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Battlefield 3 |OT| My Body is Advised
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endlessflood
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So... the Surveillance Efficiency Ribbon (5 motion sensor assists in a match). How do you get it?
I assumed it was the spot assists you get for friendly soldiers killing enemies that had been revealed on the mini-map by a T-UGS you'd deployed. But after laying T-UGS's constantly near the escalators at B on Operation Métro last night as we had our opponents in an absolute meat grinder, I had +10 spot assists flashing up constantly for pretty much the entire match, and still no Surveillance Efficiency Ribbon (5 motion sensor assists in a match). Maybe it's bugged on the PS3? Does anyone on PS3 have it?
I assumed it was the spot assists you get for friendly soldiers killing enemies that had been revealed on the mini-map by a T-UGS you'd deployed. But after laying T-UGS's constantly near the escalators at B on Operation Métro last night as we had our opponents in an absolute meat grinder, I had +10 spot assists flashing up constantly for pretty much the entire match, and still no Surveillance Efficiency Ribbon (5 motion sensor assists in a match). Maybe it's bugged on the PS3? Does anyone on PS3 have it?
BattleMonkey
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OldJadedGamer said:
I always look for the action or choke points on maps where people gather, toss em into the pile of bodies and move on while I rake up points
Need 20000 more points for the M60 and then I'm done with support. Still my favourite class, which is quite surprising since I'm usually an engineer guy (since Modern Combat when you only had a shotgun).
Starting to like Assault as well. Used the M16 for the first time today and managed 24/4 on Metro (conquest).
Starting to like Assault as well. Used the M16 for the first time today and managed 24/4 on Metro (conquest).
OldJadedGamer
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Zeppelin said:
I know what I am doing with it, I played countless hours as an Assualt class in BC2. Just seems like no one wants ammo!
The_Inquisitor
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This game fails so fucking hard at grouping me and my buddies. We are almost all in agreement we will jump ship when Cod arrives due to the bug fucking ridden mess unless it improves soon.
OldJadedGamer
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The_Inquisitor said:
What makes you think COD won't be a bug ridden mess at launch? Were you there at the launch of MW2? A big MP game like this (and COD) don't really get get their grooves until the first big patch.
endlessflood
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Cheers... now why couldn't DICE just tell us that?Velion said:
Another question: does anyone know if a driver having proximity scanner will let his passengers see the enemies it marks on the mini-map? In BFBC2 that wasn't the case (only the driver could see them), but a friend mentioned that they thought it had been changed in BF3.
Anton Sugar
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Ryuuga said:
I think it may be certain providers. Multiplay has been fairly bad for us, but I've found several random servers that were very stable and lag-free. This is after being DC'ed from two, though
Just earned my "Carbine Me Crazy" dogtag!
firehawk12
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Thought I'd ask here even though I posted in the 360 thread. I'm looking for a co-op partner on 360 to do the Bullseye achievement and the missions on hard. PM me here or message me on live via firehawk1234. I can help with some of the other ones as well, if people need them.
DTKT said:For some reason, I feel like all the guns have the same sound.
I miss the .50 cal from BC2.
Overall, I think BF3 is a good game, nothing amazing. Better than BC2 but still can't match BF2. Oh well, that's it for me.
I kind of get that feeling, too. I believe BF3 will be up there after they fix their bugs, iron out the squad system, and release bigger maps catering to 64 players. It's much better than BC2 though.
eternaLightness
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I love the addition of being able too switch firing modes on the fly. Really handy when aiming at someone far away.
OldJadedGamer
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When should I move on from a gun? How much is enough? All unlocks for it? I will be playing this for years so I don't care about jumping from one to another as soon as I can.
AlmostMilk
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OldJadedGamer said:
Once you unlock it, just try it out til at least 20 kills. If you don't like it, then go back.
Anton Sugar
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Mw182006 said:
It's a bug. Should show the enemy capping it.
VibratingDonkey
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As in is it a thing that's actually feasible with the robot? Does it happen? Haven't touched Rush in BF3 yet, but when operating it people did tend to ignore, or not notice me, so I was thinking that's the one thing that would potentially justify its existence.Anton Sugar said:
Still feels out of place in Conquest though. Which appears to be my boggle.
Greetings mellow citizen.1stStrike said:
For repairs it's just needlessly difficult to keep up with the movements of the tank due to the awkward controls. Also if the tank's Oscar Mike you can't keep up, or if there's a pebble in the way. Also it can't jump in the turret. Or spot threats, or do anything about them. Feel like I'm significantly more efficient if I go with the repair tool instead.
You can sneak up on vehicles, although I got stuck on a curb and when I eventually started poking at the APC he just moved forward a couple of meters and then the robot got exploded. An area where there's at least potential though.
With its current functionality the only useful scouting that can be done really is that which is relatively close to you, and only for you. Would make sense if you could spot stuff or it had a motion detection type function. Or if it'd highlight explosives. Or something, anything.
I'm sure situations arise where it would make sense to waddle around with it, but those situations seem disproportional to the ones where it'd be appreciated if I could do all the things it can't, or does worse. If you feel like you're playing better with the bot than the tool I'd love to know how. How you're supposed to use it.
Can you disengage and reengage control of it? Didn't think of trying that.
