Battlefield 3 Discussion Thread

yeah i dont really know much about the AC-130. i thought it was going to have more seats though, primarily because of all the different rounds its capable of firing.

 

You probably just switch through the rounds by pressing the 1, 2, etc. Like in a tank or heli.

 

maybe. well just have to wait and see. cause i watched an interview and they were really pushing the idea of the AC-130 as a mobile spawnpoint.

 

i want to pilot the ac 130

 

Wait what did I miss about this conversation with the AC130? What, when, where, why? It just came up out of the blue.

 

in the next expansion there will be an ac 130 with two seats, although both seats look like they will be gunner seats, and the plane will be autopiloted, which is stupid.

 

Eh, I'm fine with that. If they were pilot-able there would be too many problems with bad pilots and trolls.

 

The "Armored Kill" expansion will have an AC-130 that two players can gun from, at least according to the few screenshots we have at this point. That expansion is supposedly going to be the exact opposite of Close Quarters; larger maps and focus on vehicle combat.

Battlefield 3 Armored Kill screenshots show AC-130 gunship, twilight tank battles | PC Gamer

 

Thanks shroom. I'm happy with a spawn point in the sky. As long as people don't camp up there and let others use it for a spawn.

 

How are they going to balance an AC-130?! I'd imagine initially it's going to be pretty ridiculously overpowered...

 

Armored Kill looks a lot better than Close Quarters, played that all of 20 minutes. Not sure Dice remembers what game they are making this for, did they recently pick up some level designers fired from Infinity Ward?

 

I like CQ a lot.

 

The RU can prevent the AC130 from spawning by holding a certain flag.
It is can be shot down by jets, however it does have an anti air gun and flares.

While I'm disappointed that it's not going to be pilotable but at least it prevent trolls from ramming something with it like in 1942.

Too bad, it doesn't move slow enough to be slight movable and interesting as titan mode

 

Hey guys, I know this isn't Battlefield related but I figured I'd ask since it's an Origin question.

So I'm trying to buy FIFA 10 from Origin, I put it in my shopping cart, hit check out, fill out CC info, hit continue, does its little cloak thingy showing some activity but then nothing happens and it returns to the CC info page. No confirmation page or anything. Is this a known bug? This is my first time trying to buy from Origin (with BF3 all I did was put in the CD-key) and so far it's kinda bumming me out :/

 

Check your CC statement if they have a pending charge on it.

 

No activity on the CC. I've tried everything, signing out, restarting Origin, deleting and re-adding FIFA 10 to the shopping cart. I've noticed that while doing these things, sometimes the whole interface lags hard or blank spaces appear and nothing loads. Gonna give it a rest for tonight and try tomorrow.

EDIT: Okay, well tried it one last time before going to sleep and it worked! Only difference this time is that I left the box checked to save my CC info for future purchases. Now I have to figure a way to erase it...anyways, forget whatever I was talking about!

 

its a great addition, maps are awesome, still does the "run and gun" gameplay better than COD.

By the way, is it me, or is everyone getting crappy performance on the maps except Ziba tower? i have the 7970m clevo with 12.7 driver and I get 50-60 average on ziba tower, 30-45 on everything else and sometimes goes down to 20-25 fps. On ziba tower i never get anything below 35 FPS. i play on all max settings ultra.

 

The only reason I'm playing CQ is for the assignments. When I'm done with those, I won't be playing any more. It's a good change of pace, but to me it's just stupid, run and gun, die, respawn every ten seconds.

 

I do get quite abysmal FPS on most of the CQ maps, however this is on my asus laptop with an i5 and 550m.

HTWing, what kind of frames are you usually getting on CQ maps?

 

I get 50-70FPS normally at 1366x768 on high settings.

 

well, if you think about it
a. it will only have 2 seats
b. cant be driven
c. only one set of the magnificant "angel flares"
d. can be shot down like any other plane.

I'd assume it would be similar to the air raid bunker thing from Battlefield 1943.

 

Don't forget that we got TV missiles to snipe them away plus the soflam/laser painter range to enable jav/guided missiles extended range

 

yup thats true too,

 

so, is the tank-focused expansion pack next in line for release? I've been on a BF3 break since D3 came out, but I'm quickly souring on D3 for a multitude of issues. Looking to go back to BF3 but have zero interest in CQ.

