**OFFICIAL** AT Battlefield 3 FAQ and News Thread

[Phoenix86]

I can't even connect now after the patch. The little status screen on battlelog says that I'm connected to server, but it just loads the map forever. Anyone else having this problem?

There's a bug with it loading the BF app when switching screens, alt-tab/click to the BF icon as soon as the "loading map" or whatever shows and you'll be good to go.

 

[JTsyo]

I love the battlebus:biggrin:

I got caught up in one yesterday and someone was repairing we was up for a bit till like 3 guys locked on us with god who knows what and blasted us out the sky...but it was epic i must have killed 10 strays on top of buildings in a matter of a few short minutes:awe:

Engineers with stingers should help the battle bus in the AA department.

 

[Exterous]

On Bazaar it looks like people are using the MAV now to get on the ledge at A. Once they drop a spawn beacon its almost impossible to get them off, and they can attack A, B, and D at will, and clear out A and D without moving from the ledge.

Can you drop a spawn beacon from the MAV or is someone riding it up?

Yeah, I noticed this as well. Takes a few seconds now.

Same here

Nice to get some surveillance ribbons from my TUGS now

 

[The-Noid]

Lol. People whined about the SCAR being able to kill too fast at close range and you want to make sniper rifles instant kill? Snipers are already guaranteed OHK with headshots. They do 75% to body (which I'm pretty sure is a OHK in hardcore servers).

You can't compare the AWP to this game. In CS, the ranges were longer, players moved MUCH faster, could bunny hop/evade, and there was no minimap/spotting. Also, you had to buy your guns with money so you couldn't get it every round if your team was losing. Making snipers OHK in BF3 would be like playing CS in slow motion with an aimbot. It would be absurdly easy and EVERYONE would be recon.

You mean what happened in BC2, where recon was the most overpowered class.

Recon needs something to get rid of armor though. Possibly C4 of some kind. Would make pace of play a bit faster. I carry Soflam all the time but not enough use javelin.

 

[dyndragon]

You mean what happened in BC2, where recon was the most overpowered class.

Recon needs something to get rid of armor though. Possibly C4 of some kind. Would make pace of play a bit faster. I carry Soflam all the time but not enough use javelin.

The last thing we need is for every class to be the same. No thanks.

 

[QuantumPion]

Is it just me or are some of the US uniforms bugged? I.e. the spec ops and Navy Blue uniforms have bright white vests which looks like a missing texture or something. Back to Dr. Pepper uniform for me 😀

 

[Worthington]

I noticed that myself. US Spec Ops looks like the Stay-Puff marshmallow man.

 

[sigurros81]

Is it just me or are some of the US uniforms bugged? I.e. the spec ops and Navy Blue uniforms have bright white vests which looks like a missing texture or something. Back to Dr. Pepper uniform for me 😀

Yep, I think this patch introduced several more bugs.

There was a bug I encountered last night where I was revived at the very last second before I was able to redeploy, so when I stood up, my deploy screen was still being displayed and I could not close it, I had to close the game down entirely.

 

[DeadFred]

Yep, I think this patch introduced several more bugs.

There was a bug I encountered last night where I was revived at the very last second before I was able to redeploy, so when I stood up, my deploy screen was still being displayed and I could not close it, I had to close the game down entirely.

Thats not new as it happened to me once right after release.

 

[96Firebird]

Yep, I think this patch introduced several more bugs.

There was a bug I encountered last night where I was revived at the very last second before I was able to redeploy, so when I stood up, my deploy screen was still being displayed and I could not close it, I had to close the game down entirely.

I had that happen to me in Rush one time, but luckily I was assault and near the MCOMs. So I had to tell the enemy where I was so they could kill me, and then I could spawn again.

And good to know about Spec-Ops, I guess I should change my cammo then...

 

[The-Noid]

The last thing we need is for every class to be the same. No thanks.

Problem is there is no team work in this game. 90% of playing is down lone wolf running around. If people worked together or there was VOIP then SOFLAM would be great.

Not having VOIP in this game is ridiculous.

 

[Paladin]

Problem is there is no team work in this game. 90% of playing is down lone wolf running around. If people worked together or there was VOIP then SOFLAM would be great.

Not having VOIP in this game is ridiculous.

Or at least have it like BF2 where the squad leader can click on the map and say 'attack here' or 'defend this position'.

Since the patch I keep getting booted by punkbuster, after about 2 minutes. Every server I try. Suggestions? I think there's something about going to the punkbuster website, and reinstalling that. Haven't had time to investigate yet (at work now...).
thanks.

