Your forgetting that the common BF3 player who thinks metro is the best thing ever is also the player who will pay through the nose for DLC and re skins.
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Your forgetting that the common BF3 player who thinks metro is the best thing ever is also the player who will pay through the nose for DLC and re skins.
I'm actually anticipating it.
Which is why I'm now losing hope for the next BF installment.
Im anticipating that the new metro DLC will sell bucketloads because ppl are craving ANYTHING new from
bf3 right now and by the time Armored Kill rolls out...there will be new FPSs out and a new COD
and ppl will be worn out on bf3 and it will sell like shit and DICE will use their excellent telemetry skills and
say "herp derp, ppl want more apartment maps! so now we're just going to make 1 super small killing room"
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I don't know that I agree with that. What's the point of doing something you hate over and over for epeen?
I don't see why they couldn't make the CQC levels a bit bigger and squeeze more players into them so my guess is that they're gonna pump up the destruction.
For E-PEEN
SapientWolf, meet online gaming in 2012. Online gaming in 2012, meet SapientWolf.
One wonders if they'll include thermobarics. I could see it being fun if it's entirely office building interiors, and wide rooms separated by corridors or something. Like those of you who remember Soldier of Fortune 2 multiplay. They could spice it up, motion sensor goes off, so you blow a hole in the floor with your shotgun, and drop grenades, or flashbangs and drop down yourself for confirmed kills. If they do give a damn, they could make it fun. If they're just trying to compete and put out a "marketable product", then it'll probably suck for the most part. The claustrophobic apartment buildings of BF3 campaign were so cramped, I couldn't see them being anything more than killzones, especially with grenade launcher and noob tube spam.
This one all depends on their map and level designers, have they learned balance? Do they know zen? Have they mastered the principles of what it takes to have fun maps? Or are they dazzled by the material world of games we don't really fucking don't like? Scaling down maps because people don't like having to drive or run to their kill spots is a disappointment. Having maps with so much unused space, almost enough to be maps on their own, is lazy. Catering to what people call 'console friendly' might make extra money, but it kills the reputation and will definitely hurt sales of what they come out with next.
They're already off of my Day 1 schedule.
I don't get the impression that the hackers and griefers love the game. I get the impression that they hate the game and the people who play it and have decided to squeeze all the enjoyment they can get out of ruining it for others, however they can.
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I do enjoy some SDM with >10 people.
This one all depends on their map and level designers, have they learned balance? Do they know zen? Have they mastered the principles of what it takes to have fun maps? Or are they dazzled by the material world of games we don't really fucking don't like? Scaling down maps because people don't like having to drive or run to their kill spots is a disappointment. Having maps with so much unused space, almost enough to be maps on their own, is lazy. Catering to what people call 'console friendly' might make extra money, but it kills the reputation and will definitely hurt sales of what they come out with next.
They're already off of my Day 1 schedule.
I don't get the impression that the hackers and griefers love the game. I get the impression that they hate the game and the people who play it and have decided to squeeze all the enjoyment they can get out of ruining it for others, however they can.
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I do enjoy some SDM with >10 people.
Achievement whores, that's who.
On that same note, it's not to say I don't enjoy a good CQC showdown. I've been playing for the past day on Canals TDM because it's the most reliable way to roll shottie. Anything else, you're more likely to get cut down in the open field. Now that I got my service stars, I'm going back to just play the game because I can, but in that meantime, my SPM went up 25 points, my KD ratio went up to 0.6 from .55 (I started playing on a rig that couldn't run the game very well, but I upgraded so now it runs smooth as butter and I'm playing much better). But when you can rack up games like this or this (I only ran buckshot, sometimes flechette), who gives a damn about those "open" maps like Caspian and Firestorm.
Anyway, now that I'm done with my service stars until they add the chest OHK zone for sniper rifles, I'm going to be playing more team oriented stuff. Sure, I won't be getting two kills a minute with a shotgun anymore, but I'll be doing some damage. This is where I have more relaxed fun with the game. And look, I played all the classes equally too!
Sigh I suppose I can go back and play l4d. Its not that developer released new DLC, called it a game, charged you $50 then released all the old maps as "new" DLC.
Imma go play bc2 now.
Wow, after changing my engie weapon from the SCAR to M4A1 people actually die when i shoot at them 
. Totally changed the game for me. Now i'm always in the top 5.
The thing for me with metro was "hm that's a really small and shitty map but... i could unlock stuff really fast" but in the end i played it only 1 time so far.
I play BF3 / BFBC2 for the huge maps with jets, tanks and a real battlefield atmosphere and not to have a COD clone.
Had enough of MW3 on PS3 with it tiny maps.
. Totally changed the game for me. Now i'm always in the top 5.The thing for me with metro was "hm that's a really small and shitty map but... i could unlock stuff really fast" but in the end i played it only 1 time so far.
I play BF3 / BFBC2 for the huge maps with jets, tanks and a real battlefield atmosphere and not to have a COD clone.
Had enough of MW3 on PS3 with it tiny maps.
Ramocalypse
Member
I am worried about the next BF installment, think about how refined the open battlefield/vehicle combat would be if they solely focused on that type of gameplay, as opposed to trying to cater to every type of fps player. You cant beat COD, at being COD, and IMO that fps shooter model is getting real stale. We need innovation, not emulation
WTF, how much damage does it?
