It has been a month and a half since
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was released, and ever since the discovery of a few weapons so good they're worthy of overuse (or even abuse), people have been screaming
"balance!" Yesterday,
DICE finally made that dream come true. A patch was released yesterday morning to release of the long-awaited
R7 client and
R10 server patches! Amazing given the
R9 servers were only just released a week before! If you’ve been holding your bladder while reading this then you better be able to hold on because the changes that
DICE have placed into the game are going to excite you much, much further.
I will separate the changes into "Single Player" and "Multiplayer" balance tweaks, and as they are what we've really all been waiting for, the "Multiplayer Balance Tweaks"!
Single Player:
- Fixed a crash after the "Upriver" mission end cinematic
- Supply create at "Resupply at Flynn's create" objective now supplies weapon ammo
- Hang fix when reaching the objective "Destroy Enemy Zu23"
- Fixed hang after "Storm Cockpit" objective
- Changed melee attack raycast to be detailed
- Game no longer crashes when transitioning between SP_03B to SP_04A when installed in Polish
- Game no longer crashes when killed by the first two enemies in the trenches on SP_01 when installed in Italian
- Updating to R7 will invalidate your single player save game. If you update you will need to play your last mission from the start, however, if you do not update you will not be able to play multiplayer games.
Source: DICEMultiplayer Client:
- Added 15 second spawn timer for Conquest/Rush game modes at the start of round to prevent high end machines getting the upper hand before other machines load in.
- Crash fixes relating to ALT+TAB at different times throughout the game
- Hang fix when trying to connect to a full server multiple times
- Deletion of soldiers now possible through the account pages in game
- Removed screen flash during loading
- Added support for colour blind players
- Fixed crashes relating to faulty server banners
- Servers closing during connection no longer cause the client to hang
- Auto team swap reflects correctly in the scoreboard
- Fixed scoreboards when switching teams before spawning
- Rush scoreboards fixed
- Veteran ranks no longer display as "12"
- Isla Innocentes M-COM building fixed where knifing the fence would destroy the building
- Logout/Login button correctly reflects the player status
- Added minimum number of players needed to start a round (you can play and take objectives but you will get no score until 4 or more players join the server)
- Isla Innocentes welcome message on the loading screen now fits the text box area
- Reduced the brightness in Russian vehicles
- Medic gadgets now display correctly if the defibrillator is not unlocked
- Server filter options are remembered
- Punkbuster filter now works as intended
- Scroll bar no longer overlays the ‘Join Server’ button in the friend’s list panel
- CANCEL server refresh is implemented
- Zooming in on a friendly using the SAIGA no longer causes the crosshair to disappear
- The chat no longer displays the incorrect player name when appearing
- FoV switches to the default value of 55 when entering vehicles to prevent graphical glitches caused by wider FoV settings. The custom FoV returns when exiting vehicles.
- FoV no longer causes the UAV station to rotate
- Fix to correctly display the unlock progression at the end of round
- Chat functionality will no longer freeze after writing a partial message at the end of round
- One account can no longer connect to the same server multiple times
- Squad Death Match is correctly named during loading
- Server browser no longer gets a bad FPS when filtering Conquest
- Server info banners correctly clear between displays
- Setting display settings which the system hardware cannot handle no longer makes the game unusable
- Correct camera collision for vehicles' heavy machine gun
- Game no longer crashes if the player sends a message in the loading screen
- Trying to join a full server no longer causes the game to hang on Please Wait message
- Most server filter options are remembered it doesn't remember the setting in dropdowns
- Kit/gadget load out saved between sessions
- Window on static guns is now transparent on DirectX 9 systems
Source: DICEMultiplayer Balance Tweaks
And now, the one you've all been waiting for ...
As requested by the community, here is the exhaustive all inclusive changelist of all balance updates made in the R10 Server update for PC.
- Increased the base range of all Automatic and Semiautomatic weapons for more consistent close range combat.
- Slightly increased the damage of Semiautomatic rifles over long range for more consistent damage output.
- Increased the zoomed burst accuracy of LMGs and decreased LMG accuracy when moving to reduce LMG run and gun.
- Decreased the base damage of the M60 and XM8 LMGs to bring them in line with the other LMG damage values.
- Decreased the damage of the PKM over long range to balance it with other LMGs.
- Increased the base damage of the Type88 LMG to balance it with other LMGs.
- Slightly reduced the base damage of the M16 and G3 to balance the increased range.
- Slightly increased the damage of the AEK971, F2000, AN94, and AUG over long range to balance them with other Assault Rifles.
- Reduced the lethal blast range of the 40mm grenade and M2CG to highlight their role as a secondary weapon against infantry.
- Slightly Reduced the max range of the 40mm shotgun to balance it with other shotguns.
- Slightly increased the base damage of shotgun rounds and reduced their range to clarify ideal shotgun combat distance.
- Reduced the base damage of the PP2000 to balance the increased range.
- Increased the damage of the 9A91 over long range to balance its lower magazine size.
- Increased the damage and range of the M9, M93 pistols to make them more desirable as a secondary weapon.
- Increased the range of the MP443 pistol to make it more desirable as a secondary weapon.
- Increased the damage of the MP412 over long range to balance its low rate of fire.
- Slightly reduced the rate of fire of the M1911 pistol to balance it with other pistols.
- Increased the repair and overheat speeds of the Power Tool. Now overheats sooner but repairs the same amount before overheating.
- Increased the maximum number of Motion Sensors that can be carried from 2 to 3 and increased the speed which new sensors are acquired from ammo boxes.
- Significantly increased the speed of the Tracer Dart projectile to make it more effective against airborne targets.
- Increased the reload time of the Mortar Strike and reduced the damage it does to heavily armored vehicles.
- Decreased the range of Bolt Action Sniper and Pump Shotgun Slug rounds when using Magnum Ammo for better Kit Balance, especially in Hardcore.
- Slightly increased the Health of soldiers in Hardcore for better Kit Balance.
- Increased the benefit from the Medkit Heal+ specialization to make it more desirable as a Specialization.
- Decreased the benefit from Vehicle Reload Speed to balance it against other Vehicle Specializations.
- Slightly decreased the benefit from accuracy specializations to balance the changes to range and accuracy tweaks.
- Fixed a bug where the BMD3 would take extra damage to the front armor.
- Reduced the explosive damage from Attack Helicopter cannons.
Increased the damage of AA guns against all targets. The AA gun should be much more effective against infantry on Port Valdez.
These changes will eventually make their way to the 360 and PS3 as we work with our partners Microsoft and Sony to continue to support BFBC2 on all platforms.
With <3, Demize99.
Source: Demize99 on the Battlefield BlogWow, huge lists! This just adds more fuel to that big bonfire
DICE have, the one showing they aren't disregarding the PC community entirely. I think I am fairly within my rights in saying that they are doing much more for the community than popular developers
Infinity Ward have done for
Modern Warfare 2, which somehow still grossed more money than blockbuster movies.
While
DICE still fail to impress on a few accounts - namely the failure to provide the FPS PC gamer community with basic features we've come to expect in other games - it is indeed a good start. They are also hoping that players who have had issues connecting to the game at all since release will be able to update after this patch. I'm sure that
DICE will really be looking forward to hearing feedback on all the balance changes they've made, and Gamereplays.org is listening too! Leave a comment, give your opinions on the patch and what else you'd like to see changed (or changed back)!
See you on the Battlefield!
