gnarkill bill
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The Battlefield 1943 (XBLA/PC/PSN) Official Thread
- Thread starter Shard
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Can someone explain how the "call out" stuff works?
I was in the middle of a map on land and my character was screaming "enemy boat" and crap... Is that a glitch or what? I used to think it was when you're exchanging gunshots or pointing directly at an enemy but that doesn't seem to be the case.
I was in the middle of a map on land and my character was screaming "enemy boat" and crap... Is that a glitch or what? I used to think it was when you're exchanging gunshots or pointing directly at an enemy but that doesn't seem to be the case.
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. Aaaand connection lost
Fucking hell now two nights in a row it has gone down here at night, fucks sake I wait all day to play it and the minute I get home I get a tweet saying your're doing maintenance.
RAAAAAGE.
The GAF 1943 gamertag is full so if anyone wants to add me my Gamertag is the same as my GAF username.
RAAAAAGE.
The GAF 1943 gamertag is full so if anyone wants to add me my Gamertag is the same as my GAF username.
gnarkill bill
Member
VOOK said:
There's now a 2nd GT: GAF 1943 DEUX
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Rorschach said:
Absolutely! I think we are actually friends already.
DenogginizerOS said:Absolutely! I think we are actually friends already.
I think you're on mine as well.
Anybody on PSN that wants to play can send me a friend request and just note you're from GAF. Only played a few minutes since a friend was over last night and wanted to play a game with co-op so popped in Resistance 2 for the first time in a while.
Alex
Member
First time playing today, seems like they finally threw enough servers at the 360 version to clear it up.
Also seems like they fixed a couple bugs during the maintenance. Hope they can do a few more on little misc things. There's nothing huge just some squad annoyances on both versions atm.
Also seems like they fixed a couple bugs during the maintenance. Hope they can do a few more on little misc things. There's nothing huge just some squad annoyances on both versions atm.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
If not, send me a message and I will add you. I may be on tonight after 1030PM EST. Should be around this weekend.andycapps said:
Majima Everywhere System
Member
I kind of want the plane controls to be up/down on the left stick, rolling left/right on the right stick. It seems like from the controller map in the game that this is the case, where it says yaw (i figure that means up/down) is on the left stick. When I'm playing, the right stick is both rolling left/right and up/down.
It feels essentially as if the right stick is acting like a flightstick. Is that the case?
It feels essentially as if the right stick is acting like a flightstick. Is that the case?
bigGIRLSblouse
Member
I noticed that even without FF people are finding ways to get you out of AA guns and so forth. Last night a couple times fellow teammates would throw a grenade at you while you were in an AA. I had no idea anyone was behind me and you hear the "GRENADE" yell out and I assumed it was an enemy grenade. As I jump out of the AA gun a teammate jumps right in since he is the one who threw it.
So my question to DICE.. why do friendly grenades get called out? People are already abusing this...
So my question to DICE.. why do friendly grenades get called out? People are already abusing this...
chicken_ramen
Member
So, is it me, or do vehicles not kill people? That seems like a weird idea. I drove over a guy twice in a jeep and he just took it. Didn't even fall down.
Also, grenades/anything that should have splash damage seem absolutely pitiful. Is it just a balancing thing? Because If I shoot some guys with a high explosive cannon they should die.
That said it was a lot of fun, and I'll definitely get the full version.
Also, grenades/anything that should have splash damage seem absolutely pitiful. Is it just a balancing thing? Because If I shoot some guys with a high explosive cannon they should die.
That said it was a lot of fun, and I'll definitely get the full version.
Alex
Member
You can kill people by running them over, works every time. If you dont hit them dead on with some momentum though in a jeep it just clips them and removes a chunk of health.
I aint so good with the grenades, but I've seen plenty of people who are. I yearn to go back to RTCWolfenstein grenades, I was like a god with those.
I aint so good with the grenades, but I've seen plenty of people who are. I yearn to go back to RTCWolfenstein grenades, I was like a god with those.
