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Matt_N

8,903 posts

203 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Am I doing something wrong?

Joining a quick match used to mean just that, you'd join an EA server with rotating maps for a few quick rounds.

Now I just seem to get out into matched that either have hundreds of spawn tickets or the same map over and over.

Very frustrating as it all it seems to do is drop me into people's custom servers.

Merlin28

658 posts

149 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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seany87 said:
Ive just had a play to kill some time on the PH Xbox server. Gamertag Iamsparticus invited me over and we had the server to ourselves. Had a couple of heli battles then he started playing conquest properly and took over all the bases.

He had a nice RPG kill on my heli whilst I was scanning the ground looking for him!

Thanks for that mate will have to play again when its busier
no probs playing hide and seek against you in a helecopter was funny. Trouble is you kept moving and wouldn't settle it took four shots to actually hit you in the end with the RPG. I was pooing it everytime I missed in case you spotted the rocket goin past your cockpit.

Joyrider1

2,902 posts

172 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Pexy123 I think I was on that last game of Rush just for your own personal target practice!

Edited by Joyrider1 on Wednesday 18th April 20:07

Sway

26,288 posts

195 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Matt_N said:
Am I doing something wrong?

Joining a quick match used to mean just that, you'd join an EA server with rotating maps for a few quick rounds.

Now I just seem to get out into matched that either have hundreds of spawn tickets or the same map over and over.

Very frustrating as it all it seems to do is drop me into people's custom servers.
I think if you go into the server broswer, and untick the custom server type, that when you go back to quickmatch it uses the same filters and so you'd be put into a regular Dice/EA server...

Dixie68

3,091 posts

188 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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I just tried three servers, all with "no camping at spawn points" in their blurb, and guess what? Two of them had campers at the spawn points. fkers! The third didn't but I got kicked by an admin because I kept killing him. And I browse and find a server with people ranked similar to me and within about ten minutes it's full of bloody Colonels!

paulm3

657 posts

226 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Joyrider1 said:
peXXXy123 I think I was on that last game of Rush just for your own personal target practice!
Lol, if pexy c4'd my vehicle one more time I would've quit! Haha. We were a cpl of men down on that game and just couldn't get b!

seany87

622 posts

171 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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I am on the PH server on xbox now if anyone fancies it

kingstondc5

7,460 posts

205 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Sway, think you need to add the rules to the front page as it just says, something and throwing red bull at you

Had some good games earlier so think ill stay around for a bit.... But if i catch anyone raping helicopters over the US Spawn/carrier on nose hair then itll be bye bye

PeXy

2,154 posts

172 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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paulm3 said:
Joyrider1 said:
peXXXy123 I think I was on that last game of Rush just for your own personal target practice!
Lol, if pexy c4'd my vehicle one more time I would've quit! Haha. We were a cpl of men down on that game and just couldn't get b!
tongue out Just kept been in the right place at the right time with the c4. Was a good round though.


Allaloneatron

3,123 posts

241 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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kingstondc5 said:
Sway, think you need to add the rules to the front page as it just says, something and throwing red bull at you

Had some good games earlier so think ill stay around for a bit.... But if i catch anyone raping helicopters over the US Spawn/carrier on nose hair then itll be bye bye
No I think its fine.. You can be a tard in lots of ways, so you can get rid of any git.

Loads of PS3ers on last night. I was playing Bazaar and got migraine half way through, so had to go to bed. I was gutted. Never seen that many PH clan tags in one game before.

Sway

26,288 posts

195 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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kingstondc5 said:
Sway, think you need to add the rules to the front page as it just says, something and throwing red bull at you

Had some good games earlier so think ill stay around for a bit.... But if i catch anyone raping helicopters over the US Spawn/carrier on nose hair then itll be bye bye
I think 'tron is right, I deliberately left it open ended cause a big list of rules just doesn't get read....

As far as I'm concerned, its not my server, its the collective group's.

Anyone outside PH I'm not worried about - if they are annoying, kick them.

If its a fellow pher however, then I think it should be called out on here for collective decision making, with (for this month anyway) my ultimate sanction.

After all, I don't get a chance to play during the week cause I'm not at home, and when I am I have to juggle missus and kids needs as well. Setting up a server just for my likes would be a waste of time and money.

I love this site, and the people on here have been vicarious friends through good times and some really very bad. I thought an extention of here in the bf3 world was a worthwhile activity.

Hopefully (and from the comments I'm reading jealously this week), that's the result that comes out of having it.

After all, it is only a bloody game!

