Battlefield 3 - PC Players Thread

Battlefield 3 - PC Players Thread

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Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Sunday 7th October 2012
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I KILLED SOMEONE WITH THE REPAIR TOOL.

Took a bit longer than I expected, though. yikes

L5WiRE

711 posts

141 months

Spiritual_Beggar

4,833 posts

193 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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L5WiRE said:
haha...thats hilarious! hehe

Oakey

27,523 posts

215 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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So did you guys all see the glitch that allows you to kill the gunship with the MAV? Fly into the path of the gunship and exit the MAV just before it hits.

L5WiRE

711 posts

141 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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No never seen that does it still work ?

Vieste

10,532 posts

159 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Very funny J.

khevolution

1,592 posts

194 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Tried again last night and much better managed about a 11:7 K/D, that was on the bigger maps, i much preferred the larger maps as IMO i think strategy plays a bigger part in it, with the smaller maps it feels like chaos!

FUBAR

Original Poster:

17,062 posts

237 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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khevolution said:
Wow just got battlefield 3 for PC after spending a bit of time with it on the Xbox.

On the Xbox I thought I was reasonably good with my kill count just above my death ratio, but moving over to PC and I suck! I think it took me about 30mins of play before I even got a kill, definitely going to have to put some major time into this


PS this is my first real online shooter for PC any tips would be appreciated, also if anybody fancies adding me online my origin name is the same as here
Have added you to the player list on Page 1 and will send out an FR to you later smile

Squirrelofwoe

3,181 posts

175 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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khevolution said:
Tried again last night and much better managed about a 11:7 K/D, that was on the bigger maps, i much preferred the larger maps as IMO i think strategy plays a bigger part in it, with the smaller maps it feels like chaos!
The bigger maps are definately easier on the K/D- although I avoid playing the standard maps on 64player servers (strategy goes out the window in these area weapon/sniper fests), 32 or 48 is plenty.

Saying that, at lower levels I tried to not worry too much about the K/D ratio as I didn't find it very condusive to a good play style (made me overly defensive) and so wasn't particularly helpful for racking up all the objective based XP. I think up to about level 25-30 or so I had an overall K/D ratio of around 0.5, so not that great! However, once I became a lot more familiar with the maps, preferred weapons etc, this improved considerably and 95% of the time I now finish a round with >1.

The problem is, when your total number of kills & deaths is in the thousands and your only getting say 20 or so each round it takes forever for the overall ratio to move- at 200 odd hours in although it's steadily increasing I'm still only up to .85 or something!

And lastly, your K/D ratio will also be very dependent on your play style- as somebody who rarely uses vehicles my K/D is generally going to be worse than that of the tank jockeys, or someone who spends almost every round sat in the gunner seat of the attack helicopter- or even someone who routinely plays as a sniper. Therefore I tend to take it all with a pinch of salt- ultimately it's only really something for the TDM crew to worry about- but I'm fully aware how frustrating it can be to keep getting killed in a round without exacting retribution! hehe

Vieste

10,532 posts

159 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Cool
The next map you go on get in my squad
i need to try something
or if you are on another team get near me
Foobes
10:56
rofl, youre not going to try and touch me up or anything, right?
You
11:04
No just cuddle


lol at that smile

Killboy

7,159 posts

201 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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I'm a Tank Ho'. Tank based maps my K/D ratio is brilliant. My XBox stats are much better, and thats where I've levelled up. But lately with my new found love for C4 its gone to st a bit while I try to find interesting ways to blow tanks up. Also trying to fly a lot more.

Vieste

10,532 posts

159 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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You and foobes up a tree with C4 smile

3sixty

2,963 posts

198 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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What's the obsession with K/D?

I could sit in a AA at base all map and get 1 kill 0 deaths every game and have an inf. Kbiggrin.

I've played games where we won by 500 tickets or more without anybody on our side with a +ve Kbiggrin.

Killboy

7,159 posts

201 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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KD goes to hell in Rush games and the like, although some game types its a good indicator. Besides, I feel smug when I own like below: tongue out



Note my mate with 18 kills, and 10k score. Lots of points for designating targets

Squirrelofwoe

3,181 posts

175 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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3sixty said:
What's the obsession with K/D?

I could sit in a AA at base all map and get 1 kill 0 deaths every game and have an inf. Kbiggrin.

I've played games where we won by 500 tickets or more without anybody on our side with a +ve Kbiggrin.
Exactly, in anything other than TDM it's not particularly relevent- to me however it's annoyingly become a way of quantifying my frustration when I have one of 'those' games!

Oddly enough I don't tend to think about it when I'm playing well! hehe

Vieste

10,532 posts

159 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Killboy what none pc game was that with?

Fabric

3,818 posts

191 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Amateurs, try jet whoring if you want an impressive KDR/a tirade of abuse in the chatbox. whistlehehe

khevolution

1,592 posts

194 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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i feel like i've touched a dodgy subject with the whole Kbiggrin ratio thing, i didnt say it to spark a debate, it was just how i was gauging my performance the more i play it

Fabric

3,818 posts

191 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Imo, it's not really indicative of anything other than personal performance, which is why it's held in such contention on an otherwise team focused game.

Arguably a positive ratio's better than a negative one, but that equation doesn't factor in the guy who's scarified his just to operate the SOFLAM for the entire round, solely to ensure that his team doesn't encounter any pesky vehicles.

That said, when in doubt, kill everything! thumbup

crancko

38 posts

177 months

Monday 8th October 2012
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Just realized PH had a hit squad on BF3 PC biggrin

(Was searching interwebs for hints on getting those !¤!%¤"#%¤#"% 10 EoD Bot hits).

If there's any room, i'll join in. Same name as here...


/crancko