I got a key. What do you guys that have played 2142 think of it overall? I personally am really dissapointed with the state of the game so far. Now I understand that it is a beta, but there are some key things that are wrong with the game that shouldn't be like:
1) The controls actually seem to lag. For instance, when I press the run button, it seems like it tries to perform the operation twice, thus making the process of initiating a run laggy, The same goes for switching weapons, shooting manuevering, and any other action in the game. This miffs me because, how many Battlefield gamers have they made? The control scheme is basically the same thing in all of them. Why is it screwed up now? they should have it down by now. Especially since its a public beta and people are supposed to test the game. I can't even get to the testing part because it controls so badly I can't stand the game.
2)The tanks control too slowly, are too floaty and don't do enough damage. How many times should I have to shoot an infantryman with a tank round before he goes down??
3)The game overall seems to lag A LOT, but I don't mean graphical lag, I am talking serious, we are jumping back and forth in time internet lag.
4) All aiming systems are fubar. It is too hard to aim because they tried to design these stupid flashy aiming reticles that just end up getting in the way and not being accurate. The scope on the assault gun, as soon as you start shooting lights up with this annoying blue muzzle flash that thereafter disables you from seeing the fuck target you are trying to aim on thus making the scope USELESS.
5)The VTOL Jet/helos control amazing though, contrary to the crap that infests the rest of the games control.
6)There is no chart showing your rotation when you are in a walker, noway to tell your alignment of the head to the legs. The walker should have one just like the tank does.
7)Titans die way too fast.

Overall the game has major potential but oh my god EA/Dice get on the ball and get it right. Let me knjow your testing opinions.

Also, anyone up for BF2 tonight?

I GOT NO KEYYYYY

WOOUAAAAHAHH

I got one too ^^ I'm curently downloading the game so after the install I'll try it out ^^ I juts hope it's not too demanding for my comp XD

it runs pretty well on my Athlon 64 3500+, Nvidia 7800GS, SB Audigy 2ZS, 2gig of DDR3200 ram. AA is not as big an issue in this one cause it has a cleaner look than BF2.

It's also disappointing to see the beta being over on the 12th. Obviously they should extend that. Even the 2nd client has it's major bugs. DICE definitely needs to work on the netcode, because even "green light" games have SEVERE lag to the point it's unbareable. Either DICE extends the beta to fine-tune (further) the Gold release, or this game will forever be deemed a mod in beta stage.

etheir my computer suck or the game is really unstable, it's be the 5 time the game close to desktop when entering a game...

ok I give up I cant play the game, everytime I enter a game, I canmove for like 10sec and then the game close up... this suck...

Our session is starting now. Get on X-Fire if you can.

Join me, the cult commander and his minions, and receive UNBOUNDED amounts of POWER.

Or you could not join and resist. Fair warning though, resisting can have negative consequences.

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Just finished our session:

In my opinion, I think tonight's session was the best one yet. Not only did we get a lot more players participating than normal, but several of us earned some awesome medals/badges. Despite that fact that we were split up between armies, we had a blast. Let's hope we have as much fun in future sessions!

The players in tonight's session were me, Taco, Thalin, Kamui, Star, Garth, Random and Solis. Thanks for making it, you guys!

Without further ado, here is the list of what was awarded to our players:

Me: Vet Support Combat and Gold medal. This is actually my FIRST GOLD EVER. Am I excited? DAMN RIGHT I AM!

Garth: Gold medal.

Kamui: Ground Defense ribbon.

Solis: Did some major whoop ass in the heli. Yes.

We rock. Fact.

P.S. Here's a screengrab:

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man. I agree. Great game guys, I really had a good time. My first session since I moved back to FL, and a great welcome back.

And I was awarded nothing :/

Ah well, I'm only about 16 gameplay hours away from getting a bunch of stuff ^_^

A small precision :)

I got the Ground Defense Ribbon, not basic :P

I actually obtained it at the same time as Wolfie did... cuz I pinned her down 3 times in a row :P

My mistake. I shall fix it. Kamui is like, evil.

I got more good news too though. I got promoted to Gunnery Sarge today, but the damn stats isn't updating yet. I got promoted twice already >:/

Update: I got promoted! Whooo!

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After a long day of frustration... I finally made it!

Basic and Veteran Pistol Badge!

As well as the Explosive Ordinance Badge! (Basic)

EDIT: Basic Command harhar :P

So even though the 2142 beta is already over, I hear rumblings that a demo may not be too far behind. One guy who was running a beta server copied his notice from the hosting company saying that they would be taking it down because the beta was ending, and that a demo would be coming pretty soon.

Guesstimation puts it on the file servers Oct. 1, but that's pure speculation.

I have to say, even though I like the gameplay, and I actually liek the fact that it's harder to get kills, the shitty technical support we've been getting in BF2 isn't exactly giving a lot of incentive for me to throw more money at EA and Dice.

Isn't that the same kind of technical support there was behind Battlefield 1942 in the first place? =\

I couldn't really tell you, because I never played 1942 in its heyday.

The kind of constant bugginess and generally shitty user interface problems that have plagued the game can be tolerated, but I don't want to reward them for rushing the product out of the testing phase.

2142 is probably being rushed out so it can compete with the other Battlefield-y games coming out this season. Namely, Crysis and Quake Wars: Enemy Territory.

Pfft. After playing the 2142 beta, Quake Wars looks tasty and somewhat stable. I expect patches a la Tribes 2, where the patch is bigger than the installation size itself. Ha, now that I think about, the 1.4 patch for BF2 is almost half-way there. Dispicable.

anyone else get laggyness in the controls on 2142. for me it was ruining the game. I would press run and it would run a second later, unlike bf2, where it runs when you press the run button. The same goes for most other functions also, like crouch prone, and sometimes even shooting.

Seems like I might be sticking to BF2.

Hope there is a way to pirate BF2142. I'm never planning on buying a game like that at release, but that's the best time to get into it since that's before anyone can figure out any major bugs/glitches/exploits (although the recent beta might have already nullified that). Otherwise I'll wait until I can get it for under $20 maybe, although EA games are ridiculous when it comes to price drops so that'll be like a year away when they're already coming out with BF3 or the dozenth booster pack to 2142.

Compete? AHAHHAHAAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHHA

Hehe, true. Although, I bet by the time it comes out it will be more or less the same as BF2 in terms of gameplay. If that's the case, I'll probably just stick to Bf2 anyway.

Don't see what's so funny. Quake is pretty close match up to the new BF coming up. (Besides, it Quake Wars got the Best Online Multiplayer Award on E3) I say QW2 is more stable game IMO.

He was actually referring to BF2142 not being able to compete with Quake Wars. That seems to be the general opinion of most, and for good reason >_>