Battlefield 3 thread - Server details in opening post -

Fr0dders · 5 Mar 2012 at 02:51

If you've been reading the blogs recently, you'll have heard the rumours that the next DLC is due to be announced at the GDC in San Francisco this week.

Well The EA event at the GDC is 6pm PST on Tuesday

http://battlefieldo.com/threads/gdc12-ea-game-changers-event.4045/

So about 2am Wednesday Our Time. Don't think i'll bother staying up, but certainly look forward to reading all about it Wednesday morning !

Number_25 · 5 Mar 2012 at 07:04

Looks as if DICE/EA are trying to rebuild the game completley to me.

_Jimlad_ · 5 Mar 2012 at 08:05

i got another orgin update just now (40mb)

Greebo · 5 Mar 2012 at 08:25

Some good games over the weekend. Love JG trying (and failing) to get my tags

Was a mortar whore again I;m afraid. Half way to 300 kills now.

mrk · 5 Mar 2012 at 09:06

Hmm I am liking Claymore mines more than anything now. Been pootling along planting them in random busy areas then minutes later getting kill notifications and quietly sniggering like a fool xD

If only you could plant more than 2 at a time!

Deception · 5 Mar 2012 at 09:19

mrk said:
Hmm I am liking Claymore mines more than anything now. Been pootling along planting them in random busy areas then minutes later getting kill notifications and quietly sniggering like a fool xD

If only you could plant more than 2 at a time!

I've been doing that too, so funny to hear people on TS when you get them with it.

Greebo · 5 Mar 2012 at 09:24

mrk said:
Hmm I am liking Claymore mines more than anything now. Been pootling along planting them in random busy areas then minutes later getting kill notifications and quietly sniggering like a fool xD

If only you could plant more than 2 at a time!

Weird thing is you get the points in whatever you are in. I got some points allocated to my heli last night as people set my claymores off from earlier in the round. Not complaining as it upped my level in the heli

mrk · 5 Mar 2012 at 09:24

I never knew that, awesome!

I multiple long range headshotted a guy called Bobsomething (the name passes me now lol), he wasn't pleased at all going by the meh in the chatbox

*strokes SV98 + 12x*

Yurka · 5 Mar 2012 at 09:32

nearly coming to my 300 claymores, not looking forward to 300 mortar kills ;/

LOAM · 5 Mar 2012 at 10:23

claymore with an ammo bag over it us pure win

Ammo is so rare in BF3 that they flock to them like pigeons.

iguanoid · 5 Mar 2012 at 11:14

mmmm claymore and ammo bag. I'm liking that

shuffle · 5 Mar 2012 at 11:28

Yurka said:
nearly coming to my 300 claymores, not looking forward to 300 mortar kills ;/

Can i ask whats the significance of 300, do you get an award?
One of things I liked about BC2 was the incentive of using the gadgets, awarded a badge for 100 kills etc. Though in this, theres no award for mortar/mine/C4/Claymore kills? or am i wrong, havent had the game that long, although looking at stats page suggests this?

Greebo · 5 Mar 2012 at 11:38

shuffle said:
Can i ask whats the significance of 300, do you get an award?
One of things I liked about BC2 was the incentive of using the gadgets, awarded a badge for 100 kills etc. Though in this, theres no award for mortar/mine/C4/Claymore kills? or am i wrong, havent had the game that long, although looking at stats page suggests this?

There's a medal for 300 claymore and mortar kills. Otherwise I would have stopped using both ages ago.

JamesM · 5 Mar 2012 at 12:33

People who use claymores need to be banned.

In my opinion of course

mrk · 5 Mar 2012 at 12:37

People who don't look where they walk need to be banned

L33 · 5 Mar 2012 at 12:46

Claymores are quite a good tactical defense, don't think I've used more than one or two but can see why people use them. Mortars on the other hand are just pathetically cowardly. They need to be nerfed so that they can't be deployed in the 'safe' zones that the enemy team can't go into (as people just sit in their spawn for the entire 40 minute round spamming mortars), and they need to have their accuracy randomly affected; there's no way a mortar could be adjusted so quickly and hit target so accurately every time.

Bubo · 5 Mar 2012 at 12:55

They should make mortars team kill on hardcore servers, as I am pretty sure they don't. Why should mortar spam not take out your own team the same way nades do. That way it would be forced into being used much more tactically. If I had my way claymores would also come under this on hardcore, though would show up on the map if they are your teams. You would have to duck past them then.

Art · 5 Mar 2012 at 12:58

L33 said:
Mortars on the other hand are just pathetically cowardly. They need to be nerfed so that they can't be deployed in the 'safe' zones that the enemy team can't go into (as people just sit in their spawn for the entire 40 minute round spamming mortars)

That's not a massive problem because it's easy to spawn with your own mortar and one-shot them. I've noticed recently though that a lot of mortars have stopped showing up on the map: if that was fixed mortars wouldn't be a problem at all.

JamesM · 5 Mar 2012 at 13:02

I believe they are being nerfed in part of the upcoming patch so that's not too much of a problem. Also mortaring from spawn isn't too much of a big deal. Anyone who does that and thinks they are safe hasn't played against me as I'd happily sacrifice myself deep in enemy territory just to kill a bloody mortar.

I've always thought of claymores as a cheap kill and unless you crawl every where it's difficult to spot them just before you end up having your face blown off.

They serve their purpose though and I guess I'm just a bad sport haha.

I get much more satisfaction from shooting someone face to face

Greebo · 5 Mar 2012 at 13:13

Claymores are good and defending stairs in a building you are in.