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

[Capt Caveman]

Um, you do realize that tanks can autoheal + eng healing it you can't kill one with a single person with ALL the rockets.

Never mind the fact that tanks can see you so you are lucky to get one shot off before anyways.

This is wide know issue. Do you think its just luck that tank drivers are the top scores at most map? lol

battlefield is NOT about teamwork. Never has been. The only teamwork required in BF is if you want to fly a heli/tank. Thats it. Most people only use squads to spawn closer to combat. lol

You have no clue what you're talking about. It's what the game has always been about.

 

[Anubis]

Um, you do realize that tanks can autoheal + eng healing it you can't kill one with a single person with ALL the rockets.

Never mind the fact that tanks can see you so you are lucky to get one shot off before anyways.

This is wide know issue. Do you think its just luck that tank drivers are the top scores at most map? lol

battlefield is NOT about teamwork. Never has been. The only teamwork required in BF is if you want to fly a heli/tank. Thats it. Most people only use squads to spawn closer to combat. lol

shoot the engineer
RPG the tank
its not hard,

FFS i run in an C4 them while the ENG is healing on the other side and take them out all the fing time

or as others have said TEAMWORK, 2 people with RPGs of Javs can totally destroy any land vehicles

i was in 1 game yesterday where a squad was spoting and marking tanks and then sending off 2-3 Javs at the same time, tanks just vanished from the map

 

[Stuka87]

Um, you do realize that tanks can autoheal + eng healing it you can't kill one with a single person with ALL the rockets.

Never mind the fact that tanks can see you so you are lucky to get one shot off before anyways.

This is wide know issue. Do you think its just luck that tank drivers are the top scores at most map? lol

battlefield is NOT about teamwork. Never has been. The only teamwork required in BF is if you want to fly a heli/tank. Thats it. Most people only use squads to spawn closer to combat. lol

Personally, I think you just suck at playing the game...

 

[skipsneeky2]

Love me some good quality teamwork,its a rare thing i find.

Been playing Metro conquest aka the meat grinder and being support i hand out ammo the entire round...i find blasting my m249 doesn't get me anywhere but killed if someone is blasting m320 and rpg rounds at chokepoints taking out 4 team members at a time.

So i stand back hand out ammo and i end up hoarding resupply ribbons as of last night 836 of them and i tend to be the only one going out of my way to do this....good support and assault with meds can make a huge difference on such a map.

 

[dakU7]

Personally, I think you just suck at playing the game...

He has a point.
You can't touch me when i'm using the tank/LAV with proximity sensors and thermals.
In BC2 you had to sneak around a tank to plant C4s on it, but on BF3, there's no way you can get close to a tank without being detected.

 

[Destiny]

Love me some good quality teamwork,its a rare thing i find.

Been playing Metro conquest aka the meat grinder and being support i hand out ammo the entire round...i find blasting my m249 doesn't get me anywhere but killed if someone is blasting m320 and rpg rounds at chokepoints taking out 4 team members at a time.

So i stand back hand out ammo and i end up hoarding resupply ribbons as of last night 836 of them and i tend to be the only one going out of my way to do this....good support and assault with meds can make a huge difference on such a map.

836 supply ribbons?!!! thats 16 medals = 160,000 points... I've been playing those maps too but I've been as an Assualt rushing to try to win or rack up kills...

 

[skipsneeky2]

836 supply ribbons?!!! thats 16 medals = 160,000 points... I've been playing those maps too but I've been as an Assualt rushing to try to win or rack up kills...

Chokehold at b is the most fun and these 836 resupply ribbons took me about 2 days.

My last 8 ranks have been solely from resupply ribbons and the occasional kill from a stray enemy trying to reach around kill at the chokehold points .

Rig i am using now runs like crap in close combat so resupply and healing works for now.

My best round i got 68 resupply ribbons and 2 medals add in 10k points mostly from healing and revives plus 200 per ribbon...good luck finding a better support player then me.

