Battlefield Tri-hard

[Phopojijo]

PART TWO!!
tPn9CrMqxAMLol @ 8minutes -- "Oh hai -- herd u need help wit dat sniper!"

[Amit]

Oh when is freelancer going to learn that he sucks at flying under highway signs?

[Warsaw]

You know what I miss most in Battlefield? Legitimate artillery strikes and air drops.

[TeeKup]

Guided missiles. The fuck do they work.

Also I'm not too sure I agree with giving both attackers and defenders jets in rush. All in all it just turns into the same stalemate dogfighting. Why not give the defenders 2-3 AA lav's or something.

I also found out that on the console, the tunguska is the ONLY AA APC to appear in multiplayer so far and thats on Rush on Nashahr Canals. I find this extremely stupid.

[Cortexian]

Lol @ 8minutes -- "Oh hai -- herd u need help wit dat sniper!"
Yeah that sniper was wtf'ing after that haha.

[Warsaw]

I like how utterly useless jets seem to be in BF3. They exist solely for the purpose of killing other jets. Helicopters are the only ones really threatening ground targets, and while they circle that one spot, everyone is capping the other three or four control points.

Oh, and armour is also threatened by infantry. Basically, if you are driving tank, you're fucked. At least you can hide from aerial attacks as infantry.

[Mr Buckshot]

A minor complaint I have with jets is that for new players, they're far too weak, having no flares or AAMs at all.

It's already enough effort to figure out how to fly the damn thing without crashing shortly after takeoff. Then after you finally master movement, you're still basically powerless against missile locks. The machine gun is only good against other aircraft, as you move way too quickly to get a good shot on infantry or even ground vehicles.

Flares at the very least should have been made available from the start.

[Amit]

Flares at the very least should have been made available from the start.

I honestly think this is one of the things DICE is going to include in the first patch for the game.

[Zeph]

In case you guys hadn't heard.

They're burning mass amounts of copies of BF3 in Germany for it having Origin or something crazy. Read for yourself:

http://www.overclock.net/video-game-news/1155275-various-battlefield-3-outrage-germany.html

It targets Adobe/Autodesk activation as well.

[{XG}Gijs007]

what the fuck are yets?
2460

[StankBacon]

In case you guys hadn't heard.

They're burning mass amounts of copies of BF3 in Germany for it having Origin or something crazy. Read for yourself:

http://www.overclock.net/video-game-news/1155275-various-battlefield-3-outrage-germany.html

such morons.

[{XG}Gijs007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boPSpVYu5nk

Skip the part 2-3.50
I had a bad time:p

Oh well still got most kills in the round.

[Donut]

wow that article. as ridiculous as that is (and i dont mean to revive that origin argument), i wouldnt mind if EA removed the origin requirement for BF3 over that. im sure they wont, but id be much more inclined to buy it if they did.

either way, thats an interesting development. im looking forward to seeing what happens over the outrage

[Limited]

Anyone having issues with the Co-Op? Whenever I try to join with my friend or random matchmaking, it pairs me up and then says "You have been disconnected from the server".

Sucks.

[{XG}Gijs007]

Anyone having issues with the Co-Op? Whenever I try to join with my friend or random matchmaking, it pairs me up and then says "You have been disconnected from the server".

Sucks.

Yes, I had that with one of my friends but he lives at the other side of the world (Australia) and his antivirus/firewall was blocking the game at first.
But we got it working, however I lost my connection because his game crashed and for no reason a few times.

Nothing to bad thou, we where able to play a few missions.
and mw 2 was much worse with co-op, it took me over 40 tries to connect with him in that game.

[Mr Buckshot]

Just tried a 24 player Caspian Border server.

With such a low player count, you can really feel the compromise. Sure, the map size and features auto-adjust accordingly to compensate, but the effect on the team of some jackass taking off alone in the heli is much greater when you have only 11 teammates as opposed to 31.

[Warsaw]

Same reason why Heavy Metal sucks on 360 but is amazing on PC.

[Nero]

I'm not sure where I saw this, but someone wrote that they know a place that BF3 is going for 30 something dollars? May have been here or another forum, but either way, was wondering if that's still possible? Don't feel like shelling out 60 bucks.

[StankBacon]

http://www.hotcdkey.com/battlefield-3.html

USD$30.99

ive used them before, they are legit.

[Nero]

Thanks man!
It says its Russian, does that matter if I am playing it in Canada? Or is it just the language?
If its the latter, I'm going to purchase it tomorrow. Thanks a bunch yet again!

[Cortexian]

Just so you all know, Activision banned a bunch of Black Ops (or was it MW2?) keys that were sold online like this from one country and used in another. That's Activision though.

It's very easy for them to see that you have a foreign key to your country. However EA and DICE will likely be more lenient on this, and even if they weren't I'm sure a good sob story to support would solve your problem. "What do you mean my key is banned? My friend from Russia emailed me the key as a gift!!"

[Amit]

Thanks man!
It says its Russian, does that matter if I am playing it in Canada? Or is it just the language?
If its the latter, I'm going to purchase it tomorrow. Thanks a bunch yet again!

Na man, it doesn't matter. I'm playing with the Russian Extended Edition. All I had to do was download the 1GB English files, pop it in the game's locale folder, and change the BF3 reg key to reflect the English file rather than the Russian ones. There are automated installers for all languages, too. The game is the same. Only thing that makes it different is the language you bought. Change that to English and it's no different from the English version, except you get SPECACT skins and some extra dog tags with the Russian Extended Edition :D

Also, I hope to see more of this in the future:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eNP9z2FoaHk

[{XG}Gijs007]

Now this is awesome:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JIKrjs5IY&feature=player_embedded

Note: I'm not playing in this vid!

[TeeKup]

I applaud you sir. Well done.

[{XG}Gijs007]

I applaud you sir. Well done.
That wasn't me in that video!

[Mr Buckshot]

Now this is awesome:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JIKrjs5IY&feature=player_embedded

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Well done bro. You're my new hero. I didn't think it was even possible to steal air vehicles like that, as I expected they'd plummet to the ground at full speed once the pilot dies!

Also, did your bullets penetrate the cockpit glass, or was the pilot just partially exposed?

[{XG}Gijs007]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-01-ea-denies-origin-spying-on-battlefield-3-users

[Amit]

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Well done bro. You're my new hero. I didn't think it was even possible to steal air vehicles like that, as I expected they'd plummet to the ground at full speed once the pilot dies!

Also, did your bullets penetrate the cockpit glass, or was the pilot just partially exposed?

He said it wasn't him :|

[{XG}Gijs007]

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Well done bro. You're my new hero. I didn't think it was even possible to steal air vehicles like that, as I expected they'd plummet to the ground at full speed once the pilot dies!

Also, did your bullets penetrate the cockpit glass, or was the pilot just partially exposed?
Looks like the guy who was playing penetrated the glass.

[jcap]

Now this is awesome:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JIKrjs5IY&feature=player_embedded

Note: I'm not playing in this vid!
BOSS

[Nero]

Got my ass out to my local EBgames store and bought a hard copy. 70 dollars is a bit ridiculous but ohwell.

[Amit]

Got my ass out to my local EBgames store and bought a hard copy. 70 dollars is a bit ridiculous but ohwell.

Wow. Why the hell would you do that? 1. You bought from a greedy bullshit store that tells lies. And 2. You let yourself get ripped off.

[Nero]

Nono. Its 59.99 with/out taxes. Its about 68? dollars with taxes. (I looked around at my local stores and this is what they are all going for sadly).

[StankBacon]

razor released a fix for people who legit own the game so you can play MP without using origin. (doesn't work for pirated copies)

:o (http://bacon.modacity.net/stuff/bf3-mpnoorigin.rar)

just backup your bf3.exe and use this one, launch using battlelog.

i haven't tested it yet because im not a conspiracy nut like them crazy germans, and who knows if you can get banned with it.

:shrug:

[Amit]

I read your post and thought you said Razer, the game peripheral company. No, Bacon means Razor1911, the software cracking group. I'm going to use this thing until DICE puts out an official statement telling us that we can't use it. EA most definitely let this one slide and damn them to hell for it.

[{XG}Gijs007]

I read your post and thought you said Razer, the game peripheral company. No, Bacon means Razor1911, the software cracking group. I'm going to use this thing until DICE puts out an official statement telling us that we can't use it. EA most definitely let this one slide and damn them to hell for it.
They did, look at my post on the last page.


