Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

Korben Dallas said:
Me and my buddy go on killing sprees whenever we get a heli. I'm usually the gunner and I'll get several kills per run. Infantry included.

Once Operation Firestorm, we grabbed the heli when the round started and we never lost it.
Held off the enemy ground armor from moving past the first set of cap points for the entire round. Us being in the air pretty much won that game for our team, we had all cap points for 95% of the game. I think I was 24-0 by the end of the round.
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Normally I'd say K:D ratio is rather pointless in this game, but if you're actually helping your team and using tactics, then more power to ya. That's what I like to see.

saedrin said:
Check GPU usage and CPU usage while playing, depending on which one is maxed out you'll know where you need to do some upgrading.
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How do you check the GPU usage? And obviously the game is going to spike your CPUs anyway, so what metric are you checking to see if one needs to improve their GPU or CPU? Firing up task manager and looking at the process for BF3.exe sitting there spiked at near 100% doesn't give you much. It'll be like that regardless of the CPU you drop in there.
 
Well I just fired up the battlelog and I noticed a queue system for joining some servers now. Have I been under a rock or is this feature really new?

I like! :D
 
BobSutan said:
Normally I'd say K:D ratio is rather pointless in this game, but if you're actually helping your team and using tactics, then more power to ya. That's what I like to see.
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I agree that KDR means nothing in BF. I was just replying to the other guy who said he thinks heli is not powerful.

But yea, we always try and help the team in some way. If there is a cap point being attacked you bet your ass we will be there to provide air support.
 
well, KDR does seem a bit, since in conquest (IMO, the main game mode), dying a lot as the attackers burns up tickets.
 
My favorite part of this game is it takes two slow sniper rifle rounds to kill someone yet every newb in the game sprays a sub-machine gun in your general direction and your instantly killed.
 
Forceman said:
I was on some server last night and everyone was crying "oh, the tanks are so overpowered", blah blah blah - it's a tank for god's sake, of course it is overpowering for a guy on foot. It's built like a tank.
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Man really? Those guys are crazy. It's a lot easier to kill tanks now than in BC2 or BF2 with that "disabling vehicle feature". Well easier for me at least. Those guys need to learn to kill the dude behind the tank repairing it too.
 
Sigh, still get crash to desktop bugs, 3rd person bugs, kill cam bugs... sigh DICE, fix this shit.
 
Vega said:
My favorite part of this game is it takes two slow sniper rifle rounds to kill someone yet every newb in the game sprays a sub-machine gun in your general direction and your instantly killed.
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After playing my typical assault sniper on Grand Bazaar today, and then Medic, I completely understand where you're coming from.

At this point in the game, I'm not sure what I think of it vs BC2.
 
Now my game crashes out every hour or so with BF3.exe crash. The fun never ends with DICE games.. :mad:
 
Vega said:
My favorite part of this game is it takes two slow sniper rifle rounds to kill someone yet every newb in the game sprays a sub-machine gun in your general direction and your instantly killed.
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It's hard to balance because if it only took one shot with a sniper rifle, everyone would go Recon and camp the shit out of Conquest (kind of like what happened in Beta when the sniper rifles were more powerful).

I'd say some of the rifles that are bolt-action and take a really long time to cycle a round should be one shot, the rest that are semi-auto fast shots should be 2+. Not sure if that's how it is or not but that seems more fair.

And ALL of them should have shit accuracy while standing or even crouching (without bipod). None of this dancing around no-scoping people like I've seen in BC2 a whole lot.
 
Do I seriously have to fucking earn a red dot sight for each individual fucking gun? Are you kidding me?
 
i really don't understand how people can say that K/D ratio means nothing in BF3 conquest. you do know that every time someone dies, they are losing 1 point from the team's ticker, right? i understand if you're complaining about those that camp and are not trying to help capture points, BUT, if we're just talkign about K/D of those who are actually going for points, would you want someone who is 1 and 10 on your team, or 10 and 1?

hint: one of the choices will save your team 9 points.
 
