Play HC.

I hate that shit too but since changing to HC it's alll good

There was actually a bug in beta where if you were running, you would take more damage.

also, they seriously need to nerf those fucking flashlights

it shouldn't be 10x brighter than the sun in broad daylight

>Thinks snipers should one shot body shot
>Laughingwhores.jpg

>>115533700
i did but it was nade'-spamming hell and camping galore. maybe it was just the few games i got into (TDM, sienne canals)

HC was the ONLY thing i played in BC2, however. i loved hardcore in that game

>>115534032
Go stand in front of a USMC sniper while dressed as a taliban and report back, if you can.

>spoiler: you die

>>115534032
>implying otherwise
>costanza.jpg

>>115534312
Your point? Assault rifles should one shot headshot then if you want to go that route. Protip, I'd have a thousand more kills if they did. It doesn't matter, it would be stupidly unbalanced.

>>115534420

Why should you get rewarded with easy kills for a skillless shot? Body shotting with a sniper is the easiest thing in existence, stop being fucking bad and either body shot 2-3 times for the kill or hit them in the head.

>>115534312
>comparing real life with a video game
>not accounting for balance
>not considering DICE themselves said they balance and make decisions based on fun not realism

go back to call of duty

>>115533843
this
cheap bullshit

forget the flashlights, they need to nerf the sun

Balance/skill > realism.

eat shit

>>115533843

>Flashlight blinds me
>Red lights blind me
>It's my own fucking team

Seriously why the fuck did they have your own team mates flash light dazzle you? Just give griefers an easy way out why don't you. Most of the time it isn't even people trying to grief, they just inadvertently point it at you in the confusion.

>>115534651
>he thinks call of duty is realistic in any way

There is a fine line between realism and fun. In order for a game to be fun, it has to be balanced. On the other hand, making a game more realistic often means making it imbalanced (like 1 hit kill bodyshot snipers).
Im glad that they opted for fun. Getting 3 shot bursted by some faggot with a ump from half way across the map may have been realistic but it was far from fun.

>>115534032
The best sniping easily was MGO. One shot to the body took them to about 25% health, two shots and they're dead. Doesn't matter if it's their foot or arm. Made sniping actually worthwhile.

Sniping is all but useless in this game when you need to shoot 3-4 times to kill someone, especially since the game has unlimited sprint. My KDR when sniping is around 2, when I'm being Rambo its easily above 4, and I don't like that. I was hoping this game would be slower paced than CoD and it's not.

Oh well, still fun.

I agree you can lay into someone's chest and nothing
But other times it takes one shot?
It's inconsistent

Mobile AA = automatic MVP for me. Shit is TIGHT.

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>that feel when i always have a bad KD, i never have much kills. While a guy i know have 36-1, 50-1 and more always in each round..

OP here. im not saying it should be 1 hit kills with a pistol from across the map, all im saying is the weapon damage was WAY better in the beta.

>buff snipers
No thanks, it's bullshit enough that there are 30 of them on each team.

>>115535210
whats mobile AA

Snipers should never take more than 2 hits in the chest.
Head shot should be one hit kill.

>>115535529
The anti-air "tank" who basically burst a shitload of rounds. I know there's one on Kharg Island and Caspian Border. Once you unlock the first couple bonuses it's getting insane.

The weapon damage is about twice that of battlefield 2, a game with actual skill. There is no point in aiming for the head with anything other than a sniper in BF3. Fucking casual shit.

>what is body armor, guys

>>115535810
>thinks this exists in BF3

>Metro
>WELP, TIME TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE FREE POINTS
Who decided it was a good idea to make the US side run up a set of stairs to get to the middle point? It makes defending as RU ridiculously easy and its impossible to actually capture the point as US unless the russian side is clinically retarded

>>115535898
it does

that is why you dont die in one hit

>>115535556
>Snipers should never take more than 2 hits in the chest.

Bolt maybe, the marksman rifles on the other hand need to be more than 2 or they will be more effective at all ranges than an assualt rifle.

why can't BF3 into magnum ammunition?

even Medal of Honor had it (open tip ammo)

>>115535965
Stop bringing realism into this shit, body armor doesn't work the way you think it does retard.

>>115535901
What? No....just no...

raged so hard.

i hate you.

>>115536025
because it becomes a must-have perk you need to use to be effective at anything, and it makes people dedicated towards other tasks (vehicle destruction, healing, support, ect) unable to be effective in combat

and it takes the fun out of everything when you have an end-all be-all perk, there is no room for experimentation

>>115536025
Perks are the scourge of class based multiplayer

Can we all at least agree that the flashlight should be nerfed?

if not, AT LEAST FUCKING STOP TEAMMATES FROM BEING ABLE TO BLIND YOU (maybe just in HC mode)

>>115536140
BF3 has a sense of realism in it, you dont see sci-fi weapons everywhere. The setting is modern combat. It's safe to say there might be a reason you arent dying in one hit, in the setting and in the balance

Anyone know when the November patch is happening? Is it today? Please be today.

