Battlefield 3

[CAMAROBOY69]

Exactly this. Jets (can) kill jets, choppers and tanks, and unfortunately they're also very good against infantry which definitely needs to be fixed. I don't know what it's like with you console guys but a jet pilot using a mouse is essentially a 400km/h sniper who is impervious to most things except for other jets. Jet pilots without many unlocks are limited in what they can do and are therefore somewhat useless to begin with, but once they unlock rockets they're pretty much set.

Most importantly, just because a jet pilot doesn't get many points or kills it doesn't mean they're not being useful. If they can disable a tank, excellent, and if they can harass jets and choppers to keep them on the run and therefore out of the fight, brilliant, it all diminishes the enemy's fighting ability but the pilot doesn't get rewarded for that.

Its very very rare for me to die by a jet on the 360. Out of 552 games I have maybe died 10 times. Maybe. Since jets pretty much never kill me, I dont even mess with them as an engineer. BUT if I do get shot down by a jet, then I spend the rest of my time shooting them down.

I can imagine it would be much easier to kill someone in a jet on the PC with a mouse. That would be a pain. They feel more like eye candy on the 360. Hardly ever a threat. lol

 

[HE1RO]

Well, if one side has good jet pilots and the other doesnt. They have an advantage, because they can easily kill a chopper and also take out tanks. And their chopper has clear airspace which makes it easy for them to take infnantry and Vehicles out without having to look over their shoulders. So if i see my jet attacking another enemy jet the whole round, im ok with that, less spawn killing more vehicle availability/survivability. And if you get shot by a jet as an infantry man, you need to move around more lol

Fix the pods, and make ECM and gunner flares more reliable. That is all.

 

[RYAN]

The "Bonus content drop" is now one of the four featured items on the premium option ingame so i doubt it will be long before we know what it is. I imagine it will be released late in the month though, As up until now the further down the schedule table something was the later in the month its released wich makes sense. A good possibility could be snow camo's for the weapons as in the armoured kill trailer if you look closely there is a white M-TAR. I hope this isnt the case and that turns out to be a "Soldier upgrade" though.

 

[mangina]

Well finally got my eodbot kill thanks to Finduszip. Many thanks bro. That was doing my head in and as for the hardcore suggestion-I'm still undecided if I like that or not. If I can help anyone else K/D ratio just add me lol (BigJas1162)

 

[Team THRT Drift]

I completely agree with you guys. I haven't unlocked the rocket pods yet.. So I'm only good for air to air warfare. With consoles, you can't spot so much in a jet, because of the distance... you need t get closer which means certain death by either infantry with javelines, or AA guns.

 

[Finduszip]

I encountered a really weird glitch just now. I was just doing as usual, getting killed and stuff, but when I was revived, everything had a very strong blue tint to it, which made my Holo sight disappear and took away my chance of an easy multikill.

 

[II-zOoLoGy-II]

i encountered a really weird glitch just now. I was just doing as usual, getting killed and stuff, but when i was revived, everything had a very strong blue tint to it, which made my holo sight disappear and took away my chance of an easy multikill.

pc?

 

[Finduszip]

pc?

I'm still on PS3, you know.

 

[Sureboss]

I utterly despise how long it takes to find a decent server. We had been using a decent 400% ticket, whilst the rounds were a bit long, no power hungry admins and balance was always good. Switched to TDM for the moment, so that server is now a no-go. First two joined tonight = epic lag despite being Europe servers (not just me, VEXD experienced the same.) Third lobby was better, even if it was one sided, it was still sort of enjoyable and then we go to Caspian and it's lagging like a nutter again, throwing me in to trees, etc. Round at Damavand without sound, etc.

BF4 will have to be something special to make me want it. Yet, I know that in all probability the next round of matches will be very enjoyable. So inconsistent, apart from Domination/Gun Master, they don't infuriate me as those maps actually work, hopefully the other DLC will be the same.

 

[Mike Rotch]

I utterly despise how long it takes to find a decent server.

Agreed - DICE also ballsed it up a few months back when they created these “epic battles” / “Most Popular” servers. I hate joining a balanced round of CQ, and then having mode switch to Rush or TDM.

The time it takes to find a server with decent map rotation, that isn’t a billion tickets, that isn’t stacked, that doesn’t have stupid rules, that doesn’t have idiot admins can take 5-10 mins and a few quits to find. And then you get the ever present spectre of disconnections/ lag to possibly have to deal with too.

They should stop yakking about BF4 and just fix this version.

 

[Daniel]

I set up a thread in another forum if anyone's seriously interested in playing a BF3 Squad Tournament 👍. You don't need to sign up unless you actually wanna participate.
Mike, do you know if it's against the AUP to PM the members of the GTP_BF3 group with the link? I'd have hosted it here, but I don't think an FPS game tournament's gonna fit really well in a racing game forum

 

[Finduszip]

The time it takes to find a server with decent map rotation, that isn’t a billion tickets, that isn’t stacked, that doesn’t have stupid rules, that doesn’t have idiot admins can take 5-10 mins and a few quits to find. And then you get the ever present spectre of disconnections/ lag to possibly have to deal with too.

