Anyone got some tips for getting points in the scout helicopters? After a good few hours I can fly ok and last quite a while (I manage to avoid 6-8 Locked missiles per run) but assists from gunner kills come rarely and I can't think of another way to get points when I'm the pilot. I can't really go any slower when I'm over bases otherwise I'll just hover and be a sitting duck for RPGs/ground fire but I figure I must be doing something wrong as I can't be getting lumped with crap gunners each time....
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The Faceless Master
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nope, it's definitely a PC game. the ridiculous and clumsy menu system has to have been made for mouses and then ported over.Stallion Free said:
hopefully BC3 has no prone and no auto-balance... or at least one that doesn't split up squads... kind of like the one in BC2 where it only balanced people that weren't in a squad.
The Faceless Master
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Back For Gold Expansion Pack: End Of The Line, Valley Run+Deconstruction Super Map, Par For The Course, Crossing Over... throw in a TOZ-194, XM8, UZI, MEC Tank, Chopper and Jet call it a day...TheSeks said:
mercenar1e
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No achievements for origins? weird.. i thought EA would implement that
Having flares makes all of the difference on aircraft. The first 300 points on each I had to struggle, especially on airplanes since just lifting off made you a candidate to recieve to heat-seekers as a gift, barely scraping togheter any points each life. Now, I am a god of the sky, smiting those I see unworthy to roam the air of my domain and blasting those on the ground who seek to conquer my lands.
In short, they really need to make flares a basic item on all crafts for beginners.
In short, they really need to make flares a basic item on all crafts for beginners.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
MikeTyson said:
Dr. Pepper exists to dick you over on Battlefield preorders. That is their purpose.
The Faceless Master said:
People need to experience the brilliance of a few of those BC1 maps. EotL especially. God that map was awesome.
Woo-Fu
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Saiyu said:
Cap undefended points and kill people with your guns. Use heatseekers now and then on unsuspecting copters/planes. It is just a bit of a slog, particularly since you don't get much time on them.
If you play Conquest Large on Damavand peak grab the scout, drop off your passengers in the enemy base, then fly into the enemy's mine entrance and shoot as many of their infantry from behind before they notice there is a helicopter behind them.
Nobody is ever looking back towards spawn when they're struggling to take C.XANDER CAGE
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Keasar said:Having flares makes all of the difference on aircraft. The first 300 points on each I had to struggle, especially on airplanes since just lifting off made you a candidate to recieve to heat-seekers as a gift, barely scraping togheter any points each life. Now, I am a god of the sky, smiting those I see unworthy to roam the air of my domain and blasting those on the ground who seek to conquer my lands.
In short, they really need to make flares a basic item on all crafts for beginners.
I dunno. I think the whole flare/heatseeker balance is whack - pilots who don't have flares are flying points, but pilots with flares are basically unstoppable, and taking heatseekers as an Engineer just becomes useless.
I feel like flares should be a starting item, but they should be limited to two or three uses, or at least have a much longer recharge. It just seems like the balance flips between "engineers are going to eat me for lunch" and then with flares "I am a fucking spy plane".
I agree completely and have been saying the same to the guys I play with online. I cannot stand how invincible the planes with flares seem to be. At this point most the people have flares so using a stinger is pretty much useless unless you can coordinate with another person to lock on and make them use the flare. I really hope they alter it somehow because the way it is now is just messed up.BigJiantRobut said:
Woo-Fu
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BigJiantRobut said:
What you're failing to appreciate is that there are more than 2 people in the match. The jet pilot isn't just dealing with your stinger/IGLA/heatseeker, he is dealing with everybody on your team who is trying to take him down.
The key to taking them down is to get lock and hold lock, waiting for them to trigger flares *after* somebody else puts a missile up. Then you re-lock and fire your own stinger before their flares have reloaded.
As long as you're hassling them they're not dropping AGMs on your armor. Long as you're hassling them it makes it easier for your own aircraft to operate and/or take down the enemy.
Lastly, helicopters are far easier to take down because they don't have any chance of outrunning a missile long enough for it to run out of juice.
Instead of complaining that you're not Rambo start playing the game the way it was meant to be played, as a team. I've only got one or two unlocks left in jets and I can tell you from experience that we're not flying the friendly skies. I've only gone perhaps 4-5 rounds in ~60 hours of gameplay without getting shot down at least once.
maniac-kun
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When i expose enemies using my MAV are they just shown on the map or like in Bad Company 2 you can see them as marked directly?
childplease
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Jets are a team asset a single person with stingers should not be able to take them out with ease.
Should require teamwork and multiple stingers to even disable it.
Should require teamwork and multiple stingers to even disable it.
The Faceless Master
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are you sure about that? i've had friends call out spots on enemies and the arrows stayed active for long time.MrBig said:
you mean the one where you throw C4 and enter a vehicle right after without letting it complete the animation, the C4 won't detonate?Ikuu said:
Just beated the campaign, i think it was pretty cool and was a nice challenge even at normal difficulty.