 

[96Firebird]

Or at least have it like BF2 where the squad leader can click on the map and say 'attack here' or 'defend this position'.

You can already hover over an obj. and click Q as squad leader and it will highlight it with a red X. But I think using the map would be better for strategic placing.

 

[Childs]

Can you drop a spawn beacon from the MAV or is someone riding it up?

You can ride it up. I'm assuming thats how they are doing it.

Nice to get some surveillance ribbons from my TUGS now

You want lots or ribbons, play conquest on Metro and place the tugs at the escalators. The last time I played Metro I got 34 surveillance ribbons. The two games got me a medal!

Problem is there is no team work in this game. 90% of playing is down lone wolf running around. If people worked together or there was VOIP then SOFLAM would be great.

Not having VOIP in this game is ridiculous.

Destiny (AKA Roadkill) use soflam and it was the first time I got to use the Javelin, and it was pretty badass. Whenever I deploy the soflam it seems no one ever used it.

Its funny, but I think Termie asked me to join the party in game via text. So I alt tab, join the party, but didnt hear anything. But people are shooting at me and things blowing up, so I forget about it. Afterwards, when everyone was gone and I was looking at gun stats, I notice you have to enable voice in the party, even after you join the party. 🙄 All this talk about BF being about teamwork and its like they go out of their way to discourage it.

 

[Termie]

You can already hover over an obj. and click Q as squad leader and it will highlight it with a red X. But I think using the map would be better for strategic placing.

Yeah, I use this all the time as squad leader, and in some ways I prefer it to BF2 since it's faster to point and click than to open the map. But you do have to consult the map regularly to check your strategy, which is the downside you mentioned.

The other problem I've encountered is that you cannot Q a flag if you're nearby it. The flag letter becomes unclickable. This makes it impossible to call in reinforcements if you as squad leader are already on the flag.

 

[The-Noid]

Destiny (AKA Roadkill) use soflam and it was the first time I got to use the Javelin, and it was pretty badass. Whenever I deploy the soflam it seems no one ever used it.

Its funny, but I think Termie asked me to join the party in game via text. So I alt tab, join the party, but didnt hear anything. But people are shooting at me and things blowing up, so I forget about it. Afterwards when every was gone and I was looking at gun stats, I notice you have to enable voice in the party, even after you join the party. 🙄 All this talk about BF being about teamwork and its like they go out of their way to discourage it.

Soflam is very bad ass with a pilot and a guy with javelin. Without it is a bit worthless. It would be nice to get a good team more than once every two weeks.

 

[96Firebird]

Yeah, I use this all the time as squad leader, and in some ways I prefer it to BF2 since it's faster to point and click than to open the map. But you do have to consult the map regularly to check your strategy, which is the downside you mentioned.

The other problem I've encountered is that you cannot Q a flag if you're nearby it. The flag letter becomes unclickable. This makes it impossible to call in reinforcements if you as squad leader are already on the flag.

Plus, the extra points for attacking or defending aren't bad. 😀

I noticed (the other night) that if you aim at the actual flag and hit Q I think it will label it. I pointed at the flag and hit Q, and heard the guy yell to attack the position or whatever. But I couldn't tell if it highlighted it because it was in the middle of my screen to let me know that I was within the flag's capture area. Try it again, they may have fixed it...

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Is anyone else extremely annoyed by the massive about of random bullet deviation they introduced in the last patch?

I just wish for once a game company would utilize more recoil to gimp aiming instead of random bulletspread.

 

[realjetavenger]

You can ride it up. I'm assuming thats how they are doing it.



You want lots or ribbons, play conquest on Metro and place the tugs at the escalators. The last time I played Metro I got 34 surveillance ribbons. The two games got me a medal!



Destiny (AKA Roadkill) use soflam and it was the first time I got to use the Javelin, and it was pretty badass. Whenever I deploy the soflam it seems no one ever used it.

Its funny, but I think Termie asked me to join the party in game via text. So I alt tab, join the party, but didnt hear anything. But people are shooting at me and things blowing up, so I forget about it. Afterwards, when everyone was gone and I was looking at gun stats, I notice you have to enable voice in the party, even after you join the party. 🙄 All this talk about BF being about teamwork and its like they go out of their way to discourage it.

Yeah, not many use soflam. And the few times people were using it, none of the times I fired the javelin at the painted target did they hit said target. None. Between that and the fact that it takes more time to lock onto and fire at a target with the javelin than it does to fire the rpg twice, I stopped carrying the javelin. Not to mention you can use the rpg to fire at anything you want.