Are we allowed to talk about the Origin-bypass for multiplayer released by a pirate group? The bypass doesn't work with pirated copies of BF3, only legit ones. I'm wondering if its safe enough....
 
lobski2 said:
Are we allowed to talk about the Origin-bypass for multiplayer released by a pirate group? The bypass doesn't work with pirated copies of BF3, only legit ones. I'm wondering if its safe enough....
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hmmm... someone i may or may not know might be interested.
 
lobski2 said:
Are we allowed to talk about the Origin-bypass for multiplayer released by a pirate group? The bypass doesn't work with pirated copies of BF3, only legit ones. I'm wondering if its safe enough....
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Looking at this

http://bf3blog.com/2011/10/battlefield-3-on-steam-according-to-new-evidence/

And the origin bypass. I am really starting to think BF3 is coming to Steam. With the same concept as the Origin bypass, we launch BF3 from Steam, then battlelog boots. But again, it would totally defeat the purpose of this bypass :p
 
illybang said:
i really don't understand how people can say that K/D ratio means nothing in BF3 conquest. you do know that every time someone dies, they are losing 1 point from the team's ticker, right? i understand if you're complaining about those that camp and are not trying to help capture points, BUT, if we're just talkign about K/D of those who are actually going for points, would you want someone who is 1 and 10 on your team, or 10 and 1?

hint: one of the choices will save your team 9 points.
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It doesn't mean nothing, but it also doesn't mean everything. If all the 10 and 1 guy did was camp in the corner sniping the random person, while the 1 and 10 guy went around capping flags and disabling tanks, and reviving and healing his teammates, then I'd probably take the 1 and 10 guy.
 
Hey gents. I was having trouble getting my server populated, so I made a contest. Details here -> bootstrapbf3.com.

Enjoy. :eek:
 
illybang said:
i really don't understand how people can say that K/D ratio means nothing in BF3 conquest. you do know that every time someone dies, they are losing 1 point from the team's ticker, right? i understand if you're complaining about those that camp and are not trying to help capture points, BUT, if we're just talkign about K/D of those who are actually going for points, would you want someone who is 1 and 10 on your team, or 10 and 1?

hint: one of the choices will save your team 9 points.
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You are using a very extreme example, and most people will not have that large of a variation in terms of KDR compared to others. But unlike other FPS games, judging someone with say a KDR of 1.5 vs. someone with a KDR of 1.0 is not very useful without knowing the context.

BF3 (and Battlefield games in general) involve too many apples vs. oranges type scenarios. What role you tend to play (I don't just mean class), what game mode you tend to play, and what map you tend to play can have a profound impact on KDR.
 
I just found out tanks can be killed from 100% with a few second quick gun run from a plane.

This game is about to get uninstalled, it is that bad... This is the least amount of fun I've had in an FPS in ages. BC2 is only about a thousand times better than this.
 
Well no, but obviously you can be that 10-1 guy that also caps flags and disables tanks. You should always strive for a positive KDR no matter how you play.

The problem is, everytime you see someone with a pretty decent (3.0+) KDR, 9/10 times it's just some dickbag with an M249 laying prone the entire match.

Vega said:
I just found out tanks can be killed from 100% with a few second quick gun run from a plane.

This game is about to get uninstalled, it is that bad... This is the least amount of fun I've had in an FPS in ages. BC2 is only about a thousand times better than this.
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It's really risky to do this because flying in a straight line is a good way to attract every kind of AA. I'm not sure why you think this is a bad thing.

Next time you see a jet trying to do gun runs on your tank, just shoot it down.
 
Vega said:
I just found out tanks can be killed from 100% with a few second quick gun run from a plane.

This game is about to get uninstalled, it is that bad... This is the least amount of fun I've had in an FPS in ages. BC2 is only about a thousand times better than this.
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See ya.
 
Korben Dallas said:
Pretty neat idea. Your server is empty atm :(

There is a thread that lists BF3 server here
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1646454
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I'm trying to get it populated... trying pretty hard. I've already had some negative comments regarding the prizes already ("they are crap", etc).

