Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

So do I just not understand how spotting works now? It worked fine in alpha/beta. But now when my crosshairs touch someone the red triangle will like flicker on and off. If I try to hit my spot button nothing works.
 
Dallows said:
So do I just not understand how spotting works now? It worked fine in alpha/beta. But now when my crosshairs touch someone the red triangle will like flicker on and off. If I try to hit my spot button nothing works.
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I find it's a little picky. If they are too far away it doesn't seem to work; also if you spam the spot button too much it won't let you spot for s few seconds until it "resets".

You should be able to spot enemies with 200 yards almost every time though, and often much further.
 
Dallows said:
So do I just not understand how spotting works now? It worked fine in alpha/beta. But now when my crosshairs touch someone the red triangle will like flicker on and off. If I try to hit my spot button nothing works.
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If they aren't in line of sight to someone on your team, the spot marker goes away. So if you are the only one who can see them, and they go behind a rock, the spot will disappear. In the beta the spot appeared to stay there no matter what . So maybe that's it.
 
Forceman said:
If they aren't in line of sight to someone on your team, the spot marker goes away. So if you are the only one who can see them, and they go behind a rock, the spot will disappear. In the beta the spot appeared to stay there no matter what . So maybe that's it.
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I did not know that! I've seen that happen but never really knew why. Good info!
 
Forceman said:
If they aren't in line of sight to someone on your team, the spot marker goes away. So if you are the only one who can see them, and they go behind a rock, the spot will disappear. In the beta the spot appeared to stay there no matter what . So maybe that's it.
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No it's like a guy running out in the open. I look at him with iron sights and the spot marker will start flickering above his head. Spot key doesn't seem to do anything.
 
CaptNumbNutz said:
If that is the case, it is quite literally THE ONLY WEAPON that damages it. I have done strafing runs with guns and rockets in both jets and helos and it did nothing. The guided missile for jets also does not lock onto it.
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I learned quite early after I harrassed my own team trying to jump into jets with it, that 6 packs of C4 will blow it up as well...of course, with the no base rape policy the game has, its impossible to deliver that kind of munitions load with anything but a TV missile.
 
Dallows said:
No it's like a guy running out in the open. I look at him with iron sights and the spot marker will start flickering above his head. Spot key doesn't seem to do anything.
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It doesn't work for me 9 times out of 10 when I really need it to. I just gave up, spam the key when appropriate.
 
Regarding spotting, there is a bug where rebinding it (at least to the keys I tried, including Delete) appears to properly change the binding in the key list but doesn't actually work in-game. I still have to use Q, which means I pretty much never spot anything since I'm a lefty (left hand on mouse, right hand at arrow keys)
 
Colonel Sanders said:
Regarding spotting, there is a bug where rebinding it (at least to the keys I tried, including Delete) appears to properly change the binding in the key list but doesn't actually work in-game. I still have to use Q, which means I pretty much never spot anything since I'm a lefty (left hand on mouse, right hand at arrow keys)
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That would suck

Just to note for clarification. I'm not touching any buttons when the spot marker flickers above an enemy's head.
 
Dallows said:
That would suck

Just to note for clarification. I'm not touching any buttons when the spot marker flickers above an enemy's head.
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The orange marker always appears above someone's head if your cross-hairs are on them.

You need to press Q to spot though.
 
My current skill number is XXX, something I doubt you could even dream of.........
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I think at you tonight..... I work very hard those last 2 days.....

and this admin on tactical terror something, because his team lost he reset the round 2 times today near the end , I lost 20k points because of that jurk, we really need a system to rank the servers, and EA have to deal with those low life peoples who maintain servers for cheat




Porter_ said:
not a problem with my wireless 360 controller
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Last week I notice they have the wireless 360 controller bundle with the remote in the computer section at Wal-Mart, the price was very good too. They are with the PC mouse not with the X box

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Roman79 said:
I find it's a little picky. If they are too far away it doesn't seem to work; also if you spam the spot button too much it won't let you spot for s few seconds until it "resets".

You should be able to spot enemies with 200 yards almost every time though, and often much further.
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How much is too much?

Also, when i'm flying the MAV, i can't seem to spot people standing next to walls even tho they're in front of it. My spot often ends up jammed from trying to spot these guys.
 
Colonel Sanders said:
Regarding spotting, there is a bug where rebinding it (at least to the keys I tried, including Delete) appears to properly change the binding in the key list but doesn't actually work in-game. I still have to use Q, which means I pretty much never spot anything since I'm a lefty (left hand on mouse, right hand at arrow keys)
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They haven't fixed that yet? I'm starting to get used to my alternative controls (WERD), but i'd reallly like to have my QWES back.
 
Is that true that X BOX have in game voice chat ? , if so , was not DICE who said they will do a little extra for PC ....... extra step back yes...
 
MarkedOne said:
Is that true that X BOX have in game voice chat ? , if so , was not DICE who said they will do a little extra for PC ....... extra step back yes...
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It is so frustrating to have your whole squad die to one guy that sneak attacked us from behind and be completely unable to alert them to the danger. I wonder how much money did they save by taking voice chat out of the BF series?
 
