Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

GOD'SlittleSERVANT said:
How the hell do I level up faster? 8 hours of gameplay and I'm only level 10. I've only been assault so far but I wanted to max that out and move onto the next... or do I need to use other kits as well?
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Faster?! I logged 569 ranked hours in BF2 and only made rank 14 (1st Lt.). Leveling in BF3 is so fast by comparison. According to BF3S' estimation, I'll hit rank 45 (Colonel) in ~80 hours total
 
Rank 11 and 8hrs in, I am enjoying the game but I get this bug where if I side step then try and go forward he wont move until i go backwards first. I cant believe there are hackers already. Last night some guys were accusing this player of hacking but I put it down to he's just good and these guys need to chill...then I saw why they said he was hacking...he was invisible but for his gun. I personally like playing assault and medic..reviving guys is a good way to unlock some decent guns.
 
GOD'SlittleSERVANT said:
Maverick ^^ Why the hell didn't I think of that? lol thanks
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No problem, lol. And it seems like on average you can figure about one hour of gameplay to one rank, so you're not that far off anyway.

wikidlad said:
Rank 11 and 8hrs in, I am enjoying the game but I get this bug where if I side step then try and go forward he wont move until i go backwards first. I cant believe there are hackers already. Last night some guys were accusing this player of hacking but I put it down to he's just good and these guys need to chill...then I saw why they said he was hacking...he was invisible but for his gun. I personally like playing assault and medic..reviving guys is a good way to unlock some decent guns.
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I guess the good thing about Origin/Battlelog is that DICE can just ban hackers' accounts entirely. Not sure if they are actively doing that or not, but they need to be.
 
Want to level faster? Don't play recon; Fun as hell, levels slow as hell.

Fastest leveling -> Assault with Defib ressucitating on any non-spacious maps.
 
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officer921 said:
I'm working on maxing Support myself. I think a lot of people are spending massive amounts of time in game. Teenagers and the like. I only play on the weekends and some weeknights. I like not leveling at an insane speed. It's funner to have goals and stuff I'm looking forward too. I never understood the "Max everything in every game as fast as possible in record time" mind set.

Like the super fast run throughs of Skyrim I've seen videos of. What a waste.
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Same here. When I was younger and single I would game for 40 ~ 50 hours / week. Now I'm lucky if I can get in an hour a night during the week and 3~4 over a weekend.

I think I'm up to rank 7 in BF3, but I'm satisfied with the progress still having a great time. Like many others I remember playing BF2 for practially forever and staying a relatively low rank.
 
I'm starting to suck more. I'm hoping it's just because I don't have any guys with me that are focused on the objectives and I'd like to think that I'm not so bad a player that I alone can cause a team to lose, but I'm ending up on the losing end more often.

Poop.
 
flegg said:
Every time I play now every other map the AA is tipping his own helis and not covering.

My rage earlier was COMPLETELY justified. If you aren't experience this you AREN'T PLAYING THE GAME so don't tell me I'm overreacting when you don't even play BF3.

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BUYING THIS GAME, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY, COMPLETELY BROKEN 100% GAURANTEED
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I haven't experienced this, couple times in the beta people would shoot jets right as they spawned.
 
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It's not a matter of not liking it. Unless all you like to do is grief, YOU CAN'T EVEN PLAY IT PROPERLY.

If it wasn't broken and never crashed and the server browser gave you more options I would like it.

Sorry I don't like wasting ENTIRE DAYS just TRYING TO PLAY THE damn game. You don't understand what trolling is. This game has a SERIOUS FLAW and I'm making sure people know about it before they waste their time and money trying to play it.

Once you play more than 15 hours of it and you actually have the game-sense to understand what is going on you will understand how bad this shit is.
 
flegg said:
GAURANTEED
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If you are going to post in huge letters, at least spell check first.

Have you ever considered that the tipping is a reflection of what people think of your behavior/actions on the server? I've never griefed, but I've screwed with many a d-bag.
 
I must be playing a different game then because I can play it properly and haven't encountered the problem you are describing once.
 
Question: I noticed while playing both SP & MP that occasionally the game will hitch or pause. Generally my frame rates are smooth as butter but the sporadic hitching can be annoying.

Anyone else experienced hitching or pauses at all? All settings are on Ultra. (No FSAA)

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flegg said:
It's not a matter of not liking it. Unless all you like to do is grief, YOU CAN'T EVEN PLAY IT PROPERLY.
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You could do the exact same thing in BC2 and it never broke that game.(I'm talking about shooting down friendly heli's with the AA, *not* using C4 or mines) I've seen one person do this so far in about 30 hours of playing BF3, and they did it once unsuccessfully and then went on to play the game normal-style.

Yes, it's possible that a friendly could knock your helicopter out of the sky with the AA platform, but it's not a common occurrence for the average player.
 
