The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

[Tequila]

BTW, with all the talk about weapons recently, I would just like to add that now having unlocked everything I think the biggest game-changing weapon is the smoke grenade - at least for rush-mode, which is all I play. I can get into or out of anywhere with that. Completely takes snipers out of the game. Especially on offense, but even on defense, if someone sets a charge, I can get in and defuse it without getting sniped. Very handy and very underrated.

Yea, the 40mm smoke launcher kicks major butt. I'm also a Rush addict and smoke is a must for attackers. Much more potent and long lasting compared to the weak smoke nades in BF2.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

when people fly their UAVs to the mcoms and blow it up instantly, are they doing that by getting teammates put 12 C4s on it?

Yes, or better yet, if a whole squad is doing it they can get 18 C4 on it and then you dont even have to get right on top of the MCOM

Its definitely a pretty cheap tactic but at least UAVs are almost always snatched up by baddie noobs who have no business trying to use it and the respawn time for UAV takes ages.

Best way to counter UAVs is probably as an Assault with AN94 or M16A2 or as Recon with the T88S or SVU. The medic machine guns can be ok but usually the C4 UAV attacks come so fast that those guns just aren't accurate enough at the longer ranges to bring the UAV down fast enough.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

BTW, with all the talk about weapons recently, I would just like to add that now having unlocked everything I think the biggest game-changing weapon is the smoke grenade - at least for rush-mode, which is all I play. I can get into or out of anywhere with that. Completely takes snipers out of the game. Especially on offense, but even on defense, if someone sets a charge, I can get in and defuse it without getting sniped. Very handy and very underrated.

Agreed, I love carrying smoke grenade often in place of 40mm as an offensive weapon, especially after they nerfed the 40mm grenade blast. If you miss with the smoke grenade, it generally cause enough of a disorientating distraction that you can get away or switch weapons / reload before you get taken out. You're not so lucky if you miss with the regular 40mm grenades.

Another thing I've noticed is that the smoke grenades reload MUCH faster than 40mm frags, something extremely useful for throwing up lots of smoke screens or for when you're running around deep in enemy territory and dont want to stay in any one spot too long.

One thing I hate about smoke grens though is that I've seen them hurt my team just as much as help as it will usually be some nub just spamming smoke grenades all over as if he has no idea what the true purpose of the weapon is for or the tactics behind it, and thus ends up distracting our team more than the other. Its even worse when it happens as a defender and the guy ends up putting up cover for the attackers to run in.

 

[MrMatt]

getting started with the medic is BRUTAL. the starting LMG without any site is just awful. I play on HC servers, I may have to go vanilla until I rack up enough points for an optical zoom and some better guns.

 

[Tequila]

Wait until you hit about Lvl 23 or so...it'll take another 4 years to go up 4 levels after that.

Do the award scores take a hit at that point? That seems to be the biggest boost in gaining points over BF2.

Out of 359,433 score, my awards make up 191,090.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

getting started with the medic is BRUTAL. the starting LMG without any site is just awful. I play on HC servers, I may have to go vanilla until I rack up enough points for an optical zoom and some better guns.

I didn't think it was too bad.

You just really have to play a true support role for the first few unlocks before you can start to do your own thing. Find a player or squad that you like what they're doing, and just stick to them.

The medic machine guns are actually built for excellent support in that their extremely large ammo capacities means you can maintain a base of fire while your teammates might have to reload.

Just stay behind them and spray bullets at targets they're going for as well, you might 'steal' a few kills or at least get assists (make sure you're always spotting with 'Q' for extra points!).

If you're running around with anyone else that is also a medic, jump on any opportunity to pick up their kit should they die and start whoring the medkits (tons of points for healing) and defibs (50 points for regular revive, 80 points for squad).

And whenever you are using some level up medic kit (whether stolen or you've finally earned the medkit and defib on your own), just try and stay back from the action, try to be the last one to die instead of in the front of the group. True support medics tht throw medkits on injured teammates and defib dead players score a lot more points than combat medics.

And if you really cannot stand to use the vanilla PKM, you could always try using an All Kit weapon such as a shotgun or M14/G3/Thompson

 

[Tequila]

getting started with the medic is BRUTAL. the starting LMG without any site is just awful. I play on HC servers, I may have to go vanilla until I rack up enough points for an optical zoom and some better guns.

Hang in there. The M60 is well worth the effort I still actually like to use the Type88 once in a while, that 200 round mag is sweet for providing cover fire.