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...efield-3-users (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-01-ea-denies-origin-spying-on-battlefield-3-users)

[Mr Buckshot]

He said it wasn't him :|

aw, due to timing I didn't see his reply till after I posted.

Still though, impressive! Nice find.


Got my ass out to my local EBgames store and bought a hard copy. 70 dollars is a bit ridiculous but ohwell.

Why not just buy it off D2D? Even with a Canadian credit card, you don't get taxed. Origin however charges tax.

Agreed with Amit, EB is a piece of shit. I used to go there for used console games and peripherals back in high school, when I had no online payment capabilities in my name, and I'm so glad I don't have to deal with them anymore. Do they still charge $5 more than Futureshop/Bestbuy does for a PC game? And their used console games are way overpriced, same thing with their peripherals. I'd honestly support Futureshop over those bastards any day, and I already avoid Futureshop at all costs except during xmas sales.

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

whoa, I'm psyched.

[StankBacon]

even i it does get on steam that wont mean shit, you'll still need origin (assuming the fix i posted above gets "fixed" by ea) and battlelog.

[Mr Buckshot]

Yeah, it's no different from adding BF3 as a non-steam game launcher. I don't consider it a loss if it's not on Steam since it'll never use Steamworks integration anyways, but I do appreciate the convenience of having all my favorite games backed up on the same platform. If it does come on Steam and it gets a sale this winter break, I might re-buy it. I've already re-bought games on Steam when they were on sale even when I owned the disc version (supreme commander and splinter cell).

Battlelog seriously needs to integrate with the Origin in-game browser at the very least though.

Btw, does anyone have problems with the Origin overlay causing you to lose control of your cursor? Like if I shift-F1 to reply to a chat, and then close the overlay, I can't move my cursor, unless I press Esc first to get into the pause menu and then un-pause.

Steam's overlay on the other hand has not given me this issue. Oh yeah, to get the Steam overlay to persist, Origin needs to be closed before you launch via Steam, otherwise the overlay will break away the moment Battlelog launches.

[Amit]

Btw, does anyone have problems with the Origin overlay causing you to lose control of your cursor? Like if I shift-F1 to reply to a chat, and then close the overlay, I can't move my cursor, unless I press Esc first to get into the pause menu and then un-pause.

I experience this occasionally.

[Higuy]

So wheres the editing kit?

[Amit]

You are joking, right? Also, I just happened to be walking past one of the vending machines in my school when I noticed it was selling Dr. Pepper. I picked up a 591mL bottle for $2. So refreshing. Oh yeah, and I also got a key with it that got me the exclusive Dr. Pepper skin :P

The US skin almost looks like a faded digital flecktarn and the russian looks like...I dunno what:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll204/Wonderboy2402/bf32011-10-2916-33-24-90.jpghttp://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll204/Wonderboy2402/bf32011-10-2916-36-05-10.jpg

[Higuy]

You are joking, right? [/shot]

I was being sarcastic, as I know they did not release an editing kit and wont.

Which is retarded, becuase I'd totally make some maps for it and I'm pretty sure alot of others would too.

[Cortexian]

The engine is much to closed-source for a practical editing kit anyway.

[Warsaw]

It's not that, it's that it wasn't designed to be modular or intuitive and as such is a PITA to work with if you don't already know what you're doing and don't have the tools. It can't be used in the same capacity as CE3, UE3, or even the old BF2 engine. CE3 and UE3 were designed from the ground up to be user-friendly.

[Amit]

At first I thought DICE was insulting the community by saying Frostbite 2.0 is too complicated for people to use. Hell, I'm starting to believe the thing is actually held together by tape. Maybe they intentionally made it retarded complicated so that nobody would even want to buy the engine so they could keep their deep dark secrets to themselves. /conspiracy

[Mr Buckshot]

They just see the modding community as being a threat to profits. Why let these paying customers make their own DLC for free? Blasphemy!

To confirm, is Back to Karkand integrated with the main game, or does it function as a separate expansion like what Vietnam was to BC2? I hope they're not pulling an Activision here ($15 for four maps that have less quality than the average mod). If EA is also pushing that tactic, then I'm done with them for good on PC. I already lost faith in them for consoles with their online pass bullshit and refusal to allow split screen in their new racers.

e: Note to those planning to join an empty server to practice with aircraft - MAKE SURE IT'S NOT A RANKED SERVER.

Those deaths I had (nearly 100) while practicing all counted towards my K/D and ruined it >.< I was basically trying to imitate the stunts shown in the videos posted earlier, like flying helis under highway signs, and swooping close to the ground in a jet and immediately pulling back up. Now this being Battlefield not COD, I'm not overly concerned about my k/d as helping the team is more important, but it still sucks when your average to-date k/d goes to shit over nothing.

[Amit]

They just see the modding community as being a threat to profits. Why let these paying customers make their own DLC for free? Blasphemy!

To confirm, is Back to Karkand integrated with the main game, or does it function as a separate expansion like what Vietnam was to BC2? I hope they're not pulling an Activision here ($15 for four maps that have less quality than the average mod). If EA is also pushing that tactic, then I'm done with them for good on PC. I already lost faith in them for consoles with their online pass bullshit and refusal to allow split screen in their new racers.

Have you seen the developments on Back to Karkand? I don't think a mod team even with the tools would be able to bring out such detail and beauty of the new maps. Gulf of Oman is a fucking paradise with villas and everything :-3

I'm pretty sure back to Karkand maps will be stored with BF3's core maps. Since there is no in-game menu for MP, there's no need for it to be separate. As we can all see, though, we can filter out Back to Karkand maps if we want to. So, in essence, the server system is most likely the same as BC2: Vietnam. No split communities due to servers with Back to Karkand maps on them. I seriously hope we'll be able to mix the Karkand and future expansion maps into the core playlist. All the server admin would have to do is label the server "DLC maps included" so people wouldn't get mad. That wouldn't even really be required, though, since people without DLC can just uncheck the DLC pack in the server browser and the servers with core mixed with DLC won't show up. Problem solved.

Also, I bet none of you guys have these tags :P

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/amit9821/tags1.png

[Donut]

where do you get those?

[Guardian]

Dammit I want the Pirate one. It looks badass, or maybe the TRex one.

[Warsaw]

They just see the modding community as being a threat to profits. Why let these paying customers make their own DLC for free? Blasphemy!

To confirm, is Back to Karkand integrated with the main game, or does it function as a separate expansion like what Vietnam was to BC2? I hope they're not pulling an Activision here ($15 for four maps that have less quality than the average mod). If EA is also pushing that tactic, then I'm done with them for good on PC. I already lost faith in them for consoles with their online pass bullshit and refusal to allow split screen in their new racers.

e: Note to those planning to join an empty server to practice with aircraft - MAKE SURE IT'S NOT A RANKED SERVER.

Those deaths I had (nearly 100) while practicing all counted towards my K/D and ruined it >.< I was basically trying to imitate the stunts shown in the videos posted earlier, like flying helis under highway signs, and swooping close to the ground in a jet and immediately pulling back up. Now this being Battlefield not COD, I'm not overly concerned about my k/d as helping the team is more important, but it still sucks when your average to-date k/d goes to shit over nothing.

I support the Online Pass because I support game developers. If you want to play the game, pony up to the people who made it, not fucking GameStop. With video games, the idea is that you are paying for the experience, not for the physical item.

[Cortexian]

Where all those tags from Amit?

[=sw=warlord]

I support the Online Pass because I support game developers. If you want to play the game, pony up to the people who made it, not fucking GameStop. With video games, the idea is that you are paying for the experience, not for the physical item.
You mean like the stupidly high prices?
RRP for majority of games in the UK is between £40-£50.
You do the maths for currency conversion and that leads to $63.96 - $79.95.
That's including direct downloads not just the street store prices.

[{XG}Gijs007]

Wtf I bought it for 36 euro's that was the limited edition for pc btw.

[Amit]

where do you get those?


Dammit I want the Pirate one. It looks badass, or maybe the TRex one.


Where all those tags from Amit?

Praise be to Yevon Russian Extended Edition. I got the game, Back to Karkand, Physical Warfare Pack, and exclusive dog tags for $40 :realsmug:

Eat it $60 Origin buyers.

[Warsaw]

You mean like the stupidly high prices?
RRP for majority of games in the UK is between £40-£50.
You do the maths for currency conversion and that leads to $63.96 - $79.95.
That's including direct downloads not just the street store prices.

