Battlefield 3

[Quickstrike]

Originally Posted by H001iGAN

you just purchased this game?, it's on it's last legs, once bf4 comes it's as good as dead

I bought it last winter, but haven't really started playing it until now.

Got about 20 hours logged into it atm. Enjoyed those 20 hours far more than I ever did playing Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2 - games that cost double what I paid for the premium edition of BF3.

[bob saget]

oh damn, type 88 is horrible...

[bob saget]

M60 kills very very fast. With IR scope, it is bordering on OP i think.

[t0adp1p3]

Been playing this all weekend with one of my sixteen year old daughters, she's addicted! One thing I hope they do with BF4 is make it easier to be on the same team, when you join as friends from battlelog. She loves epicenter and azadi palace and seine crossing.

[**G.I.BRO**]

Yeah, playing with friends is kind of annoying when wanting to be on the same team. But because i mainly play with larger player maps people are always coming and going so i find its easier to just switch teams when they dont place you n the same team.

[Riptide]

Originally Posted by wonder squirrel

Use one of the bolt action rifles with straight pull bolt and 12x scope. Don't try and sit in one spot with it either. Move side to side constantly- in and out of cover.

I kind of prefer being on the move which is why I've been wanting to use the "best" semi auto. Low-medium range engagements with only 2-3 shots max needed to take a target, preferably 1-2. Sitting long range up on a hill or crane or whatever is just boring to me.

Originally Posted by nutcrackr

PDW are good for close range, so keep that in mind when moving about the map. Silencer is good if you keep moving.

They are good at that but when playing recon more or less like a normal infantryman and moving from point to point I would like something with more knockdown and range than the P90.

Originally Posted by bob saget

for "raping", sniper rifles is probably the hardest in recon class, shotguns and P90/ASVAL/etc are recommended by me. Use the sensors (TUGS) and spawn beacon to your advantage.

Problem I'm having is that I don't care to go for long range stuff and so have been playing it more like a normal infantry guy which is more fun to me. The semi autos I've used so far at least (L88) with the optics for low-medium range don't dominate well. I can't do as good even with the higher power shots as I could with an assault rifle. I keep getting into situations where the other guy is close enough he can get me with his assault rifle before I can get the 3 shots on him to stop him. Or I end up at just the right range where he's moving around quick bunny hopping and I can't get a good shot at him through the optics - but I'm still to far off to switch off the scope.

Originally Posted by bob saget

oh damn, type 88 is horrible...

I haven't been real impressed so far. I like the 2-3 shot kill power but I can't seem to get much advantage out of it for the above mentioned reasons. I may be going about this totally wrong or I may just flat suck at this class. Dunno.

[bob saget]

The M417 (and other auto snipers) is quite good with the laser and kobra sight. Kills in 3, and fires about just as fast as you can click. EDIT: By type 88 i meant the machine gun, not the sniper rifle.

[wonder squirrel]

I wouldn't use any of the sniper rifles for anything but medium-long/ long range. The best you could hope for close range is to accidentally headshot some noob as you panic when he runs into the room with you.

One of the other classes weapons will probably serve you better. The M416 with heavy barrel/ fore grip/ holo (circle and dot reticule) is an all around good weapon, close to semi long range.

[nutcrackr]

short range sniping is a pain if you get suppressed, can't hit anything

[bob saget]

Originally Posted by nutcrackr

short range sniping is a pain if you get suppressed, can't hit anything

this is how i deal with it:

-scope in, see person
-mentally remember where he is
-they open fire first, your screen goes blurry/shaking
-twitch (like COD or CSS) to where they were and fire, the bullet always goes there, it is just a matter of hitting them.

[Riptide]

How do you unlock the M417?


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[bob saget]

Originally Posted by Riptide

How do you unlock the M417?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatwat

It is part of close quarters expansion pack. You need 10 motions sensor assists (just put a motion sensor near a choke point in metro) and capture 20 flags in regular conquest mode.

[wonder squirrel]

Anyone else have to change the Battlelog settings every time they go to play? If I don't play for like 24 hours, or I close Battlelog, I have to each time go and set map, game size, mode, and region. I thought this was fixed ages ago?

[Megaman]

Originally Posted by wonder squirrel

Anyone else have to change the Battlelog settings every time they go to play? If I don't play for like 24 hours, or I close Battlelog, I have to each time go and set map, game size, mode, and region. I thought this was fixed ages ago?