 

[Jeeebus]

getting started with the medic is BRUTAL. the starting LMG without any site is just awful. I play on HC servers, I may have to go vanilla until I rack up enough points for an optical zoom and some better guns.

best advice is to follow around another medic and wait till he dies. Take his gear and lay out some medkits for your team - you'll level up medic real quick that way.

 

[The Sauce]

I just had the most hilarious match. I started on defense Valparaiso as a Medic. We got wrecked on the first section. There was a sniper who was annoying me so I switched to recon to take him out just as they were getting the second MCom. I get stuck behind enemy lines and found the most brilliant sniper spot - behind the last building at the very back left corner against the water. As everyone was rushing the tower or piling up on the hill I was hittimg them like fish in a barrel. Single-handedly won the round right there with a score of like 32-4. SO...MUCH...FUN.

 

[GullyFoyle]

twitter.com/Bazajaytee: "BFBC2 PC patch testing for Steam compatibility is going well, they'll make their final call on Sunday and give me results on Monday."

twitter.com/Bazajaytee: "As long as they make their call in time. I'm hoping for Monday morning Europe time so we can do evening release."

twitter.com/Bazajaytee: "If testing for Steam says yes we just need to flick the switch, matter of minutes for it going out."


twitter.com/Bazajaytee: "As promised, here is the Inside QA video I mentioned I would show you - http://bit.ly/bu2XT2 if you want to share please share the blog link"

Video link to Bazajaytee's own blog site. He is in the video near the end.

 

[al981]

When and where did I say I get gibbed by the knife? I said I can kill an entire team with one. The knife in MW2 was game breaking, if you don't think so, you are an idiot. Lunging 4-5 FEET and killing anyone instantly, with no penalty is stupid. The fast moving perk, plus the knife distance perk, with a tactical knife made you near unstoppable.

And yes, I'm sure sitting on one spot the entire game not helping your team capture flags is a lot of fun for you...

if you're killing an entire team with a knife in mw2 then you're playing against a bunch of terrible players. at worst, the knife is annoying, but not game breaking. gunships are game breaking. and good luck shooting them down quickly against any competant enemy.

my post was also aimed at others who were claiming the knife in bc2 somehow qualified as game breaking. no. not even close. i browse the ea forums from time to time, and not once have i ever read the knife is "game breaking" LOL.

Also, as far as the no close quarters combat on BC2? Maybe on the scrub servers you play on, but on the ones I frequent: if you run out in the open (you know, not in buildings) you get killed pretty easily from afar.

owned in the open? you're either playing hc mode or you're taking terrible routes, and you should learn not to run in a straight line. i usually play on normal servers, and might only get nailed 5% of the time running in the open. if you're on hc mode, then taking down someone in close quarters with a rifle should be 100x easier than normal mode, completely nullifying knife. still fail to see how knife is "game breaking" as a few have claimed.

 

[MrMatt]

where's that utility to reduce mouse sensitivity?? I just got a new widescreen monitor so I thought I'd up my mouse sensitivity and now I can't hit the side of a barn with a tractor.

 

[MrMatt]

This game is NOT fucking fun. I love hitting someone with a grenade launcer in HC and having it register as a hit, and have them not die. Great, I love that. Fucking piece of shit coding. It's great stabbing someone in the fucking face and having them not die, then without firing a shot or moving it registers as you comitting suicide. Thanks guys, great programming you fucking fags. Seriously, how do you guys get above 1:1 for K: D?? I was at .85 and since then I've gotten 3 kills and 273 deaths. I hit someone with a full clip in HC, have it register as hits, and they don't die. There HAS to be cheating going on here. EVERY other game I've ever played I've been well over 2:1 for K: D and now all of a sudden since the last patch, no matter what weapon/config I use I I got 90 or so deaths between kills? really? How is that even fucking possible. There has to be something that is fixing the game against me, and others who must've played like I did before. I want to know who's fucking with me, and why they're choosing to ruin the game for me. WTF is going on here? goddamn fags

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

i shot a guy 3 times with a sniper, and 5 with a pistol and he ran off

you can't deny it, there is something odd going on...

 

[Worthington]

Don't you rage on this game on a regular basis Matt? One minute you are pimping pro, the next you are going 1:15 or something equally redonkulous.

are there some issues? Yes. Does it vary your KDR in a round more then a fraction? Nope. Frustrating? Hell yes when you know that dude at the other end of your sights *should* have been yours. But if you just went 3:273 (i'm assuming an exaggeration there but the spirit of what you mean is the same) then you are doing something seriously, seriously wrong. Don't blame the game.

