DaiSan

Anyone fancy a mission tonight?

So, now some people have played the Beta I was wondering, as a squad/team/community... whatever, what are people thinking of specialising in a particular class? I don't mean that is ALL you will play, but obviously with the unlock/perk system it would make sense to choose a 'Base' class and try to get that up to speed first. If we are intending to play as a 'Platoon' then a good mix of classes is essential so I thought we could get a jump start and see what people preffered. Personally I would happily fill in any role that was lacking in numbers. If I had to choose then I played mostly 'Support' in the Beta and enjoyed dishing out the ammo etc. I've added a poll but please post your thoughts too.

Sorry to see anyone leave mate but there will always be a place for you here.

Right, It's the weekend again so... 20:00 ish Saturday 08/10 (UK time) Hopefully we can field a full squad. (We need it) One thing I'm going to say right off the bat. This mission needs discipline, no Lone Wolf, no "I wonder whats over that ridge", If your told to get in a vehicle, stay in the vehicle. We are out of practice on teamwork and are getting very shoddy indeed. I don't like leading but will step up if necessary, but I accept that if I don't step up, then no matter how bad I think the leaders decisions, I will follow them because I had my chance to make the calls earlier.

Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns bud

I wasn't implying YOU were a fanboy Bat, I was just stating that even a fanboy wouldn't be able to defend the bugs this close to release when the map has been in a playable state since the alpha.

I think we all have an open mind on the Final release version. Practicality and past experience tell me it will be buggy as shit but my ever optimistic side say's "Just this once a company will actually release a completed game. This close to 'Gold' I very much doubt many of these 'bugs', 'glitches' call them what you will, will be fixed but when it comes down to it, they already have a LOT of peoples pre-orders so it's all money in the bank for them anyway. They are trying fixes on the 'Beta' but even taking destructible landscapes out, there are still lot's of map glitches that people are taking advantage of. I'm not even going to get into the "Is a map glitch that everyone can use a cheat or not". One thing I will say is this. Batwing, I fully agree with your comment about trying to find some justification for the state of this 'Beta'. I don't care how much of a fanboy you are, there is no way you can justify the amount of map glitches in this 'Beta' and the fact that it was released in this state. I don't care what the 'beta test' was for, netcode, game balance, weapon adjustment. yada yada, you will not get valid data back if your core map is so glitched. Again, I'm not being entirely negative about the game. I love the graphics, I think the optimisation is great (it runs well on many different systems), the gameplay is... Well... it's BF (love it or hate it). They already have my money and what will make or break this game for me (as any other) is the Server options and whether LOS take it up or not. If the servers are configurable enough to allow a SPARTA type of game and enough people here play it then I'm all over it. If we cant tweak the servers and only a few play it then I doubt it will keep my interest. Regardless of this, this thread is about the 'Beta' and I stand by my comments and find it hard to believe they released a massively anticipated 'Beta' for a massively anticipated game (which is only 4 weeks away) this glitchy and buggy.

Saturday the 1st of October at 20:00 UK time it is then.

Anyone fancy an 8 player co-op mission either on Friday 30th Sept or Saturday 1st Oct around 20:00 uk time ? The mission is this one. I haven't played it yet and would encourage people to just read the mission brief and not try the mission before game time so this is new and fresh to us all. Sign up below please with a preferred date. Cheers Dai

Ok, I have never had to do this yet as a moderator but I must say, "Be careful Rooster90" This is a thread on our forum, not EA and is for people to list their Pro n Cons. Which up to now they have done amicably. This is unacceptable as far as I'm concerned and is bordering on a personal attack. Why? After an 'Alpha' and 'Beta' I 'always' expect to spend my money on a finished product. Agreed nothing is ever "Bug Free" but Finished? Excuse me for expecting that. I personally expressed my pleasure at the 'Alpha' to many of our members here as they can verify and went into the 'Beta' expecting more progress than appears apparent. (this is my opinion and I am entitled to it, as you are to yours). You say the things listed here are inconsequential but I don't remember anyone saying they were 'Deal Breakers', just things we noticed. You obviously love the game, a few of us are reticent about certain issues, fine, we all spent our hard earned so are entitled to our opinions but please keep the comments less inflammatory. Cheers. Dai

