Battlefield : Northern Strike

[Aberrant]

So playing Quake Wars got me to check out BF2142, and I have finally been able to figure out whats going on and level my assault troop some.

Anyone check out Northern Strike, the 10 buck add-on? I see it has three new maps, any new rewards at all? Any other impressions?

[Winin]

Some new upgrades for your classes. Mainly I got it for the maps. And $10 is cheap. That game seriously needs more maps.

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

I have it...it's worth it for the unlocks, IMHO.

I was practicing some 2142 this weekend on Single Player w/enemy skill at 100....since I haven't played it in a couple months. I'll get back on the pub servers this week probably.

After trying the Quake demo, and then 2142 back-to-back...I feel that 2142 is the better game. Maybe there are some player physics lacking in the demo, but just the way the soldiers move feels much more realistic in 2142.

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

Regarding more maps.... there was a message blurb about a beta patch that includes another map. So it appears that at least 1 more is on its way in the next patch/supplement. I haven't gone out and looked for any more details yet.

[Aberrant]

I really like QW, just a different game style. I like the objectives in that better than 2142, but I like the unlockables in 2142. QW doesn't have persistent unlocks, which is good and bad depending on how you look at it. Your character increases in abilities, but it resets after that game session.

It seems in 2142 that you level fairly quickly, which is good, since then you won't feel overpowered for too long.

[Aberrant]

The 1.40beta has 2 new maps I think. I haven't downloaded it yet. I think I am on 1.25.

I will download Northern Strike tonight. Can you only get it from the EA online service?

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

I'm not sure if you can get it elsewhere...I bought mine through EA via a link in an email.

[Aberrant]

Question while I am thinking of it.

Does voice only work when in a squad? I have gotten into a couple squads, but no one was talking. My mic test when installing didn't pick up my voice, but it works in every game. Maybe when one of you are online we can test it out to see if mine is even working.

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

No idea....I never tried voice chat in 2142.

[Aberrant]

I know, I don't really care to us it, I just want to know if it works ;D

ET:QW doesn't support voice chat at the moment, which is kind of nice.

[Aberrant]

Ugh, I downloaded the expansion thing the other day, but it didn't get connected to my account properly.

I finally got a response at work here from customer service, and they want all of my registration codes for everything. So I have to wait until I get home tonight to dig out my BF2142 box for the code.

I gave them my email, EA user name, all that stuff already. Couldn't they just access it like that? Freaking EA.