Does this mean I'll be able to practice my helicopter piloting skills without some salad dodger jumping in the chopper before me each time it spawns? I'm getting a feel for the thing in the demo, but I'd really love to get a chance to practice a little more advanced control without worrying about getting shot at, 12 minute time limits, or killing my passengers when things don't quite go according to plan. Then when I get the retail this week, I can stand aimlessly on the helipad waiting to get a chopper, only to be beaten to the punch by some 12 year old who would have team-killed me had I managed to get in first. Kids who hang around the spawn team killing and hogging the vehicles are what makes this game so awesome. I think I recall some mention of a persistent "rating" system for players, where server admins will be able to block people who do not have a certain rating, which will make it easier to find an enjoyable game...I hope this is implemented.

thanks for the heads up again on leaks Warp2search (sarcasm), but this is definately one game worth buying, as no doubt there will be many mods for it, and probably a few patches. But as mentioned in previous post things online are a bit stupid at the moment, so I will stick on playing against the 16 bots until the idiots get bored of it.

Actually the number of games leaked before their release has been in serious decline over the past year, particularly major releases such as this. Those that are "into that sort of thing" do not need a tech news site to tell them that a game has been leaked - chances are that they knew before it made it to Warp2Search or any of the other usual suspects. That said, such information is extremely relevant to the gaming community and industry, and is absolutely postworthy, and whether or not you have any personal interest in the post is somewhat beside the point.

I'm only interested in knowing if this game is worth getting for the single-player content, I never have the time for online gaming. I know it's not a SP game, but are the bots any better than the original BF? (The original bots in BF sucked rather hard...)

The bots are a whole lot better, and much more aggresive than in previous BF's, they do pretty much everything, work as squads, talk, follow, cover, fly, stab, shout, and don't stand around idle. ok there not l33t but now actually challenging. Pity only 16 bots allowed (daft), until workarounds appear.

So why reply?

wow man for someone who said this post wasn't post worthy you have a lot to crap on about

I hear this all the time, Support the developers??? Crap. Do you know what their annual payment is???? They get paid don´t you worry. I don´t blame downloader´s that use leaked versions. For instance: Australians pay just over (sometimes under by $1) $100.00 per new game and that price stays around for quite a while. And that´s just robbery! Which reminds me, you gamers are all weird, but its fun to read your comments.

Breathtaking comment. Absolutely Breathtaking