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red19fire
May 26, 2010

RCarr posted:

In your opinion, what is the hardest weapon (not vehicle) to get a service star for?

Kolibri?
Field Gun?
Something else?

Because I will loving do it. I promise you that.

Definitely the Kolibri. Although i think the mounted machine guns are a close second, or the armored cars.

As I say, the field gun IS my sniper rifle. On Empire's Edge it's basically free points to use the field guns at D to rain hell upon E/F in the castle. If you see a sniper's glint, just aim like 3 inches above it.

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red19fire
May 26, 2010

Today I spent my time in the light tank goading heavy tanks into chasing me down narrow alleys then dropping mines. Eventually 4 assault mans and a dang tank hunter were chasing me around the windmills :feelsgood:

Also you can have 2 sets of light tank mines active at a time, for 6 in total. Each set of 3 is enough to wreck any other tank.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

The key with AA is to wait until they're close enough on approach that even if they try to fly away you can still fire at least 2 belts in total while they're trying to escape, if that makes sense.

Or if you can find a goon bro or reasonably not-useless pubby, man 2 AA's at adjacent points and mow down any plane that comes between you.

red19fire fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Mar 28, 2017

red19fire
May 26, 2010

What's fun is that he new tanks height is the same width as most trenches in the game, so an unsuspecting pubby driver will occasionally manage to hopelessly wedge himself in there.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Finger Prince posted:

The Frommer Stop is such a good scout pistol there's no reason to use the Experimental imo. I started being a terrible person and using the Russian Sniper (if you can't beat 'em, join 'em) as a secondary gun for counter-sniping, and running around with the Frommer as main. Can't say I've been that successful, but still, that pistol is awesome.

The trench fighter is the best counter sniper weapon. Some turds figured out how to glitch to the top of the anthill at B on Sinai, and then never stopped spawning on each other. 3-4 kills every pass, until they all switched to K-bullets :getin:

Or the mortar. I am starting to think the HE is more effective than the airburst.

E: tankbuster rules but it's impossible with every sperglord 100/50 pilot in the trenchfighter.

red19fire fucked around with this message at 09:47 on Apr 6, 2017

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Auxiliary Treats posted:

Who likes Hellriegels? I couldn't find actual numbers but I did find this on battlefieldtracker.



I hope that DICE adds a field kit that's just this but with Hellriegels.


Lawnie has a syringe that teleports people

https://gfycat.com/SharpNippyJerboa

There's also a weapon unlock tied to the hellriegel, 300 kills, so the pubby bullet hose is even more bullet-hosier. They really need to nerf it, but :dice:

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Who are these loving :spergin: guys with 100 stars in the hellrigel and the arty truck, but nothing else.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

i played with this emblem for like 2 years in bf4.



I'm sorry guys, think I got the gun butt emblem reported, I saw a clan with nazi emblems and spent an entire evening just mining/dynamiting them nonstop. I think they got mad.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Parkingtigers posted:

3 minutes of HUDless snowbattle porn from In the Name of the Tsar.

https://youtu.be/cQf88NFdgU0

Yes. Yes. gently caress yes.

Edit: and here's 10 mins of regular gameplay:

https://youtu.be/dYx2eJJB13A

This second video is good, no commentary and shows loads of the new weapons. Silenced C93 carbine looks interesting. The cavalry lance is basically a bayonet charge on horseback, and spearing someone with it is :black101:

me right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HRUnkeX0ME&t=4s

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Ol Standard Retard posted:

Verdict after a Conquest on Neville:

It's enormous but super interesting, it sort of forces a split into small-unit close quarters engagements.

Frustrating if you can't stay out of the line of fire, but fascinating if you aren't constantly dying or bring along good medics.

Love Love Love rocketgunning because lmao sniper scope glint shows up bright as the sun

Every time I've played his map it's been a squash match in one direction or the other. Maybe it's just the premium 2 week advance is full of turbo nerds, hopefully it should even out. It's beautiful otherwise, and kind of chilling to think it's probably loosely based on an actual location.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

is there some kind of trick to these dumb battlepacks i'm unaware of? all i've gotten are skins i already have and squad boosts.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

just abuse the auto aim from the 100m range on Suez or Argonne. Especially argonne, in the early part of the match there's always dudes prone at the very edge of the bridge.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Blind Rasputin posted:

How do you abuse auto aim? I think I was doing it accidentally with the ten-a slug by Ads right before shooting someone. Is it something like that?