 

Yes. It is slated for release in September.

 

Quick question. If a medic revives you, do you have to accept it or can you stay dead?

I was playing tonight and I did auto server (I'm lazy) and it put me in rush with 2 other people. I figured id work on some assignments so decided to play it out

We get down to the last mcom and I realize they are working together to light me up. My teammate would revive me and the tank would shoot me down. I was stuck on this cycle and I couldn't get out of it. Finally I guess it wouldn't allow a revive, so I got a tank, blasted his tank, rammed them like no other, killed him and blew up the last station.

If I could have refused revive I'd be a few less kills in debt to my k/d ratio.

 

I believe it will only revive you if you hold down space. If you don't then you will just die.

 

You need to hold E for a few seconds to reject the revive.

 

and it doesnt count as a death until you get to the prespawn screen.

 

Gameplay with Clevo P150EM 7970m. 12.7 official beta driver.
Clevo P150EM / Sager NP9150 AMD 7970m BF3 Multiplayer 2 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYTaKqRhSco&feature=channel&list=UL

 

But the killer gets the +1 kill count if you die during the revive option (recently introduced).

You can get revived quite a bit beyond on the prespawn screen.

 

This is why an online guide could be so helpful for noobs. I like the veteran solutions.

 

I actually had the chance to play BF3 again for a little bit yesterday. Decided to to the Gun Master thing with 3D enabled on my desktop (which is _weird_). Wasn't to bad, but I want my HC TDM on the new maps. That will be _awesome_.

 

Gun master sucks. If you get behind AT ALL you're done for.

 

Nah, in the few games I played I managed to catch up to the leader pretty quickly even when I was 45 weapons behind. Just have to get into a good rhythm, although the first few times I unlocked the sniper it threw me vs having semi/full auto weapons until then.

 

Although I have the typical problem where I get off the first 2-3 shots (with X hit indicators mind you) yet still am the one who dies first.

 

I am still having few issues of stat loss.
Yesterday I was doing a conquest domination 600 tickets to get 50 kills in PKP. I completed the assignment and after I quit the game, the stats are not there.

 

I am terrible with the shotguns. By the time I usually get finished with them game is over.

 

yeah the stupid stats thing happens to me too. i unlocked the Jackhammer shotgun 4 times, and it still hasnt fully registered.

 

Yeah, I've passed Level 14 about three times now. Not sure what the heck is going on.

 

i have noticed that in the VIDEO options in Battlefield, each resolution comes with two identical refresh rates. for example, assume that i had picked 1366x768 @ 60Hz before and want to change it. if i click on ">" next to the resolution to select the next in line, i'd get 1366x768 @ 60Hz again. then i click on ">" again to go to the next resolution and it gives me 1600x900 @ 59Hz. clicking on ">" again gives the same 1600x900 @ 59Hz. now if i click on ">" again, it changes to 1600x900 @ 60Hz, and clicking on ">" yet again, gives the same 1600x900 @ 60Hz, and so on. does anybody you know what's happening and why each resolution/refresh rate is being repeated twice here?

 

I think you have to finish the round in order to save the stats. Never had a problem with my unlocks even when I unlock something then quit I still have it on the next round.

 

Well, I get all kinds of ribbons and points which shows up at end of the match and while it gives me the countdown to load another map, I simply exit.
I don't know if you meant that?
I did notice few guys using FAMAS, so maybe the bug still exist?

 

It's a glitch or something. Sometimes stats just don't get recorded. Happens to me too.

 

If the server crashed (or the likely, an admin purposely reset) before it can submit, then it didn't get recorded.

However, there is a very short grace period that allows you to use the recently unlock when you change servers before the last server submits. But it will get lost if the previous server didn't submit.

At least, it wasn't like that old famas glitch that nullified everyone's stat cause of 1 guy decided to be a jerk with it

 

Thats strange.
I hope I don't have to face it again specially during the double xp week.

 

^ so nobody has seen this?

 

I've seen it. I don't have an answer for you though.

 

I think one might be 59Hz and the other 60Hz, but it just sees them both at 60Hz.

 

thanks. but 59Hz already exists. it could be that one is 59Hz, the other is 59.94Hz (shown as 60Hz), and the next one is 60Hz. but this does not explain why 59Hz is also being shown twice. idk!