Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

Downloading back to K for my PS3 version now. My ps3 version has been collecting dust as it cant hold a candle to eyefinity pc...but I want to get a preview of the maps so Im ready when it drops for the pc next week.
 
Agree on this one, is just the guy said snipers was useless

Keyword was "most" though, which I would agree with. ;) Of course there are useful snipers out there like yourself, but a large percentage just lay on a rock/hill 20 miles away taking potshots and perhaps getting a kill now and then.
 
The only way I could get the update was to force a 'repair install' otherwise, I would hit 'check for update' and it would say your game is up to date, then when I tried to launch, it would send me back to update...

They need to learn to push out updates better... that's one thing I like a lot about steam.
 
Keyword was "most" though, which I would agree with. ;) Of course there are useful snipers out there like yourself, but a large percentage just lay on a rock/hill 20 miles away taking potshots and perhaps getting a kill now and then.

or getting kill by another sniper , lol ya I read the "most" after, sorry language barrier ..:D

When I want to snipe long range I use my M98B and kill only snipers, and when I want to be in the action I use the SVD or the M39
 
Keyword was "most" though, which I would agree with. ;) Of course there are useful snipers out there like yourself, but a large percentage just lay on a rock/hill 20 miles away taking potshots and perhaps getting a kill now and then.

I'd differentiate snipers from recons. When in a team, the guy with the recon flying a drone above them pretty much has the advantage. It's just as satisfying being able to call out the campers and if they're about to get ambushed as well as giving out alternate spawn points.

I've also been lucky a clanmate was leveling his recon and i could switch to assault for once. Having enemies highlighted on your map when going around corners is definitely a plus. When you're pinned down, it helps to know where they're shooting from and how many.

The only thing that pisses me off is that he kept wandering AWAY from the squad. When you're flying the drone, you're supposed to cover your squad, not go joyriding!!!
 
I'd differentiate snipers from recons. When in a team, the guy with the recon flying a drone above them pretty much has the advantage. It's just as satisfying being able to call out the campers and if they're about to get ambushed as well as giving out alternate spawn points.

I've also been lucky a clanmate was leveling his recon and i could switch to assault for once. Having enemies highlighted on your map when going around corners is definitely a plus.

The only thing that pisses me off is that he kept wandering AWAY from the squad. When you're flying the drone, you're supposed to cover your squad, not go joyriding!!!

Good point. I play recon, but I run with SKS+4x and mainly try to push up and get a spawn point behind enemy lines. Unfortunately I play hardcore, so recon's spotting benefits really fall on their face, which sucks - other than the spawn point you don't have much squad utility, which I'd like to see changed somehow (no idea how).
 
I find that very few people are good at being actual "snipers". It takes a fair amount of skill to pop a headshot on a moving target at 400m+. In any case, I find it far more invigorating to play as more of a marksman. That's why I roll with the ACOG on either the M40A5, SKS or M98B. Nothing like popping off multiple headshots in quick succession within ranges of less than 100m.
 
They really need to do something about recons and hardcore. In places like metro where you can't use the drone, T-UGS is great. I usually carry an FN VAL or a shotgun, i just need to run like hell and get the beacon planted somewhere.

What i'd really like is for the beacon to not get destroyed every time i respawn.
 
Also, another issue I noticed is that you can view everyone else's ping but not your own? What's the point of having it, then?

yeah that's pretty much the most retarded thing ever, leave it to DICE, I swear they do this stuff on purpose
 
The only way I could get the update was to force a 'repair install' otherwise, I would hit 'check for update' and it would say your game is up to date, then when I tried to launch, it would send me back to update...

They need to learn to push out updates better... that's one thing I like a lot about steam.

Closing Origin and then re-launching it fixed that problem for me with both patches.
 
I too can only install a patch by restarting Origin. And I still go back to default camo on every map every round. Loving the IRNV nerf though. The game definitely feels more fair.
 
I also still get losses by joining a server at the moment the round ends. Often the "new battlereport" squelch sound will play before the game window even comes up. I almost never get a surprise win this way.
 
Man, Im loving the smooth gameplay now.. Dunno if its from the Patch, or the intel setup I bought, or a combo of both. But feels like a whole new game!

And SOOOO fucking happy they nerfed the NV.. Love seeing the chat "OMFG BBQWTF happened to the NV!!!1!"
 