K, now it makes more sense. Why doesn't it say this in the description?mcrae said:
OldJadedGamer
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AlmostMilk said:
I'll get used to every gun. Like I said, I plan on playing this game until BF4 comes out so I'll want to use every gun in the game and get used to it. Just wondering when it was time to move to the next one.
VibratingDonkey said:
You're not going to want to drive it around out in the open trying to chase down tanks and shit. It has the ability to damage/destroy them, yes, but you have to be in the right situation.
Also, if you press E you disengage from the bot. You can then re-engage it at any time, from anywhere. If you're in mumble actually communicating with people, you can use it to scout and tell them where targets are. You can also drive it any distance across the map, so you could stay in your spawn the entire time if you wanted to and drive to the other side of Caspian on rush and arm MCOMS or destroy tanks and shit.
It does have stability issues, but once you learn to adjust to what it can and can't do then you're set.
Oh, and it can road kill people as well if you go at max speed and drive over them.
ShikaTheReaper
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Havent gotten to play the game yet but i was scrolling through the avatar clothes for the game and saw a dinosaur. What the hell does that have to do with the game?
Anton Sugar
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VibratingDonkey said:
Yup! It's half your size and much harder to see and spot. I mean, if you hard head on, it'll be destroyed, but can serve as a distraction and is almost like an "extra life" for you. I've also had an EOB bot take out my tank.
Anton Sugar said:
I was just reminded of this in my previous game. Like every server I join, my team was retarded and nobody was helping anyone else out (I couldn't even get a gunner, let alone someone to repair my tank) and so I start taking damage. I get out as the tank hits 17% (I'd just finished combat with another tank and was already low) and find and EOD bot going at my tank.
So, I kill the bot - and as I do the guy piloting it shoots me in the back.
That's how you use it. It can actually drive under/inside the tank, so the driver can't even see it or hit it - and when they get out, they're sitting ducks.
The only thing I'm disappointed over so far with this game (this isn't a fault of the game - just my situation) is that I'm always stuck playing on my own with shitty team mates. I seriously just want to play with a good squad of people that coordinate, but none of my IRL friends play Battlefield =\
The_Player
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Infantry only mode. Isn't it's obvious?cackhyena said:
1stStrike said:
i dont have any requests in battlelog for a friend request - where do i see that?
i went in the gaf server mumble earlier and asked if you were around, after about a minute heard a snippet of music and no more, so i just started playing int he gaf server. with an average of 8-10 of teh 32 player cap (for tonight) in mumble, it was good times.
mcrae said:
It should be in Battlelog. I went back to your profile screen and it's showing "Request sent" - So it's just waiting for you to accept it.
I was on mumble for a while, but closed it out. I do usually listen to music when I'm playing solo.
Hellcrow said:
I have a few, but spamming friend invites doesn't guarantee anything
I usually only add people I know or have played with.
AngelSoldier
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Begin Rant
Dear, Common Folks.
Fuck you. I throw down ammo boxes and you run away. I throw down health packs and you run away. I revive you but you never return the favor. I repair your vehicles but when mine is in need of repair, you run away. I arm the MCOM's but you can't defend them. I defend the MCOMS, but you fucks like to suck at sniping and suck even harder trying to spawn camp the offense. When I'm squad leader I give you orders and we earn lots of extra points. When you're squad leader you don't have a mic, you usually suck, and NEVER give orders and so the whole squad loses out on many points.
You shitbags think it's funny to hop in the jet and crash it 11 seconds later. You stupid assmongers think it's funny to wait for the transport helicopter to fill up, fly it half way to an objective and then bail out so that all the idiots who don't know how to parachute cost our team respawn tickets. You fuckers who spawn and taxi the tank to the enemy base only to have them steal it or blow it up, are friggen terrible. Teammates with flashlights and laser pointers, keep the shit out of my face. And snipers, when you suck so bad that I hear you poppin' off a whole goddamn clip to kill one guy, how bout' you change fucking classes, OR START FUCKING SPOTTING.
/RANT
I cannot wait, for MW3 to drag a large portion of the "stupid" crowd away from BF3's otherwise amazing MP.
*Disclaimer*: No offense to GAFer's though I'm bound to upset a few.
Dear, Common Folks.
Fuck you. I throw down ammo boxes and you run away. I throw down health packs and you run away. I revive you but you never return the favor. I repair your vehicles but when mine is in need of repair, you run away. I arm the MCOM's but you can't defend them. I defend the MCOMS, but you fucks like to suck at sniping and suck even harder trying to spawn camp the offense. When I'm squad leader I give you orders and we earn lots of extra points. When you're squad leader you don't have a mic, you usually suck, and NEVER give orders and so the whole squad loses out on many points.
You shitbags think it's funny to hop in the jet and crash it 11 seconds later. You stupid assmongers think it's funny to wait for the transport helicopter to fill up, fly it half way to an objective and then bail out so that all the idiots who don't know how to parachute cost our team respawn tickets. You fuckers who spawn and taxi the tank to the enemy base only to have them steal it or blow it up, are friggen terrible. Teammates with flashlights and laser pointers, keep the shit out of my face. And snipers, when you suck so bad that I hear you poppin' off a whole goddamn clip to kill one guy, how bout' you change fucking classes, OR START FUCKING SPOTTING.
/RANT
I cannot wait, for MW3 to drag a large portion of the "stupid" crowd away from BF3's otherwise amazing MP.
*Disclaimer*: No offense to GAFer's though I'm bound to upset a few.
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