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Battlefield 3 |OT| My Body is Advised
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No it shouldn't. A single person shouldn't be able to take down a tank that has another player doing nothing but standing behind it and left-clicking.commish said:
Flank and Kill the Engineer, then take down the tank or coordinate fire on it. BF is a team based game/franchise for a reason. Don't fuck it up cause you want to go Joe Rambo on a tank from range.
bigdaddygamebot
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OldJadedGamer said:
I'm a recon...and I get knifed a bit.
Is recon supposed to be easy-mode or something?
Truthfully...I get so few kills but setting up the spawn beacon in a clever spot and using the soflam.
It's really satisfying sneaking up bit by bit, shooting at the odd person but seeing a steady stream of "spawn on you" XP and "spotted kill" XP.
I'm new to the Battlefield thing so maybe I'm not getting "it"?
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
So, what's the best keyboard/mouse control config for helis/jets? There's got to be something better and more intuitive than the default scheme.
BattleMonkey
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Drewsky said:
Supposed to be getting a buff
Yup, you're better using a PDW if you want to play Special Forces with Recon. The game really seems to favour RoF.Patrick Bateman said:Goddamnit does the SKS suck. I want my M40.
Also any opinnions on the PDW-R?
I wouldn't call it awful, it does need some help but I still get plenty of kills with it.Drewsky said:
rance said:
Late to replying on this, but even if we join a full server it eventually drops back down to 8v8 or something after we win 2-3 in a row. Why are the rooms never filling up? It's not like this is a new problem to BF on consoles. You couldn't get a full room in BC2 after a certain time of the night to save your life.
It wouldn't be as annoying if you could immediately quit after a match was over, but you have to sit through the stats screen, then a loading screen, quit, then hope that your squad doesn't get split up on a new server.
OldJadedGamer
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bigdaddygamebot said:
I'm a recon...and I get knifed a bit.
Is recon supposed to be easy-mode or something?
Truthfully...I get so few kills but setting up the spawn beacon in a clever spot and using the soflam.
It's really satisfying sneaking up bit by bit, shooting at the odd person but seeing a steady stream of "spawn on you" XP and "spotted kill" XP.
I'm new to the Battlefield thing so maybe I'm not getting "it"?
Most folks get bad gaming habits from other games and don't play Recons well. Most are just a stain on their team and no help just because they want to be that one hit kill guy. Players on your team know what you are doing. I have no problems with real Recons.
bigdaddygamebot said:
I'm a recon...and I get knifed a bit.
Is recon supposed to be easy-mode or something?
Truthfully...I get so few kills but setting up the spawn beacon in a clever spot and using the soflam.
It's really satisfying sneaking up bit by bit, shooting at the odd person but seeing a steady stream of "spawn on you" XP and "spotted kill" XP.
I'm new to the Battlefield thing so maybe I'm not getting "it"?
I love guys who play the role of the loadout...you sound like you're doing exactly what a RECON player should do.
In the end, do your thing and have fun with the game...everything else is background noise and idle chatter anyway!
IMACOMPUTA
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bigdaddygamebot said:
I'm a recon...and I get knifed a bit.
Is recon supposed to be easy-mode or something?
Truthfully...I get so few kills but setting up the spawn beacon in a clever spot and using the soflam.
It's really satisfying sneaking up bit by bit, shooting at the odd person but seeing a steady stream of "spawn on you" XP and "spotted kill" XP.
I'm new to the Battlefield thing so maybe I'm not getting "it"?
TO MW3 WITH YOU!
I'm just kidding.
Anton Sugar
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bigdaddygamebot said:
I'm a recon...and I get knifed a bit.
Is recon supposed to be easy-mode or something?
Truthfully...I get so few kills but setting up the spawn beacon in a clever spot and using the soflam.
It's really satisfying sneaking up bit by bit, shooting at the odd person but seeing a steady stream of "spawn on you" XP and "spotted kill" XP.
I'm new to the Battlefield thing so maybe I'm not getting "it"?
If you're helping your team, you're getting "it".
bigdaddygamebot
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Thanks for the positive affirmation lads.
If I didn't get those XP bonuses and didn't try to take points in Conquest, I wouldn't get any XP at all.
I'm not an online competitive shooter "guy" but man, I'm really enjoying the Battlefield experience and the team aspect of it.
If I didn't get those XP bonuses and didn't try to take points in Conquest, I wouldn't get any XP at all.
I'm not an online competitive shooter "guy" but man, I'm really enjoying the Battlefield experience and the team aspect of it.
endlessflood
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So you're using Guided Missiles in your jet to lock onto the SOFLAM air targets? I hadn't really thought of that, I'd only considered Guided Missiles being used against targets that had been lased on the ground. Interesting.ColonialRaptor said:
petethepanda
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Man, after they redid some of that server browser stuff all of my favorited servers are empty almost 100% of the time lol
I H8 Memes
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I just went through an entire round not being able to revive anybody. Must have been 20 failed attempts. And it is not the first time this has happened. Is this a well known glitch?
