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Originally Posted by n4styn4t3 I play tdm. Am I a bad person?

No it just means you are biding time for COD.

I'm up to 29 kills in the F-18. Loving this shit

F-18/Flanker + Tanks + M4 = my battlefield experience.


I enjoyed MOH single player. The AI was horrendous but it had its moments. It certainly wasnt great by any means.

I really hate that DICE restricts you to four players. I understand you can play with more but it's such a hassle to get even 4 people in the same squad on the same team in the same game. I can't stand having 8 retards on my team. Getting losses where 4 people can't carry the dead weight of 8 others is rage inducing.

Just got back from the honeymoon (it was booked before this release date was finalized ) and have a full day off tomorrow to start BF3.

How are the servers holding up? Typical BF where they blow for the first few weeks and then get it together?

This game gets ruined by what most games like this get ruining by the ease of sniping. Its far to broad so everyone and their mom wants to do it which ruins the game on both sides. Too many of them sitting in bushes by themselves not attacking nor defending.

I wish for once a company would have the balls to not even include that class in a game and/or actually make it challenging because by far the ratio of good snipers to bad is something around 1:200.

There is only one game I can remember every playing that got it right and that was Americas Army, not only did you have to jump through a shit ton of hoops to even unlock the class it was hard has hell to aim.

I ing hate point and click snipers.

Whats the highest score you guys have got so far? I just put in a 9k round just now on Rush.

Originally Posted by n4styn4t3 I play tdm. Am I a bad person?

That's an emphatic yes.

Nah, whatever floats your boat. I can't stand it, personally. The game's mechanics and maps don't feel balanced for it, and the random spawning was pretty horrific. It literally put me right behind someone, so I didn't even have to move to knife them.

Originally Posted by Soodmeg This game gets ruined by what most games like this get ruining by the ease of sniping. Its far to broad so everyone and their mom wants to do it which ruins the game on both sides. Too many of them sitting in bushes by themselves not attacking nor defending. I wish for once a company would have the balls to not even include that class in a game and/or actually make it challenging because by far the ratio of good snipers to bad is something around 1:200.

Cannot agree enough. I'm not a teamkiller, but damn do I want to knife the 5+ "snipers" sitting back not doing jack to help take objectives or cover me. Your K/D spread doesn't mean shit when you're not a team player. I wish people, including DICE, would stop putting any value on K/D, since that has no bearing or correlation to skill or victory in this game. I was MVP with 4 or 5 kills to 10 deaths because I destroyed 6 or 7 MCOMs in a single round.

Originally Posted by Soodmeg Whats the highest score you guys have got so far? I just put in a 9k round just now on Rush.

I think my highest was around 2500.
Yes I'm serious.

I suck ass, but I have fun.

I totally agree with others about the sniping issue, although I do think that they've taken some big steps since BC2. I loved BC2 but the sniping was just something I had to live with. At least with BF3 they've taken away some of the power with with shaky crosshair and lots of muzzle flash. Unfortunately, I think they toned down the muzzle flash a bit from the beta, which I thought was perfectly acceptable. I'd love DICE to at least include a game mode that removes the sniper class. Wouldn't that be interesting?

Also, I'm having fun flying the jets the few times that I'm lucky enough to find one available due to the hoarders wasting time waiting around for them. However, do you really just start off with the turret and no missiles or am I missing a button? I was able to tail lots of other jets and put tons of rounds into them but the most damage I ever got was seeing them smoke.

Originally Posted by gubmccargen Also, I'm having fun flying the jets the few times that I'm lucky enough to find one available due to the hoarders wasting time waiting around for them. However, do you really just start off with the turret and no missiles or am I missing a button? I was able to tail lots of other jets and put tons of rounds into them but the most damage I ever got was seeing them smoke.

Unfortunately, you gotta unlock the heat seeking missiles. Once you get those puppies, you'll have 100x more fun flying jets.

I hit my highest today at just around 12,300. I'll check battlelog just to make sure but it was definitely an insane ing round. Used the shotty and mines the whole time!