You and I already had this discussion. Blame your government systems, not the industry. As a matter of principal, don't buy used if you want to thank the developer for a great experience.

[=sw=warlord]

You and I already had this discussion. Blame your government systems, not the industry. As a matter of principal, don't buy used if you want to thank the developer for a great experience.
Not buying used is not always a viable option, especially with prices going as high as £60 per game.
Principles are great when you can afford them.

[{XG}Gijs007]

Not buying used is not always a viable option, especially with prices going as high as £60 per game.
Principles are great when you can afford them.
It's not about being able to afford something, its about making priorities.

[=sw=warlord]

It's not about being able to afford something, its about making priorities.
Way to miss the context entirely.

[Phopojijo]

You and I already had this discussion. Blame your government systems, not the industry. As a matter of principal, don't buy used if you want to thank the developer for a great experience.A sensible developer and publisher would prefer you purchase used than entirely miss their game.

It assists their retail partners, you will be much more likely to purchase future games from them, and they can get auxiliary value from you in one of many ways (DLC/Expansions, ads, the rest of the shit they'll do anyway).

As is routinely proved lately, sensible is the problematic part of the statement... not the user.

[ejburke]

Game prices crash so quickly, it's really not hard to wait until a game meets the price point that matches the value you place on it. You pay almost as much for a used game as a new copy. It's really not worth it to go that route.

Although, it is a stickier situation with a game like BF3 that is MP-focused. The novice and intermediate rungs of the playerbase quickly slough off and you're left with an impenetrable experience facing grim death in every direction.

[Amit]

I read on Reddit about a guy who fooled EA support into giving him an online pass for free. He gave them a fake receipt and online pass code then the EA person gave him a working code.

[Ifafudafi]

Not to distract from all the EA-stuff, but what's the name of that transport on Canals where the gunner has a GL and a machinegun? Because me and a squaddie managed to kill off three tanks in a straight-up fight (one at a time, don't be silly) without ever needing to stop for a repair. Only two of them were light tanks, and we only finally died because we got pelted simultaneously by another heavy tank and about 4 or 5 enemy Engies.

Don't know if it's awesome or OP as fuck (or both) but man this game

[Nero]

So I got double teamed and right before I died I shot a nade and that hit a building causing the debris to kill the guys that killed me... lol. Love this game so much.

[Amit]

Some recent additions to my collection:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/amit9821/tags2.png

[StankBacon]

so if i stab you do i get them?

:o

im enjoying this game alot tbh, i cant even read the battlelog forums anymore because the amount of trolling/stupidity tho.

[PenGuin1362]

Or you can watch this and get them

http://actofvalor.com/bf3/

This game is awesome. 'Nuff said.

[StankBacon]

wow that looks awesome.

[Cortexian]

Looks like a very B-rated movie, but I'll probably watch it and get it in Blu-ray just for the action and cool gear they have.

[Amit]

Looks like a very B-rated movie, but I'll probably watch it and get it in Blu-ray just for the action and cool gear they have.

My exact thoughts.

LOL I forgot about this: http://bf3blog.com/2011/06/average-battlefield-player-vs-average-call-of-duty-player/

[TeeKup]

THIS, was a B Movie.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Shark_Swarm_%282008_movie%29_poster.jpg/220px-Shark_Swarm_%282008_movie%29_poster.jpg

I can guarantee that Act of Valor will be vastly more entertaining than watching sharks gnaw at a camera for 2 hours.

[Nero]

Something that has been bothering me is that the game crashes at random spots like when I get into a heli. This happens only every so often, but its really pissing me off... (its at random)

[MXC]

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[Amit]

Holy asswipes my new rig runs BF3 like a champ on high settings.

[MXC]

Holy asswipes my new rig runs BF3 like a champ on high settings.

Feels good, doesn't it? :)

[Nero]

Just finished a couple maps with a team that did a whole bunch of team work. No one cared about K/D ratio and instead focused on objectives. Lovin it!

[Amit]

Back to Karkand trailer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=ZzfDLhsUB6o

All the maps look amazing but just by watching that trailer I already know that Wake Island is going to be my favourite map. And holy shit! Look at that sexy facelift on Sharqi Peninsula!

[StankBacon]

looks fucking awesome!

[TeeKup]

Gulf of Oman has my eye, so does Wake Island. I've taken a bit of a break so when I go back this is going to be top notch.

[TeeKup]

THIS. I lol'd so hard.

fOxG1UbUHUU

[Donut]

"this game is part corporate simulator because you get promoted for killing people on the ground floor"

holy, shit

[Amit]

"I'LL CIRCUMCISE YOUR ASS!"

What does that even mean? :XD:

[Donut]

i was going to suggest a meaning for that, then i remembered this isnt the anal cleanliness thread.

[Nero]

LMFAO!!!! xDDDDDDDD

[Limited]

Excr70U8ZbE

Somehow managed to crash land, upside down and yet not die, was completely stuck there for ages.

[StankBacon]

i didn't find that bro team video the least bit entertaining.

[ExAm]

You have no taste.

[TeeKup]

Wait....I want a snow level in BF3. D:

[Nero]

Wait....I want a snow level in BF3. D:
This.
Maybe in an expansion pack?

[Nero]

So I was going on this super nice killing streak. Probably the best I ever had, and the game freezes. WTF???
Anyone else getting these random freezes/crashes?
My rig specs are more then capable of playing the game. This happens only every once in awhile. :|
This is making me really mad....

[Warsaw]

Apparently Hardcore Mode in BF3 is just regular mode with no crosshairs. You still have your minimap, you still have regenerating health, vehicles still heal themselves.

What the fuck, DICE? Major turn-off.

[Higuy]

So I was going on this super nice killing streak. Probably the best I ever had, and the game freezes. WTF???
Anyone else getting these random freezes/crashes?
My rig specs are more then capable of playing the game. This happens only every once in awhile. :|
This is making me really mad....

I have it for xbox, and this does happen sometimes even on that... The game will randomly just freeze up, and I have to restart my xbox. It really only happens in the menu though.

[Pooky]

Apparently Hardcore Mode in BF3 is just regular mode with no crosshairs. You still have your minimap, you still have regenerating health, vehicles still heal themselves.

What the fuck, DICE? Major turn-off.

Is it at least 1 hit kills?

[Amit]

Is it at least 1 hit kills?

I've noticed that it is one hit kills using bolt action sniper rifles. You die quicker in hardcore too. I don't know if it's because we get less health or because the bullet damage increases. Could be a little bit of column A and a bit of column B. It's definitely not just regular BF3 with no crosshairs and weapon information. The mini-map isn't always there, either.

[Warsaw]

Must be server-side controls then, because all of the games I've seen (on Xbox 360, mind you) had mini-map, health regen, and vehicle self-repair. Yeah, you can kill and die a bit quicker, but that's not why I play Hardcore. I play Hardcore because I like it when we don't get all of our little aim and navigational assists, and I like it when you HAVE to have a medic to heal and you HAVE to have an Engineer to fix. The regenerating nonsense is a way to patch the lack of good teamwork in Battlefield. In Hardcore BC2 games, lack of teamwork is even more noticeable than it is in regular servers.

Ugh. Please tell me there are servers on PC with no mini-map or regenerating anything...

[Amit]

There are. There are these crazy hardcore servers that have only spawn on squad leader, team killing, no mini-map, no weapon info, no real world spotting, no nothing. You're basically playing ARMA without the realism. You can still see objective markers, though.

[Warsaw]

All I want is BC2-style Hardcore mode.

I saw something disturbing while reading this thread (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654347718561928/1/). Someone mentioned that tickets are not tied to flags in BF3. Is this true?

[seanthelawn]

I saw something disturbing while reading this thread (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654347718561928/1/). Someone mentioned that tickets are not tied to flags in BF3. Is this true?

I seriously doubt that's true, I have yet to see a team win without having the majority of the flags and all I've played is conquest so far. And I think I saw a loading tip or something that specifically said something along the lines of "If one team has a majority of the flags, the other team will bleed tickets."

Oh also, check who I knifed yesterday:
http://battlelog-cdn.battlefield.com/public/profile/bf3/stats/dogtags/s/dice.png?v=43

[Lateksi]

Is there demo playback for BF3?

