Battlefield 3

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What. The. Heck!?

My Battlefield 3 corrupted...?

Edit: Nevermind. Restarted. That was weird.

Edit: My disc is freezing...

Edit #3: Nevermind. Had to clean some stuff off the disc :D
 
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Dragonistic
Well that was the problem, early on stingers 1 shotted vehicles and nobody had flares so they nerfed it and now it requires a couple to take something down and everyone has flares. Choppers are only really OP in Rush though, I only play CQ where they are much less of a problem outside of spawn killing where an AA gun is usually placed now. Engineers shouldn't really be able to stop an aircraft without support (even if it's another engineer or 2) or those aircraft will become pointless in CQ where you won't be able to find 1 or 2 engineers in the midst of a huge map.
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My hope is that they do away with 'vehicle disables' on air vehicles. Go back to one shot kills for Stingers (as in reality, that is the reality) and keep the flares situation as is. If you have the ability to get in a Stinger hit when a pilot is spamming flares, he should perish. I absolutely hate getting a Stinger hit and they continue on their way as if nothing happened.

I think choppers are spot on with attack (deadly) but way over protected on defence (spamming flares, maintenance, no one-shot kill unless painted, having engi's tag along). If it's trying to be realistic, choppers are not invincible in reality - as Afghanistan proves.
 
Yes, and I believe no one can lock onto you for 10 seconds, but you're vulnerable for 4 seconds while it "recharges".
 
Patrick
Yes, and I believe no one can lock onto you for 10 seconds, but you're vulnerable for 4 seconds while it "recharges".
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Has anyone had success with Rocket Pods on Jets? I'm having trouble hitting others, and I think it's supposed to be more for air to ground combat.
 
lol i just now got Heat seekers for the Jet. (Still learning to fly it, the chopper though im adequate). But i agree with the 1 hit stingers, they shouldve just gave everything flares instead of nerfing the rockets. I wouldn't mind Hardcore mode to be more "hardcore", like one hit head shots with any gun depending on distance. Two hits on a MAV should also take it down....

The Frag rounds i dont think need to be nerf'd, its not like its shooting homing teddy bears. Just being hit with the wad out of a shotgun can knock the air/severely bruise a person.

Why can't two people ride in the jets though. I've always wondered that... It would make it easier for people who dont have anything unlocked too, well unlock things.
 
Cowboys965
Has anyone had success with Rocket Pods on Jets? I'm having trouble hitting others, and I think it's supposed to be more for air to ground combat.
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I don't care for rocket pods on jets. If I fly jets I only go for other air vehicles.
 
Cowboys965
I found its still sometimes better to use the main gun than heatseekers on the jet.
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I think ive killed one jet using main guns. The only reason i actually leveled the jet is because i got lucky, and someone on my team was spotting jeeps and well... i shot them, i crashed afterwards because i light post decidided to show itself last minute. lol
 
I've seen people go to town with the rocket pods, but I've been able to kill absolutely nothing with them. I've had strafing runs on tanks where I got plenty of hits, but not even a disable.
 
BLITZ_69
I've seen people go to town with the rocket pods, but I've been able to kill absolutely nothing with them. I've had strafing runs on tanks where I got plenty of hits, but not even a disable.
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Same with me. It seems like the rockets are weaker compared to the rockets the attack helis shoot.
 
Patrick
Same with me. It seems like the rockets are weaker compared to the rockets the attack helis shoot.
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No, just less accurate because you are constantly moving in jets and the rockets have a small blast radius
 
I am on the fireextinguisher on jets, so i have the pods, and generally use them.

Heatseekers are nice but take too long and then become useless with the flares, in that time i can take another jet down with the main gun.

So i take the pods to take on the vehicules too.
 
I only use heat seekers when I'm in a F35, and a guy on the other team in a SU-37 is good enough so that I can't disable him with one burst of my machine gun when he banks away from me. They'll probably still flare with heat seekers, but sometimes if you fire straight away and you're quite close to the other jet, the missile will hit.
 
Cowboys965
Has anyone had success with Rocket Pods on Jets? I'm having trouble hitting others, and I think it's supposed to be more for air to ground combat.
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I've played with them a bit, I'm only going to use them on the F-35 now, they're lethal in that due to being able to hover in it.

A lot of the maps with the other Jets have quite decent building cover/obstacles so rockets are a bit harder. I've had them on for a bit, but I'll go back to guided missile anything non F-35.
 
Repaired like a pro hollidog :cheers:

It started a bit frustratingly though. I was having a blinder at Kharg on the opposite team to you (couldnt switch). I killed three tanks (double kill), a jeep and its driver and a few Engi at D, died and then as I was running to A, got kicked from the server and promptly lost all my points :grumpy:

Came back, but then switched away from your team (:dopey:) and then spent 1 and a bit rounds trying to get back. Caspian was fun, largely thanks to the tank battles I won on the back of your repairing. I even snatched a tank-double kill as chopper gunner for your mate with 4 of their tickets left :D.
 
From my experience, the heat-seekers are most useful if you accept that, against a competent pilot who can deploy his flares at the right time, you are not gonna take him down with heat-seekers. I find it's best to lock on, deploy the heat-seekers and then immediately switch to the main gun and start firing. This way, the other pilot is focussing his efforts on deploying the flares rather than avoiding your main shots.

Once you start to get the hang of it, it's easier to use the main gun to take stuff down imho.

Rocket pods are bleh. You're almost never gonna hit another plane, don't even try unless you're some kind of elite pilot. They're useful for damaging tanks and blowing holes in buildings (like in Rush), and sometimes if you're lucky, a helicopter will be hovering still and you can get a few hits on it with them.
 
Cowboys965
Has anyone had success with Rocket Pods on Jets? I'm having trouble hitting others, and I think it's supposed to be more for air to ground combat.
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I appear to be more alone in this but I've had a tonne of success with the rockets over time, against tanks primarily. Almost all air targets are currently easier to take out using the main cannon, you can remain undetected whilst you stalk your prey until they fly smoothly which allows you to let rip but it requires more precision piloting. If your team is spotting tanks though you can fly extremely high and then come straight down on the tanks, allowing you to fire your rocket pods with decent accuracy and deal some good damage. It's not a kill everytime but if your team has spotting them someone else is likely damaging to, so you either help them or get the points yourself.
 
Cowboys965
Has anyone had success with Rocket Pods on Jets? I'm having trouble hitting others, and I think it's supposed to be more for air to ground combat.
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From what I've seen, all the good pilots are using main gun and rocket pods. 1 flyover with gun/rockets combo and you destroy tank.

Overall if you're using a jet and you're not thinking about at least annoying the ground forces, you're doing it wrong.
 
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Guys, you playing the aircraft with a pad. Be gald.

I play completely on keyboard. Aiming is tricky like that :D
But eventually I take down some opposing force.

But I get shauned when I make a noobcrash in the chat. Makes me giggle.
Most accidents in aircraft are the stupid poles when loopying
 
Do you know website where i can see what im gonna unlock next? Like at rank 43 ill unlock Usas-12 at 34 ill unlock P90. I got god damn Multi Kill! Killed 4 guys with RPG, in Squad Rush Caspian Border.
 

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