Battlefield 3

PrazVT

I like these interesting requirements for the unlocks. Minus the mcom thing since I don't play rush much.

mudwrx

Rush is my favorite game to play, really enjoy the pace of it.

Side note; any suggestions on using jets? I can fly them pretty much ok but have an amazingly hard time trying to kill anyone/anything (vehicles) on the ground. First, I just can't spot anyone quick enough, and then the jets simply go too fast to try and spot anyone to shoot at. I tried slowing down and coming in from a distance. I'm just looking to get one or two kills and I'd be happy

polkfarmboy

mudwrx wrote: »

Rush is my favorite game to play, really enjoy the pace of it.

Side note; any suggestions on using jets? I can fly them pretty much ok but have an amazingly hard time trying to kill anyone/anything (vehicles) on the ground. First, I just can't spot anyone quick enough, and then the jets simply go too fast to try and spot anyone to shoot at. I tried slowing down and coming in from a distance. I'm just looking to get one or two kills and I'd be happy

When using jets you want to gain as much altitude as poss then come down on targets and swoop away from danger. After you nfinish a decent come back around but do not loop the aircraft because your a sitting duck and prone to attack. Instead make a horizontal direction change and get distance and height then repeat the attack. Same goes for the choppers, never engage in a shootout if you are at a lower altitude because you cant get out of danger so stay high and have plenty of air shift and evade attack

polkfarmboy

PrazVT wrote: »

I like these interesting requirements for the unlocks. Minus the mcom thing since I don't play rush much.

I dont like the rush that much because half the time the teams just there to kill. I prefer conquest because I can have a huge influence on the outcome. I can pretty much win a game easily and only have 3 or 4 kills as I hold the number one or 2 spot on almost every game. Conquest is the best for points and unlocking guns and team death match is best for unlocking attachments for the newly acquired weapons

tommyboy

polkfarmboy wrote: »

When using jets you want to gain as much altitude as poss then come down on targets and swoop away from danger. After you nfinish a decent come back around but do not loop the aircraft because your a sitting duck and prone to attack. Instead make a horizontal direction change and get distance and height then repeat the attack. Same goes for the choppers, never engage in a shootout if you are at a lower altitude because you cant get out of danger so stay high and have plenty of air shift and evade attack

I have a total of 40+ minutes using jets, and I have a total of 1 kill!:eek: I must be doing something wrong cause I can't kill $hit. I have 150 points using the jet and thats all from that kill, its getting really frustrating. But I will certainly try out your method, cause anything is better than what I'm doing

PrazVT

Good tips. I agree with keeping your altitude up - otherwise you encourage AA and Stingers from down below. I haven't had as much success flying as I did back in the day w/ BF2, but it might be the stick or just the fact that we have to unlock heat seekers, etc. Plus I need to set the buttons again - I think after the last update, it forgot all my controller settings.

KaosTsoc

Quick question here. Does anyone know how many service stars there are for each of the weapons in the game. Like in BFBC2 you could get ten stars for each weapon. Any idea guys and girls?????


Thanks.

Zeros

KaosTsoc wrote: »

Quick question here. Does anyone know how many service stars there are for each of the weapons in the game. Like in BFBC2 you could get ten stars for each weapon. Any idea guys and girls?????


Thanks.

100 service stars for any weapon or vehicle.

http://www.walkingdeadarmy.com/index.php/component/content/article/46-wda-pages/142-bf3-rau

For example, here's a guy with 61 service stars for the M320 grenade launcher:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/M1st3r_R3ap3r/weapons/298712740/pc/

evhudsons

I just found out my cable modem is so old it's not even listed on comcast's obsolete modem list! I swapped it out for a new 3.0 docsis modem and played one round of bf3 last night. I was a killing machine!
I'm usually ontop of my "new tech" edge in regards to computers so I'm embarrassed I missed this very important part of the puzzle. I found myself suddenly moving much faster, and my kill ratio jumped dramatically. I could pay for a higher speed but right now I'm getting about 30mbps.

so advice: check up on your modem to make sure you are getting what you pay for. It'll dramatically help your gaming if you noticed yourself blasting someone just for them to turn around and take your dogtags.

