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Battlefield 3 |OT2| Mine! RendeZook! Wa Isl!
- Thread starter The Faceless Master
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IIRC, if you aim just right, you can score a hit that counts as top-down on other tanks which deals massive damage. Perhaps you're getting hit by those?
-Amon-
Member
We wanted to see if you could fly with enough C4.
Guess not.
lol
Ha! Reminds me of when you could fly from c4 explosions in BF2, with FF off, and get on top of buildings you otherwise couldn't.
Some triple screen shots. Thought some people would like to see what its like to play at 5760x1080. I want to shoot some video but the video FRAPs kicked out crashed any video player I tried to watch it in.
http://img.skitch.com/20120918-8w1gsh4a8a7wtag974fp5nqrn4.png
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those are really good.
at 90°: 5 rockets from front, 3 from side, 2 from back
if you hit diagonally, even if you shoot at the back, it can take up to 6! shots.
shooting from above makes no difference.
reaktive armor swallows 1 rocket per side (exept front)
SJRB
Gold Member
64-player conquest on Alborz is so awesome, wow. Best map I ever played? Possibly.
So much going on at all times, total warfare. Running up a snowy hill having fighter jets dogfighting up in the air and choppers flying over my head while tank shells hit me left and right, so awesome.
Super glad I made the switch from PS3 to PC, 64 players is a whole different ballgame.
So much going on at all times, total warfare. Running up a snowy hill having fighter jets dogfighting up in the air and choppers flying over my head while tank shells hit me left and right, so awesome.
Super glad I made the switch from PS3 to PC, 64 players is a whole different ballgame.
Icefire1424
Member
Hey all, PCGaf reporting for duty (Way late, I know...).
Just picked up premium, finally able to give the game the time it deserves.
...and probably the lowest ranked soldier in here...
Anyways, IceFire1424 on the PC.
Just picked up premium, finally able to give the game the time it deserves.
...and probably the lowest ranked soldier in here...
Anyways, IceFire1424 on the PC.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Too long
Great vids. Didn't know about angled shots dealing less damage or needing to line up your shot to be most effective.
Interficium
Banned
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
It's just bizarre that DICE put all these interesting mechanics in BF3 and made no effort whatsoever to explain them in the game or the game's documentation. This is required watching for anyone that plays Engineer. Are there any other vids like this out there?
ZackusMaximus
Banned
where the fuck is everyone? I wanna play but noone is on.
GenericUser
Member
when you play bf3 for a certain amount of time, you'll notice that these mechanics are present, though you probably not being able to name them. Its an awesome game.
I am just quoting that to reaffirm my statement. choppers desperatly need to go down with 1 stinger hit.
Finally!
You may be the 1% but I'm 0.0002286% of the 99%
Ok, can somebody please help:
I need the tank and IFV vehicle kill tags. I played both Tank Superiority and Conquest on Armored Kill maps and got a number of kills with both the tank and the tank killer (that new smaller tank hound) and IFVs. But no kills were registered towards the tank or IFV dog tags. What gives? The only vehicle kills that don't count are the tanks and the IFVs. the chopper and jet kills count perfectly. Am I doing something wrong?
I need the tank and IFV vehicle kill tags. I played both Tank Superiority and Conquest on Armored Kill maps and got a number of kills with both the tank and the tank killer (that new smaller tank hound) and IFVs. But no kills were registered towards the tank or IFV dog tags. What gives? The only vehicle kills that don't count are the tanks and the IFVs. the chopper and jet kills count perfectly. Am I doing something wrong?
AlmostMilk
Member
The new tanks do not count towards tank or IFV's. You need to use the vehicles in the older maps.
So I booted this up for the first time in months and...did the updates and patches somehow improved the performance of the game? I recall playing this game on 1280x720 and everything in low to get good fps but this time the settings were in Mid, with lens flare, blur and stuff and it ran pretty great. I'll keep playing it and maybe I'll bite on the B2K maps for the meantime.
Canis lupus
Member
How did I miss that 10 deal yesterday. What good is it when the sale only lasted for less than a day.