MarkedOne said:
Is that true that X BOX have in game voice chat ? , if so , was not DICE who said they will do a little extra for PC ....... extra step back yes...
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I think it's something that may be integrated into XBL itself, and not the individual games, because AFAIK all MP games on XBL/PS3 have voice chat.
 
Spewn said:
Why would you want to reward them based on how much work they put into the maps and not how good the maps are? It doesn't matter how much work went into Canals when it's ruined by the stationary AA on the carrier, does it?
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How so?
 
How do you guys find servers that aren't loaded with noobs? That is simply put. Nearly every server I join the team I get stuck on has a bunch of fucking morons that don't know WTF they are doing or are simply so bad it seems that way.
 
cageymaru said:
It is so frustrating to have your whole squad die to one guy that sneak attacked us from behind and be completely unable to alert them to the danger. I wonder how much money did they save by taking voice chat out of the BF series?
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Actually its probably costing them money since they say they are adding it in an upcoming patch.
 
ziggo0 said:
How do you guys find servers that aren't loaded with noobs? That is simply put. Nearly every server I join the team I get stuck on has a bunch of fucking morons that don't know WTF they are doing or are simply so bad it seems that way.
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LOL...yeah, it's actually kind of funny how rank doesn't mean anything in this game...I see tons of rank 40's sucking it up in pubs all the time.
 
MavericK96 said:
LOL...yeah, it's actually kind of funny how rank doesn't mean anything in this game...I see tons of rank 40's sucking it up in pubs all the time.
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I eagerly await the next patch with the IRNV nerf, going to be a whole lot of high level retards running around being absolutely useless.
 
Shockey said:
How so?
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The carrier AA on Noshahr Canals dominates the entire map. I can sit in it and kill people at the furthest flags - if someone is in the carrier AA you may as well not bother flying as a Russian. The flight ceiling is absurdly low so the jets "stall"/get crippled if you try to go more than 20 feet off the ground or towards the edge of the map, which means you have to fly low and slow a lot of the time which makes you a sitting duck for the carrier AA. Again, the RU helis cannot fly with someone on the carrier AA as they can see all over the map, and whilst it might be far enough away that you're not in immediate danger of being killed by it, it is very hard to fly with it pelting you from afar and fucking up your flight pattern/controllability.

Compare that to the RU side, whose base is hidden behind a hill and who can't see shit from their spawn. I'm not even totally sure they have an AA emplacement at their uncap?
 
Just got kicked from the game. Looks like the whole battlelog is site is getting an update.

Sucks I was on a good 870MCS run. That shotgun is so fun on hardcore with the .44 magnum.
 
What are you talking about my Origin don't update anything, not the game, not the browser plug in of battlelog . If I remeber well Battlelog make a small update last week, may be you have not play since that time, or may they was updating the Battlelog server earlier this morning, but it's not on client site, not on mine at least
 
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ziggo0 said:
How do you guys find servers that aren't loaded with noobs? That is simply put. Nearly every server I join the team I get stuck on has a bunch of fucking morons that don't know WTF they are doing or are simply so bad it seems that way.
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cageymaru said:
It is so frustrating to have your whole squad die to one guy that sneak attacked us from behind and be completely unable to alert them to the danger. I wonder how much money did they save by taking voice chat out of the BF series?
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You can play with people who are into tactics by searching for the tacticalgamer.com servers. There are about 3 of them atm.

These servers also employ TeamSync, which is a VOIP solution for Battlefield 3.

For more information visit www.tacticalgamer.com
 
cageymaru said:
It is so frustrating to have your whole squad die to one guy that sneak attacked us from behind and be completely unable to alert them to the danger. I wonder how much money did they save by taking voice chat out of the BF series?
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Seems a bit more realistic tho doesn't it?

I mean if I sneak up on your squad in real life and shoot you in the back of the head you aren't gonna be telling you squadmates about it over vent :)
 
Jellylesg said:
The carrier AA on Noshahr Canals dominates the entire map. I can sit in it and kill people at the furthest flags - if someone is in the carrier AA you may as well not bother flying as a Russian. The flight ceiling is absurdly low so the jets "stall"/get crippled if you try to go more than 20 feet off the ground or towards the edge of the map, which means you have to fly low and slow a lot of the time which makes you a sitting duck for the carrier AA. Again, the RU helis cannot fly with someone on the carrier AA as they can see all over the map, and whilst it might be far enough away that you're not in immediate danger of being killed by it, it is very hard to fly with it pelting you from afar and fucking up your flight pattern/controllability.

Compare that to the RU side, whose base is hidden behind a hill and who can't see shit from their spawn. I'm not even totally sure they have an AA emplacement at their uncap?
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exaggerate much?

20 feet is the ceiling now? lol
 
Am I the only one who started and and keeps using the M16A3 after unlocking it on Assault? I always see F2000s and M416s (which I used to use) on the ground when I run out of ammo.
 
Where the hell you guys getting an update from. Its the PS3 getting one.. Havent seen anything for PC, but hopefully it comes, because there are some good fixes id like to see...

• Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it
• You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
• Fixed a problem with flickering name tags
• You should now be able to spot explosives
• Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead

Just I few I like...
 
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