Northern Strike

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:02 pm

[JiF]KellysHero wrote:Is NS available for download from the EA downloader? If you do download it from there and then your computer crashes, how do you get another copy of it?

Clear your cache and it will let you download it again. It's right on the download/install page of the EA downloader- I had a similar problem, error installing it, had to re-download. Just delete the download and it re-appears for repeat download.

[JiF]bigjohnson · Post by **[JiF]bigjohnson** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:39 pm

downloaded 160MB in about 20 minutes.. installing now

[JiF]bigjohnson · Post by **[JiF]bigjohnson** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:52 pm

ok.. installed. says ready to use but nothing happens when I click on it?

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:14 pm

[JiF]bigjohnson wrote:ok.. installed. says ready to use but nothing happens when I click on it?

Same thjng happened to me last night, I re-downloaded it twice before I gave up and decided to wait till today. Going to try again when I get home.

[JiF][AARP]Grimp · Post by **[JiF][AARP]Grimp** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:03 am

Ummm... You just install it and then go start BF 2142. Thats all. Nothing fancy to do.

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:15 am

so what are the actual changes besides the unlocks??
I didn't see any difference playing tonight...

[JiF]rIot · Post by **[JiF]rIot** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:23 am

I dont think theres anything too different, just the vehicles and unlocks. I played on a battle walker map tonight just to test things out. Seems like the new maps are pretty good. I like it cuz its something a bit different for a change

[JiF]Lonewolf · Post by **[JiF]Lonewolf** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:02 pm

I played for a few hours yesterday on Merlincats NS server. To me it seems like they made it easier to get some awards and stuff as I received some awards that I have never gotten before when I basically had the same score. The new maps aren't to bad it breaks up the same o which is nice. The Goliath is a mean machine and the hovering thing is pretty cool to drive once you figure out the glide rate when turning and stuff. I tried some of the new unlocks thru the field upgrades and some of them are nice like the shotgun addon for the support.

[JiF]DispDave · Post by **[JiF]DispDave** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:27 pm

What's the deal with the unlocks?

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:53 pm

I played one of the maps last night, forget what it's called, but it's the
one that was featured in the promo-video.
The new vehicles are interesting- the regenerating armor APC is
practically invincible but slow, slow, SLOW.

Maps seem great though, nice to have a change of pace. The one I
was on was a great infantry map...vehicles will go down fast
without infantry support.

And a few shiny new badged too!

JPistol · Post by **JPistol** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:20 pm

Played some on the 8th.

BigJohnson, since you and I are ranked the same. You will get two unlocks real quick when playing NS. So should others players with out a high rank. Just I was not expecting not to be able to earn any more perm unlocks.

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:06 pm

I think you get two NS badges just for getting like 6 kills on a NS strike map and spending 5 minutes in a new NS vehicle. And you get an unlock with each badge. It's different from regular 2142 where you get unlocks with promotions. You still get those, but in NS you also get unlocks when you get the new badges or ribbons. They did this cause they didn't create 10 new ranks to go along with the 10 new unlocks.

So most people should get two unlocks pretty quickly, regardless of their rank (high or low).

JPistol · Post by **JPistol** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:03 pm

Is a good incentive to get people to pay 10 bucks. At least still have to earn the unlocks, but this process is close to just giving them away in compairson to ranking.

In a different light, is better to think of it as a scondondary tree of skills that have to build up. Like in the begining of ranking system. First few ranks came quickly.

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:23 pm

Yeah, but nothing says that the unlocks you earn from NS badges/ribbons have to be used on NS unlocks. I'm pretty sure you can use them for any unlocks. Anyway, those two badges are like the other bronze-level badges. They're easy to earn. I haven't seen the requirements for gold and silver, but I imagine they're much higher.

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:35 pm

Ok, I take it back. Silver and gold aren't that hard. Here are the requirements:

You get an unlock for each badge and ribbon, but no career points.

Arctic Combat Bronze: 6 kills in a NS round
Arctic Combat Silver: 10 kills in a NS round, 2 hours total playing NS
Arctic Combat Gold: 14 kills in a NS round, 5 hours total playing NS

Vehicle Excellence Bronze: 5 minutes in a NS vehicle in a round
Vehicle Excellence Silver: 8 kills with a NS vehicle in a round, 1 hour total in a NS vehicle
Vehicle Excellence Gold: 12 kills with a NS vehicle in a round, 4 hour total in a NS vehicle

Operation Snowflake Ribbon: 5 roadkills with a speeder in a round, 40 kills total with a speeder
Cold Front Unit Service Ribbons: 15 kills in a NS round, 2 wins on each of the 3 NS maps
Transporter Duty Ribbon: 9 kills with goliath in a round, 2 hours total with goliath
Meritorious Winterstike Ribbon: total of 4 destroyed speeders, 2 destroyed goliaths, 5 deaths by speeder, and 5 deaths by goliath

There's also a new pin, the Assault Lines Attack Pin. You get it for capturing the home base in an Assault Lines map, and you get 5 career points (no unlock).