 

[rgallant]

shoot the engineer
RPG the tank
its not hard,

FFS i run in an C4 them while the ENG is healing on the other side and take them out all the fing time

or as others have said TEAMWORK, 2 people with RPGs of Javs can totally destroy any land vehicles

i was in 1 game yesterday where a squad was spoting and marking tanks and then sending off 2-3 Javs at the same time, tanks just vanished from the map

-on some caspian 64 servers , I count myself lucky if I get in 1 kill before my tank gets blown up \jets\helo's\rpg's\jav's\mortars all taking a shot , not having the repair tool I go on foot once hit below 50%.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

-on some caspian 64 servers , I count myself lucky if I get in 1 kill before my tank gets blown up \jets\helo's\rpg's\jav's\mortars all taking a shot , not having the repair tool I go on foot once hit below 50%.

Tank requires a good gunner who is also an engineer. If I'm the only engy I'll hop out and repair but it's definitely not the optimal way to play the tank.

Read this thread for some awesome tank gunner tips. Although it's for the gunner it helps you think about the way you should be playing as the tank driver also.

http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield3/comments/m56u0/the_perfect_p2_how_to_be_an_incredible_tank/

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Any guides for noobies out there? I suck really bad.

 

[raasco]

Just curious, what are everyones load times from browser to in game? This game is really starting to piss me off. It takes at least a minute and a half for me to finally get in game once I pick a server to join. Between maps is no issue to me.

 

[DeadFred]

Love me some good quality teamwork,its a rare thing i find.

Been playing Metro conquest aka the meat grinder and being support i hand out ammo the entire round...i find blasting my m249 doesn't get me anywhere but killed if someone is blasting m320 and rpg rounds at chokepoints taking out 4 team members at a time.

So i stand back hand out ammo and i end up hoarding resupply ribbons as of last night 836 of them and i tend to be the only one going out of my way to do this....good support and assault with meds can make a huge difference on such a map.

I just finished one of those maps playing the assault class. I was MVP with a KDR of 0-6 but collected a ton of Medical Efficiency Ribbons. Never fired my gun, tossed a few nades, and focused on healing and revives. Earlier I went with the M320 and had a KDR of 23-1. I was put down probably 15 times but had a good medic there to revive me. Teamwork Rulz!

 

[NoSoup4You]

From the browser I can get into a game rather quickly, I haven't timed it but it feels like ~25 seconds or so.

I just launched BF3 for the first time since Skyrim launched. I had 30+ hours logged into BF3 prior to Skyrim... why, oh why couldn't these two game launches have been staggered a little better. I'm a little dismayed at how good the IRNV scope is, and I seem to be dying from VERY far away to shotguns... there must be slug ammunition or something which I don't remember being in the game prior.

Great game though, it's still primarily about situational awareness... though that pesky IRNV scope is really not cool.

 

[bnguyen1983]

Just curious, what are everyones load times from browser to in game? This game is really starting to piss me off. It takes at least a minute and a half for me to finally get in game once I pick a server to join. Between maps is no issue to me.

almost instant

 

[skipsneeky2]

I just finished one of those maps playing the assault class. I was MVP with a KDR of 0-6 but collected a ton of Medical Efficiency Ribbons. Never fired my gun, tossed a few nades, and focused on healing and revives. Earlier I went with the M320 and had a KDR of 23-1. I was put down probably 15 times but had a good medic there to revive me. Teamwork Rulz!

Have a little over 1,000 resupply efficieny ribbons as of tonight.

Next goal 1,000 medial efficiency ribbons

I don't score as much as with the medical but i have cared less about whoring points lately and more on helping the team if and whenever possible

 

[Destiny]

Just curious, what are everyones load times from browser to in game? This game is really starting to piss me off. It takes at least a minute and a half for me to finally get in game once I pick a server to join. Between maps is no issue to me.

Sometimes its quick, sometimes it takes a while... it depends on server location, if server is autobalancing teams, or is changing maps...

 

[skipsneeky2]

Maps for me don't take to long to load but it can take as many as 4 attempts to get onto one with a assortment of different issues which has been happening since the patch for me.

When the map changes or a new round starts loading is relatively quick i have yet to be dropped from a game in the last few days which makes me happy

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Termi, do you know of any laptops that can run the game half-decent, or will the cost be astronomical?

 

[s1njin]

Grabbed this on sale - has to go under the tree though. Kids still believe in Santa so everyone has to have something under the tree. Can't wait to see this thing in action - hopefully by than a lot of the tech issues are ironed out !


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[Termie]

Termi, do you know of any laptops that can run the game half-decent, or will the cost be astronomical?

