Newbie here with a few questions. :)

[masterceo]

i think chicgao hardcore insurgency os ping freindly for austrillians and that is nearly always full.

one of the most tard friendly servers, if you want to have a quality game DON'T join chicago servers, I speak from expierience, since everytime i join it to play some insurgency i end up alone in a ENGVOIP squad.

[fuzzhead]

welcome to the forums, hope you enjoy the mod

[myles]

one of the most tard friendly servers, if you want to have a quality game DON'T join chicago servers, I speak from expierience, since everytime i join it to play some insurgency i end up alone in a ENGVOIP squad.

The you probaly doat play there alot if thats what you thik of it

The letter n is not working so i had bad spelling. I had to coppy and paste all the letters i used for this text.

[fuzzhead]

Lets not turn this thread into a server bashing thing, keep it civil people, masterceo instead of staying negative why not recommend a server to the new guy that you think does deliver a quality game.

[masterceo]

sure fuzz

Tactical Gamer, T&T, BigD, UK Warfare, NWA (at times you can have a pretty decent game there) and Project Mumble Community.

The you probaly doat play there alot if thats what you thik of it

played quite a lot on it actually, since i like insurgency and sometimes no one runs it. I'm just saying, if you're new to the mod, don't play there, you'll have a bad first experience.

[=Romagnolo=]

Welcome and read the manual, this is what will save you from many doubts and frustations in game.

Keep your head down and follow the squad leader.

If you are playing as insurgent, do not fight the standard forces directly, make ambushes and hit-an-run tactics.

You will notice that when a bullet hits near you, your vision go blur. The same happens to the enemy, so hitting the enemy soldier is not always necessary, principally in long range combats. Use that for your vantage, shoot in the direction of the enemy while your friends do a flanking tactic.

Playing as snipers, squad leaders and other important roles is very funny, but it needs a lot of experience you only achive playing.

also, some real footage from PR:





and this video you can see in the PR's menu, just above madagascar

[TheAmazingYant]

Just thought of another question: Do I require the expansion packs for bf2? Or am I good with just BF2?

Thanks.

You don't need them (None of the maps, and very few if any weapons are hold overs from the Vanilla BF2 games). However, I think you get them for free with the v1.5 patch anyways.

And yeah, read the manual, possibly take a piece of paper and a pencil and write out some important stuff you may find useful.

I have about half a dozen post-it notes stuck up around my desk for that exact purpose.



Here's an anecdote to demonstrate what you're in for: A couple of versions back (probably 0.7 to today's 0.91) I was leading a squad on a map called Muttrah City, a large middle eastern urban map, with US Marines making an amphibious assault. My squad winds up in a large block house about 5 stories tall, with a few rooms on each floor and plenty of windows and balconies to shoot from. From this position the six of us were able to hold back the bulk of the enemy's forces for 20 minutes or more. When we ran low on ammo I was able to call in resupply from one of our UH-1 Huey pilots (People will act as dedicated pilots, doing nothing but ferrying troops around for 90 minutes), who located my smoke signal on the rooftop and dropped supplies.

We had a grenadier with an M16 and M203 grenade launcher, whom I would relay distances and direction to, and he could put accurate grenade fire onto a position within seconds at ranges up to 300 yards. Taking advantage of the ballistic trajectory of the grenade rounds, he didn't have to expose himself to fire in order to put rounds down range.

Eventually a MEC sniper team was able to put fire on our position from the minaret of a nearby mosque, maybe 500m out. With no weapons that could reach that far (SAW was too inaccurate, GL didn't have the range, too small a target for an AT-4), we were completely prevented from exposing ourselves on the southern side of the building, allowing attacking infantry to close on our position. Eventually I was able to lase the target for our AH-1 Cobra, who hit the minaret with a Hellfire, before strafing it with rockets and 20mm fire.

With the sniper down, we were still on the verge of being overrun by infantry, who were starting to climb the stairs at the bottom of the building. We were able to barely able to escape by calling in an emergency air-evacuation, in which a Huey landed on my smoke signal on top of our building, picked us up as we came sprinting onto the roof, and flew us out in a hail of small arms fire.



So that's my story of how awesome this game can be at times. And I don't even particularly like playing on Muttrah City these days.

[***LeGeNDK1LLER***]

I sit here in my chair awaiting my bf2 to install. I cant say how psyched I am for this mod after seeing videos like this:

wellcome,you are not the first

[McJamesV]

Quite the story there. In the few games I have played, I have myself come across some epic moments. Take this screenie here:

A squad and I were making our way to cap a base when an enemy APC comes rushing up only 6 meters away, the thing begins opening fire and we are slowly realizing we are dead. When by the greatest streek of luck, a friendly missile just happens to be passing by...

[McJamesV]

Just happens to be passing by?

How many were there just flying around the map, doing their own thing?

Well we figured out who the guy was that shot the rocket, but he was a good distance away to the point of we couldn't see him. So either that scope he had was ridiculous, or he just got real lucky lol.

[Web_cole]

Well we figured out who the guy was that shot the rocket, but he was a good distance away to the point of we couldn't see him. So either that scope he had was ridiculous, or he just got real lucky lol.

BVR (Beyond Visual Range) fire perhaps, as in Squad Leader/Spotter puts down a marker, and the Heavy AT or TOW fires at the marker without being able to see the target

Welcome to the forums and the game

+1 to trying out mumble, a very useful tool right there.

[masterceo]

Well we figured out who the guy was that shot the rocket, but he was a good distance away to the point of we couldn't see him. So either that scope he had was ridiculous, or he just got real lucky lol.

HAT (Heavy AT) doesn't get a powerful scope, but an APC is a big target and if immobile, hard to miss

[Foxxy]

I couldve sworn that was me in that APC. I remember being blown up by a HAT or TOW

[kaufman_23]

welcome to PR, you will enjoy it. this is a game like no other

[Klonko]

Hi,

I have also just got BF2 and the PR mod. I have so far played arma and arma 2 online so have some knowledge of tactics etc. I am currently reading through he PR manual.

One question I do have though is how to communicate with the microphone when online? do I need to use the Mumble thingy?

[masterceo]

mumble is recommended, but normally every server uses also BF2 VoIP system, to talk to your squad you simply have to press B (or other button, depends on your control settings, default is B)

[Klonko]

Thanks masterceo. So Mumble is more likely to be used in a clan. I do like the fact that if you are clos enough you can hear the enemy speaking with mumble.

[Zimmer]

Thanks masterceo. So Mumble is more likely to be used in a clan. I do like the fact that if you are clos enough you can hear the enemy speaking with mumble.

ITs used in certarin pub servers who have a tradition for mumble, I recomend being on mumble because it really helps you communicating with people outside your squad without using time typing in team chat if they are on mumble. But when communicating with your squad you use BF2 voip.

[Klonko]

Got it. Thanks Zimmer