Zeros

evhudsons wrote: »

I just found out my cable modem is so old it's not even listed on comcast's obsolete modem list! I swapped it out for a new 3.0 docsis modem and played one round of bf3 last night. I was a killing machine!
I'm usually ontop of my "new tech" edge in regards to computers so I'm embarrassed I missed this very important part of the puzzle. I found myself suddenly moving much faster, and my kill ratio jumped dramatically. I could pay for a higher speed but right now I'm getting about 30mbps.

so advice: check up on your modem to make sure you are getting what you pay for. It'll dramatically help your gaming if you noticed yourself blasting someone just for them to turn around and take your dogtags.

Its funny you said that, I just replaced my cable modem as well. The old one was apparently 14 years old! I jumped from 15 mbps down to 28 now. I also replaced my router to get something with gigabit Ethernet and wireless N. I was having connection / disconnect issues in BF3 so I decided to upgrade. I have not had any issues yet, plus the higher speed is nice. This whole time I was paying for a higher connection speed and never realized that my old modem didn't even support it. Crazy.

KaosTsoc

Zeros wrote: »

100 service stars for any weapon or vehicle.

http://www.walkingdeadarmy.com/index.php/component/content/article/46-wda-pages/142-bf3-rau

For example, here's a guy with 61 service stars for the M320 grenade launcher:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/M1st3r_R3ap3r/weapons/298712740/pc/

Wow. That is alot. Why so many?

Thanks.

shepx2

Zeros wrote: »

Its funny you said that, I just replaced my cable modem as well. The old one was apparently 14 years old! I jumped from 15 mbps down to 28 now. I also replaced my router to get something with gigabit Ethernet and wireless N. I was having connection / disconnect issues in BF3 so I decided to upgrade. I have not had any issues yet, plus the higher speed is nice. This whole time I was paying for a higher connection speed and never realized that my old modem didn't even support it. Crazy.

Well, it sux that you were paying the extra, but at least you finally got it figured out!

Hope ya'll have had a great holiday. I've been out of town for most of it, but will be around tonight.

Grimster74

Well fellas, last 2 days of hunting season are today and tomorrow so you guys should start seeing me more online. I've been playing MW3 when I get the chance to get online here lately but I guess I'll have to get back into BF3 being you guys are to cheap to pick up MW3, LOL!:cheesygrin:

Zeros

Grimster74 wrote: »

Well fellas, last 2 days of hunting season are today and tomorrow so you guys should start seeing me more online. I've been playing MW3 when I get the chance to get online here lately but I guess I'll have to get back into BF3 being you guys are to cheap to pick up MW3, LOL!:cheesygrin:

Cheap, smart, call it what you will.

I'll be on BF3 tonight if you want to dust that disc off and play.

shepx2

Grimster74 wrote: »

Well fellas, last 2 days of hunting season are today and tomorrow so you guys should start seeing me more online. I've been playing MW3 when I get the chance to get online here lately but I guess I'll have to get back into BF3 being you guys are to cheap to pick up MW3, LOL!:cheesygrin:

LOL, I'm not too cheap, just don't have the desire to play COD anymore!!!

I'll be on tonight as well.

Shizelbs

Can I ask a really embarrassing question? I feel like either I am doing something wrong or the answer should be obvious.

Why do my weapon loadouts change from game to game? For example, playing a game of conquest, assault kit I get one weapon with a certain optic attachment, then a new game of conquest starts and I pick the assault kit again, not having unlocked anything the previous game, and I get a totally different gun with a a different optic attachment.

I just want to be able to know what gun I am going into the fight with.

Face

On PC, mine don't change unless I change it. The only time a gun will change is if it's an US or Russian only gun.

mudwrx

Shizelbs wrote: »

Can I ask a really embarrassing question? I feel like either I am doing something wrong or the answer should be obvious.

Why do my weapon loadouts change from game to game? For example, playing a game of conquest, assault kit I get one weapon with a certain optic attachment, then a new game of conquest starts and I pick the assault kit again, not having unlocked anything the previous game, and I get a totally different gun with a a different optic attachment.

I just want to be able to know what gun I am going into the fight with.

I've only seen this happen to me a couple of times. Otherwise it has been pretty good. I don't think you are doing anything wrong, probably just a glitch in the game.

PrazVT

On PC, mine don't change unless I change it. The only time a gun will change is if it's an US or Russian only gun.

I've noticed something similar, I suspect it's what Face said. ex. I was using the M27IAR w/ the support class and the next round I started w/ the RPK74 instead.

shepx2

Shizelbs wrote: »

Can I ask a really embarrassing question? I feel like either I am doing something wrong or the answer should be obvious.