This is why I have 37% quits.

 

[VEXD]

I set up a thread in another forum if anyone's seriously interested in playing a BF3 Squad Tournament 👍. You don't need to sign up unless you actually wanna participate.
Mike, do you know if it's against the AUP to PM the members of the GTP_BF3 group with the link? I'd have hosted it here, but I don't think an FPS game tournament's gonna fit really well in a racing game forum

Erm.... there are 5 votes in the "I hate you VEX!" category.

Something I should know?

👍

 

[Finduszip]

I can't really see five people voting that. And why is that an option anyway?

 

[Daniel]

Two things:

• There's another person called VEX_VEHIX on that forum.
• That's the wrong thread I linked

Here it is

 

[Caz]

If I could commit to specific times I would be down for sure. But my play schedule is very sporadic.



Armored kill live stream tomorrow.
Sorry no link can't copy from phone. Info via battlefield Facebook.

 

[Finduszip]

I decided to mess about a little on Damavand Peak Rush, and after the second pair of M-COMS, when we're getting down the mountain, I wanted to try something new, so I drove the Humvee off the helipad and nearly landed on top of a building, with the Humvee free of damage. Then I got banned and the admin accused me of hacking. It was very amusing, I'll try it again.

 

[RYAN]

Just had a good round with the QBZ-95B carbine, It's always been a weapon iv'e liked the look of and wanted to like but the ROF kept me away from it (same as all other slow ROF weapons), But tonight i just felt drawn to it and iv'e got to say, I will be using it a lot more in the future. The ROF didnt hold me back as much as i thought, And it was very good at range to. I think i'll be trying out a few more lower ROF weapons from now on. I got 75-20 on canals with it.

 

[gogatrs]

Two things:
[*]There's another person called VEX_VEHIX on that forum.
[*]That's the wrong thread I linked

Here it is

Definitely interested.

A suggestion if you decide to do tournament play:
You mentioned that having a points system would be good because even if you lost you wouldn't be out.
If you did a tournament, you could have your normal bracket. And when people start losing, you build up the losers bracket. So you have to lose twice to be out. The winner of the losers bracket gets to play the winner in the winner's bracket. But the loser's bracket squad would have to beat the winner's bracket squad twice. That might take awhile though.

 

[Time_Attack]

Is there a glitch with some of the assignments not counting kills? And how do I unlock the new ones?

 

[Daniel]

You've gotta use the Kit in the Assignment. e.g. If you're going for the Shotgun kills Engi assignment, you've gotta get all those kills while using the said Engi kit.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

I'm all for it (The tournament), but, in order for it to work, you need to figure out the times that best suite everyone... I'm only available weekdays. Vacations and weekends, I might not play as much.

 

[GTPorsche]

Anyone had any server issues lately? I tried to join my friends last night in a game but every time I joined (3 attempts), my internet throttled itself down to almost non-functional. Every time I quit the game to fix my internet, it went right back to normal.

Although before my progress in the game came to a halt, I did manage to shoot a helicopter out of the sky from halfway across the map at Operation Firestorm. Was just outside the US base when I shot it.

 

[Time_Attack]

I'd had constant issues staying connected to EA.

 

[Finduszip]

I'd had constant issues staying connected to EA.

Me as well, lost me so many good matches.

 

[Ddrizle]

EA Summer Showcase

No mention on fixing the underlying game issues, but newer footage at 1:59 mark.

Tank Superiority is a highly tailored game mode for Armored Kill where platoons featuring Main Battle Tanks and Tank Destroyers fight for control over a single flag – often placed in extremely open and hard-defended terrain. The new game mode resembles a “King of the Hill” struggle and is available on all four maps in Armored Kill, each map featuring a mix of up to 16 tanks.

As there is only one flag with a tight capture radius per map, heavy tank battles tend to flow back and forth as teams seek to bleed tickets from their opponent. For tank drivers, success usually comes by staying together in packs of 2-3 tanks working together. Going solo to the capture point typically means you get overwhelmed by a large group of enemy tanks.

To make sure there is plenty of opportunity for epic tank battles, respawn times for the vehicles are almost instantaneous. If you spawn at your home base and don’t see a tank, there is usually no reason to start legging it towards the front. A few seconds later, a new tank will appear for you and your team mates.

 

[Time_Attack]

I'd find myself teleporting and running into walls. It finally worked for a while last night. I'll probably be on again later today.

 

[Mike Rotch]

EA Summer Showcase

Sounds interesting - CQ but basically with Armour.

I expect to see javelin/ guided missile spamming, especially if there is a soflam about....

 

[Finduszip]

Sounds interesting - CQ but basically with Armour.

I expect to see javelin/ guided missile spamming, especially if there is a soflam about....

You could probably earn a fair share of points with a SOFLAM. Also, I hope there wont be too many Kornets.

 

[Ddrizle]