Spewn said:
You could do the exact same thing in BC2 and it never broke that game.(I'm talking about shooting down friendly heli's with the AA, *not* using C4 or mines) I've seen one person do this so far in about 30 hours of playing BF3, and they did it once unsuccessfully and then went on to play the game normal-style.

Yes, it's possible that a friendly could knock your helicopter out of the sky with the AA platform, but it's not a common occurrence for the average player.
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Setting up c4 to launch friendly ATVs hundreds of feet into the air? :D This game rocks.
 
Trust me if they don't do anything about it it you will notice it soon.

The trend is just starting to explode like a Mac Device.
 
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Ok guys...I need some help optimizing my system.

All I need is to survive till after christmas with my current system. I just need 30+ fps consistent. Check my sig for the parts list.

I'm currently using the following settings:
-All low graphics settings
-No AA
-No AF
-No motion blur
-Every other graphics setting OFF
-1280x960 resolution. Can't go any lower or else parts of the HUD don't show on screen, even after adjusting FOV.
-Application settings for AA and AF in CCC. Catalyst AI set to default ON value.
-11.9 drivers
- I can't overclock my card. LITERALLY. I can only push it 5mhz, but even then it will crash after 10 minutes, runs perfectly stable at stock speeds. I do have aftermarket cooling on it, but that never helped.
- I can try overclocking my processor, but this game doesn't quite max it out like BC2 did. I only get 85-90% usage on all 4 cores at default speeds. The previous board I used with this chip could get it up to 3.0ghz, but now I can't seem to get it past 2.8ghz. I'm not sure OCing it will even help...

What can I do? I'm at a loss. Some days it will chug along fine, then others this game will slow to a crawl. Reboots sometimes fix it. Catalyst drivers only seem to be getting worse, and I haven't seen the 4000 series listed for improvements in this game in last 2 releases.

I just need to hang on a little longer till I can afford a new system. Any other settings I'm not aware of?
 
Sounds like a problem with your GPU/drivers rather than the game if it works well "some days" and not others.
 
mr_zen256 said:
Question: I noticed while playing both SP & MP that occasionally the game will hitch or pause. Generally my frame rates are smooth as butter but the sporadic hitching can be annoying.

Anyone else experienced hitching or pauses at all? All settings are on Ultra. (No FSAA)

Rig in sig
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disable hyperthreading.
 
Also, for anyone who has played the final co-op mission (The Eleventh Hour), a question:

How the fuck do you win at the end? I've gotten to the room with the last guy twice now, and both times my teammate got grabbed by him. I stick my hand out, but there's no prompt. I sit there for a few seconds and the guy shoots me and my teammate and we fail the mission. Is my teammate supposed to press a button or something? Because I played it twice in a row with the same random guy and both times we failed the fucking mission. Am I supposed to do something or is he just a retard?
 
Both guys need to press something I believe. Your prompt is "e" not sure about the other guys, haven't been that person yet.
 
flegg said:
It's not a matter of not liking it. Unless all you like to do is grief, YOU CAN'T EVEN PLAY IT PROPERLY.

If it wasn't broken and never crashed and the server browser gave you more options I would like it.

Sorry I don't like wasting ENTIRE DAYS just TRYING TO PLAY THE damn game. You don't understand what trolling is. This game has a SERIOUS FLAW and I'm making sure people know about it before they waste their time and money trying to play it.

Once you play more than 15 hours of it and you actually have the game-sense to understand what is going on you will understand how bad this shit is.
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I guess the answer to your problem is just don't mess with the helicopters until it's fixed. There are plenty of other things to do in the game. Frankly I have never actually seen this "issue" happen in a real game after playing for ~7 hours, so I'm not sure where this is occurring. Not that I don't believe it happens, I have just never seen it personally. Maybe play on servers where the players aren't total dickbags.

limitedaccess said:
Both guys need to press something I believe.
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It never gives me a prompt so I assume he fucks up before I even get to?
 
Despite everyone's claims, I find the AN-94 to be a pretty good weapon. Yes, it has lots of recoil, but nothing you can't manage. The foregrip and heavy barrel make a huge difference in this regard. I just went 41-14 with it in the last round I played (8700 points that round, in case anyone was wondering if I was nothing more than a K/D whore) .
 
MavericK96 said:
It never gives me a prompt so I assume he fucks up before I even get to?
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I assume he does, since he needs to disarm the guy and then his character will prompt you to "take the shot"

I'm not sure what the key presses are for that guy though, haven't been him. But for you it is just "e." I assume it is 1 button as well for him though.
 
limitedaccess said:
Both guys need to press something I believe. Your prompt is "e" not sure about the other guys, haven't been that person yet.
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yeah, you both have to press something, but i thought that the buttons were randomized between "space, right click, left click, e, f, or z"?
 
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