2142 v 1.4

[Traxata]

Version 1.4 beta is now out,

so far there is 1x new map,

- Highway Tampa
and Patch notes as of release :


-Fixed an exploit that would allow commanders to call Orbital and EMP strikes before it had fully recharged.
- The Clark RDX Shotgun can now detonate other nearby explosives.
- EU Assault Rifle recoil and deviation have been slightly reduced.
- Bianchi and Shuko LMGs recoil reduced.
- Clark Shotgun rate of fire increased.
- Added an autosave to kit customisations. After you customise a kit and spawn in with that kit, the customisation will be automatically saved until you change it and spawn in again. Note that you must spawn in with a particular kit for it to be saved.

I can't wait for these to be fully implemented


Oh, links for the patches, Full = 367mb, incremental from 1.25 is 99mb

http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/misc/BF/2142/beta/

 

[Traxata]

The future Highway Tampa is here! Download the 2142 version of the newest Battlefield map brought to you by Intel and EA DICE then jump into the 1.4 beta. Featuring Titan and Dual Assault Lines this map focuses on classic Battlefield vehicle warfare with a futuristic twist. In Dual Assault lines each team can capture the enemies’ home base by controlling all of the neutral points. Whether you choose to skillfully coordinate your mechanized assault or dominate through overwhelming force Highway Tampa is the newest home of all out warfare.

PS. this map has also been relased on BF2, so check out the differences ;]

 

[elDiablo]

-Fixed an exploit that would allow commanders to call Orbital and EMP strikes before it had fully recharged.
- The Clark RDX Shotgun can now detonate other nearby explosives.

Yay!

- EU Assault Rifle recoil and deviation have been slightly reduced.

Meh...

- Bianchi and Shuko LMGs recoil reduced.

Er... That's silly. The Bianchi is already pretty recoil-less, and is pretty powerful... I'm thinking PKM all over again

- Clark Shotgun rate of fire increased.

Well, that'll be 60+ kills a round I'll get with it instead of the normal 30+ then

- Added an autosave to kit customisations. After you customise a kit and spawn in with that kit, the customisation will be automatically saved until you change it and spawn in again. Note that you must spawn in with a particular kit for it to be saved.

What, like, cross server saving?! If so, YAY! THAT'S AWESOME!

 

[waterproofbob]

-Fixed an exploit that would allow commanders to call Orbital and EMP strikes before it had fully recharged.

cool beans

- The Clark RDX Shotgun can now detonate other nearby explosives.
not that fussed
- EU Assault Rifle recoil and deviation have been slightly reduced.
reduced, my god thats nuts turn it up for the sake of all that is holy

- Bianchi and Shuko LMGs recoil reduced.
elD you be wrong here, since the last patch its been like shooting with an elephant gun, they turned the recoil up a silly amount.


- Clark Shotgun rate of fire increased.
ERMMMMM I'm sorry what now, WTF would you increase the fire rate of a shotgun, this is going to be silly.

- Added an autosave to kit customisations. After you customise a kit and spawn in with that kit, the customisation will be automatically saved until you change it and spawn in again. Note that you must spawn in with a particular kit for it to be saved.
IF this works this is going to be a huge time saver.

 

[elDiablo]

- Bianchi and Shuko LMGs recoil reduced.
elD you be wrong here, since the last patch its been like shooting with an elephant gun, they turned the recoil up a silly amount.

Lies, I'm still able to kill people miles off with both of these!

 

[Wraith]

My thoughts.

Double Assault lines on the new map sounds cool.

The saved customisations is going to be extremely useful (I'm just surprised it's taken them so long to implement - I recommended it after the beta testing )

The RDX detonating other explosives could be very useful for assaulting the enemy titans (aka claymore alley).

EU assault rifle recoil reduced is not good, it was already pretty accurate.

I have to agree with elD about the LMG's. They're already deadly in the right hands and this is just going to make them worse. On the other hand, I'm playing support quite a bit these days so it may benefit me.

I think the Clarke was pretty well balanced already. It is fairly slow to fire, but is also powerful. As long as they don't alter it too much (shotgun power with LMG rate of fire ) then I think this should be okay.

My one question is how can they think the Voss doesn't need adjusting? That gun is seriously overpowered. If I come up against someone using it, 9 times out of 10 I die, unless I'm using it myself. Likewise, if I'm using it and come up against someone with a different gun I'll win most of the time.

 

[elDiablo]

I have to agree with elD about the LMG's. They're already deadly in the right hands and this is just going to make them worse. On the other hand, I'm playing support quite a bit these days so it may benefit me.

Pfft, I've just finished with Support (got gold support and resupply), and working on Recon and Engineer now (15 hours left with each till gold!).

My one question is how can they think the Voss doesn't need adjusting? That gun is seriously overpowered. If I come up against someone using it, 9 times out of 10 I die, unless I'm using it myself. Likewise, if I'm using it and come up against someone with a different gun I'll win most of the time.

Ditto. bob and Ronin can testify to that I hate the Voss and all that use it. Though I will have to use it to get gold assault at some point, me thinks!

 

[Traxata]

What, like, cross server saving?! If so, YAY! THAT'S AWESOME!

