The top 10 videos have now been selected for the EA/DICE “Only in Battlefield 3″ competition and I can honestly say I am a little disappointed as they haven’t picked any of the great videos done by birgirpall (the master of the C4). A couple of those picked are great but clearly staged team mate co operation which was originally thought to be outside of the competition rules. They have made their decision so I have picked my top 4 from their list and hope one of them wins:
I love the artwork created for the Battlefield 3 site and packaging. Everyone has seen the blue version but check out these alternate coloured high quality desktop wallpaper for download below (just click the small picture to open a large version):
Wow, what a case. Brian Carter the famed case modder has created the ultimate BF3 gaming case. In fact it’s just a great all round case. Fancy a little beverage during a scrim, well Brian has you covered with his handy drinks cooler built in. Fancy a quick spin up of the minigun, well hit up those great toggle switches.
For a bit of the step by step build see here:
Looks like the guy who created the Battlefield 3 music took his inspiration from an unexpected source 
I suck at flying with the keyboard and mouse, it is as simple as that, I cant keep the aircraft in the sky for more than 30 seconds. So to try and fix the situation I recently invested in a new joystick. Namely the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. This isn’t a review (though that may come in time) it’s a quick few steps you need to do when using a joystick with BF3 as by default the game goes a bit mental when you try and use the joystick until you get the settings ironed out.
- Install drivers and plug in joystick
- Open game in campaign mode or use a settings editor (not used one yet but this one is getting a lot of good reviews http://bf3.realmware.co.uk/settings-editor/)
- Clear all joystick settings from Infrantry/Vehicle
- Get a piece of paper handy and draw out the buttons on your joystick (there is practically no way you are going to remember all the controls the first time you set them) with enough space to be able to label them to the commands
- Clear all joystick settings in the Jets/Helicopters, this stops you having duplicate actions for each key press
- Bind your controls one by one and mark them down on your sheet of paper. This also helps you make sure you set the same controls for both Jets and Helicopters
- Save settings
Enjoy.
It is a big week on the competitive BF3 circuit with the first round of the Nations Cup over at ClanBase. The community is still calling out for more inbuilt tools (e.g VOIP. Battle Recorder) to help really push BF3 on to the competitive scene but hopefully with enough community interest DICE will step up and deliver the goods. Best of luck to all those involved.
More details over at ClanBase http://clanbase.ggl.com/news_league.php?lid=12516
Found some great posters by Roel Theunisz today. Check them out over on his blog. http://roeltheunisz.blogspot.com/2011/12/bf3-posters.html
Do you guys remember the opening scene from For Your Eyes Only? Well if you haven’t Blofeld is trying to kill James Bond once again, this time by remotely controlling a chopper while he is in it. During this sequence he flies the chopper inside a building and at the time I watched it, it was amazing. Well in this Battlefield 3 some badass is showing off some of the same chopper control in the Little Bird (which BTW is not on nearly enough maps for my liking). Anyway, enjoy.
1. BF3 is about playing the objective (PTO), the objective is different for each game type, focus on playing your role correctly to help your team win the objective.
2. Join a squad before you deploy.
3. When you see an enemy/vehicle use the Spot key (Q key on PC) so they show up on your team mates minimaps (red triangles) before engaging.
4. The game types are:
- Conquest – aim is to control at least 50% of the control points while killing the enemy quicker than they kill you. Control points are also spawn points some have strategic advantages such as vehicle spawn points.
- Rush – advance by arming MCOMS (e key on PC), 2 available for each stage, complete a stage before your tickets run out (lose one every time you spawn). Defend by stopping the enemy advancing and disarm the MCOMS they arm.
- Deathmatch – kill them more times than they kill you, revive team mates if you play assault.
- Squad deathmatch – kill them more times than they kill you, revive team mates if you play assault. If the map has a vehicle make sure your team has it.
5. The classes are
- Assault – should be getting out front to kill the enemy and ensuring your teammates stay alive with health packs or be reviving them when the die.
- Engineer – should be killing vehicles and getting into locked down enemy positions with heavy weapons, also heal your teams vehicles.
- Support – supplying ammo, providing defense and covering fire, also use that C4 to take down vehicles
- Recon – get radio becons set up in advance positions, provide cover at a longer range, don’t be sitting miles away from the action hiding in a bush
6. Vehicles (often helps to play as engineer when in a vehicle to be able to heal with the blow torch)
- Tanks – heavy hitting power, work with your infantry to stay alive and move forward. Hit other tanks up the rear if you can for most damage.
