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Interesting tidbits from Demize99's twitter page:

Q: nice revive option. does this mean no revive immunity as well, as it's your own fault for accepting in stupid places?
A: No immunity, and a reduced spawn time if you get instakilled on revive, since you already went down once.

Q: Hey can you explain how the squad leader is chosen please? :-)
A: He's the guy who creates the squad.
Q: He stays SL until he gives it up too? There is a youtube video saying it switches the SL around to different squad mates.
A: He stays until he leaves.

Q: Hi i pre-ordered your new game, but i noticed in video it has this 3d spot cone .. do you guys encourage aim assist/wallhack ?
A: The spotting system is still going through revisions.

Q: Is the recoil random animation or the same each time? Thanks.
A: It's a mix of random and predictable. Different guns have different random deltas and directions for "personality."
Q: I like the feel of the recoil in Fault Line, reminds me of BF2142. Keep it that way or more. Love BF2142s recoil!
A: The recoil is very much in line with 2142's style.

Q: Can you confirm that this information is correct about the knife in BF3? http://battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/Knife#Battlefield_3
A: Not entirely correct, yet not far off either.

Q: Will snipers have bipods as well?
A: Yes snipers can get bipods.

Q: Sniper optics flashing from the sun is confirmed, will they always flash or will it depend on the location of the player and sun?
A: It's a gameplay balancing feature, so the flash is generally present when the sniper is aimed DIRECTLY at you. Only high zoom scope

Q: Why not allow for grenade cooking? It can be incredibly useful for killing guys in hard-to-reach places like roofs or balconies.
A: I want grenades to make people move out of cover not kill. Cooked grenades allow people to kill much easier. Use bullets plz.

Q: Regarding the opting in/ out of revives will it default to opt in when you go down, or would we have to choose either option?
A: You chose by getting up to accept (you're prone after revive) or by holding Use to opt out. If you are killed immediately it's opt out

Also -
Today's adventure: Swedish Police shooting range with an MP5 and Sig226.

^Possible weapons for BF3?

KuSTaV wrote:

I dont like the fact that you cant cook grenades. Thats a bit gay.

spose they wanted to address the nade spam though I guess.

DrunkFace wrote:

Who ever spammed with cooked grenades?

I dunno he just said in the twitter quote he wanted people to use grenades to get enemies out of hiding, and kill people with bullets. v0v

You couldn't cook grenades in BF2, or any BF game for that matter.

Cooking grenades is huge in Call of Duties. And in the CoD game, it meant that you could throw a grenade at a guy and it would explode before he could have a chance to get away from it.

The problem with grenades in BF2 was that you carried 4 at a time and it was difficult to tell if a grenade was near by, so it was easy to spam lots of them and also easy to not notice one if it lands near you.

scope flashing?

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Do soldiers have the balls to cook grenades?

yep, and they do

Whatever happened to dying and looking straight up à la BF2/2142?

Don't snipers use lens covers, which shields light from the side, to prevent such reflections?
A reflection by directly looking at a sniper rifle's scope is impossible anyway, as the light source (sun) would need to be directly behind the target.

globefish23 wrote:

Don't snipers use lens covers, which shields light from the side, to prevent such reflections?
A reflection by directly looking at a sniper rifle's scope is impossible anyway, as the light source (sun) would need to be directly behind the target.

they're called ARDs(anti reflective devices).  Hell, even duct tape can be used to minimize reflection.  Whatever, it's a "gameplay balancing feature", wouldn't want to upset the fucking medic whores.

globefish23 wrote:

Don't snipers use lens covers, which shields light from the side, to prevent such reflections?
A reflection by directly looking at a sniper rifle's scope is impossible anyway, as the light source (sun) would need to be directly behind the target.

Lenses typically have curved surfaces, its how they work.

Also you'll see light glinting off the ejected empties, whichever side the port is on.

Doctor Strangelove wrote:

It doesn't need to be realistic. It serves an important purpose, it let's you know some coward is trying to snipe you.

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Doctor Strangelove wrote:

Well, usm is some losers who trolls on a gaming forum, but when he's the one being trolled he runs crying to the mods.

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