Tried out the IRNV to see the result. Man that thing sucks now. I love it! That and the full auto spread increase. Game feels much more balanced now. Played a few metro 64 conquest games since the patch to check out the network latency seeing as that is about as demanding as it can get. Since the RPG nerf against infantry, boy have people been using the heck out of the M320. At one point I didn't think anyone on the opposing team wasn't using the M320.

Still getting plenty of EA disconnect/random Battlelog BS. I cannot believe they didn't resolve those issues.
 
ugh. Why is everyone full retard on Metro?

There were 3 people watching the back escalator with m249s. All that was necessary was a squad or two to smoke the stairs and butcher them, and roll to A.

NOPE. JUST GONNA HANG OUT IN THE MEATGRINDER SIDE HALLWAY SPAMMING NADES. HERPDERP.

Sometimes i wonder if people actually play this game to win, or just to piss off the people that do want to.
 
Downloading back to K for my PS3 version now. My ps3 version has been collecting dust as it cant hold a candle to eyefinity pc...but I want to get a preview of the maps so Im ready when it drops for the pc next week.

Eeaahhh Gawd, well I have to quote my own post and report my findings for the greater good of mankind. I just gave the maps a quick run through on the PS3 and they are gonna be very, VEEERRRYYY SAAAWWWEEET when they are playable on the PC.....as is right now, my eyes are bleeding from the terrible combination of its sub 720p low res blown up on my 47" 1080P LED HDTV. Gawwwd...ive said it before and Ill say it again...the console version is just an absolute horror versus the PC experience....and you know Ive never had a problem playing FPS shooters with a controller before but the console controller controls are looser than Paris Hilton's dead zone. BF3 MUST be played with a mouse!

So to reiterate once again, the console version is like wearing ten condoms and trying to sex a 385lb tubbo that has a cute face while the PC version is like making sweet, sweet rawdog love to Angelina Jolie from the movie Wanted.
 
What's wrong with the AN94? I am about 27K points from unlocking it and was looking forward to it..

Two burst mode still sucks, full auto always sucks and still sucks.

AEK is more accurate and fires faster.
 
I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Sounds like some of you take your gaming WAY too serious. I don't get to game much these days, but when I do, I sometimes fall back and play as a sniper. You see, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and some nights the high action pace can aggravate and bring pain to my wrists. Or I'll find my old PC choking on the action and just making me a liability to the squad I'm in. So I'll play sniper for a while. I spot like crazy and usually place myself in areas where I can defended a control point and perimeter. I try to be productive to the team, but when it comes down to it, I want to enjoy it too. A revenge kill or a savior kill is just as rewarding to some of us 1 and 30 snipers as it is for the dude owning everything in sight. It's not only about the win... its about the fun too and we all have different ways of enjoying the game. So don't be so judgmental to those who aren't gaming in your Godly footsteps. If you want to be soooo serious, form a clan, get out of the pubs and find servers that encourage ventrilo or other voice communication, but please, stop the whining and chat spamming at those of us who happen to snipe from time to time. Its just a game. Real life is way to serious and hard to deal with these days for so many. No need to bring that into the game too.
 
I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Sounds like some of you take your gaming WAY too serious. I don't get to game much these days, but when I do, I sometimes fall back and play as a sniper. You see, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and some nights the high action pace can aggravate and bring pain to my wrists. Or I'll find my old PC choking on the action and just making me a liability to the squad I'm in. So I'll play sniper for a while. I spot like crazy and usually place myself in areas where I can defended a control point and perimeter. I try to be productive to the team, but when it comes down to it, I want to enjoy it too. A revenge kill or a savior kill is just as rewarding to some of us 1 and 30 snipers as it is for the dude owning everything in sight. It's not only about the win... its about the fun too and we all have different ways of enjoying the game. So don't be so judgmental to those who aren't gaming in your Godly footsteps. If you want to be soooo serious, form a clan, get out of the pubs and find servers that encourage ventrilo or other voice communication, but please, stop the whining and chat spamming at those of us who happen to snipe from time to time. Its just a game. Real life is way to serious and hard to deal with these days for so many. No need to bring that into the game too.

i hear ya. this game has good class balance. i play as sniper most of the time but like engineer depending on the map. i take it serious enough to have a nice setup but i play with eyefinity for immersion rather than advantage. i don't care if that gives me latency or such... i like this game and the feeling of being in a warzone. i don't care how you play, as long as you are trying to win.
 
