***ArmA 3 Thread***

thought the combined arms showcase was a bit of a disappointment. I was expecting there to be more vehicles and better involvement but it just seems to be predominantely infantry again.

Altis sure does look tasty though, I know on paper it doesnt sound much bigger than chernarus but the map looks absolutely huge - seems to be around 20km at the widedest point (25ish if you take the most northern tips, but they are seperated by water) and 15km at its tallest point. Lost of exploring to be done, thats for sure!

I reckon that choke point near the main central airfield will make for some interesting tactial play in CTI type missions, practically splits the island in two
 
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got a new card (7950) and wow what a difference it makes, can now run everything on ultra at about 30 (dips occasionally) , meaning I can actually play this now

Had a great game tonight as medic - until we pushed too far on a misson and my entire team inc heli got wiped out over about a 3 minute period, leaving me to try and leg it out there , needless to say I got shot in the back and died :(
 
iamtheoneneo said:
got a new card (7950) and wow what a difference it makes, can now run everything on ultra at about 30 (dips occasionally) , meaning I can actually play this now

Had a great game tonight as medic - until we pushed too far on a misson and my entire team inc heli got wiped out over about a 3 minute period, leaving me to try and leg it out there , needless to say I got shot in the back and died :(
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I like being a medic on co-op, gives me a feeling of importance when people actually need reviving. Lord knows the game needs them with the insane AI aim from across the other side of the map!
 
Anyone playing Arma 3 on a regular basis?

Been playing lots of co-op missions and now just trying Stratis Life (which is hilarious)


Wouldn't mind finding some active people
 
I've been playing frequently on the AhoyWorld servers - Invade & Annex Co-op mission. Would recommend any Co-op mission over Wasteland!
 
Zico said:
I've been playing frequently on the AhoyWorld servers - Invade & Annex Co-op mission. Would recommend any Co-op mission over Wasteland!
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Was on there last night and this morning, also been on the BlackPatriots server which had some great team work going on.
 
It's not hard to join up with someone on a server and play as a team. It helps if you have a microphone and use either the in game VoN (voice over network) or a TeamSpeak server if the server is advertising one.
 
I just got the basic alpha on Steam. I had the original Operation Flashpoint many years ago but never bothered again as OF was buggy as hell and very frustrating - plus my PC at the time barely ran it! I got bored after it kept bugging at the end of missions so I couldn't complete them :(

So I installed A3A and I am playing through the showcase missions. I have completed the first 3 and have just started the heli mission.

But......

There does not appear to be any other content after that? All the game type options below showcase are empty. Is that how it should be? Will any further missions unlock once I have completed the showcase ones?

So afar I am not finding it anywhere near as hard as OF was (dying from enemy hits when they are a KM away was annoying! :p ). I am completely new to the modern Arma games but I am managing in single player, even if there are a few bugs. Not being able to kill the boat gunners until after I have found the AA RPG on the Scuba mission for instance, or the fact that 2 enemy scuba divers just 'appear' and start shooting me as soon as I sabotage the boat. Also on the vehicle mission my character appeared to have a hefty sniper scope on his weapon but I couldn't figure out how to use it! (So probably not a bug, just me being crap :p )

I am still getting to grips with the interface and controls (I am using total default controls btw) and I have enjoyed it so far.

That said for a simulator I found some things a little odd. Deactivating mines is as instant as pressing an on/off button, the same with sabotaging the boat. I appreciate this is only at alpha stage but I would have thought there would have been at least some time penalty for doing these things as well as some player animation using tools or something....?

I also find the vehicle controls to be awful! Clearly I have never driven an armoured vehicle but I find it hard to believe that they handle half as badly as the game makes out they do!

I also couldn't figure out what the melee button was (if the game even has it?). There was an enemy soldier randomly floating in the water and using a standard weapon he had no way to attack me. I also had a standard weapon after swapping my underwater gun so I thought I would go and rock his jaw with the butt of my rifle but couldn't :( I also wasn't even carrying a knife - which I find hard to believe for a pro special forces scuba soldier! :p

Anyways, I will see how A3 pans out and hopefully figure out how to play more content. Unfortunately I cannot visit any of the online resources from this PC, so will have to wait until later :(

Cheers

Buff
 
Zico said:
I've been playing frequently on the AhoyWorld servers - Invade & Annex Co-op mission. Would recommend any Co-op mission over Wasteland!
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Agreed these are the best servers by far, and comms are top notch with good team cohesion.

To some of the people saying this is easy....I think your just not playing the right game mode/servers tbh. On AW servers if the enemies spot you your pretty much pinned down , dead unless your in a good spot, and then if you hang about to long they just rain down mortar on you :p

My only bug bear at the mo is that you cant destroy towers with missiles , we had about 10 people go for this side mission, all but me and this other guy got wiped out on this road crossing. We crawled for 10 minutes to get eye of the tower . I fired a missile it didnt go down and then we promptly both got shot in the head :o
 
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I used to enjoy playing on the NICe team domination server. Mostly enjoy taking towns against AI and swapped it up by flying the black hawk for extraction from AO etc.... Anyone got any suggestions on what servers i could play?
 
As we have been saying look for the AhoyWorld servers there easy to spot in the server list as they are always full or near full. They run Annex and their called
EU #1 CO-OP Dedicated AW Invade & Annex etc...

just dont pick the pilot or sniper spots if they are available (which is never) because your get crucified in chat if your not up to par. Same to an extent with medics - just make sure you can revive if you go medic class.
 
Life missions are awesome!

As you say though, the server needs to have decent admins who are on top of everything as people normally try to deathmatch all the time.
 
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Have to download any additional files?
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The mod is about 4mb.. The additional files (server makes u download them as u join) is about 2mb I think.

Was playing on ZombieClan server which isn't too bad as they had admins on for most of the time.
Bit of glitching between daytime/nighttime though (i.e. it was daytime for me and night-time for my friend)

EDIT: Bad point about it is the mod doesn't seem to have character saving just yet - when you log out you lose money/items/progress, but the devs are working on adding this afaik.
 
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