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Battlefield Blog: This weeks Questions and Answers

The weapon balancing in this game shows some guns are very overpowered. Is there any truth to that?

There are a small number of weapons that are debated as being over or under powered. Kill stats that are available on our website show that these weapons are still used by a minority of players, and the weapons considered by the community to be most balanced are also the most used weapons. Balance is an ongoing process and we will continue to tune and tweak the game to make sure players are getting an optimal experience.

How come you are releasing map packs and not "new" maps?

The idea of the VIP program was to make sure that we had a continuous flow of content to our players, to keep the Battlefield updated with new places to fight in. We also wanted to make sure these were free of charge to the people with VIP codes. The remixed maps has worked great for this but we clearly also hear the community request for new maps. Naturally these are much heavier to create from a dev stand point and hence the lead times are longer.

A lot of players are experiencing heavy lag after Map Pack 6. Why is that?

Map Pack 6’s release coincided with an increase in player use of an exploit with the chat system which caused players on the server to lag. We have implemented chat limits to prevent this from happening and play should have returned to normal. Please report any ongoing lag problems to us on the forums.

Mafia 2 Demo

You can play as Vito Scaletta and hopefully take out the ‘The Fat Man’ in this one mission demo and even explore some parts of the city: the Empire Bay.

For those who don’t know what Mafia 2 is, you should really try the demo. Mafia 2 is the latest sequence of an marvelous and classic game, called Mafia: The City of last Heaven ( 2002 ). It’s an action game related to mobsters and their gangs. If you like, it’s a GTA from the 40’s. Actually, the action takes place between 1945 and 1957 in the Empire Bay City, a nickname given to our New York. The game is filled with old style cars and wonderful music.

As for the gameplay, you take the role of a young mobster named Vito and make your way up the ranks by taking out your adversaries. It’s has a nice concept where you can interact with everything on the map and even buy coffee, food or everything else in order to replenish your life and stamina. The game map is enormous and it is said to have no limits. It’s a really nice game and it’s worth playing.

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Starcraft II - 9 out of 10 at IGN

out of 10	Click here for ratings guide
10	Presentation Incredibly high production values throughout, from the cut-scenes to the interface and menus across campaign and multiplayer modes.
9.0	Graphics Looks great on ultra if you've got the power to handle it, and will run on a wide variety of systems.
9.0	Sound The slashes and booms of combat make battle more exciting, and an appropriately epic score backs up the action. Also the Hyperion jukebox is worth listening to.
9.0	Gameplay A great variety of mission types in the campaign, and a meticulously designed and balanced set of units and abilities for multiplayer.
9.5	Lasting Appeal Play against AI foes, replay the campaign, and spent endless hours online in ranking matches. Then if you're bored, check out all the custom content.
9.0 OVERALL	Outstanding (out of 10)

READ THE FULL REVIEW AT IGN

EQII Extended - Beta

What is EQ2 Extended?

Extended provides access to premium subscription-quality content through free and optional paid membership levels. Powered by an all-new web-based download application, new and veteran players alike can experience all the excitement and depth of EQII's content without a daunting installation or a massive download. Players can register within minutes, download the client to join other people in an epic journey, and launch into adventure in a fantastical online 3D world. Extended is the ultimate MMORPG experience. Excitement with every breath and adventure around every turn is now available for free!

What will happen to Everquest II Live Subscription?

Nothing! The game will persist with no expected changes for its subscribers. SOE will continue to support its loyal EQII customers on the live subscription service with new and exciting game updates as well as expansions. EQII Extended will be managed as a separate game and should not impact the live subscription game.

EQII Extended - FAQ

StarCraft® II Launch Detected!

Blizzard Entertainment is pleased to announce that StarCraft® II: Wings of Liberty™ is now on sale across North America, Europe, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.... Check out the press release for further details, and then grab your copy and log on!

LOTRO Free to Play Beta event on Fileplanet

ALL FilePlanet users are invited to play! FilePlanet subscribers will receive a 5000 points code to be used in the beta. All other users will receive a 1000 points code.

Join the world's largest fellowship of The Lord of the Rings™ fans!

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Map Pack 3&4 are out now!

Map Pack 3 includes the following two levels:

Laguna Alta, Squadrush - (code name "mp_003sr")
Nelson Bay, Squad Deathmatch - (code name "mp_008sdm")

Map pack 4 includes the following two levels:

Atacama Desert, Rush (code name "levels/mp_005gr")
Port Valdez, Conquest (code name "levels/mp_012cq")

Patch is out, but will we ever get another?

MikaelKalms wrote a long post about the difficulties patching BC2.
After you read it, you can join our discussion HERE

The Summer Festival returns!

Once a year, the Free Peoples of Middle-earth gather to celebrate Summer with horse races (with an all new mount!), fishing, dancing, and many other new and favorite summer-themed activities! Enjoy all the summertime fun starting Tuesday June 29th. Read more about the Summer Festival on lotro.com.

Note: Anniversary Tokens will continue to drop from monsters until Wednesday June 30. The Anniversary vendors will be exchanging your tokens until Wednesday July 7.

Patch Wed June 30th! FINALLY!

Client R8 and Server R15 - Release info

After a lot of trials and tribulations, all versions of the game client has now completed QA successfully.
We will do no more testing on it.

All game servers will need to be taken down for updates. The maintenance period starts on Wednesday Jun 30th at 07:00AM (GMT+2). Most of them should be back up by 11:00AM (GMT+2).

During this time window, we will also release the new game client.

Check back after 11:00AM (GMT+2), and try out the new game client!

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The client patch is approximately 890MB large. The list of changes is pretty much the same as is listed here. I'm going to write a post which explains some of the background behind the delays later tonight.