MustacheBandit_
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bigdaddygamebot said:
I LOVE when I have a recon on my team that is actually doing recon! Keep it up, you are doing it right. And since you are enjoying it too, I'd say you found a good play style for yourself.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Aim for the face.cdyhybrid said:
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Aim for center mass and let the recoil take the gun up towards the head. A burst or two should be enough. Gun attachments to reduce recoil can help quite a lot.cdyhybrid said:
Relaxed Muscle
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After 6 hrs flying jets, I think I'm beggining to get decent at them.
Still the experience can be resumed on:
*beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*
rinse and repeat.
No limit, there's a 10 second cooldown,(seems a lot more when you're on a jet) more or less. SO the best way, (and mostly only way) is hope/wait it throws a flares then aim and shoot down the motherfucker....that is if you don't get killed/you lose sight of him/flies beyond the lock on distance, etc...
Yeah, I know it's not easy.
It's way better grab an AA tank.
Even so, is quite annoying, and now I'm talking as a pilot, even when you use the flares, you have to use evasive tactics and get the hell out of here, before a second missiles fucks you, so it distracts the pilot and might give an edge to your own pilots.
Also, be advised, spot the damn choppers and jets, you don't know how useful is for jet pilots.
Still the experience can be resumed on:
*beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*
rinse and repeat.
ziadoz said:
No limit, there's a 10 second cooldown,(seems a lot more when you're on a jet) more or less. SO the best way, (and mostly only way) is hope/wait it throws a flares then aim and shoot down the motherfucker....that is if you don't get killed/you lose sight of him/flies beyond the lock on distance, etc...
Yeah, I know it's not easy.
It's way better grab an AA tank.
Even so, is quite annoying, and now I'm talking as a pilot, even when you use the flares, you have to use evasive tactics and get the hell out of here, before a second missiles fucks you, so it distracts the pilot and might give an edge to your own pilots.
Also, be advised, spot the damn choppers and jets, you don't know how useful is for jet pilots.
Woo-Fu
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ziadoz said:
Hold your lock till they flare, reacquire and then shoot. Works fine, particularly versus helicopters which will often give you that 2nd lock. Jets will usually be flying too fast.
Thing to remember is that it is a team game. You probably aren't the only person putting a lock on that target. Somebody will put a bird in the air and he will flare, you just don't want to be the first one to do it.
If they're pretty close---this often is the case with helicopters---their flares won't work in time to decoy the heatseeker. You'll learn how close you need to be for this to happen.
Lastly, it takes two stinger hits to disable a 100% health jet. You're not taking that guy down all by yourself regardless of how well you use the stinger. Which is as it should be. At most there are two jets per team, whereas a team can have 32 engineers with stingers, lol.
...and as relaxed muscle said, the mobile AA is death to anything in the air that gets within range. If you really want to shoot stuff down that is your best option. Second best is probably flying a jet yourself. One tip about the mobile aa: guns >>>>> heatseekers. The guns are deadly, the only counter to them is to stay out of range or put a mountain between you and the mobile aa.
adriano999
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Relaxed Muscle
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Woo-Fu said:Hold your lock till they flare, reacquire and then shoot. Works fine, particularly versus helicopters which will often give you that 2nd lock. Jets will usually be flying too fast.
Thing to remember is that it is a team game. You probably aren't the only person putting a lock on that target. Somebody will put a bird in the air and he will flare, you just don't want to be the first one to do it.
If they're pretty close---this often is the case with helicopters---their flares won't work in time to decoy the heatseeker. You'll learn how close you need to be for this to happen.
Lastly, it takes two stinger hits to disable a 100% health jet. You're not taking that guy down all by yourself regardless of how well you use the stinger. Which is as it should be. At most there are two jets per team, whereas a team can have 32 engineers with stingers, lol.
You can disable a jet with one missile...and well he's pretty fucked unless he has the extinguiser.
MrTroubleMaker
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I like the tactical light bettermxgt said:
Woo-Fu
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Relaxed Muscle said:
Not from what I read, nor from what I've experienced. One stinger has never set my jet on fire from 100% hp. If I'm not on fire you're not taking me out.
That would explain why it hasn't made any difference whatsoever on either jet or helicopter for me. I typically fly 8 units off the ground in the copter when trying to evade, still get locks. Not quite that low in the jet, but still low unless I can fly into the sun.
mxgt said:
Except me, I despise the suppressors and never use them.
I might also suggest trying the AEK over the F2000, works much better for me.
AEK
Foregrip IRNV scope Tac Light or Heavy Barrel depending on expected engagement distance
I usually go with the heavy barrel in part because I've taken a shine to the M26 Mass. I can clear rooms with that thing just beautifully, especially on Rush maps. Heavy Barrel with single fire mode lets me pick off targets at a decent range and remember you can steady the IRNV scope just like a sniper scope
ColonialRaptor
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endlessflood said:
Yes you can use the SOFLAM to laser targets in the air, it works with Guided Missiles on Helicopters and Jets, however the range is not as good as for targets on the ground, so the Jets or Heli's have to be in relatively close range of the SOFLAM, that said the jet doesn't have to be in the best range, the SOFLAM is the thing that has to be in range, the jet can be pretty much across the map, the SOFLAM locks, and you fire.
It doesn't really work with 'auto' target acquisition though you have to in most cases manually target the flying targets.
It's best for pesky helicpoters.
OldJadedGamer
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bigdaddygamebot said:
My comment was more directed at selfish players.
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