The second BFBC2 patch has hit and it’s glorious, so far.  I say that because EA/DICE seems to have a way of breaking something, somewhere, with patches much like the increased issues with the browser after the first patch hit.  With that said, most of the issues they added with the browser seems to have been fixed.  I played quite a few hours since the patch and I think I’ve had one crash to desktop (CTD) and I believe that was on a server loading and not from just clicking on the browser.

I’d still like to see some major improvements to the browser still.  My biggest complaint is showing if a server is hard core.  I don’t have an issue with hard core but 3 weeks in, I’d rather learn the maps, rather than hit a random server and find that as the option.  I know I can click the arrow and look but it’d be 100x easier just to show it or choose it.  I would really rather them just show more options on the right to include a < ping, > # of players, HC, and TK.  I’m also fine with team kills as an option, since I played a large portion of BF2 and BF2142 with it on, but it’s nice to get use to the game and maps before jumping into them.

The game continues to be fun and I’d say my favorite maps are White Pass, Valparaiso, Nelson Bay and the Vietnam-like map that I can’t place at the moment, I think it’s Laguna Presa.

Also, if you have the previous games (including console games), be sure to swing by the Battlefield Veterans site to add your games.  I believe it’s 2 games to 1 rank in BC2.  I’m at 7 so far and waiting to see what happens with my BFV and the 2 1942 expansion packs but the site’s been down for a week now… blah!