just got it

RC-1162 · 08-18-2006, 11:59 AM

hey all, i just got BFII and im looking forward to playing it. so what can you guys tell me about it? what are it's pros and cons? anything i can expect to happen?

Pho3nix · 08-18-2006, 12:02 PM

Welcome aboard

I guess the first issue you will encounter is the lack of servers.
Then you realize that the servers that do have players are flooded with TK'ers and Germans.
The singleplayer is quite fun. It's kinda hard though.

jawathehutt · 08-18-2006, 05:26 PM

clan servers are your best bet for good games

RC-1162 · 08-18-2006, 06:28 PM

i will be playing more single player than multiplayer, so i wont worry much about the internet stuff. is playing as a jedi worth it? or do you find basically no difference?

Pho3nix · 08-18-2006, 06:34 PM

Yeah you basically pwn as a Jedi/Sith.

MachineCult · 08-18-2006, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Pho3nix

Welcome aboard

I guess the first issue you will encounter is the lack of servers.
Then you realize that the servers that do have players are flooded with TK'ers and Germans.
The singleplayer is quite fun. It's kinda hard though.

Rofl, those damn Germans.

It's pros are the awesome Jedi pwnage.
It's cons are that it's a bit s**t and totally uncanon with Jango Fett and Darth Maul fighting in the Clone Wars and all kinds of stuff like that.

If you didn't play SWBF1 then I'd definitely play through the Campaign and some IA before giving the online play a try.

grrrrrrrrrr7 · 08-19-2006, 08:10 AM

Be aware of this when you play online.

Relenzo2 · 08-19-2006, 08:40 AM

I've given it some thought, and I came to this conclusion.

When you go to join a game, it looks good enough, what 30 something servers? Most of these are clan recruiting sessions, so you have, now, 11. 1 will be a private game with a password you don't know. Another 2 will be on maps you don't have. 4 won't have anybody on them, 3 will be flooded with rules wussies, TKers, Germans, and General Yoddington. That leaves about 1 good server, if you can find it. But there is an exception. Some (few) recruiting servers let you play without joining so this number can rise to two, or, mabye once in your lifetime, 3.

grrrrrrrrrr7 · 08-19-2006, 09:55 AM

Well for the servers that are running maps that you don't have, try going to filefront . This site has a lot of mod maps for SWBF II. Another place you could go is gametoast . This also has a lot of mod maps.

Commander Obi-Wan · 08-19-2006, 09:19 PM

Congrats! You wasted your money!

The more and more I realize it, the game seems so, lack of a better word, mediocre. The game just seems so repetitive and boring.

And yes, I was excited at first, but the more and more I played it, it was just no fun anymore, and that's why I sold it.

Hey, whatever kicks your bucket! Enjoy it, savour it, and do whatever. Maybe it's your type of game.

milo · 08-19-2006, 09:35 PM

I have a question-why is it a bad thing to play on a server full of Germans?

Pho3nix · 08-19-2006, 10:18 PM

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I have a question-why is it a bad thing to play on a server full of Germans?

Well mostly I dislike people who won't speak english in the chat for example. French and German people tend to do just that.
I don't personally have anything against Germans, but I'd like to have more international servers.

milo · 08-19-2006, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pho3nix

Well mostly I dislike people who won't speak english in the chat for example. French and German people tend to do just that.
I don't personally have anything against Germans, but I'd like to have more international servers.

Oh. I just thought they were all *******s or something.

Meh, I can speak decent French, so I suppose that wouldn't bother me.

Halo_92 · 08-20-2006, 12:03 AM

one thing about it is that it stinks
no really

DarthMuffin · 08-21-2006, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Commander Obi-Wan

Congrats! You wasted your money!

The more and more I realize it, the game seems so, lack of a better word, mediocre. The game just seems so repetitive and boring.

And yes, I was excited at first, but the more and more I played it, it was just no fun anymore, and that's why I sold it.

Hey, whatever kicks your bucket! Enjoy it, savour it, and do whatever. Maybe it's your type of game.

QFT. It should at least have been an expansion.

Jedi/Sith is kind of bad, in my opinion. It's nowhere near as fun as in Jedi Knight, for example. But then, you shouldn't be playing this game to be a Jedi.

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Originally Posted by Pho3nix

Well mostly I dislike people who won't speak english in the chat for example. French and German people tend to do just that.
I don't personally have anything against Germans, but I'd like to have more international servers.

Not everyone speaks English on our planet. Yes, international and language-specific servers would be needed (not worth it for the current population in BF2 though), but you have to accept the fact that people have the right to speak the language they wish. Now, I wouldn't say it's a good idea (I never "spoke" french in multiplayer games), but saying that you dislike these people simply because they don't know English is a bit harsh.

Davinq · 08-21-2006, 12:56 PM

Forget online gaming, it's so wussy. Instead join the big, bad, modding community!

DarthMuffin · 08-21-2006, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Davin Qe-Kora

Forget online gaming, it's so wussy. Instead join the big, bad, modding community!

It might just be me, but I think there's some ambiguity in that statement.

RC-1162 · 08-22-2006, 12:47 PM

@Darth54, there is an expansion coming up in Jan 07

DarthMuffin · 08-22-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RC-1162

@Darth54, there is an expansion coming up in Jan 07

Are you talking about this ?