[Nero]

I thought it was a glitch when I lost the crosshairs and mini map...
Thats just really stupid imo.
Edit; also, lucky you Sean.

[Warsaw]

I seriously doubt that's true, I have yet to see a team win without having the majority of the flags and all I've played is conquest so far. And I think I saw a loading tip or something that specifically said something along the lines of "If one team has a majority of the flags, the other team will bleed tickets."

Oh also, check who I knifed yesterday:
http://battlelog-cdn.battlefield.com/public/profile/bf3/stats/dogtags/s/dice.png?v=43

Sounds like it's tied to flags, but not as closely as in the past. That is to say, if you have a simply majority the enemy bleeds tickets, but the ticket bleed rate is not linked to the actual number of flags your team has. In BC2, if you held two flags and they had one, they bled two tickets at a time versus your one.

Hm. Sounds like they've spent too much time dumbing it down. They did switch over from PC-focus to console focus half-way through development.

@Nero: Then don't play on Hardcore servers.

[Nero]

@Nero: Then don't play on Hardcore servers.

Thanks for the advice big guy.

[Amit]

I'm pretty sure the ticket bleed rate is the same as BC2. I was on a server yesterday with just 5 other people and the enemy always managed to hold 2-3 more points than my team did. The bleed rate seemed to increase as they capped more points.

[Amit]

Today during our Day 1 event, Daniel “zh1nt0″ Matros volunteered his Saturday Night to come onboard our Teamspeak 3 server to give a quick Q/A about Back to Karkand and score some frags on the Battlefield. We were pretty stoked about this and some great new information came out about the Upcoming Battlefield 3 expansion pack, Back to Karkand. We had a exciting day and we want to give a huge shoutout to Crash7800, 1April, zh1nt0, Elxx, Gamm4 for their help. Here are the highlights of the discussion of what we can expect to see in Back to Karkand.

Unlocks carried over to Vanilla BF3

All the weapons that you unlock while playing Back to Karkand expansion pack will be usable when playing Battlefield 3.

Introducing Assignments

With Back to Karkand will come a new feature called “Assignments”. These will essentially be objective based tasks you can accept and will gain rewards from it.

Enhanced Destruction

The Destruction will be turned up a new level in Back to karkand.

Maps with BF2 Flag Structure

The levels in Back to Karkand will bring back the traditional Conquest Assault Gameplay. What this means is one team will start off with most of the flags, and the other team will have to capture those. This is the traditional map format we saw in Battlefield 2.

Karkand stats contribute to global stats

Everything you earn in Karkand will be contributed towards your soldier’s global score.

All game modes available

You’ll be able to play all gamemodes on back to Karkand maps. That means Rush on Wake Island, oh lala!

December 2011 Release

A specific date has yet to be released but it’s right around the corner!

Source (http://battlefieldo.com/back-to-karkand-qa-with-zh1nt0/)


I'm particularly interested in the "Assignments" addition.

Also, Back To Karkand maps and core maps in the same rotation is confirmed: http://twitter.com/#!/zh1nt0/status/132513787633872897

[Warsaw]

Yes. Motherfucking yes. Thank you DICE!

And about the flags: they are fucked on Xbox. I just spent a couple hours chilling with my brother, and the flags did NOT accelerate with more flags held. Hell, the difference between balanced ownership and dominance was barely noticeable.

[Amit]

Well, this is one hell of a game breaking bug...that I'm going to exploit from now on:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=yXTSPWbx_cg

And this is hilarious:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=i-SakWOyHGg

And Jesus Christ:

79kgC4fh86c

[Bastinka]

Anyone having issues with the Co-Op? Whenever I try to join with my friend or random matchmaking, it pairs me up and then says "You have been disconnected from the server".

Sucks.

If you still have this problem and use avast! then just disable the web shield for 10 minutes - 1 hour while you start up a party-based match. BF3 is nice, but I don't like the ridiculously bright / large lens flares.

[Ifafudafi]

And this is hilarious:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=i-SakWOyHGg

Should've had a quicktime event on opening the popcorn bag :3

[Warsaw]

Well, this is one hell of a game breaking bug...that I'm going to exploit from now on.

Why would you do that? That's equivalent to DPZ raping.

[Amit]

Why would you do that? That's equivalent to DPZ raping.

Because I can.

I've redone the BFM letters to be some high class shit:

http://static.cdn.ea.com/battlelog/prod/emblems/320/611/2832655240978921611.jpeg?v=1320706188.44 (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2832655240978921611/#)

[ThePlague]

:like:

[Warsaw]

Because I can.

Low. Very low.

[MXC]

Because I can.


*coughdouchecough*

[TeeKup]

Because I can. Well then I guess you wouldn't mind someone spawn strafing your jets and tanks then. :downs:

[Warsaw]

To be honest, it looks like most of BFM are aero-vehicle whores. Am I going to be the only one running ground ops when I get BF3 up and running?

[Amit]

Low. Very low.


*coughdouchecough*

Only if I do it :P

I'm too busy helping the rest of my team to risk missing my mark when parachuting into a 10-second killzone just to get some easy kills.

[MXC]

To be honest, it looks like most of BFM are aero-vehicle whores. Am I going to be the only one running ground ops when I get BF3 up and running?

Naw dude, I love running on the ground more than anything.

[Amit]

Yeah. I much prefer to run around on the ground and shoot down the aircraft :D I'm getting quite good at it, too. I can fly a chopper decently, though.

[Warsaw]

I want an honest opinion from current Battlefield 3 players, here. Try and take a step back and really look at this objectively.

Does Battlefield 3 feel like a more fun, more polished, overall better experience online than Bad Company 2 was at the same point after release? How does it compare to the current iteration of Bad Company 2? How do the maps compare, how does the weapon handling compare, are the vehicles balanced properly, are there even enough vehicles of the right types? How is the squad system? The UI? The game modes? That kind of thing. I've been getting a lot of reports that BF3 is not a good successor to BF2, and that it is in fact even worse than Bad Company 2 on the whole. No factoring in Back to Karkand, or other updates we know about, because we don't know how they will turn out.

[Ifafudafi]

To be honest, it looks like most of BFM are aero-vehicle whores. Am I going to be the only one running ground ops when I get BF3 up and running?

I've been in a jet precisely twice; both times I got shot down with Stingers before I could so much as spot a tank because you have to unlock flares first.

So yeah I'm sticking with topping the scoreboard as a medicbro

E:
Does Battlefield 3 feel like a more fun, more polished, overall better experience online than Bad Company 2 was at the same point after release?

Oh man is it more polished than BC2; the in-game UI especially is surprisingly fluid and functional. I think it's definitely several steps up from BC2, although I do miss a few things from pre-BC Battlefields. The only two things thing I can really say that were better in BC2 were that vehicles didn't regenerate and there was more destruction; everything else - weapons, audio, visuals (duh), maps, vehicles, equipment - is equal at worst or a major improvement at best imo.

While I can appreciate those dumping on BF3 for being excessively simplified from BF2, I honestly don't understand those who are saying BC2 was better. But, of course, the only way for you to know for sure is to play it

EE: well, most of the maps; fuck Damavand on conquest and Metro on everything

[Amit]

Pretty much agree with the above post. It's super easy to unlock flares, but prepare to be shot down 10 times before you even hit anything with your cannon. All you need to do as aircraft is get the feel for it and the controls. Then start attacking things. You'll get support points for helping destroy vehicles and taking objectives. These will push you up right away. In fact, with the helicopter, all you have to do is cap a single flag point ONCE and you unlock flares right there. 200 points is all it takes. As soon as you unlock flares, survivability shoots up at least 40%. The rest is on you to keep out of the line of sight of stingers. Not much you can do against heatsinking sidewinder missiles, though. Just use flares and then get back at your enemy as best you can.

[Ifafudafi]

hey speaking of things I love about BF3

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8016/bf32011110723354301.jpg

I'm not MVP but have a look at my kill count compared to everybody else's kill count. This is all from heals and revives and a few captures/netrualizes. suck it k/d whores

[Mr Buckshot]

hey speaking of things I love about BF3

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8016/bf32011110723354301.jpg

I'm not MVP but have a look at my kill count compared to everybody else's kill count. This is all from heals and revives and a few captures/netrualizes. suck it k/d whores

lol, I once got the top score in BC2 with zero kills, as medic.

