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Battlefield 3 |OT2| Mine! RendeZook! Wa Isl!
- Thread starter The Faceless Master
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I'm going to be playing Battlefield 3 on PC as part of my 24hour game-a-thon for Extra Life tomorrow.
Who would be interested in joining me to get a match going? Would probably be more fun with people interested, rather than just joining a random server.
Drop me a PM if you want to play and we can work out times. I'm thinking 10AM BST
Who would be interested in joining me to get a match going? Would probably be more fun with people interested, rather than just joining a random server.
Drop me a PM if you want to play and we can work out times. I'm thinking 10AM BST
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RibbedHero
Member
The next PC patch will allow us to disable the horrible blue tint using the ingame console. Supposedly will result in an increase of a couple of fps if that matters too. Finally.
http://www.mordorhq.com/showthread....3-Patch-will-Include-Color-Grading-OFF-Option!
http://www.mordorhq.com/showthread....3-Patch-will-Include-Color-Grading-OFF-Option!
I H8 Memes
Member
Cuban Legend
Member
yeah but its still not BF3 without the shit. it's just BF3 without the shitty filter.
Canis lupus
Member
Thats cool. I'm not sure if I'll use it though, I like how it is.
Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jediyoshi
Member
It's like reverse ENB.
RibbedHero
Member
Actually looks really cool
Wow I didn't expect DICE to do this. I am excite.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I hope it turns off all the other nonsensical post-process effects too. Maybe next year.
UnluckyKate
Member
Easy and lazy way would be to mirror animations
That doesn't work 90% of the time. Remember, the weapon receiver typically interfaces on the right side of the gun, so ratcheting the bolt for the full reload of the AK-74M or M39 would require a new animation to take into account the other side of the weapon. Then there's the issue of the belt fed machine guns, which feed bullets from a very specific direction which will change that animation. there are just alot of problems with re-animating the reloads and then timing them properly. It's a bunch of work that I don't think DICE is really too hot to do. Send them an email or a twit to do it for BF4, but BF3 I think will remain as is.
jediyoshi
Member
Hence why it would be the lazy way, counter strike is the only game I can think of that has that option and it does just mirror animations.
Metalmurphy
Member
B2K is a must have. If you are into closed infantry based combat scenarios CQ a must, AK is only good if you are into vehicles.
I think CQ is the most fun I've had with Battlefield 3, but maybe that's because I was playing on total mayhem 64 player servers where the average game lasted 10 minutes and I got 15 medals and levelled up crazy fast. Gungame is really fun too
AK is meh, but the maps look very beautiful
AK is meh, but the maps look very beautiful
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
AK Rush is basically the vehicular equivalent of Metro 64. Except it's good. Just completely insane levels of chaos.
Or just say who cares and continue playing
Kane Zakharov
Banned
I've spent maybe an hour trying to get a single EOD Bot kill. I'm sure my teams appreciated all the help and contribution I was giving by driving that that thing.
I've completed all the previous assignments, but I doubt I'll ever bother with some of the latest like getting mortar kills.
I've uploaded another episode of the misadventures of FAC (Friends Are Collateral). Mostly weird or fun with some crazy close quarters clips showcasing how "good" suppression and DICE's hit detection can work together sometimes.
Episode 11 - Permission to land
I've uploaded another episode of the misadventures of FAC (Friends Are Collateral). Mostly weird or fun with some crazy close quarters clips showcasing how "good" suppression and DICE's hit detection can work together sometimes.
Episode 11 - Permission to land
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Suppression needs to die in a hole already...
I can understand making it a bit harder to see but making aim completely random? Fuck no.
So sick of putting 20+ rounds directly towards a sniper and they just magically 1 shot me while even having a single pistol shot fired at me 10 seconds ago makes it near impossible to hit shots...
lostsupper
Banned
Word to this.
The Faceless Master
Member
The suppression mechanics make sense. It's the reaction of gamers that makes no sense. People shooting back when the proper logical move is to take cover. The solution is far from ideal and they can do a lot more to improve on the mechanics and results, but the idea is great.
lostsupper
Banned
If developers want players to take cover instead of returning fire, they (developers) should find a way to make a player's life seem more precious. Increasing respawn times would do this.
