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SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

198 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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easy money for the developers.

i have no problem with noobs buying boost packs... as they're still crap.. just with better guns lol smile

Marlin45

1,327 posts

164 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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FUBAR said:
I got my first 'Jihad Jeep but using mines' kill at the weekend (can only seem to get 2x mines on the bonnet), although you have to take one for the team and stay in it. Hit a fully loaded (2 soldiers and 10xC4) Jihad Jeep coming the other way. BOOM! hehe
That's one I haven't tried. In BF2 I always used to play a similar tactic using my full amount of C4 slapped on the jeep.

A new one for me to try smile

MrAdaam

1,094 posts

166 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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The bit that upset me is they mentioned flares are now an immediate unlock for everyone. I made most of my points shooting downs those noobs!

WeirdNeville

5,961 posts

215 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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SystemParanoia said:
easy money for the developers.

i have no problem with noobs buying boost packs... as they're still crap.. just with better guns lol smile
Yup. If someone wants to shell out £30 for a load of guns they'll have no idea how to use, crack on!

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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Spiritual_Beggar said:
Symbolica said:
I've noticed something else about this patch. The M60 is now bloody awesome!
Always was wink


Duno why, but I always preferred it over the PKP.
I've always enjoyed using the guns that nobody else uses (or that are widely acknowledged to be crap), so I've switched to the Type-88 LMG. There's something quite satisfying about taking a poor or unused gun and tearing everybody up with it hehe

Jimbo.

3,948 posts

189 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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Recently reverted back to the M16A (?). May only be a three-round affair, but get it on target and they're going down, quickly, every time!

Group N

904 posts

203 months

Thursday 5th April 2012
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I`ve still not much idea even though I`ve been playing for a while now (rank 40) I still use the same ol` gun and set up I started out with. I tried a few others but always reverted back to M27 or RPK74, maybe because I`m just comfortable with them.
Also, can somebody recommend a decent headset approx £50ish for the Xbox?

Nom de ploom

4,890 posts

174 months

Friday 6th April 2012
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i've just been on for half an hour and it was almost unplayable i would say.

massive recoil despite grip and suppressor, hit registering still an issue and the general feel all seems a lot slower. 8 v 8 on tdm. i'm still experiencing the same, shoot at someone, they make a drink, turn round shoot me syndrome...must be lag client issues still prevalent.

going to leave this alone for a good while now i reckon. big shame.

PeXy

2,153 posts

171 months

Friday 6th April 2012
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Nom de ploom said:
i've just been on for half an hour and it was almost unplayable i would say.

massive recoil despite grip and suppressor, hit registering still an issue and the general feel all seems a lot slower. 8 v 8 on tdm. i'm still experiencing the same, shoot at someone, they make a drink, turn round shoot me syndrome...must be lag client issues still prevalent.

going to leave this alone for a good while now i reckon. big shame.
I actually think the weopons feel better. I sometimes join bad servers where I shoot people they die yet they remain standing for a second I normally find another server and things sort themselves out.

A.J.M

7,908 posts

186 months

Friday 6th April 2012
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I got a double road kill with a jet on Caspian, i landed mine on the Russian airfield for a laugh, shot one of their planes and when i tried to take off, i hit some trees, did a 180 deg spin. Didn't blow up though, so trundled back onto the tarmac and saw two guys waiting for a plane/heli.

Powered up and splattered them across my nose cone and then crashed into a lamp post and blew up. hehe

Cleaver? No. Funny? Oh yes!

Oh and are the stingers now uprated as i was in a private match on Firestorm and the stingers seem to give more damage than before, and theirs had better range than ours...

youngsyr

14,742 posts

192 months

Friday 6th April 2012
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Nom de ploom said:
getting the four transport vehicle kills is proving impossible for me....

i might need to dedicate my time to it over teh weekend...

PS I tried the c4 jeep crash thingy...works well, sort of. would that count as a transport kill or a C4 kill....?

it is funny though
Play Grand Bazaar Conquest on the US team that starts at the car park end (Flag C).

Jump straight into the Humvee or LAV and drive it through the car park, past the flag and up to the alleyway. You need to destroy the concrete barricade a little, but you can get both vehicles to the entrance to the alleyway and from there all the way up the alleyway to B.

