pardon my ignorance .....

[namvet70]

why does the basic sniper rifle move up and down.....none of the sniper rifles in BF2 do this ...extremely annoying. this is supposed to be hi tech futuristic.. etc. etc.

why sometimes am i on ranked servers and everybody is ranked private...

why am i on ranked servers and some of the unlocks are not showing on my kit, as they do on other servers ( nades for instance )

on some ranked servers i am in limbo when i die for 5 seconds or so and then

when i respawn on them i am dropped from what seems like 5,000 ft...

why is the arty in this game so ineffective. as commander i have watched 2 or 3 enemy walk right thru it in an open field, unscathed...

why does the "emp strike" employed by the commander have such a limited range.. unless it is dropped right on a mech or tank........

why aren't the uniforms different enough, so at close range you can tell them apart ?

why do i keep getting the all informative message "ERROR" when trying to get on a server..sometimes 3 or so times and then it connects, sometimes never does ?

inquiring minds want to know ! lol


Larry

[Alaz]

Sniper rifles are much more accurate in 2142 compared to BF2, so they added the sway to make it harder, to balance it out a bit. Overall, 2142's snipers are more deadly imo then BF2's.

You respawn in the air in a pod when you're spawning on a squad leader spawn beacon.

Arty in this game or Orbital bombardment is meant as an area denial weapon, many people were annoyed with instantly dying to arty in BF2. The Orbital bombardment lasts longer and works well in conjunction with the EMP strike.

EMP strike has a small area of effect true, but its fast to fire so you just have to learn where to stick it. Even better if your target has stopped for a moment.

If you can't tell the difference between uniforms then the problem is at your end, the only time i have even a little bit of trouble is when a team mate of mine has picked up an enemy kit, giving him some of their uniform. Standard uniforms are easy enough to identify if you've got the eyes to see them :p.

No idea about the rest, but feel free to blame EA :p

[Leemus]

Im guessing that they added sway into sniping to A. make it more realistic. and B. So we can be dazzled by the gruber stabalizer.

When you get dropped from "5,000" ft are you in a pod as you do so? This is you spawning at a squad beacon and the drop is just much cooler than materialising out of thin air.

As for the Arty im guessing that they wanted to make it not just an "Omg I click here and win at internets LAWL!" manouver.

Only time i have trouble with identifying enemys is when theres an enemy close to me and a friendly somewhere behind him and i can see friendlies tag above him and i promptly get snapped. (They need to lover the player names a tad imo)

And there are some disconnect etc. bugs going round at the moment and that's about all i
know.

Edit: Hmm seems above poster beat me to it.

[Fireflyfilms]

why does the basic sniper rifle move up and down.....none of the sniper rifles in BF2 do this ...extremely annoying. this is supposed to be hi tech futuristic.. etc. etc.

Balance. Note how powerful the snipers were in BF2 due to no (realistic) swaying.

why sometimes am i on ranked servers and everybody is ranked private...

Maybe due to the fact that everyone on that server is new?


why am i on ranked servers and some of the unlocks are not showing on my kit, as they do on other servers ( nades for instance )

Could be a no unlocks server, to keep the balance and to keep the competition down to skill rather than gear.


on some ranked servers i am in limbo when i die for 5 seconds or so and then

when i respawn on them i am dropped from what seems like 5,000 ft...

Bugs, and if you choose to spawn on a squad beacon, you'll be podded down.

why is the arty in this game so ineffective. as commander i have watched 2 or 3 enemy walk right thru it in an open field, unscathed...

Note how powerful and unstoppabe arty was in BF2. This arty is designed to take out the slow moving powerful vehicles (Tanks and APCs) rather than infantry, which the commander should assign his/her infantry to.

why does the "emp strike" employed by the commander have such a limited range.. unless it is dropped right on a mech or tank........

that's the point, for it to take out the one baseraping mech or tank or APC.


why aren't the uniforms different enough, so at close range you can tell them apart ?

Upp your graphical settings, or get glasses. They are easy to tell apart.

why do i keep getting the all informative message "ERROR" when trying to get on a server..sometimes 3 or so times and then it connects, sometimes never does ?

inquiring minds want to know ! lol
Larry

Could be a crap server, or the Master Server stuffing you up.


-FFF

[古強者死神]

My secret for the unforms: the guys with the orange are the "ugly people" and the guys in the cool stealth black are the "cool guys" soon as I determin wich team I am on when fighting in an area with both friendly and enemy I just remind myself

"kill the ugly guys or kill the cool guys" LOL it works for me!

[steelfallenangel]

Yea but even that orbital bombardment can sometimes do jack Droped it right on a APC and Tank right next to eachother and didnt even send them smoking Thought it might be that they were both engee but wasnt the case

[Kaishu]

^^

Nice technique :)


As for the sniper sway thing, I've always said since playing BF2 that I would prefer sway instead of inaccuracy on the rifles part. With the risk of getting into a whole 'realism' debate [which I hate on this and the totalBF2 forums], surely it makes sense that when looking through the scope of a rifle it would sway [due to your body moving slightly] rather than the rifle taking a few seconds before it becomes accurate, dont you agree? I hated it when playing BF2 that I would bring up my scope, line up a headshot quickly but have to hold it there a little while before the mystery accuracy counter would count down. Whatever Im aiming at should be what I hit, ergo, I'd prefer my rifle to sway and hit where the reticule is as opposed to being slightly off target with no indication why

[Kaishu]

PS.

Sorry for the off topic rant as a 1st post *blushes*

Hope to see some of you on the battlefield when my copy finally gets delivered this week :)

[Sneaky Assassin]

If the ranked server doesn't show your rank don't play on it, as it will not record points and awards!

[teknochild]

My secret for the unforms: the guys with the orange are the "ugly people" and the guys in the cool stealth black are the "cool guys" soon as I determin wich team I am on when fighting in an area with both friendly and enemy I just remind myself

"kill the ugly guys or kill the cool guys" LOL it works for me!


lol lol lol

when im on the titan my biggest enemy is someone lobbing a grenade at me, so i figure out which team im on and think of funny wys to rem which im listening for, like in bf2 i always thought "kill the towel heads" or "kill the infidels"

lol

and for the OP you shouldnt even notcie the up and down swaying, that doesalmost nothing in preventing you from hitting your target if your ven an amateur sniper, if they put in side to side swaying though, wow would that suck

[Leemus]

PS.

Sorry for the off topic rant as a 1st post *blushes*

Hope to see some of you on the battlefield when my copy finally gets delivered this week :)

I totally agreed with your "rant" =]

[Kaishu]

I totally agreed with your "rant" =]

Thanks :)

[Sgt_Stu]

the Error message is due to "reserved slots" on the server so the server might says 46/48(2) players meaning there are 2 reserved slots so you cant join.