Battlefield 2 ping bad 200-300ms

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Milutiche

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#207361 20-Dec-2016 19:48

I've just started gaming a little and I downloaded battlefield hoping to get in a bit of shooting action but the ping is (I think) causing me to miss heaps of shots, are there any good fps games I can get for free that have local servers,
I'm on unlimited fiber in Whangarei, I would've thought it would be ok gaming on US servers

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#1692980 20-Dec-2016 20:08

Over WiFi or LAN?

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Milutiche

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#1692985 20-Dec-2016 20:35

Lan, like a 1 meter cable to the router and then a 1 meter cable to the fibre box

SpookyAwol

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#1693017 20-Dec-2016 21:53

You cant find any Battlefield servers in Aussie? Normally youll get 30-50 ping to there.
I havent played 2 in a while.....

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#1693024 20-Dec-2016 22:12

Probably no good free ones that have a decent userbase. BF2 is 11 years old now and iirc was down to about 250 players at peak hours(worldwide).

That beign said you can buy a BF3 cdkey for under $8 or BF4 for under $12 which will have larger player numbers locally(nz/aus).

Milutiche

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#1693028 20-Dec-2016 22:17

That sounds pretty good, how do I go about getting bf3 or 4?

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#1693031 20-Dec-2016 22:49

You buy it....

Milutiche

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Master Geek

#1693048 21-Dec-2016 06:37

I don't have a CD/DVD/BR Drive, where's the best place to buy games online

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#1693050 21-Dec-2016 06:42

Better off with BF4 (second newest in the franchise), or Battlefield 1 (latest). You can purchase them on Origin (it's a client/program you have to download and install, a bit like Steam)

SpookyAwol

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#1693058 21-Dec-2016 07:57

If you have fiber, just purchase one of them and install it via origin. It can be had for like $20

https://www.origin.com

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#1693072 21-Dec-2016 08:52

Milutiche:

I don't have a CD/DVD/BR Drive, where's the best place to buy games online

Steam.

For starting out in fps games, honestly i would recommend Overwatch.

There is less skill based content in it and more just team play.

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#1693080 21-Dec-2016 09:10

BF3/4 like good hardware though, so avoid unless you have a decent CPU/video card.

Overwatch is great fun, and theyve just marked it right down in price for the Xmas holidays. :) Friend had it running on a Core 2 Duo with 4850 video card, wasnt the prettiest but was playable (hes now upgraded thankfully). I get approx 60fps on my budget system.

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#1693082 21-Dec-2016 09:12

xpd:

Friend had it running on a Core 2 Duo with 4850 video card, wasnt the prettiest but was playable (hes now upgraded thankfully). I get approx 60fps on my budget system.

Have a friend who still plays on an older system, averages 15~30 fps... Even spectating him, is SO painful i'm not even sure how he can actually play.....

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#1693094 21-Dec-2016 09:40

Overwatch - https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/buy/#overwatch-edition

$49.95 AUD

Dont worry about the other editions unless youre one of those that must have the extra skins etc ;) Thing I like about OW is that its a level playing field every time, you rely on skill, not on the fact that you bought a bigger gun.

A level 1 player has a good as chance as a level 100.

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Master Geek

#1693117 21-Dec-2016 10:06

I think I might but Battlefield 4 from origin as suggested, I've got an i7 with 16gb of ram and an RX480 so it should run it sweet, will I miss out on much if I only buy the $20 version?

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#1693118 21-Dec-2016 10:07

I'll also look into overwatch.

Thanks for the help everyone