Originally Posted by Soodmeg This game gets ruined by what most games like this get ruining by the ease of sniping. Its far to broad so everyone and their mom wants to do it which ruins the game on both sides. Too many of them sitting in bushes by themselves not attacking nor defending. I wish for once a company would have the balls to not even include that class in a game and/or actually make it challenging because by far the ratio of good snipers to bad is something around 1:200. There is only one game I can remember every playing that got it right and that was Americas Army, not only did you have to jump through a shit ton of hoops to even unlock the class it was hard has hell to aim. I ing hate point and click snipers.

I agree completely. Most FPS games do get ruined by the snipers. It's so freaking annoying in a game of rush where half your team is just camping and sniping horribly. Though I doubt a game will ever completely eliminate the sniper/recon/etc class, it would be nice to see it made a little more difficult or at least hard to unlock actual sniper rifles. Something...anything...to discourage the idiots...

Originally Posted by JustYourAverageJoe Nah, whatever floats your boat. I can't stand it, personally. The game's mechanics and maps don't feel balanced for it, and the random spawning was pretty horrific. It literally put me right behind someone, so I didn't even have to move to knife them.

I've played a lot of TDM, and it is amazes me how poorly they implanted spawning in this game. I honestly find it hard to believe that NO ONE from DICE noticed how badly they screwed that up. I cannot tell you how many times I have spawned right in front of a group of enemies.

Thanks for the info on the jets and I can't wait to unlock the missiles. Now the challenge is going to be earning points with just the gun.

I'm also really enjoying using the vehicle mines in this game. One of the major improvements of mines in BF3 is allowing them to remain planted beyond your death. If I'm not mistaken BC2 removed them as soon as you died, which made it pointless for me to spend much time with them. It's one of those things that is incredibly frustrating when you're plowing along in a tank and just get destroyed but also so satisfying to just get tons of random points when you do it yourself.

I played a few rounds tonight with CAG Platooner Shady this evening and we dominated most of the rounds. The rest of you join up already! I'm not sure what the actual practical purpose is of a platoon but it lets you easily keep track of other CAGs and get their Gamertag if you want more friendly BF3-playing CAGs. http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3...5241033136176/

How do I join the platoon in game?

Originally Posted by n4styn4t3 How do I join the platoon in game?

You don't.

Originally Posted by Sistros Unfortunately, you gotta unlock the heat seeking missiles. Once you get those puppies, you'll have 100x more fun flying jets.

I don't even use heat seeking missiles anymore. I use the free fire missiles. I've gotten to the point where I can own people in the air with my cannon just fine. Heat seeking missiles are kind of pointless now that everyone has flares since they fly around like idiots just deploying them. Its easier to just get a drop on them and take them down.


The servers have been smoothed out for the most part. The only map that has consistent issues is Tehran Highway. That map always has rubber band lag. Dice is supposed to be working on it though.

To join the platoon go to: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3...5241033136176/ or search for "Cheapassgamer" 13 of us so far, pretty cool site!

If you can fly a jet you'll be gazed upon with amazement by the platoon, i'm the top pilot with 0 score per minute. LOL

I think I FINALLY unlocked some guns that I can kill people with on a regular basis which is sad because i'm a level 23. I had been forced to play as an anti vehicle guy or medic/support which is fun as can be but gun play seriously pissed me off to no end in this game. I'm way to agressive and barely played BC2... I think tonight i'm going to run a ethernet cable up from the basement and see if lag is a problem for me.

I am totally new to Battlefield and I can't decide if I hate this game or like it. The play style is cool and if you can get a good team its fun. However getting a good team is next to impossible. Why is everyone obsessed with sniping? Now before I get called a hypocrite when someone looks at my stats, my "sniper" kills have all been using iron sights or a holo sight. I have bad aim with an automatic so I use those rifles like the FAL in MW2. I have been trying Rush but I can't get a decent team for the life of me. Usually 5 moron snipers and a couple idiots in vehicles then the rest of us to go for the objectives. Also is it just me or does leveling take way too damn long? Then when you do level you find out the weapon/equipment/whatever sucks anyways.

If you see me on and what to play just send me an invite TakeoverClown13 and I will warn you, I either suck or do medicore so don't expect more

I joined the platoon on battlelog but it doesn't appear ingame?

Ill join up the next time I'm on the log.

I can fly choppers and jets just fine. Flying and actually scoring kills is another story. Its a little easier in the attack chopper but how do you even score points in scout choppers? No guns so I just fly around spotting. Kinda sucks.