Battlefield 3

[Alex™]

Right the PC version is installing now (from the disk, though it claims to be downloading it...) and then the 360 version will be going in :P

[theswweet•]

Schm0, I should tell you something.

Don't let me pilot a Heli again... Just don't.

I'm so sorry.

...

Anyways, I have a horrid K/D ratio right now, but I've been worrying less about that, and more reviving/destroying vehicles/etc.

I've been doing decent-to-good my last few matches. Any tips for a newcomer to Battlefield?

Besides learning to fly a Heli ._.

[Kog]

If you have Battlefield 3 on the PC, add me up: KogSothoth

I really want to get a bigger group together to play with, so I can actually do well without having to save my teammates.

[theswweet•]

If you have Battlefield 3 on the PC, add me up: KogSothoth

I really want to get a bigger group together to play with, so I can actually do well without having to save my teammates.

Sadly, my computer isn't even capable of running the original Battlefield.

I'm on PS3, unfortunately. But its still a great game!

[schm0]

Schm0, I should tell you something.

Don't let me pilot a Heli again... Just don't.


I'm so sorry.

...

Sweet, that's ok... did you hear me on voice chat? LOL

To be completely frank, I have crashed about a dozen times worse than that, so don't feel bad. I have had much more success switching my heli and jet controls to "Legacy". I wish I could remap yaw to L2 and R2, respectively, but unfortunately all the vehicle movement controls are locked into the analog sticks. But having pitch and roll on the right analog and yaw on the left is very helpful. I was able to successfully spawn and drop off my teammates, mostly because voice chat was actually working for the first time since I've purchased the game (and then only for about 15 minutes before I went on radio silence for the night.) I think I even got a kill in there.

What I need to focus on is having a squadmate man at least one side of the guns to allow strafing runs. Flying solo makes me focus on aiming at players too much, which ends up having me push my nose forward to the point of pushing my heli right into the ground.

Practice, practice, practice...

Anyways, I have a horrid K/D ratio right now, but I've been worrying less about that, and more reviving/destroying vehicles/etc.

I've been doing decent-to-good my last few matches. Any tips for a newcomer to Battlefield?

Besides learning to fly a Heli ._.

Yeah, I've given up caring about that stat. Although it has slowly been inching back up to 1.00, which is what I consider a good balance considering the objective-based play of this game.

@Sweet: I've been focusing on improving my accuracy, firing in short bursts, and really trying to playing my role (nearly always as Assault.) @Alex, your advice has helped out tremendously. Hanging back a bit has allowed me to pick off players from medium range and has worked wonders on my efficacy. The downside to this is it makes getting to a fallen squad-mate to revive a bit more difficult.

When playing as support, it's hard to know where you can safely sit down and provide suppressing fire without getting picked off. Once I unlock the Suppression bonus I'm going to try and level up my Support class some more. I also really want to get good at recon. Engineers seem to be lacking when we need them, and too many of them when we don't. Engineer is actually the most easy class I can think to play with. There's very little thinking involved, and their utility is hands-down the best in the game. And in tight quarters, they rule supreme. They repair and take out vehicles, which is crucial. And most of all,they make very good M-COM cappers.

Also: patch #2 is incoming, no ETA, but some crucial fixes are in the works.

[CENTURION24]

I've unlocked everything for the jets. The best unlocks for me are

Heat seeking air-to-air missiles
Air to air missiles against enemy jets and helicopters.

Beam scanning
An upgraded missile radar which speeds up the time it takes to lock on enemy aircraft.

ECM radio jammer
A chaff launcher which makes it difficult for enemies to lock on your aircraft.

The laser guided missiles and the pod launcher are crap.*

Only use the the guided missiles if they don't want to fly against you.

[abyssalassassin]

Just spent about 3 hours (PS3 btw) playing assault with defibs and shotty and I have to say it: This game is *****ing brilliant. The maps are amazing, the vehicles are actually fun to use this time around and pretty much everything is improved ten-fold. I spent a full 10 minutes in the air with a heli as the gunner (and thankfully the pilot seemed to be a veteran) and about 1 minute in a jet (which ended pretty hilariously with me crashing into a sticking out bit of scaffolding) and it's just so frikking fun. I haven't tried out Rush yet due to having so much fun on Conquest but I already know I'll be playing for months if not years to come. 'Nuff said.

[schm0]

Just spent about 3 hours (PS3 btw) playing assault with defibs and shotty and I have to say it: This game is *****ing brilliant. The maps are amazing, the vehicles are actually fun to use this time around and pretty much everything is improved ten-fold. I spent a full 10 minutes in the air with a heli as the gunner (and thankfully the pilot seemed to be a veteran) and about 1 minute in a jet (which ended pretty hilariously with me crashing into a sticking out bit of scaffolding) and it's just so frikking fun. I haven't tried out Rush yet due to having so much fun on Conquest but I already know I'll be playing for months if not years to come. 'Nuff said.

