Battlefield 3

[Kid_Eternity]

Haven't been booted but jesus fuck flying is pointless for me! Think I'm gonna give up on that for now...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Aha may have to watch more of these!

 

[sim667]

I think I've got the hang of the jets now, it's just actually shooting stuff.

People don't spot enough.

I also swear I've unlocked a couple of things and they've not been there when I've tried to use them.

 

[Ranbay]

no fuckers spots... fucks me right off

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yup me too...

 

[Picadilly Commando]

Once you find a good server with a good bunch of regs, stay there, people do spot and use SOFLAM but it is still early days and people are still getting used to the game. Give it another week and you'll see a lot more of SOFLAM and Javelin combos 8)

WTF, spent 20 minutes tonight trying to setup a PC coop game, which failed no matter what combination we used setting it up.

Have any PC players managed to get coop working?

Yup, it's good fun. There was some issues with BL not running co-op properly this evening; another reason why BL should be ditched IMO.

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I can't fly the copters for the fucking life of me on this game!

Are you on a PC? IF so turn up that DPI to 5,000 and watch it turn on a six pence

helis and planes are way way easier using joystick.

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. dakka dakka dakka

got joystick working

I haven't used a joystick since the BF42 days and I think it is a bit dated... it uses a serial connection

Thought this was quite a good promo stunt:

 

[Picadilly Commando]

This game has totally fucked up my sleeping pattern

 

[love detective]

Single or multiplayer??

pretty much just single player so far as I don't have a clue about any of it

tried multiplayer for first time this morning and don't have a scooby what's going on - is there any dummy's guide to this as it's complete information overload at the moment

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Oh joy, just got promoted, unlocked a ton of stuff and then got kicked. Nothing saved...

 

[Picadilly Commando]

Oh joy, just got promoted, unlocked a ton of stuff and then got kicked. Nothing saved...

That happened to me too, fortunately it only took me another round to unlock the EOD. And people say Battlelog is good... I'd ditch that piece of crap. I really hate it.

 

[Picadilly Commando]

tried multiplayer for first time this morning and don't have a scooby what's going on - is there any dummy's guide to this as it's complete information overload at the moment

There is a manual, yes, but get stuck in! That is the best way because it is all practise, practise, practise

 

[sim667]

Just tried to play campaign and my first disk skips at the loading screen


And ea seems to be down so I can't get in multiplayer

 

[mwgdrwg]

Played it yesterday and the less said about the single player the better. Multiplayer was ok, but I'm going to skip this Battlefield.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yeah finding I'm only going back to single player when MP is kicking me. Would be good to get a game with a few of you guys too at some point.

 

[Picadilly Commando]

Are you lot playing on PS3s or Xboxs, I know some people are having trouble but far the best part it's worked perfectly well for me? If it is PC trouble I can give you a few tips and pointers etc.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Xbox. This is starting to piss me off now.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Xbox. This is starting to piss me off now.

Should have had the beta out months before launch, not two weeks.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Should have had the beta out months before launch, not two weeks.

That's the thing that annoys, they said the beta was to load test the servers, wtf happened??

 

[sim667]

Well I'm struggling to get into squads with people, but getting in the same games.

Managed to get into campaign now by installing the game to my Xbox, gonna go and ask for a different disk though, although I think I binned the receipt

 

[grit]

I had a weird occurrence today, I joined a server my mate was playing on and none of my unlocks were there. It was like I had never played the game. Anyone any idea what could have caused that?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

No idea although that used to happen every now and then with BC2 I found...

 

[love detective]

There is a manual, yes, but get stuck in! That is the best way because it is all practise, practise, practise

i don't have a clue what's going on around me or what anything means - I need a way in!

 

[ChrisFilter]

The loads times are looooong.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

They are a bit...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

i don't have a clue what's going on around me or what anything means - I need a way in!

I forget, what platform you on?

 

[ChrisFilter]

Single player is nice and tough, which is good. A bit button-mashy in places.

Multiplayer doesn't feel anything more than a prettier BF:BC2 at the moment, but I've only played a couple of games.

 

[love detective]

I forget, what platform you on?

PS3 - first time i've played a console since about 2003, so a bit dumfounded by the whole experience to be honest - everything seems so much more complicated, and for the time being anyway, a lot less fun than i remember it being

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Installing it now...not quite sure why it's set about downloading when I got the DVDs, but never mind.

So tips for best way to learn my way around?

 

[sim667]

I've worked out to get full squads into a game your best bet is using the server browser.

We got in quite reliably today but toggling all regions on in the browser then going to the last page and joining servers that were 0/24 players. You may have to wait a minute or 2 until the server fills up enough to start, but if your in for a session it works.

The losing perks thing does happen from time to time, it's when it can't establish a connection with the ea stats server.

 

[binka]

decided to buy this for my xbox friday night. never played any bf games before and the only fps ive ever previously owned were wolfenstein enemy territory on the pc (which i last played about 4 years ago) and black ops which i must admit im pretty awesome at.

first time i played mp i just ran towards gun fire for what felt like about 5 minutes before being shot in the head. this went on for another 15-20 minutes of me being shot without even seeing an enemy player let alone shooting at them that i had to rage quit.

now im slightly better at it and am usually about mid table at the end of the round. only problem is i always play these games solo and run and gun so i think im missing out on quite a lot of the gameplay. also dont have headset and am playing this on a 10 year old crt telly so sometimes its pretty difficult to even see what im shooting at.

im playing conqest only because i found in black ops this was the best way of getting used to the lay out of maps.

does anyone know where i can find an idiots guide to this game btw?