>>115536526
Flashlight should be deleted period. There's no purpose for it.

>be /v/ server regular
>join game
>joystick jet cheating faggots in the air
>idiot teammates don't understand a heli cannot be effective if every tank and AA aims onto it
>cannot and will not ghost cap with helicopters or spawn on beacons
>will not communicate

>>115536277
>implying BF3 doesnt have perks

>>115536526
Should just be removed from the game. Its just a fucking annoying gimmick somebody came up with to show off the engine.

>>115536623
i think it'd be fine if it didnt blind you in broad daylight

>>115536526
I'd like to see this:
When looking at teammates within 5m anywhere near the goddamn face, lower the weapon unless aiming.

Prevents teammates getting blinded and would be pretty fucking boss to be 'talking' to him then see a spook over his shoulder, raise weapon, BAP DEAD MOTHERFUCKER.

>>115536760
>implying that was implied

>>115536165
Oh really?
>Implying you will be able to run up the stairs before there are 5 supports with machine guns
>implying that little column in front of the stairs on the US side is not going to be spammed to shit by rockets and nades, making it impossible to actually use it?
64 player servers run metro for some retarded reason, so that may be the problem

>>115536559
At the ranges most shit happens in BF3 you would be lucky for anything bigger than a 9mm to not just go right through, anything that didn't would still knock you off your feet. Shit is also useless after the first hit.

Game is generally smooth on PC but today I had too much disc from server, i'm out.

>>115536623
yes of course, but its not going to happen knowing DICE/ea

>>115536853
It makes so much sense..

Oh well, at least the shotguns have better hit detection than in BC2
They seem to be slightly more effective at short-medium range as well

64 player metro farming is glorious.

>>115537250
Shotguns were powerfull as shit in BC2, what the hell are you talking about?

you fags gotta get out them M4A1s

>>115536911
please stop before i smack you

defenders NEED to have the upper hand! it SHOULD be an uphill battle!!!!!!!!!

In my experience, the snipers DO kill in 2 hits. At least the SV98.

The SVD and MOD 0 don't, but you can also rambo with them a little, so it makes up for it.

I hate not having variable zoom. 12x scope is only good for hiding in trees trying for super long range kills and 8x scope makes compensating for bullet drop very difficult.

Why are you people complaining about the flashlights. I love it when other people use that shit. Makes them easier to see and then shoot.

Fucking teammates blinding you is annoying though, and the need to be darker during the day.

>>115537384
this

i could literally SNIPE someone with that shit.

>>115537384
He was talking about hit detection, not power.

Meaning the shotguns work as intended in BF3, instead of having to shove the muzzle right into the gut of whoever you're shooting to do any damage.

>>115537509
IN CONQUEST

>>115537634
>>115537384
Hit detection
the better hit detection makes them a bit better overall, imo
so yeah, pretty damn good

im using the SV98 atm

is m40 more powerful or what? benefits of using the m40 over the sv98?

Bullets have way too much artificial gravity and move slow as fuck. My supersonic bullet shouldn't be falling 100m in the space of 300m of travel.

>>115536705
>same server
>capping other objetives
>ask squad to spawn on me
>they'd rather play helicopter grab as
"We've lost all the objectives whatar we gonna od guise"

So am I the only person who knows how to turn the flashlight off?
All of you guys rage about people not pointing it down.
Just turn it off. It'sjust one God damn button.

Game is bugged.

Try playing Night Shift like a normal person and actually try and sneak up on the guy to kill him.

The devs don't want you to not get caught so it instantly kills you.

I don't understand how using the AA gun in the oil refinery level is considered camping. I got bitched at so badly because I took someone out in a jet twice, but he did literally the exact same thing both times. It went like this:

1) I hop into the AA gun
2) Nothing happening, get out
3) See a jet right when I get out
4) Hop back in
5) He flies directly at me
6) I kill him
7) He does it again

Next thing I know I get a nasty little message in the message box saying I'm a cheater, hacker, camper, and in need of being booted.

>>115537988
Yes, WE can turn it off, but nobody else does.

Can you turn off the laser sight the same way? I wonder..

>>115537661
oh. well you should have said so earlier.

even still, ive played that so many times and the russian to american victory ratio has been about 50/50

playing as RU, we've been pushed back to (A) multiple times by the US and could not regain any points.

>>115537997
I managed to do it. You must be bad at this.

