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Why the gently caress are the spawn air defenses usable by players? It is frustrating as gently caress to fly a helicopter on Noshahr Canals or Kharg Island because there is always some motherfucker in the Phalanx or Russian equivalent constantly pelting you with shells and you can't fight back in any way.
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| # ¿ Oct 27, 2011 06:40 |
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ace_beef posted:So you are rocking a sweet ak with IR scope, bam! back to the default weapons. Are the G3 and other coop unlocks ONLY from coop? Yep, co-op only. I just farmed the chopper mission and Hit & Run for a while and unlocked everything except the G3. The 93R owns, they got the model right this time and it's a loving blast to use. Shreds people in close combat even better than the G18 did in beta.
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| # ¿ Oct 27, 2011 07:00 |
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El Bandit posted:Is there a way to use the MK11 or SVD with a class other than Recon? I've been using Recon for the most part because I like the rifles without the scopes, but the unlocks suck balls (aside from the free 10 points I get for pointing the SOFLAM at an enemy vehicle). No, there isn't.
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| # ¿ Oct 27, 2011 17:17 |
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Is there any word on the "quiet" Steam group? I had to leave Battlefield Goons because every time I got a Steam announcement it would minimize the drat game.
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| # ¿ Oct 27, 2011 19:42 |
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CADPAT posted:What a loving nightmare. Has anyone encountered and overcome the "Game could not login to EA Online backend" error? I'm still waiting with EA support after 30 minutes, and the timeframe is not looking good. Log out of Battlelog and log back in.
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 02:15 |
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Republicans posted:Can you damage MCOMs with explosives like in BC2? I remember you couldn't in the alpha. No, you can't.
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 03:19 |
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Michael Scott posted:It's ridiculous how you can hit a tank on its top (which is MOST VULNERABLE in real life) with 14 (FOURTEEN) missiles from an attack helicopter, and it doesn't even get loving disabled. The air vehicles are so purely disappointing. Attack it from the side or rear, and coordinate with your gunner so he is hitting it with his cannon at the same time. I have no trouble disabling tanks in a single good pass.
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 03:41 |
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Michael Scott posted:And why would they take OUT the useful feature of a sound that tells you when you can't spot anymore?? They didn't. 
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 03:50 |
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GreatKesh posted:1 round of conq metro, you start with the medkit What does that have to do with "best jet pilot"? 
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 06:50 |
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Clockwork Beast! posted:My guess? It's Blackburn, setting up a sequel or DLC/xpack. M240B. The M60 follows the Pecheneg theme, low RPM but high damage. Overall, the M249/M240B seem to be better.
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 06:51 |
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ymgve posted:Anyone got tips for increasing performance? I'm on Low, but even then the game has a pretty annoying stutter. (AMD 5770, Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB, Win7-64, SSD) You're gonna have FPS issues with a dual core no matter what you do, sorry.
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 16:36 |
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ymgve posted:How does the game run with a Core 2 Quad? I don't want to drop cash for a full system right now, so I'm considering just exchanging the CPU. Assuming you can actually find one for sale, most retailers are charging $200+ for what little Core 2 Quad stock is left. It'll run the game better but it's a huge waste of money when a 2500k is the same price.
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 16:57 |
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ray2k posted:I think so. The other night I disabled a heli via stinger missle and saw it land on top of a building and some passengers get out. But I shoot helis and don't pilot them, so I don't know what's it takes to land 'em or if that was just good luck on that particular pilot. You can land them but it's pretty difficult, the handling goes to poo poo when you're on fire. I've had a lot of times where I would land, repair to 100% and just jump back in and keep going. I really want to unlock the Below Radar and see how well it works. The only way to avoid Stinger surprise sex is to sit at really high altitude and let your gunner snipe, then dive in with the rockets when somebody spots a vehicle. Eventually you will get caught between flares and get blasted.
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 20:13 |
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Jeoh posted:Is it me or is the Javelin extremely disappointing? It takes too long to lock on for too little damage. The only fun I've had with it was firing it from a helicopter. It is a piece of poo poo unless you can get a recon to lase things for you, then it goes into the proper top-attack mode. The problem is, the SOFLAM is a piece of poo poo too since it reveals the recon's position to the entire enemy team.
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 20:16 |
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Death Himself posted:Even when FF is off friendly AA cannons will cause helicopters to dip and eventually crash. You're a jerk. 
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| # ¿ Oct 28, 2011 20:18 |
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Can't wait for the pistol buff so the 93R becomes even more fun.Yaos posted:If you've not tried a no 3d spotting server you should, I thought I was not that good, but I keep getting shot because of the wallhack everybody gets. Spotting markers take LOS into account now so you don't get a BC2 style wallhack anymore, hth.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 02:30 |
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Network lag is really dependent on the quality of hardware that the server provider is using, and Tehran Highway in particular causes terrible rubberbanding for no discernable reason.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 02:32 |
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Triggs posted:From a little searching it looks like it has something to do with the windows registry and the beta, but other than that I have no idea. That's an old fix that's no longer relevant to the retail release. Pharmaskittle posted:I'm so happy that pistols are getting a buff. I instinctively pull them out at low ammo or use them for long-range shooting when I'm toting a buckshot pump, but with the way they are now it's often not even worth it. Tell that to Durendal and his G18.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 02:38 |
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Sputty posted:Grinding co-op really sucks but the KH2002 is amazing and I'm guessing some of the other coop guns are great, too. SG553 was okay, not as good as the G36 or SCAR. 93R is fun as hell. MP7 is garbage. I didn't get the G3 and now I find myself playing assault a lot. 
