Personally I hate hardcore because gun balance gets completely screwed up. Weapons are balanced on TTK and lowering player health throws that out of wack. It removes the reliance on accuracy. If you can pull off headshots consecutively in Vanilla BF3, you are rewarded by a lower TTK. That's not the case in hardcore as headshots count the same as a bodyshot with any other high damage weapon. It's like this in both COD and BF.
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Battlefield 3 |OT2| Mine! RendeZook! Wa Isl!
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Steelyuhas
Member
I am expecting a DLC announcement tomorrow. It better happen!
Patrick Bateman
Member
It better happen with a huge patch before that.
But it also makes guns that aren't very good in normal mode more viable choices since you dont need to worry about your enemy getting away after pumping a couple shots into them.
Anton Sugar
Member
It'll be awhile, I gotta get a wall cleaned up to mount it on.
Won't be playing this weekend--surprise girlfriend visit hollahollaholla
NEOPARADIGM
Banned
If anything I find Hardcore a little light on hardcoreness: minimap should be gone; it says no killcam but I still see it all the time (glitch? PS3 here); and I don't think the "your killer" screen has any place in the mode either - just dump to the spawn screen at death.
Otherwise Hardcore is fantastic. No health regen and 60% base health (in theory) means a slower, quieter, less-chaotic, more deliberate game - exactly what I'm looking for. I play the game with headphones and with the volume blasting, you see. Moments where no one is shooting can be more intense than run-&-gun-explosions-everywhere-killzone 2 type rounds. I get off on the approach more than the gunfight. More Far Cry 2 and Operation Flashpoint than COD if you will. Hardcore kinda sorta offers a bit of that.
Otherwise Hardcore is fantastic. No health regen and 60% base health (in theory) means a slower, quieter, less-chaotic, more deliberate game - exactly what I'm looking for. I play the game with headphones and with the volume blasting, you see. Moments where no one is shooting can be more intense than run-&-gun-explosions-everywhere-killzone 2 type rounds. I get off on the approach more than the gunfight. More Far Cry 2 and Operation Flashpoint than COD if you will. Hardcore kinda sorta offers a bit of that.
Patrick Bateman
Member
Whoever at DICE came up with "Win 5 rounds of SQDM" to get the L85A2, should be drawn and quartered..
Fuck this shit. It's a chore to do it only with random dudes.
Fuck this shit. It's a chore to do it only with random dudes.
20 minute solution: find a 2 kills to win server. Rounds last 30-45 seconds. Plus you get some points for each victory and loss. And if you are lucky and its one map only, they load fast too.
Patrick Bateman
Member
I'm playing on PS3..
Yup, it's fucking retarded.
Steelyuhas
Member
Damn, whenever I see a new post in this thread I'm hoping to see a DLC announcement.
Patrick Bateman
Member
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Ramocalypse
Member
I really think DICE is dropping the ball on the community for this game, no announcements, hints, patches, in what seems like a really long time. If they lose community interest in the game they are going to lose $ on the dlc. Seems like they have already moved on from this iteration of the franchise
A27_StarWolf
Banned
I'm not sure why you feel they have moved on from the franchise.
Remember DICE likes multiplayer EXPANSIONS, not just new maps.
Steelyuhas
Member
So much for Battlefield 3's super aggressive DLC support.
New DLC needs to come out in the spring.
New DLC needs to come out in the spring.
Patrick Bateman
Member
bahahahahaha!
:/
Patrick Bateman
Member
Buy a PS3 and we could do it together. :/
Btw. I just couldn't help but laugh my ass off because of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJQqGNvKEU
Btw. I just couldn't help but laugh my ass off because of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJQqGNvKEU
It is pretty amazing how they have dropped the ball with DLC. No idea why we have not heard some info on the next 1 or even 2 packs. It should be releasing right now.
Going by their official forums they are really upsetting the player base and need to step up ASAP with more than a bit of info.
Who is to blame with this? EA or DICE?
That'd be awesome but unfortunately, I am a hobo.
