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Arkaign

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I've been experimenting with the LMG and HMG perks for the MBT and IFV lately and it's surprisingly useful. I've been able to rack up kills quite effectively by constantly switching off between primary and secondary weapons to maintain suppressing fire. Anyone else make the switch from canister shells/ATGM missiles?

Yeah after they nerfed the guided missile in the tank massively, I switched to LMG. Now it seems like they boosted the HMG a bit, so I've swapped to that. Prox scan + IR + HMG = infantry has a damn hard time messing with you. Only problem is running solo vs a tank with reactive armor. But if you have a gunner w/prox, then you can have your reactive + all the other goodies.
 

Arkaign

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Hah, speaking of tanks, it never ceases to amaze me how terrible almost everyone who jumps in the gunner seat is. I'll get an eng jump in the gunner seat, we run head on vs. an enemy tank or two, and he sits there plugging away at them with the .50, oblivious to the fact that infinite .50 rounds won't even knock 1% off a tank. After he invariably doesn't catch on to the idea that it'd be a wise plan to jump out the back and start repairing while the duel is on, I jump out and start repairing, thinking he might decide to swap to 1st seat and do some damage to the tanks while I'm fixing. But nope, he just sits there in the .50 plinking away uselessly.

I had one guy that was so bad that I ended up intentionally driving into tank vs tank battles and leaving his dumb ass there in the tank to get killed.
 

DeadFred

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So I've been trying to complete one of my engineer assignments where you have to shoot down 5 aircrafts - I shot two down with stingers and it didn't get recorded or registered?! Or was I suppose to use a bazooka o_O
Yeah, you have to use either the SMAW or RPG.
 

DeadFred

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Javelin counts for it too......

Tapatalking on my pos thunderbolt. Sorry for teh typos!
oh yeah, forgot about the jav

And yeah Destiny, its a crazy assignment. If you see me online sometime message me and ill fly a heli for ya to shoot on an empty server. ;)
 

Anubis

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TBH that one IMO was a joke compared to the 350 yard headshot and claymore kills

im never gonna get the fing claymore kills



also dbl xp weekend is doing silly things to "Score per Min"
 

Arkaign

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TBH that one IMO was a joke compared to the 350 yard headshot and claymore kills

im never gonna get the fing claymore kills



also dbl xp weekend is doing silly things to "Score per Min"

Claymore kills :

go to Norshahr canals (sp?), team DM. Set claymores in the shipping containers where it's dark and people constantly running through. On a server that's near-full or full, you should be able to do it in very short order. You may die a lot, but oh well :D
 

Arkaign

Lifer
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oh yeah, forgot about the jav

And yeah Destiny, its a crazy assignment. If you see me online sometime message me and ill fly a heli for ya to shoot on an empty server. ;)

Helis are decently easy to knock out if you have a buddy in a tank or a recon dude to paint helis for you. Much easier still if you have one other guy to Jav with you spaced out a little (heli gets painted, launches flares or smokes, heli still painted, heli runs away, heli runs right past the next jav guy, he launches, boom).
 

Jaiguru

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also dbl xp weekend is doing silly things to "Score per Min"

Yeah, I messed up and reset my stats during the last double xp weekend and it was sitting at around 1600 for 2 weeks. I got banned from a few servers because of it. Even after playing for 80+ hours since I reset it my SPM is still 800+. The highest I had seen it before then was around 600.
 

Anubis

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Yeah, I messed up and reset my stats during the last double xp weekend and it was sitting at around 1600 for 2 weeks. I got banned from a few servers because of it. Even after playing for 80+ hours since I reset it my SPM is still 800+. The highest I had seen it before then was around 600.

mines sitting at ~900 now which is funny, if my internet wasn't being dumb today im sure i could have pushed it over 1k
 

Anubis

No Lifer
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Claymore kills :

go to Norshahr canals (sp?), team DM. Set claymores in the shipping containers where it's dark and people constantly running through. On a server that's near-full or full, you should be able to do it in very short order. You may die a lot, but oh well :D

the prob is dieing before someone hits your claymore, because they vanish when you die
 

DeadFred

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the prob is dieing before someone hits your claymore, because they vanish when you die
Best solution....dont die! :biggrin:

Use the explosives perk so you can set two at a time, that way you can use them to defend yourself from two directions then cover a third direction with your LMG. Throw down some ammo and when one of clays goes off run back and replace it. Dont forget to toss nades, most of the time they will resupply from your ammo crate too. Ive had some success doing this on canals and have racked up a lot of combat efficiency ribbons in the process.
 

chucky2

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See how you like the performance of your brother's 6950. If it's sufficient, buy a 7850. If you want a significant jump, buy a 7950. That means ~$200 or ~$300, approximately. That's about as much as I'd spend given your CPU. Beyond that and you'll be CPU-limited.

Thanks! :thumbsup:
 

DeadFred

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I guess Russians dont like capitalist pigs coming into their servers and pwning them. I was just banned and was given this message: Please choose a server in your own country! :D
 

B-Riz

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Played my first rounds after a 2 month hiatus (got married, went back to school, moved, went on honeymoon etc.).

Felt great to play on my gaming rig as opposed to my laptop, and I was getting hackusations after only 3 rounds to get my bearings back. Gunmaster is a ton of fun, and everyone who plays it is awful. I was like 20-1 and everyone else was less than 5 kills. Then you get to the knife round and finish up like 32-20 haha.

If you haven't tried Gunmaster go for it, best game mode in BF3 if you ask me.

Back in my CS 1.6 days, we played the gun game mod now and then, and I can say I am still not a fan 10 yrs later.

One round between conquest rounds is fine, but back to back rounds, the game play gets thin and frustrating.
 

hondaf17

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For those struggling with the assignments just got into a 1 player to start server, have a friend come with you and knock them out. That's what I did. Felt cheap but much quicker and I don't have to be annoying looking at the unfinished.
 

Canbacon

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For those struggling with the assignments just got into a 1 player to start server, have a friend come with you and knock them out. That's what I did. Felt cheap but much quicker and I don't have to be annoying looking at the unfinished.

Yup, that is what the majority of us did for the new assignments.
 

maevinj

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I guess Russians dont like capitalist pigs coming into their servers and pwning them. I was just banned and was given this message: Please choose a server in your own country! :D

Nice!! I've been banned from a few in Germany and France.