Bad Company Update

On the battlefield site they have given a lot of new details as to what is going to be happening in the future. The full update can be found here, I have summarised it for the xbox 360.

There will be a new map pack coming soon including a couple of the maps voted for by the public that came from the campaign. These are Acta Non Verba and Par for the course.

The servers for the game have been upgraded last week, which explains why I haven't noticed any lag recently. This is a great improvement - and their number one priority.

The next update will bring in some gameplay enhancing changes:

Game Tweaks –
Removed one hit kills for knife against Friendlies
Bullets and knives go through bushes
After sprinting, you will be able to fire your weapon quicker
Helicopter can take damage from multiple trees
Additional minor tweaks to improve gameplay

Not only this but 3 of the 5 unlockable weapons will soon be made available to all players for free. These are the weapons you get for pre-ordering the game, signing up to the newsletter and reaching rank 4 on the demo. Things most people won't bother doing anymore.

Sounds good. I await the changes with much anticipation.

Battlefield: Bad Company

I have played much more multiplayer now. About 8 hours worth according to my stats on Battlefield.com. The Gold Rush mode is really quite fun - espescially when you get to defend as a sniper, picking off attackers as they run up the road towards your base. My kill death ratio is about 2.5 as recon class. My favourite move was on a map yesterday when I swam out to an island which gave me a complete view of the defender's spawn point. They had no idea where the shots were coming from, and tried to take cover on the side which was most visible to me.

One problem that has arisen with the multiplayer is the lag. In certain games it is absolutely intolerable, and you'll get incredibly frustrated. However this can easily be solved by exiting the game and finding another. It is only in certain games where the lag is awful. I think the majority are good, and you can easily enough find a new one.

The lag affects you by not letting you change weapon, zoom in, or it makes you get dragged backwards when you try to walk forwards. But if you have a friend with you and try going in a tank it can be quite funny.

But provided you find another game with no lag, its no problem. I think the lag is caused because there are no dedicated servers, and it is done by pier to pier methods. Although I don't know if that is right.