I find that it'll snap to center mass if you sight in with the crosshairs near someone. I consistently get either headshots or 90 damage doing it that way.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

I should probably start recording videos of games. Last night with BUTT KREW i drilled a spawn sniper through the peephole of the sniper shield with ironsights at 150m. ONE SHOT ONE KILL USMC FOR LIFE BITHC. and then threw an anti tank grenade that quad-killed a tank during the endgame screen.

fun times, bros.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Fun times boys. nothing more satisfying than area denial to a dedicated camper clan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXr-N5tJY8I

red19fire
May 26, 2010

mellowjournalism posted:

I want this arditi knife but winning a full operation can go up to something like two hours, and then on top that not knowing if :dice: is actually counting it? gerddermit


*loads another operation*

It's stupid because bf4 had a screen where you could check progress of community missions in-game. How is :dice: so bad at this?

red19fire
May 26, 2010

I just wish there was better customization for the weapons. Like, BF4, you could put on various optics and grips to slightly change the handling, and different LAV/Tank/Helo loadouts depending on the map. If the flanker light tank could drop supplies it would be perfect, or if the tank hunter could drop mines.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

New map is fun, but camp out central.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Auxiliary Treats posted:

I didn't save much from the night everyone was playing operations. Most of this is from the match where we got the GODS clan to try and hunt us down plus some other stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xDSq4lOcQs

I've had this sitting around for a while and finally got around to uploading it. Every little bit helps when you're trying to take down a behemoth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Sws1VpOeY
(That's my actual voice, please don't judge)

you can use the left stick to traverse the field gun faster :v:

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Live At Five! posted:

I've seen dozens of people with 100 service stars with it. It honestly is pretty fun to use even if it is a bit overpowered. I'm closing in on my 37th service star in the Lebel infantry so it's not like I use a bunch of different weapons but at least the Lebel requires a bit of finesse to use effectively. Apparently I'm now #1,381 on PS4 in infantry KDR so take that hellreigel fuckers. I don't like to brag but this is the only game where I've been one of top players in the world at the specific thing I like to do.

Lebel rules because it's a two shot kill at everything up to medium distance.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

There is no purer joy than using the AA truck to harass a sky lord clan for an entire match. Disabling dudes constantly makes them so mad, they all switched to tank hunters.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

YO MARINES LEAVE THE loving BOAT YOU ARE BUTT NAVY AT BEST YOU PIECE OF poo poo





me, 2/7 USMC, in fallujah


Also fun fact, the red piping on the enlisted marine dress blue uniform is based off the WW1 german uniform you see in the game.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Maybe the real BUTT Yacht Club is the friends we made along the way

red19fire
May 26, 2010

TheOneAndOnlyT posted:

I didn't think you were calling me out, I'm just saying that if you're running and gunning as a recon you shouldn't feel guilty as long as you have no scope. Recon run'n'gunning owns and more people should try it. Those flares are a game-changer.

I have zero sympathy for snipers though, because for 99% of them that SICKNASTY HEADSHOT is sandwiched on both sides by about 500 missed shots. If you're still sitting in spawn after all of that missing, you need better things to do with your time.

Pretty much the only sniper I put up with is my buddy ADMRL Thrawn, because 1) he understands bullet drop and actually makes his shots most of the time and 2) he works with me and my other buddies to be more effective. He calls out people in points that the rest of us are on, 3D spots vehicles with the periscope, and when we tell him we're getting sniped from somewhere, he listens and takes the enemy snipers out instead of trying to land that SICKNASTY HEADSHOT on a dude in the point that three of us were already shooting at anyway. In short, he actually does the job recon is supposed to have. A sniper who actually works with you is fantastic SUPPORT, but every pubbie has this idea that snipers are Lone Wolves who turn the tide of the match with their skills. That's bullshit and every single one of them should get knifed, clubbed, or humiliation AT rocketed.

every sniper should be no more than 100m from their squad, or the team's front. spot constantly, flares everywhere, drill far off snipers, harass dug-in defenders on a point, leave booby traps on main avenues.

VVV I was a wrench spinner and they taught us the basic tenets of infantry tactics in a 3 week course, plus a bunch of pre-deployment specific training. The USMC historic record since Vietnam is 1 kill for every 1.7 rounds fired in combat. XX_UgOtSn1pEd_XX would get a dishonorable discharge if they got a kill for every 100 shots.

red19fire fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Aug 4, 2017

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

shut up you nasty boot

i guess we dont wear nametapes on our cammies huh?