Why do my weapon loadouts change from game to game? For example, playing a game of conquest, assault kit I get one weapon with a certain optic attachment, then a new game of conquest starts and I pick the assault kit again, not having unlocked anything the previous game, and I get a totally different gun with a a different optic attachment.

I just want to be able to know what gun I am going into the fight with.

When u first start out, you have different weapons unlocked depending on what side u are on, so you probably don't have that weapon unlocked totally.

mudwrx

So I only need 4 more ribbons to have at least one of all of them. 3 of them I think I can get without too much trouble (4 melee kills in a round, 4 m-coms defended, 5 motion sensor assists). The trouble for me will be to kill 6 enemies with air vehicles.

This will definitely need to be done in a chopper, as I can never even see anyone to kill when in a jet.

Other than these, I have all the other ribbons. The medals are starting to come now too, of course much more difficult to get these.

Anyone else shooting for all the ribbons, or have them all already?

What a fun game...

PrazVT

I managed to unlocked the rocket pods w/ the jet - but I prefer heat seekers. Jets are still touch / go for me - but I find if you fly high and stay in the periphery, it's easier to spot other jets without randomly getting shot down.

I got addicted to snipering lately ...543m longest headshot lol. Somehow I've managed ~850 m98b kills in the last month after barely touch sniper rifles before that. Karkand is just a great sniper map lol.

Medals will come ..usually every 50 or 100 times you get the ribbons you'll get a medal. Just depends on your playing style.

I'm not sure they tell you how close you are to another medal though right?

Zeros

PrazVT wrote: »

Medals will come ..usually every 50 or 100 times you get the ribbons you'll get a medal. Just depends on your playing style.

I'm not sure they tell you how close you are to another medal though right?

Nope, use BF3Stats.com to check that - when it works. It doesn't always update correctly.

mudwrx

Zeros wrote: »

Nope, use BF3Stats.com to check that - when it works. It doesn't always update correctly.

I've seen this too but usually a refresh of the page gets it updated.

shepx2

I still can't get over how many kills I have with the SCAR. I haven't used it since it got nerfed, yet I have 847 with it. My next closest gun is the m249 with 328 :eek:

veronicaZora

Enjoying the multiplayer is truly wonderful. This game has such a unique atmosphere, game play, graphics, customization, that you will simply not feel at any other game. BF was often about multiplayer. And they out done themselves this time. This is a game that I can see myself playing for years to come, which makes me actually grateful to have switched from console to PC.

tommyboy

Nice to finally game with you guys again it had been a long time. And we finally were able to play rush together. I think you guys who played agreed it wasn't much fun. At first it didn't make much sense, everytime I play rush on my own, I have a blast. Maybe we are just playing it wrong. I realized when we were on rush we kind of just did what we want, but while playing conquest we are always going each objective as a team. Thats what seems to be the problem, we (me included) don't really know how to play rush as a team. And if we can't go for objectives as a team against other late night players who can, we will lose every time.

Of course,if you guys don't want to give it another shot, I still have plenty of fun with conquest. Maybe this friday again!

PrazVT

I finally decided to complete the Engineering 'Assignment' yesterday - which meant I had to play Rush, which I'm still not sure I enjoy. I think I still have 4 or 5 more MCOMs to go though - ugh.

In other news, I think I've managed to bring Zeros over to BF3 PC - muahahahaha.

Zeros

PrazVT wrote: »

I finally decided to complete the Engineering 'Assignment' yesterday - which meant I had to play Rush, which I'm still not sure I enjoy. I think I still have 4 or 5 more MCOMs to go though - ugh.

In other news, I think I've managed to bring Zeros over to BF3 PC - muahahahaha.

Yep, I still play on the xbox, but I installed the new video card late last night (Thanks Praz!!) and also picked up a Razer Nostromo cheap on Craigslist to try out since I just cant seem to get the hang of WASD for movement.We'll see how that works out tonight possibly.

Praz, you only need to arm 2 more MCOMs, but that is the all-kit weapon, the PP-19, not the engineer unlock. You already unlocked the engineer weapons! :razz:

evhudsons

I found my xbox360 this morning while looking for my sl2000 tweeters I'm sending for karma. I have a ps3 now but have found that most of the adults still use 360. So tonight I'm hooking it back and reactivating my 360 live account.

Look for the IslandBerserker!