Official forums are never happy.
Can't say I think Battlefield is a very e-sports friendly game. Too much randomness and chaos for that. It's the perfect casual multiplayer game in my book. I do however agree that a some sort of demo function is essential if you want your game to even have a chance of reaching e-sport 'status' (this has pretty much been true for the past decade). Anyway, what does the competitive scene look like? 8v8? Anyone streaming their games?
Biff
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRbZpzfNwpM
rivaLxfactor seems to be the biggest pro BF3 player on youtube. Here's an 8v8. Not too much else from what I can tell.
Except we're not looking to make BF3 competitive (>implying BF3 is balanced, currently anyway), we're looking to make it have features it had/competition has had for two+ years now.
The fact that I can't take screenshots of action in BC2 PS3 but could in BC1 PS3 is crazy. The fact that I can't record games and take shots/videos of the action/moments in BF3 despite them promising/"looking into" it during the run-up is stupid and sad. If Infinity Ward can cram a "theater" a la Halo 3 mode into CoD8, why can't DICE?
Diff engines, diff requirements, memory issues and all that jazz (at least when it comes to consoles). No excuse not to have it for pc though.
Looked decent enough. Having 8 players in the same voice chat sound like a fucking nightmare but I guess they get used to it after a while. I love the names they've given to some of the areas on Bazaar (rugs, gold etc.); reminds me of the good old Counter-Strike days. And that jihad jeep was pretty sweet!
The guy in the post I quoted was arguing from an e-sport perspective. I want a demo feature as well, just not for the same reasons as that guy.
Certainly true with every game but all my friends who have never posted on their forums are starting to get a bit annoyed because they want more content or at least info.
Oh yeah definitely, I'm not arguing about that. Most of my friends have took a break from BF3 too
Norua is EU-GAF
Hello people!
So, I've been avoiding BF3 since I think that game should be played on a PC, however I don't see myself getting a decent desktop PC anytime soon to play the game.
Lately, my urges are getting too extreme to handle and I feel the need to get myself some tank/helicopter/jet action.
Is it worth it on consoles? How's the good ol' PS3 community? This time around, I can go 360 or PS3. Which version is better?
I've missed some of you. BFBC2 forever!
So, I've been avoiding BF3 since I think that game should be played on a PC, however I don't see myself getting a decent desktop PC anytime soon to play the game.
Lately, my urges are getting too extreme to handle and I feel the need to get myself some tank/helicopter/jet action.
Is it worth it on consoles? How's the good ol' PS3 community? This time around, I can go 360 or PS3. Which version is better?
I've missed some of you. BFBC2 forever!
Depends on where your friends play. I have both copies.. played most of my time on the 360 due to my friends being on that system but they are both very fun and solid games. What tips it for me is party chat plus the input lag which is a bit annoying on the PS3. Controls are super smooth on the 360.
But if PS3 is your system of choice the game runs very well on it from what I have seen in my first 5 hours on that platform.
I'm having a blast on the 360 version.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I like to pretend he is french canadian.
Daily. Spuit occasionally joins me, Zulustar also still plays and I've seen Yaska around once or twice last week.
Facism
Member
i'm going to have to send you boys friend requests. I'm euro gaf too and i'm on daily. Anyhow if you see a request from Live_Feed1982, that's me.
Patrick Bateman
Member
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Not sure if it would be balanced, but pro Rush mode would be pretty fun to watch.
Facism
Member
The_Hitcher89
Member
Never had a problem with the kits before, but today my primary weapons keep getting jumbled between games on Engineer and Support. Really annoying when you respawn without checking your setups. I don't understand how it happens, you'd think something as simple as that would be easily free of glitches.
They are only fooling themselves into thinking its the best when its not because of the jamming bug which makes it extremely inconsistent and therefore useless for any high skilled player.
I think its pretty obvious that the M9 Suppressed is the best weapon in the game. Its even better then the Viper's 20mm gatling gun.
g17c and as val best weapons in game. No other weapon allows you to have laser sight and silencer. Talk about OP.