New VIP Map Pack

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2010/11/10/vip7heavymetal.aspx

They're making Heavy Metal from the campaign into a rush map. This will apparently have more vehicles and be even bigger than Atacama. Also they're promising that vehicles will spawn at every flag (there are three) and there will be adequate AA guns at the home bases.

They're also hinting at Harvest Day and Oasis for the pack. And turning Cold War (the first campaign mission) into a MP map.

Oh yeah, nvm, Harvest Day and Oasis are confirmed for the Map Pack. And they said they balanced it out so not all the crates will be D 2.0 if they had kept it like BC1.

But what's the ETA! That's what I wanna know, and I couldn't find one, other than "soon".

The free VIP download will only work with one account, right? Which will suck, 'cause I don't have the code in on mine.

You know...

This is the first Conquest map with transport choppers.

Are the Hind's and Blackhawk's going to play a significant role as troop transports now (like in previous BFs) as opposed to a gun/dropship that circles around the base?

I would LOVE to see an attack chopper escort a transport to a base in a team effort.

didnt epyk say it would be out tuesday?

Yes he did.

Now we finally get to see who wins an attack vs transport helicopter battle.

Ingsmasher wrote:Now we finally get to see who wins an attack vs transport helicopter battle.

Easy. The one with the better pilot and gunner.

I say transport helicopter. They have more armor and two miniguns > one hard to maneuver and slow traveling chopper gun. It's like having a flying vads if you can get your aim right.

tuesday is what i saw in the dev tweet

Haha who needs black ops when you're getting 4 NEW maps for BC2. Well... a lot of people... but im not one of them!

I like how DICE is making this a VIP pack, it's like they're finally making it pay off and giving us some actually new content for this VIP thing.

Took them long enough. However, it does have the nice effect of encouraging me to not worry about getting BO.

Ducksaws wrote:I say transport helicopter. They have more armor and two miniguns > one hard to maneuver and slow traveling chopper gun. It's like having a flying vads if you can get your aim right.

They all have the same amount of armor, the only difference is that transports spin out when shot down by rockets (an Armor-less attack helicopter at full health spins out from a non-upgraded Carl Gustav, but it's just a glitch).

The Blackhawk would probably always lose because it always has to have its wide-side facing out to get a shot off. And it doesn't kill instantly like the regular helicopter gunner seat which takes less-than a full burst to kill another helo.

Unless of course no one can aim.

Wait...they're remaking Heavy Metal....a SUPER vehicle heavy map....>_>

Why not remake something like Sangre Del Toro, with lots of Jeeps and fighting through the city for a change?

Because they'd have to nerf the Carl Gustav for light transports to actually be fun.

I say miniguns are easier to aim at big targets than the chopper gun. And if you're facing them straight on you can still be hard to hit and then have dual miniguns aiming at them.

Actually you can't have both miniguns shooting a helo, they can't aim forward enough. Tested it a bit on Isla Innocentes where you can actually the Hind/Blackhawk face off.

And it may be easier but it takes a lot longer to kill another helo doing that then just-using the regular 30mm gunner seat.

I think it would come down to skill. If both pilots and gunners are terrible, the 30mm gunner will probably have much more trouble hitting a moving chopper at medium o long range than a black hawk gunner will have shooting an almost instant travel time minigun that doesn't overheat for like a minute.

But if all the players are skilled, the attack chopper guy can just plain kill the blackhawk faster than the minigun can kill them if he makes every shot with the 30mm. Plus if the pilot is good he can easily outmaneuver the black hawk.

I think they're be even enough.

Need Flynn's chopper before he dies. That thing had dual pilot controlled machine guns.

I've been trying to find anything about the map pack release date but no luck. Epyk do you still have the link that made you think this coming tuesday?

I hope I pick up a new console tomorrow.


I'd play with you all day Milk even though you smell terribly and are going to be the worst level 50 ever what with your lack of chopper-whoring and MG36 usage.

MEGA MILK wrote:Tuesday bro! I am so excited!

Where are you guys seeing this? I can't find any confirmation of anyone at Dice ever saying tuesday.

I'd play with you all day Milk even though you smell terribly and are going to be the worst level 50 ever what with your lack of chopper-whoring and MG36 usage.

Don't be sad milk, he said the same thing about me.

Yeah but you don't smell as bad.


I'd say you smell good but that would be slightly creepy.

Russia is part of Europe, providing that still exists.

No I mean in real life. I can't remember if Kansas, Western Europe and most African nations are still hanging in there (bro).


And the most disheartening thing about the lack of MEC in this game is that there's no KA-52 (the most fun chopper to whore in BC1).

Change your avatar back :@

Lead Based Toys wrote:Yeah but you don't smell as bad.

Thanks!

But have either of you seen anything official to actually mention it's coming this Tuesday?

zh1nto confirmed it on the UK forums


I am unable to provide a link as that section of the board is full of scum and villainy (oddly its the only board DICE people pay attention to, wonder why).


So if it doesn't come out then zh1nto is a liar and I've officially lost reason to trust Dice. as well as live.