So I have to pat myself on the back. I pulled a really cool move in Battlefield 2 last night, and I need to tell everyone about it.

I play with a group of friends, using TeamSpeak. We were advancing across an open space to take an enemy flag. My squad had moved ahead of me as I spent some time taking out the enemy artillery with C4 packs (I usually play Special Forces, which carries C4 packs and a remote detonator). I was running across an open field, and checked behind me to see an enemy Cobra helicopter bearing down on me, rockets and chaingun firing.

I ran towards the chopper, getting under it's line of fire quicker than just letting it pass overhead. The chopper spun on a dime and came at me again. Once again, I ran underneat it and sidestepped, keeping it in my view as the pilot spun around, trying to get me into his gunner's chaingun sites. The pilot then started trying to land on me, as he couldn't seem to get me in front of him to gun me down. I continued to move around, staying behind or beside him as he was literally low enough for me to touch.

I had a brainwave. I had one C4 pack left. I switched over to it and ran up beside the spinning chopper, lobbed a pack at it's side and it stuck. The chopper moved off to get some distance from me before coming in for another run (something the pilot should have done ages ago).

I turned, switched over to my detonator, typed "See you in hell!" into the chat window, and hit the detonator. ka-BOOM! The Cobra assploded in a spectacular display of pyrotechnics. I added "That's how we do it DOWNTOWN!" and ran off to help capture the control point with my squad.

Just a little self congratulation on a tricky manuever well-played. If anyone else here plays BF2, they know how fulfilling it is to pull something like that off.

C.

Wow that sounds pretty cinematic

Nice, yeah it's really hard to kill stuff with the C4 but I use it frequently to blow up enemy resources. What's your user id in battlefield? Mine is (duh) revsm.

Mine's Gnrl_Pain.

Significant changes in the 1.03 patch...

Wake Island 2007

That's right, the 1.03 update bundles the first Official map release from EA and DICE. In this case the map is a modern-era update of one of the most popular maps from Battlefield 1942 -- Wake Island. The People's Liberation Army has invaded Wake to threaten American supply lines. In response the US Marine Corps has been dispatched to reclaim the island.

New Features

Stats compare - view the extended stats details for any other player in your BFHQ simply by double-clicking on their name on the leader board or using the new search feature
Server Favorites and History - find your favorite servers that much easier. No more searching for them through the main server list
Nickname Prefix - Add and change your clan tag to your account name at will. No more creating alternate account names to cover the changes in your competitive lifestyle
Supply Drop Icons - Supply drops now appear on the main map and within the 3D Map. Find that elusive supply drop much, much quicker
Points for Destroying Command Objects - players now receive points for destroying the commander's toys. Special Forces players rejoice
Server Reserved Slots - Server Operators can now set aside slots for their admins to join a full server at any time
Vehicle Passengers - the names of players in a vehicle with you are now displayed when you enter or change seats
Countermeasures - a reload bar has been added for vehicle countermeasures. You'll always know now when you can set off that next flare

Tweaks

Point Farming changes - DICE has implemented functionality that makes it significantly harder to point farm on Ranked Servers
Mod Support - Mods now work properly with the Dedicated Server! Additionally, the game will automatically switch mods when joining a server that is running a mod you have installed but do not have activated
Map tweaks - Spawn menu map and Commander maps now scale based on the size of the level being played (16, 32 or 64 players). Mini-map also scales automatically based on the vehicle type you are using (manual changes to zoom levels are remembered as well)
Commander scoring - No more TKs from Artillery
Vehicle tweaks - No more accidental kills from bumping a friend with your tank (try to avoid hitting him at speed though) and no more struggling uphill in an APC. Also no more improper TK allocation from vehicle explosions
Auto Team Balance tweaks - Commanders and Squad Leaders now immune to team switch
Anti-Air Missiles - These are now much more effective against fast-movers

C.

Lemme see your stats yo!

Just you all wait till I get my new CPU.... just you wait.

Ha! We'll just see about that!

Did I scare everybody off?

nah, my graphics card just isn't good enough to play...

Didn't get that upgrade yet...

Ok, I made a crappy name just for my bootlegged copy until I can get a real copy. My name is atomicfusion. I don't have a microphone unfortunately. If you want to play on the same server some time just shoot me an email and I'll get back soon. (I kinda suck, but I'm getting better.)

Myself and some friends started up our own clan - EZ Company - and we play every Wednesday night around 9pm EST on a particular server... but I can't remember the name of it. I'm on XFire as 'crossfire.ue'. We also run a TeamSpeak server to keep in contact easier. It's quite the set up and we have a tonne of fun.

My BF2 account name is gnrl_pain

C.

would it be this server:

*S.W.A.T.* IGG (RANKED) 70.86.76.66:16570

I'll probably be on if I can. Nice thing about still being in school is having christmas break, how long that will last, I don't know.

That's the one. I guess you looked up my XFire profile. That's kinda spooky! Only problem I have with it is that it's 24-player only.

Send a text message to me if you log in, and I'm playing.

C.

Haha, man I actually run my own BF2 Gaming Community. (I dont like the word clan, makes me think of fat white guys in bedsheets)

If you guys ever want to get on and play sometime we have some forums and a ventrilo server.

Forums:
http://redtigers.b...net/forum2/phpBB2/

Vent:
redtiger.game-server.cc:3784

I love BF2, its the greatest game in the world.

Hey cool... if I join your community, can I get a reserve slot on your server?

C.

Sure, cept we don't have one. We are too casual for a monthly fee. We've got a crunchy competitive center though so if you want to sign up for that its cool.

So I got all my basic badges (except for my c4 one, cant seem to get it) and now I am a sargeant. Unfortunately winter break ends in 2 hours. I'll be on on most nights though.

Yeah, I've been seeing you on there a lot.

Remember Wednesday nights is "Easy Company" night on the SWAT server.