"you have to enable voice in the party, even after you join the party."
This is just stupid.
Whoever at dice is responsible for this and voip in general needs to be kicked square in the nutz. Twice. With a steel toed boot.

 

[Termie]

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Its funny, but I think Termie asked me to join the party in game via text. So I alt tab, join the party, but didnt hear anything. But people are shooting at me and things blowing up, so I forget about it. Afterwards, when everyone was gone and I was looking at gun stats, I notice you have to enable voice in the party, even after you join the party. 🙄 All this talk about BF being about teamwork and its like they go out of their way to discourage it.

Yeah, that was me. Actually, I think once you join voice once, it remembers your preference (it seems to do that for me). But in this case, the other team (in the form of Canbacon and SLU, who don't need tips on how to kill me) were also in the voice party, so it wouldn't have done much good to talk over the com. At least Canbacon got his wish...

This, I can't echo this more. Group up with the AT guys and you will have fun. The only annoying part is that the group channel only supports up to 8 people. On that note, please exit the group if you are going offline, I always try getting into the group but it says it is full. 🙁

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Wish granted!

Plus, the extra points for attacking or defending aren't bad. 😀

I noticed (the other night) that if you aim at the actual flag and hit Q I think it will label it. I pointed at the flag and hit Q, and heard the guy yell to attack the position or whatever. But I couldn't tell if it highlighted it because it was in the middle of my screen to let me know that I was within the flag's capture area. Try it again, they may have fixed it...

Ok, I'll try that - I've always tried pointing at the flag letter, which more or less floats above your head when you're near the flag.

 

[Childs]

Yeah, not many use soflam. And the few times people were using it, none of the times I fired the javelin at the painted target did they hit said target. None. Between that and the fact that it takes more time to lock onto and fire at a target with the javelin than it does to fire the rpg twice, I stopped carrying the javelin. Not to mention you can use the rpg to fire at anything you want.

I am using the Engineer class as Assault, so carrying the Javelin doesnt really hurt me. The stingers can be avoided too easily with the flares. And for some reason I cannot hit choppers with the RPG/SMAW. In BFBC2 and Vietnam I could do it, but now they seem too slow, and they drop too fast. Good chopper pilots dominate the game, so I'd rather take those out than tanks. I should probably give up the repair tool in favor of mines to deal with ground vehicles.

 

[Termie]

Is anyone else extremely annoyed by the massive about of random bullet deviation they introduced in the last patch?

I just wish for once a game company would utilize more recoil to gimp aiming instead of random bulletspread.

Dude, you were slaughtering us two nights ago with a clan buddy of yours. You went 54-12 in at least one match against Expandas, Greg, Paqster, me, and a few others. I think you were fed up with the jet tweaks too.

Have you considered that perhaps you don't need the accuracy help? 😉

 

[Childs]

Dude, you were slaughtering us two nights ago with a clan buddy of yours. You went 54-12 in at least one match against Expandas, Greg, Paqster, me, and a few others. I think you were fed up with the jet tweaks too.

Have you considered that perhaps you don't need the accuracy help? 😉

Yeah, I remember this aimbotter! :biggrin: I had to switch from recon because running into Vulgar was like instant death, especially when you miss that headshot.

But yeah, the randomness of the bullets are annoying.

 

[Termie]

I am using the Engineer class as Assault, so carrying the Javelin doesnt really hurt me. The stingers can be avoided too easily with the flares. And for some reason I cannot hit choppers with the RPG/SMAW. In BFBC2 and Vietnam I could do it, but now they seem too slow, and they drop too fast. Good chopper pilots dominate the game, so I'd rather take those out than tanks. I should probably give up the repair tool in favor of mines to deal with ground vehicles.

Can you explain what you mean by this? Are you saying you think the engineer carbines are better assault weapons than the assault class guns? Because you of course lose out on the use of the grenade attachment and that M26 you showed off in one of your videos, and if you go javelin, you lose all ability to attack ground troops with rockets. So what are you getting out of the engineer class? Now that mines disappear on death, I've lost interest in them...guess I die too much (as you probably noticed squadded up with me).

I agree that the RPGs drop really fast - making them pretty useless for anything further than about 100yd away.

 

[Exterous]

You want lots or ribbons, play conquest on Metro and place the tugs at the escalators.

Yep! Thats where I have been placing them now. Gotta catch up on that medal!

but now they seem too slow, and they drop too fast.QUOTE]

I agree that the RPGs drop really fast - making them pretty useless for anything further than about 100yd away.

Agreed. Bump up the speed a bit and I think it will greatly help