They did nerf the medic abilities to some extent (can't be infinitely revived, small delay when actually doing a revive, ability to reject revive), so it's not as annoying as in BC2 where you would have medics spamming their defibrillators even when it's the worst time/place to do so. I once ragequitted a BC2 game after a medic insisted on spam-reviving me when I was almost out of ammo and he ignored my constant yelling at him in the text chat to let me respawn normally.

[Donut]

i sometimes feel like i might be that medic in BC2... ill revive somebody then theyll die within seconds, but its usually because they run straight into the enemy fire. ive wizened up over time and now attempt to clear the area as best as i can before i rez anybody, and cover them as they get back up, but they seem to have no less difficult a time of getting themselves killed.

i often wonder how much of that is bad medicing...

[Warsaw]

You do realise that the bad revives are deliberate point farming, right? When I play medic, I tend to hang back and dish damage from afar. If I see a beating cross, I'll start making my way over there to issue a kit and revive people. Since the enemy is moving towards me, I usually get them before reviving, and all is well.

And then we have situations like Métro. You have a big-ass Charlie Foxtrot firefight, and the medics just sit there having a field day with revives, not giving a thought as to whether or not it is appropriate to do so. This happens most on Arica Harbour, Panama Canal, and Laguna Alta. This is where I say "fuck it" and start herping around with the Carl Gustav.

[Donut]

oh. well i never did it for point farming. i get a tremendous rush being able to bring people back to life for some reason, to the point where ill jump out a window, run across a street, and bring a guy back to life, then proceed to kill the guy who killed him. i always did it purely with the intention of helping the team, even though i can look back on several instances where it did not help the team.

sometimes ill steal a dead medic's kit and revive him with it. thats always fun

[Mr Buckshot]

oh. well i never did it for point farming. i get a tremendous rush being able to bring people back to life for some reason, to the point where ill jump out a window, run across a street, and bring a guy back to life, then proceed to kill the guy who killed him. i always did it purely with the intention of helping the team, even though i can look back on several instances where it did not help the team.

sometimes ill steal a dead medic's kit and revive him with it. thats always fun

Even better: After getting injured while killing an enemy medic, take his kit, drop a health pack, then immediately retrieve your own kit. It's even better if killcam is on :D

[ExAm]

hey speaking of things I love about BF3

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8016/bf32011110723354301.jpg

I'm not MVP but have a look at my kill count compared to everybody else's kill count. This is all from heals and revives and a few captures/netrualizes. suck it k/d whoresYou left Flux on

[Amit]

Tactical Sun nerf incoming. Demize99 (https://twitter.com/#!/Demize99/status/133891163617898497) tweeted two pictures to show the difference. You can actually see the player behind the light, now.

Check out these before and after pics:


http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tactical1-600x337.jpg


http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tactical2-600x337.jpg

[Ifafudafi]

You left Flux on

I noticed when I saw the usual orange tint doubled on top of the screencapped orange tint, but man, that shit works wonders for my eyes

Glad to see Godlight getting nerfed a bit, although imo it seems like being HOLY SHOT LOLHUEG is the only way to make it useful for anything but completely giving away your position.

Not that I'd prefer it that way or anything D:

[Amit]

Wow, check this out: http://imgur.com/a/VbH10

(http://imgur.com/a/VbH10)Strike at Karkand gameplay:

Holy fuck at 1:58 and 2:39.

NiZz0ygyZ0A&hd=1

lmao:

-PgyDtI-JSQ&hd=1

Gulf of Oman gameplay:

g6yymYHNwp8&hd=1

[seanthelawn]

To be honest, it looks like most of BFM are aero-vehicle whores. Am I going to be the only one running ground ops when I get BF3 up and running?

Clearly you haven't checked my stats.




lmao:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PgyDtI-JSQ


Haha that is awesome

[TeeKup]

Tactical Sun nerf incoming. Demize99 (https://twitter.com/#!/Demize99/status/133891163617898497) tweeted two pictures to show the difference. You can actually see the player behind the light, now.

Check out these before and after pics:


http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tactical1-600x337.jpg


http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tactical2-600x337.jpg

THANK FUCKING GOD. Tactical Lights are the STUPIDEST attachments in this game, I mean seriously.

[Cortexian]

+1 for tactical light nerf.

[Nero]

!! yes.

[Caboos001]

Now if they could just do something about this...

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[Amit]

Indeed. I'd rather turn it off completely rather than have it dominate my screen like that.

Holy fuck. The guy who played Blackburn looks like Blackburn and he's played many memorable roles in video games: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256297/

[Cortexian]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/3957069/1/210912874/

So yeah.

[Nero]

@Amit; Holy shit!
@Freelancer; Nice!!! I was having the most amazing game rounds myself. Leveled from 16 to 17 in one round. :D

[MXC]

FV4LDCgWMdI&

[TeeKup]

Wow, that man is awesome.

[Donut]

is there a difference between enemy downed and enemy killed? i remember in the beta i would "down" enemies.

does down mean they can be revived and killed mean they cant?
E: tactical sun rofl. that was by far the most irritating shit in the beta. im pretty sure that alone is stopping me from buying this game...
uExm4MUgKl0

and this. what the fuck :smith:

[seanthelawn]

So yeah.

God damn, nice work. That's like half a level in one round.

[Nero]

Donut; look on page 189 to see the new update for flashlights posted by Amit in a quote.

[Donut]

i saw it. less terrible, but still terrible imo.

whats the point of the flashlight? from what i saw in the beta and what im seeing on youtube, its sole purpose is to blind your enemy (and usually your team mates too) to make it easier to kill them. so basically, its purpose is to piss people off by giving yourself an obnoxious advantage. i suppose it makes seeing in the dark like in metro a little easier, but why does it still blind you so badly in BROAD DAYLIGHT (see pictures of nerfing)? the first time i got killed by a flashlight guy i was just like "....fucking REALLY DICE? WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?"
at first i thought that it probably gave your position away just as often as it assisted in a kill, until i heard you could turn it on and off. so basically you literally have an "i win" button. "tactical sun" is not an exaggeration.

its just such an uncharacteristically obnoxious game element for a battlefield game. if it showed up in call of duty, i wouldnt be surprised. in this game? shocked. i would go so far as to say its as annoying as grenade launchers in mw2 (without OMA, of course). now, bear in mind, i only played the beta, and aside from that one picture of the nerfed light effect, i havent seen the nerfed version of the flashlight, so for all i know, it might not be as bad any more. all i know is i can picture myself getting pissed off at flashlights enough that its deterring me from playing this game.

TL;DR isomad about lights

E: thumbnail on the video i posted above: the screws on the EOTech sight are both rotated with the exact same orientation. ARTISTIC BLASPHEME. you will now all notice that every time you use a holographic sight.

[Nero]

I agree with you man. I hate the laser too, as my team mates are fucking morons with flashlights and lasers.

However; I love the flashlight because snipers and campers are dumb enough to leave them on while hiding giving away positions.

[Amit]

now, bear in mind, i only played the beta, and aside from that one picture of the nerfed light effect, i havent seen the nerfed version of the flashlight, so for all i know, it might not be as bad any more. all i know is i can picture myself getting pissed off at flashlights enough that its deterring me from playing this game.

Nope, it's every bit as blinding as it was in the beta :) Haterz gonna hate, hetzers gonna hetz, flashlighters gonna flash. I don't mind the laser sight. At least you can see the area surrounding the laser sight and fire into the centre of it to hit the enemy. Works best on OM. I've never had it happen to me on any other map.

[Nero]

I'm getting random freezes again. HURRR

[Mr Buckshot]

so it seems like MW3 is trashing BF3 in sales after all.

While I wanted BF3 to do better, I actually am kinda glad, because it could teach EA a lesson. Especially on the PC. While it's not that big of a problem for me, I do know that a lot of people won't buy it unless it's on Steam (and doesn't use Origin at the same time), and also unless the Battlelog is removed/made optional. And of course, I would prefer my BF3 to be registered on Steam and to have an ingame browser. The fact that MW3 is available on Steam was evidently a huge advantage.

[Donut]

its kind of sad really. i feel like ea was really banking on the anticipation for bf3 to push origin, and that ultimately hurt sales and bf3 in general. half my floor bought mw3, and i think the d-bag next door to me bought bf3. all i know is ive been hearing mw3 sounds all over campus all day, and ive only heard the occasional mcom sound from next door.
i guess its because mw3 is *the* game to buy, so people buy it because its cod, whereas battlefield is a game people buy because they want to play battlefield. thats what ive seen at least. everybody in school lined up to get mw2 on the brobox so they could play together, so i cant imagine it was any different this time.

its funny, my dad actually called me today and was like, "we should have bought stocks in activision".

