Yeah, this site is a little better now: http://symthic.com/?s=bf3
Also: it’s really embarrassing to get knifed 3 times by someone named IceMage. Damn Canals TDM.
JM1
1722
They’re the two most effective LMGs. The 249 is the most stable of the lot and has a high fire rate but a fairly low damage per shot (it’s 5.56mm after all). The 240 is a beast but is more consistently powerful than the PKP and M60, along with being reasonably accurate once you mod it up. Both of them give you roughly the same style of gameplay though as they make for excellent all-rounders.
Some prefer the PKP for its lethality at close quarters, some like the M27 because uh they want an assault rifle in the support class, but generally I push people to one of those two and they’re rarely disappointed.
Excellent. The M249 is the first (and so far only) weapon I have maxed out, so it’s time to try a new and better one.
I’ve only played like 30 minutes assault - what’s the best weapon there?
(I’m level 20 and have no assault unlocks)
Hunty
1724
I would complete the (very easy) first Assault assignment and just use the FAMAS. It’s not very beginner-friendly but it’s very lethal, so you might as well just learn to use it from the start.
Alternatively use the M416 then the F2000. But you’ll unlock the FAMAS so quickly you might as well get that first then try them as a change of pace later on.
Use the FAMAS now before it’s rebalanced.
I have a question about laser sights. (I just started using them so I haven’t paid attention to them until now.) Can enemies see the beam or the laser dot on a wall if I’m not pointing directly at them? I was hiding near an MCOM the other day and realized my laser beam pointed perpendicularly across an open doorway. I wondered if anyone could see that before they walked in.
Think they can yes, but not from very far away.
I think it’s the campers and the static battle lines that kill me on Rush. You can get all the way into the enemy base, and then some kid hiding behind a crate kills you when you make a break for the MCOM.
Yeah it’s satisfying when you arm it and they’re still sitting in their camping spot, but they definitely hold the balance of power. It’s not like Conquest or TDM where the shifting battle lines will roll right over those people, or help you drag along your own team’s campers as they die.
It’s very satisfying when it goes right – with a good squad, for example. It’s still pretty fun to play small servers where you have more of an impact (and less risk of running out of tickets) but that makes it hard on defense. It’s simply less likely to satisfy like Conquest and TDM.
I’m now at 1.8 W/L ratio for Conquest, 1.9 for TDM, and 1.3 for Rush. Bleh.
Something I don’t get about the shotgun damage charts: frag ammo does the same direct damage as buckshot, and at greater ranges. I thought it was supposed to be less than buckshot. Is there something I’m missing, or any reason not to use frag ammo?
Also, I’m surprised how difficult it is to get suppression assists. I guess that’s because I’m usually flanking and either get the kill or die myself. I’ll try holding back on defense to see if it helps.
Finally, what’s the best PDW these days, just in case I feel like playing with one?
JM1
1729
Frag ammo has a bit of drop on it and it can kill you at close range.
Yeah, again from that chart it looks like buckshot has more drop than frag ammo.
JM1
1731
I meant physical drop - it’s a heavier projectile. The buckshot just isn’t powerful at that range, but it does fly “straighter”. Frag rounds are my usual go-to if I’m having to shotgun it up though.
Cobra
1732
I discovered a cool feature today. You can join a queue for a server while playing in another. The game will automatically close and join the other server when there’s a slot available. Very handy for people like me that don’t have the patience to wait.
Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster permanent ban issued on this Game Server for player ‘tooler975’ … BC2! Hacking/Cheating " [Admin Decision]
Heh, this happened right when I tried to spawn on a spawn beacon that had just been destroyed. I wonder if there’s some exploit they’re trying to prevent.
Oh well, there goes another decent Rush server. Rush sucks.
The reason I keep playing Rush is that winning as attacker is the biggest thrill in Battlefield 3. It’s almost routine to win TDM, or Conquest in a land vehicle (except 64 players) so winning as Rush attacker feels like I earned something special.
I went 5-9 on Rush today, which is pathetic, but I got 2 wins as attacker that will keep me going.
12v12 is great on attack, though it’s no guarantee, since teams tend to cluster together around the MCOM instead of spreading out in 16v16. But it’s so hard on defense, especially against a single organized squad.
Great night: first I maxed out the IFV. Then I chatted up a random pub and played gunner in the attack heli to get my first Air Warfare ribbon. That was fun. I can’t wait to play more air vehicles.
I had two ribbons left to complete the set: sniper rifles and motion sensor assists. I decided now was the time to try recon class. The sniper rifles were surprisingly fun, but it still felt weird to play recon. Anyway, I now have all 45 ribbons. I had to grind for a few of them.
I also got enough kills to finish the first recon assignment, so I only have one left. I’m so scarily addicted to the unl0ckabl3z. Gotta fill those progress bars.
I’m amazed how my SPM hasn’t gone down since I’ve switched classes and started new modes. In fact it’s up 10%. I think it’s all the medals you start cranking through after playing 50-60 hours to get them started.
Just started playing, gave up on the campaign for now as I HATE it, the multiplayer is pretty great so far.
I think the biggest problem for me is just the mismatching of the teams skill wise though I don’t care about winning/losing as long as I level something up by the end of the round.
Fuck the tactical light.
Oh and I like the shotguns this time, much more useful than the ones in BC2.
Thongsy
1737
Has anybody been able to finish the assignment for destroying a vehicle with the repair tool. I swear that is impossible. I tried it on mines, beacons, tanks and other IFV to no avail. Everybody just bails out of the vehicle before I can do it. I have disable a few vehicles but not destroyed them. Mines and beacons either can’t be destroyed by it, or take way too long since each time I try eventually somebody kills me while I"m laying there torching it for a minute or two.
I cheated and did it on a 1 player server. Drive a spawn vehicle like the AMTRAC to the other team’s spawn point, then switch teams and destroy it. It counts as a kill since it’s a mobile spawn point. Someone mentioned you could do it to recon devices, but it sounds like you already tried it on a beacon.
Speaking of the IFV, lately I’ve gotten a bunch of incredulous comments about my high score or my ability to find people hiding behind cover. It’s like they don’t know about thermal optics and proximity scan. Maybe a lot of people just got the game for Christmas and they don’t know yet.
