a6m5I didn't know what Steam was.
I'll be looking to play on PS3. Used to have X360, but I sold that. PC gaming, I've never owned a computer with adequate capability. Thanks for the help though guys.
a6m5Are like...... Bad Company 2 & BF2 different games? I thought they were same thing.
I can't find the analog sticks on my keyboard.
I'll try that out Sharky. Thanks for the link!
I'd like to think of myself as perk utilizer.
I just use perks to get the job done. I don't have OMA for a M203 but I will stop you from planting with a M203. Its commonly on FPS games.. I have seen it on fighting Genre but it isn't as much.I'd like to think of myself as perk utilizer.
What is up with the attitude of the players though? One of the best feature added to the MW2 was to mute people in the lobby. You are right. Racists & all sorts of name calling that you can imagine. It really annoys me, because these geeks sit at home, act like a tough guy(I mean in double digit IQ) from a headset. You talk like they do in real life, say playing ball at the park, you will pay the consequence. It's just like the people who get really rude driving behind the wheel.
I mean, is it just Call of Duty games? To the Battlefield players, you guys don't have idiots that go off for no good reason?
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Sharky.Usually no, because the server/admin normally ends up kicking them
Ah, alright, I misunderstood. Yeah, most players see the One Man Army as a commonly abused perk. Some matches have so much noob tubes & javelins fired, it's not even funny.
This sounds like a dream come true, right here.Usually no, because the server/admin normally ends up kicking them
Bit of both - I play COD4/MW2/Blops on the PS3, BC2 on both PC and PS3 and will be getting BF3 on PCPC Gamer I see? Cool, you guys get 64 player servers in BF3
40+ minutes.....I honestly don't know whether to be excited about it, or dread it.
Really liking the Squad Deathmatch. At first I thought you said 4 on 4, I damn near gave up on it.
Thank you for taking the time. 👍 Other battlefield fans, keep them coming please.
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First of all, I appreciate you taking the time to write this up for me. 👍Hi a6m5, I remember you from somewhere, I think the MW2 thread, maybe MW2 MP. And I think you were really good at it? Haha. So I have a personal reason to win you over to battlefield so you can possibly join my squad.
I really like the squad concept in BFBC2. Just 4 players, who can communicate with eachother. You can't talk with the whole team, and I don't see that as a limit, it just makes you emphasize the teamwork on your squad. As you might know, you can choose different classes to play in (engineer, assault medic and recon) - in BF3 it changes a bit and there will be one person to be the squad leader (I don't know how that will work, it was in BF2 I'm told but I never played that game) - so you can balance out your squad because everytime you are killed, you can choose or edit your class. And if you balance it well (I think the best is one from all classes) your squad could take over the whole match.
Teamwork is really important, especially in Rush (like demolition in MW2) with detonating bombs on the enemy base (or defending it). BFBC2 might have really big maps, but in the rush games everything gets centered around these bombs, so that it's not an issue anymore. Plus you can spawn on your squadmates. It's a good tactic to flank the enemy, or get behind them and let your squad spawn on you so you can attack from the back and surprise them. There are alot of strategies you can do in BFBC2 and that is what it makes so good for me. It also depends on whether you are on the attacking or defending side ofcourse. Medics are really important when attacking, because you only have a limited amout of "life tickets" and if you revive someone, you get a life ticket back. And the medic gets points for reviving someone. Assault gets extra points for giving ammo, engineer for repairing a vehicle and recon for spotting people.
Everyone can spot people for aiming at someone and tapping the select button. This is vital for the team because with spotting, you make a triangle appear above their head that your whole team can see. And thus, for a good squad, the recon can sit somewhere in the back, spotting people for you and possibly picking them off. The other members of the squad head towards the bomb, with the medic reviving the other members and the assault taking care of ammo. Ofcourse it can go wrong with everybody dying, but it's such a nice concept IMO and if there's a survivor, the rest of the squad can spawn on him. I might not be the best player (by far
For me, this game is so much more rewarding than MW2. Also, the atmosphere is much better because of the great audio. The environment really influences how weapons sound (in a house echoing for example) opposing to MW2 where the weapons sound like toys and the only variable is the volume of the sound. Just watch some sttrategy vids of the game on youtube and the new BF3 vids and see if you like it. Feel free to ask if you have more questions about the game, but I think watching footage of someone playing and explaining what they do helps alot too.
a6m5First of all, I appreciate you taking the time to write this up for me. 👍
After participating in this thread, I've been leaning towards getting both games, and your explanation actually reinforces that decision even more. While I like most of what I've been hearing about BF3, my concern so far has been its' house rules, if you will. Things like spotting, reviving, etc., in attempt to add more to the game, I think they actually ended up adding their own unique rules to the game? Those features are realistic and not at all realistic at the same time.
I do think that you are right that BF3 is going to be a great game, and also that watching gameplay footage from the current game will be helpful. I plan on doing more of that. I will also be keeping my eyes peeled open for both MW3 & BF3 reviews. Reviews sold me on CoD4, and MW2 was a continuation of that for me. They can be very helpful & insightful. Thanks again for your help.
P.S. I'm decent on CoD4 & MW2, but on BF3, I will be that noob who will cost you matches. At least for first few weeks. The game sounds very foreign to me.
. About the spotting and reviving, you don't have to do it. The first couple of months i played bfbc2 i didn't even know what it was. it's just a really handy tool for if you see an enemy in the distance that you can't kill yet. Chances are big that someone else from your team will kill him. In Cod, this feature would be worthless because if you would try to spot someone youll be killed instantly, due to the environment being so small. It is never forced on you to spot, it's just a handy tool. I see spotting as telling your whole team where an enemy is. But the spotting traingle goes away after 5-10 secs, so it's not permanent. if you want realism you should play flashpoint i think. But i really think that spotting and reviving adds more to the game. You help others (and get rewarded for it) which fits perfectly in the teamwork philosophy the game has set. I didn't know bf was so much about teamplay when i bought it. But the teamwork was unexpectedly alot of fun and rewarding for me. And all the other nice things like map design, graphics, vehicles helped with that. Maybe read a review about bfbc2? Reviews might explain what this game has to offer better than i did.
He was referring to my MW2 t-shirt, I told him I was. He goes, you should get BF3, it's going to be way better. I told him I'm planning on getting both, he was down with that!
What I see now is MW2 with a couple of small differences + updates + other setting = MW3. There's nothing wrong with that, but if you compare it to BF, the development is much bigger. Also the preorders now are favoring BF3 more. I think it's a good idea that you get both, so you can still play with your friends and make some new friends in BF3. We'll see what happens. 
I like battlefield more because it relies more on teamwork and actually thinking through decisions and such. CoD is just, run, shoot, die.