Sucks to hear about the AN-94 still sucking. That was one of my favorites in BC2.

IRNV nerfed pretty bad, but still has utility in close quarter darker areas (I guess that was its intention). I was actually able to spot out some enemies in a window at least 50 meters away that I probably would have missed with the IRNV, despite the nerf.
 
ugh. Why is everyone full retard on Metro?

There were 3 people watching the back escalator with m249s. All that was necessary was a squad or two to smoke the stairs and butcher them, and roll to A.

NOPE. JUST GONNA HANG OUT IN THE MEATGRINDER SIDE HALLWAY SPAMMING NADES. HERPDERP.

Sometimes i wonder if people actually play this game to win, or just to piss off the people that do want to.

Nah, they play just to specifically piss you off.
 
I found a metro server that actually kicks bans for excessive nade use, and rocket launchers. I was having a blast without the noob irnv twats, and racking up the kills... until this happened....


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Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster permanent ban issued on this Game Server for player 'skiddy11' ... BC2! Hacking/Cheating" [Admin Decision]

Me and 3 friends smoked up the back stairs and just had a non-stop rapefest at A. I guess we knocked the server owner's ego down a peg or two. Sad because I actually enjoyed the server.

24/7 Operation Metro Conquest 64 | NFO-CHI
74.91.115.192:25200

PS. The KH2002 kicks some serious ass!!
 
What's wrong with the AN94? I am about 27K points from unlocking it and was looking forward to it..

The AN-94 is fine. It's not as good as it was in BC2, but it's still a great rifle. Auto fire is still decent. I don't even use the two-burst, just tapping the mouse button works just as well and doesn't get you in trouble as often as it should in close quarters.
 
So, whats a good rifle now? I loved the M416 but now this and the F2000 don't feel like the used to. (And I don't spam on full auto at long range). AEK?
 
Hey guys, I have not been able to use the mouse in the in game menu. I can only select options using the arrow keys and enter. But the problem is I cannot select other configuration options like video because you need the mouse for that. Do you know of any fixes? Thanks!
 
Been using AEK. The M416 has noticeably more recoil this patch.

Currently using AEK+Holo/Foregrip/Heavy Barrel.
 
ugh. Why is everyone full retard on Metro?

There were 3 people watching the back escalator with m249s. All that was necessary was a squad or two to smoke the stairs and butcher them, and roll to A.

NOPE. JUST GONNA HANG OUT IN THE MEATGRINDER SIDE HALLWAY SPAMMING NADES. HERPDERP.

Sometimes i wonder if people actually play this game to win, or just to piss off the people that do want to.

LOL...I played my first 32+ player Metro Conquest tonight...my god, nade spam is almost too inadequate a term to describe what was happening there. I will say this about it, though...it's a pretty good way to get kills and unlock gun attachments with so many people running around willy-nilly.

Also, very disappointed that it seems like they nerfed assault rifle accuracy at full auto but not LMGs. All the top players I saw were pretty much exclusively using the M249.

I started using the heavy barrel with the M416 so the recoil isn't really too bad. I switched to the G3 though since I wanted to try it, and I like it...even though supposedly they nerfed it. Still feels good and I want to unlock some shit for it.

I do enjoy not getting killed every 5 seconds with the IRNV, though. I haven't tried it myself but it does seem like way less people are using it.
 
Was I just lucky before, or did they add getting run over by enemy tanks? I've planted C4 a bunch of times behind enemy tanks and never got run over, then tonight, twice in one round,
 
The AN-94 is fine. It's not as good as it was in BC2, but it's still a great rifle. Auto fire is still decent. I don't even use the two-burst, just tapping the mouse button works just as well and doesn't get you in trouble as often as it should in close quarters.

Figured out tonight as well, and it works quite a bit better than the m416 now. I think it's my Assault weapon of choice now.
 
Was I just lucky before, or did they add getting run over by enemy tanks? I've planted C4 a bunch of times behind enemy tanks and never got run over, then tonight, twice in one round,

You've always been able to run over people with the tanks.

I actually would let support guys run up and turbo reverse to run them over haha...

So, whats a good rifle now? I loved the M416 but now this and the F2000 don't feel like the used to. (And I don't spam on full auto at long range). AEK?

All rifles were changed the same way except the F2000 and AN-94. The F2000 had a nerf. The AN-94 had a buff/nerf.
 
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