- IFV - the shells are less powerful than a tank shell but you have more of them, great for killing infantry and once you get the upgrades can be an equal match for a tank
- Jeeps – quick transport, try and give your team mates a ride, deadly in Jihad mode armed up with C4
- Scout Heli – quick transport, need gunners on board or you are easy pray, remember to fly at an angle to enable the gunner to hit the targets
- Attack Heli – Venom is better than Havoc, get a gunner on board, can inflict loads of damage but watch those locks and planes
- F35 – good luck in those dogfights as your horse is somewhat underpowered compared to the other planes, a bit between a heli and an attack chopper
- Attack Planes – kill those other planes first, then the choppers, then the tanks/IFV. Watch out for locks, especially from anti aircraft. Be ready with those flares.
7. Points mean upgrades, cap that point in a tank gives you 250 points towards your tank upgrades, do it on foot gives you 250 points towards you soldier type upgrade, you get me. Points mean prizes (new weapons or vehicle upgrades). Kills with weapons enable weapon upgrades such as scopes and silencers.
8. Unless your vehicle is just about to be destroyed (ie is less than 5%) its best to die fighting rather than get out and let the other team kill you and capture your ride.
9. Get ready for your Battlefield moments. These are points in the game where you just think Wow, you will know it when it happens, its just a great feeling you get.
Good luck out there soldier. See you on the Battlefield
Level Up the quick, boring and unskilled way
This is simple my dear boy. Three of the four classes can level up real quick by playing on the vast array of 24/7 1000 ticket Metro servers, ideally 64 players. The 64 player servers inevitably end up in a stale mate with the Russians controlling A and B and the US holding C, so these methods work best for that scenario. 32 player games can quickly swing back and forth making it harder to get those quick and easy points, so stick to the 64 player servers, especially those that haven’t explicitly banned the M320/RPGs.
Right heres what to do. A big disclaimer is this wont help you PTO (play the objective) or get much better at the game but you will at least be able to get the class weapons unlocked quicker, players who are on Metro 64 know the score and are point whoring with the best of them so you wont be alone. So lets get started on the best ways to level up those classes.
US
Assault
- If you have no unlocks – get yourself to the stairs on the far right hand side of the tracks where there is normally a swarm of your team trying to make their way out to point b. Start laying down the health packs on the top of the first rise of stairs, stand to the left of these stairs to reduce the spray damage coming from opposing teams rockets and nades being thrown down. Now you want to be keeping an eye on your health packs running dry or getting destroyed so get laying them down at a regular interval. You also need to get some kills so alternate between standing scoped aiming at the corner ahead to take out any of the opposing team trying to make it round the corner and when you feel your team push forward follow them and head to the right hand of the next set of stairs , there will often be people on the left hand side when you round this corner so kill them first, then focus on the guys standing across the hall from you on the left hand side. Throw a nade if you can then retreat back to where you were. Rinse and repeat until you get the defibrillators.
- Once you have defibs - you want to be stood at the bottom of the escalator leading to the elevators behind point b for most of the time, alternating to the stairs on the right when your team arent dieing often enough. Get those paddles ready as the opposition will be throwing nades down and any of your team mates brave/foolish enough to make a brake for top, those teammates who go up the escalators will auto slide back down to you at the bottom for you to revive. Get hitting your dead teammates with those defibs and rack up those points.
- Once you have the M320 unlocked, you want to be stood at the bottom of the escalator leading to the elevators behind point b and fire those M320 nades up diagonally at your enemy and be reviving your teamates as they die. Ocassionally you can switch up to the next set of escalltors and fire those nades up but only if you are getting the kills from the first place.
Support
- Get yourself to the right hand stairs put your ammo boxes down just on the top of the first set of stairs and get comfy for any opposition coming round the corner so you can mow them down. Its that easy. Your score per minute will be well over 500. It’s boring, unskilled but gets you those unlocks.
Russia
Assault
- No unlocks, get down the left hand side of B where the lockers are, there will be a group of your team spamming down the right hand stairs, lay down the health packs and throw some nades down the left hand side. Keep an eye out of any opposition making their way up the esaclators to the left as they are easy kills for you to clean up.
- If you have defibs, get down towards the left hand stairs and get defibbing your teammates as they die, if they are lieing in a position that keeps getting them killed leave them be no need to be an arse just for a few extra points.
- If you have m320, you want to be spamming down the left hand stairs and both sets of escalators, alternate that with reviving and you are set
Support
- Get down the left hand side, just before the corner that leaves the corridor (often blown up by nades) lay down that ammo. Set yourself up with your gun aimed at the top of the escaltors on the left to provide cover or if you are feeling brave head over to the right side of the stairs and pick off anyone who comes round the corner, you will die more ofthen this way but it starts to get you weapon unlocks.
Engineer
- Equip that RPG and get spamming. Same spots as the assualt player but you can also stand over by the B flag and shoot down into the left hand stairs a bit easier
It’s by no means the best way to play the game but will help you get those unlocks faster.
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