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

[Childs]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/polloloco81/

I dont think he was expecting that! lol But only a noob wouldnt have all his weapons unlocked. Umm..yeah. :biggrin:

Your quit rate seems kinda high, but 3.25 win ratio is pretty damn good. I'm at 1.09, but my quit rate is under 10%, and I lone wolf. I wonder why its even close to 10%, as the only time I quit is when I say gg and stop playing for the night.

I cant imagine having any real control over win ratio. I remember a game where I think Vulgar, panda, Destiny and myself combined for like 350 kills, and we still lost the match. Maybe a good pilot can win single handed, but otherwise its seems fairly random.

3.62 w/l ratio. Calling shenanigans.

Wait, his ratio dropped .5 in 1.5 hours? Sig, did you recently reset your stats?

 

[DeadFred]

I remember a game where I think Vulgar, panda, Destiny and myself were like a combined for like 350 kills, and we still lost the match. Maybe a good pilot can win single handed, but otherwise its seems fairly random.

WOW losing a game like that would piss me off for sure.

 

[Childs]

WOW losing a game like that would piss me off for sure.

I think it was because the other team had one of the top pilots in BF3, and he just suppressed our whole team. The details are somewhere in this thread, but that was months ago. I still remember that outcome though... Although to be honest, that 350 might be 250 now that I think about it. I think Vulgar definitely went over 100, and rest of us were around 50 to 70 kills each. But when I recall the story next year, it will be 450. :biggrin:

 

[Arkaign]

Nik there are posts all over about how to get rid of the blue filter


if you raelly cared, instead of wanting to crybaby, you would have done it already I imagine, as it takes a few minutes


90% of your complaints are Server options, get some scatch and some friends together and get a server

if its so great....people will fill it


seriously, health, vehicle health, and their respective repsawn timers are 100% configurable for servers, you can have your 30 second to 3 minutes or whatever spawn timers, and turn ticket count down some to make lives matter even more(I think you can configure ticket bleed, but not sure)

What is this blue filter you speak of? Should there be things I change on my end? I'm all stock AFAIK :

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/#!/bf3/soldier/Arkaign/stats/365891337/

 

[Arkaign]

I'm not sure it's remotely possible to have a W/L ratio like that without a certain amount of statwhoring. I'd bet anything that they're the type you see clustering over to the winning side constantly, and whom leave/come back when they get autobalanced. I stick in there regardless.

Whatever, I could be wrong

 

[sigurros81]

I dont think he was expecting that! lol But only a noob wouldnt have all his weapons unlocked. Umm..yeah. :biggrin:

Your quit rate seems kinda high, but 3.25 win ratio is pretty damn good. I'm at 1.09, but my quit rate is under 10%, and I lone wolf. I wonder why its even close to 10%, as the only time I quit is when I say gg and stop playing for the night.

I cant imagine having any real control over win ratio. I remember a game where I think Vulgar, panda, Destiny and myself combined for like 350 kills, and we still lost the match. Maybe a good pilot can win single handed, but otherwise its seems fairly random.



Wait, his ratio dropped .5 in 1.5 hours? Sig, did you recently reset your stats?

I will be the first to admit that i'm a bit OCD with my KDR, but that's about it. It was actually at 2.2 and it's been going down since the patch and AK's release.

As for my WL ratio, I don't know what to say about that, I don't pay much attention to it but hey, I'm proud of that number, and I don't really need to justify it with anything. Though when my friends and I play, we don't normally go on servers that balances after each match because trying to all get in the same team and squad again is a pain to deal with. Also, the very beginning rush to capture points can be the determining factor for victory or loss for the rest of the match, so I really don not want to dick around trying to get on the same team again when I could be rushing to capture points. At any rate, if we win a match, we tend to keep winning if we stay on the server

 

[Arkaign]

Ah, that makes sense. No autobalance tends to create super lopsided teams, particularly when one team starts winning and the statwhores don't want to join the losing team, hence only cannon fodder ends up on the losing team.

If I'm on a team that's losing utterly, I stick it out just to the end of the round before leaving, and if my team is the one forcing the blowout, I leave as well after the round. I stick around if we've got pretty even talent. It's probably why I have about a 3 KDR, and a 1.2 W/L.

 

[Phoenix86]

Well that's a stupid argument. And stop trolling. All you've been doing is insulting me, instead of answering why the game isn't fundamentally broken.

Pretty sure I never insulted you, just pointed out some facts. I enjoy the game and that's why it's not fundamentally broken.

But let's look at fundamentals.

When I login, the game opens. It doesn't crash. When I shoot people they die. When I cap a node my team can spawn there. When I repair a vehicle it's healed. When I shoot an RPG at one it takes damage. If I fly into a building I crash. If I turn my mouse, the character/vehicle move, etc., etc., etc.

I can go to a server and have fun win or lose. I enjoy the game and that's something that wouldn't happen if it was fundamentally broken.

Seems like the fundamentals are just fine. Perhaps it's the non-fundamentals you have issues with.

 

[sigurros81]

Ah, that makes sense. No autobalance tends to create super lopsided teams, particularly when one team starts winning and the statwhores don't want to join the losing team, hence only cannon fodder ends up on the losing team.

If I'm on a team that's losing utterly, I stick it out just to the end of the round before leaving, and if my team is the one forcing the blowout, I leave as well after the round. I stick around if we've got pretty even talent. It's probably why I have about a 3 KDR, and a 1.2 W/L.

I love an evenly-matched and close games as the next person, and it makes it so much more rewarding when you win, especially coming back at the end from a deficit. I also enjoy obliterating scrubby-ass teams just as much if I don't have any friends on the enemy team, just a bunch of strangers that I can troll on.

