BF: 1943 Update

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oO MG81 Oo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:25:28 GMT

I caved and ended up buying it. Really enjoying it although still getting the occasional bit of lag/glitchy weirdness.

And is it just me or are some weapons in this game massively underpowered?. The tanks and planes don't seem to have any or at least VERY limited splash damage. Seems like only a direct hit with a tank shell will kill an enemy soldier. Same goes with the planes bombs. I shot a shell directly at a guys feet twice and it did noting. Likewise someone dropped a bomb right next to me last night (I saw it land) and I was only slightly dazed!, wtf!?. I think the first update they do they need to ramp up the splash damage on these weapons.

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PiNkEyE69 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:08:31 GMT

Seems to be working for me now 90% of the time. I have friends who can't join me even though there's space, and vice versa, and the best squad achievment isn't unlocking for everyone even though the end of game screen has shown them to be in the best squad for every map. Funnyiest moment so far: Steaming into a falg point on wake island in a jeep, running over 2 enemies by the flag and jumping out and popping a 3rd enemy that i missed on the way in, all the time while draining the flag point. Got 496 points for that game.

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Tirkon — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:53:51 GMT

I'd also like to say that I doubt the DICE underestimated purchases that much. They knew that there would be a lot of trial accounts hitting the servers, but those are only 1/2 hour right? Well, there were probably millions of downloads, and everyone is hitting the servers with their trial time, at the same time. So, EA underestimated the flood of trials, rather than purchases. They can add servers, but as the trials drop off, it also improves the situation too.

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Tirkon — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:50:20 GMT

I was continuing to get unable to connect to EA Servers, on Sunday. So, I went to an email I'd received on my PC, welcoming me to EA. I signed in, and noticed that I had a bunch of PC profiles from games I've played with EA. I clicked add a profile, and linked my Xbox gamertag, which required waiting for another email. Then I powered up my xbox, forgetting to sign in, and started the game, where it prompted me to sign-in to XBOX live, then it gave me another terms and conditions screen, as it had 4-5 days ago, and now I can magically connect to EA servers. It appears that EA has brought PC complications to XBox live, thank you very much.

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KP ScuzzyBunny — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:44:08 GMT

Of course 360 is winning...I highly doubt they took into effect the sheer number of XBL users vs. PSN users (or they did, but didn't subtract "PSN" accounts that are for PSP and PS2 (which is how they get their "we have the most" claims for the online service), and to be "fair" probably had the same number of servers for 360 and PS3. 360, with more users, crashed the servers, and games are constantly full. PS3, with less users, has less games, is using less servers, so the "experience" is better on that platform, but they are waaaayyyyyy behind in matches/ kills. Pick your poison...winning team with laggy games/ crap servers, losing team with better matchmaking and games. I'm still waiting it out...there hasn't been a cross platform game yet that 360 didn't trounce PS3, so the contest was over before it started.

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SeventhSun DK — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:32:50 GMT

@Sticky Owens

That's real mature.

You're whining though.

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GreyWolf D35 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:05:32 GMT

Am I the only one that finds it funny that, even though the xbox 360 version of the game has all these problems, the coral sea counter shows that the xbox community is beating the ps3 community by about 5 million kills!

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MuckRak3r — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:05:04 GMT

Man I have a crap ton of Microsoft points and I want to pull the trigger on a few good arcade games, and I really want to get this one, but not until everything is ironed out connection wise. And since EA is involved, I am SERIOUSLY doubting it will ever be 100% for this game. When Bad Company came out, 'Can not connect to EA Online' was a VERY COMMON THEME.

I hate EA with a passion. From their lack of enough servers, to lag in their servers once you get a match, to their lack of product support after launch (Tiger Woods '06/'07 anyone????).

pathetic EA, absolutely common for you as well.

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DesertBear360 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:05:45 GMT

Would people remember that the problem is not with Live or Microsoft but actually with EA. Live is fully functional it is EA's servers that are having the problems since they failed in system development. So stop blaming Microsoft and Live.

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mazda3guy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:01:51 GMT

The Ticker is claiming that the fix to Quick Match and Join with Friends is complete, and also says that even more servers are being added... And yet I just wasted 15 minutes of my day trying to play a game is now completely unplayable.

I can't believe this mess is not only still going on, 3 days later, but has now somehow managed to get even more pathetic.

This is not only unacceptable for BOTH EA and Microsoft, but it is quickly becoming one of the more infamous black eyes in recent memory for console DLC.

P.S. When in the last 3 days I've been able to get a game, I am absolutely loving it. Fantastic work, kudos to Dice.

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Utako — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:35:57 GMT

Come on guys already 3 millions Kills make the 360 finish first !!!

if we keep that rythm the coral sea map will be unlocked tuesday at midnight GMT+1

A GENOCIDE FOR A MAP <-- THAT'S WEIRD (T_T)

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Lord Badr — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:35:04 GMT

I'm so frustrated with how the launch of this title was handled. I bought the game on day one and I have not been able to connect to play. Everytime I try, I get a Connection Error - Failed to connect to EA Online.

I am also disappointed as to how much preparation EA had for this game. Its like they didnt have faith the title would sell? I think they underestimate the Xbox360 Market. A game of this category is going to be huge, specially when there are no titles that compete with it directly available, for the time of its release. What they should have done, was thinking whatever amount of players they thought would join, and multiply it by a 3 factor and add the servers in advanced.

I live in Texas, and I have seen a lot of people saying it works for them. Maybe they have the servers spread out per timezone and the Central timezone has not been upgraded yet... I frankly do not know. I just think its ridiculous that at this time and age this stuff happens.

Last but not least, I am biased towards EA Servers are always problematic. Any game they launch that has to connect to their respective EA Server has had issues. Since Need for Speed Underground, to Criterion's Burnout this has always been an issue. EA should do like Apple, and invest $1 Billion in getting a decent serverfarm running so this kind of issues dont happen. Because right now they have my money, but I cannot play... Next game like this EA launches I am going to pass and wait till they get their act straight.

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mism TT — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:56:27 GMT

"EA couldn't get the credit to build out the network and server infrastructure."

You're seriously trying to argue that EA, with an annual revenue of over 4 billion dollars, needed to get credit to add servers?

Microsoft, take the game off marketplace, how can you continue to sell something that does not work?

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Digitalspirit — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:56:15 GMT

Can get into games on my own after a few attempts now, but not with friends, forget it! They need to sort that out asap. The game has also frozen solid on me a few times. Some major bugs to be ironed out. Great game, but severely hampered.

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Azor — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:43:26 GMT

Still takes 10mins or more to connect to a server - and when I do connect, I can only play for about 5 - 10mins before the entire xbox360 locks up.

Shame on Microsoft for allowing such low-quality software onto your network! SHAME!

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heater06 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:42:02 GMT

Hoping all is well with this game soon. Looking forward to trying it out!