I have to disagree Rooster90, I actually preffered the Alpha, this feels like a step backwards. First impressions: Origin - So, we HAVE to install Origin (Steam clone), fair enough. I have no problems with that. So we all set up our friends and are ready to rock and roll. Ohh no. Will the Com Centre load your friends from Origin (even though the option is there, along with frikkin Twitter, Facebook, Mrs Jones down the roads Outlook Contact Lists)... Will it F*&% !!!!!! Controls - Which retarded monkey decided that not only can you not configure your controls or Video/Audio options from the Browser (seeing as your forced to use it), but you actually have to SPAWN onto the battlefield itself before you can then hit ESC and make changes (all while being at the mercy of the enemy and absolutely no use to your team whatsoever)... Well ain't that dandy !!!!!!!! Controls II - So... anyone else notice that when you do eventually find how to bind your keys that the first time you can use the mouse to select which key to bind but then the Cursor disappears and you have to save it first then go back in to do another key ad infinitum!!!!!!!!!! Controls III - Binding Mouse buttons... We should not HAVE to use external software to remap our mouse buttons for the game to recognise a middle mouse button. That's b*&%$*x... I have an MX1000 and a Nostromo N52, neither will map the defaults without me having to use the supplied software to first remap (ie Thumb Button 1 = ; in the logitech software). Other games manage to recognise my MMB but not this one !!!!!!!!!! Server Browser - So someone please tell me this... WHO exactly decides which 100 servers it is I see? Will it be the same 100 servers Xviiiper sees, or Carter sees... probably not because it doesn't seem to be selectable. I should see ALL the servers, but that brings me on to another browser problem... Filters... I think the same retarded Monkey from one of my previous points was employed to do this too as the filter options are so limited as to be next to useless to be honest!!!!!!!! Gameplay - OK, so all of the above could be forgiven if this was the game to end all games and played like a dream. Unfortunately it doesn't. There are all the graphical glitches that have been mentioned by others already (ok it's a beta, these can be forgiven) but it doesn't even feel as polished as the Alpha version I played. I enjoyed that a lot more and it 'felt' better. The 'lag' in some games severely effect your enjoyment (I hit someone 7 times with the AK... I know I hit him from my PC's point of view because the 'hit' cursor flashed, I was on single shot so each hit was registered, but he then single shot me) the only thing I can think of was 'lag'. Ping wise I was fine to the server. This happened on multiple servers so was not an isolated incident. Squad Management - Awful... Just bloody awful... The Monkey is back... How can you not pick a squad to join or create a squad, or even SEE other squads. It DOES NOT put you in squads with your Friends, it doesn't even necessarily put you on the same SIDE as your friend if you join on them. The worst indicator for me that this option will NOT be fixed in the released version is that you can't even SEE other squads in the 'TAB' screen. We will see... fingers crossed!!!!! Platoon Management - Is there any point? I created a Platoon (whoopee). I can design (very limited) an emblem (gasp). I decided on a 'Tag' (4 letters only so ~SPARTA~ is a no go, went for LOS instead). I can invite friends to join (please see Origin section above) or they can search for the platoon and request to join. Hmmm, so how the F&*% would anyone know to search for Our platoon because the LOS 'Tag' doesn't even show up in game or on the 'Tab' screen. I say again, What's the point? It's a shame really because I REALLY enjoyed the 'Alpha' and had high hopes for the release but to be honest I don't see any progress. I really want this to be good, but THIS feels more like an 'Alpha' than a 'Beta' and how long till release... 4 Weeks... does anyone here feel this is ready?

Legion Of Sparta Platoon started [LOS] Me, Carter (Vimto_Voom) and KalXen in so far. Seems to be a few bugs with the friends section, it's not syncing with Origin friends list. Do a search in Platoons for Legion and you should find mine and one Jhunter started too. Send a join request.

Did you mean BANZAI !! by any chance? Or was you really referring to a miniature potted tree?

I would say that this year my biggest gaming disappointment so far is Wings of Prey. I am SOOOO disappointed that YuPlay managed to screw the MP up so badly. It is probably one of the best looking Flight Sims I have ever played and the ground detail is amazing but is totally unplayable in MP due to lag and Sync issues. Here's some replay footage from one of the early Spitfire missions I did. You have to admit that even after the inevitable Fraps loss it still looks amaazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3RilZ2OHJA Better watched on Youtube at 1080p though.

Some great shot's, too many to post em all so here are a few of my fav's. Here Here Here Here Here Here Here Here All ideal for ArmA II Loading screens

Congratulations mate.

Around 20:00 UK time ?

I must be REALLY lucky then, because again, I have USB 5.1 surround headphones and I get no sound issues at all. So far the game has been sweet, and being able to turn on Vsync to stop the tearing issues is a big bonus as well as the other things this utility lets you adjust.

If you're playing the game then you NEED this Works really well.

I'm assuming you mean this Cust, think ya got over excited mate

They must have fixed that too mate cos I have dual monitors and it works fine.

Only played 117 minutes so far but I have to say I'm thoroughly enjoying it and so far (touch wood) I haven't come across a single bug. Graphics are set to MAX on everything and I'm getting 100+ fps though I need to look into getting Vsync to work as there is slight tearing when looking around fast. Only played SP though so no idea how buggy the MP is yet.

The only thing I will say is NEVER, EVER, EVER upgrade your hardware because of an up and coming game ( with one caveat, if the game is dx11 only and your card isn't then it's a no brainer). I have a Q6600 (oc'd to 3ghz) 560ti Win7 (32bit) 4gb RAM I played the Alpha on full everything with an average FPS of 60 with VERY occasional dips to 45/50 ish. Now personally I hope the release candidate is even better optimised than the Alpha was. So tbh I would try it first before incurring uneccessary costs.

Count me in