UnluckyKate
Member
Got the game in yesterday's sale.
Pop in severs.
Feel completly overwelmed. So much stuff going on, or so few in big map. I have no idea how to used basic pack item or vehicle just yet. Keybinding is horrible and I spend an hour trying to find something good to balance crouch, prone and holding breath.
Any tips for a begininer ? what to do/not do (avoid massive maps? go infantry only for now ?) what to unlock first ? how to farm quick some attachement ?
Pop in severs.
Feel completly overwelmed. So much stuff going on, or so few in big map. I have no idea how to used basic pack item or vehicle just yet. Keybinding is horrible and I spend an hour trying to find something good to balance crouch, prone and holding breath.
Any tips for a begininer ? what to do/not do (avoid massive maps? go infantry only for now ?) what to unlock first ? how to farm quick some attachement ?
Metalmurphy
Member
Key binding is the same as any other game. Wsad, space to jump, ctrl for crouch, shift for Sprint, z for prone, E to use, g for grenade.
"Not so normal" bindings are T to toggle attachment, v to switch firing mode, f for knife attack, L to chat to squad.
I recommend joining some 16 player rush or deathmatch games to get used to the gunplay.
"Not so normal" bindings are T to toggle attachment, v to switch firing mode, f for knife attack, L to chat to squad.
I recommend joining some 16 player rush or deathmatch games to get used to the gunplay.
The best thing is to focus on one thing/class at first. Do you like vehilces, learn that. Do you prefer infantry combat? go to infantry focused maps.
Vehicle combat might be a bit more frustrating to get into because of the unlocks involved (mainly Helis+Jets).
this guy has fairly good tutorials about how the shooting works (among others). It takes a bit time to get used to if you are mostly used to hitscan weapons.
Metalmurphy
Member
There's also plenty of empty 1P start servers where you can practice jets and helis.
Just put "1P" in the name filter.
Just put "1P" in the name filter.
Metalmurphy
Member
Wat, you can hold your breath??
On snipers. Same key as sprint.
Get on mumble and talk to the frenchman(Norua) for a nice tutorial or splinter for a mean tutorial. Talking with people and asking how to do stuff is the best way. Plus if you play with our squad we'll keep you alive long enough to figure things out.
After a nice session with WoodenLung (and driving him straight into the Lake in Albourz) i have to say that Armored Shield is bad. I don't know really why but the Capture points and layout of the map are somehow not really well designed. Flatter Caspian my ass.
Still like the other maps.
Would rate them:
Bandar > Albourz >>>>Death Valley >>>>>>>>>>>> Armored Shield
Divious, sell some games and finally get AK to join us. Would have thought that you are one of the first to get Premium.
Still like the other maps.
Would rate them:
Bandar > Albourz >>>>Death Valley >>>>>>>>>>>> Armored Shield
Divious, sell some games and finally get AK to join us. Would have thought that you are one of the first to get Premium.
ZackusMaximus
Banned
Unless splinters is flying the helo for you. Then you'll live barely long enough to get a verbal lashing for not being able to hit a TV missile.
Metalmurphy
Member
Broder Salsa
Banned
Haha, I was sitting there in the back while you were driving like a mad man thinking "should i tell him that it isn't ice everywhere? Nah, he probably knows" and splash. But yeah, Armored Shield is a pretty bad map, the other 3 are fantastic though, Albourz is my favorite.
A restart after installing and updating PB always worked for me whenever I ran into PB issues.
Totally missed that the Gunship got rebalanced. Didn't see it posted here so sorry if this was already posted http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/news/view/2832654785919456813/
Metalmurphy
Member
Canis lupus
Member
Where? Its still normal price.
Canis lupus
Member
Seems EA fixed it. It was only for US residents, you had to go the All tab in the ingame store. I tried it with my US account from Europe but it gave me "no content" error.
Damn, saw a thread about this on Fatwallet this morning, but had to go to work so I had no time. Now that I'm home I'm forced to do a system update anyway, but I guess I'm too late.