Suppression as it's currently implemented feels like an artificial layer between me and the game. When some yahoo is spraying LMG fire at me from 200m and not hitting, my scoped accuracy should not change. Steely nerves, son.
Suppression as it's currently implemented feels like an artificial layer between me and the game. When some yahoo is spraying LMG fire at me from 200m and not hitting, my scoped accuracy should not change. Steely nerves, son.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Sway isn't going to stop decent snipers from putting bullets through people at range. If someone is heavily suppressed and they're still able to pop up and shoot you in the face from a distance then it's a worthless mechanic. Worse than worthless, because you're making yourself a big, loud target while you're suppressing.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Apparently there is a mechanic where if you are being suppressed, even if you are accurate and land your shots - your shorts deliberately wont register. I can see why they did it, but I think its ultimately taking away from the game to have a mechanic like that in there.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
The worst case scenario for the suppression mechanic is if you can't effectively use it in the way that it's intended (providing covering fire for movement). With that in mind, it might be better if suppression was more difficult to trigger. It's really something that should require some heavy fire to pull off.
No one really uses it properly as it is now, so DICE may have to go back to the drawing board for BF4. Maybe there's not enough feedback to the player for when they're properly suppressing or when they're being pinned down.
What do you mean with that?
The last match on Caspian my team had A and E and was fighting for C and D. I laid (with bipod) on the hill with the stones between A and C and suppressed / spotted / killed the other team spawning at D and C to no end while my team got the caps back (or at least tried). Got over a dozen suppression assists and some kills.
Why be on the recieving end if you can be on the giving one
.But i agree that it could be different or toned down a tiny bit.
The Faceless Master
Member
Increased respawn time would completely alter the flow of the game. And yeah, everyonen thinks they're the one that won't die, just like they've got nerves of steel and can hit an awesome shot while under fire. the game mechanic exists to modify behavior from superman to man.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
They only exist to bring in more BS randomness.
Fact is when I am laying heavy down on some random kid, they will pop up, start taking damage yet still just pull a headshot out of their arse.
I cannot have a single pistol bullet miss me by 10 feet and have any sort of accuracy.
As I said, it's fine if it makes it harder to see, hell, even a little harder to actually aim but making it pure chance on whether the bullet hits or not? No, fuck that shit.
Randomness? How so? Suppression has a predictable and measurable effect. Now the affect, that's something different, but on the whole, it's a fantastic mechanic to leverage your advantage. You see, BF3 isn't a game of narrow shootouts and 1v1 skill. It's a game of leveraging every advantage you can manage against your opponents. It's a grand and dynamic game of rock-paper-scissors down to its core. It's moving around, it's flanking, it's getting the high ground, it's about hopping into a vehicle and then shitting on everything infantry your new cannon can reach. People say that gunfights in BF3 are unbalanced because "suppression".
Well guess what chicken butt, of COURSE they are. You think you can hit a target with the AEK like you can with the L85? Please, I countersnipe with the L85. What about a shotgun to the face? Sad that it's a one hit kill, right? So unfair, right? Sure makes things harder for him if you keep your distance when possible though. Oh no! That Support with the M60 is suppressing me! I can't see shit captain!! All those bullets are making me inaccurate! So unfair. Get the fuck out of there and flank around cover until you have a clear shot without being in his line of fire, moron. If you can't without getting hit, then why don't you return suppressing fire? Or throw a grenade to obscure his line of sight. And if you're totally pinned down, guess what? That's your fault for making such a bad choice of cover and movement. Sometimes, shit like that happens. What you do is you deal and move on. I hate people unjustly claiming that the game is somehow less because you're not always in the ideal position to make the the perfect 360noscopeheadshot. An exaggeration, but you get the idea. If you can't beat it, join it. Why not use suppression to your advantage like all of those allegedly "less skilled" players who are throwing off your bullets? It works for them, it works for you. Man up and work with it, not against it.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
The measurable effect of making your shots hitting a pure chance.
lol... As I already said, I can put 20 rounds down range at some random kid and he will still kill me as though he has perfect accuracy. Why? Because of bullshit randomness.
