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Battlefield 3 | Console Community Thread | Pleasant Entertainment
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kurisub306
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Thanks man, although I felt a little off tonight. Just need to stay outta the driver's seat when it comes to tanks I have such a hard time seeing where I'm going in those things, dunno how I managed to get it stuck in that ditch! ^^; Think I'll stick to my role as gunner/mechanic!
Had the strangest game last night, yet it left me with the awesomest feeling.
Operation Firestorm, capturing A when I realize like half the team is on foot with me. Upon capture it looks like pretty much everyone sprints to B on foot. I've never seen anything like it on that map.
Meanwhile, the other team dominated the air. Their reward was losing by 150 tickets.
Operation Firestorm, capturing A when I realize like half the team is on foot with me. Upon capture it looks like pretty much everyone sprints to B on foot. I've never seen anything like it on that map.
Meanwhile, the other team dominated the air. Their reward was losing by 150 tickets.
Blog post about HD Destruction
Since theres no vehicles theyre using those resources to put more detailed destruction.
Since theres no vehicles theyre using those resources to put more detailed destruction.
Cry moar TheSeks!
Yeah, it really warmed the cockles of my heart to see people with the boots on the ground actually moving on the map. Seems like all I ever see people on foot they're camping roofs or B or C. Then when I die I'll find at least a tank or two free at spawn.
And Rush.
Deathmatch it isn't that bad. Same for Squad Rush.
Only reason it's popular is because of choke points and frag/frag round/RPG spam.
DICE is so out of touch. I bet they just looked at hours played statistics and figured because everyone uses that map to grind on that it is everyone' favorite map or some shit.
It's not useless, you just can't rely solely on it to win the game, you still need ground troops.
I played a Firestorm game awhile ago were it was almost useless to hop into tanks or any other vehicles as the enemy attack chopper pilot was really amazing, and they had a good jet pilot too. Their team was smart enough to just leave the transport chopper on ground and cap flags on their vehicles, while we couldn't get a single tank near a flag. Needless to say we lost bad.
I like all the infantry maps on Conquest. Can't say the same thing about their Rush variants unfortunately. It's a nice change of pace.
There's certainly an exception to be made for those heli savants, but otherwise it's just a dick-measuring contest in the sky.
I don't think there's another map where I see more people just camping spawn waiting for the Viper (Sometimes up to 3! people). Maybe Canals, but at least there's two Little Birds there.
If I'm playing Conquest and Operation Metro pops up next, I usually quit out. The times I don't is when I spawn on the side that's outside. My team almost always gets raped when I'm on the side that spawns inside. No way to flank around on that map unless you get lucky to run by people. Just go straight down the tunnel to your death. Damavand Peak sucks too. Hell, almost all the default maps suck.
I get on a B2K server and don't look back. Sucks, because I like playing on Caspian Border, Kharg Island and Operation Firestorm... but I can't stand the other maps. Only play Conquest btw.
I get on a B2K server and don't look back. Sucks, because I like playing on Caspian Border, Kharg Island and Operation Firestorm... but I can't stand the other maps. Only play Conquest btw.
Yeah I love playing CQ on it.
I'm kinda mixed on the Rush varient of it mostly because of that first B M-Com.
agreed. infantry focused gameplay done right.
olimpia84
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It's the most fun map in Conquest mode and the only one where I can play in 'stealth' mode. Absolutely love playing as Recon and breaking through the choking points in B to get to the flag closest to the enemy base and set up a spawn beacon. It's one of the few maps that forces you to think of different tactical approaches depending on the situation and how the enemy is standing. Unfortunately, it has a big flaw that I'm hoping DICE will fix someday (doubt it though) where the RU side has the advantage because they spawn way closer to the B flag. If you are up against a good RU team you are pretty much screwed because they take B fist every time and on top of that it gives them time to set up traps and close in all the chokepoints immediately.
You have a weird definition of fun, man.
Metro wouldn't be a bad map, with the exception of explosives and a lack of a flank route for the stairs on Rush AND Conquest, respectively. But unfortunately, that's how the rounds devolve into instead of tight teamwork to get the defense to get back while you push forward. :/
Metro wouldn't be a bad map, with the exception of explosives and a lack of a flank route for the stairs on Rush AND Conquest, respectively. But unfortunately, that's how the rounds devolve into instead of tight teamwork to get the defense to get back while you push forward. :/
I have to wonder how many former Call of Duty players or people who don't have acrimony towards the gameplay of the series are in this "Metro is fun" category.
Because honestly, after playing the claustrophobic shitfest maps of Black Ops and MW3, Metro makes me feel like a guy that moved from economy to a business class airline seat.
Because honestly, after playing the claustrophobic shitfest maps of Black Ops and MW3, Metro makes me feel like a guy that moved from economy to a business class airline seat.
Metro is more open than CoD8's maps, yes, but it still has MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY choke points, the infamous stairs being one.
Of which those choke points devolve into frag spam. That's it. Explosives win on the map. If the explosives weren't there people would have to defend the choke points with better aim and people could attempt to punch through MUCH easier than it is right now with explosions going off every two seconds.
Well that one preview article or whatever did say that lives were generally ~30s long... it's probably as intolerable as it looks in the video lol
The Faceless Master
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well, the Russian team gets there first, but the US team has more options to get by.
Huh? I forget: Which side spawns outside? RU? Then they have the advantage in spades because they don't have to climb chokepoint stairs.
