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Battlefield 2
Q: Will you ever return to the old style of BF games or carry on Heroes Style?

A: Battlefield is a big part of DICE’s history. So is PC gaming and while we will bring new looks and feels to Battlefield like Heroes, we will also remain faithful to the roots of Battlefield.

Q: We’ve seen many people criticizing air balance in BF2, even since version 1.0. Does DICE have any plan to adjust the balance or hitboxes on any of the air vehicles in BF2 with the latest patch?

A: We’ve seen the comments, forum posts and Youtube videos about the F35 vs J10. The main thing to remember is that the hitbox represents the size of the aircraft and the F35 is a lot bigger than the J10. Reducing the hitbox size of the F35 might look like it addresses the imbalance but will also cause other problems as it will look like missiles and bullets are passing through the F35 if the hitbox is smaller than the model.
However what we have done is taken a look at the handling of the J10 and made a few tweaks with the turning ability of the J10 which should bring the two planes into a more balanced state. We want as many people as possible in the open beta of 1.50 to try this out and let us know what they think.

Q: What are your thoughts of cheating in your games?

A: Cheating is a big problem, especially in online games as its human nature to want the advantage over other players; some do it with practice and skill, others feel cheating is the only way. Some people are just out to spoil it for others. It is something that we take very seriously and are always working to stop it from happening as much as possible.

Q: What can be done to prevent cheating in the future?

A: We will always be looking at ways of stopping as much cheating as we can with the help of Evenbalance and GameSpy as well as making updates to stop as many cheats as we can. While there is a benefit to cheating, people will keep on doing it so I don’t think we will ever see cheating go away but we can work to prevent it where ever possible in our games. Q: What will the BF2 1.5 patch do to prevent cheating? A: We released some information about the changes we have taken to prevent cheating on Battlefield.com. We have included a new account verification process to make sure the player is who they say they are. Server security and stability changes have been made as well as closing off other cheats based around the Commander assets. We don’t want to give away too much with what we have done to prevent cheating as we don’t want to give the upper hand back to the cheats.

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This is the map for the Battlefield 2 version. The 2142 version is still in the works but will most likely be coming soon.




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Dice wrote:A: The modding community has been a massive boost to Battlefield over the years and the work they all do is great to see. We have worked with modding groups in the past and even been proud to release Battlefield 2142 content officially from Jason Brice and The Sir. Community. The modding community is an area we would like to support more in the future.

[R-DEV]Rhino wrote:ye the map looks nasty....

if some one made that for PR I wouldn't accept it

masterceo wrote:no word on increasing number of players on servers or allowing more players in squads *sigh*

DICE is always looking to push the limits of what you can expect from a game such as Battlefield’s 64 player limit which still one of the largest player counts in an FPS server. This combined with new technologies means we that the minimum specifications will always be increasing.

Spec_Operator wrote: Why cant supporting include... like... giving the ability to remove prone spam or just remove prone spam? Or allow modding VOIP and squad system? sigh... I hope they actually do something for the mods in 1.50.

black-wolf wrote:Omg, that is the worst map I've seen. How the heck do they think the us can cap those flags? The chineese is just going to camp with Anti tank.

Marko wrote:That is a Karkand with lots of water and Chinese!

I wonder why they make maps of this size, if 60% of it is out of bounds....