Anyhow, I will post it on over in that thread. And yea it is indeed empty, this is the point of the contest. :eek:
 
Haha why the hell would anyone complain about getting free stuff just from playing the game :\

Don't really need the prizes, but I'll play on your server when I can, help get it populated.
 
AceCR42 said:
Haha why the hell would anyone complain about getting free stuff just from playing the game :\

Don't really need the prizes, but I'll play on your server when I can, help get it populated.
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Thanks for the pity joins. :rolleyes:
 
Vega said:
I just found out tanks can be killed from 100% with a few second quick gun run from a plane.

This game is about to get uninstalled, it is that bad... This is the least amount of fun I've had in an FPS in ages. BC2 is only about a thousand times better than this.
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What aircraft was it?
 
Is there such a thing as a server that limits the levels that can join, so you're not always getting roflstomped by all the guys who have all of the neat toys already?
 
AceCR42 said:
Well no, but obviously you can be that 10-1 guy that also caps flags and disables tanks. You should always strive for a positive KDR no matter how you play.

The problem is, everytime you see someone with a pretty decent (3.0+) KDR, 9/10 times it's just some dickbag with an M249 laying prone the entire match.



It's really risky to do this because flying in a straight line is a good way to attract every kind of AA. I'm not sure why you think this is a bad thing.

Next time you see a jet trying to do gun runs on your tank, just shoot it down.
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If I am in a tank, how am I suppose to shoot it down? Suicide, change to engineer and launch MANPADS? What if I want to uhh, drive a tank.. and not be running around launching stupid shoulder fired missiles that just get decoyed anyway. What a waste of time.
 
Vega said:
If I am in a tank, how am I suppose to shoot it down? Suicide, change to engineer and launch MANPADS? What if I want to uhh, drive a tank.. and not be running around launching stupid shoulder fired missiles that just get decoyed anyway. What a waste of time.
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The heavy machine gun is pretty good, as is having your top gunner shoot the plane down. Combined you've got pretty good protection. And yes, one of you popping out and lighting up the aircraft with a missile is also an option.
 
Vega said:
If I am in a tank, how am I suppose to shoot it down? Suicide, change to engineer and launch MANPADS? What if I want to uhh, drive a tank.. and not be running around launching stupid shoulder fired missiles that just get decoyed anyway. What a waste of time.
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That's what both machine guns are for.
 
AceCR42 said:
...really, dude?

I don't think you can afford to be a dick when you're practically bribing people to join your server.
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I think you misinterpreted my comment in quite a big fashion. I honestly don't know how to respond to this.
 
the .50 cal mounted on most vehicles' is rather useless against fast air or even helicopters, the bullets travel really, really slow.
 
lobski2 said:
the .50 cal mounted on most vehicles' is rather useless against fast air or even helicopters, the bullets travel really, really slow.
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Not really, it's extremely easy to shoot down helis with it, and for jets you just have to lead depending on the distance. But planes coming in to shoot you just travel in a straight line anyway so it's not like there's anything to predict.

keefusm said:
I think you misinterpreted my comment in quite a big fashion. I honestly don't know how to respond to this.
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Apologies then, guess the late night is getting to me :(
 
AceCR42 said:
Not really, it's extremely easy to shoot down helis with it, and for jets you just have to lead depending on the distance. But planes coming in to shoot you just travel in a straight line anyway so it's not like there's anything to predict.



Apologies then, guess the late night is getting to me :(
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Yea, I was actually sarcastically making fun of myself in that comment (the fact that I am giving away free stuff and yet no one will join).

No harm no foul. At least you didn't call my prizes crap.;)
 
keefusm said:
Yea, I was actually sarcastically making fun of myself in that comment (the fact that I am giving away free stuff and yet no one will join).

No harm no foul. At least you didn't call my prizes crap.;)
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I think the ':rolleyes:' is what made your post seem arrogant. Came off that way to me as well so it wasn't just AceCR42.

Anyway, sleep now, but I will try to join your server later. :cool:
 
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