BF2 Patch 1.03 Details Leaked

[Stuxnet]

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?p=363039

BF2 patch 1.03
Alpha - 2 Sept
· Beta - 19 Sept
· Final - 23 Sept
· CQC/ECG Sub - 28 Sept
· Release - 3 Oct

Wake Island· In a surprise move, forces of the People's Liberation Army have attacked and captured Wake Island in a bid to threaten US lines of supply. USMC forces have been short-stopped from their deployment in Manchuria to respond to this new threat. The airbase on Wake Island is the lynchpin of the Chinese air threat, however it is highly susceptible to ground attack from either the northern

Compare Feature· By clicking the COMPARE button in BFHQ, you can search for another players name and load their current stats into BFHQ. Using the arrow buttons next to the name in the top-left corner of the menu, you can toggle between your stats and their stats. You can also load a player's stats by double-clicking on their name in any leaderboard.

Favorites/History· There is a new tab in the MULTIPLAYER menu that holds a list of the last 20 internet servers you have connected to, plus a list of servers you have selected as favorites.

BF2 Account Tag · You can add a 6-character prefix to your account nickname which will be displayed in-game next to your nametag in the scoresheet, in game messages, and above your player. This prefix does not change your account name or statistic information (e.g. the prefix does not appear next to your name on the leaderboards). You can change this prefix at any time at the account login menu.

Server Reserved Slots· Server admins can define a list of player BF2 account names which will reserve VIP slots on the server.

Engineer/Helicopter· Modified the rate at which engineer can repair a helicopter while sitting in the helicopter. It now takes longer for the engineer to repair the helicopter.

Vehicle/Control Point Capture· Only one person in a vehicle counts towards a control point capture. If passengers want to increase the rate of the flag change, they must disembark from the vehicle.

Vehicle/Soldier interaction· Improved physics of vehicles against soldiers so that soldiers are not as easily killed by moving vehicles. Bring on the wing-walkers!

Auto Balance· Auto team balance no longer moves the commander or squad leaders to the other team.

Point Farming· Limits placed on ability to point farm.

Rank/Awards· Criteria for gaining ranks and awards has been changed.

Supply Drop· The commander's supply drop now has an icon on the minimap and a 3D-map icon in the world.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: jbourne77
http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?p=363039

BF2 patch 1.03
Alpha - 2 Sept
· Beta - 19 Sept
· Final - 23 Sept
· CQC/ECG Sub - 28 Sept
· Release - 3 Oct

Wake Island· In a surprise move, forces of the People's Liberation Army have attacked and captured Wake Island in a bid to threaten US lines of supply. USMC forces have been short-stopped from their deployment in Manchuria to respond to this new threat. The airbase on Wake Island is the lynchpin of the Chinese air threat, however it is highly susceptible to ground attack from either the northern

Compare Feature· By clicking the COMPARE button in BFHQ, you can search for another players name and load their current stats into BFHQ. Using the arrow buttons next to the name in the top-left corner of the menu, you can toggle between your stats and their stats. You can also load a player's stats by double-clicking on their name in any leaderboard.

Favorites/History· There is a new tab in the MULTIPLAYER menu that holds a list of the last 20 internet servers you have connected to, plus a list of servers you have selected as favorites.

BF2 Account Tag · You can add a 6-character prefix to your account nickname which will be displayed in-game next to your nametag in the scoresheet, in game messages, and above your player. This prefix does not change your account name or statistic information (e.g. the prefix does not appear next to your name on the leaderboards). You can change this prefix at any time at the account login menu.

While this is great for people who aren't in a clan RIGHT NOW, it still royally screws people who have accumulated a lot of points/stats and have existing clan tags in their name...

Server Reserved Slots· Server admins can define a list of player BF2 account names which will reserve VIP slots on the server.

Better late than never

Engineer/Helicopter· Modified the rate at which engineer can repair a helicopter while sitting in the helicopter. It now takes longer for the engineer to repair the helicopter.

Sounds good... probably not easy for EA/Dice to evaluate the impact of having a medic and an engineer in a flying tank until it's been released to the masses, so I'm glad their willing to play with balance issues like this after the fact. No, I'm not being sarcastic.

Vehicle/Control Point Capture· Only one person in a vehicle counts towards a control point capture. If passengers want to increase the rate of the flag change, they must disembark from the vehicle.

Same as above

Vehicle/Soldier interaction· Improved physics of vehicles against soldiers so that soldiers are not as easily killed by moving vehicles. Bring on the wing-walkers!

Heard that before...

Auto Balance· Auto team balance no longer moves the commander or squad leaders to the other team.

Thank goodness. I hope that it's also intelligent enough to shift 'lone wolves' before it starts dissecting squads.

Point Farming· Limits placed on ability to point farm.

Not the most detailed explanation, but at least it's being addressed.

Rank/Awards· Criteria for gaining ranks and awards has been changed.

Ditto. I've seen a few people who are unhappy about this, and honestly, if I had 40k points to my name, it would probably tick me off a bit, too... but the majority of us don't have our lives to dedicate to getting to use the rest of the weapons. The rank requirements severely balloon after Lance Corporal, and it quickly becomes downright insane.

Supply Drop· The commander's supply drop now has an icon on the minimap and a 3D-map icon in the world.

I'm really happy to hear this... I always hate hearing "Supply drop at your position!" and not having any farking clue where it landed.

 

[spacelord]

Those will be some welcome changes. Most should have been there since launch.. better late than never.

 

[VIAN]

BF2 Account Tag · You can add a 6-character prefix to your account nickname which will be displayed in-game next to your nametag in the scoresheet, in game messages, and above your player. This prefix does not change your account name or statistic information (e.g. the prefix does not appear next to your name on the leaderboards). You can change this prefix at any time at the account login menu.

Stupid. You should have an account name and an alias that people see in game.

 

[blurredvision]

I like a LOT of those. Congrats to DICE and EA for listening to the bitching of the community. Of all the things listed here, I've heard them being bitched about at one pont or another. :thumbsup:

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: VIAN

BF2 Account Tag · You can add a 6-character prefix to your account nickname which will be displayed in-game next to your nametag in the scoresheet, in game messages, and above your player. This prefix does not change your account name or statistic information (e.g. the prefix does not appear next to your name on the leaderboards). You can change this prefix at any time at the account login menu.

Stupid. You should have an account name and an alias that people see in game.

Totally agree... their fix doesn't help anyone who already has a clan tag in their name. I'm not in a clan so it personally doesn't affect me, but a lot of people are going to feel kicked in the teeth if this is EA's presented "solution".


Also curiously missing is the MASSIVE bug where the server forgets who is on what team, and enemies appear in blue and friendlies can appear in red.....

While this is a very welcome list of fixes, it's far from complete. I know some yip will critisize me for "never being satisfied", but had the game been released in respectable condition in the first place, a bunch of us wouldn't be waiting around for a laundry list of fixes.

[edit]

And the EAX fix.

You know, come to think of it, none of the items listed above actually fix SOFTWARE PROBLEMS... they only seem to address gameplay tweaks and features that were missing out of the box.

That's pretty fscking fascinating if you ask me. Oh wait... EA doesn't release PATCHES... it releases "upates".

 

[JBT]

Seems like progress to me. I thought they were going to let u see who else is in a vehicle with us too???

 

[Stuxnet]

Even though this was never official, many believed that there was *some* level of credibility to the information... but EA has all but come right out and said otherwise:

http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.ph...6168&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60

 

[sandorski]

Are they gonna fix the Client Verification crap?