Battlefield 3

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How's the new headset Mike?
I missed you last night by about 20 mins :grumpy:
Not all lost though as Andrew turned up shortly after. Had some really good rounds, we totally dominated in a tank at Canals. Between the two of us we took down 3 choppers using normal shells :lol:.

Cheers Shaun.
 
I'm on now if anyone wants to squad up.
Ill be on for the duration if the night but I'm at work so I cannot use my mic. Also may go Afk everynow and again due to customers, but only for a moment.
 
Caz
I'm on now if anyone wants to squad up.
Ill be on for the duration if the night but I'm at work so I cannot use my mic. Also may go Afk everynow and again due to customers, but only for a moment.
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You play BF3 at WORK? Dude, I want your job. :lol:
On PC I'm assuming. :(

I'll get on PS3 in about an hour or so and will be on for another 2 or so.
If anybody wants to squad up, I'm gogatrs on PSN.
 
I'll be on later if anybody wants to join, I'll be playing Team Deathmatch do I can get my service stars, only need 58 kills with the MP7, 60 with the DAO12, 97 with the P90 and all 100 with the SAIGA 12K. Pretty sure that's the last primary weapons I need to get service stars with.

Also the M1014 is really bad. It's like an 870MCS that runs through ammo quickly since it's semi automatic and you start with only 5 rounds. I always ran out of ammo and had to reload eery damn second. Also not to keen on the MP7, not much power and it blows through the magazine in seconds.
 
gogatrs
You play BF3 at WORK? Dude, I want your job. :lol:
On PC I'm assuming. :(

I'll get on PS3 in about an hour or so and will be on for another 2 or so.
If anybody wants to squad up, I'm gogatrs on PSN.
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Lol ;). On ps3. I work (own) the overnight shift at a motel that is fairly slow from midnights to morning. ;)
 
VEXD
I also bought the TB P11's this week.

Mine come with a USB for voice, a grey 3.5mm for sound and some splitter cables that require you to use the original red/white/yellow from your PS3's dusty old box in the attic/loft.

You are supposed to rig them up by putting the old splitter in the back of the PS3, then attach the red and white phono's to the ones TB supplied, which piggy back and then go on to fit into the back of your TV, to SUPPLY the sound. The yellow one is redundant, of course; this being for video, and you already have an HDMI for that.
You then take the grey 3.5mm which is straight from your TB's, but alongside your USB, and you add it to the piggy back red/white phono to TV connection, which has a grey female 3.5mm for the sound to be transferred from your PS3, via your TV, to your TB's.
Then you plug the USB in for Mic, set up the PS3 to do "Multi-out" for audio, and they work.
I discovered that I could pull the old splitter out of the PS3, pull the piggy bax out of the TV, attach the USB to the PS3 for Mic in, and stuck the Grey 3.5mm into my TV's headphone socket, for sound.
Then I reset the PS3's audio to HDMI, and that's what I use.
Thing is, the cable that comes from the TB's themselves, is long, but where it splits between USB and 3.5mm Grey, is only about 8-10 inches.
Provided your monitor has a 3.5mm socket that is 8-10 inches away from the USB on your PS3, you can do what I've done, and use HDMI to transfer your sound.
If you have a female to male 3.5mm extension, that will no longer be an issue.
If you don't have this option, you will need to do as TB have instructed, which ultimately means loads of wires everywhere, and a complicated setup, alongside the PS3 needing to be set to multi-out also.

Good god I need a lie down.......

:irked:👍
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Thanks for all the great info 👍 Didnt think of the 3.5 out on my monitor as a headphone jack but I guess it is. I think its about 15in from my monitor to my USB, but luckily my Sennheisers came with an extension cable. 👍👍

Guess Ill go for the TBs then, if I order now apparently theyll be here Tuesday. But I just blew 160 bucks on RBR team gear :lol: so Ill have to see if the budget allows.
 