You know, you can probably play it on a number of laptops - I just bought the game for my brother to play on an HP laptop - with a i7-2630 quad CPU and HD6770m GPU. It's going to be weak in the GPU area (equivalent to a HD5670 on a desktop), but the graphics can be toned down while the CPU load is harder to.

Unfortunately, he won't be able to try it out for a few days so I can't tell you how it works yet. I'd focus on laptops with at least the 2630 quad (which is a bargain), and a GTX460m or 6850m GPU if you can. Should be under $1000. Might be best to ask in the notebook forum.

 

[DeadFred]

Sometimes its quick, sometimes it takes a while... it depends on server location, if server is autobalancing teams, or is changing maps...

^ This

On a side note Im getting a SSD next week, hope to see some improvement in load times.

 

[Grooveriding]

Any guides for noobies out there? I suck really bad.

Start with engineer and use the first gun you get only, build up unlocks. The three you want are foregrip, heavy barrel and a scope. I prefer the holo scope and red dot.

Stick to playing one map and one game type for a while until you know the map. It will help you get better at just playing if you are on a map where you know the lay of the land and how to move around it.

Try to play with a squad, barring that, take your time when moving around. Don't just run from here to there, but look where you are going before hand from a fairly well hidden position and see if there are enemies. When you do move, be stingy with your use of running, don't run the whole time because if you hit an enemy who is stationary or walking he will kill you because it takes longer to draw your weapon from running speed.

Spot (q button) and spot some more. If the server has 3D spotting on and you spot the enemy you are shooting, it is basically a mini aimbot as you aim just below the small triangle and that is his head.

With the engy get good at using the RPG/SMAW, once you get the hang of knowing how high above your target you have to shoot depending on its distance from you, you can own with it.

So many times in a gun fight if I feel like I am going to die, a quick switch to the RPG and a launch gets him, or at times, he kills me but my RPG gets him

 

[imaheadcase]

Personally, I think you just suck at playing the game...

Thats easy to say things like that, when most people agree that tanks/helis are to powerful now.

Its not me saying this to, Alan acknowledged tanks were prematurely buffed before launch.


Tell me again how come you can use all rockets on a tank and not kill it, mind you this is hitting from backside. Yet 2 mines can kill a tank outright. Thats right, because they can repair it fast enough negating the rockets. Its as simple as that really.

I do fine with the game, avoid the tanks, and game play is great.

 

[Grooveriding]

Thats easy to say things like that, when most people agree that tanks/helis are to powerful now.

Its not me saying this to, Alan acknowledged tanks were prematurely buffed before launch.


Tell me again how come you can use all rockets on a tank and not kill it, mind you this is hitting from backside. Yet 2 mines can kill a tank outright. Thats right, because they can repair it fast enough negating the rockets. Its as simple as that really.

I do fine with the game, avoid the tanks, and game play is great.

I use the tank a lot and think it is just fine as it is now that helicopters and jets are buffed and can take a tank out fast. I can notice the difference now when a heli or jet comes at me.

What needs a nerf is the power of the engineer's repair tool. It either needs to do the same amount of repairing but over a longer amount of time, or just repair less than it does in the time it does currently.

I'd say the second choice is best. Beyond that, two or even one smart engi can take out a tank easily.

 

[chedrz]

Thats easy to say things like that, when most people agree that tanks/helis are to powerful now.

Its not me saying this to, Alan acknowledged tanks were prematurely buffed before launch.


Tell me again how come you can use all rockets on a tank and not kill it, mind you this is hitting from backside. Yet 2 mines can kill a tank outright. Thats right, because they can repair it fast enough negating the rockets. Its as simple as that really.

I do fine with the game, avoid the tanks, and game play is great.

Here's how you beat a tank: get in close and use cover if you're using RPGs/SMAWs, stay away and lock on if you're using javelins. I primarily play as an engineer and I seldom have a problem killing a tank. Now if I'm right in front of it in the 50-100m range, I die just as I should. But you get close and hide behind some rocks/buildings/crates, and you should have no problem wrecking a tank (if there's a gunner you might have some issues). It's all about firing and maneuvering. Only pop out long enough to shoot, then get back in cover. It may take 4 rockets to kill the tank, but it's VERY easy to do.