Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

Intel_Hydralisk said:
I seriously wonder how some of you handle small issues that come up in real life.
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If it's a serious issue I don't just sit there and take it so I actually get ahead in life? I deal with things?

They want me banned because they think I cheat but they are retards that have 0 proof and finally realized that I was a 5 digit so instead of looking like super-retards and saying RTB because I cheat they are resorting to calling me a troll. Anyways that's offtopic.
 
kuhla said:
My sarcasm meter is a bit broken today.... I'm so confused.... I guess the only thing I will comment about that is I definitely don't think I'll pre-order from Best Buy again. The pre-order SPECACT bonus code fiasco is a nightmare.
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I got it from BB as well, and the Specact pre-order bonus are a joke anyway. Ooooh yay more shades of camo, pffft, coulda cared less whether I got the code or not.
 
Porter_ said:
so there's a steam group devoted to calling you a douchebag/troll and wanting you banned? and with 26 members? i agree that's a pretty fucking childish thing to do...but part of me wonders how much of a douchebag you must have been to warrant such a thing :p

FWIW flegg, it was possible to grief in a similar manner in BC2. if a teammate placed a stick of C4 on your tail rotor and detonated once you were in the air...down you went. same thing with a well-placed RPG to the tail rotor. it didn't 'break' that game, it just happens every now and then and you move on (with a few choice words to the dipshit that did it).
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At least you can look for that as you take off. I have no way of knowing if I got team-tipped if I was engaged in a serious battle at the time. The reason I am crying about this is because IT IS UNAVOIDABLE, COMPLETELY 100% UNAVOIDABLE. There's absolutely nothing you can do except not use your own base for cover or at least a relative safe zone. Not to mention if they are being blatant just getting out of your base can be a challenge. And even then if you hover for a second they can tip you somewhat well from a distance.
 
Porter_ said:
so there's a steam group devoted to calling you a douchebag/troll and wanting you banned? and with 26 members? i agree that's a pretty fucking childish thing to do...but part of me wonders how much of a douchebag you must have been to warrant such a thing :p

FWIW flegg, it was possible to grief in a similar manner in BC2. if a teammate placed a stick of C4 on your tail rotor and detonated once you were in the air...down you went. same thing with a well-placed RPG to the tail rotor. it didn't 'break' that game, it just happens every now and then and you move on (with a few choice words to the dipshit that did it).
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LOL! I'm definitely trying this tonight. :D
 
Once my gunner in the attack chopper gets Under the Radar we are going to be unstoppable. Once the pilot has the Extinguisher and the Gunner has flares the attack chopper becomes EXTREMELY hard to kill.
 
The more I try BF3 The more i realise how arrogant/stupid DICE was in their decision to avoid COMMANDER mode.
I was playing KHARG and it seemed like the teams were playing like a bunch of rabid monkeys, there was no coordination, team play was fucked up.All this game is rewarding is individual players with no team sense who run around with a flashlight attached to their semiautomatic weapons.

no one seems to even read the instructions on the chatbox.has anyone come across a server which has some decent teamwork involved?

I just wish there was a way to tell dice that THEY FUCKED UP THE GAME and they can stick that flashlight in their ass!!!!!!!!!
Sorry frustration...
 
Valshistixol said:
Once my gunner in the attack chopper gets Under the Radar we are going to be unstoppable. Once the pilot has the Extinguisher and the Gunner has flares the attack chopper becomes EXTREMELY hard to kill.
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Under the radar is amazing yes. Gunner flares and extinguisher don't do much you can't do yourself though.
 