If suppression worked as intended and 100% of the time, fine. I know if I suppress my enemy I am safe to move up. As it sits right now, this isn't true. No matter how suppressed you get someone (10+ semi auto sniper shots for example) they can still kill you as if they have a magical immunity to the effects of suppression.
This isn't directed at me is it?
Colonel 46
Most used weapon: KH2002
K/D: 2.96 climbing fast.
W/L: 2.89 extremely rarely playing in anything more than a squad of 2.
SPM: 835 and rising
"Skill": 729.9 (no idea what this even means.)
So what you're implying is... You are the only person who is effected by suppression. It's only you that can't seem to hit shit when you're suppressed while everyone else is Der Ubermensch and therefore it's CLEARLY unfair. It has nothing to do with your playing ability and how well you can adapt to new conditions.
I'm sorry, I have clearly made a mistake. It is not you who is to blame, it's the game! And all of those pesky people who the game likes better! It has nothing to do with the already built in systems of ADS spread and recoil patterns & modifiers of which we should be well acquainted by now. Zero to do with the use of cover and short bursts of fire to effectively engage targets where hipfire would be impractical, of which we all are so clearly so perfectly aligned. No, it's that stupid suppression, which you must be able to power through like Rambo to make the perfect shot right when you need it, and then use it to your advantage so only their bullets have greater spread.
I truly am sorry, oh master of Battlefield. I am unworthy of your leet haxxor skillz and am in awe of your righteous indignation against DICE, who create evil and nasty games not likened to exactly your preferences.
I can go on. Shall I? Or is the sarcasm too evident?
Anton Sugar
Member
Did not work, but thanks for the help anyways.
What did help, was uninstalling the Battlelog plugin. It worked like a charm.
I believe this was already posted a few pages back.
The Faceless Master
Member
indeed, fuck other solutions like teamwork, flanking, etc... i should just be able to bust caps in dat ass from right here because i am bfallah!!!
Does someone want to be my Euro Rush buddy?
I loved rushing the shit out of m-com ins BC2, but in BF3 most of my Rush games suck AND I'm on the loser side.
Why is it that I try to takedown a guy, he turns around, I slash at him half a dozen times and he doesn't die, shoots at my legs to no avail and then finishs me off with HIS knife?!
I just played TDM, just to test the PKP. Sooo much epic shit in that two rounds. Normally I don't care for pure killing games, but especially the last one was a nail biter, with the other team suddenly going past us in kills, then an incredibly tense time when we we're both close to the max, me almost dying under sniper fire, but killing a guy running past me (suppressed), laying into people with the first LMG I'm good at killing with, knifing the one guy who always kept killing me (but noone else, judging by his K/D and the kills he did on ME) several times but not killing him(?), shooting the sniper from the warehouse roof on Kharg SEVERAL times with my LMG. Hawt.
I loved rushing the shit out of m-com ins BC2, but in BF3 most of my Rush games suck AND I'm on the loser side.
Why is it that I try to takedown a guy, he turns around, I slash at him half a dozen times and he doesn't die, shoots at my legs to no avail and then finishs me off with HIS knife?!
I just played TDM, just to test the PKP. Sooo much epic shit in that two rounds. Normally I don't care for pure killing games, but especially the last one was a nail biter, with the other team suddenly going past us in kills, then an incredibly tense time when we we're both close to the max, me almost dying under sniper fire, but killing a guy running past me (suppressed), laying into people with the first LMG I'm good at killing with, knifing the one guy who always kept killing me (but noone else, judging by his K/D and the kills he did on ME) several times but not killing him(?), shooting the sniper from the warehouse roof on Kharg SEVERAL times with my LMG. Hawt.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
lol...
Why should the whole system be based on a random chance?
Why shouldn't I know if I aim properly I will or won't get the kill?
Why shouldn't I know if I suppress someone I am safe or not to move up or leave cover so I can flank?
It is bullshit randomness, nothing more.