle

  the way you phrased it - its not unlike warhammer 40k - they introduce new units and change/update the ru... : e v i l
  • With Warhammer 40k (and Warhammer and related games) it's more like actual sequels though. I mean there ... : Chris Remo

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.

• haha, just wait.. it will be. : datim
• Hell, it'd be the only MMO I'd ever even remotely consider playing. : MR 9000
• Yes, it's almost like that. This 'booster packs' ultimately will work in that way. : zehh
• They did, it's called Planetside. I was in beta for PS and i remember thinking..."why the hell would ... : vacous

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.

• Yeah, I love me some Forgotten Hope. That renewed the life of my BF1942, but they really should limit the... : pebui

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.

• Same here. Imagine if you had to pay $9.99 for a few missions and vehicles in OFP.. geez, my current inst... : Dslyecxi

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.

• "Grenade launcher projectiles now have a minimum time before arming" I didn't know about this one. Pr... : Priest77
• You missed one new feature of the patch: - Needs 5 gigs of free HD space on C: to install : DingoStoleMyBaby
• toggle

  All mines (Claymore, Anti-vehicle, C4) can now be picked up by the same class that dropped it by using th : Bingo
  • yes cuz he yanked the detonator unmagically : e v i l

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 8 replies.

• toggle

  What is the ip? I knew they had a cs:s server, but didn't know about a bf2 one. : shred.
  • Oops, reading comprehension -1 : shred.
• ah I thought I reconized that name, I usually play on WOLFs server as "CubsRockin" : PumpRock
• toggle

  can someone message me the IP? i always wanted to get in on a shack battle. i just never know the IP ad... : Korban
  • toggle

    Its not a shack server ... just a 64 person ranked pub. Dunno the IP offhand but its listed as Wolf Gamin... : johnny skidmarks
    • toggle

      yeah just remember, you can't type "wolf" and have it show up in the list as its case sensitive... So do... : PumpRock
      • i don't think i can type anything in the server search and have anything show up... : Korban

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.

• I play it on a nightly basis......alot funner than vanilla BF2..im having a blast with it...unlocking wea... : bling1bling
• I play it, but I also play regular BF2. No idea how well it sold, but quite a few of my friends bought it... : redwood
• toggle

  Nah, it runs with half the fps of BF2 and looks...probably uglier for the most part. The maps aren't q... : fad3r
  • lol not even close but nice try : kill9

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.

• Agreed. The way EA has been, why should we just shell out the money? : silverback1138

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 4 replies.

• toggle

  If you don't buy the expansion or the booster packs you can still play. That's the one good thing about ... : MR 9000
  • toggle

    Well, I guess that's better than making the server itself exclusive for expansion pack owners, but it sti... : zehh
    • The server situation isn't too bad now with the current expansion pack. Most of the servers seem to stil... : YamatoTwinkie

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 34 replies.

• lol @ INF : SatansFist
• Seriously. I have tried a few more times to get back into this game but that server browser kicks me in t... : rosewood
• toggle

  Use this. http://www.bf2al.com/ Its an out of game server browser, and works wonderfully without an... : r3ckless
  • I'll have to try this. : TheArtMan
  • that is awesome. I should have known that the BF2 community is large enough to finally generate a new go... : Luminair
  • toggle

    Why would EA waste any time building a functional server browser, when 1) other people will do a better j... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Why would EA make an FPS when other people will do a better job of it for them. They might as well take a... : mallrice
  • toggle

    This didn't work well for me. It crashed before even showing up! I had to get latest from CVS, build it ... : Function Pointer
    • I had to give it some time to breathe I guess. Please improve threading code :) : Function Pointer
  • is there an easy way to get this to filter between vanilla BF2 and SF? : empathe
• I agree with this YoYo. What EA is doing with BF2 is ridiculous. The patch team is so disconnected ... : Luminair
• toggle

  I've never had a problem using it, but then again I usually am in it for only a minute or so and I get on... : Halen
  • toggle

    I love when you hit refresh and it wipes all of the servers so you have to restart to see a list of serve... : SatansFist
    • toggle

      That's never happened to me. Refresh works fine--also loads the game immediately when I click and join a ... : Halen
      • toggle

        Good for you, but that doesn't mean others don't have those problems ;) : SatansFist
        • i have that problem.. : datim
        • Oh I would never say they don't. But giving a post like the one above an inf makes a huge assumption that... : Halen
    • toggle

      If the browser gets wiped and you can't get it to work again try removing some of the filters. Type somet... : armaduck
      • toggle

        Yes I realize there are workarounds but the point is there shouldn't be any need for them in the first pl... : SatansFist
        • toggle

          I agree that the browser should work correctly but it would be a shame for people not to play it just bec... : armaduck
          • Completely agreed. And I don't think anyone would be turned off by the game because the browser is fucked... : SatansFist
    • I've got this same problem. To get the list back, click on "Join by IP" (or whatever the button is label... : MR 9000
• toggle

  Is All-Seeing Eye no longer viable for BF2? I know there were workarounds for it when I stopped playing ... : ezanga
  • toggle

    According to ECKS the problem is on the BF2 side. While there is a workaround, it can not be supported. : TheArtMan
    • toggle

      I use it all the time when I play. You do have to hack the filters.txt but it does work. : redfive
      • I hacked them, didn't seem to work once I got SF thou : TheArtMan
• toggle

  so you guys call yourselfs PC gamers and you let an ingame browser prevent you from playing a game? are y... : ilem0n
  • Trolls are so squishy. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • toggle

    Yeah, real men don't need a server browser. We just keep typing in IPs until something works. Pussy kids ... : tigeN
    • mmm i miss looking up quake server ip's on stomped, printing them out and typing them in until i found on... : evilwhitey
    • He's got a point. All Seeing Eye, GameSpy, Xfire, Qtracker are all robust and can connect you to a game ... : monofurioso
• So true. : Daochi
• ^^^ Best post of the day : DingoStoleMyBaby

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 4 replies.

• die die die : Pneum0
• Long live Desert Combat!! : johngloid
• just go back to old school bf42 dc, there's still plenty of servers i refuse to buy expansions for bf2... : m4yhem

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.

• toggle

  By the size of their pocketbooks maybe? : shred.
  • toggle

    thats like saying mods split up the community. : ilem0n
    • they kinda do, but they're also very free and not $10 for 3 maps and 3 weapons : derelict515
• My thoughts exactly. : Fred Garvin

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.

• You know, I posted something the other day about the team bug not being that big of a deal... that was un... : SatansFist

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.

• What would be the appropriate address? I don't see a "contact" link on that community site : genjuro
• pass the glue this way man.... : Madwacker