What is under the radar? I've spent almost 0 time in the air vehicles, other than spawning on a squad mate and jumping out.
 
pigwalk said:
I got it from BB as well, and the Specact pre-order bonus are a joke anyway. Ooooh yay more shades of camo, pffft, coulda cared less whether I got the code or not.
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You actually got a code though. I didn't and many other people didn't either. After reading up on forums and comparing it to my receipt I was never given a code even though I was promised one. The BB employees have to ring up the specact code as a separate SKU and apparently many just didn't do it at all. There is quite a few large threads about it on the BB forums. Here is the main FAQ regarding the issue: http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Gaming-Gadgets/FAQ-BF3-SPECACT-DLC-Codes/td-p/353886 My friend (who also pre-ordered from BB) called them and spent 30+ minutes on the phone before being given a code. I'm planning to go to the store today to take care of it.
 
TwistedAegis said:
What is under the radar? I've spent almost 0 time in the air vehicles, other than spawning on a squad mate and jumping out.
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You fly low and it makes you much harder to lock on to. So this allows you engage more frequently and aggressively because you can use your flares for the first round of seekers then as they are falling make your way along the ground - by the time they lock on with under the radar going you will almost always have your flares ready again.
 
flegg said:
This will happen more and more as more people realize they can do it. Not all griefing is equal. This is game-breaking griefing. Telling me that greifing exists everywhere, wow thanks I didn't know. Dumping sewage into a restaurant is greifing and completely shuts down their business but hey greifing is everywhere the restaurant owners just should understand that and just relocate. Thanks man, thanks for the protip.
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I'm sorry but you're overreacting quite a bit

1) There's only 1 mobile AA per map.
2) The odds of a douche bag getting in it are probably slim. (most people want to kill the opposting team whether you want to believe it or not)
3) If you're in a server that has a griefer in the mobile AA for an extended amount of time, LEAVE or switch teams.
4) There's much more to BF3 than helicoptors... calling the whole game broken is childish, rageful and ignorant
5) Seeing people rage over stupid shit like this in a game is funny. If you start going crazy in chat after someone does it, you're probably making it much worse (not to mention you're annoucing the glitch to everyone). Your reaction means you take shit too seriously, and people will keep poking a stick at you. Why? Because it's the internet.
6) People pay $60 for the game and can play it how they want (aside from cheating). Leave the server if you don't like it, or hope that the behavior is against server rules and an admin catches it.
7) If it's that big of a bug, EA will eventually fix it.

TLDR: calm down.
 
sKiDmArK said:
I'm sorry but you're overreacting quite a bit

1) There's only 1 mobile AA per map.
2) The odds of a douche bag getting in it are probably slim. (most people want to kill the opposting team whether you want to believe it or not)
3) If you're in a server that has a griefer in the mobile AA for an extended amount of time, LEAVE or switch teams.
4) There's much more to BF3 than helicoptors... calling the whole game broken is childish, rageful and ignorant
5) Seeing people rage over stupid shit like this in a game is funny. If you start going crazy in chat after someone does it, you're probably making it much worse (not to mention you're annoucing the glitch to everyone). Your reaction means you take shit too seriously, and people will keep poking a stick at you. Why? Because it's the internet.
6) People pay $60 for the game and can play it how they want (aside from cheating). Leave the server if you don't like it, or hope that the behavior is against server rules and an admin catches it.
7) If it's that big of a bug, EA will eventually fix it.

TLDR: calm down.
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You should have said TLDR at the beginning of your post to save the rest of us time because you obviously have not read the thread.

1) There's 1 mobile AA, there's 1 AA turret, and there are multiple jets.

2) The AA turret is occupied less than half the time.

3) addressed in another post

4) not a good reason sorry. I paid for helicopters not a shitty version of CS.

5) derp

6)Yep and I want to play with helicopters. You contradicted your 4 with your 6

7) how long from now? after every1 switches to mw3?
 
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Everyone won't be switching to MW3, period, much less switching because of this one small issue. I get that you're frustrated about it but it's been blown way out of proportion. Play in the [H] gaming servers, I'm sure the admins would be more than happy to quickly take care of the issue. I know you say that is difficult, but there often aren't very many people in spawn anyway outside of the start of the map so you should be able to see who it is and get them kicked/banned.
 