Sam

Matt_N

8,903 posts

203 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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Sway said:
I think if you go into the server broswer, and untick the custom server type, that when you go back to quickmatch it uses the same filters and so you'd be put into a regular Dice/EA server...
Ok, cheers, I'll give that a go.

Bloody annoying.

youngsyr

14,742 posts

193 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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What's the deal with the ECM on the helicopters - it seems that you can switch it on after a heatseaker is launched against you and the missile will miss, but do the same against a stinger and it will hit you?

Do you just need to switch it on as soon as someone has a lock on you?

dr p

56 posts

149 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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youngsyr said:
What's the deal with the ECM on the helicopters - it seems that you can switch it on after a heatseaker is launched against you and the missile will miss, but do the same against a stinger and it will hit you?

Do you just need to switch it on as soon as someone has a lock on you?
They are odd post patch. This guy is pretty awesome in the helo, he explains all here..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeTFOgEstns&fea...

I now tend to use it prior to them firing, to give me time to get under radar/kill what is aiming at me, but always worth spamming the button if you hear that missile tone...

PeXy

2,154 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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Sway said:
kingstondc5 said:
Sway, think you need to add the rules to the front page as it just says, something and throwing red bull at you

Had some good games earlier so think ill stay around for a bit.... But if i catch anyone raping helicopters over the US Spawn/carrier on nose hair then itll be bye bye
I think 'tron is right, I deliberately left it open ended cause a big list of rules just doesn't get read....

As far as I'm concerned, its not my server, its the collective group's.

Anyone outside PH I'm not worried about - if they are annoying, kick them.

If its a fellow pher however, then I think it should be called out on here for collective decision making, with (for this month anyway) my ultimate sanction.

After all, I don't get a chance to play during the week cause I'm not at home, and when I am I have to juggle missus and kids needs as well. Setting up a server just for my likes would be a waste of time and money.

I love this site, and the people on here have been vicarious friends through good times and some really very bad. I thought an extention of here in the bf3 world was a worthwhile activity.

Hopefully (and from the comments I'm reading jealously this week), that's the result that comes out of having it.

After all, it is only a bloody game!

Sam
Sway I have changed my mind, can I be on the admin list? I really wanted to kick this bloke who was "dizin me", after I gave him a good toweling on Tehran highway last night.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/#!/bf3/battle...

Mr Acidshotz sent me a message say "AHAA u blow tank your bad and your gay clan go ahead and kick me bh" . Think I understand what he is saying... Anyhowww did make me smile..

PeXy

2,154 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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Allaloneatron said:
kingstondc5 said:
Sway, think you need to add the rules to the front page as it just says, something and throwing red bull at you

Had some good games earlier so think ill stay around for a bit.... But if i catch anyone raping helicopters over the US Spawn/carrier on nose hair then itll be bye bye
No I think its fine.. You can be a tard in lots of ways, so you can get rid of any git.

Loads of PS3ers on last night. I was playing Bazaar and got migraine half way through, so had to go to bed. I was gutted. Never seen that many PH clan tags in one game before.
My ps3 froze so turned it off then the Mrs came home early, which I think is massively off-side frown

paulm3

657 posts

226 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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I always make the missis wait till that game I'm playing ends or I'll get no points for my efforts smile she understands... But now if I'm ten minutes into a massive ticket game she gets annoyed!! Lol. I tell her there's another tv upstairs and go watch ya crap (eastenders corrie etc) on that!! Doesn't go down well either!! I thinking the mental is coming ....

cal216610

7,839 posts

171 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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After not being able to get on due to the OH watching all her crap stuff, i have just bought a PS3 so i can either XBOX upstairs or PS3 downstairs.
All i need do now is get BF3 for the PS3.
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And a bigger TV for the bedroom

OssAndy

255 posts

196 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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PeXy said:
My ps3 froze so turned it off then the Mrs came home early, which I think is massively off-side frown
That's strange, we were on one of the gulf of oman maps last night (the one with the F35 carrier and the cranes) and my PS3 froze too so I quit out to make dinner

Allaloneatron

3,123 posts

241 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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OssAndy said:
PeXy said:
My ps3 froze so turned it off then the Mrs came home early, which I think is massively off-side frown
That's strange, we were on one of the gulf of oman maps last night (the one with the F35 carrier and the cranes) and my PS3 froze too so I quit out to make dinner
I have had a few freezes lately as well. Not sure it did it before the patch as much.

Pexy.. Women will never understand how important computer games are and we will never give women up for computer games. Catch 22.