Actually I don't because i'm uhhhh in a secret unit that's top secret because the drill instructors told the commandant i'm too tough for the marines, but my DD214 says i was an OTH discharge for drunk driving to maintain my cover.

also i somehow still have insanely powerful esprit de corps

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Smash The Patriarchy

red19fire
May 26, 2010

The lance charge is completely different from the bayonet charge, when you let off the trigger it stops, instead of careening past the guy screaming.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Laminator posted:

I only had the 1911 and grenades.

Good enough for Audie Murphy, you ingrate :v:

de_dust posted:

Also the new BUTT clan logo is great.

Somehow changing my emblem changes the clan emblem. Also I made it. :Goatse:

red19fire
May 26, 2010


You gotta get off the horse and teabag for maximum :fuckoff:

red19fire
May 26, 2010

e.pilot posted:

look at you and your sniper shield made out of false security

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/epilot5280/video/35819392#t=40

Scopes are for scrublords :v:

I heard you guys like my emblems

red19fire
May 26, 2010

It's just mind boggling to think they had a serviceable battlepack/weapon system in BFH (play game, get 'money', buy the weapons/attachments you want, also there's assignments for some things) (and even BF4 to a certain extent) and completely scrapped it for: All weapon attachments are fixed, random lottery for weapon skins, ridiculous assignments.

Who has ever killed an Elite with a K-bullet?!? Also i love that they nerfed everything that you need to unlock the new guns. Drop a mortar into someone's lap, get 48 damage :dice:

Also I forgot to screencap it but i found the sperginest :spergin: that ever lived, 110/50 in assault, 100 stars with the hellriegel.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

e.pilot posted:

Holy poo poo that looks completely ridiculous

It's a chainsaw, it's insanely good. And the new assault submachine gun is also insane. 81 rounds, fast rate of fire, AA sights. The double barrel slug shotgun is a one hit kill from 0-25 yards, just ridiculous.

The verttetti sniper rifle, hot garbage, but i also hate the sights on it.

red19fire fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Sep 9, 2017

red19fire
May 26, 2010

NUKES CURE NORKS posted:

When I see teammates camping in buildings and sniping I dynamite the building. Or if they are just on a hill or something I get in front of them so they can't see.

It is pretty fun and funny.

Yeah i got some delightful hate mail by throwing smoke bombs nonstop on the catwalk on Ballroom. Play as support, never resupply anyone but yourself.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Ol Standard Retard posted:

BFH came out at a pretty uh... let's call it "lovely" time to release a video game starring cops murdering people (even more so than any other time) so quietly leaving it by the wayside was as much a PR move as it was a return to the franchise arc. My buddies in the industry (Nintendo Uncles and Aunts) were intrigued that it did as well for as long as it did.

Great times tonight y'all, I'm still uh, boggled by the fact that the reticle for the double barrel shotty doesn't align with the actual graphic of the gun. Seems like an unusual oversight for dice

I would counter that shooting an rpg at a cop car while blasting Public Enemy is the greatest achievement of video games.

holy poo poo the maps were awful combined with no fun counter-camper measures it felt like a lovely battlefield 4.5 rather than a full game.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

I just love the irony of playing a game about ww1 and complaining about a game mode that's almost always a meat grinder stalemate.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

There was an elimination mode in BF4, and my favorite thing in the world was hatemail from MLG turds mad that I hid claymores in their favorite campout spots with one of the support perks. #GOML

red19fire
May 26, 2010

just play as support and throw smoke bombs everywhere, they'll figure it out eventually.

red19fire
May 26, 2010

How do you guys use the new russian battle truck? I've mainly tried being a flanking machine, its loving useless having a gun that only faces backwards. Though the shrapnel bullets are awesome and i love the guy yelling while throwing the flare, everything else sucks. Goddamn Kolibri of tanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wziH4uxhvTQ&t=26s

red19fire
May 26, 2010

Grizzled Patriarch posted:

Holy god this 8.35 autloading optical is a gigantic fuckin turd. Jumps all over the place, 5 round mag in a gun that takes 3 body shots to kill, tunnel vision on a rifle that isn't even that great at long ranges.

50 kills with this is going to be painful.

I actually like it, if you stay behind the main force, use the lowest zoom level and try to keep your engagement distance to like 20 yards, you'll be ok. I got all the kills in 2-3 rounds.

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red19fire
May 26, 2010

I consider dynamite not sticking to vehicles to be a nerf. Jihad Quad 4 Life.

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