You heard it right. Battlefield 2 is going to have 100+ players, lobbing shells at each other across the battlefield. Damn, thats heaps.

Will probably mean higher n00b and teamkiller content though...

That would have to be the most players ever wouldn't it? I have never heared of a 100+ server before.

http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/vietnam/us/editorial.jsp?src=bf2

Wow, I am staggered.

Also, so the huge maps are not lonely with only 16 players online, they will have the ability to scale, the map and all vehicle spawns adjust to suit playercount, it seems the Battlefield engine will also receive dynamic lighting, instead of lightmaps, finally. Should be a great game.

If their editor is as good as Far cry's Sandbox editor, I will be a happy mapper.

Oh, so they're using the fresh new ideas from Command and Conquer Generals... looks like a hit already!

Sorry, shouldn't be so negative. Gotta wait and see

It may have the potential for that, but whether or not you will see any lag-free servers over 30 or so people is still questionable. The real limitation is more in hardware & bandwidth I think. It takes one hell of a connection to run a big server. Given how few 25+ player FPS servers I have been on that don't lag like hell, I don't know that you'll actually see many BF2 servers going over 30 anyway, even if it is theoretically possible.

It's certainly enticing, though. I've been in a few 30 person UT2k4 Onslaught games, and it was just amazing - you really feel like you are in a large-scale battle. With two or three times the players, that could be incredible in BF2.

Wonder how 'hard-wired' that 32 player limit is, couldn't Epic or EA simply release a patch upping the limit in UT2k4 or BF1942?

If it can now support 100+ players, people wanna start organising their own LAN parties ! i organised one focused around codename eagle (bf's prequel) and had around 20 people attend

easy to run and the most fun youll ever have with those two games, as the internet support is quite frankly awful.