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 02:48 |
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AceSnyp3r posted:I've been playing Support almost exclusively and I'm not really liking the SAW all that much. The default RPK/M27 is still my favorite. Select fire is pretty useful sometimes, and it just seems more accurate in general, even when spraying at longer ranges. What am I missing about the SAW? 200 round magazine.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 02:52 |
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Triggs posted:Well poo poo, now I can't even launch the game without getting the error even after a fresh restart. Mine randomly crashes when a new map loads and it's not consistent at all. Yesterday I had to reload the game after every change, today I've had to do it maybe once. Battlelog is spooky. 
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 02:59 |
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E2M2 posted:PKP is a lot better than the SAW. I get .7 kill per minute more with it than the SAW. I was never a huge fan of the SAW. High RPM is nice but it loses accuracy quick when you shoot on the move and during sustained fire, and it seems pretty weak. I did much better in the beta with the PKP and M240B. I think I'm finally starting to appreciate the bipod now, too. I used to use the foregrip 24/7 but on a lot of the larger maps the bipod is really nice for long-range fire. Vatek fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2011 around 06:38 |
| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 06:33 |
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Eregos posted:I know it sounds basic, but looking at battlelog is really loving useful. Yeah, except for the vehicle unlocks. They don't tell you which list on the right is for which vehicle, so you have to match it up based on what you've already unlocked and what unlocks are listed. 
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 06:35 |
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Amrosorma posted:Also, it doesn't include a lot of the neat info we saw at stat sites like BFBCS and BFBC2.eu, but hopefully that will be supported by EA! There's already a BF3S: http://bf3stats.com/. Still in beta though. Triggs posted:Except for the fact that I get chronic 'Battlefield3 has stopped working' error messages, I'm pretty sure its battlelog now. I can join games most of the time but I'll get the occasional error message and the game won't even launch without the error. According to what I read, they're gonna be addressing "BF3.exe has stopped working" in the upcoming patch.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 06:55 |
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^^ What the gently caress, Amro.Totally TWISTED posted:Split S, Immelmann, other poo poo I forget, more realistic flight physics. Also, supermaneuverability. I wanna do a Pugachev's Cobra or a J-turn in the Su-35. 
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 07:10 |
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Flashlight counters IRNV pretty loving hard in my experience, but I agree that it's way too good currently. It reminds me of fullbright skins for old school Counter-Strike that rendered everybody in neon colors. It seems like they actually buffed it from the beta too, because it's perfectly usable no matter how bright the map is and the contrast on it is absurd. The thermals on the tank don't even work as good. Vatek fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2011 around 07:29 |
| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 07:26 |
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Peavey posted:Is the A-10 on any of the conquest maps? I haven't seen one yet but the Euro Goons seem to enjoy endless rounds on Grand Bazaar so I may just have missed the map so far. Nope, the A-10 and SU-25 only appear in Rush mode.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 17:38 |
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Vastakaiun posted:I originally picked support as my class because of the mortar, but I didn't have much luck with it and was left feeling like I could've contributed more doing other stuff. I decided to try the claymores again, and now I'm in love with them. I only use the mortar on Seine Crossing. It's not really useful on any other map except maybe Noshahr Canals.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 18:03 |
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BigT posted:I know i don't have top tier system, but my 4 gig rams, dual core 2 duo, gtx560TI graphics card should be more than enough to play this on medium to high settings...I have to lower this game to low settings, turn off anti virus, and disable anti virus just to make it run...'meh ok'. Sorry, but it's not more than enough. Your Core 2 Duo is killing your performance because dual cores just cannot handle the load. It has nothing to do with bugs, your processor is just barely scraping the minimum requirements for the game and a quad core is pretty much required to run the game at medium or higher. Vatek fucked around with this message at Oct 29, 2011 around 21:06 |
| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 21:03 |
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Imapanda posted:Why is Tehran Highway disabled from goon servers but crap like Metro and Damavand Peak are kept on? From what I've played of Tehran Highway, it's a decent urban map which doesn't really have any negative traits. Tehran is bugged to hell somehow, it causes terrible rubberbanding on a server that can handle every other map with 64 players.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 21:08 |
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Crigit posted:That's because it doesn't. In fact, it also makes you use subsonic ammunition, so you get a lot more bullet drop and have to lead more than usual. Yes, it does. The silencer actually reduces weapon recoil but decreases hipfire accuracy, on top of silencing your gun and increasing bullet drop. It's goofy, but putting a silencer on any automatic weapon in the game will make it more controllable and thus more accurate for aimed fire.
