My Arma 2 Experience so far...

[Grace 11]

First of all a Big hello to everyone, This is my first post all about my general experience and opinions in Arma 2.

I first started playing Arma 2 after leaving the Army late 2009, I joined a Realism based clan: United Global Armed Forces which made game play Absolutely amazing. When i first started playing Arma 2 the game was a perfect military simulation despite having numerous bugs they weren't a problem because the game play and graphics were so amazing. Then Operation arrowhead came out another brilliant sequential to Arma 2 offering new weapons, vehicles and maps it was a must get. Then the DLC i had been waiting for The BAF addon, Finally i could play as a British soldier as which i once served.i was estatic with this release how ever i was also very disappointed with certain features like The GPMG L7 Did not use 50 round Belt ammunition which is the most commonly it used the M240 Box magazine which i have never seen during my military carrier also the GPMG static weapon was more like the the real life GPMG than the hand held one having different sounds and rate of fire. Then there was the vehicles what happened to the Viking , mastiff or challenger 2? they are one of the most used vehicles in the british army especially in desert operation....Anyway the add-on was great no doubt about it despite some features i would of thought to be essential. Months went by patches came out fixing some annoying bugs etc... however many bugs still remained like the rocks randomly tipping you're vehicle over or killing you if you go next to one and vehicle speed's and weight, such as apc's and tanks struggling to do 20 up a small incline and bouncing into the air after hitting a small rock, The RPG's explode halfway in the air if you fire them over long distances, most reload animations are all the same and there aren't any for CSW's and static weapons. the AI always seem to react the same way , go prone look around shoot maybe get up run go prone and repeat, they also cant drive on roads and for random reasons stop and turn then correct themselves again. all this came more apparent to me when they released the 2nd DLC PMC which for me was disappointing there was nothing really special about it that modders could not have made or has already been made, I would have preferd if they fixed the bugs or added new reload animation's, anything but get the first ones right finished 100% to have done something that modders could not have done, Im sure its not just me that has the same thoughts either, It would have made sense to fix all bugs and perfect the ones out before releasing another DLC which can only add to the problems. Anyway im not gunna dis the game anymore it is still my number one military game in which i have spent many hours of fun.

These are only my personal opinions and experiences so far so please no angry or offensive comments. Regards to all Grace[uGAF]

I apologies for any spelling mistakes im sure there's loads.

Edited December 13, 2010 by Grace

[Zipper5 74]

Moved to General. Also, a little pro-tip: try to use proper paragraphing, grammar and spelling when posting as there are many members here to whom English is not their first language. Most internet browsers have automatic spell-checks, I know Firefox does.

Welcome to the forums.

[SPC.Spets 21]

already stated hundreds of times, DLCs are made by a different Dev team, fixing bugs and patches are made by another team

[Marauder8 10]

Aren't the Vikings used mainly by Royal Marines? If I'm correct the units in BAF are Army, well, all except from the helicopters, which are RAF.

[Grace 11]

Aren't the Vikings used mainly by Royal Marines? If I'm correct the units in BAF are Army, well, all except from the helicopters, which are RAF.

vikings are not only used by the RMC, they are the RMC's preference for troop transport, all in all they are a main Army transport vehicle.