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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    Being useless, then.

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    If destroying the other teams armor is considered useless then yes? Maybe?

  • TOGSolidTOGSolid Drunk sailor Seattle, WashingtonRegistered User regular
    edited December 2011
    I think the gun club challenges might be a bit bugged because I started this one on the 14th and the challenge is to get 50 headshots. It's been two weeks since then and GC thinks I haven't gotten 50 headshots yet? Wut?
    EDIT: Yeah, they're SUPER bugged.
    Headshots on PC 0
    Lol, fix your shit EA.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    wakkawa wrote:
    If destroying the other teams armor is considered useless then yes? Maybe?

    Name me one map that is perfectly flat and has no cover.

    Name me a map that has a tank that can't be killed by C4.

    Now name me the hundreds of times a helicopter has been vastly more useful killing infantry.

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  • TOGSolidTOGSolid Drunk sailor Seattle, WashingtonRegistered User regular
    edited December 2011
    wakkawa wrote:
    If destroying the other teams armor is considered useless then yes? Maybe?

    Name me one map that is perfectly flat and has no cover.

    Wake Island damn near fits this bill.

    EDIT: BF3 Wake Island is a pretty terrible map in general though.

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    Gulf, Wake, firestorm.

    Depends on the flags you own though.

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  • TOGSolidTOGSolid Drunk sailor Seattle, WashingtonRegistered User regular
    GET ON DA DOAM NAOW

    Do not be alarmed by the Meatro, we're just trying to fill the server up.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    ON THE DOAM

    GOAOAGOAOGA

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  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    Yeeeeeah, Dome time!

  • TOGSolidTOGSolid Drunk sailor Seattle, WashingtonRegistered User regular
    Also, I would just like to state that my new keyboard is faptastic.

    Das Keyboard ftw.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    I would play this game with you people

    But having purchased it a couple days ago on the cheap, it didn't come with Back to Karkand

    Oh well

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  • mr_michmr_mich Mmmmagic. MDRegistered User regular
    2 MCOM attacker ribbons in one round.

    THEY CALL ME DRIZZLIN CAUSE I MAKE IT RAIN

  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    How do you get the type 88 LMG? Ive got the Limited edition Xbox version, was it some pre-order bonus or something? Is it going to be available for everyone at some point?

  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    Whoever keeps dropping soflams and actually steering them towards interesting targets: you are my hero and I <3 you.

  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    if im on a vehicle-heavy map and im a recon and I dont use SOFLAM, I feel physically sick from guilt.

  • JyrenBJyrenB St. AugustineRegistered User regular
    Shiashi. Your rockets. They hunt me. It's almost worse than the shotgun.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    JyrenB wrote:
    Shiashi. Your rockets. They hunt me. It's almost worse than the shotgun.

    Engineer is pretty hard.

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  • tehkensaitehkensai Registered User regular
    Holy crap. Just upgraded from a 5670 to a 6850...

    I CAN SEE FOR MIIIIIIILEEEEEES

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    seriously fuck choppers. There is nothing you can do against them. Especially on sharqi and wake.

    every time on those maps its the same shit. Stingers are fuckin worthless even in groups. At least in bf 2 you could manually guide the damn things. There are no skilled based AA options.

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  • Mr.SunshineMr.Sunshine Registered User regular
    wakkawa wrote:
    One soflam can cover entire maps. I jumped in with a javelin and shot down every chopper, plane, and tank with my starting ammo.

  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    That's the problem though. It's all or nothing.

    If I'm lucky a teammate will have the soflam out. If not I'm fucked.

    The person I normally play with doesn't have the javelin or the soflam unlocked.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    I never have these issues with helicopters.

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    Thats probably because you carry a posse hoping they won't suck so much if they are around you.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    Wait.

    What?

    Suddenly, animosity!

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    Seriously though you normally have like 6 people following you whenever I see you on the dome.

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    I guess that's cool.

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  • tehkensaitehkensai Registered User regular
    wakkawa wrote:
    Thats probably because you carry a posse hoping they won't suck so much if they are around you.

    Playing this game without regular squadmates and solo most likely will result in frustration. Seriously, get a squad that plays together a little bit more constantly.
    it seems like a lot of your complaints are usually solo oriented. You aren't going to do a goddamn thing solo except die horribly, most of the time.

    You are not a one man killing machine. Learn that.

    And for choppers-

    Soflam/jav/tank with third seat, or just a guided shell along with the soflam. Multiple(2+) stingers. With the stingers you might not actually kill it, but you'll sure as hell make him run or be a lot more defensive in the way he goes after targets.

    And the transport helo- while yeah, it can be repaired, its really more of a distraction than anything else compared to its bc2 counterpart. The guns just arent accurate enough.

    And sit back and relax. If you're getting this pissed off about a videogame it might be a good idea to take a break from it.

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  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    In other news; THE GOAL IS REACHEDEDED.