By the way, what happen if
By the way, what happen if
i fail the QTE event at the end with Solomon? Do i get to see Times Square getting nuked? I tried to look for a youtube video, but i couldn't find it.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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Woo-Fu said:
This is way better than BF2, where a good jet pilot was basically untouchable unless you had a good jet pilot on your team. Getting bombed mercilessly while being more or less unable to respond was infuriating.
Also, jets should have had flares and missiles from the start. It's like starting the game, being given a pistol with 5 rounds, and told that you have to unlock better weapons. I only got both unlocks because I played a Rush match where the enemy pilots were incompetent and nobody used AA launchers until I became a pest.
The Faceless Master
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learn 2 readTheSeks said:
Woo-Fu
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Guerrillas in the Mist said:
Definitely, the only way to take a jet down in bf2 was to use another jet and be a better pilot. As a helicopter pilot in bf2 I was disgusted each time they made stingers better to curb jets, which did nothing to the jets but made life horrible for helicopter pilots. At one point in time it was so bad that the helicopters never left the pads, people wouldn't even get in them.
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MNC said:
this is true...
Guerrillas in the Mist
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Khal_B said:I going through some hard times guys. Please recommend an overpowered gun for me to use. I need all the help I can get. I'm tired of losing almost all of my engagements, even when I get the drop on someone.
Rolling Engi with a Scar-H = Beastly
Try the A-91 for the engineer if you have it unlocked. I love it personally and find myself easily winning most gun fights.Khal_B said:I going through some hard times guys. Please recommend an overpowered gun for me to use. I need all the help I can get. I'm tired of losing almost all of my engagements, even when I get the drop on someone.
eternaLightness
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I didn't mind Operation Metro that much in the Beta but I really dislike it now.
blanky said:
Ahhh that's right, completely forget the other one has a gun since I've only been using the Venom today
woo-fu said:Cap undefended points and kill people with your guns. Use heatseekers now and then on unsuspecting copters/planes. It is just a bit of a slog, particularly since you don't get much time on them.
If you play Conquest Large on Damavand peak grab the scout, drop off your passengers in the enemy base, then fly into the enemy's mine entrance and shoot as many of their infantry from behind before they notice there is a helicopter behind them.
Cheers, had a feeling that would be the map to have the most fun in
Guerrillas in the Mist
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eternaLightness said:
64-Player Conquest on that map is utter carnage... but I actually kind of like it, the same way I enjoy Deathmatch in Counter-Strike with silly numbers of players.
goldsoundz
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I just had the craziest bug in the final mission of single player (PC). At first I wasn't sure what to think (
). I was thinking that maybe my Blackburn had
I just logged onto YouTube and searched for the final mission on there, and sure enough,
I just beat the hell out of myself in what was supposed to be the most tense moment of the game.
Wat.
after the car chase through Times Square; Solomon was invisible during the entire QTE
split personalities and was beating the shit out of himself to stop himself from arming the nuke in Times Square. Either that or Solomon had acquired a Crysis nanosuit and became invisible.
Solomon isn't a figment of Blackburn's imagination.
Wat.
Red Blaster
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Khal_B said:I going through some hard times guys. Please recommend an overpowered gun for me to use. I need all the help I can get. I'm tired of losing almost all of my engagements, even when I get the drop on someone.
AEK rips through guys in close-medium ranges. Tons of recoil though so you'll be screwed in long-range scenarios tho.
XANDER CAGE
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Woo-Fu said:
Wow, thanks for the incredibly condescending response. First off, I've been playing Battlefield games for years - I know that it's a team game, thank you very much, and guess what? I still feel like the balance between Engineers and pilots is a bit off. Typically, as an Engineer in my squad, I have the choice of taking an unguided RPG or a heatseeker. There have been too many situations where I've wasted missiles on a plane or chopper that's making mincemeat of my squad, and just as many situations where I wasn't able to deal with a tank or APC harassing us because I had heatseekers which ended up being pointless earlier. I shouldn't have to feel useless for the sake of balance.
Likewise, as a pilot, you get trashed without flares. I don't think my perception that the balance seems to be all-or-nothing makes me "Rambo". Christ, at least you didn't tell me to go back to CoD or something.
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Ikuu said:
Say what? You fucking serious?
Guerrillas in the Mist
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goldsoundz said:
It's funny that a glitch makes the game's story 50 times more interesting, as they honestly went for such a bland, unoriginal campaign of the least Battlefield-ish fashion, with on-rails vehicles, and linear paths throughout.
Black Ops wasn't particularly original, but it at least did something interesting with Cold War paranoia, what with
Reznov being a figment of your imagination after he programmed you.
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Khal_B said:I going through some hard times guys. Please recommend an overpowered gun for me to use. I need all the help I can get. I'm tired of losing almost all of my engagements, even when I get the drop on someone.
A-91 is pretty OP
Thu it doesn't have a dogtag
goldsoundz
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So I'm not the only one that has had this happen? Still recovering from that QTE--most bizarre shit I've ever seen.Guerrillas in the Mist said:
Any gun that has a high Rate of Fire, the guns have pretty much no recoil and you can just spray at someones chest and get headshots.Khal_B said:I going through some hard times guys. Please recommend an overpowered gun for me to use. I need all the help I can get. I'm tired of losing almost all of my engagements, even when I get the drop on someone.
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