[IceFire]

Against tanks yes... against mobile AAA they can do a number with a sustained burst. I managed to nail a AAA tank just before he opened up on me. Got vehicle disabled after about 2 seconds of full fire on target. Still sort of weak. Wouldn't mind having some missiles to lock on with

I'm having a ton of fun with the vehicles and infantry operations. Classic Battlefield stuff for me. Infiltrating a control point, taking the defenders out by surprise if possible, and capping the point all in short order. Also having a great time with the sniper class and getting to know how well that works here. Some complaints about the power of the snipers but so far I've been using the semi auto snipers and they are no problem. Rarely is it a one hit kill (except for head shots) but it's never been more than 3 and mostly it's two. If a guy is in the open he is so done for

[mxlm]

I was flying earlier today and it was annoying how often I'd get locked onto. Jets are ineffective against armor (especially early on) so it's not like I could even hunt down the mobile AA.

Speaking as someone whose tank was instagibbed by a jet, no they aren't. You just need to unlock basic ground attack functionality. I guess putting the classes' basic functionality behind an xp gate wasn't enough for DICE this time around.

Also, I'm pretty sure stingers are balanced for a level of teamwork that does not and will not exist in the overwhelming majority of matches played. Aircraft can pop flares often enough that unless you have multiple people targeting the same aircraft, with one or two holding their lock until the flares are popped, you are not going to shoot down a chopper or plane with a competent pilot. This is complicated by the fact that the competent pilots will be flying low enough that you'll be losing your lock frequently as they pass behind obstructions.

[Bob-san]

I was flying earlier today and it was annoying how often I'd get locked onto. Jets are ineffective against armor (especially early on) so it's not like I could even hunt down the mobile AA.

Speaking as someone whose tank was instagibbed by a jet, no they aren't. You just need to unlock basic ground attack functionality. I guess putting the classes' basic functionality behind an xp gate wasn't enough for DICE this time around.

Also, I'm pretty sure stingers are balanced for a level of teamwork that does not and will not exist in the overwhelming majority of matches played. Aircraft can pop flares often enough that unless you have multiple people targeting the same aircraft, with one or two holding their lock until the flares are popped, you are not going to shoot down a chopper or plane with a competent pilot. This is complicated by the fact that the competent pilots will be flying low enough that you'll be losing your lock frequently as they pass behind obstructions.

I just got the Extinguisher gadget. (pretty cool, but it seems to be a step backwards. Damage recovery but no countermeasures.) Not at the laser missile yet. The heat-seeking missiles are OK but it takes FOREVER to lock on. By the time you're locked on, you're like 10m away.

[Mongoose]

Don't suppose that any of you guys are playing on this rig, are you?

[bigchunk1]

I don't think jets are all the great the way they are now. I feel more deadly against enemy jets as an engineer with a stinger launcher. I like to lock on and wait until they drop flares before firing. Gets them quite often. Infantry combat is more fun for me, and it seems to be more useful to be infantry in order to complete objectives (at least for me). Can't stop people from loving their jets, people go for those like no body's business. I will say though, I grab a tank everytime I see one.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I'm wondering if there's a HLP platoon?

[Bob-san]

I don't think jets are all the great the way they are now. I feel more deadly against enemy jets as an engineer with a stinger launcher. I like to lock on and wait until they drop flares before firing. Gets them quite often. Infantry combat is more fun for me, and it seems to be more useful to be infantry in order to complete objectives (at least for me). Can't stop people from loving their jets, people go for those like no body's business. I will say though, I grab a tank everytime I see one.

They're really pretty bad right now. The level walls & ceiling are pretty pitiful (hitting them immediately after takeoff? Seriously?) and the fact that you are so easily targeted both suck. You're ineffective against infantry and armor (especially with just the cannon) and taking on a chopper is quite tough because of the speed differences.

[crizza]

So, you all play this game and let EA spy on your PC and so on?
In germany, there are many gamers who send their games back...