Yes it is !, although if you spawn with a field upgrade, it tries to save that as your default load out. which of course won't happen after you leave a server.

So when you disconnect and join another server, you will need to just make sure you have all the unlocks, (I'm sure for the things that we have everything in i.e. Support this won't be a problem !)

Oh one other thing, if you have a Spawn beacon on your kit load out, it doesn't always save it.. so you'll have to add that back again, not that it matters if your not going to lead the squad

I hate the Voss and all that use it. Though I will have to use it to get gold assault at some point, me thinks!

You could use the Baur H-AR instead .....

 

[elDiablo]

Indeedy, I could

Cheers for your info on this, Trax. Most helpful and looking forward to it! \o/

 

[Traxata]

Beta 2 is now Out ( Slowly we get closer to the release date .... )

link
A second beta of Battlefield 2142 Update 1.4 is now available for download. This beta includes the new Highway Tampa map brought to you by Intel in cooperation with DICE. This beta will be run for a shorter period of time, ending Monday October 8th. We will then work towards the final non-beta release. The full list of changes is as follow.
FEATURES

- Added a new map, Highway Tampa.

- Added an autosave to kit customisations. After you customise a kit and spawn in with that kit, the customisation will be automatically saved until you change it and spawn in again. Note that you must spawn in with a particular kit for it to be saved.
- Titans will now spawn up to two gunships per side
- Squad Leaders no longer have to resupply to re-equip destroyed drones


FIXES

- Exploit Fix: hardcoded the time limits of Orbital and EMP strikes.
- RDX Shotgun now detonates RDX, Motion Mines, AP Mines with minimum of 2 rounds.
- Ported EU Assault Rifle changes to the Best Buy unlock as well.
- Fixed LMG Left/Right Recoil
- Revised EU Assault Rifle Recoil
- Increased Clark rate of fire to match Herzog
- Fixed PAC shotgun attachment recoil to match other Herzogs
- Further adjustment to Squad Leader drones to prevent them accidentally killing the Squad Leader when deployed
- Further fix to prevent "pod surfing". Note that some pod movement will still be possible and is an intended gameplay mechanic to allow the player to have some small choice of landing site and to access rooftops
- Smoke from the CM3-N Radar Grenade deploys more quickly. The Radar range has been slightly increased and endures for the duration of the smoke effect.
- The CM3-N Radar Grenade may now be resupplied.
- The screening effectiveness of all smoke grenades has been significantly improved.
- Adjusted Talon heat source position to improve Gunship missile balance.
- Beta Feedback: Fixed the placement of an AA gun on Highway Tampa
- Beta Feedback: Improved the visuals of the swimming pool on Highway Tampa

Note that if you are running the first beta you should remove that Battlefield 2142 install support.ea.com before proceeding with this second beta update. You can download Battlefield 2142 Update 1.4 Beta 2 here

The biggest bugger imo is the - Further fix to prevent "pod surfing". Note that some pod movement will still be possible and is an intended gameplay mechanic to allow the player to have some small choice of landing site and to access rooftops

Sure it makes the game alot fairer but i like flying 50% of the map before i spawn ...

 

[Piacular]

Arf arf.

I like the second effect of feedback after the prolonged Beta.

Prettier swimming pools for all!

Also, after how long? A year? They're still tweaking the basic assault rifles?!

Is that necessary, or are they just being fussy?

 

[Traxata]

Lots of people use the basic assault rifles they're the balance between the Baur and the Voss

 

[elDiablo]

- Titans will now spawn up to two gunships per side

Both yay and boo!

Yay so that I might get a chance to fly on pubby servers, boo as it means even LESS people will bother about actually capping silos...

 

[Piacular]

Hey don't get me wrong, not using unlocks was a point of honour in BF2. I was just curious if it still needed actual tweaking or they were being pedantic .

 

[Traxata]

I wonder if Highway Tampa will have 3 Gunships then, or they remove the spawn for the one on the ground. because otherwise that will wreak total havoc on anything you try and do on that map

 

[waterproofbob]

Beta 2 is now Out ( Slowly we get closer to the release date .... )





The biggest bugger imo is the - Further fix to prevent "pod surfing". Note that some pod movement will still be possible and is an intended gameplay mechanic to allow the player to have some small choice of landing site and to access rooftops

Sure it makes the game alot fairer but i like flying 50% of the map before i spawn ...

pod surfing is for cocks.
nuff said

err the scar11 which is the EU stock rifle, they are basically trying to balance it to the krylov (the PAC one) which is crazy.

Also why does the shotgun possibly need speeding up

 

[elDiablo]

So you can kill over a hundred people a minute!

 

[Taffy]

Sure it makes the game alot fairer but i like flying 50% of the map before i spawn ...

Now please someone explain to me how one pod surfs? Because whenever I ask in TS all I get is 'wiggle your mouse' which never seems to work

 

[Traxata]

This is all there is too it !


To go from point beacon to Point XYZZBAC(etc) you look the opposite direction and turn your mouse 90* Left then 180* to the right thus you wiggle backwards !

 

[elDiablo]

Or, you look at a sneaky tutorial. It's a lame way of doing it, but there are "guides" on youtube. I'm not going to link directly, as it sucks! Still, have a look at those.