If so, then it was january 2006, not 2007. Never heard about anything else. It's kind of too late for an expansion anyways.

And what I meant was that BF2 should have been an expansion to BF1. Not enough new content to justify a whole new game.

PoiuyWired · 08-22-2006, 01:55 PM

Well, that is that stupid xxxbox only addition, but I won't call it expansion.

And, someone need to make a copy of the maps, and pack it up so we can play it on PC.

Other than that, I can "forsee" not expansion exist on January 2006 for some reason...

I don't think there will be a Jan 2007 expansion either, maybe BF3.

Then again BF3, if it would ever exist, would be just a patched up BF2, with some good things left out due to a rush job, like the 1st person view that is left out in BF2(from BF1, and I love 1st person view cockpits).

DarthMuffin · 08-22-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PoiuyWired

Then again BF3, if it would ever exist, would be just a patched up BF2, with some good things left out due to a rush job, like the 1st person view that is left out in BF2(from BF1, and I love 1st person view cockpits).

/agree

I'm not buying any other "Battlefront" game, unless it has a sparkling new engine. There's not much left for totally "new content". Only improvements (big ones). But I'm not spending a penny for what should have been in the first game.

And no cockpit view was absolutely rubbish. It's the best part of being in a starfighter

*Installs TIE Fighter and plays it*

Halo_92 · 08-22-2006, 02:44 PM

i hate the fact there no melee
that's why i like halo

Pho3nix · 08-22-2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth54

Are you talking about this ?

If so, then it was january 2006, not 2007. Never heard about anything else. It's kind of too late for an expansion anyways.

And what I meant was that BF2 should have been an expansion to BF1. Not enough new content to justify a whole new game.

What do you mean by "BF2 should have been an expansion of BF1" ? So you think Battlefield 1942 should have had an expansion pack called Battlefield 2003 or something?

Darth Andrew · 08-22-2006, 05:08 PM

He means that Battlefront II isn't a whole lot different than I, so it should've been an expansion. I wholeheartedly agree with him.

Pho3nix · 08-22-2006, 05:49 PM

Ah, ok. I agree with that also, as I have stated in numerous posts here, Lucasarts/Pandemic whatever. Should have fixed BF before releasing a new game.

RC-1162 · 08-22-2006, 06:46 PM

wait a tick. there isnt any cockpit view in BF2?
thats so dumb!

Halo_92 · 08-22-2006, 07:02 PM

yea it is i hate the rolling on 1st person.

MachineCult · 08-22-2006, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by halo92

yea it is i hate the rolling on 1st person.

Lol yeah it looks like you're falling over and sliding along the floor.

RC-1162 · 08-22-2006, 07:40 PM

technically, that is rolling

but i never got to roll in BF1 is there something for that?
BTW: if you play as a jedi, is there a countdown timer to go back into infantry mode or something?

MachineCult · 08-22-2006, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RC-1162

technically, that is rolling

but i never got to roll in BF1 is there something for that?
BTW: if you play as a jedi, is there a countdown timer to go back into infantry mode or something?

Not quite a timer, theres a lightsaber in the bottom left corner of the screen that gets shorter and you have to respawn when it runs out. You stop it from running out by killing people and/or taking CPs, with God mode you can keep the hero for the whole battle just as long as you keep killing people.

RC-1162 · 08-22-2006, 08:32 PM

so, how would i god mode?

i cant wait to try this out

Halo_92 · 08-22-2006, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MachineCult

Lol yeah it looks like you're falling over and sliding along the floor.

That's exactly what it looks like.
*Whoop's there I go slipping on this stupid floor again*
*Who waxed this Floor?*

DarthMuffin · 08-23-2006, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by RC-1162

so, how would i god mode?

i cant wait to try this out

Based on my (almost exclusively single player) experiences, there's no need to enter god mode to stay a long time as a Jedi. Unless you get teamed up pretty bad with rockets and explosives by the enemy, the "sabre" countdown will raise much faster when you kill enemies than it will be depleted. Add to this the fact that Jedi run like crazy, and you can get everywhere anytime.

MachineCult · 08-23-2006, 02:41 PM

I don't think you can use God Mode on the PC anyway...

Halo_92 · 08-23-2006, 04:34 PM

i only have the PS2 version.

RC-1162 · 09-01-2006, 11:09 AM

ok, i finally started playing it and i love it! the jedi is an uberpwnage machine

the only trouble i'm getting is in the ~~Tantive IV level. the stupid rebels have an unending wave of troops and i'm always running out of reinforcements after i get the "find leia" objective.~~ Hoth level. beacon...nuff said i guess. any tactics i can use in this level? my rank is ~~sergeant~~Captain.

JediLandon · 09-18-2006, 05:12 PM

All that i can tell you is that it AWSOME and ROCKS

TSR · 09-19-2006, 06:28 AM

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Captain.

captain?!?! wow, how long have you played this man? you neeeeed to be general...

and (nearly) everyone here has a problem with hoth. Just take darthy in with "da bomb", and then switch to an engineer when his pacemaker stops... then fix the signal when it gets blown.

jawathehutt · 09-19-2006, 10:57 PM

ayy, that bomb be a big problem but not for me crew of fine trained pirates yarrrr

TSR · 09-20-2006, 12:13 PM

...are you ok?