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I was just in a Metro match, with RU stuck just past A trying to fight around that U shaped bend in the ticket hall when I got killed by a EOD. I thought the guy was a genius, but it looks like he was just turning an assignment in!

Yup , assignments are very cool feature. I was absolutely shocked when my tank got hit and first time in weeks 3 engis were rushing across the map to fix it for me. :)

I hope in next batch of assignments there will be one that involves 3D spotting. It makes life so much easier but unfortunately so many people don't use it. Remember people SELECT button doesn't bite! And if you're recon put that Tugs down, it's free points and can save your squadmates life!


EDIT: Weird about PS3 crashing. I have different experience. High tickets Gulf of Oman CQ is now playable without problems (knocks on wood), which was the biggest problem before the patch. Only problem is max tickets seine crossing CQ, had it crashed on me twice. Always when 1 of teams is below 40 tickets. Other than that no problems and I played most maps in all main modes (ok , sounds disappearing sometimes but I think we just have to live with that).
 
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I hope in next batch of assignments there will be one that involves 3D spotting. It makes life so much easier but unfortunately so many people don't use it. Remember people SELECT button doesn't bite! And if you're recon put that Tugs down, it's free points and can save your squadmates life!

"Get 25/20 Spot Bonuses" They should get rid of the stupid assigments like killing eneny with the repair tool or EOD bot. Next stupid assigment "Kill an enemy with the Defibilator"
 
Yeah, I wish the assignments were to promote teamwork and nothing else. Getting wins in a certain game mode, playing a certain map for x amount of time, getting RPG kills and EOD bot kills don't really help anyone. Getting stuff for revives, spawning on beacons (therefore encouraging recons to drop them in useful spots more often), repairs and all that have had a noticeable effect on peoples' willingness to help out.

I got the M417 last night but I have yet to use it, I imagine I'll use it the same way I used the other semi auto rifles; no sights until I get the red dot or holo, a grip and a suppressor. I picked one up earlier in the day but never got a chance to fire it, the game ended soon after I found it.

I'm guessing the next DLC's assignments will be vehicle based as there are vehicle unlocks... Shoot down a chopper with a TV missile, roadkill 20 people with jets and do a barrel roll in a jeep, you mark my words!
 
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So my question is: Is it worth it? Is it worth risking my credit card, just so I have a little bit of an advantage over others?

Risking our credit card? If you mean by putting it on PSN then just buy the cards... Your much more likely to have info stolen swiping it in store than online.

Anyway its not going to give you an advantage so don't buy it for that reason.
 
Personally I just get PSN cards. I feel the safest with those.
 
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I was just in a Metro match, with RU stuck just past A trying to fight around that U shaped bend in the ticket hall when I got killed by a EOD. I thought the guy was a genius, but it looks like he was just turning an assignment in!

I'm still trying to get 2 mortar kills for one of the B2K assignments...
 
Had an awesome couple of rounds with Ryou who had recently gotten the game (I'll assume that cause he's only level 13). We were able to defend the 3rd set of M-COMs in a High-Ticket Rush on Métro. Got over 36 ribbons, 5 different unlocks (including the AUG) and it was 🤬 fun :dopey:
 
I think I'm just used to the revolvers now, I remember earlier on I was trying to kill a guy with the M1911 and only shot him twice, for some reason I thought 'yep, my work here is done' but he was still alive... I have no idea why I didn't shoot him until he died, I guess it's because it would've been highly irregular for someone to survive that if I'd been using the REX or .44 so I suppose I just need to get used to having to use more bullets. I also noticed that I wasn't shooting very quickly because I'm also used to the revolvers' slower rate of fire. I want to like the M1911 though, I'll stick with it for a while.

I am also a big fan of the M1911 and would recommend anyone give the weapon extended use. I found the M1911 most effective paired with the Recon class where effective pistol use is much more important.

Not sure what they did to Battlelog in the last few days with the update, but when I logged in now, my accuracy has dropped >2% from 5 days ago for no apparent reason :indiff:.

I have not looked in a day or two, but after the patch I could have sworn my accuracy went up one percentage point from 15.7% to 16.7%. Maybe I am just imagining things.

"Get 25/20 Spot Bonuses" They should get rid of the stupid assigments like killing eneny with the repair tool or EOD bot. Next stupid assigment "Kill an enemy with the Defibilator"

The assignments that require me to go out of the way to achieve annoy me to no end. The Repair Tool kill was awful. Destroying an enemy vehicle with the Repair Tool kill was even worse.
 