[Mr Buckshot]

COD appeals to a wider audience on consoles because its maps and gametypes are suitable for 4-player splitscreen deathmatches, whereas Battlefield just isn't built for that type of gameplay, hell it doesn't even have split screen. There's still a lot of console players who don't have their console online, and they'll likely automatically ignore BF3. Whenever I buy console multiplayer games for any genre, I MUST have split screen or I don't buy, so if I didn't have a PC, I might have bought MW3 after all.

PC's not quite the same though (small offline deathmatches aren't a concern, those who only play offline are more likely to pirate, not saying ALL of them do but it is true), and so I thought BF3 had a chance of beating MW3 there. Sadly that clearly isn't the case.

On the bright side, I just fired up BF3 today and noticed a drop in the number of douchebags who go solo in the land vehicles or who run around caring only about k/d rather than the objective.

[Donut]

well there you go. i guess its a good thing it sold so much. i might hop on bc2 tomorrow and see what the douchebag percentage looks like.

and then whore the spas 12 with slugs on the assault class :haw:

[{XG}Gijs007]

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alienware dogtag: http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/battlefield-3-dog-tag-item-giveaway/

[Kornman00]

hahaha

m-WddlQGXW8

[Cortexian]

See, what I don't understand is how that douche can sit there laughing about ruining someone else's fun. This is why admins in servers is a good idea.

I would love to see a Modacity server with a bunch of active admins. It's not hard to populate a server either; Amit, Cheezdue, TC-Guardian, Limited and I joined a server with three other people in it last night. It populated to 32 players and remained that way well into the early morning today. So long as we agree to all play in the Modacity server before we play on other servers then it should pretty much stay populated. I'd be ecstatic if we could lay down some ground rules (kick douchbags, cheaters, etc.) and have a server admin in-server all the time.

[Amit]

Yeah, if Modacity was to get a 32 player server we could populate it no problem as long as it's not hardcore. Another clan I know had to switch both their hardcore servers to normal just to get people to join them. Nobody liked not being able to see a 3rd person view of their vehicle lol. I think that and Tking kept people off it. Now their servers are packed to the brim at any time of the day.

[Nero]

What, we have a server??? :O
@Kornman; That guy is a complete asshole.

[seanthelawn]

I'd definitely play in a Modacity server if it existed (as long as it wasn't hardcore).

[Nero]

I'd definitely play in a Modacity server if it existed (as long as it wasn't hardcore).
Yea, this.
Also, I noticed a few servers are having the glitching in the floor problem again. (In the outside part of the map like in the beta). :(
Edit; btw http://www.enjin.com/bf3-signature-generator

[Boba]

hey kiddos, got a couple of questions

1. are there any good rush servers to boost on?

2. can you unlock multicam as an appearance option?

[Kornman00]

@Kornman; That guy is a complete asshole.
Doesn't make the video any less funnier

[TVTyrant]

I AM JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER
*shoots guy in head*

[Amit]

hey kiddos, got a couple of questions

1. are there any good rush servers to boost on?

2. can you unlock multicam as an appearance option?

1. Yes, empty ones. Don't know any, though.
2. Yes. Keep lvling up. It's not actually called Multicam tho.

To be honest, I think that guy only killed all those people for the video. I bet he's just trolling youtube and doesn't actually play like that.

[ExAm]

So are you guys aware that the tac light is getting a nerf?

http://twitter.com/#!/Demize99/status/133891163617898497

[Cortexian]

hey kiddos, got a couple of questions

1. are there any good rush servers to boost on?

2. can you unlock multicam as an appearance option?
1. Yes, look for the link I posted in the thread here where my score was 20,000+. That started off as boosting (arming / disarming).

2. Yes there is Multicam in the game (<3), however it's called "Paratrooper" camo and you can only wear it as US team. RU Para looks nothing like it, but it's still cool.

[TVTyrant]

Yo Lancer, off topic but have you ever heard of Urban style camo working out particularly well? Every time I've seen it I always thought it would probably do nothing. Any word on this?

[Guardian]

hey kiddos, got a couple of questions

1. are there any good rush servers to boost on?

2. can you unlock multicam as an appearance option?

Knife only servers get you heaps of points i found.

[Donut]

So are you guys aware that the tac light is getting a nerf?

http://twitter.com/#!/Demize99/status/133891163617898497 (http://twitter.com/#%21/Demize99/status/133891163617898497)
yeah that was posted a page or so back. at least you can see the guy behind the lightnow . still seems like a stupid attachment to me though.

also i would love to play in a modacity server if i had the game. ill probably ask for some $$ for christmas to get it.

[Amit]

yeah that was posted a page or so back. at least you can see the guy behind the lightnow . still seems like a stupid attachment to me though.

also i would love to play in a modacity server if i had the game. ill probably ask for some $$ for christmas to get it.

Ask for some more money so that we can rent a server. The Plague was the one who rented our BC2 server and he can no longer afford to rent a 32-player BF3 server. Yeah, I said 32. It's pretty much triple the price for a 64-player server at most providers. *mutters* Fucking lack of open dedicated servers... *mutters*

[Donut]

i know next to nothing about hosting servers for games, but i know my friend has a minecraft one running out of his dorm on his laptop. would a battlefield one be similar to that? obviously youd need more ram and processing power than a laptop, but would it be even remotely the same?

[seanthelawn]

And assuming we can't just host the server ourselves, how much does a server actually cost?

[{XG}Gijs007]

i know next to nothing about hosting servers for games, but i know my friend has a minecraft one running out of his dorm on his laptop. would a battlefield one be similar to that? obviously youd need more ram and processing power than a laptop, but would it be even remotely the same?
You need to have an contract with EA to get access to the dedi files.
And those contracts ain't cheap...

[dark navi]

Renting a 64-man server from a good host would probably be around 90/mo. without any discounts.

[ThePlague]

The payment on our BC2 server was glitched so we actually have it free up until the end of September of next year (shhh...)

Too bad if I say anything they'll charge me $50 that I don't have.

[Amit]

D: We no want BC2 server!

GQNzyYsgQbw&hd=1

[Nero]

No one understands what boosting is.. HURR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6qdQuscd-4&feature=player_embedded

[Amit]

IGN put up their boosting guides and get reamed up the asshole lol (via reddit):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4YWNlrEYHw&amp;feature=youtu.be

And ROFL:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=RZJDkIoPCi8

[Boba]

rage quit for the 5th time in two days

run around a corner, get smaw'd
get killed in two shots by a guy firing an m249 from the hip, even after I put a whole mag of AK-74u into him
try to use a tank, get c4'd by some shithead in a jeep
spawn into fire three times in a row
no matter what weapon i use I'm always fucking outranged because of heavy barrel fucktards
can't get any fucking kills so I can't unlock better weapons, great thing there are so many 23 point assists!!
accidentally walk into a fucking door party, killed by some random shit
enemy team full of fucking officers, can't get a god damn shot in if i wanted to
person steals tank while I'm repairing it
shoot .50mg all around a sniper to suppress him, get shot once and die.
knife a guy three times, he turns around and knifes me in one try.
oh whoops look there is a sniper glint, too bad I can't fucking do anything about it.

the only thing i can fucking do is sit on the base AA guns

[TVTyrant]

Sounds like Battlefield to me lol

[Nero]

Boba, imo, you should:
Join a Op Metro map on normal difficulty, 16/32 players and put it to have 1-5 slots free. Stick to one weapon until you get all the attachments you want.
Then move onto other maps.

This may not work out for you, but it did for me.

[Amit]

rage quit for the 5th time in two days

run around a corner, get smaw'd
get killed in two shots by a guy firing an m249 from the hip, even after I put a whole mag of AK-74u into him
try to use a tank, get c4'd by some shithead in a jeep
spawn into fire three times in a row
no matter what weapon i use I'm always fucking outranged because of heavy barrel fucktards
can't get any fucking kills so I can't unlock better weapons, great thing there are so many 23 point assists!!
accidentally walk into a fucking door party, killed by some random shit
enemy team full of fucking officers, can't get a god damn shot in if i wanted to
person steals tank while I'm repairing it
shoot .50mg all around a sniper to suppress him, get shot once and die.
knife a guy three times, he turns around and knifes me in one try.
oh whoops look there is a sniper glint, too bad I can't fucking do anything about it.

the only thing i can fucking do is sit on the base AA guns

You have some real bad fucking luck. Surprisingly, I don't recall every being killed by a rocket launcher while on foot...yet. Couldn't say the same for CG noobers in BC2. The most frustrating thing so far is being spawned into the middle of crossfire after I selected an aircraft to spawn in. That is all.

