Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

quadnad said:
I can't hit SHIT with any of the support guns (other than the shotguns) - it's absolutely pathetic.

I'm great as recon with the M98, same with the M16 and M4 for assault and engineer respectively, but when it comes to support guns I just suck. It seems like they have very little ability to be mobile while shooting, but everyone else seems plenty capable of hitting me in the face with the damn PKP :( When I try the PKP I tend to hit them with the first shot and then mostly the wall/ceiling.

Oh and per that other guy's post earlier in the thread, here are my miserable stats. It's an unfortunate fact of getting older that you end up "playing for fun" instead of playing to win, like I used to in CS. I suppose at least this means I get to spend more time dicking around with jihad jeeps and c4ing people :)
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nice skill and SPM, the only thing miserable about your stats is seeing a bunch of metro games in a row in your history ;)
 
otapnam said:
nice skill and SPM, the only thing miserable about your stats is seeing a bunch of metro games in a row in your history ;)
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haha yeah, I tend to get up early (~3-4am) and have trouble getting back to sleep, so metro is what I end up playing. It's mindless but wakes me up (EDIT: also appears to be one of the few populated maps at that time!). My history looks different on the weekend and during weekday evenings, as it's the only other point when I have time/mental capacity; then it's just conquest on random maps (almost always NOT metro!)

EDIT: one final thing I forgot to mention is that I actually really enjoy metro with 16-32 (or so) players - it's much less of an explosion-fest and can actually lead to quite a lot of movement in terms of teams taking points/flanking each other.
 
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NoTrigger said:
Just wait until you unlock the frag rounds. People rage over it so much on maps like metro where they're always bunched up. The shrapnel from the frag rounds just tear everyone up.

Jump on a 64 man conquest metro server

Loadout: USAS + Frag shells and Support class (You're going to need the ammo)

Camp the Cafe, and just spray the doorways at the end of each hall where people come in. Usually get at least a kill each clip. Still better than being a rocket whore.
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Sounds good. I had unlocked the FRAG rounds earlier, but was hesitant to using them as it said they have less stopping power. Is this false?
 
FourPlay said:
Sounds good. I had unlocked the FRAG rounds earlier, but was hesitant to using them as it said they have less stopping power. Is this false?
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The frag round does splash damage, which is why it's so helpful when the enemy is bunched up.
 
Brules said:
240b is pretty worthless. Stay with the 249 till you get the PKPECHINGADING.
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I've been trying to level the PKP and I can't hit shit with it. I only have the 3.4x unlocked, so maybe the foregrip and holo will help, but for now it is a giant recoil mess. I am much more effective with the M249 or QBB-95.

FourPlay said:
Sounds good. I had unlocked the FRAG rounds earlier, but was hesitant to using them as it said they have less stopping power. Is this false?
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I found buckshot to be much more effective for me with the USAS - I think you get more kill assists with frag, but I was getting a lot more actual kills with buckshot.
 
anyone have issues with getting the game to go full screen? my system specs are in my sig.

often, I'll launch a game and it will be in a window the size of my 30'' screen. i have to alt-tab, sometimes 10 to 15 times back and forth before it actually goes full screen. other times it will launch full screen, sometimes it only takes a few times of alt-tabbing back and forth. i have the full screen option set in the options and using alt-enter does't fix it either. it is pretty frustrating
 
ZippZopp said:
anyone have issues with getting the game to go full screen? my system specs are in my sig.

often, I'll launch a game and it will be in a window the size of my 30'' screen. i have to alt-tab, sometimes 10 to 15 times back and forth before it actually goes full screen. other times it will launch full screen, sometimes it only takes a few times of alt-tabbing back and forth. i have the full screen option set in the options and using alt-enter does't fix it either. it is pretty frustrating
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have u made any changes to your config ? I edited mines for some performance thing and had some issues alt tabbing but not quite the same problems as you
 
ZippZopp said:
anyone have issues with getting the game to go full screen? my system specs are in my sig.

often, I'll launch a game and it will be in a window the size of my 30'' screen. i have to alt-tab, sometimes 10 to 15 times back and forth before it actually goes full screen. other times it will launch full screen, sometimes it only takes a few times of alt-tabbing back and forth. i have the full screen option set in the options and using alt-enter does't fix it either. it is pretty frustrating
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Yes. Through Google I found the app TeamViewer was keeping it from going full screen. Closed TV and boom! full screen. Weird....
 
Forceman said:
I've been trying to level the PKP and I can't hit shit with it. I only have the 3.4x unlocked, so maybe the foregrip and holo will help, but for now it is a giant recoil mess. I am much more effective with the M249 or QBB-95.