>>115538122
Yep.

M398B Master race reporting in. Be advised, all other sniper rifles are fucking casual.

Weapon damage is fine

Use a PKP or an M60

Shit kills in 2shots if once is to the head or 3 body shots.

>>115538193
Excellent. I never thought about that until just now, thanks for confirming.

>>115538235
>0.89 kills/min
>dat contribution

>>115537997
wtf i got this first try, on normal

If I pick Recon and rack up points with a vehicle, do those points go into recon too?

>>115538347
Pretty sure only infantry kills count toward your class score, so those points would be going toward whichever vehicle you're using.

>>115537988
This. But then again, I hate when people get mad at me when I go first in with the flashlight on and allies appear from the direction of the enemy. If they have their backs towards the enemy team, there will be friendly flashlights in their faces. I'm sorry.
And the light isn't particularly OP since you can easily locate the source of the light and fire into the center of it, but the blinding during daylight is just silly. The man behind the light practically vanishes against an open, lit background.

>>115538235
gonna use mah UMP until i got this bitch

>>115537522

>Using anything other than a 8x at any range

ISHYDDT

why does the knife stay in my hand sometimes when i meele them? it always fucks me over. only about 70 knife kills so far, would be WAY more if this shit wouldnt happen. and yes i do initiate the knife kills from behind.

>>115538636
Because pulling your knife out and putting it away just to take it out immediately was stupid in BC2.

Just take out your knife using 6 or whatever the fuck it is.

>>115538636
Just press whatever your weapon cycle button is right after a knife kill.

non snipers (also autosnipers) need way more bullet drop ;I

rest of game is fine a little more live corret the flashlight and everything is ok

>wanting increased weapon damage

Go back to cowadoody, kid.

>>115538775
yeah but no. i hate it.

it pulls the knife out, doesnt hit him, he notices me because he should have died by now. I get shot.

>>115538988
Then why didn't you just fucking shoot him? There is no point to trying to knife unless you are out of ammo or for some stupid reason you don't have a suppressed pistol.

>>115537997
>>115538186
>>115538318

Same thing happened to me twice in a row on hard. Got within about two feet of the guy and suddenly, without him even turning around, I suddenly have an instant seizure and die.

>>115538517
Tried using the 12x when I got it. Immediately switched back.

jet service star master race reporting in

>>115539193
Don't walk, run.
Mash melee.

Everyone wins.

>>115539167
BUT I WANT TO

>>115533630
Here's a tip for you, OP:

Play a class that is actually credit to team, ok?
Fucking Sniper scrubs, how I despise thee.

All those bros out there, throwing Motion Mines are an exception of course. Oh wait, wrong game. Yeh, every Recon is fucking useless in BF3, sorry brah.

>>115539444
>DAT SOFLAM
fuck you, bro. fuck you.

>>115539444
Mobile spawns. Shotcons.

You sir have never met a good recon classman.

To everyone complaining about lights:

Put your settings to fucking low and just shoot straight at the lights. It's like a huge bullseye that you aim towards. Helps me get headshots.

>>115539221
playing with m&k ? or joystick? personally I'm best with an xbawks controller, but since it's wireless it's a pain to handle... have it turned off while launching the game -> can't use it without restarting BF3. have it turned on and not using it for a while? gg it just shut itself down

>>115539658
>hurf masterrace game looks so much better
>play on lower graphics settings than console versions

>>115539745
m&k bro, don't got anything else.

>>115539832
Not him but always playing with lowest settings is the sign of a progamer.

I hardly ever play recon, what is the soflam actually used for?

>>115539658
If you actually need to turn down your graphics to find the center you are fucking terrible and you deserve to get raped by a simple fucking flashlight. It's really NOT THAT HARD.

Anyone even seen a SOFLAM in action?
I piloted a jet with guided missile for a few hours (minigun is much more effective against any decent air) and yet to see a SINGLE time when it was used.

>>115540189
it's an RC camera, and you can 'lock-on' to targets within a certain range. then your teammates can either use guided missiles, guided shells or javelins to shoot at it without even having the target in their line of sight.

tl;dr when you lock on to something, engibro's, jets, heli's, IFV's and MBT's can lock on to it from anywhere.

>>115540364
wow thanks. that actually sounds pretty good since i have a bro who runs engineer, might give it a shot next time i play recon

>>115540363
i have one, my Javelin bro rape everything with it.
also, it scares the shit out of heli's and jets since it sounds like a regular lock-on

>>115540363

I used it for a couple rounds but not alot of people have stuff that really can make use of the soflam... also... dat jet laser guided missile... i was hoping it'd be more like a tv guided missile

>>115539274
AKA My third try.

