OMG At Last

[-BAF-RED-DOG]

Greetings,

We recognize that this has been a very trying time for everyone who enjoys Battlefield 2 and are putting forth every effort to improve upon the issues that are causing some players frustration. The DICE team has been reviewing player feedback gathered from forums, email, and the ranker server providers in an effort to provide the best possible step forward from 1.3. While this work has been highly focused on bug fixing the team has also managed to put some work towards new content.

Some groups have noticed the testing of a new map “Road to Jalalabad” being run on our test servers. This map will be included in our next patch release and is not part of a new booster pack. Some of the items on the change list for this next step are:

Reversion: Allowing unlocks on unranked servers
Fix/Reversion: We fixed the issue preventing mod teams from running multiple game modes in one map list.
Tuning: We have lowered the number of players needed to start a ranked game.
Tuning: We have made some modifications to the vehicle drop feature introduced in 1.3. These changes should reduce the overall impact of ‘cartillery’ on game play.
Crash Fix: We have located and fixed a crash connected to 1.3.

These are only a small portion of the fixes being worked on for our next step. We would also like to announce that we will be holding an Open Beta in early July for this next patch. We will have public servers hosted, Beta files available on mirror sites, and specific threads for feedback during this Beta period hosted on the EA forums.

As always keep your eyes on this space for all the latest Battlefield News.

-The DICE Battlefield Team
Still going to have to wait till end of July Maybe. Ouch.......

[shadow03]

omg double post

[Langos]

Sweet news, now if they would only remove the "squad hopping fix" (yes, I've changed my mind).

[Chicane]

you got an official link for that statement?

[-BAF-RED-DOG]

Yea, its called Front Page EA/Battlefield2 Community Update........................................................ps, i see they say they have Fixed the crash issue, but we have to wait till the end of July. After we have tested it for them............................

[Chicane]

so no link then

/me google's

edit found it: http://www.ea.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_061606

[JavaCofe]

btw what do you guys expect from a public beta? perhaps you're expecting EA to actually listen .. dont count your chickens before they've CTD'd :P

[JeRkY]

what exactly is the difference between an EA public beta patch, and any one of the numerous previous EA patches?

The whole community has been beta testing the game since day 1

[-BAF-RED-DOG]

True, but m8, all i want is for them to fix the stability. I,m 800 hours into this game, why, cause i love it. Nothing else bothers me, the odd CTD is annoying, had me first ever ctd after 1.3 patch. So hopefully they might just come though for us. I just hope they realise this will be there last chance. I don't know if it would put a dent in bf2142 sales. I won't buy it if they don't pull their finger out. Plus ET QW does look tasty.....

[Langos]

ET:QW is looking less and less interesting to me and BF2142 is looking better and better. I wish I just loved ET:QW but I dont so I'm preparing to get f***ed by EA once again, fourth time is a charm? ....

[Ram2000]

Hey EA keep your little extras " a new map “Road to Jalalabad” being run on our test servers. This map will be included in our next patch release and is not part of a new booster pack."
all the "booster packs" should have been free anyway but i digress keep your extras FIX WHAT WE HAVE FFS.
another month of servers like this are going to KILL the game if it hasnt allready. :confused: