Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

TheMadHatterXxX said:
Whats the key binding on the configuration screen to make the MAV go up? I don't mean the default key I mean the description of it. For some reason mine isn't binded to anything so i can't make it go up.
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Normally it is space bar, but I noticed last night that mine wasn't taking off any longer. I was wondering if there was something that had changed, or if a silent patch had come out that borked it up.

U R DOA said:
While I'm at it, let's rage some more.
Stacked team or not, they set up some complete bullshit with Sharqi rush.
We dominated all objectives, crushed them right back to the sky scraper the helo spawns on.
They then held off 150 tickets, by having 2 guys drop c4 from upper stair case, few guys camped at the top of the ladder, then a grip of them in the room with the bomb.
Almost zero chance we plant that last bomb against one of the worst teams ever.
Face palm all over the place with some of these map designs.
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Sharqi blows in both Rush and Conquest. In Rush, the last two MCOMs are too hard to get attacking, because the defenders can just camp the stairs with support; and in Conquest the fact that the Russians get a guaranteed helo (and a grossly overpowered one at that), while the US doesn't, makes that mode a rape-fest.
 
Spidey329 said:
I don't have to aim the MAV. Within an inch of the crosshair, it usually spots them. Regardless of trees.
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If that were true, i wouldn't have to end up chasing them around the map. Which is what usually happens. In my own experience, if someone is too close to a wall or a rock, even if i can still see them, they will often not get tagged. And last time i checked, you cannot tag people hiding behind cover, and the proximity sensor does not work on campers.
 
Forceman said:
Normally it is space bar, but I noticed last night that mine wasn't taking off any longer. I was wondering if there was something that had changed, or if a silent patch had come out that borked it up.
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I've once experienced the MAV not being able to take off. It can still roll to the side but not go up. I'm guessing there was a glitch during the map loading and the ceiling on my client somehow got set to zero.
 
Sly said:
I've once experienced the MAV not being able to take off. It can still roll to the side but not go up. I'm guessing there was a glitch during the map loading and the ceiling on my client somehow got set to zero.
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Yep, that's exactly what happened. And I've found the sensitivity for spotting to be very high (or low?) as well - the person has to be in the open and I have to have them right in the crosshair for it to really tag them for my team. It'll show up with the orange triangle if it is near the crosshair, but it won't actually spot them. Lately I've just taken to parking it on a building near the action and switching back to gun and fighting while the MAV acts like a TUGS, then when the fighting moves off I'll switch back and move it to a new location.

Edit: Turns out the MAV problems were joystick related. As soon as I unplugged it, it worked fine. I think it may have been because the joystick throttle was in the lowest position when I started the game - before it was always in the max position.
 
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For the first time I'm getting disconnected from servers after what appears to be a spike in lag - nothing has changed with my machine/connection/etc so I'm at a loss. Anyone else experiencing this?
 
Anyone notice sometimes moving around one of your movement keys stops working? Then you have to stop and re-press the key. Can throw you off in the heat of battle.
 
Vega said:
Anyone notice sometimes moving around one of your movement keys stops working? Then you have to stop and re-press the key. Can throw you off in the heat of battle.
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Yes, it annoys the hell out of me. Seems to happen if you hold down the movement key for a long period of time
 
SLiGuy said:
Unlocked canister shell earlier. This thing is badass.
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Pair that with the proximity sensor and the thermal scope. You'll never have to worry about going into a tight quarters zone ever again. I actually park the tank right next (or inside) the buildings when i'm capturing flags so i can tell if there's anyone inside. ;)
 
SLiGuy said:
Unlocked canister shell earlier. This thing is badass.
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Agreed.
Canister Shell + smoke and autoloader is insane. I just got my canister yesterday and against infantry, jeep and helicopters its awesome. I was circling the antenna on caspian as the enemy had capped it and were spawning, I got 19 kills in less then 3min. Being able to fire the cannon and canister shell without delay lets you put down a huge amount of firepower at a very fast rate of fire. I probably could have got more then 19 kills if I didnt blur my vision from laughing so hard.
 
Vega said:
Anyone notice sometimes moving around one of your movement keys stops working? Then you have to stop and re-press the key. Can throw you off in the heat of battle.
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YES! It throws me off massively because I instantly think I've walked into something and hit spacebar (to jump...in place unfortunately).
 
Vega said:
Anyone notice sometimes moving around one of your movement keys stops working? Then you have to stop and re-press the key. Can throw you off in the heat of battle.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. said:
Yes, it annoys the hell out of me. Seems to happen if you hold down the movement key for a long period of time
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quadnad said:
YES! It throws me off massively because I instantly think I've walked into something and hit spacebar (to jump...in place unfortunately).
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I thought I was the only one. I'm a frantic player so movement is everything. I'm trying to strafe and I stop right there in the open with no cover.
Whatever they did to BL and the game itself needs another patch.

On another note:

I've been killed by the PKP more than any other weapon in this game. No chance to comeback if shot first.
Sometimes it's insta-death from long range. PKP = Point and Kill People. It's the shotgun of the Support Class.

L85A2 is a beast at mid to long range, very accurate with excellent power.
Average RPM and poor CQC power, will lose 1 on 1 in a hallway everytime. Will definitely be my weapon of choice on larger maps.
 
Jenova said:
I'm stuck in windowed mode now. I've tried all the in-game options but can't seem to go fullscreen. Any suggestions?
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Alt-Enter. It's the standard fullscreen windows key combo.

It works in BF3, just have to use left alt key for some reason. That's the way it was back before Karkand came out, I don't know if they have fixed it yet.
 
Alt-Tab doesn't work and Alt-Enter will make the game window flicker and then return to windowed mode.
 
is it safe to play? About a week ago i saw alot of posts on the official forums about hackers getting legit players punk banned, and having thier ea accounts perma banned and not being able to play any game on origin...

I really wanna play this game but im scared to get my account hacked i guess.
 
Vega said:
Anyone notice sometimes moving around one of your movement keys stops working? Then you have to stop and re-press the key. Can throw you off in the heat of battle.
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I thought it was just me. It usually gets me killed.
 
zombix said:
is it safe to play? About a week ago i saw alot of posts on the official forums about hackers getting legit players punk banned, and having thier ea accounts perma banned and not being able to play any game on origin...

I really wanna play this game but im scared to get my account hacked i guess.
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I don't think it ever affected Origin, it was just the streaming ban thing they were exploiting. And I don't think it was that big a deal in any case - haven't heard anything about it in the last few days. I'd say you're safe to play.
 
U R DOA said:
I'm sure some of you guys have already seen these videos.
If you have not, watch all of his operation videos.
After you watch this one, you can see the others are uploaded to his account.
Watching shit like this gets me pumped to play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHvHBIuG3E&feature=related
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Yeah, I pretty much play how he does in OPERATION ASSHAT.

Love that video... and this game is SO fucking fun to play.. hahahaha. I love it.
 
Vega said:
Anyone notice sometimes moving around one of your movement keys stops working? Then you have to stop and re-press the key. Can throw you off in the heat of battle.
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Yeah, that's happened to me since release. Guess they never fixed it... :(
 
Are you guys talking about W?

If you double tap W key and hold it, it makes the guy burst run until you let go of W (meaning your guy sprints, exactly as if you held the SHIFT key while going forward)
 
Greene420 said:
Are you guys talking about W?

If you double tap W key and hold it, it makes the guy burst run until you let go of W (meaning your guy sprints, exactly as if you held the SHIFT key while going forward)
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Not just W, it seems to happen with all movement keys, and fairly often. It's doubly bad for me because my keyboard is knackered and actually does this anyway, so both combined is the biggest bastard.
 
IcedEmotion said:
Thanks for the video, that was funny stuff.
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Yeah, lol.

Operation Asshat: "There's your problem .. you need a spotweld".


I like how this guy plays. He plays to have fun, he doesn't get mixed up in the K:D ratio. My K:D ratio is horrible, because sometimes I just want to have fun :)
 
Jenova said:
Alt-Tab doesn't work and Alt-Enter will make the game window flicker and then return to windowed mode.
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I've seen that behavior before. It is maddening.

I somehow fixed it by making sure all other windows I had open (web browser, etc.) were minimized and closed and/or restarting the game. Sometimes clicking in the window immediately after using alt-enter fixed it. It eventually was fixed for me permanently... but I'm not sure how. It happened a lot in Alpha/Beta and release builds. It eventually went away and I think it was fixed in a patch for me. I'm sure it has something to do with specific video card's and driver combos. I have an older AMD card, so I'm sure it has something to do with it.
 
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U R DOA said:
I'm sure some of you guys have already seen these videos.
If you have not, watch all of his operation videos.
After you watch this one, you can see the others are uploaded to his account.
Watching shit like this gets me pumped to play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHvHBIuG3E&feature=related
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Super Battlefield 3 is my favorite, especially with the Mario-esque sound effects every time he gets a jet roadkill.
 
U R DOA said:
I'm sure some of you guys have already seen these videos.
If you have not, watch all of his operation videos.
After you watch this one, you can see the others are uploaded to his account.
Watching shit like this gets me pumped to play.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHvHBIuG3E&feature=related
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Holy shit that vid was fucking hilarious, I'm gonna check out the others. I couldn't stop laughing after "huey hug"
 
I seriously lol'd after watching those videos. Come here bro let me fix ya up. As he proceeds to torch his ass. Rofl
 
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Sly said:
If that were true, i wouldn't have to end up chasing them around the map. Which is what usually happens. In my own experience, if someone is too close to a wall or a rock, even if i can still see them, they will often not get tagged. And last time i checked, you cannot tag people hiding behind cover, and the proximity sensor does not work on campers.
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Wait, are you using the MAV's motion sensor? I'm using the spot key. You can use that from any range and you still get the motion sensor points (and spot bonus). Using the spot key is more effective as you just have to see them briefly to tag them.

I wasn't aware it had a motion/proximity sensor until I flew low today for the first time. I'll have to tinker with it more to see if more points are possible by flying low.
 
So...does anyone disagree that venturing into an enemy's uncap to kill guys mortaring there is OK? I got booted off a server for doing exactly that.
 
Daggah said:
So...does anyone disagree that venturing into an enemy's uncap to kill guys mortaring there is OK? I got booted off a server for doing exactly that.
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Depends on the server rules. Most of the ones I've seen that ban going into the enemy uncap also ban firing from the uncap. Otherwise I agree with you - if you are shooting at me I should be able to shoot back.
 
Spidey329 said:
Wait, are you using the MAV's motion sensor? I'm using the spot key. You can use that from any range and you still get the motion sensor points (and spot bonus). Using the spot key is more effective as you just have to see them briefly to tag them.

I wasn't aware it had a motion/proximity sensor until I flew low today for the first time. I'll have to tinker with it more to see if more points are possible by flying low.
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Yes, it's got a proximity sensor, but that only makes enemies blink of the radar. You need to spot if you want them to appear on the radar more permanently. I fly it around the area just ahead of my squad, especially around or near buildings. If i detect a sensor contact, he's usually either indoors, or squeezed between obstacles, so you can't spot them unless you reposition yourself to their line of sight.

Flying low is more dangerous, but more thorough if you're trying to guide your squad through an area.

And incase you don't know yet. Your ECM gun also triggers claymores. I've killed enemies with their own claymores and that's where i'm getting my MAV kills.
 
FINNNAALLLLYYYY got the TV-guided missle. Mannn, I feel like my life is complete now.

Droc said:
I think C4 is easily the mot enjoyable part of the game.
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100% agree. Nothing is more satisfying then taking down a AMTRAC or MBT full of enemies with C4!
 
lobski2 said:
I hear its buggy as hell and pretty useless, is this true?
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Only when you're trying to shoot a heli. Imagine trying to shoot down a Heli with a TOW launcher. It can't one hit a tank, but it's got a large blast radius so it's still great for taking out moving targets at range and for taking out squads. The fact that it's manually guided means you can shoot it at tanks, which these days seem to carry ECM's all the time.
 
Sly said:
Only when you're trying to shoot a heli. Imagine trying to shoot down a Heli with a TOW launcher. It can't one hit a tank, but it's got a large blast radius so it's still great for taking out moving targets at range and for taking out squads. The fact that it's manually guided means you can shoot it at tanks, which these days seem to carry ECM's all the time.
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I killed choppers with TV missile. :D Fun stuff. It is hard though.
 
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