Got into some matches with he-who-likes-waffles earlier. We did OK, but the last few matches went insanely slow. I couldn't figure out where the kills were to save my life. (I remember going 1-1, 2-3, etc.) Also, we ran into a stupidly annoying USAS-abuser that had 27 service stars with the gun, and he would shoot at his feet to kill himself so you couldn't get the kill whenever you caught him off guard and started to fire at him. Mediocre night. Meh.
 
Had some great games with Gatrs and an Aussie that we squadded up with. At the end of one game most of our team had 4000+ points compared to 2 guys on the other team because of all the teamwork we had :D
Mic + Sensibility + Strategy = Win x100000
 
Apologies to the guys that sent me invites today. They were coming in thick and fast. I wasn't ignoring you guys but I was already squadded up with some other friends.

Thanks all for the invites 👍.

Cheers Shaun.
 
ParkourVeyron
Mediocre night weekend. Meh.
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Had a slightly better session now. First bit I fell into a noob server so go a few MVPs there and generally washed away the hammering of earlier. Then just now I had a great round at Kharg with the tank ridin' solo, but still getting 3 tank kills and a few jeeps too. Then had a tough two rounds at Bazaar and Metro against some strong teams, but did ok at least. Really digging claymores of late.

gundalini
I wasn't ignoring you guys but I was already squadded up with some other friends.
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Fine!

:sly:
 
Mike Rotch
So Sureshot, VEXD and Icehawk, it was fun squadding up, but not fun rounds. At. All. 10 straight losses, mostly being beaten back to deploy. It was very much a case of the magic:

The magic SMAW: Icehawk joined in at Sharqi, we jumped in a tank and set off, running into another tank. They got the first strike, which is usually a recipe for our demise. Seeing this, I hopped out and thought "if I can land a RPG, the tables will turn". So I jumped out and landed one, but he continued on firing, so I reloaded and scampered around the his rear. And there it was, an unguarded rump of an enemy tank, me with a loaded SMAW; I could already see the double kill blue text coming up. So I fired. And nothing happened. So I fired again and again. The tried to reload, but it wouldn't. Then the tank guy jumped out and killed me.

The magic Javelin: Anticipating a slaughter at Canals, VEXD popped out the SOFLAM, which I got to leverage off once. Then later in the round when the slaughter was kicking into full swing, I was at B when a laser designated Little Bird appeared, as if a gift from DICE, hovering right about B, me, hiding in amongst the warehouse at B. So I whip out the Jav and fire....nothing. Fire, fire, fire, fire. Nothing. So he flies off and circles back, whereupon Mr Jav decides it is now ok to fire, but then Mr Pilot flares and that confuses my Jav, which misses completely. By then a AAV has pitched up and kills me.

The magic Support guy: Seine, we're scrapping to consolidate flags. I scamper down to A and start taking it. I hide in that room next to the white van. I'm alone, this is good. Then I'm knifed, somehow by a guy who appears next to me. Which is odd, as the room was clear when I got there and the only entry point I was covering. Even better, a friendly tank rolls by and doesn't see him, so he picks up an easy tank kill too.

The magic AK74u: Firestorm, we're struggling 2 flags down. I make my way to B, and start capturing the flag. I hide upstairs where I can cover the stairs leading up to me and the north door. An enemy appears and the flag capture stops. I spot him below but I don't have a clean shot. I know he will check upstairs now, so I ready for him. I have a USAS too, this will be childsplay. So he comes up the stairs and I lay it on thick and tasty with a first strike. And die. Turns out the AK is more deadly in CQC. Who knew.

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Mixed bag last night, I had an epic game at Canals in the T90, with SOFLAMs up and some decent support/poor enemy I went 31-5 and got 28 kills in the T90, about 4000 in round points ahead of MVP2.

Then went through some complete nonsense, firstly I had to sort out my PS3 after an IP conflict knocked it off the network, that didn't help. Then ended up in a whole heap of lag. The FAMAS is not a one hit kill. I think the other team only ever used FAMAS or USAS :rolleyes:

However, had a good round in a chopper with VEXD and have almost mastered choppers now.

