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Note to self - playing BF3 whilst drunk can severely affect your stats.

Also, apologies to anybody I upset on chat as well yesterday.
 
I lost count of the amount of CTD's, errors, disconnects etc i had yesterday, never had them before.
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noticed 285.79 crash a lot more than .62 (caused by After burn mainly)

Had some good games on smogsys tonight,but was some weird stuff going on with my game
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good to hear

been reading the thread & nice to see everyone enjoying the server & members.
Most of you that go on my server/in the platoon. will know I done a 2 day test of metro as a conquest map. After feedback from the platoon Via Mumble & in game players I've decided its too much of a clusterfest to keep, This is also the same for Tehran Highway. However as I would like all maps possible to be rotation. im going to do my last test trial,

So for one week only. I'm going to Trial Metro & Tehran as Rush Maps inside the conquest rotation. please let me know your feedback & views after playing this new rotation & if you prefer it on not.

that means
4 maps of conquest
1 rush map
3 maps of conquest
1 map of rush.
 
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Map rotation is such a nightmare on BF3. People seem much more opinionated as to whether they want to play Rush / Conq. Its caused endless discussions within our group becuase its about 50/50. All we have been able to do is run full rotation mixed mode.

Our map list looks like this

Operation Firestorm CL2
Kharg Island R2
Grand Bazaar CL2
Damavand Peak R2
Operation Metro CL2
Operation Firestorm R2
Teheran Highway CL2
Grand Bazaar R2
Seine Crossing CL2
Operation Metro R2
Caspian Border CL2
Teheran Highway R2
Noshahar Canals CL2
Seine Crossing R2
Damavand Peak CL2
Noshahar Canals R2
Kharg Island CL2
Caspian Border R2
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Metro rush > Metro conq as well btw ;) I happen to love Rush on BF3, so much better than it was on BC2 but they seem to have really messed up with several of the first stages. Metro, Bazaar, Seine (if anyone decent gets in B its over) are all insanely clustered. However at least with Metro a decent squad will take it in about 1 min.
 
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Took out my first flying helicopter with a regular tank shell last night. Got quite proficient at that in BC2 :D 3 kills, plus another who spawned onto the impending doom as the heli hit the floor, then the round ended, perfect. Server rotated to a couple of team deathmatch rounds on Grand Bazaar too which was great fun. Obviously had a very COD feel about it but with all the good weapons and game dynamics, a nice break from the norm.

I've actually relinquished the IRNV sight as well! Put on a red dot scope (one with a circle and a dot in the middle) on my KH2002 and it comes up to aim so much faster the IR sight feels really sluggish in comparison. I'd stick with IR on the support weapons but, and also depending on how it's nerfed in the patch, I doubt I'l be using it for my assault rifles or carbines.
 
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had some funny games last night on smogsy server. started out in a tank on the hilly woodland map and just took a pot shot about 25 seconds in and inadvertently took out a helichopter with 2 guys in it.

then threw my toys out of the pram and gave out a load of schtick to f2000 suppressor irnv guys. who then implied my scar-h was as bad or worse.

i don't know if it is or isn't but i do know i got over 1,170 kills with it out of my 2000 kills lol.
 
being about a month in what are peoples preference now on kit role outs ?. I find myself playing mainly Assault or Engineer. For what ever reason I just like being on foot more in BF3.

Kits of choice for me are;

Assault - AK74/AEK/F2000 (all with Heavy barrel / foregrip / No optics) - Defibs - Medi - Squad Sprint

Engi - Scar (Heavy barrel / foregrip / No optics)- SMAW / RPG7 - Repair tool - squad flak
 
its wierd though. at one point i logged on and crash to desktop 2 in 2 minutes. the next time i can go 4-5 rounds and no issues. it wouldn't be too bad if the server wasn't insta full as soon as i try to log back in.
 
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being about a month in what are peoples preference now on kit role outs ?. I find myself playing mainly Assault or Engineer. For what ever reason I just like being on foot more in BF3.

Kits of choice for me are;

Assault - AK74/AEK/F2000 (all with Heavy barrel / foregrip / No optics) - Defibs - Medi - Squad Sprint

Engi - Scar (Heavy barrel / foregrip / No optics)- SMAW / RPG7 - Repair tool - squad flak
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for engineer....go squad explosives and take mines. Also gives you a pile of rpg ammo. Take flag...drop pile of mines arround entry points to flag...move to next flag....BOOM..vehicle desabled..2 kills :) 500points!
 
Ive not really played much with mines tbh. I do like tank hunting in a squad of 3RPG / 1 Support though. Even with a decent engi fixing a tank there's not a great deal that can be done when it gets hit by 3 at once.
 
mines are great mate...lay 3 in a spot, its instakill tank with full health. Cheap points really.....hehe.

One thing I also leaned at the weekend there....take in IRNV scope and it shows up all the mines. You get loads of points for taking out the mines. Take IRNV perk for tanks...also show up the mines and hiding engees in the bushes with RPG's. good for Caspian of course.

But im not much of a tank pilot either...much prefer running and shooting... Its alsways been the way for me. I usually kill more than most on a server....however I always die most also:)
 
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just a random question but really why did dice leave in stuff that only dice employees can get seems a bit pointless tbh,and last nvidia driver 285.79 loved to crash and when i took that off mumble seemed to make it crash lol bit fail imo but im waiting for the patch to hopefully make it next year :) cos i dont think well get it anytime soon,
 
pretty sure there will be a patch before the release of the BTK map pack which is arround beginning december I think.
 
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For tanks its just dumb, at the default (straight ahead) muzzle level your shell seems to slap into the ground pretty quickly if you're on a flat stratch of terrain. Theyre tanks, not artillery pieces.
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Honestly, I don't have a problem with it and it's nowhere near the level you make it out to be. Do you want it so it acts like a rail gun so there's no skill at all? I like it how it is.
It allows those of us who are better at coordinating shots/leading and have experience in ingame weapons which head travel time/drop to make the most of it.

Also, arcing projectiles have an advantage is some case, where your tank is obscured for the most part and can hit other tanks (targets) behind cover if the top of their vehicle shows.

But hey, ever since I played tribes with the spinfusor/grenade launcher/fusion mortar/grenades combined with all axis movement, I've always maintained the train of thought people wanting simplified ways to play go to hell.
A jest, but come on, it's not that bad.
 
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Honestly, I don't have a problem with it and it's nowhere near the level you make it out to be. Do you want it so it acts like a rail gun so there's no skill at all? I like it how it is.
It allows those of us who are better at coordinating shots/leading and have experience in ingame weapons which head travel time/drop to make the most of it.

Also, arcing projectiles have an advantage is some case, where your tank is obscured for the most part and can hit other tanks (targets) behind cover if the top of their vehicle shows.

But hey, ever since I played tribes with the spinfusor/grenade launcher/fusion mortar/grenades combined with all axis movement, I've always maintained the train of thought people wanting simplified ways to play go to hell.
A jest, but come on, it's not that bad.
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I agree, my only gripe is the tank sights. At long range, it can be more luck than judgement, and take several ranging shots to hit a target. It's why I prefer the T90A with it's ranged reticule - I know it bears no relation to in game ranges but it makes aiming more comfortable.
 
Hope they patch the EOD bot, seems somewhat sensitive and wont go over small obstacles like kerbing, as i like to lie down and use them to plant in rush maps, some times you can catch the enemys out and drive right past them to plant.
 
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