Scottlarock
Banned
mee too. I really want this game, but won't pony up the money until I know I can play it. I just need to know if its from my end or EA end that won't let me play. reading about how much fun this game is also sucks when I can't play it!!!GavinGT said:
edit: someone posted I need to register my gamertag with EA to be able to play? is this true? and where do I do this? can't find it on EAs site!
Scottlarock
Banned
where on the EA site?Alex said:
chicken_ramen
Member
Alex said:
It might have been a connection issue, but the connection seemed fine. I hit him full speed the first time and saw the model just pass through the jeep and me. The second time was, admittedly, slower because I had to circle round for a second pass, but I'm pretty sure it was dead on too. This is on PS3. Just a weird thing. Maybe it just glitched. I'll try again later.
With the grenades it seems that you have to basically hit dead on whatever you're shooting at to have any effect, which is just not what I was expecting.
Still, cool game. The destructibility really adds something to they way a match plays out.
The_Inquisitor
Member
Has the 360 version stabilized any since last night? I didn't have to try as many times to get in last night so I am hoping they improved even more last night.
Alex
Member
Scottlarock said:
On the main EA site, on the bottom floating bar. Register an account, then go into it and click on persona and type in a XBL or PSN account name.
They really need to make this more clear because not everyone has played one of the other EA games that does it for you.
Worked great for me tonight. Played for three hours or so with a friend in squad play.
Majima Everywhere System
Member
bigGIRLSblouse said:
Really? You are under the impression that your enemy would call out "Grenade!" when they throw it at you? I feel they might be more effective if you just threw it and didn't let the other guy know.
I assume they are doing it like the movies, where you throw a grenade and alert your friendlies. Sort of like "fire in the hole".
I suppose "Grenade!" could either mean, "Hey guys, there is a grenade over there, watch out!" or "Hey guys, check out this grenade I have. I'm gonna throw it at the bad guys."
Scottlarock
Banned
that worked! EA is going to lose so much in sales, becuase dummies like me would not know to do this. thank you .Alex said:
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Why am I never on the winning team on Guacamole? 
Stoney Mason
Banned
Reason no #1 why public betas should be mandatory.
Hopefully MW 2 doesn't let its success go to its head and not do a public beta.
Hopefully MW 2 doesn't let its success go to its head and not do a public beta.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
2 hard crashes so far... I'm starting to find the fun in the game but I'm worried it's killing my xbox...
Majima Everywhere System
Member
The login is the same as your email, and you might use the same password for a lot of things.
When I first played, the game automatically logged me in without even prompting me. I guess it was because my PSN and EA login were linked when I was playing Fight Night, now it appears on my end as if it were one seemless id.
I wouldn't have even known that I was logging into EA and not PSN if it weren't for the problems other users have had. For the few cases it is seemless, I'm sure there are dozens of people for which this process isn't working at all.
When I first played, the game automatically logged me in without even prompting me. I guess it was because my PSN and EA login were linked when I was playing Fight Night, now it appears on my end as if it were one seemless id.
I wouldn't have even known that I was logging into EA and not PSN if it weren't for the problems other users have had. For the few cases it is seemless, I'm sure there are dozens of people for which this process isn't working at all.
PuppetMaster
Member
Tom Penny said:
Maybe there is just something wrong with the games you are joining.
All the ones I have joined have 24 players (PS3) and that feels like it is just right.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
CoD4 had a Beta and was still a mess when it first came out. :lolStoney Mason said:
Beta's are all well and good, but I don't think there's anything that can prepare you for opening the floodgates, really.
Played for a couple of hours last night - took a few tries to get in but once the game started it was fairly stable without too much lag. I made the mistake of quiting my session and trying to join another GAFer's game and wasn't able to connect to a server again.
Wow do I suck. Took about 2 full games to get anywhere close to a 1 for 1 death to kill count. Checked my stats after I got kicked and I think I was at about 6% accuracy - yikes!
Rifle is definatley the best class. Can pick players off at a pretty good distance and accuracy is decent. Machine gun dude seems kind of useless - not accurate at long range and his bazzoka takes about 3 shots to kill a tank. I am usually dead after 2 and find it's best just to run and hide. Sniper could be fun but I find the zoomed mode on all the guns hard to use.