RU starts outside, yes. The US doesn't have to go by the stairs though, there's a ramp that leads to the flag on the left side.
Show me. I haven't honestly noticed that ramp.
If you can get Faceless on board, I'll skip BC1 and wallow in the frag round spam for it.
I don't see a ramp. I see the subway car, a tunnel (that leads nowhere), the stairs, and the other set of stairs. Both chokepoints.
cobragt4001
Banned
OP Metro would be so much better if there where sewers that players could access. I know a sewer would be a serious choke point but that would at least give more options for all players. OP Metro has the potential to be a classic but it falls too short.
I always wished the subway area had an above ground section you could cross but sewers could be good too. Maybe it would open up too many flanking paths but it'd be flanking paths that both sides could use.
cobragt4001
Banned
That would be awesome as well. It would be cool if Metro conquest had 5 flags, 2 of the flags could be outside in the park area.
Getting tired of people on my team hiding on roofs not doing shit to protect flags when were defending . Or the flip side not capping them when were the attackers.
They don't even have the manners to spot. Instead they think their 'elite' snipers despite always being in the bottom 4.
They don't even have the manners to spot. Instead they think their 'elite' snipers despite always being in the bottom 4.
olimpia84
Member
Metro Rush is intolerable because of the nature of the game mode. In Conquest is also pretty frustrating but you have a little bit more freedom to sneak by and get creative. Smoke rounds work wonders to break through the B flag area.
How so? I think it's easier to sneak by if you're on the RU team. The fact that you get there first helps tremendously and you have the advantage of being up higher and looking down the escalators. Also, once you make it downstairs you get easily go prone and go undetected on the right side of the train tracks (love doing that to sneak by!)
The only advantage that I see the US have is that once they get A is much harder for the RU to get it back because of the buildings around the area where you can hide and defend in any floor.
I need to know this, I watched the video but did not see any ramps.
I think he is talking about this ramp here (red arrows). Only ramp in the map that leads to a flag as far as I know.
Do you guys see the place market by the blue circle? Where is that? It seems there is an entrance to it, but I've never seem anything like that in the actual game.
Do you guys see the place market by the blue circle? Where is that? It seems there is an entrance to it, but I've never seem anything like that in the actual game.
Yeah, fuck that shit. Sorry Fersis but suddenly the game started to lag. We would've had them at the first set if my goddamn lock on didn't take FOR FUCKING EVER to lock on to let me disable (and then they abuse the repair) because goddamn lag is making it take forever to lock on.
The Faceless Master
Member
lol @ the Bazaar games, 11 mortar kills on defense, 7 on attack
I got like five on Karkand. Best part? MVP for Mortar start (taking out a tank by leading my shot) and then switching to Type-88 (which sucks, only getting unlocks for it), and other guns in a cavalcade round along with the tank.
I'm surprised we held them off at B (or was it A?) because they took one and I designated B since I figured that'd be a bit harder to take with it being covered by three walls that can't be blown and just held it down.
I don't think so. The locker room should be between A and B right? Not on the left side of the map (if you spawn as the russians). I think Dice removed that room from the map, I tried to look for it today but it's just not there and you can clearly see an entrance to it in this map (taken from the official game guide). Maybe they thought it wasn't such a good idea placing an M-com in such a small room, with only one way in! Lol!
That ramp with the arrows is the one on the left side of the first set of escalators right in front of B (again if you spawn as the russians).
Hopefully this is a little better!
Also, are you a fan of the soccer team from Paraguay called Olimpia? They had an amazing game against one of the bigger brazilian teams this week. They were losing 3x0, but managed to score 3 goals on the last 15 minutes of the game...I still don't know what happened there! Lol!
Great games today guys! Especially Kuri, thn and Boa! I might be mistaken but I believe we got the ace squad pin in every single game tonight!
In some matches the other team really made an effort to make things difficult but in the end we still cleared the server! That Damavand game was really awesome with everyone working together.
Battlefield moment of the day was thn barely evading a jeep full of C4 while driving the LAV on Canals! You backed up in the last moment as the jeep passed and exploded in front of you! That was awesome!
The weekly pool on battlelog is asking what players are most excited about.
With 118017 votes so far this are the results:
1- Next Patch - 44%
2- Close Quarters Map Pack and Armored Kill Map Pack - Tied with 21%
3- End Game Map Pack - 9%
4- Rent a Server for Consoles - 5%
I guess people really like CQC and infantry maps on BF3, maybe OP. Metro really is popular with a lot of players after all (I like it)!
With 118017 votes so far this are the results:
1- Next Patch - 44%
2- Close Quarters Map Pack and Armored Kill Map Pack - Tied with 21%
3- End Game Map Pack - 9%
4- Rent a Server for Consoles - 5%
I guess people really like CQC and infantry maps on BF3, maybe OP. Metro really is popular with a lot of players after all (I like it)!
The Faceless Master
Member
playing BF3 on both consoles at the same time?
WAT?
WAT?
kurisub306
Member
Yeah good games tonight, although my kills were pathetic, was too busy fixin everything!
Have no idea how I'm ever gonna stumble upon a nemesis ribbon, it's the last one I need! I could go play SQDM, but meh. I supposed I could learn to actually fly the chopper
Its a quality map, frag rounds have ruined it more than anything else.
I will be back playing once they sort out those fucking frag rounds.