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 21:51 |
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Gonkish posted:My biggest problem as a chopper pilot right now is heatseekers from the other chopper. I can handle jets trying to lock me pretty well, but another chopper doing it means I'm just hosed 95% of the time. I can't hide from them, I can't outmaneuver them, and, 9 times out of 10, I can't get the first lock and thus start at a disadvantage because I have to blow my flares first. So I just fall over when one decides to gently caress with me. How do I fix this? Why can't you get the first lock more often? If you're not constantly scanning the skies for the enemy chopper and mentally timing how long it takes for it to respawn and get airborne again so you can get into a position to fight it, you're at a disadvantage. Your first priority as a chopper pilot should always be engaging the enemy attack/scout helicopters first because they are your biggest threats. Chopper fights at standoff distances (ie out of effective cannon or rocket range) really come down to who spots who first, unless there is some nearby terrain or building like the refinery stacks on Operation Firestorm that you can use to break a lock. keyframe posted:ECM Jammer/Below Radar helps a lot. If you don't have those stick to being a chopper gunner and unlock fast. How does the below radar work? What's the altitude threshold, and does it apply to all types of locking missiles?
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| # ¿ Oct 29, 2011 22:11 |
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Eregos posted:Absolutely. Operation Firestorm is the closest thing to Zatar Wetlands that BF3 has. Stuff is a bit too far apart. As much as people hate metro conquest, average score per round and per minute is MUCH higher there than on Firestorm. Uh no poo poo score/minute is going to be higher on loving Metro. That doesn't mean Firestorm is a bad map.
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| # ¿ Oct 30, 2011 17:02 |
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Alkydere posted:Actually, the LMGs can shoot through chopper glass. I know from being on the receiving end of a dozen LMGS on Damavand Peak when I flew up with the Russian scout chopper. Assault rifle, sniper and MG fire can pierce the cockpit glass of all 3 types of helicopter. Not sure about pistols/smgs/shotguns.
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| # ¿ Oct 31, 2011 04:13 |
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not a dinosaur posted:How to make recon a viable class: give MAV the same abilities as EOD bot It pisses me off to no end that C4 does not stick to the EOD bot or the MAV. How to make the MAV useful: get rid of the SOFLAM and put a laser designator on the MAV.
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| # ¿ Oct 31, 2011 15:29 |
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Zotix posted:It's amazing what cleaning out your computer case can do. I couldn't understand why my performance on my system was so low for BF3. Once I looked closely inside my case I saw my CPU fan had collected quite a bit of dirt. I can core temp, or some program named similar to that. My CPU was running at like 95 degrees C. Once I cleaned it out, it was running 20 degrees cooler. Either way I've got a nice CPU cooler coming in a few days, and I'm going to OC it and hopefully pull some nice numbers. Do yourself a favor and pull out your video card, pop the plastic cover with the fancy graphics off and dust out the heatsink too. If your CPU fan and heatsink had that much crap on it, your video card heatsink probably has enough poo poo caked under the cover to make it act as an insulator.
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| # ¿ Oct 31, 2011 16:35 |
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Xinlum posted:So what pistol have you guys been using? I'm wondering which one kills in the fewest shots because I often only use it when I kill a dude while charging to a dead buddy for a revive and find myself facing another enemy right smack dab in my face with no time to reload ( knife range). I'll unload like 3 or 4 shots but their primary always takes me down faster since I'm always too surprised to go for headshots. 93R for the moment, waiting to unlock the G18. Machine pistols are awesome.
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| # ¿ Oct 31, 2011 17:01 |
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Insert name here posted:Does the 93R actually look like a 93R now instead of just being a silver M9 like in BC2? This is important (because 93Rs look kickin' rad). The model is correct and the character actually holds it with 2 hands using the angled foregrip on the front. Yaos posted:I was thinking what they need to do with Recon, change it to the Covert ops class. I love how you list this stuff as things that will ever happen. Sniper rifles are not going away in any Battlefield game ever.
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| # ¿ Oct 31, 2011 17:48 |
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Sputty posted:In beta the mobile AA had trouble shooting down jets with the guns because of the short time before overheat. In release I feel like they tripled the time you can fire it continuously which was too much. It also didn't address that even the beta AA vehicle would demolish all helicopters with no effort. Mobile AA demolishes anything in the game. If you get behind a tank you will disable and destroy it in a matter of seconds, and you can snipe any kind of armor from extreme range since the cannons have no drop whatsoever, while any tank trying to return fire has to try and gauge the drop on his cannon. It's not mobile AA, it's mobile anti-everything. Easily the most overpowered vehicle in the game. Don't even get me started on the loving invincible AA guns in the spawns either. Flying anything on Noshahr or Kharg is either a cakewake or loving impossible depending on what team you're on. 
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| # ¿ Oct 31, 2011 17:59 |
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MetalMan posted:I noticed the transport helicopters don't have any shared unlocks or anything. Are you just supposed to rely on having engineers inside to repair? Also, do they repair just by being in there or do you have to repair manually like in BC2? They have flares by default, they regen health just like any other vehicle and engineers have to manually repair them with torches from the crew compartment.
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