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Fire&Blood

Fire&Blood

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Yeah I unequipped it soon after I unlocked it. When it did work, it worked best when you fired it above target.
 
QuantumPion

QuantumPion

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Seems like the double xp weekend has brought out all the hackers. Had one in a game that knifed me on spawn 3 times before I quit. Another was blatantly aimbotting and 1-shotting people across the map with aim-lock on.

here is one: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf4/soldier/I0IOllOI0l/weapons/349487548/pc/

notice: 24% accuracy with LSAT, 4.3 kills per minute, 30% headshot rate.

can't remember who the knife hacker was though.
 
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Phoenix86

Phoenix86

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KidNiki1 said:
try this, next time you are on paracel, throw some slams in the water beneath the low bridges the boats go under and see if you take out a few boats.
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I think I found a better place, just off the main island between B and C. Seems like it's more traveled than under the bridges. If I have 6 available I'll drop two sets of 3 out there.
 
lozina

lozina

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Do I have awful luck?

reached rank 68 and out of all these battlepacks I only received 1x 100% boost and 1x 200% boost
 
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darkewaffle

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I'm at 62 I think and have 1x 200 and maybe 2x 100? Sounds about right.

Also Obliteration on Golmud blows. But it's surprisingly good on Locker - at least with a squad to talk to.
 
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Canbacon

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DeadFred said:
It seems to be a little wonky for everyone. If you can aim and get it pretty close to an armored target it will explode sort of like an airburst and does quite a bit of damage. But sometimes it just sails off into the wild blue wonder and does nothing.
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Airburst has 2 modes.

1. NOT in ADS, it will shoot out to infinity and explode on impact
- Not very effective in this mode since the strength is in the burst effect.

2. ADS mode, this will lase onto a single point to set the explosion range. You also get a distance meter and NVG. Good to spot in dark areas
- Take it from a person with 500+ roof camper kills, this is the mode you want to be in. Just laze the wall under the camper and it will explode 1-2m past that point. Think creatively if you are pinned down.
- Not very effective against armour, however, if you are able to burst aircraft they are good.
- Also, you CAN get too close to a wall and it will not laze at all, so it has a arming distance.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhY8qr3tlkU

Also, it is a bit flakey on lazing trees and windows. So make sure you have a clear LOS when lazing a target.
 
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darkewaffle

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I didn't realize the XM25 locked soon as you looked down the sights, I kept thinking it was setting the range 'dynamically' and you had to lock it manually somehow lol.

All the same, hard to give up ammo or C4 unless you're on Locker.
 
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Canbacon

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darkewaffle said:
I didn't realize the XM25 locked soon as you looked down the sights, I kept thinking it was setting the range 'dynamically' and you had to lock it manually somehow lol.

All the same, hard to give up ammo or C4 unless you're on Locker.
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Yup, if it is infantry heavy, I'm using the airburst. Nothing better than killing roof campers on the cranes or use helicopters as taxi's.

If the map is vehicle heavy, I'm using C4. Though, more often than not I'm running with a group of engineers, so I'm usually running with airburst.
 
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VulgarDisplay

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a single support player can shut down parts of the map completely with the xm25 and incendiary grenades. Drop ammo, lock XM25 to blow up inside a door, shoot all your ammo, toss incendiary while you reload.

No one is coming through that doorway.
 
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taq8ojh

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VulgarDisplay said:
a single support player can shut down parts of the map completely with the xm25 and incendiary grenades. Drop ammo, lock XM25 to blow up inside a door, shoot all your ammo, toss incendiary while you reload.

No one is coming through that doorway.
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You seriously underestimate the power of zerg :p
 
Nintendesert

Nintendesert

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Well 10 minutes of play and already froze up. I guess I need to read up on how to make this game work properly.
 
JTsyo

JTsyo

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Canbacon said:
Airburst has 2 modes.

1. NOT in ADS, it will shoot out to infinity and explode on impact
- Not very effective in this mode since the strength is in the burst effect.

2. ADS mode, this will lase onto a single point to set the explosion range. You also get a distance meter and NVG. Good to spot in dark areas
- Take it from a person with 500+ roof camper kills, this is the mode you want to be in. Just laze the wall under the camper and it will explode 1-2m past that point. Think creatively if you are pinned down.
- Not very effective against armour, however, if you are able to burst aircraft they are good.
- Also, you CAN get too close to a wall and it will not laze at all, so it has a arming distance.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhY8qr3tlkU

Also, it is a bit flakey on lazing trees and windows. So make sure you have a clear LOS when lazing a target.
Click to expand...

It's 3m and you can't change it.
 
Phoenix86

Phoenix86

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May 21, 2003
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Nintendesert said:
Thanks! That has seemed to help so far.
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There's still some lock-up bugs for sure, may be server/client/graphic drivers but I still app crashes (battlefield has stopped responding) from time to time. It used to be a frozen BF4 screen with quickly repeating audio, now it's just a frozen screen. Every now and then I get a hard lock and have to restart my computer.
 
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DeadFred

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Canbacon said:
Airburst has 2 modes.
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He was asking about the staff shell for the MBT. A big airburst was just how I described it because if its close to an enemy target it will explode in close proximity and do heavy damage to it. They are rather finicky though and sometimes just travel in a straight line and do nothing, kinda like the guided shells early on in BF3 before they were patched.

Even though they arent perfect I still use the staff shell because if it does connect and you can get another HE shell on target that tank will be immobilized even if equipped with reactive armor, then one more HE or Staff shell should finish it off.
 
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DeadFred

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Jun 4, 2011
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I started on unlocking all the DMR's today and the RFB has to be one of the worst weapons ever devised for BF. LOL

I couldnt do a thing with until I got the ACOG then it went smoother, but I switched to Mod 0 the instant I unlocked it and it seems to be decent. Any opinions on which DMR is best overall?
 
Phoenix86

Phoenix86

Lifer
May 21, 2003
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DMRs are odd, but I never really liked sniper weapons. Are you sniping or run-and-gunning? MK11 for sniping at range, SKS for hip fire, ACE 53 for balanced. Based on stats anyways. Actually, the ACE 53 looks to be the best all around, like all the ACE weapons. As a general rule they are a strong contended for best of any given type.
 
WiseUp216

WiseUp216

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Picked up BF4 today. Runs silky smooth but crashes (along with Chrome) every single round. DirectX error, it seems to be a known issue.

I see a lot of Google results but I can't find any fix. All my drivers are up-to-date and system is 100% stable otherwise.

Any help here, guys?
 
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