Had an awesome game of OP. My team was obliterated and the enemy held all objectives for most the game. They got us trapped at deployment, and we were fighting to push through A (cafe) for the entire game. I switched to a shotgun and stormed the buildings dropping medpacks and helping my squad. It was an awesome game... :D
 
I am also a big fan of the M1911 and would recommend anyone give the weapon extended use. I found the M1911 most effective paired with the Recon class where effective pistol use is much more important.

I was just coming here to say I've been using it today (apart from when the game totally forgot my loadout changes from two days ago) and I've gotten more used to the fact that you just have to keep shooting, I rather like it now. It pairs up well with the ACW-R because I found the magazine to be just too small, so at medium ranges I found I'd spray an entire magazine and get a few hits, then switch to the pistol to fire off a single round to get the kill. I've had about 8 kills today, actually, but I do miss the long range power of the revolvers... That was more of a satisfaction thing, though, because it does feel pretty good if you hit a guy a few times and then switch to the revolver, fire one shot and get the kill, proper Dirty Harry stuff (apart from the slightly panicked spray and pray dance beforehand)!

The assignments that require me to go out of the way to achieve annoy me to no end. The Repair Tool kill was awful. Destroying an enemy vehicle with the Repair Tool kill was even worse.

I didn't mind the vehicle kill so much because I repair tool vehicles to death quite routinely, people rarely expect it and there's not much else you can do if you're an engineer and up close to a tank (which is the best way to survive them, in my opinion, if you can close the distance anyway). Getting the kill was pretty easy because it just meant getting up behind a sniper camping on Kharg and applying heat. My least favourite objectives have to be the ones that require you to play a different mode, though, I only unlocked the L85 like two days ago because of that.

Today I decided to get all 20 of the M320 kills needed for the SCAR-L, but I'm struggling to get the last four grenade kills as I only had one of those today. I also got my EOD bot kill for the MTAR-21 on a guy in a tank who had switched to the gunner seat to shoot at a chopper and presumably didn't even notice I was 'repairing' him. A useful thing to do is to drive up to the side of a tank and turn so the bot's tracks are parallel to the tank's, then turn to the side and start 'repairing' it. If the tank drives off in a panic you can sometimes keep pace with it long enough to do quite a bit of damage, but I never quite pulled off the kill, personally. Or you can, of course, use it on people. I got my bot destroyed a lot doing that, though, because no one was sitting still for me, the bot is loud and hard to actually drive which makes it kind of tricky to use against an agile target.

Oh and thanks Ryanaldo for the Armoured Kill video, shame they just looped the same clips over and over but it was interesting info all the same.
 
Haven't played BF3 for at least two months, got Premium yesterday & started playing CQ. Good fun.. different from the usual I guess.
 
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I am also a big fan of the M1911 and would recommend anyone give the weapon extended use. I found the M1911 most effective paired with the Recon class where effective pistol use is much more important.

M1911 is good and all but i would take this :sly::drool: .

take a look below :dopey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3_cBnj0asw&feature=related

Oh and thanks Ryanaldo for the Armoured Kill video, shame they just looped the same clips over and over but it was interesting info all the same.

Your welcome, i noticed it was looped to. just intresting to see the AC-130 in the flesh.

Neeme, play some Op Metro to get the grenade kills.

I did mine on Siene TDM. just go in support (so you can re stash grenades), and choose the grenade squad perk. just spam nades in the tight archways. should be done in under 10mins.
 
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Sorry Daniel. After I quit I checked my settings and realized I accidently turned on paintball mode and bullet magnet.
Yuck
 
You guys tried colorblind mode? I have and it wasn't just a try. Everything is so much better and more clear.
 
You guys tried colorblind mode? I have and it wasn't just a try. Everything is so much better and more clear.

I keep meaning to give it a go as this is not the first time I've heard this, just forget every time I start the game.
 
Use it, it's so much better 👍

It was the first thing I tried - being colourblind I figure it would help, but if anything its worse. The contrast of teammate related info is much better, but they have a stupid colour for the enemy - looks like a rose pink to me and its awful. Took it off after it confused me so much at one firestorm round where I ended up 1-5 or something.
 
Unlocked the last of the new weapons. That M5K really needs an extended mag. Gotta put in the time to unlock that next
 
Just got premium! :D

CQ is still downloading, I had a panicky moment when I couldn't join any CQ servers and realised I hadn't downloaded it from the in-game store! :lol:

EDIT: I pay £40 for premium and then my 🤬 4 month old 🤬 slim can't even install CQ without freezing... :mad:
 
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