Official: Battlefield 2

[Error]

Some sort of Battlefield World War got announced yesterday, called Battlefield 2: Tour of Duty. You can sign up to one of the three armys and fight a campaign. Its not going to be free though, 10 bucks for 3 months access i hear.

[Changeling]

Link please!

[Error]

Ok after clicking the link this looks like its more of a mod than anything EA is doing, but I could be wrong. Anyway, heres the link. I saw the original press release on BluesNews, and its now down in yesterdays news.

http://www.bf2combat.net/

Also saw a post on when and what the next offical patch will be hitting.

"Towards the end of August, we will be releasing a new patch, 1.03. This patch is currently underway and will undergo thorough testing before it goes out to avoid the problems that have occurred in the past. There are over 140 fixes and improvements in this patch. Here are just a few of them:
Server and Client performance improvements.

• Improved Server Browser - added Favorites and History Lists.

• Point-farming prevention - game will stop Support/Medic/Engineer point farming exploits.

• Squads - locked squad leader will get a message if someone wants to join.

• Many HUD improvements - see the names of others in your vehicle, zoom level changing depending on vehicle, map zoom depending on map setup (16, 32 or 64 player map) etc.

• Teamkilling changes - the logic of how teamkills are tracked will be changed.

• Gameplay tweaks - the way transport helicopters work will be tweaked.

• Additional scoring changes - players who destroy an enemy commander's assets will be given points.

There are many, many more fixes that will be included in the patch but we’re looking forward to everyone moving to 1.03 to get the best BF2 experience out there on a level, cheat-free playing field."

[jyoung]

I read that official EA/DICE message about an hour ago, and although I'm slightly surprised to see that the developers are still interested in amending an abundance of BF 2's faults, I just can't see this title surpassing or even maintaining the level of longevity that BF 1942 has attained. With only one mode of play that many players have already poured massive amounts of hours into in past installments and a modest amount of enjoyable maps to entertain said audience, I can only cast my eyes towards the mod community in hopes of creating a compelling, ever-continuing experience within the BF 2 world.

That said, BF 2 remains the most epic and mammoth multiplayer experience offered inside the FPS genre, and it will probably continue to receive heavy playtime until its competitors (Quake Wars) come out next year.

Who knows, perhaps the upcoming expansion pack will puncture my perceptions.

[Changeling]

I read that official EA/DICE message about an hour ago, and although I'm slightly surprised to see that the developers are still interested in amending an abundance of BF 2's faults, I just can't see this title surpassing or even maintaining the level of longevity that BF 1942 has attained. With only one mode of play that many players have already poured massive amounts of hours into in past installments and a modest amount of enjoyable maps to entertain said audience, I can only cast my eyes towards the mod community in hopes of creating a compelling, ever-continuing experience within the BF 2 world.

That said, BF 2 remains the most epic and mammoth multiplayer experience offered inside the FPS genre, and it will probably continue to receive heavy playtime until its competitors (Quake Wars) come out next year.

Who knows, perhaps the upcoming expansion pack will puncture my perceptions.

I hope the expansion pack gives us more gameplay modes. Conquest IS getting old.

Who is developing Quake Wars? Raven? It looked really good from the videos I seen at E3.

You need to play with Destro and I at BF2. I see you on Xfire sometimes, but I never get a chance to play BF with you. If you are on when I am, hop in sometime. I go under the name conrooks in BF2.

[MVS]

I play nightly, hit me up on AIM <hiddenchatname> if you want to join in

[jyoung]

Who is developing Quake Wars? Raven? It looked really good from the videos I seen at E3. You need to play with Destro and I at BF2. I see you on Xfire sometimes, but I never get a chance to play BF with you. If you are on when I am, hop in sometime. I go under the name conrooks in BF2.

Quake Wars is being developed by Splash Damage (this is the same team that worked on Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, the stand-alone, multiplayer expansion that was released for free via the internet in 2003 and still maintains a fairly fervent following). In fact, most of the people I've been playing with in BF 2 are online buddies that I met during the early days of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (although, I eventually stopped playing ET because my computer just didn’t have enough muscle to manage the game’s memory and graphic card requirements.)

As MVS said earlier, there's generally at least three or four of us playing nightly (and coordinating our efforts through a certain Ventrilo voice chat server that can be found at the following location: vent.bsdterritory.com, port # 3795), though I am far less consistent than some of the other players since my work schedule fluctuates so frequently.

So, to quote the backwards-spoken subliminal message on Slayer's Hell Awaits, "su nioj. su nioj. su nioj..."

[MVS]

I started using x-fire again, so look for me post 9pm Pacific nightly.

[Error]

So ya...I finally manage to get online with you guys, and whats the first thing i do? TK MVS. shit. And then ventrilo cuts my mike and semi crashes so i can hear but not speak. Good game though

edit: oh ya, my battlefield name is sdf58..because thats the one that worked in the demo and i'm up to lance corporal now..so too late to change to anything Error related.

[MVS]

So ya...I finally manage to get online with you guys, and whats the first thing i do? TK MVS. shit. And then ventrilo cuts my mike and semi crashes so i can hear but not speak. Good game though

edit: oh ya, my battlefield name is sdf58..because thats the one that worked in the demo and i'm up to lance corporal now..so too late to change to anything Error related.

Lol. Tell me that's you and I won't file.

I thought it was some random n00b, not some n00b I know. You did get some serious Air kills, though, iirc.

We'll throw down again tomorrow.

I am 1030 away from Corporal and my L85. Score.