EDIT: Watched some youtube of 1943 (slow day at work) and I take back what I said on the machine gun class. Apparently it's just me that sucks...
Shooting down planes with Flak guns is pretty fun and surprisingly easy. I suck at flying but those who are good at it have a huge advantage. I was killed half a dozen times by planes blowing up my boat as I try to get shore at the begining of a match. Tanks and Jeeps control well and are fun to use. Draw distance and range of weapons is insane. It's fun to sit way back in a tank and just shell the hell out of an occupied town.
Overall it was a pretty good time - definately worth the $15. Once the servers are fixed I can see spending a bunch of time playing this game.
Wow do I suck. Took about 2 full games to get anywhere close to a 1 for 1 death to kill count. Checked my stats after I got kicked and I think I was at about 6% accuracy - yikes!
Rifle is definatley the best class. Can pick players off at a pretty good distance and accuracy is decent. Machine gun dude seems kind of useless - not accurate at long range and his bazzoka takes about 3 shots to kill a tank. I am usually dead after 2 and find it's best just to run and hide. Sniper could be fun but I find the zoomed mode on all the guns hard to use.
EDIT: Watched some youtube of 1943 (slow day at work) and I take back what I said on the machine gun class. Apparently it's just me that sucks...
Shooting down planes with Flak guns is pretty fun and surprisingly easy. I suck at flying but those who are good at it have a huge advantage. I was killed half a dozen times by planes blowing up my boat as I try to get shore at the begining of a match. Tanks and Jeeps control well and are fun to use. Draw distance and range of weapons is insane. It's fun to sit way back in a tank and just shell the hell out of an occupied town.
Overall it was a pretty good time - definately worth the $15. Once the servers are fixed I can see spending a bunch of time playing this game.
Stoney Mason said:
It generated so much additional hype, of course there will be a beta for it, on IW's preferred platform. It's not like they're doing it for bug testing as the launch of CoD4 showed with it's problems online.
Sniping in 1943 suffers directly from how it functions in BC. There are no center mass one-shot kills, which is ridiculous. Only 1-shot headshots, which sucks considering the amount of lag this game has going on affecting it's hit detection. But this is a trickle down from BC, where a .50cal slug to the chest takes off 90hp, then you have the overly long bolt action chambering and by then the guy is gone by time you pull up the scope again. Only way sniping is able to be effective in BC was taking like the SVU and pulling the trigger three times when you put the reticle over them. Can't do that here.
Stoney Mason
Banned
cjelly said:
While I agree launching an online game will always induce problems I would argue the COD 4 launch would have been ever worse without a beta. These betas needs to become even more real betas and not just serve as a form of marketing only or as a pre-order bonus demo.
I just wiped out almost the entire enemy side with one awesome flank. They were all camped up in a bunker, for whatever stupid reason. So when I flanked around them and saw the opportunity I let off a shot with the grenade launcher which took out like 3-4 people, then waited for the remaining survivors stumbled out and greeted them with a follow up grenade. I swear I had like 8 kills prior, then afterward I had 15. :lol
Oh how I wish there were replays. This game is great
Oh how I wish there were replays. This game is great
Stoney Mason
Banned
I wish there was a killcam. Often you die out of nowhere and its a bit frustrating to die and not see why. And that info text on the screen is up for a very short amount of time.Lebron said:
J-Rzez said:
No center of mass one-shots is always ridiculous. The sniper is fairly useless without them.
It's like taking away the AWP in CS and only leaving the Scout. It wouldn't even be used in matches at all, since an M4A1 or AK47 can just as easily headshot from across the map.
Anyways, I haven't gotten the game yet, but despite the rough launch, I'm impressed with how DICE is handling it. They are very responsive to the community, and seem very intent on fixing the problem. Many developers go AWOL when shit like this happens.
Stoney Mason
Banned
DustoMan said:
I hear you that this specific server issue won't be the problem but there will still be tons of problems with whatever system they have chosen. There always will be with online games. In house testing just doesn't get the game done for online games.