[Mr Buckshot]

can't get any fucking kills so I can't unlock better weapons, great thing there are so many 23 point assists!!


what bullshit, you just suck.

I've unlocked quite a few weapons already and I'm still sticking with the base ones.

Just because the gun is unlocked at a higher level doesn't make it better. Plus, the iron sights are really open and clear on all the guns I tried, so the lack of an optic isn't an excuse either (not to mention it takes merely 10 kills to unlock the first optic).

The gun I have clocked the most kills on the AKS-74u, and that's a beginner weapon.

[Ifafudafi]

...the lack of an optic isn't an excuse either

Unless you're talking about the IR scope, which is so wonderfully superior to just about everything that I'll never go back :3

[Boba]

what bullshit, you just suck.

I've unlocked quite a few weapons already and I'm still sticking with the base ones.

Just because the gun is unlocked at a higher level doesn't make it better. Plus, the iron sights are really open and clear on all the guns I tried, so the lack of an optic isn't an excuse either (not to mention it takes merely 10 kills to unlock the first optic).

The gun I have clocked the most kills on the AKS-74u, and that's a beginner weapon.

I've played the majority of 4 hours with the AKS-74u, have 9 kills so far. The only way I can get kills with a weapon in any game is if it has a high rof because I control a mouse like I'm autistic. Not one of the smart ones, either.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8632965/3bigtrans.png

I mean the game is really fun when I actually have wiggle room to play it without getting my ass licked.

[seanthelawn]

Unless you're talking about the IR scope, which is so wonderfully superior to just about everything that I'll never go back :3

Yesss I just started using it yesterday; no idea why I wasn't using it before then. So easy to find people hiding in bushes/rocks etc

[TeeKup]

I'm in the same boat as Boba, putting it down for a while. Officers are serious tools.

[Warsaw]

well there you go. i guess its a good thing it sold so much. i might hop on bc2 tomorrow and see what the douchebag percentage looks like.

and then whore the spas 12 with slugs on the assault class :haw:

Douchebag percentage is drastically lower, and has been since BF3 came out.


You have some real bad fucking luck. Surprisingly, I don't recall every being killed by a rocket launcher while on foot...yet. Couldn't say the same for CG noobers in BC2. The most frustrating thing so far is being spawned into the middle of crossfire after I selected an aircraft to spawn in. That is all.

To be fair, people were trying to get their stars with the rocket launchers in BC2. The only way to do that is to get kills with it. Blame DICE for making it so damn enticing.

Also, the UI in BF3 looks pretty shit. It handles like ass on 360, it's clunky to change class loadouts, and you can't exit the game from the End Game lobby. Then there are your on-screen indicators: the letter for the control point under attack doesn't flash (only on the minimap does it do this), and the indicator also doesn't do a good job of telling you who is capping. In BC2 you had a blue bar and a red bar, in BF3 it's only red if it's already owned by the enemy. It doesn't show a red bar rotating around the letter. It's frustrating.

Oh, and on PC, the chatbox is fucking huge. Dafuq?

[seanthelawn]

To be fair, people were trying to get their stars with the rocket launchers in BC2. The only way to do that is to get kills with it. Blame DICE for making it so damn enticing.


BF3 has service stars AND dogtags for getting 1 star and 5 stars; that seems even more enticing so I'm surprised we haven't seen more RPG abuse.

[Nero]

Holy shit. I saw that you guys said IR is Superior, so after playing for 19 levels with a normal 4x scope and spotting people, I tried it... OMG..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amit]

Thermals are cheap on everything in this game. I'm grinding like mad to get the thermal view for chopper gunner. That thing sees everything. I thought I posted the video of it a few pages back.

[seanthelawn]

Holy shit. I saw that you guys said IR is Superior, so after playing for 19 levels with a normal 4x scope and spotting people, I tried it... OMG..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNOW RIGHT


Thermals are cheap on everything in this game. I'm grinding like mad to get the thermal view for chopper gunner. That thing sees everything. I thought I posted the video of it a few pages back.

I used that shit in coop; no idea it was in MP. Definitely gonna have to unlock that.

[Warsaw]

BF3 has service stars AND dogtags for getting 1 star and 5 stars; that seems even more enticing so I'm surprised we haven't seen more RPG abuse.

Yes, but I didn't see CG spamming during BC2's early days, either. Besides, the rocket spamming isn't THAT bad. I actually never had much of a problem with it; the bigger issue is people not looking before they decide to dart out from cover and then complaining about getting killed by a guy that they could have easily spotted.

[Amit]

I jumped into a server with Nero earlier and unlocked the thermal optics for the chopper gunner. That shit is every bit as unreal as I said it was :D

Air vehicles are hard to see at a distance, but pretty much anything on the ground lights up like a Christmas tree. 'Q' spamming is no longer necessary.

[Warsaw]

And Spec-Ops camo does fuck-all to counter IR scopes. Gg, DICE.

[Amit]

I don't know if I posted this before, but Spec Ops sort of helps. Works best for the US Engineer: http://imgur.com/a/VbH10

[Nero]

Yea, I noticed that the IR wasn't picking up on some people. Cool!
Edit: WTF, there already seems to be aim botters. A guy had 85 kills and 15 deaths in a 25 min about match of rush on Metro.

Edit 2: Screw this. Untill Dice fixes the random freeze's of the game I'm not playing anymore. I was going 30-7 and then the game crashes? Hell nah.

[Ifafudafi]

Edit: WTF, there already seems to be aim botters. A guy had 85 kills and 15 deaths in a 25 min about match of rush on Metro.

That's not aimbotting, that's just Metro being a horribly choked off, enclosed, and small map for a game as big as BF3

[Nero]

That's not aimbotting, that's just Metro being a horribly choked off, enclosed, and small map for a game as big as BF3
I would agree, but when I was killed by him, I was in no choke hold. That's why lots of the people ingame were saying he was aimbotting. If his gun could aim at you, you had less then a second to run away or die (I didn't notice any difference even if you were very far away).
I rage quit. lol.

[StankBacon]

theres been botters since day one.

[TeeKup]

Me and Sanctus have ran into a view people with "god mode" They've taken buckshot, full magazines of LMG ammo, and tank rounds and haven't died.

[Donut]

is there any way to counter the IR scope aside from that spec-ops camo that seems to do fuckall?

[=sw=warlord]

Edit 2: Screw this. Untill Dice fixes the random freeze's of the game I'm not playing anymore. I was going 30-7 and then the game crashes? Hell nah.
This, I just got BSOD and this is the only game giving me the BSOD.

[Amit]

Yea, I noticed that the IR wasn't picking up on some people. Cool!
Edit: WTF, there already seems to be aim botters. A guy had 85 kills and 15 deaths in a 25 min about match of rush on Metro.

Edit 2: Screw this. Untill Dice fixes the random freeze's of the game I'm not playing anymore. I was going 30-7 and then the game crashes? Hell nah.

I'm not sure what to tell you. I stopped experiencing crashes last thursday. And I've played a good bit since then. Maybe I'm just getting lucky. Apparently nVidia is releasing some new beta drivers to improve performance and stability, but AMD users are shit out of luck for now.

[seanthelawn]

I've got AMD and haven't crashed in at least a week

[Amit]

Well, I run ATi and haven't crashed in a week either, so...I guess we're good?

[seanthelawn]

Yeah brah we don't need new drivers as far as I'm concerned. Shit runs fine for me.

[Nero]

Found out something. If I leave after my first match played, it won't freeze (at least so far), but if i stay for another match, it will freeze randomly.

[Amit]

Well, I just realized AMD DID release new drivers, too: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/news/view/2832654774827064109/

[Sanctus]

I'm starting to see modders on the console version. My ENTIRE squad, including me, emptied our clips into one person during a round of Rush on Grand Bazaar. Tick marks never made an appearance. We were the only ones that died.

edit: This was after TeeKup and I parted for the evening.

[Kornman00]

Don't tell me BF3 is peer-to-peer, is it?