Yeah same. Shits me.

[t0adp1p3]

Originally Posted by wonder squirrel

Anyone else have to change the Battlelog settings every time they go to play? If I don't play for like 24 hours, or I close Battlelog, I have to each time go and set map, game size, mode, and region. I thought this was fixed ages ago?

me too.

[bob saget]

for months now i have been using the history tab. i have several servers for each major game type i frequent, and through history, i can see which ones are more busy and which ones are a ghost town. it doesn;t work as well if you play on completely servers on every session; i have about 10 overall i frequent...

[wonder squirrel]

I'll give that a go then. I usually play about 5 different servers regularly.

[Beak]

History tab id almost loose all the cool server i play on without it.

Ump-45 you can level it up with all classes cobra RDs + tact light or laser and i like the flash supressor not to overkill bullit damage to much. Ive a 4 star rating with it and it kills people even as recon especially when you blind people up close.

[nutcrackr]

better battlelog will let you save your settings

http://getbblog.com/en/

[**G.I.BRO**]

Originally Posted by wonder squirrel

Anyone else have to change the Battlelog settings every time they go to play? If I don't play for like 24 hours, or I close Battlelog, I have to each time go and set map, game size, mode, and region. I thought this was fixed ages ago?

Its been happening more as of late, but not that frequent. At least once twice a week tho.

[wonder squirrel]

So the game crashed today, hard locked the computer. I restart and IE gives the option to restore last session. All the battlelog settings are there, except its not logged me in

Battlelog troll successful.

[Riptide]

Originally Posted by bob saget

It is part of close quarters expansion pack. You need 10 motions sensor assists (just put a motion sensor near a choke point in metro) and capture 20 flags in regular conquest mode.

Never used TUGS before and don't play metro.

How do I get motion sensor assists? On Firestorm?

[nutcrackr]

Originally Posted by Riptide

Never used TUGS before and don't play metro.

How do I get motion sensor assists? On Firestorm?

Fly the mav over the populated areas and keep it alive or drop it on the warehouses and hope nobody kills it.

[bob saget]

Originally Posted by Riptide

Never used TUGS before and don't play metro.

How do I get motion sensor assists? On Firestorm?

Just put it down ANYWHERE where people die and you get assists. It automatically "spots" people in its range and puts them on the minimap.

Or fly/leave the mav somewhere, but I like the TUGS better for some reason.

[nutcrackr]

Originally Posted by bob saget

Just put it down ANYWHERE where people die and you get assists. It automatically "spots" people in its range and puts them on the minimap.

Or fly/leave the mav somewhere, but I like the TUGS better for some reason.

t-ugs can be put in obscure areas, like amongst boxes or above containers. It has a better chance to survive because it's not as easy to find when players hear the beep sound. I prefer the mav because it's mobile, and can still kill people with dive runs

[**G.I.BRO**]

Since win8.1 are any of you having an issue where its not going fullscreen? Ive tried latest NV betas and official but same issue. Tried alt enter and it just goes to a smaller windowed screen. If i do it enough times it just maxes out to fullscreen windowed.

[t0adp1p3]

Originally Posted by **G.I.BRO**

Since win8.1 are any of you having an issue where its not going fullscreen? Ive tried latest NV betas and official but same issue. Tried alt enter and it just goes to a smaller windowed screen. If i do it enough times it just maxes out to fullscreen windowed.

Works fine here. are you sure windowed is unchecked in options? are you running any remote access software? if so turn it off? try double clicking the window?

[Megaman]

Originally Posted by **G.I.BRO**

Since win8.1 are any of you having an issue where its not going fullscreen? Ive tried latest NV betas and official but same issue. Tried alt enter and it just goes to a smaller windowed screen. If i do it enough times it just maxes out to fullscreen windowed.

Try closing a few background apps on the bottom right corner. When I use Samsung Magician, it stops me running BF3 in full window mode until I kill it.

[**G.I.BRO**]

Hmmm... ill try but its off of a fresh 8.1 install and there's only 3-4 basic ones, win8 never did this but who knows let me see if that works.

[**G.I.BRO**]

Well slap my ass and call me charlie... its was teamviewer that was giving me this issue. It wasnt showing the task icon so i didnt realize it was running, now that i corrected that i exit the program and its now proper full screens!

Cheers guys, +reps!