You left out the part where you signed up for our awesome platoon!

Glad you're having fun!

[abyssalassassin]

You left out the part where you signed up for our awesome platoon!

Glad you're having fun!

I probably will... when I can find an Origin name which isn't taken. And so far I've tried 50+ variants...

EDIT: Turns out it glitched on me... I'm TheM3rkat if anyone wants to know.

[KlawwTheClown]

So, the Dr. Pepper promotion was just updated to include Battlefield 3 stuff! I was gonna just give my 2 codes to my dad, but now my brother and I are probably gonna each get a dog tag. (Battlefield 3 is the ONLY game in which they offer codes for the PS3)

I was going to just give them to my dad to use for the Sims Social, but...

I'm not sure which tag I want to get... I kind of like "Opener" "Roar" and "Bye Kitty" but they're all cool.

The prizes are...

[Speedynutty68•]

Question 1:

I'm too lazy to do the work to go look this up. So, you get the Dr. Pepper codes from buying cans and bottles of Dr. Pepper right? (The question is both or just one [bottles or cans])

Question 2:

Do you get a code for all in a pack? So say if I went out and bought a 6 pack, I would get 6 codes? Or no?

[abyssalassassin]

So, the Dr. Pepper promotion was just updated to include Battlefield 3 stuff! I was gonna just give my 2 codes to my dad, but now my brother and I are probably gonna each get a dog tag. (Battlefield 3 is the ONLY game in which they offer codes for the PS3)

I was going to just give them to my dad to use for the Sims Social, but...

I'm not sure which tag I want to get... I kind of like "Opener" "Roar" and "Bye Kitty" but they're all cool.

The prizes are...

Go for the "Opener" dog tag. Count how many laughs you get when you kill someone and they notice the Rebecca Black reference.

[KlawwTheClown]

The codes aren't working... I try signing in with my EA account and it takes forever, then says:

"Signed in as Pretend there's nothing here"

And when I type the codes, it says there's an unexpected error.

My brother decided he wanted "Opener" and I was gonna get "Roar"

Question 1:

I'm too lazy to do the work to go look this up. So, you get the Dr. Pepper codes from buying cans and bottles of Dr. Pepper right? (The question is both or just one [bottles or cans])

They're on 590mL and 1L bottles of Dr Pepper that are marked with the EA logo on the cap, and Battlefield 3/Need For Speed on the front. (At least in Canada they are)

Question 2:

Do you get a code for all in a pack? So say if I went out and bought a 6 pack, I would get 6 codes? Or no?

I don't think so, but I don't know.

[CyberSora]

"six wolf moon"

"pile o' bones"

"bye kitty"[/spoiler][/center]

******ing want!

[gdn001]

Hey people, I'm getting a new laptop and I want to know from the PC experts how would this run Battlefield 3:

Because I'm in doubt if I'm getting it for PS3 or laptop (or both).

[Ash_uk1]

i have this game now for ps3 if anyone wants to add my psn: Ash_uk1

only played for 10mins but its awesome so far

[Alex™]

Great, so the PC version finally updated for no reason at all - it just randomly worked this time. Great, I thought, now I can play on PC as well as 360. Battlelog shows me as being updated etc...

But oh no, because BF3 is going to fail to verify the release date.

Well done EA, well done.

[schm0]

Great, so the PC version finally updated for no reason at all - it just randomly worked this time. Great, I thought, now I can play on PC as well as 360. Battlelog shows me as being updated etc...

But oh no, because BF3 is going to fail to verify the release date.

Well done EA, well done.

Yeah, they're having all sorts of issues with Origin. Glad I'm on PS3, even though it's a bit laggy and there is NO voice chat.

Hey people, I'm getting a new laptop and I want to know from the PC experts how would this run Battlefield 3:

Because I'm in doubt if I'm getting it for PS3 or laptop (or both).

I'm no expert, but everything looks good. Maybe not on Ultra Settings, but you'll probably be able to run it close to that with little to no problems.

[Alex™]

Yeah, they're having all sorts of issues with Origin. Glad I'm on PS3, even though it's a bit laggy and there is NO voice chat.





I'm no expert, but everything looks good. Maybe not on Ultra Settings, but you'll probably be able to run it close to that with little to no problems.

Yeah, I'm glad i got a 360 copy as well, otherwise I'd be really annoyed.

[CENTURION24]

I haven't had a problem with voice chat at all on the ps3. And I've had to leave only one game because it was laggy, there's no flying planes in lag.