Battlefield: Bad Company Multiplayer Info/FAQ
by: Scythe of Fear
For the community, as much info I can provide on the Multiplayer section of Battlefield: Bad Company including maps, game modes, weapons and awards. Hope this helps. ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
This guide may be updated in the future if more useful information can be added.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Game Modes and Matchmaking
- Maps
- Kits and Controls
- Weapons and Gadgets
- Vehicles
- Awards
- Unlocks, Rank and MP Achievements
- Index
1. Introduction
Welcome to the BF:BC MP Guide! As you read, you'll find a lot of info on the MP portion of this promising game. The folks at DICE have manufactured an awesome beginner's guide on some tips on getting used to the game, and some general info. As the saying goes: 'Video is better than 1000 words.'
Multiplayer Survival Guide <-- Click!
2. Game Modes and Matchmaking
In Battlefield: Bad Company Multiplayer, there are 2 game modes: Conquest and Gold Rush.
Gold Rush:
It's a 'Push' type of game mode. It starts with the Attacking and Defending team each with a base.
The Defending team has two Gold Crates very close to their spawn point, they must defend the Attacking team from planting a charge on each crate (which the Defending team can defuse once planted), or destroy each crate with a lot of bullets and/or explosives. This game mode has unlimited respawns.
Conquest:
Included as DLC (Downloadable content) due to VERY high demand to be included in the game as a free download for both PS3 and Xbox 360, post-release.
In Conquest, the aim is to reduce the opposing team's tickets to zero. Killing an enemy soldier depletes one ticket per kill against the opposing team, as does capturing control points (flags) located on the map, depending on how many flags you have captured.
To get into a game, you can go to the Multiplayer menu and it will give you a few options to get into a game.
- From Quick Match, you can get in a match by yourself quickly, ranked or unranked as choices.
- From Custom Match, you can get in a match by choosing a preferred map, ranked or unranked, or best of all, create a squad with your friends.
Leaderboards:
From the Leaderboards menu, you can see the global leaderboards up to the top 10,000 ranked players, your friends leaderboards, and everybody's XP earned, kills and deaths.
3. Maps
Battlefield: Bad Company features 8 maps:
Valley Run
At the head of a long valley, Russians are expanding and fortifying a dam facility when the US gets wind of the large amounts of gold hidden in the area.
Deconstruction
With the water facility captured, the US has a foothold for assaulting the construction area. Girders, pipes, and scaffolding make this a tight, labyrinthine scramble and the fight to take the bridge will grueling.
Harvest Day
Farms are torn apart by heavy caliber gunfire, as the Americans are forced to retreat to the local town with their hard-won gold – will they be able to halt the rampaging Russian bear?
Over and Out
Having been pushed out of the plains, the Americans have made off with large amounts of bullion, and holed up in a captured Russian communication centre.
Oasis
A normally arid gully has been flooded after a local dam burst, threatening to overflow a local MEC industrial gas facility.
Final Ignition
The grimy gas facility is in start contract to the irrigated town and plantation surrounding it, and the US will have a hard time dislodging the defenders from the fortress like facility.
End of the Line
US forces have landed on the windswept plain below the imposing, secluded hilltop monastery, which houses a secret listening station. Before they make their way to the top, they have to rid of Russians’ vehicle defense.
Ascension
The monastery’s location means the area is, geographically speaking, easily defensible. The attackers are well armed, but taking the defender’s gold will be no easy task, as every window may contain an enemy sniper.
Source
4. Kits and Controls
Here are the Soldier controls for BF:BC:
- Select - Scoreboard
- Left Trigger (LT) - Aim
- Left Bumper (LB) - Toggle Item
- Left Thumbstick - Move
- Click Left Thumbstick - Sprint
- Right Thumbstick - Look
- Click Right Thumbstick - Toggle Crouch
- X - Reload
- A - Jump
- B - Enter/Exit/Use/Pick Up
- Y - Knife
- Right Bumper (RB) - Toggle Weapon
- Right Trigger (RT) - Fire
- Start - In Game Menu
Default Chopper Controls:
- Left Thumbstick - Throttle/Roll
- Right Thumbstick - Pitch
- Left Trigger (LT) - Descend
- Right Trigger (RT) - Fire
- Left Bumper (LB) - Ascend
- Y - Change Position
- B - Exit
- Select - Scoreboard
- Start - In Game Menu.
Default Vehicle Controls:
- Select - Scoreboard
- Start - In Game Menu
- Left Trigger (LT) - Throttle
- Left Bumper (LB) - Brake/Reverse
- Right Trigger (RT) - Fire
- Right Bumper (RB) - Deploy Smoke
- Left Thumbstick - Turn
- Right Thumbstick - Look/Move Turret
- Y - Change Position
- B - Exit
- A - Throttle
- X - Brake/Reverse
There are 5 kits to choose from in BF:BC.
Default weapons (only available on certain Factions) are in black. Unlockable weapons are in green. Weapons from Find All Five are in blue. Gold Edition/Rank 25 Weapons are in red.
Assault:
- AEK971/AUG/M416, XM8, M16, F2000, AN94
- M203/GP-30/XM320 Rifle Mounted Grenade Launcher x8
- HG-2 Fragmentation Grenades x5
- LIFE-2 Auto Injector
Demolitions:
- T194/S20K/870MCS, SPAS12, Neostead, SPAS15, USAS12
- M2CG/RPG-7/M136
- HG-2 Fragmentation Grenades x5
- ATM-00 Mine
Recon:
- SV98/M24/GOL, SVU, M95, QBU88, VSS
- Pistol
- MTN-55 Motion Sensor x3
- LZ-537 Laser Designator
Support:
- M249/QJU88/PKM, MG36, XM8 LMG, M60, MG3
- MDK-112 Med-kit
- PWR-700 Power Drill
- MRTR-5 Mortar Strike
Specialist:
- SCAR/9A91/AKS74u, PP2000, UMP, XM8C, Uzi
- TRCR-357 Tracer Dart Gun x10
- HG-2 Fragmentation Grenade x5
- DTN-4 C4 Remote Explosive
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