EA screwed all new patch users

[-Inferno-]

Problem 1:
http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/topic.asp?fid=13269&tid=1693651

Yes this means that u can not try the newer unlocked weapons outside of EA servers (which lag like crazy)

Problem 2:
http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/topic.asp?fid=7419&tid=1694097

EA has even realized this patch did almost nothing good, no EA servers seem to be on the new patch they were for a short time and then went back

Problem 3:
Can't search for servers by name?

after the new patch uncheck the same model server(or w/e) button

Problem 4:
I have also heard some instances of people not recieveing a unlock at 1000pts, or they dont get the weapon they ask for...only in rare cases but this only occured after the patch was released

From what I hear they may "recall" the patch..gotta love EAs market research and testing LOL

[BigEasy]

Nice. Didn't they play it with the patch. I didn't see a difference and I don't know shit about it.

[nitrous]

the thing i also noticed it alot more lag b4 the servers had alot of under 100 pings now i can only get like 2

[Cam1642]

Yea there are no good pinged servers anywhere anymore.....

[Cam1642]

Yea there are no good pinged servers anywhere anymore.....

[nitrous]

so what r they going to do about this?

[Decoy]

looks like bf2 sucks tha cock

[JiMi]

its a good game... ive been out all week... damn you kobra! my dad banished the comp till tomorrow because i stayed up 10 minutes later than i shouldve finishing a map with kobra... not your fault tho kob, jsut my dad being queerish... i never played with that patch... when did it come out? i never even heard about it. and if it did nothing good dont give it to me :P

[-Inferno-]

the pings are not acually high its just EA was trying to remove the 0 pinged servers and bumping those up, now all of the servers appear to be lagging...use ASE- it shows the real pings

[BigEasy]

EA is run my the mafia

[DAce]

Q:How can you further reduce lag on ranked servers?
A:If you are playing on smaller maps (16-32 player) with a Broadband/DSL or better connection and experience lag only on ranked servers, it may be due to an out of date PunkBuster installation. PunkBuster has updated its software since the release of Battlefield 2 and playing with the older version could cause lowered performance in PunkBuster enabled servers (such as ranked servers).

http://www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=updatepb.php

Also check firewall settings

The ports for Battlefield 2 are as follows:

UDP ports:
27900
29900
29910
27901
55123
55124
55215
16567
1500-4999

TCP ports:
80
29900
29901
29920
28910
4711

If this does not resolve the issue, EA dunno what else to do....

[-Inferno-]

Norton also has problems with the damn BF2 now...

to solve this just turn off worm protection until done with gaming