[Achillion]

Yeah but ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JIKrjs5IY

EDIT: Relevant article on bit-tech regarding the spying stuff.

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by A clever bloke called Mitsuhiko on the reddit forums


Yay. Conspiracies. So let's see what Origin really does, shall we?
If you hook process monitor onto Origin you will not see Origin scanning anything, independently of how long you use it. So what triggered the OP's screenshot?
Origin on installation will try to find games installed on your harddrive and automatically register them within Origin. It does that in a couple of different ways:
It reads the windows games registry
It looks for games in Program Files
It looks for games in ProgramData (where, for unknown reason the OP's SMS and tax software are storing the data instead of the user profile where that data should go!)
it reads the xfire config if it finds one for games
If you look at the screenshot closely you will see that it does not actually read any files. Instead it looks for their existence and recursively walks the directory. It does not read any of your files, at least not judging from this screenshot or anything I have found on my machine.
Lastly if you monitor the network traffic that Origin causes you will see that it does not transmit anything of value to EA. So far I have not seen anything bug login credentials being submitted.
But it's always so much more fun to assume that software is inherently evil. You can hook a syscall monitor on any application and you will see that it operates all over the drive. That's not something unique to Origin. Steam will do the same if you click the "add non steam game" button.
//EDIT: something I forgot: I think people should not run any sysinternals tools without a basic understanding of what they do or at least not jump to conclusions..

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[The E]

That is a point, BUT:

The EULA gives EA the right to "check for installed licenses" on your system. So, it doesn't do that at this point. Fine. But, a bloke has to ask, why would they reserve that right if they didn't intend to use it at some point?

Why does Origin fail at detecting games that are installed validly and that should be tracked by it (Looking at you, Mass Effect 1!)?

[Grizzly]

'Cause its broken I geuss...

[Pred the Penguin]

Don't suppose that any of you guys are playing on this rig, are you?

Holy crap! That looks cooler than playing Halo in an imax. o_o

[Hades]

Is there a HLP platoon?

and

omfg, shooting down helicoptors and jets in tanks is awesome, the T-90a is the best thing ever, truefax

[Mefustae]

omfg, shooting down helicoptors and jets in tanks is awesome, the T-90a is the best thing ever, truefax

Holy god, yes. For some strange reason, this has happened 1000% more often just these past two days of gameplay. It's like all the pilots out there suddenly decide to fly their helicopter low and level while they try to shoot me, giving me a wealth of time to line up and one hit KO them. Plus, jets flying around or trying to strafe me with guns, coming in just low enough that I can line up the shot and hit them even though my screen is completely opaque with static after they've started firing. Best feeling in the goddamn world to take down an A-10 in a T-90 while effectively blind.

[Nohiki]

Just had a chance to compare this with MW 3, and buying BF instead of CoD definitely paid off

[StarSlayer]

omfg, shooting down helicoptors and jets in tanks is awesome, the T-90a is the best thing ever, truefax

Holy god, yes. For some strange reason, this has happened 1000% more often just these past two days of gameplay. It's like all the pilots out there suddenly decide to fly their helicopter low and level while they try to shoot me, giving me a wealth of time to line up and one hit KO them. Plus, jets flying around or trying to strafe me with guns, coming in just low enough that I can line up the shot and hit them even though my screen is completely opaque with static after they've started firing. Best feeling in the goddamn world to take down an A-10 in a T-90 while effectively blind.

Then they apparently need to read "The A-10 Pilots Coloring Book."

[Dilmah G]

That's some funny **** right there.

[Achillion]

So I just got my copy today. Are we sharing soldier names? I'll definitely be on tonight (I'm on a UTC+2 timezone). My soldier name is either Achillion or Achilleask (can't remember right now).

EDIT: It's Achilleask. Feel free to contact me on Origin, just mention you're from HLP.

[QuantumDelta]

I got bored, so;

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2832655241104622117/listmembers/True/
HLP Platoon (*Currently no idea if the link works )