AFAIK [H]ard servers are 32 and I want to play 48-64 man. But that is a good idea yes thank you twisted for the first helpful reply.
 
flegg said:
AFAIK [H]ard servers are 32 and I want to play 48-64 man. But that is a good idea yes thank you twisted for the first helpful reply.
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NP, I think this is an amazing game and want other people to enjoy it. And agreed about the 64 man servers...I've been playing in Jay's Seattle Server, it's hardcore but with some "normal" options turned on, I really like the settings. Never had any issues in there and it runs smoothly. In regards to the helpfulness, I will say that the huge font wasn't necessarily conducive to constructive feedback. ;)
 
flegg said:
AFAIK [H]ard servers are 32 and I want to play 48-64 man. But that is a good idea yes thank you twisted for the first helpful reply.
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I think the servers are 32 and 48. They use to be 64 but changed them due to the rubber banding. Not sure if rubber banding was fixed or not.
 
TwistedAegis said:
NP, I think this is an amazing game and want other people to enjoy it. And agreed about the 64 man servers...I've been playing in Jay's Seattle Server, it's hardcore but with some "normal" options turned on, I really like the settings. Never had any issues in there and it runs smoothly. In regards to the helpfulness, I will say that the huge font wasn't necessarily conducive to constructive feedback. ;)
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which normal features are turned on? 3D spotting and kill cam? i play in a lot of Seattle servers (my neck of the woods) so i wouldn't mind checking it out.
 
Porter_ said:
which normal features are turned on? 3D spotting and kill cam? i play in a lot of Seattle servers (my neck of the woods) so i wouldn't mind checking it out.
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TBH, once I posted that now I can't remember which they were or if I was imagining things, lol. It was packed all day yesterday and couldn't get in with my party, so I may be getting mixed up, I'd still check it out though.

Trashy Women and Brown Party Liquor is also a great server, lol, with a great name to match.
 
TwistedAegis said:
TBH, once I posted that now I can't remember which they were or if I was imagining things, lol. It was packed all day yesterday and couldn't get in with my party, so I may be getting mixed up, I'd still check it out though.

Trashy Women and Brown Party Liquor is also a great server, lol, with a great name to match.
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ok thanks i'll check out Jay's. yeah trashy women and brown party liquor is great. good BC2 server too.
 
Quick hyper-threading related question... I'm obviously aware that disabling HT was benefiting quite a few people... but was BF3 designed to utilize more than 4 threads of execution and it's just currently bugged?
 
flegg said:
And the [H]ard server is down. BF3 so much fun........
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It seems its just that one. I backed the slots down again. I will continue to back slots down to see if it affects the issue. Im also using stats to look at what map it crashes on. Th 32 slot servers dont have this issue.

Im pretty sure this is a conquest mode only issue though.
 
Porter_ said:
every time i revive a teammate with the defib my guy screams "die you motherfucker!"
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I accidentally killed a teammate on a hardcore server yesterday with FF on and then revived him. I got 100 points for the revive. I didn't, but I was pretty tempted to do it again. Surprised they give you points for reviving teammates that you killed.
 
German Muscle said:
It seems its just that one. I backed the slots down again. I will continue to back slots down to see if it affects the issue. Im also using stats to look at what map it crashes on. Th 32 slot servers dont have this issue.

Im pretty sure this is a conquest mode only issue though.
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If I begged you to take crossing off the rotation would it work? That's the map it crashed on as well.
 
Crax said:
I accidentally killed a teammate on a hardcore server yesterday with FF on and then revived him. I got 100 points for the revive. I didn't, but I was pretty tempted to do it again. Surprised they give you points for reviving teammates that you killed.
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ROFL! We should keep this under wraps as much as possible - or avoid hardcore in the near future.
 
I must say, having a 360 controller (or probably any controller or joystick) is a MUST for BF3 jet piloting. It just sucks ass on the mouse/keyboard. You can do helis on the mouse/keyboard okay, but even then it's better flying on a gamepad.
 
