Battlefield 3 thread - Server details in opening post -

Gazanimal · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:24

Art said:
Yeah, but when you follow them, jump up and down in front of them and shoot the ground in front of them with what little ammo you have left there's no way they can miss you, but I've had people ignore me anyway.

True, there are ignorant idiots out there, but I try to stick to people I'm on TS with

cyclonus10 · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:27

Art said:
I do that as well, I've been on the receiving end of it and it's pretty low. I can understand why they're buffing the cannon though, it's pretty harmless against choppers. Maybe that's just me...

Seen jets just circle the base waiting for an easy kill. I thought the cannons were underpowered against choppers but like anything in the jets, get yourself into a good position and they have no chance.
I use a 360 pad and have been using one since the xbox 360 came out so i am very used to playing with a 360 pad

Gazanimal said:
True, there are ignorant idiots out there, but I try to stick to people I'm on TS with

I have seen myself run back to someone i heard asking for ammo, problem was i had run out of ammo with my recon class and picked up support and forgot i was support. At least i went back and gave the guy some ammo and he typed " thx "

Neil79 · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:33

I shoot them while using nice and polite swear words if they don't give me that ammo

Deception · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:35

Neil79 said:
I tell ya the BIGGEST fail of this in this game and most of the battlefield series, TEAM mates not giving out ammo after constantly being requested. Seriously when someone asks you for ammo don't ignore them and run off for kills

Jump in a game with me sometime, I'm playing support at the moment and always dropping ammo for people.

EL_JOCK · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:40

LOAM said:
depends on what your gaming mind set is tbh, in public play I want to have fun and a decent scrap. Out of principle I simply wont ever attack or enter an enemy uncap for the very reason that I think its a tactic employed by people who are either obsessed with their KDR or can only play cheaply. Neither of which are people who I want to game publically with thus if you do it on our server you will be removed.

In a scrim / match then I have no issues with it what so ever, its a valid tactic employed in a match, but only in a match. End of the day its about having fun, that includes everybody on the server, not one team who may have a higher skill level.

I understand your point, i love to have fun when playing and its not fun when the other team offer no challenge. i dont sit ontop of the base if we push the other team back just firing rounds off into the base. howrver you will never get a whole team to stop it without admins which are not always about.

Its more a case of team work/lack of. Base rape is not really the issue. you only get to that point due to the real issue teamwork

Conscript · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:41

Deception said:
Jump in a game with me sometime, I'm playing support at the moment and always dropping ammo for people.

Same, I drop ammo like a madman. I try and play support role as intelligently as possible. Rather than use the LMGs as 200 round spray and pray bullet hoses, I try and find a decent position with a good field of fire. Then I drop ammo next to me before I setup on a bipod. Not only does it help if I run low when giving covering fire, but it means team mates can spawn on me and fall back to me to resupply.

Angst · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:41

Not been able to disable rumble on my 360 pad is really starting to grate on me now :/

smogsy · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:47

Angst said:
Not been able to disable rumble on my 360 pad is really starting to grate on me now :/

theres a config file in there virbration = 0 i think not sure of config file a mate done it and fixed it.

arknor · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:50

Squark said:
I hate it when other jet pilots just fly straight into you, making no attempt at all to avoid a collision

its a good way to get points when you dont have any good unlocks , i often flew into tanks aswell

DEL 707 · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:54

cyclonus10 said:
I must be one of the few jet pilots who sees a jet take off and not immediately take it out before it has been in the air for longer than 10 secs. Base raping is a big no-no in my eyes
Let the the jet take off, turn away and then turn back and then engage.
I like to fly head on and see who wins the agility battle to get behind each other. If we dont take each other out in a mid-air collision that is
Not really sure why they are increasing damage with the jet cannon on choppers though. They seem fine the way they are.

Your far more forgiving then me

I don't base rape and I don't take out planes taking off, but I stick to them like flies to ****, I give them a grace period as such, let them see if they notice me, let them try to evade. If none of that happens withing their grace period, I just take them out then go back to writing my name in the sky

Base raping planes isn't fun or challanging, I do wish all maps with airfields had some form of stationary AA.

Tombo · 3 Dec 2011 at 16:56

setter said:
Im beginning to think that they should just remove hand held anti aircraft weapons all together. Theyre practically useless, seems the only way to bring a plane/chopper down is with the maa. Ive had more luck bringing choppers down with an assault rifle or a grenade launcher.

Well they next patch reduces the effectiveness of stealth, increases gunner flare recharge time and buffs damage vs jets.

DEL 707 said:
Base raping planes isn't fun or challanging, I do wish all maps with airfields had some form of stationary AA.

they do

setter · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:00

Hopefully a step in the right direction. The aircraft are way overpowered at the minute, and theres virtually no way to stop them.

Squark · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:00

arknor said:
its a good way to get points when you dont have any good unlocks , i often flew into tanks aswell

How? It counts as a suicide, not a kill.

Clipsey · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:02

Seeing as I can't play multiplayer since the patch came out, thought I may as well carry on with the campaign.........10mins in, crashed

This patch can't come soon enough!! Better fix my problems!

Squark · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:02

setter said:
Hopefully a step in the right direction. The aircraft are way overpowered at the minute, and theres virtually no way to stop them.

But in CQ it doesn't matter, jets especially, they very rarely turn the tide in a ground battle.

compboyo · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:04

Someone advise me

1. How cna I level up jets...I fly around and miss everything with my pistol shooter on my runs...to fast cant aim right or see enemies.

2. Is it even worht levelling up jets, will I want to use them anyway?

arknor · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:19

Squark said:
How? It counts as a suicide, not a kill.

try it a few times generally you get a kill before the suicide, i always had the gun firing though as i flew into them , maybe thats why i got a kill?

if you dont do nay dmg and just fly into them maybe it just countd as a suicide for both

compboyo · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:20

setter said:
Im beginning to think that they should just remove hand held anti aircraft weapons all together. Theyre practically useless, seems the only way to bring a plane/chopper down is with the maa. Ive had more luck bringing choppers down with an assault rifle or a grenade launcher.

can i brind down a chopper or do serious damage with machine gun?

Westie · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:23

Uploading my first ever video at the moment to YT, ill link after its done just of me in a littlebird on Damavand peak - rush! i never recorded before so thought id give it a go

1kiwi · 3 Dec 2011 at 17:26

Art said:
I do that as well, I've been on the receiving end of it and it's pretty low. I can understand why they're buffing the cannon though, it's pretty harmless against choppers. Maybe that's just me...

Yeah, but when you follow them, jump up and down in front of them and shoot the ground in front of them with what little ammo you have left there's no way they can miss you, but I've had people ignore me anyway.

I don't like baseraping but I just came from a game where we were getting owned at the start by baserapers. My mate and I (on TS) split up, (AA/Jet) and painted the sky red. Then I proceeded to their base taking out anything that moved or spawned. Eye for an eye as they say

Squark said:
I hate it when other jet pilots just fly straight into you, making no attempt at all to avoid a collision

Yep this really ****es me off.

Tombo said:
Well they next patch reduces the effectiveness of stealth, increases gunner flare recharge time and buffs damage vs jets.
they do

I think choppers are the most overpowered at the minute so the extra cannon damage will help.