Battlefield 3

[Kid_Eternity]

Will be on later if anyone is about?

 

[TitanSound]

Indeeeeeeeeeeeed sir!

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Very tentative crossing of fingers...disabled UPnP on my router and got through two rounds of rush without being booted.

Should level up faster now and it makes it worth while getting involved in the longer games.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Excellent x2!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Had a good lesson tonight in how a great game can be ruined by a shit net connection...

 

[Picadilly Commando]

Was playing Damavand Peak tonight and was in the tunnel. Shot an RPG at a tank, which was covered in C4. The tank blew up killing both the gunner and driver plus six engineers which were surrounding it.

I was grinning like a wanking chimp for hours after

8 kills and a tank with one rocket. Fucking buzzing

Is Co-op mode online or two people sat side by side?

Online, good to play with a mate using voice coms.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Christ alive I just played with a bunch of fucking useless cunts! Actually lost count of the number of dumb ass things they did.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Man look at this shit! I'm so crap at jets it's not funny!

 

[Picadilly Commando]

I haven't even stepped inside a jet since the Beta, going to get myself a joystick and lock one of our servers with a password before I embarrass myself

Going to try a bit of SQDM tonight for a change.

 

[Xanadu]

I bought an xbox 360 today with battlefield. I'm in desperate need of a hdmi cable. It's so difficult to identify enemies at the moment!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Gamertag?

 

[Xanadu]

Gamertag?

Haven't got it in front of me. Will post it tomorrow.

 

[Picadilly Commando]

Gamertag?

I'm on a PC, dude

 

[Ranbay]

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Haven't got it in front of me. Will post it tomorrow.

Cool.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Man look at this shit! I'm so crap at jets it's not funny!

The few times I've tried I normally only get a few feet of the runway!

I'm tempted to have a play connecting a 360 controller up and switching when I get in an aircraft.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Won't be playing BF3 for a long time, I don't think. Been sucked into Skyrim. What a game

 

[sim667]

thats dragons and shit innit.....

"oh noez, the enemy +15 mana level, so I need to drink this +18 magic potion to up my level, but I then need a wizard companion to cast a shrinking spell on me so I can stealth my way through the castle, to reach the alter of <insert unpronounceable name> in order to teleport myself to the 7th layer of a new world called <insert more ludicrous name>"

That type of thing yeah?

 

[ChrisFilter]

Yup - although not all fussy like some RPGs. It's insanely good. Rightly getting 10/10s all over the place. Worth a squizz even if you're usually strictly 'guns and ammo'.

With BF3, MW3, FIFA 12 and the new Deus Ex as well, it's been an immense autumn for gaming.

 

[sim667]

Just the thought of RPG's make me feel a bit queasy tbh.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Just the thought of RPG's make me feel a bit queasy tbh.

You mean you didn't even try Fallout?!

 

[grit]

You mean you didn't even try Fallout?!

I'm with sim667, fallout, borderlands and all that stuff bores me to fucking tears. Any game where I feel I should have a spreadsheet open on another monitor doesn't last long on the hard drive.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Why would you need a spreadsheet? Bethesda games are more about the action and combat than the details. Never played Borderlands, but I didn't think it was a RPG.

Open your minds, boys

 

[mwgdrwg]

I love jRPG's. Xenoblade Chronicles on the Wii was the last great one I played.

 

[ChrisFilter]

I used to, way more than I liked WRPGs, but these days I've switched allegiances. The action RPG style is very playable.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I'm with sim667, fallout, borderlands and all that stuff bores me to fucking tears. Any game where I feel I should have a spreadsheet open on another monitor doesn't last long on the hard drive.

Eh boarderlands was an FPS with a few token RPG elements thrown in. I'm with you in general though, they're not normally my style of game.

 

[Rajjie]

Right, does anybody fancy a game swap? I´ve got Assassins Creed Brotherhood and a few other bits and peices, will swap for Battlefield....

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I'm with sim667, fallout, borderlands and all that stuff bores me to fucking tears. Any game where I feel I should have a spreadsheet open on another monitor doesn't last long on the hard drive.

I played about two hours of Fallout 3 and loved it but couldn't get on to play it for a couple weeks, went back and just couldn't get back in to it and never found the time to give is a full proper play. I used to LOVE RPG's back in the day but as an adult I just don't have the consistent time available to play them the way they deserve...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Very happy to hear this, while mortas aren't ruining the game in quite the same way that the choppers did on MW2 they ain't far off on some maps.

If you’ve played Battlefield 3 — and of course you have — you’ve no doubt come across the most hated weapon in Battlefield 3:

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the mortar​

. The mortar gives the support class the ability to fire mortars over a long distance, and especially on small maps like​

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Seine Crossing​

, it’s easy to spam the enemy. For this reason, mortars have notorious in Battlefield 3, and have become just as hated as sniper campers.​

DICE has noticed the mortar spam, and according to gameplay designer Alan Kertz, they’re looking into countering the mortars in Battlefield 3. He offered a few thoughts via Twitter, including:​

Seriously considering MAVs as a counter to Mortars. ECM jammers could destroy the Mortar with a few hits. Looking for feedback.

 

[elbows]

Mortars have become a noticeable problem as time has gone on, so I think they will do something about it.