I think the most frustrating part was when VEXD, VEXD's boss and myself ran through to A Metro from C, somehow got through without being killed and took C, then us 3 alone held it for about 3-4 minutes and what did the 9 other players do on our team against the other 5 players on the opposing team holding B? Yeah, nothing.
 
Touché ParkourVeyron. I was getting very annoyed with the USAS users. TDM was ok but the CQ was indeed pretty slow. I got some service stars done though, P90, MP7 and the Main Battle Tank service star.
 
Finally unlocked _ morters got my 2 kills to finish that assignment and promptly put that thing away.
 
I wish that there was an IR scope made for snipers. Kinda like the one in the campaign mode - maybe with a 5x zoom, an IR Ballistic would be too overpowered.
 
Daniel
I wish that there was an IR scope made for snipers. Kinda like the one in the campaign mode - maybe with a 5x zoom, an IR Ballistic would be too overpowered.
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Even a 3.4 would be nice.
 
Anyone up for some hardcore CQ, Rush or squad death match later? I'm on ps3... Rizkybuisness had a few sqdm rounds of 24-1, 34-5, 22-0, and 28-5 didn't lose a round for quite a while.
 
I play on ps3 but I don't play hardcore. I tried to play it once but it would never let me spawn so I had to reset my system.
 
I'm considering picking this up for the PS3, but the only thing holding me back is the fact that I've always played FPS'ers on the PC, and never on the console.

Anyone else in here that came to the console after the PC as well? Was it hard getting used to shooting with joysticks? What about aiming; Is there some kind of a small helping hand since obviously only aliens can be as precise with joysticks as humans are with a mouse on the PC?

Getting this on my laptop doesn't seem to be an option. BF2 runs beautifully on this system, but the BF3 BETA ran horrible on its lowest settings.
 
Well, there is a small amount of auto aim. What it does is basically when you zoom in on a target, if your sights are very close it will tend to lead your first shot on target. I actually went from being proficient with both console controllers (PS2/3 and Xbox/360) and then picked up a couple FPSs for my computer. And you are right, you are FAR more precise with the mouse, but The biggest issue I think you are going to have is with BF3 having a slight amount of input lag on PS3. That is to say, for whatever reason there is a tiny delay between your stick movements, and your character's movements. My advice is to play through campaign and play around with the sensitivity until you find something you feel comfortable with.
 
Bram Turismo
I'm considering picking this up for the PS3, but the only thing holding me back is the fact that I've always played FPS'ers on the PC, and never on the console.

Anyone else in here that came to the console after the PC as well? Was it hard getting used to shooting with joysticks? What about aiming; Is there some kind of a small helping hand since obviously only aliens can be as precise with joysticks as humans are with a mouse on the PC?

Getting this on my laptop doesn't seem to be an option. BF2 runs beautifully on this system, but the BF3 BETA ran horrible on its lowest settings.
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Actually it was really easy! At this moment i even think joysticks are better tahn mouse, but i havent played using mouse since... i dont even remember.
 
The game froze up twice when it was starting up. :irked: But I only need service stars for two primary weapons now. I only need it for the USAS and the MK3A1. Also I only need 3 kills with the M9 and 10 with the MP443.
 
Isn't there some sort of mouse controller for the PS3 so you can make the switch even easier?

Splitfish Frag FX or something?

I can't comment because I have never seen one, and it wouldn't make any difference to how I aim anyway..... I just miss... a lot.

And.... I roll tanx.

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Sorry for my generally poor performance VEXD, you can probably tell the exact moment where I stopped trying to snipe and started using engineer, I think it was on Strike At Karkand when I immediately went top once I gave up my sniping antics.
 
Yes there are a couple of mouse/ keyboard controllers available. Best buy sells one called the tac3. Downside to them is it is a non upgradeable Mouse. I also believe they mimic the joystick inputs and do not account for mode speed etc. Not sure. As I haven't used one before.


Mouse > controller for aiming your gun
Controller > keyboard for everything else including flight

Only advantage keyboard has over controller is the ability to choose whichever seat to jump to in vehicles as opposed to cycleing thru the open slots using controller.

All my opinion, flame away ;)
 

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