[Nero]

How do you unlock the Scar-H? (Is it by class)? I unlocked all the weapons for assault apart of the general weapons, but I can't seem to find what the SCAR-H falls under.

[Phopojijo]

Scar-H? 14000 engineer score.

[Nero]

oh thanks... :)
beta drivers for nvidea gfx cards are out: http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Beta

[{XG}Gijs007]

Don't tell me BF3 is peer-to-peer, is it?
Your confused with mw3 ;)

bf3 has dedicated servers.:iamafag:

btw my new video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnfjnAjpG-Q

[Zeph]

Your confused with mw3 ;)

bf3 has dedicated servers.:iamafag:

btw my new video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnfjnAjpG-Q

consoles using dedicated servers, that's pretty hardcore

[{XG}Gijs007]

consoles using dedicated servers, that's pretty hardcore
I assumed he was asking it for pc... anyway consoles never had dedicated servers for a far as I know.

[Nero]

At the one min point... pretty epic man. :)

[Amit]

I assumed he was asking it for pc... anyway consoles never had dedicated servers for a far as I know.

Server browser for consoles. This means dedicated servers for consoles. We all know that DICE doesn't allow client-based servers anymore. You have to join a rented server from a game server provider. And all previous BF games on consoles had dedicated servers, too.

[Nero]

We take cheating and exploiting very seriously in Battlefield 3 and want to make it clear that it will not be tolerated. This week, we’ve banned hundreds of offending accounts and have stats-wiped additional accounts for exploiting (such as boosting). We’ll continue to be monitoring and taking action against the minority that doesn’t respect the integrity of the game.

BF3 quote off of facebook.
Haha, I guess it sucks if you are a booster. :p

[Amit]

Heh, dumbasses.

[Nero]

So the beta drivers don't do jack shit....

[Amit]

Just read the details of the drivers for AMD/ATi. They don't do jack shit if you don't have crossfire.

[Mr Buckshot]

I assumed he was asking it for pc... anyway consoles never had dedicated servers for a far as I know.

if the player cap exceeds 18, it has dedicated servers.

Console players just don't get to set their own rules or anything close to the level of customization PC players get. And the publisher hosts and pays for them. Plus, it gives the publisher complete control of your experience, so if they decide to kill the servers in an effort to force you to buy the servers, they will. Despicable, but understandable considering how console players are more likely to gravitate towards a sequel right away and ignore the old game since there's no performance questions to worry about, whereas PC players tend to stick with the older titles if they're in doubt about their rigs.

as mentioned BF on consoles has always had dedicated servers (just with a lower player cap, probably to reduce costs), other console games I know of with dedi servers are MAG (256 players!) and Resistance 2. I tried my friend's copy of BF3 on xbox 360 to see how well it performed online, and it was decent afaik, but I guess that depends on the proximity of EA servers to your area.

[Boba]

so uh, is anyone playing in need of a squadmate

i need someone reliable that i can share my feelings with :(

[Nero]

Haha... add me; joshflighter

[Limited]

Just unlocked TV missiles for helicopter (the last unlock). Very fun indeed.

[Nero]

Who ever hasn't.. PLAY CO-OP!!!
It's way different then the actual single player missions. They have there own little plots. Really fun! (plus you get extra unlocks for playing them)

[Nero]

P.S if you are admin and don`t like someone. Don`t boot them right before the game ends. It makes you a fucktard.

[Amit]

I'm waiting until the first game update to play co-op. DICE is nerfing the amount of weapon exp grinding you need to unlock the weapons, so that's good.

[Guardian]

It doesnt take much to unlock the weapons :S

[Amit]

Goddamn I love Grand Bazaar. I rape so bad with the SCAR-H and INVR Scope. My K/D has soared and my ability to help my team just fucking rammed itself up the enemy's ass. This has to be the best ground-based conquest map there is in BF3.

[Nero]

For me its Grand Bazaar and Operation Metro. The fact that both have some very good choke hold points if your team works right, makes them really awesome. + the fact that most people are dumb so you can go around the choke holds and just kill tons from behind. :D

[Amit]

I only like Operation Metro as a Rush map. It's way too linear and straight to be conquest. I wonder why they don't have a New York City conquest map. It'd be awesome to blow the shit out of Manhattan...oh, wait. :(

[Sanctus]

Grand Bazaar and Caspian Border for me. Just wish my teammates weren't a bunch of blockheads.

[Amit]

Grand Bazaar and Caspian Border for me. Just wish my teammates weren't a bunch of blockheads.

Yeah, those are really the only maps I actually play anymore. Grand Bazaar occupies about 60% of my time nowadays, though. It's good for grinding weapon attachments.

[Warsaw]

Sounds like it needs more Karkand.

[Cortexian]

Yeah, Caspian Border is my go-to map for vehicle combat and Engineer/Sniper Rifle grinding. Metro/Bazaar for leveling up weapons

[Mr Buckshot]

Operation Metro is good for whoring your score to level up quickly. On 64 player Conquest, it's a frigging grenade/rocket spamfest and the US team almost always loses due to their starting point disadvantage. For Assaults, that means thousands of points per second for liberal medkit and defib usage :D

But for gameplay, my favorites are Caspian Border, Tehran Highway, and Canals.

[Amit]

Tehran Highway. An interesting map for conquest. I've only played it once...on Sunday. It was both fun and frustrating. It almost felt like the spawn points were reflecting call of duty. The points are quite spread out in different parts of the map, which makes the combat intense and you really have to work with your team to cap points. That's absolutely great, but the map feels so open and with enemies spawning behind you from the point that you thought was secure, I can't help but feel like that map can become a clusterfuck of bullets. Snipers are the most annoying shit on that map, though. I don't know how people can complain about mortars. They are so easy to take out. Just take a well armoured vehicle and rush the mortar position. Cut the guy down and leave or take down as many enemies as you can before dying if you can't get out of the area.

[Warsaw]

Sounds like Tehran Highway plays just like Arica Harbor...best BC2 map if you ask me. Probably going to be one of my favourite BF3 maps, then.

[Sanctus]

Sounds like it needs more Karkand.

This

[Mr Buckshot]

Tehran Highway is awesome for Conquest but really sucks for Rush imo, it's too easy for the defensive team to rape the attackers right outside their own spawn point. Just plant engineers and snipers along the two main roads, and the defenders can probably drain the respawn tickets to zero without losing a single station. Unless the attackers are very well coordinated, I rarely see Rush games on Tehran Highway lasting beyond the first defense base.

[TeeKup]

^ Funny it's the other way around most of the time on the 360. In my experiences at least. I can't stand the map really, it's godawful.

[Amit]

When I play Rush on Tehran Highway, usually the attackers drive the Amtrac and tanks straight into the base and cause mass confusion among the defenders. then their infantry jumps out of the Amtrac, secures the area for people spawning in the Amtrac and then proceed to arm the MCOMs. As long as engineers repair the Amtrac, there's nothing the defenders can do. AT mines would definitely disrupt that plan, though.

[Mr Buckshot]

heh, the last time someone did that while I was on defense in Tehran Highway, my squad and I promptly massacred the arming attackers and then proceeded to turn their own tank against them :P Although the tank driver had the sense to stay inside his tank to cover his mates who were arming, he was unable to shake off me and my fellow engineer who were sabotaging his tank with repair tools, so he decided to bail out to gun us down (and failed). Then we repaired the tank, hopped in, and blew the fuck out of the arming attackers. They did manage to get a charge armed, but another teammate was able to defuse it anyways.

Nevertheless, if the attackers actually manage to destroy the first base, then the game becomes more balanced, as there are more routes to take for the second base and also more snipe points for attackers.

[Warsaw]

First base is usually the best chance the defenders have at winning, even in BC2. Take Oasis, for instance. If you lose your starting point, you're basically fucked.

[TeeKup]

^ will agree with that. Difference here is, Oasis was a good map. Tehran Highway isn't.

[Warsaw]

Oasis was shit on Rush. Every time, I was stuck hunting helos (plural) all by myself on defense while everyone ran around like a chicken with its head cut off.

[TeeKup]

I didn't have many problems myself. I typically stuck to Engineer or Recon and did pretty well. The moment a Helo was spotted, someone on my team typically sprinted for the AA. They never stayed airborn too long.

[Boba]

Oasis was shit on Rush.

It was great in BC1. Wonder what happened in the transition to BC2 that made it so shitty?