I found buckshot to be much more effective for me with the USAS - I think you get more kill assists with frag, but I was getting a lot more actual kills with buckshot.
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PKPECHINGATHING is best with a bipod or grip. Gut it out on metro and you will unlock them pretty fast. I used it till I got the M-60....kicks like a mule but shit it puts ppl DOWN.
 
Brules said:
PKPECHINGATHING is best with a bipod or grip. Gut it out on metro and you will unlock them pretty fast. I used it till I got the M-60....kicks like a mule but shit it puts ppl DOWN.
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Even with the bipod I find it hard to keep on someone long enough to get a kill (lots of kill assist though). I think that is due to the 3.4x scope though - I had the same problem with the LG36.
 
No shit......the patch list is sooooo friggen huge it will take months to polish. BF3 has had epic patch fail. After the release patch they should have jumped all over some of this silly shit they have put off.

I would think by spring a DLC map pack would be out as well, but who fucking knows at this point of support fail? WTF happened to the bad ass, super fast patch DICE? EOh wait.....I forgot:

EA Happaned

:(
 
In the last 50 pages has there been a single discussion about teamwork? Has battlefield completely descended in personal achievements, unlocks and twitch shooting? RIP battlefield.
 
Dethred said:
In the last 50 pages has there been a single discussion about teamwork? Has battlefield completely descended in personal achievements, unlocks and twitch shooting? RIP battlefield.
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Team work is dime a dozen. Most servers are a free for all. You stand next to a person requesting ammo, does your team mate help? No. Does a medic revive a person that is litterally right next to him out of harms way? No. There is a tank on fire, do you think a teammate would help repair it to allow your team to push forward? Hell no. People have different priorities now, and that is simply looking out for number 1. I can't tell you how many stacked servers I've been in where a little bit of team work and strat. could have changed the game.
 
Just ran into another hacker. He would one shot kill you with a silenced P90 or G18 Suppressed if he saw you. I mean there is no sound of his gun at all (even suppressors make sounds). He can be killed but he can't be seeing you or you will die in one shot. He then left the server and somehow WIPED his score away from the server (possibly banned). He also has 482 kills with the P90 in 1 hour and 31 minutes with 41.21% accuracy and even 590 kills with the DAO-12 in 2 hours, and 48 minutes with a 124% accuracy. 6100+ kills in 43+ hours.

Here's his profile: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/TruePain22/stats/205048575/
 
00PS said:
Team work is dime a dozen. Most servers are a free for all. You stand next to a person requesting ammo, does your team mate help? No. Does a medic revive a person that is litterally right next to him out of harms way? No. There is a tank on fire, do you think a teammate would help repair it to allow your team to push forward? Hell no. People have different priorities now, and that is simply looking out for number 1. I can't tell you how many stacked servers I've been in where a little bit of team work and strat. could have changed the game.
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I do those things. I think we need an [H] teamwork platoon that has all the team players in it.

Everyone willing to play as a team would be welcome.
 
Spidey329 said:
I do those things. I think we need an [H] teamwork platoon that has all the team players in it.

Everyone willing to play as a team would be welcome.
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I'd love to do this - teamwork *definitely* enhances the strength of teams.
 
Anyone that plays should add me. I play as all different classes depending on the map and gametype.

My soldiers name is LOAD_TO_THE_FACE
 
Im all about teamwork. I think the reason you don't see as much in bf3 is lack of in game voip/commander, and alot of players came from lone wold type games. For every former bf2 and cs player there are 5 former cod players
 
SolidSnakeUS said:
Just ran into another hacker. He would one shot kill you with a silenced P90 or G18 Suppressed if he saw you. I mean there is no sound of his gun at all (even suppressors make sounds). He can be killed but he can't be seeing you or you will die in one shot. He then left the server and somehow WIPED his score away from the server (possibly banned). He also has 482 kills with the P90 in 1 hour and 31 minutes with 41.21% accuracy and even 590 kills with the DAO-12 in 2 hours, and 48 minutes with a 124% accuracy. 6100+ kills in 43+ hours.

Here's his profile: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/TruePain22/stats/205048575/
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There is a hack out that has a "visual kill" and what I gather from youtube is he doesnt even need to shoot, as soon as he has line of sight it kills the enemy automatically. Similar to those 1 kill hacks we used to see a month ago where a guy could instal kill everyone at once. That got patched, but this must just be a hack work around that does the same thing, but as soon as they have line of sight.

I dont get how EA simply doesnt auto redflag players that get these impossible kill numbers or impossible SPM.