When you get to the start of the alleyway, switch to the gun, zoom in and shoot anything that moves down the alleyway from the other end. When you've killed off the first wave and have some infantry support, drive the vehicle up to B to take the flag. Then park it there and nail any enemies who try to move up the alleyway.

It helps if you have a friendly engineer willing to back you up as you will get engineers RPGing you after you've killed them a couple of times.

Jimmy No Hands

5,011 posts

156 months

Friday 6th April 2012
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Did some Jihad suicide mine jeeping today. Loaded up with 3 mines, head on into another jeep. It was glorious. Also watched a team mate spend a few moments loading up his jeep with mines..




And I stole it. boxedin

Antimus

468 posts

190 months

Friday 6th April 2012
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For anyone with this for the Xbox, there is currently a PH server online, and for the next 30 days.

Name: Pistonheads - HARDCORE server (mostly CQ)

Join in the fun!

anonymous-user

54 months

Friday 6th April 2012
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Nom de ploom said:
i've just been on for half an hour and it was almost unplayable i would say.

massive recoil despite grip and suppressor, hit registering still an issue and the general feel all seems a lot slower. 8 v 8 on tdm. i'm still experiencing the same, shoot at someone, they make a drink, turn round shoot me syndrome...must be lag client issues still prevalent.

going to leave this alone for a good while now i reckon. big shame.
Switch the suppressor for the flash suppressor. They've changed the attachments around a little. The flash suppressor provides the most recoil reduction, with the penalty that you appear on the minimap when firing (though it does remove a lot of muzzle-flare, which can make you tougher to spot).

A lot of the guns and attachments have been tweaked, so just play around a bit and see what suits you, I actually think it's more fun post-patch because the weapons all have a bit of individuality and no single one seems overpowered.

Fabric

3,819 posts

192 months

Saturday 7th April 2012
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Being half pissed, I spent an entire round on the MAV. Success!



Ended up getting MVP 3 without moving. hehe

Curry Burns

5,620 posts

215 months

Saturday 7th April 2012
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Mine's going back today...fed up with the constant updating....just because I have a slower internet connection why should I be constantly waiting hours to apply them!!

Gow3r

2,396 posts

155 months

Saturday 7th April 2012
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Antimus said:
For anyone with this for the Xbox, there is currently a PH server online, and for the next 30 days.

Name: Pistonheads - HARDCORE server (mostly CQ)

Join in the fun!
Good lad, will be on that at some point! Shamefully not done the update yet!

crocodile tears

755 posts

146 months

Saturday 7th April 2012
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Symbolica said:
Switch the suppressor for the flash suppressor. They've changed the attachments around a little. The flash suppressor provides the most recoil reduction, with the penalty that you appear on the minimap when firing (though it does remove a lot of muzzle-flare, which can make you tougher to spot).

A lot of the guns and attachments have been tweaked, so just play around a bit and see what suits you, I actually think it's more fun post-patch because the weapons all have a bit of individuality and no single one seems overpowered.
did you join a game of metro the other day to join jafool but some phaggot admin kept changing your team?

in other news since the long ticket metro servers - 1000+ I have never made it to the end of a game without it crashing.

FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUu

Group N

904 posts

203 months

Saturday 7th April 2012
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Antimus said:
For anyone with this for the Xbox, there is currently a PH server online, and for the next 30 days.

Name: Pistonheads - HARDCORE server (mostly CQ)

Join in the fun!
I was on there yesterday thanks. Had fun but sorry if I was crap.

Civpilot

6,235 posts

240 months

Saturday 7th April 2012
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Group N said:
Antimus said:
For anyone with this for the Xbox, there is currently a PH server online, and for the next 30 days.

Name: Pistonheads - HARDCORE server (mostly CQ)

Join in the fun!
I was on there yesterday thanks. Had fun but sorry if I was crap.
If you have a PH clan me or one of the admins will try and switch you onto the same team as the bulk of us, if not you may end up being left on the opposing side.

Doesn't matter if you crap, but try not to waste the Helo's if you can't fly them wink . Had a guy join yesterday who kept taking off and crashing, then team killed me for the pilots seat (and then Crashed)... he din't like me banning him!. Turned out he wanted his 7yr old nephew to learn how to fly and I should have been more understanding... hmmm, nope.

ps. If you have PH you won't get banned, but we might write you a strongly worded email or throw a can of redbull.