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Gartt 21 Aug 2013 13:25:18 1,940 posts
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Just noticed the map packs are all half price on origin at the moment, any of them worth picking up?
Im finding it tricky to find many decent servers running vanilla+karkand.

Premium edition is sitting at �17.49, which is pretty tempting but Im not sure about it with BF4 around the corner.

WoodenSpoon 21 Aug 2013 14:15:40 12,360 posts
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Definitely. The last three map packs have all the best maps in imo.

Close Quarters is just a CoD clone, so you can take it or leave it really.

joeymoto108 21 Aug 2013 14:17:42 743 posts
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Armored Kill map pack is the dog's bollocks.

Deleted user 21 August 2013 14:25:06

There is loads of full servers for vanilla, especially now with all the humble bundle players. Scroll down on the server browser and more servers pop up. Regarding the DLC, imo you'll get �17 worth of content even if you only play it for 2 months. I like running around on conquest domination with the MTAR, crossbow and magnum. Great fun.

WoodenSpoon 21 Aug 2013 14:27:38 12,360 posts
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That's a point, if the MTAR is DLC-only then you should definitely buy.

Gartt 21 Aug 2013 15:10:35 1,940 posts
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Im almost sold, Ive enjoyed getting back in to BF the last week or so.

Anyone have any idea if it will make a difference if I buy the Premium Edition at 17.49 or the Premium upgrade for �20 as I already own the game, its stupid that the upgrade is more expensive.

Deleted user 21 August 2013 18:50:36

I am Pumpkinist on Origin. I added a number of EGers from the clan. Not that I expect you play this much any more.

It's fun so far, but I've never been a huge BF fan.

WoodenSpoon 21 Aug 2013 19:32:10 12,360 posts
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ecureuil wrote:

WoodenSpoon wrote:
Close Quarters is just a CoD clone, so you can take it or leave it really.
It really really isn't.

Please.

WoodenSpoon 21 Aug 2013 20:00:52 12,360 posts
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Of course I've played CoD.

The only noticable difference between CQ and CoD is that you can't sprint around stabbing people in CQ.

CQ is fun in the exact same way that CoD is fun. If you like CoD you'll like CQ.

TheDarkKnight 21 Aug 2013 20:29:57 834 posts
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@Gartt Could you free up some slots in the EG platoon please Gartt? Would like to play with some good organised players before BF4 drops. Thank you kindly.

Deleted user 21 August 2013 21:42:19

WoodenSpoon wrote:
Of course I've played CoD.

The only noticable difference between CQ and CoD is that you can't sprint around stabbing people in CQ.

CQ is fun in the exact same way that CoD is fun. If you like CoD you'll like CQ.

I have to agree. Random spawns, close quarters fighting, the same game mode as in CoD and a generally quicker pace to the game...it's definitely a CoD clone. Still, it's not necessarily a bad thing, it makes a nice change from the bigger levels sometimes.

TheDarkKnight 21 Aug 2013 22:15:20 834 posts
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There is definitely a place for Close Quarters in BF, just like there is for Armoured Kill. I didn't think I'd like CQ at all but it is a fun mode, for a while. Couldn't play it hours on end like the regular maps though.

Deleted user 21 August 2013 22:25:57

ecureuil wrote:
I like Close Quarters but don't like COD because it's too fast paced and the weapons are less fun. It's not really anything like COD to be honest. Only in that it's an FPS with real life weapons.

I honestly don't see why you don't think it's a deliberate copy. What makes it different? It's slightly slower paced but much quicker paced than vanilla BF.

BF3 has modern weapons but plays nothing like CoD, but CQ does.

joeymoto108 21 Aug 2013 22:57:03 743 posts
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IMO it is a deliberate copy. I don't think the controls are responsive enough for CQ to be very effective though, getting kills seems hit and miss due to the occasionally clunky responsiveness of the controls.

Deleted user 22 August 2013 00:02:41

I really dislike the default sprint/crouch controls. My little finger hurts.

Daddy-Doom-Bar 22 Aug 2013 04:35:09 3,013 posts
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I'm still really struggling with k&m controls. I'm just better with a pad. I still lose a few 1 on 1's, but most of the time its due to positioning more than accurate aiming.
Finally played a couple of the newer maps recently. Not really all that impressed with the palace one. Feels like CoD. Too intricate and far too many corners to watch, its almost impossible to stay alive long enough to enjoy it. Seems like it was designed for consoles.

TheDarkKnight 22 Aug 2013 07:44:18 834 posts
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RedSparrows wrote:
I really dislike the default sprint/crouch controls. My little finger hurts.

I think you can change them from 'hold' key, to 'toggle' on/off. May help.

D_arkTrooper 22 Aug 2013 13:32:20 1,492 posts
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TheDarkKnight wrote:

RedSparrows wrote:
I really dislike the default sprint/crouch controls. My little finger hurts.
I think you can change them from 'hold' key, to 'toggle' on/off. May help.

Any details on how to do this? I've tried to setup my 360 pad the same way as I have it on PS3 but the 'hold' to afterburner/boost is painful on my thumb after a very short while.

Duffking 22 Aug 2013 13:39:38 16,964 posts
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I played a bit of this the last 2 days and to my surprise I actually had fun doing so. Had some good rounds, and unlocked the G53 by getting a repair tool kill while defending on Damavand Peak Rush of all things.

D_arkTrooper 22 Aug 2013 18:03:04 1,492 posts
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Never EVER thought I'd get into the PC version of this, but having got my pad set-up I've been having loadsa fun in the tanks and planes. On foot not so much (but it rarely comes to that) ;-)

Duffking 27 Aug 2013 18:41:34 16,964 posts
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My God Talah Market is awful

Daddy-Doom-Bar 27 Aug 2013 19:10:25 3,013 posts
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DUFFKING wrote:
My God Talah Market is awful

Thats the one I was on about. Hated it.o

Duffking 27 Aug 2013 20:16:02 16,964 posts
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It's just a dull spawnrape fest. I'm not really sure what DICE have been thinking with some of the map design in this game. Some of it is downright terrible. Everything's so lacking in flow, no direction to battles at all. All the points are always so close together. And the one occasion they got it right (armoured kill) people bitched. AK was the closest BF3 got to being a proper battlefield game and people complained and I can barely find any AK servers.

Good map design could have really saved this game. With good maps I could have forgiven the godawful hit detection, terrible movement (jump over the wall. Jump over the wall. JUMP OVER THE FUCKING WALL. No don't play the vault animation without me jumping the wall, jump over it. THANKYOU. FINALLY. Now lets go... why the fuck am I stuck on a pavement? It's a 10 cm increase in height. MOVE! MOOOOVE) and annoying suppression mechanics.

I'm hoping the awfulness is from trying to cater to consoles and pc leaving with bastardised maps that are crap with both 64 and 24 players and with BF4 they've gone all out to accommodate 64 players. Quite why they didn't take the BF2 route of designing every map for 64 players and cutting a portion out for smaller counts is beyond me.

Edited by DUFFKING at 20:17:00 27-08-2013

Deleted user 27 August 2013 21:04:28

My God Talah Market is awful

Ha, I think Azadi Palace makes up for it. love that map. To be honest I don't mind Talah Market 16v16 rush. The worst map from aftermath is Epicentre imo.

Burto83 29 Oct 2013 19:22:21 80 posts
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Curently free on origin with this code

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