My friend and I were on a metro server and there was these 2 guys, CHEATffs and CHEATfft or something like that. Both were in the high 80 levels and had +250 hours with SPM above 850. On a 64 player metro server running around with the m98 12x scope and clearing everyone with pure headshots...Im talking 70-4 and 60-4 in 15min. Killcam they were just spinning around and dropping targets faster then u could count. One guy had 1900 m98 kills with 1600 headshot kills.... How these guys hack like that for +250 hours and not have EA clue in is embarrassing.

Still hoping EA fixes the issues with the origin update. Im still having 100% crashing and EA disconnects, aswell as hundreds of others(re battlelog forums)
 
Game is getting kinda stale to me.. like stated above, tired of joining a game, Trying to capture a point, run out of ammo only to see I have a fucking MGer standing next to me not throwing ammo down..

I dont get how the console versions of this game have VOIP, but the "Main Focused" version gets shafted... Only EA..
 
Snappshoota said:
Game is getting kinda stale to me.. like stated above, tired of joining a game, Trying to capture a point, run out of ammo only to see I have a fucking MGer standing next to me not throwing ammo down..

I dont get how the console versions of this game have VOIP, but the "Main Focused" version gets shafted... Only EA..
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i just spam need ammo, shoot them in the head repeatedly or block their view. then they realize. haha
 
Snappshoota said:
Game is getting kinda stale to me.. like stated above, tired of joining a game, Trying to capture a point, run out of ammo only to see I have a fucking MGer standing next to me not throwing ammo down..

I dont get how the console versions of this game have VOIP, but the "Main Focused" version gets shafted... Only EA..
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Change your kit? If you are running out of ammo, you killed alot of people. Probably one of them was a support class. Swap, drop ammo, swap back to your original class.
 
Snappshoota said:
Game is getting kinda stale to me.. like stated above, tired of joining a game, Trying to capture a point, run out of ammo only to see I have a fucking MGer standing next to me not throwing ammo down..

I dont get how the console versions of this game have VOIP, but the "Main Focused" version gets shafted... Only EA..
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I'll have to agree, are we destine to move over to MW3? I told myself in the beginning that no matter what, that I was going to support BF3 due to how awesome BF2 was and how the developers of Call of Duty got screwed over in their last game. I tell you what, I'm really thinking about giving MW3 a try, unless there is another FPS that I just don't know about....
 
WarriorX said:
Change your kit? If you are running out of ammo, you killed alot of people. Probably one of them was a support class. Swap, drop ammo, swap back to your original class.
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So run out into fire, change my class, then get shot, while the enemy caps the point after all the work i put in to it..

Yeah thats what team work is all about.. :p
 
xxxkaliboyxxx said:
I'll have to agree, are we destine to move over to MW3? I told myself in the beginning that no matter what, that I was going to support BF3 due to how awesome BF2 was and how the developers of Call of Duty got screwed over in their last game. I tell you what, I'm really thinking about giving MW3 a try, unless there is another FPS that I just don't know about....
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blacklight......pretty decent


MW3 is uber lag ridden, its awful
 
I got invited to the Blacklight Retribution beta, but I never got to play it. I played the original BL on the PS3. Is it really better than the original?

Even if it is moving towards being cliched out the butt, I'm still playing it because I have a friend to play with.
 
WarriorX said:
Change your kit? If you are running out of ammo, you killed alot of people. Probably one of them was a support class. Swap, drop ammo, swap back to your original class.
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Warrior you just proved the point that there is little team work in BF3. No one should have to go pick up a kit if you have an Assault right next to you.
 
My clan's trying out blacklight pretty good game and it's free so more of us are able to play. Some issues regarding the lack of a local server but they're doing pretty well apparently. I won't be able to play next games until I'm done with work though.
 
I dunno why people don't help others out. I do b/c I like teamwork, but more importantly b/c you get MORE points to unlock stuff faster

Like I said. Add me if you are the same way: LOAD_TO_THE_FACE
 
00PS said:
Warrior you just proved the point that there is little team work in BF3. No one should have to go pick up a kit if you have an Assault right next to you.
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Didnt say teamwork in the game was great. Only provided a solution. :p

Lack of ammo for me isnt a problem because I can change kits. I have a problem with people just being utterly clueless on what goes on around them. OH 3 people just died near you, ya keep on going doing your thing...idiot.
 
Dropping amo packs and med packs is second nature to me. I didn't realize that so many don't do it. Like mentioned above, it's free points so why not. I drop them everywhere all the time. I wonder if they just don't know how to do it? A week or so ago, I seen a low rank guy on metro just standing behind everyone on the right stairs holding his medpack and not dropping it. I wondered if he thinks that's how it works? haha Reminds me of the old medic class of the original HL Team Fortress where the medic's heals by "using" the med kit as if it were a malay weapon. (Walk up the the injured and malay on him while holding the med pack) Some of you youg'ns probably don't remember that. :D
 
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