Bad Company 2 dedi servers must be rented from DICE host

[Hornet331]

Jesus its a beta, almost a alpha build, it will have lots of problems at first...

alpha with one month to go... sry but they are way beyoned that point, the beat now is mostly about balancing/bug reporting, there wont be any gamplay changes anymore...

And server capacity problems have nothing to do with the game beeing in beta status, it was just wrong estimation from there side. I really hope the increase server infrastructer over the month, or at launch day it will get worse than that.

[kgk]

They think that by getting people to pre-order to secure beta keys that they're securing purchases.

Couldn't be farther from the truth. Most brick and mortar stores, and Steam give full refunds upon cancellation of a pre-order. I pre-ordered a few games to test out the beta for ones that didn't give out beta keys using other methods. Found out they sucked, so I cancelled the pre-order.

Never cost me a dime.

[Blacky]

theres freee beta keys around without pre-ordering!!! geesh

[FischOderAal]

alpha with one month to go... sry but they are way beyoned that point, the beat now is mostly about balancing/bug reporting, there wont be any gamplay changes anymore...

I don't think they'll be able to fix all of the problems until going Gold. I'm quite sure it will be the next Betafield... Reminds me of Battlefield 2 big time.

[generics_user]

just wanted to make some positive notes as i don't understand all this whining in here:

Preorder:

in every country the limited edition costs as much as the normal one (EA sells them for the same price); just check the prizes on various prize comparison sites; i actually preordered the normal edition some time ago and amazon switched me to the limited one

Server Lag/Capacity:

while i had serious server problems on the first day of the Beta things have been 100% fine today with no lag; crashes and no issues with the server list (WIN7 64bit; CAT 10.1) and i always find more than enough servers close to my location with enough Playerslots for me and 3 other clan members who try out the beta

Beta Ranking:

i think that it's ok to let people carry over their ranks from the beta to the final if they want to keep their game and i don't know why you guys think that it's just them trying to make more money ;

DICE HOST:

i really appreciate that they only offer licensed ranked servers from various hosts (they aren't hostet by DICE themselves; only certified) as there is a larger price competition compared to a completely closed down system AND it's easier to stop cheating and rank-cheating (just think of COD4) with more control over the servers!


so far i love the game; sound is great and graphics too; balancing could take a small rework but i guess that the BETA will solve this

[Knight]

just wanted to make some positive notes as i don't understand all this whining in here:

Preorder:

in every country the limited edition costs as much as the normal one (EA sells them for the same price); just check the prizes on various prize comparison sites; i actually preordered the normal edition some time ago and amazon switched me to the limited one

Server Lag/Capacity:

while i had serious server problems on the first day of the Beta things have been 100% fine today with no lag; crashes and no issues with the server list (WIN7 64bit; CAT 10.1) and i always find more than enough servers close to my location with enough Playerslots for me and 3 other clan members who try out the beta

Beta Ranking:

i think that it's ok to let people carry over their ranks from the beta to the final if they want to keep their game and i don't know why you guys think that it's just them trying to make more money ;

DICE HOST:

i really appreciate that they only offer licensed ranked servers from various hosts (they aren't hostet by DICE themselves; only certified) as there is a larger price competition compared to a completely closed down system AND it's easier to stop cheating and rank-cheating (just think of COD4) with more control over the servers!


so far i love the game; sound is great and graphics too; balancing could take a small rework but i guess that the BETA will solve this

Can you link to an official statement that says that the rank will also carry over when the game is released? I only heard that your account will transfer over from the the beta, but NOT your rank and other achievements. I also think that the beta has a level 11 lock on rank. I'm searching for information about this, but nothing is coming up.

[generics_user]

Can you link to an official statement that says that the rank will also carry over when the game is released? I only heard that your account will transfer over from the the beta, but NOT your rank and other achievements. I also think that the beta has a level 11 lock on rank. I'm searching for information about this, but nothing is coming up.

sry i misunderstood the news; it seems that you are right and only your account will be carried over

and i think that you're right witht he lvl 11 lock as i need ALOT of points (more than a million) to unlock more stuff

[kgk]

sry i misunderstood the news; it seems that you are right and only your account will be carried over

and i think that you're right witht he lvl 11 lock as i need ALOT of points (more than a million) to unlock more stuff

Or you could simply look at the leaderboards and see how it's filled with nothing but level 11's........