MavericK96 said:
I must say, having a 360 controller (or probably any controller or joystick) is a MUST for BF3 jet piloting. It just sucks ass on the mouse/keyboard. You can do helis on the mouse/keyboard okay, but even then it's better flying on a gamepad.
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Good idea, I can do mouse/kb for helis but jets are usually a way for me to get from point A to B before I either get shot down or end up trying to aim it at a tank before bailing out.
 
MavericK96 said:
I must say, having a 360 controller (or probably any controller or joystick) is a MUST for BF3 jet piloting. It just sucks ass on the mouse/keyboard. You can do helis on the mouse/keyboard okay, but even then it's better flying on a gamepad.
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I tried flying the jet with my 360 pad and only lasted like 10 minutes. Sure, I probably didn't play long enough to get used to it (I don't play 360 so I'm not very good at handling the controller to begin with) but after switching back I unlocked everything in like 6-8 hours.
 
polydiol said:
Good idea, I can do mouse/kb for helis but jets are usually a way for me to get from point A to B before I either get shot down or end up trying to aim it at a tank before bailing out.
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Yeah, don't bother using the mouse for it. Trying to pull up/turn with the mouse is retarded..basically you're sitting there pulling the mouse down or up over and over trying to turn fast enough to maneuver. Not even worth flying with it.

theirlaw said:
I tried flying the jet with my 360 pad and only lasted like 10 minutes. Sure, I probably didn't play long enough to get used to it (I don't play 360 so I'm not very good at handling the controller to begin with) but after switching back I unlocked everything in like 6-8 hours.
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TBH I just got the 360 controller two days ago, and I've used a 360 controller in the past but not recently. The difference was immediate for me...I was shooting down jets left and right with little to no practice.
 
The way flegg overreacts is basically the reason griefers exist.

Gonna have to try that AA thing tonight. Thanks for the heads up!
 
MavericK96 said:
I must say, having a 360 controller (or probably any controller or joystick) is a MUST for BF3 jet piloting. It just sucks ass on the mouse/keyboard. You can do helis on the mouse/keyboard okay, but even then it's better flying on a gamepad.
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Agreed, I'm way better at the jet with my 360 gamepad.
 
flegg said:
You should have said TLDR at the beginning of your post to save the rest of us time because you obviously have not read the thread.

1) There's 1 mobile AA, there's 1 AA turret, and there are multiple jets.
2) The AA turret is occupied less than half the time.
3) addressed in another post
4) not a good reason sorry. I paid for helicopters not a shitty version of CS.
5) derp
6)Yep and I want to play with helicopters. You contradicted your 4 with your 6
7) how long from now? after every1 switches to mw3?
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Maybe I missed all of the details while trying to avoid your whining :p. To your defense, it would be frustrating if it happened often, but, most grown-ups would use common sense and just try to avoid the problem caused by a small minority of griefers rather than RAGING IN CAPS on internet forums, and replying to posts using condescending undertones.

1-2) Okay, so it's a bit easier for griefers to follow through. I've had limited time in helios, but friends that use them often have never run into this issue from playing on many many servers. Sure it's personal and local experience, but so is your complaint.
3) Oh well (didn't see it). It's a valid suggestion. At the end of the day, you can't control players on either side of the team, and it is your responsibility to do what you can make the game enjoyable for yourself.
4) If all you do is play helicopters, then yes, the game mechanics obviously do not make you happy. You should quit. Right away.
5) (what we've gotten from you so far)
6) Nice logical fallacy, but irrelevant. If you don't find the multiplayer mechanics enjoyable or appealing, then stop playing or wait until a change is made so you do enjoy them. The game was not made only for you.
7) Maybe try typing up a nice suggestion email to EA/Dice support and inquire? I can guarantee if you use the same type of diction as you do in this thread, you will get absolutely no where.
 
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