Javelin only has like half the shots the regular RPG has, it has to lock onto shit to fire, so you can just round a corner, fire, and retreat back again. And you can't even attempt to shoot at helicopters with it... why the fuck is it so shitty.

Is there any way to restrict a specific class on player owned servers?

>>115540840
You're really bad at this.

>>115540937

can't*

Also half the time when I fire it at a tank or some shit, for some reason the rocket explodes on the ground 10+ feet away from the tank
>the fuck

>>115540937
use SOFLAM with it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlzsG09F5Sw

>>115540364
Can it lock onto ground vehicles? Can you then use an AA-launcher on a ground unit?

>>115541204

It still takes like 4 shots to take out a tank with the fucking thing, and with the explosive specialization you only get 4 shots, fuck that shit.

>>115541303
it can lock on to anything but boats as far as i know, but i don't think the AA launchers can use the lock.. i'm not sure, but at least Javelin can.

also, CITV station unlock in MBT unlocks a 3rd position with a SOFLAM on top of the tank.
combine this with the guided shell for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfvpuEKcOac

>>115541074
How?

>>115541727
Can't beat a simple 1 button action in game.

>want to play Battlefield 3
>don't want Origin, which is apparently some kind of spyware?
What do I do?

>>115542520
sandboxie

>work for PETA
>crawling through building debris while hiding from Russians
>encounter rat
>it bites me
>QTE probably wants me to kill this rat
>ignore it
>rat bites me again
>Russian patrol finds me
>MISSION FAILED
I'm suing EA for animal cruelty right this minute.
Compulsory animal killing, it's sending the wrong message to young teens these days. Before you know it you'll have kids crawling through vents with kitchen knives stabbing poor innocent rats to death.
Disgusting.

This just happened.

Are the people in this game just stupid as fuck or what? I think I've been Tk'd atleast 100 times since I started playing it. And if I'm not mistaken they don't get minus points for it either like in BF2. What the fucking fuck.

>>115542034
I should lurk more, didn't get the memo that two deaths made it apparent that you can't beat a game.

Despite any fact that you can.

Or did.

The trooper didn't even turn around though.
>Snuck up
>Finger on melee button
>Suddenly without any sound, animation or explanation, I drop dead
>Enemy guard still in the same spot, facing away from me and oblivious to my existence

>>115542777
>be a rat
>my world has just crumbled
>my family crushed
>I am all that's left
>see a human with a knife
>"KILL ME!" I screamed
>he just ignores me
>scream louder and bite him
>some other human kills him

There goes my chance at seeing my family again.

>Attacking Rush team sniping at spawn : The game
I love this game but it frustrates me to no end playing rush on any map and being on of 4 people attacking the objectives.

>>115538074
If you are going to go to the same spot multiple times without checking if someone is there, You are stupid as fuck. That guy is mad as fuck.

>>115543224
I said you were bad at it, not that you couldn't beat it.

/v/'s reading comprehension is at it again.

>>115543485
Yes because everyone on /v/ is always 100% perfect all the time.

Eat a bag of dicks.

>>115538636
Holding the melee button keeps the knife out. Just tap it if you want a quick slash.

>>115543224
It's been a while since I've played the mission, but can't you just shoot the bastard with you silenced pistol or rifle?

>>115543485

>>115544086
Bring a bag of dicks and I'll eat them, until then, keep practising kiddo.

just played a game
>guy and his friend are soflamming me and trying to javelin me
>uh oh... a rocket flying at me
>drive forward a bit
>javelin slams into the ground where I was
>4 javelins 0 hits
>laughingwhores.

>>115538347
You'll only accumulate points for your class in vehicles that don't have its own upgrade path (ie, jeeps, stationary AA, and mobile spawns).

>>115544885
It's not that he's hard to kill, but sneaking up on him (which is typical in stealth missions...) causes instant death without proper reason. I bum rushed the guard on the third try it initiated that quick-time event to kill him.

If it's designed for him to hear you sneaking up and automatically counterkill you (yet it's only some copies that process the death and not his animations or some odd bug), then that makes sense.

I've also witnessed enemies freezing in mid animation whenever killed. As if they looked into Medusa's eyes. Didn't actually effect gameplay and you could still pick up their weapons.

Tanks spawning out of thin air directly five feet in front of my own tank.

Even with the patch these glitches are everyone. It's still fun to play, despite it all.

Does this game support headsets on PC?

The only real problem I have with bf3 is the fucking M4 you unlock for engineer, I thought it would be the same shit as the marines M4A1, but no, it's fucking burst or single shot only. WAT!?? The goddamn m16a3 is full auto which IRL shouldn't be, but the carbine version is burst only???? WAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!