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Looks more like a Bobcat to me.

I haven't given up on helos / jets yet. I did a little flying on Conquest (Op Firestorm), and a) it appears the ceiling is only about 1000 ft (stay below it - you really lose maneuverability!), and b) get high and outside, and you can come down on top of other jets. It works - I got behind a few, but failed to connect. A little more practice and I might get somewhere.

Small frontloader.

I feel for beginners... jets and choppers are very vulnerable. Its hard to learn the ropes without being shot down. I've gotten the hang of flying, its just moments before being shot down most of the time.

Nice! Looking forward to hearing more about what they've been up to!

I hope there is some other way to get access to the beta -- I'd buy MoH right now if would guarantee me a spot in the beta but it looks like it was only for pre-orders.

Thanks. Hopefully I have it by the end of the week.

It was a close one, but black friday saved me from MW3. AC revelations showed up today.

I can finally fly without crashing, but I still can't kill anyone to get the unlocks.

The good news is I heard Zath is bored of his service star level 1532 and is going to get the unlocks on our gamertags for us.

Jihad Jeeps are a blast! Get it?

LOL I'm only on service star 11. Hopped in some insanely fun games today... by myself . Everyone else's games were full so I played rush OP firestorm and Caspian. Atlienzz joined up for a little bit which was cool. It was a very productive night. I'm almost at 2,000 vehicle kills!

I C4 what you did there.

Maybe, but Zath's reckless attitude and the fact he doesn't listen to authority is going to get us all killed. He needs to tone it down a notch and not be such a hotshot..

Lol!

I've often wondered what is going on in the other pilots heads when Zath is in the air. He absolutely dominates air and ground vehicles. I'd probably either give up trying to fly or change servers. I know I won't step foot in a tank if Zath is on the opposing team!

That part is easy, they are thinking of what to say in their hate mail to him

James

Good and bad games last night. Joined up with the usual suspects and won the first match. The next match we were split up to different sides. I hate it when this happens. It was bullshark, me, and vernell attacking on highway. It was like 9vs5. I was getting owned left and right. Couldn't win a gun fight, so I quit and went to TDM.

After they had finished that round, I joined back and our group of 8 was split up again. This time Razor rage quit and haven't return for the rest of the night. Starting to use more of the medic class and like it so far. Massive points for revive and health. Then after a few rounds everyone was back on the same team. We had so many AVS players on too!! Good times!

I'm very surprised I didn't get hatemail last night. Will try again tonight

https://twitter.com/demize99/status/141540471313936384

Alan Kertz (@Demize99)
11/29/11 10:34 AM
Looking for feedback on Tanks: Too many RPGs? Too few? How about Tank on Tank? What do you think?

At first I hated the number of RPG's it takes to destroy a tank, but now that I've adjusted I like the whole system of disabling then destroying. If I'm planning on going up against tanks then I know to run the explosives perks which give us 9 RPG's (which may be a bit much!).

I think tank on tank feels just about right as well. If anything, allow the .50 cal to blow up mines. Sucks when a random is driving and you spot a mine while manning the turret.

Here's hoping that they don't adjust it.

I don't do any of the MyTwitFacePage stuff, but I'd aver that RPGs are fine. Tank vs. Tank is fine. Mines are NOT fine!

First, you are given waaaaaaay too many. Three should be the max per person. Period. Second, they don't disappear after a kill. Pretty lame that a guy lays down mines that kill someone 5 deaths later. Third, they do entirely too much damage. 50% is fine for running over one dead-on, but the ansillary damage from the second or third shouldn't be equal. Mines are the very bane of my BF3 existence.

I rarely get killed my rockets...unless I run into a team that has obviously decided to go entirely Engineer class and go on a tank hunt. I can typically kill about 5-6 enemies before dying if I'm completely surrounded by a 5-6 rocket-launching hoarde. (It's the second wave of respawn-on-team-members that end up killing me.)

Tank vs. Tank (not IFV or other vehicles) is only an issue if I run into the rare "glitch?" where someone, somehow kills me with one shot, even with 100% health. I've never, ever, EVER had this work in my favor. It's rare, but it's happened.

I do have "some" experience...2,300 tank kills so far!

You know I had that "glitch" happen the other night. I was at 100% health and he hit me with one tank shell and my tank went "boom". I'm positive I didn't hit a mine or have an RPG hit me. No air support was in the area either as I was in the mine in damavand peak. I'm not sure if I was playing with AVS'rs but at the beginning of that match I hopped in the tank flew by our first flag going for B and upon entering the tunnel there was the danged enemy helicopter coming straight at me in the tunnel!! Needless to say one tank shell and that helicopter was in a million bits with three kills. I had no idea choppers could fly through that tunnel.

Much fun was had last night, and thanks to whoever it was (Duke maybe?) who recommended taking the mobile AA next to the smoke on Noshar. Wow that was effective (19-0, 9900 points effective!).

+1 about Zath, his jet skills somehow make me feel like less of a man in comparison.

Yea, mines are pretty deadly. On Tehran Highway, I was able to put out 6 mines on the hill and then after a respawn, I put down 6 more around the second base btw A and B. So that's a total of 12 mines. I know that the second set of mines did not cancel out the first set because I was destroying tanks coming down the hill.

Tanks can be taken out from the rear with just 2 RPG's. Plus the rear is where most of the repairs take place, so often the second rocket takes out the repair guy too.

Mines - I like to set down 3 sets of 2 mines. Dropping 2 mines in the same place will destroy the vehicle on impact, and you get all the disabling, destruction, kill points at once.

I destroyed a tank last night from a rooftop with a single rpg to the top rear. First time I ever saw that.

I'd like to see 1 or 2 more JAVELINs per spawn. 9 RPGs w/double explosives; 3 (?) JAVELINs.

If mines showed up on thermal scopes, they'd be better. If they could be shot at by regular guns, they'd be better. If they were limited to 6, they'd be better.

In one match I saw someone work with a support to mine up the ENTIRE A building in Firestorm 3rd base. I almost tossed a grenade just to watch the domino effect wrap around the building!

Tank-on-tank is fine. HMG could use a slight buff to rate of fire.

Taken from Gamefaqs:

Bud Light presents Real men of Genius:
Today we salute you Mr. AT mine planter guy.
Mr. AT mine planter guy
Any man can destroy a vehicle, but only a man with lots and lots of mines can stop all tanks.
Hide 'em in the shadows
The only thing more enjoyable than seeing a vehicle blow up, is seeing a noob roll over a mine.
Blow, blow, blow, it up
What's next? AT Mines, everywhere for the next 10 matches.
Don't you need some expl perk?

So crack open a nice cold Bud Light, oh master of the mine, and while you're at it plant me some more mines.
Mr. AT mine planter guy

Right. Your just not always in a position to hit it in the rear.....of the tank. Like Roto said, the top is just as vulnerable too (though I haven't got a 1 shot on it yet). In any case, I think the number of RPG's it takes from any position is fine with me.

I think mine's should disappear after dying, but I don't have any problems with the damage they do.