*edit: btw, what is "every other fps you've played"? Because as far the Battlefield series goes most KDRs I've seen are generally inline with what they got in the previous games. Minus 1942 which was a run and gun, twitch gamers playground.

 

[Tequila]

This game is NOT fucking fun. I love hitting someone with a grenade launcer in HC and having it register as a hit, and have them not die. Great, I love that. Fucking piece of shit coding. It's great stabbing someone in the fucking face and having them not die, then without firing a shot or moving it registers as you comitting suicide. Thanks guys, great programming you fucking fags. Seriously, how do you guys get above 1:1 for K: D?? I was at .85 and since then I've gotten 3 kills and 273 deaths. I hit someone with a full clip in HC, have it register as hits, and they don't die. There HAS to be cheating going on here. EVERY other game I've ever played I've been well over 2:1 for K: D and now all of a sudden since the last patch, no matter what weapon/config I use I I got 90 or so deaths between kills? really? How is that even fucking possible. There has to be something that is fixing the game against me, and others who must've played like I did before. I want to know who's fucking with me, and why they're choosing to ruin the game for me. WTF is going on here? goddamn fags

Wow, dude, you got some serious rage issues. You know what helped my K/D ratio? It went up when I stopped thinking about it and just had fun. Ok, the gustav helped it a bunch too..let's see 330 kills from the CG out of a total of 1649..*cough* yea that's bit cheap. Still though my K/D ratio is 1.04 but it's something I don't obsess about. The only cheating I've seen is people getting kicked for using aimbots. I saw a bunch get kicked last week on one server.

 

[Tequila]

Because as far the Battlefield series goes most KDRs I've seen are generally inline with what they got in the previous games. Minus 1942 which was a run and gun, twitch gamers playground.

Well one big difference between BFBC2 and BF2 is that in BF2 the helo and jet jockies could rack up huge K/D ratios whereas in this game a helo has the lifetime of gnat and thank god there are no jets.

On a side note, I'm really loving that XM8 assault gun. After using the F2000 and AUG I went back with the XM8 because it is so smooth. Low recoil and a pretty good iron site make for solid medium range and deadly close range fighting. Trying hard to break the engie gustav addiction but it won't come easy

 

[KayGee]

Well one big difference between BFBC2 and BF2 is that in BF2 the helo and jet jockies could rack up huge K/D ratios whereas in this game a helo has the lifetime of gnat and thank god there are no jets.

On a side note, I'm really loving that XM8 assault gun. After using the F2000 and AUG I went back with the XM8 because it is so smooth. Low recoil and a pretty good iron site make for solid medium range and deadly close range fighting. Trying hard to break the engie gustav addiction but it won't come easy

LOL! I know what you mean. I'm up to almost 12000 kills with the CG and still can't stop.

 

[Worthington]

well, thats true enough Tequila. Good point. I guess I'm coming at it from a ground pounder's pov... or now that I think about it more from a 2142 pov where air was more transport. Most of the people I know have relatively the same kdr. Within .4 or so.

 

[TraumaRN]

So actually just started playing this last week, already up to level 4.

Few observations I've noted

There is something glitchy especially sniping that I've repeatedly hit people without them dying. I've seen the blood plume and nothing...even headshots.

Ugh base engie stuff SUCKS quite hard leveling with him.

And so far I enjoy conquest the best. With rush a close 2nd. Never was much for deathmatch.

 

[Jodiuh]

Finally started playing this and here's what I've learned...

Level's 0-3: Pure hell, life sucks down here
Level's 4-6: OMG I shot someone!
Level's 7-9: OMG I shot 2 of them!

 

[richierich1212]

yeah I like conquest the most as well. Never played deathmatch.

 

[DangerAardvark]

yeah I like conquest the most as well. Never played deathmatch.

I've pretty much been playing squad deathmatch exclusively for the past week and a half. I just wanna get in there and shoot some people, not hump all the way across the map and fight over a box. But the extreme paranoia I learned in deathmatch has served me well when I do play Conquest/Rush, and I can rack up a healthy K/D ratio even though I don't really know the maps or what to do.

Also, is it just me or is the AKS-74U one of the best guns in the game. SMG's in general are awesome because of low recoil and no muzzle flash, but the AKS is an early unlock which beats out the UMP IMO, because of less recoil and faster rate of fire. You can get headshots from a mile away with this thing because of how mild the recoil is. As Assault I use the M4 over the Abaken for the same reasons.

 

[richierich1212]

^^

True, I'll check it out sooner or later.

 

[minmaster]

yes the AKS is being nerfed in the upcoming patch.