Battlefield 3 tips & tricks

A tip for those Rank Whiners.

By the way. My comment wasn't aimed at people that are level 40+ now, i meant people that were that level after only 2 or 3 days.

Am I the only person that thinks this simply isnt as good as BF BC2?

Yes.

There are those that will also say it's not as good as BF2. Yes, some things aren't as good as BF2, but on the whole, it's a better game than all the rest of the battlefield series including BF2 & BC2.
 
Last edited:
Am I the only person that thinks this simply isnt as good as BF BC2?

Yeah, i reckon. BF3 frustrates me for the same reasons BF2 and BC2 did....the kiddie a-holes that play it......oh....and the fact that BF3 desparately needs patching.
But, there's no online FPS that's looks anywhere near as good as this game.
I'd actually find it hard to go back to BC2 now.
 
Oh, ok, thanks.
I guess it can also give your position away?

yup from a distance , same as the x6+ scopes can or the laser sights.

up close tho it just blinds you and if your as bad a player as me you only manage to kill someone with one if you get lucky :(.

tbh im getting fed up as i seem to be the only person that ever tries to get flags, we can be left with one flag and nobody pushes out and attacks other flags. they all just sit there racking up kills.
joined a game the other night, we had one flag i managed to get out and take 3 flags on my own and we managed to win the game.

nah your not the only one, most of my points are from flag chasing.
 
Well seeing as i'm only a sucky level 5, and some of these losers are level 44 (how the hell?) then my best chance of ranking up is from flag taking, not going toe to toe with someone with as much firepower as a frikkin terminator.
 
Another set of tips from myself.
some gained from my many hours spent supporting customers, others gained from my incessant battle to get BF3 stable on my system.

BF3 Crashes randomly on my system and goes into a sound loop.
If like me you are getting random crashing, ensure that if you have an Asus Xonar sound card that you have GX mode DISABLED.

If this works I love you. <3
it seems to have worked for me. I love you too rjkoneill ;)

Seriously though some really helpful advice in here. Thank you to everyone who has contributed.
 
Well seeing as i'm only a sucky level 5, and some of these losers are level 44 (how the hell?) then my best chance of ranking up is from flag taking, not going toe to toe with someone with as much firepower as a frikkin terminator.

aye, can be a pain, but when u do think about the route you take, will take extra time but worth it sometimes, rather than just running down the hill in front to get sniped :).
 
Alright guys, need to ask some advice.

Iv got my chopper skills right up, and unlocked everything for it.

Which things should i use for the chopper to make me ether better at blowing enimys up, or less vunerable from enimy fire etc?


thanks
 
Alright guys, need to ask some advice.

Iv got my chopper skills right up, and unlocked everything for it.

Which things should i use for the chopper to make me ether better at blowing enimys up, or less vunerable from enimy fire etc?


thanks

Alright guys, need to ask some advice.

Iv got my chopper skills right up, and unlocked everything for it.

Which things should i use for the chopper to make me ether better at blowing enimys up, or less vunerable from enimy fire etc?


thanks

If you're talking about the attack chopper, then it depends on certain things in my opinion.

If you've got a competent secondary pilot, on voice comms then I'd suggest something like:

Pilot:
Autoloader / Stealth [Autoloader if you're doing a lot of attack runs, stealth if you're sitting back a bit and letting your gunner get the kills instead]
Flares [These are a given. You shouldn't be using anything else in my opinion. The choppers are just too slow to get away from Stingers and Heatseekers, and aren't quite versatile enough to bank out of the way]
Guided Rockets [Helps your rockets hit any enemy target a lot easier, as they all self-guide themselves so you're more likely to hit the target]

Gunner:
Autoloader [Rapidly increases the 30mm reload time. This is your main weapon. The quicker this thing fires, the quicker you get the kill]
Flares [Second set of these is a given as well - so long as you use voice comms. Stingers lock-on to Choppers very quickly, as a result your main flares will rarely refresh in time to pop the first set again unless you are a great distance from the person firing. Also helps in air-to-air combat]
Guided Missile / TV Missile [The TV Missile I have found is only useful at long range engagements. The missile is too quick and not very versatile for close range. The guided missiles you should be using in every engagement that isn't against infantry. It locks on relatively quickly, during which time the pilot should fly towards the target, unloading their main rockets when they can. As soon as the guided missile is fired, swap to the 30mm cannon and blast away. No vehicle will survive a guided missile, rocket and 30mm strafe. Ever.]
 
Can someone tell me what the exact Key Binding in the Options is for free look when holding mouse 2?

So many bloody key bindings, had to remove a load due to joystick causing problems though I would like freelook in veichles back :)
 
tbh im getting fed up as i seem to be the only person that ever tries to get flags, we can be left with one flag and nobody pushes out and attacks other flags. they all just sit there racking up kills.
joined a game the other night, we had one flag i managed to get out and take 3 flags on my own and we managed to win the game.

In a game yesterday I set and attempted to defend an Mcom (the only one left at that stage) 6 bleedin' times before someone else gave me a hand and we took it down together. Needles to say I only really play when I'm with my friends over chat and we can have a proper squad game.
 
I completed the last coop mission (finally) on normal and I got 14k score on the leaderboard someone got 69k and the highest in the world was 400k. I heard of this guy saying he was going to exploit the mission, just for reference how do u do that?;)
 
I completed the last coop mission (finally) on normal and I got 14k score on the leaderboard someone got 69k and the highest in the world was 400k. I heard of this guy saying he was going to exploit the mission, just for reference how do u do that?;)

If I remember there's a part in the mission where if you don't progress, waves of enemies will keep respawning.

I caned the co-op missions last week purely to get all the guns unlocked. Best way I found was to do the Hit & Run mission on easy, but speed run it. Do it as quick as you possibly can. Think our average time was something like 3 minutes 50 seconds. Each time that's at least 10k points in the bag.

Quickest was 03:37 - would like to see someone try and beat that :D
 
Back
Top Bottom