[mr_geez]

Few more observations (in bullet points) from 1st day of patch:

- first and foremost, crashes mainly occur when you are in Alpha Squad!! Remember to check which squad you're in at the beginning if you don't want to hard reset your PS3

- foregrip is so nerfed that it is absolutely crucial NOT to have it equipped if you want to engage in gunfights at distances longer than 5 meters

- ditto for suppressor , you won't believe the bullet spread with it

- get used to seeing loads of people using heavy barrel and flash suppressor

- flares don't disturb the lock on but if you fire heat seekers after the target deployed flares they still won't connect

- tanks are very easy to destroy even with reactive armor equipped

- choppers are absolutely beastly now if you just stay "below radar" , their unguided missiles completely dominate infantry and 1 strafe=1 dead tank (without gunner I might add)

- INRV got buffed , almost as good as after release of the game

- I wrote about it yesterday but since most people don't know about it yet you can use it to your advantage, Pistols are deadly at medium to long ranges , D E A D L Y!

- initial recoil on many guns makes them very hard to use while firing in bursts

- repair tool kills enemy vehicles in nano second

- AS VAL maybe has extended mags but because of suppressor is completely non efficient as a weapon

- some good guns after patch: AN94, G3A3, SG553 , A91, USAS+buckshot, M60 , RPK (with extended mags it has 200 bullets!!)

- grenade launcher is nerfed badly BUT hand grenades are incredibly buffed (grenade perk comes very handy!)

- 1 javelin (without laser painting) = 1 disabled Tank = 1 dead jeep

Overall I'm 50/50 on the patch, I'll probably get used to it after some time but at the moment I'm bit disappointed with how easy it is to take out tanks (especially with nerf to repair tool).

[Smilenator]

mr_geez

- foregrip is so nerfed that it is absolutely crucial NOT to have it equipped if you want to engage in gunfights at distances longer than 5 meters

- ditto for suppressor , you won't believe the bullet spread with it

That's a shame, I use both on my main weapon. What should I use instead?

[Sureboss]

I noticed the repair tool kill last night, it's awful. I think that's the only really bad thing I've noticed (apart from the crashes).

[Patrick]

M4A1 is un stopable even with foregrip.

[CMvan46]

Weird you guys are having crashes, not once have I crashed or frozen since the patch and I've played a fair bit.

I played on a conquest private server last night with 1000 tickets a side I joined when both were at 800 left and ended up with nearly 20 000 points. Long long game but was a lot of fun, took a little over an hour to complete. That server also had health regeneration turned off which made for some use of the medic pack again, especially since the grenades launcher is awful now.

I really do like the patch but they really dropped the ball on tanks. Tanks are supposed to be more powerful than infantry... It's a tank. Now a guy from across the map locks on with a javelin and I'm disabled, with how long the repair tool takes he has now reloaded and my tank is gone. People are also blowing LAVs out of the water before they even have a chance to make it to shore on Kharg, I'm sure the Canals will be much the same.

[Ddrizle]

CMvan46

Weird you guys are having crashes, not once have I crashed or frozen since the patch and I've played a fair bit.

Same here. Knock on wood.

Has anyone had the chance to play the B2K maps after the patch? I haven't had a single B2K map in rotation for some odd reason. I'll probably jump into a quick match later today to make sure all is good with these maps.

I'm pleased with the patch. Some things I don't like and somethings I do, but I'm sure I'll just get used to all of it in the end.

I got my 2nd service star for the knife and 1st service star with the FAMAS, the foregrip is useless for it, especially with the heavy barrel, just doesn't suit me, but I tire of that gun, I'm going to continue forward with the M416A.

[GTPorsche]

I've played B2K maps named Gulf of Oman. It's almost impossible to find a B2K only server.

[wicken]

Anyone willing to help me complete the co op missions?

[smuffyatfcp]

High ticket conquest on Operation Metro. Over 100 kills and got me at least 60,000xp towards my next level.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3...0/4/186764422/

[bermudakid]

Patrick

Nice video! What was the car in your intro?

Probably the RU Vodnik

[Smilenator]

smuffyatfcp

High ticket conquest on Operation Metro. Over 100 kills and got me at least 60,000xp towards my next level.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3...0/4/186764422/

That is madness. How many tickets did each team start with?

[Tzun]

Smilenator

That is madness. How many tickets did each team start with?

NO THIS IS SPARTA!! Lol. Just realised that you need to blow 2 M-coms to get the ribbon before patch it was 3.

[Edit]: How in the hell did i get Flares for Jets?! I have only 68 points for Jets

[Sureboss]

Maybe they've changed it so that it's already there?

Does that mean they've changed M-Com defence as well? YOu know, back to 3, which I've done about 10 times....

[smuffyatfcp]

Smilenator

That is madness. How many tickets did each team start with?

1750 I think. Games usually last around an hour.

[Tzun]

Sureboss

Does that mean they've changed M-Com defence as well? YOu know, back to 3, which I've done about 10 times....

If i remember right they've changed it back 3 aswell.

[ilikewaffles11]

What the hell? I tried installing B2K yesterday and it froze and now I tried again and it froze on 58%. And of course it has to do the stupid corrupted system thing.

[Ddrizle]

smuffyatfcp

The ultimate Battlefield 3 experience for the campaign. I can only imagine this setup for an online multiplayer match.

[Mike Rotch]

hollidog

Can't change weapons by pressing square

Glad I wasn't the only one struggling with this

mr_geez

- foregrip is so nerfed that it is absolutely crucial NOT to have it equipped if you want to engage in gunfights at distances longer than 5 meters

- ditto for suppressor , you won't believe the bullet spread with it

- tanks are very easy to destroy even with reactive armor equipped

- choppers are absolutely beastly now if you just stay "below radar" , their unguided missiles completely dominate infantry and 1 strafe=1 dead tank (without gunner I might add)

- I wrote about it yesterday but since most people don't know about it yet you can use it to your advantage, Pistols are deadly at medium to long ranges , D E A D L Y!

- 1 javelin (without laser painting) = 1 disabled Tank = 1 dead jeep

Do not like the sounds of these - especially the 1 Jav disable hit to tanks AND OP helis, especially now that the repair tool takes around double the time to do its work to repair machinery.

Some guy was repairing my tank yesterday from 60% and it took FOREVER. He got bored and stopped repairing with 5% to go which means it doesn't repair the tank fully. Luckily hollidog noticed this and finished the task...

[Sureboss]

If you get an OP heli, just get team mate to SOFLAM whilst you Javelwin them. Did that at Canals when they kept taking the Little Birds.

It's not always a one hit to disable with the Javelin, though it can be. I don't know why they made changes to the repair torch, if it ain't broke, etc.

Anyway, infuriating game at Metro (as per usual, horrible map, the game is too clunky for close quarters) finished the night off for me, even if I was going quite well with the SKS, can't be bothered when pinned back to base when there's so much lag about.

[ilikewaffles11]

I honestly can't tell if I did really bad when I tried playing because I've not been playing much or if it's because of the changes but I'm seriously getting frustrated. It seems like my bullets literally don't do **** and the recoil just seems awful with a foregrip attached.