Battlefield : finally able to play...this weekend?

[Winin]

I finally got it working, whew.

I did discover that 64 player games are super laggy for me, so I tend to die without being able to defend myself. I need to play on some smaller servers til I get my skills back up and get access to grenades.

Anyway, my wife is out of town til Sat evening, so I'm going to try and get some good gaming time in tonight and Sat morn/afternoon. Hopefully I'll find you guys.

--Winin

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

Glad you got it worked out!

I try to stay away from the 64 player games on some maps, because they are basically just meat grinders.

I'll try and post a list of the servers I've had fun on.

Oh, look for a server with Low Ranks in the name. I played on that one occasionally up until I hit Sergeant. It's limited to Sgt. and below, so you are not playing against guys that have every unlock available to them. That helped me learn the game at a bit more comfortable pace.
I played on a server last night and was just getting so frustrated because I was getting fragged within seconds of spawning. I checked the scoreboard and I was the only one on under the rank of Lt. Colonel

edit: I think the name was '=ES= Low Ranks' or similiar

[Winin]

Ah, good idea. The map I was on was laggy from the peeps and they kept chucking grenades into the spawn areas.

In BF 1942, I mostly played bazooka guy (or generic assault if there wasn't much armor). I may focus on that again. I like defense and less twitching usually. That is the engineer route, right? Or do I want Support for the heavy machine gun?

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

In BF 1942, I mostly played bazooka guy (or generic assault if there wasn't much armor). I may focus on that again. I like defense and less twitching usually. That is the engineer route, right? Or do I want Support for the heavy machine gun?

I never tried 1942, but what you just described sounds similiar.
Recon = Sniper & Anti-armor/anti-personnel mines
Assault = Standard troop & medic...no anti-armor at all.
Support = Machine Gun & ammo supplies, some anti-armor (EMP grenades)
Engineer = Anti-armor/anti-aircraft, repair ...no anti-personnel at all.

So I would say defense would be more like hanging back with a sniper rifle (Recon), or covering a bottleneck with a heavy machine gun (Support)

I started out playing Support, then switched early to Assault and focused on that. Now I play Assault 90% and Engineer 10% on Conquest maps, and Engineer 90% on Titan until the enemy shields are down, and I switch to Assault.

Definitely get your FRG-1 grenade unlock first, then go for whatever floats your boat, really.
Personally I think there are a couple 'must-haves' though:
Recon: RDX or the AP mines.
Assault: AR Rockets...I use them all the time to take out sniper nests, or the defibulator.
Support: EMP grenades are handy. The Advanced Ammo Hub is nice, too
Engineer: Motion Mines! Wheee! Lil volleyballs of doom.

[lanir]

I play 90% Support and 10% between Recon and Assault. I love the Support class because I am not quick on the draw but I like to defend and use the sentry bots.

I should be able to play this weekend some. Also, keep and eye out for my buddies form work. HossDawg and iceglade. If you send them a buddy invite just tell them your a friend of Elwin.

See you online!!

[Winin]

Cool, I'll try em all out. I really liked tank busting in 1942, but no defense vs infantry kinda sucked. I'll send those guys a buddy invite.

[Winin]

I'm enjoying support. I like being able to lay down the lead. I have the emp grenade, the super helmet, and the turret now. Also frag grenades. Last night they got into our titan before we had their shields at 50%, so I went up and defended by myself and then with another guy (a medic). Between his health kit and my ammo kit, we held them off long enough to win the match. I got all sorts of kill streak and titan defense medals. Now that I have the turret, I'll be able to defend even better.