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  • TorgaironTorgairon Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    tehkensai wrote:
    You are not a one man killing machine. Learn that.

    sir I just unlocked the p90

    this snippet doesn't make sense in that light

    also if you think mild balance complaints are worthy of deploying the chill pill comments, never check the SC2 thread ever. :o

    edit: I was thinking to myself just now that if I reached half of what shiashi's apm now is, I would be satisfied. MY LIFE IS A LIEEEEEE

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  • mr_michmr_mich Mmmmagic. MDRegistered User regular
    Wakkawakka, are you ever happy playing this game? :(

    I had some really weird issues earlier today. PunkBuster errors first, then after I manually updated and rebooted my computer/router, it was fixed...for a little bit. Then my 6850's kept giving me a "Driver has failed and recovered" message while I was watching a movie. Then the game client wouldn't even launch. A few reboots later, and I'm back to normal...for now. Sucks that after 60 hours or so things start flipping shit.

  • emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    tehkensai wrote:
    You are not a one man killing machine. Learn that.

    Im pretty sure thats exactly what I am. Because pubs dont support.

  • TOGSolidTOGSolid Drunk sailor Seattle, WashingtonRegistered User regular
    Holy shit, we're not online, but the Dome is still cooking. Fuck yeah.


    Speaking of which, Imma go play around, anyone still awake should totes jump in.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    I see the kill cam is still unskippable, the Frostbite 2 engine is still monstrously inefficient, and sniping still sucks. Here I was hoping all that had been addressed by now.

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    HORRIBLE GAME BECAUSE OF ONE INCONVENIENCE, A NEW ENGINE, AND A MILDLY DIFFICULT PLAYSTYLE

    PRE-ORDER CANCELLED.

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  • Mr.SunshineMr.Sunshine Registered User regular
    I AM SIGNING A INTERNET PETITION AS WE SPEAK!

  • TorgaironTorgairon Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    Hacksaw wrote:
    I see the kill cam is still unskippable, the Frostbite 2 engine is still monstrously inefficient, and sniping still sucks. Here I was hoping all that had been addressed by now.

    I'm pretty sure the respawn timer intentionally includes the killcam to avoid rezzing that much quicker. if you'd prefer to stare at your corpse and ponder instead of viewing the direction your killer is heading in, I suppose that's fair enough.

    I also enjoy sniping for the simple fact that I'm terrible at it, it has a noticeable learning curve and you know if somebody is consistently popping you they're working for it. what don't you like about it?

    edit: BOLD

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    Torgairon wrote:
    Hacksaw wrote:
    I see the kill cam is still unskippable, the Frostbite 2 engine is still monstrously inefficient, and sniping still sucks. Here I was hoping all that had been addressed by now.

    I'm pretty sure the respawn timer intentionally includes the killcam to avoid rezzing that much quicker. if you'd prefer to stare at your corpse and ponder instead of viewing the direction your killer is heading in, I suppose that's fair enough.

    I also enjoy sniping for the simple fact that I'm terrible at it, it has a noticeable learning curve and you know if somebody is consistently popping you they're working for it. what don't you like about it?

    edit: BOLD

    The kill cam doesn't affect your spawn timer, it just prevents you from modding your kit as you see suitable and then spawning in a timely manner. Any time spent modding my kit when I could instead be alive and doing man shoots is time not spent helping my team.

    And sniping still sucks because it's effectively a half measure. You're only good against stationary targets, and no one in their right mind stands still in this game for very long. Between that, scope sway (which shouldn't even exist while prone), and long-range lens flare, it almost feels like DICE didn't really want snipers in the game, but did so anyways out of some sort of sense of obligation.

  • Mr.SunshineMr.Sunshine Registered User regular
    Someone should tell that to TOGSolid with his 1000+ kills and 50% accuracy.

  • TorgaironTorgairon Registered User regular
    Hacksaw wrote:
    Torgairon wrote:
    Hacksaw wrote:
    I see the kill cam is still unskippable, the Frostbite 2 engine is still monstrously inefficient, and sniping still sucks. Here I was hoping all that had been addressed by now.

    I'm pretty sure the respawn timer intentionally includes the killcam to avoid rezzing that much quicker. if you'd prefer to stare at your corpse and ponder instead of viewing the direction your killer is heading in, I suppose that's fair enough.

    I also enjoy sniping for the simple fact that I'm terrible at it, it has a noticeable learning curve and you know if somebody is consistently popping you they're working for it. what don't you like about it?

    edit: BOLD

    The kill cam doesn't affect your spawn timer, it just prevents you from modding your kit as you see suitable and then spawning in a timely manner. Any time spent modding my kit when I could instead be alive and doing man shoots is time not spent helping my team.

    And sniping still sucks because it's effectively a half measure. You're only good against stationary targets, and no one in their right mind stands still in this game for very long. Between that, scope sway (which shouldn't even exist while prone), and long-range lens flare, it almost feels like DICE didn't really want snipers in the game, but did so anyways out of some sort of sense of obligation.

    I...guess I can't argue with that, but it's a 10 second inconvenience at most and occasionally there's real value in observing what the person who killed you is doing. I could see a toggle option being useful, but I believe I'd still keep the killcam simply because of its unique ability to show me something I wouldn't be privy to otherwise.

    sniping is tough, there's no doubt about that, but I know for a fact that plenty of people can HS moving targets because often I'm a moving target and my head gets shot. it sounds callous but it seems like your problems are unique. :?

  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    I think TOG is a tad bit hardcore. Sniping essentially feels harder than anything else you can do in the game on an individual level, but without a greater reward. to go with it.

    Except for internet cred, I guess.

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