The things that get me frustrated is when we are on a server where the enemy team has very good jet pilots that dominate my friends who are primarily chopper pilots and are very good at what they do. And as much as I play BF3, I still don't know what to do about good jet pilots besides bending over and taking it up the ass.

 

[Arkaign]

I can respect that. I guess I've been in enough horribly losing teams that I don't really have much fun when the tables are turned and it's just a firing squad / turkey shoot. I'll add you in, should be fun playing with another quality player, MoonBogg and Expandas are quite excellent and play a very different style than I do.

 

[sigurros81]

I can respect that. I guess I've been in enough horribly losing teams that I don't really have much fun when the tables are turned and it's just a firing squad / turkey shoot. I'll add you in, should be fun playing with another quality player, MoonBogg and Expandas are quite excellent and play a very different style than I do.

Damn man, was looking at your battlelog, you are sick with armor. I'm guessing you must be creaming your pants with Armored Kill's release? :awe:

And to be honest, obliterating a horrible team in a lop-sided game is quite therapeutic sometimes, especially towards the end of the night. Means I can do stupid things I don't normally get to do and I don't have to feel so guilty about not contributing to the team because I was running around admiring Alborz snowcapped landscapes.

 

[DeadFred]

The things that get me frustrated is when we are on a server where the enemy team has very good jet pilots that dominate my friends who are primarily chopper pilots and are very good at what they do. And as much as I play BF3, I still don't know what to do about good jet pilots besides bending over and taking it up the ass.

UGH

Bacon and I just experienced this and like you I cant do much about it.

I hate good pilots...... they suck. :biggrin:

 

[chimaxi83]

The things that get me frustrated is when we are on a server where the enemy team has very good jet pilots that dominate my friends who are primarily chopper pilots and are very good at what they do. And as much as I play BF3, I still don't know what to do about good jet pilots besides bending over and taking it up the ass.

Yea, tell me about it. The servers I mostly play on have the same few 100 service star jet pilots lol. If I see that I'm not on their team, I don't even bother with the heli, and I spend most of my time in one (top 0% and 1% in Viper/Havoc). It's that bad. If they're covering you though, it's great to only have to worry about AA tank, but as of right now the only choice is to grab those ankles

 

[Arkaign]

Headed into battle :

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...e-Scotch-and-Bullets-24-7-All-Air-Maps-1000T/

 

[Phoenix86]

Jets taking out helos is kinda how it's supposed to be, the real problem is the lack of counters to a jet. The lack of fixed AA is the problem.

 

[sigurros81]

Jets taking out helos is kinda how it's supposed to be, the real problem is the lack of counters to a jet. The lack of fixed AA is the problem.

Or pray that you have better jet pilots on your team, or at the very least capable pilots that provide enough nuisance to them so that they can leave you alone to do your thing, lol.

 

[Zargon]

http://fpswin.com/battlefield/battlefield-3-look-better/

helps some, still kinda blue


bewar of the FXAA injector

demize has noted they know people use it, and hasnt committed to not banning over it :/

PB might kick you for it eventually but you can then turn it off

some steam chatter about it:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2299121&page=2

 

[chucky2]

Maybe the solution is to have vehicles not only run out of ammo, but also have the jets have to land at an airfield to fuel up. So if an air vehicle spawns, once it takes off, its fuel starts going down. One needs to get back and land at the main spawn to fuel up. More realistic, and gives relief time to other team.

Chuck

 

[chimaxi83]

I have no problems with jets taking out the heli. It's just the speed that it happens is pretty obscene sometimes lol. I've done it myself, and I know that heli pilot has to be pissed that a ~1 second burst destroyed him and he never saw it coming.

 

[orbster556]

Yup, I figured this out on day one and things have not improved. The maps are quite good for TDM though! :awe:

Although I have had a few enjoyable TDM matches on the new maps, the more I play the more think they're pretty bad even for TDM. Almost all the matches I have played have turned into camp-fests where the teams just sit at opposite ends of the map and try to snipe one another; this is especially prevalent, in my experience at least, with the dessert and winter maps. I sort of enjoy the other two maps but, even with those, have had some frustrating rounds.

I think I'll be sticking to Kharg, Bazar and some of the B2K maps.

 

[DeadFred]

Im done unless I can get on a team with some decent jet pilots its freaking hopeless when your AC130 and helos are taken out instantly...............

Edit: Ok, Ive calmed down now. Back to war.

LOL

 

[QuantumPion]

I had a couple good long rounds of AK conquest tonight...but only because I changed my strategy. Instead of joining a server with empty slots (guaranteeing I get put into the losing side of a domination), I queued on a server with 5 people waiting. Managed to get in on the winning team, and even after auto balancing between rounds our team dominated the other for two 1000 ticket rounds. So AK seems to only be fun when you're on the stacked team dominating the other.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/43616945/1/354197300/
(first place woot)

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/43615152/1/354197300/
(look at Slaughter-SA on my team...40 kills with SPRUT and only 4 deaths...seems legit lol...)

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I think it was because the other team had one of the top pilots in BF3, and he just suppressed our whole team. The details are somewhere in this thread, but that was months ago. I still remember that outcome though... Although to be honest, that 350 might be 250 now that I think about it. I think Vulgar definitely went over 100, and rest of us were around 50 to 70 kills each. But when I recall the story next year, it will be 450. :biggrin:

They would not give up the hill on the center of Caspian Border no matter how many of them I killed. Was a good game. And I remember the guy in the jet too... I had decided that he was aimbotting because he was killing like 10 infantry soldiers per pass. Sorry, but it was just not possible what he was doing.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

The the EA servers just go down? I can't get online anymore.

 

[llee]

It's on page 279 of this thread in case anyone's wondering. The pilot's name was Fox7-Tyrant.