Quite obviuos there's a cap.

[yngndrw]

DICE HOST:

i really appreciate that they only offer licensed ranked servers from various hosts (they aren't hostet by DICE themselves; only certified) as there is a larger price competition compared to a completely closed down system AND it's easier to stop cheating and rank-cheating (just think of COD4) with more control over the servers!

And piracy, if DICE have a suitable legal agreement to prevent the dedicated server application from getting released and the gameservers check your CD key's validity, I don't see how it's possible for any piracy to exist. (For online play, that is.)

[junkmonk]

this game is absolutely amazing. the combat is unreal, and the sounds are spectacular. this one map beta puts mw2 to shame hands down. don't understand what the problem is with all the complainers in both threads. it's open, allows for various styles of play, and it has vehicles. couldn't ask for more from a bf game. this will be a great addition to the battlefield series for me. i've been playing since 1942.

[RaZz!]

just a little question in between: we all heard about bc2 supporting dx11, but which benefits of dx11 does bc2 make use of? i noticed the roof tiles to be completely flat (like in the unigine heaven demo with dx9/10) - are such things tessellated with dx11?
i'd love to see some comparison screens

[kromosto]

just a little question in between: we all heard about bc2 supporting dx11, but which benefits of dx11 does bc2 make use of? i noticed the roof tiles to be completely flat (like in the unigine heaven demo with dx9/10) - are such things tessellated with dx11?
i'd love to see some comparison screens

the only dx11 thing i can see until now with bc2 is you have to run beta steam client to play the game

[Spawne32]

we played the demo on the xbox 360 cus ive been unable to get a beta key, and i have to say, i thought the game was awesome, my brother and his friend have been sack riding MW2 since the day it came out, and he packed up his MW2 cd in exchange for the demo version of bad company 2. MW2 is a disgrace for a first person shooter, and bc2 makes that fact all the more evident when playing the demo. As far as what im seeing from dice, privately rented servers i really cant complain about, it helps fund their company by having people rent directly from them rather then a 3rd party host. As long as they provide all the features and quality of a 3rd party i dont see any issue to complain. 16 bit sound is a bit of a disgrace, 24 bit should been the minimum. People are right to complain, they claim to be dedicated to the PC community full well knowing how much people invest in hardware for game play, it only seems right to include 24 bit sound. I can live without console and mods in exchange for a company that LISTENS to the player base and provides valuable support for the game, and produces a well rounded, well supported, fun playing environment.

[Frogeye]

this game is absolutely amazing. the combat is unreal, and the sounds are spectacular. this one map beta puts mw2 to shame hands down. don't understand what the problem is with all the complainers in both threads. it's open, allows for various styles of play, and it has vehicles. couldn't ask for more from a bf game. this will be a great addition to the battlefield series for me. i've been playing since 1942.

After reading your review, and it coming from someone that's been there since bf1942, I'm gonna pre order today.

I think that the dedicated servers need to be run by a company that enforces Anti cheating. I'm so sick of dealing with hackers. It's so fuggin obvious. You can't try to trick an OG. So I'm glad to see that Dice has the servers so restricted. Hackers=Lame and unskilled!

[XS2K]

Cuz Infinity Ward really pulled it off by restricting servers,no cheaters there...

[Frogeye]

Cuz Infinity Ward really pulled it off by restricting servers,no cheaters there...

true, I don't agree with how infinity ward left out dedicated servers either. And the hackers are too easy to pick out there that is for sure. Just watch your kill cams.

[Spawne32]

true, I don't agree with how infinity ward left out dedicated servers either. And the hackers are too easy to pick out there that is for sure. Just watch your kill cams.

well thats just an inherit flaw of the match making system, everyone knows this...IW used the hacking excuse to cover up the real reason for no dedicated servers, which once again was IW.net, a money making scheme. Which is apparently being much better implemented by EA, with out the loss of dedicated servers. Merely changed the devices by which they are purchased.