I have experienced this increase in alertness with both a moderate amount of alcohol and a friend on the line with skype. I think the benefit has something to do with my tendency to get distracted. If I am alone with my thoughts and sober I will be thinking/overthinking all sorts of things while in game. If I've had a few or am chatting merrily about his or that with a friend, I simply choose a direction, and all my subsequent movements are efficient reactions to in-game encounters.

As for skill dropoff, unless I've had too MUCH to drink, my worst moments are when I first get on and havent acclimated to the game yet. Often Ill do so badly Ill have to start a squad and focus on NOT DYING for a time. Which can still be quite helpful to the team, of course.

I already have a 24oz Monster in the fridge, a bottle of black spiced rum, and an intent to explode stuff. Why isnt it afternoon yet!? C'mon Thursday get a move on!

Nah you can't get more manly than wolves.. FH2:BK

One can dream...

Regarding the trailer, it is just sad. I was struck by two things. One, the game looks like crap. I mean technically like crap. The engine is too old for a full priced game released in 2012. The gameplay also looks like crap. Story also crap.

I was also struck by the number of downvotes.

That is straight up stunning. It looks like a shot out of google maps or something. Sheesh you guys really are extracting everything you can out of this engine. Looking forward to the new desert map!

I'm fairly certain these lazy sods never recorded which content they lifted from where, so if EA or Valve files a claim theyll have to shut down completely. That or EA will go through their game files with 5000 people and bill the manhours to this company. Which would probably shut down the game completely.

But yeah, overall this reeks of a money grab. Pay some wannabes a bit of money to collect content and hack it together fast and dirty, call it a game, spam it all over, make as much money as possible, and hightail it when people start noticing where the content actually came from.

I've been playing too much Sins:Rebellion and am currently fighting the urge to mash F8.

It kinda bothers me that a console gets exclusivity, but since it's DLC, I kinda feel like that's proper...

Bouras' church tower one struck a cord. Any time I get shot from such a cliche spot I make it my goal to HE/Nade/Shoot with open sights the offender. Also to add on a bit:

*Shoot a mortar and kill 8 friendlies and you get praise and laughter from both teams as you get kicked from the server.

*The bush you are hiding in is not a Ghille suit.

*If you can see the enemy, he can see you. If you cant see the enemy, he can probably still see you. Dont stop to look for him.

*The lone wrecked tank in the middle of the windswept desert plain is not a clever hiding spot.

*The more times you shoot an enemy with a pistol, the better his aim gets with his rifle.

*The Italian LMG holds less ammo in its magazine than any other LMG, is fed using a clip system more cumbersome than any rifle, and has to be deployed to shoot, making it the most embarrassing weapon to be killed by repeatedly since the Second Story Tankette.

*You are not hiding behind that tree. Running and jumping makes you look like an idiot. Now the entire upper half of your body is sticking out over that ledge. No I am not using an aimbot.

*The Semovente is impervious to 2pdr shells. and is the official tank of desert hill-ninja societies.

AAAAAAHHHHHHH THE CHANGES! THEYRE HAPPENING!!!!!!!