The_Hitcher89
Member
A lot. I gave up when I found out you could do it to a mortar. If you wanna do it properly, its probably best to have a friend fire 2/3 rockets at a tank(enough to disable it) and hope that the driver is too stupid and preoccupied with your friend to notice you destroying the tank.
Also, Recon is a lot more fun when you get involved and hold influential buildings than it is fucking about behind rocks on the edge of the map
SirButterstick
Banned
For anyone who hasn't jumped in, BF3 is 50% off on Origin. DO IT!
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Does it count if you use the bot?
Also, mortars are horrible and I wasted a whole round trying to make it rain.
SirButterstick
Banned
It's pretty easy . . . just play aggressive but smart, and don't do anything stupid, like be a 'sniper'
It's pretty easy . . . just play aggressive but smart, and don't do anything stupid, like be a 'sniper'
VSS would like a word with you. Or 4x Scope BC2 bolt-actions up close.
endlessflood
Member
They're not in BF3 though...
Anton Sugar
Member
You can adjust it in the in-game options.
missed it. thanks!
SirButterstick
Banned
And thank Allah they're not. Plus, I'm talking about 'sniperz', you know, the guys that all hang out in the corners by the bridges on Sienne, or the mountains on Firestorm. You know, the useless ones that don't help their team. Recon I have respect for.
If you want to see some beastly gameplay vids and how aggressively I try to play, check out some on my YT channel. I try to make them boastful/assholey. Hell, the name SirButterstick was invented to invoke anger. Here's a good starter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDM9EFwg000&feature=plcp&context=C4bbf20dVDvjVQa1PpcFOw_6Hci6ToXJ9THNSpLy9r3cuBtsWMwA8%3D
I'm thinking of trying to do some commentary / teaching vids.
Fucking awesome music!
Happypwnstar
Banned
me and my buddies decided to make a cheesefest of a picture, but god damn is it badass :-D
pure epicness!!!
SirButterstick
Banned
Awesome pic. You should of had the sniper with his back turned, running away. That's how I see them most of the time
The Faceless Master
Member
me and my buddies decided to make a cheesefest of a picture, but god damn is it badass :-D
that's hot
*saves*
I'm doubting on buying the game, but the unlocks are keeping me away from it. I'm scared that I'll be destroyed right away because I'm level 1 with just the basic weapons, whilst there are level 50 nerds all around blasting me with some guns that match the power of the spaceships in independence day.
Reckless Onion
Member
Don't let that hold You back. Starting guns are some of the best.
Battlefield 3: Close Quarters Gameplay Premiere Trailer
^This looks awful. This isn't Battlefield, DICE. There will be so much rocket/nade-spam.
^This looks awful. This isn't Battlefield, DICE. There will be so much rocket/nade-spam.
The starting weapons of most of the classes are great. I still regularly use the starting weapons for Assault (M16A3) and Support (M27 IAR), while I exclusively use the starting weapon for Engineer (M4A1). Not a fan of the recon starting weapons, but I rarely play recon so no valid opinion there from me.
Even if you don't get much kills you can rank up easy by just helping your team capturing points, being the mg shooter in a tank/heli, supplying troops, repairing etc.
And you get optics for your weapon really soon.
Hell, wasn't BF3 50% (30€
at Origin atm ? Get it and join us. And don't measure with BF3 GAF, they are all beastly half gods, looking down at us peons SVD, and other semi-autos here then.
Also, if reddit is to believed these are the CQC DLC guns.
SPAS-12. <3
The Faceless Master
Member
Well, with air vehicles, you'll be at a severe disadvantage without flares, but the rest of the unlocks aren't so overpowered.
The Faceless Master
Member
Yeah, those weapons were mentioned in the video when people got killed.
Unlocking the AS VAL is one of the best things that has happened to me in BF3.
Only 33 lvls to go ;_;
1 flag conquest yo
Anton Sugar
Member
LOL. Doubt it, dude. MAYBE Rush. Although I wonder if it will have a super small "Domination" style Conquest. Ugh.
Really curious about the new mode, though. Destruction looks great (seems like walls can be destroyed/shot up) and love the new weapons but get a fucking grip, DICE.
Rush is only fun on bigger maps, though. Rush on Metro, Bazaar and Seine are all turrible.
"Bach says all four maps support every pre-existing gameplay mode"
Here's hoping he wouldn't lie so blatantly.
Given the DLC audience, my bet's on some "Capture the Flag" variant, or... Free For All. Ugh.
Anton Sugar
Member
I stand corrected! I am extremely...curious...how Conquest will look. Rush could be fun.
Conquest actually seems to make more sense than Rush. As you say, something like Domination could work. I actually did enjoy Domination in Call of Duty.
Also, there's still the potential for slightly bigger maps than what we saw in that pre-trailer footage(where they actually showed the spawn screen with the full map) for stuff like Conquest and Rush. For Rush, it would almost have to be bigger. I dont see how that mode would work with a tiny little map.
I cant imagine they would just lie about this. :/
ncsuDuncan
Member
What if there was just one set of MCOMs? Rush would fit then...
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