Reyn 10 Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) Hi there, I thought it may be a good idea to share your online experiences within the community be it good or bad... As well as the bad times in Arma (bugs and the like). There is also much fun to be had and old OFP moments to be relived :) Today i took part in a game on the Arma 2 UK server with a bunch of random guys, the mission was the usual "Evolution Marines" and to be quite honest it was one of the best multiplayer games i have been in since OFP Resi. Despite obvious bugs and super AI, times like these are worth sticking around for and that's when this game really shines. The game was full of teamwork and banter, and it was great to see people playing the game together as a collective. So thanks to all of the guys who made my evening really enjoyable (P!nky, Jimbobathy, Goos, Karmic69 to name a few) Midnight Extraction >100kb Awaiting Evac >100kb Feel free to add your own fun moments or achievements, See you on the Battlefield R Edited July 24, 2009 by Reyn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr burns 132 Posted July 22, 2009 Like the idea :) Stammtisch Drill Instructor #1 GF Longest Day Event #1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flake 10 Posted July 22, 2009 Arma2 MP is 10% awesome - 90% appalling: lag, disconects, desyncs, crashes, waiting for host, teamkilling, bizarre happenings, poor servers, no teamplay etc etc. can't waste anymore effort on it tbh. pathetic rubbish atm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsmell 10 Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) I havent had this much fun with a game in a long long time. I love it, its truly a masterpiece. Great pics you guys posted above, NO other game delivers the kind of experience you get from playing arma 2 (and ofp/arma for that matter). Im very appreciative that Bohemia is still delivering this awesome game. If it wasnt for them id be screwed because I simply cant stand whats happened to main stream gaming. this game isnt for everyone. You either get it or you dont. @mr.burns, what outfit is that the guy on the far right (kneeling next to the tractor) in the first pic you posted? he looks like freddy krueger or something. i like it. Edited July 23, 2009 by deadsmell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wooly-back-jack 10 Posted July 23, 2009 is there a screenshot key I have missed or do we have to keep pressing printscreen and alt-tabbing? lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex72 1 Posted July 23, 2009 PRINT SCREEN if you want it the annoying way - or install FRAPS. Arma2 MP is 10% awesome - 90% appalling: lag, disconects, desyncs, crashes, waiting for host, teamkilling, bizarre happenings, poor servers, no teamplay etc etc. can't waste anymore effort on it tbh. pathetic rubbish atm. Bye! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocket 9 Posted July 23, 2009 What great screenshots, those look fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
walker 0 Posted July 23, 2009 Hi all I posted this in another thread Hi allI was playing the latest beta version of Berzerk on the 60 player DAO test server today. This and the TBG server are full 24 hours a day and hard to get on to. And what impresses me most about ArmA II is the sounds of distant battle. I was up defending the the new Radio Tower which is about a mile or so from the main towns and a much better location. I was stood guard with an AT missile watching the flank of Pop Ivan and looking at the Stary Sabor, Novy Sabor, gap watching the distant battle. Tanks brewing up. I sniped a few. Vehicles rushing from one town to the next. I could hear the solid pounding of the tank HE rounds hitting the cities a big bass boom every 5 or so seconds and the duff, duff, duff of the automatic grenades. When you are in the towns you are far more concerned about the sniper on the hill or infantry man round the corner. Your too busy listening for the supersonic crack of incoming rounds and distinguishing AK from M16/4. Listening for footsteps in the house or on the road. All the other stuff is still going on but you have tuned it out to concentrate on the real threats. If a tank round hits you either you were stupid and deserved it or you were just unlucky. I tend to find the better cover spots or move to the outskirts of town as soon as we have won a flag battle and the prep fire poundings restart. Crounching in my hole hoping I do not get hit, waiting for the lull that means another infantry assault has begun. As to Armor dominating the battle. They just don't. In towns Armor is dead meat, easy pickings for AT tank hunter teams. Most tank drivers have now learned that. A town is a place to visit for a few seconds. Then you need to run. It is infantry who cap the flags and score the real points. Yes tanks sit outside the towns which soon become ruins as they pound away prep firing for their next infantry assault along with the grenade launchers. But the ruins just make it easier for the infantry to hide. The turning off of 3rd person view was the big nail in the tanks coffin. Snipers make them stay buttoned up once near the battle. They have become deaf to the orchestra. A moving turret is an engine on. An infra red signature for the hunting choppers and a deafening noise that masks their approach. In their buttoned up commander hatch they nervously scan the outside with their only remaining mobile eyes watching for the red dot of the approaching chopper in the radar warning while scanning every bush for that hunter wolf of an infantry man creeping up on them with an AT or even some smoke and a satchel charge. The tanks now have more trouble picking off infantry in the streets of towns. The infantry are over the cover concealment hump and no longer the cannon fodder they were. The infantry have become wary prey and a cunning foe. For the tank it is turnabout, the tank hunters unseen in the ruins of the towns, scan the Forrest edges where the tanks lurk. So every time you play; the tanks have to pull back further. The only tanks that survive now are those that work with an infantry screen. BUT the battle it is an orchestra of war, from its HE bass booms, to the rhythmic thop, thop, thop of the choppers, to the crash of walls falling under tracks, to the whoosh of rockets and the staccato crack of incoming MG rounds. It is a wonderful, wonderful noise and I have got to say I am loving it :) Kind Regards walker Kind regards walker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbal Influence 10 Posted July 23, 2009 Yeah, I do enjoy it very much! Especially the new AIs intelligence at strategies. But since OF-times I have had friends trying BI software and then saying: "I cannot even run a few metres without being shot. I am frustrated. I want superpowers to get rid of the frustration of every day life! And no simulation of the worst - which is the reality: Me, a noobish mousepusher, suddenly in a combat situation ... " I couldn't help them. They wouldn't want to learn tactics. They are better off with something more arcadish. ROFL By the by: I opened a similar thread time ago: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=80584 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reyn 10 Posted July 24, 2009 Great screenshots Burns, i'm yet to play the longest day. My bandwidth won't really allow it :( and walker that's an excellent write up... reading it reminds me of all those times when hundreds of bullets have hit the wall just above my head :D ---------- Post added at 08:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:31 AM ---------- Arma2 MP is 10% awesome - 90% appalling: lag, disconects, desyncs, crashes, waiting for host, teamkilling, bizarre happenings, poor servers, no teamplay etc etc. can't waste anymore effort on it tbh. pathetic rubbish atm. I tend to agree in some ways, maybe not towards the %... i must admit that the 10% is so worth waiting for, it's an unmatched experience that everyone should witness. ArmA is a rough diamond in the rough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flake 10 Posted July 24, 2009 its is rough, and yes that 10% does keep me coming back for more. its just a matter of finding the right server, and one that is at least in your own country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hund 0 Posted July 24, 2009 its is rough, and yes that 10% does keep me coming back for more. its just a matter of finding the right server, and one that is at least in your own country. Well, I guess if the game can hook people when it is at 10% capacity, it'll be similar to digital crack cocaine when its patched up to 30% capacity :D As for the playing in ones own country, I don't have that problem. Arma is naturally resistant to high pings, at least compared to many other FPS games out there. I've quite happily played along with 200 ping (did 350 ping on an asian server once, but that was a tad too much). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reyn 10 Posted July 25, 2009 Great snaps Binary! Were they taken on a public server with guys you had never played with before? and Hund your so right about digital crack, let's hope Bohemia stick with Arma 2 instead of churning out a sequal every year :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
