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Gunship is incredibly weak. Takes 4 IGLAs to down, and there's not exactly much you can do about it, since flares only handle one at most. That being said, I racked up like 20 kills in about three minutes with it

Alborz Mountain's my favourite map so far.

Anyone else having a problem with "BF3.exe has stopped working"? Started happing to a friend of mine right after he installed AK. Now he cant play any expansion or vanilla BF3 without it happening. Tried repairing and reinstalling.

overall though, i actually really really like AK. the snowy one in particular almost feels like playing bf2 again

i think they're ok really. if they were a little bit quicker, and maybe tanks turrets turned a little bit slower...

especially when td's get the cannon and tow.

or if vs reactive tanks, first shot with cannon (to strip the reactive), then second with the tow to the same place. they do need a little bit more speed though

I really like AK.
Brings back memories of Dragon Valley, Op. Harvest and Midnight Sun.
Big hills, long roads and getting killed from all around.

Also, I really appreciate the patched laser painter on the scout helis.
Really brings back their main role of scouting the battlefield for threats and killing off infantry.
Not being an AA/AT combo pack (with only the pilot getting big scores too).

One weird thing:
Apparently, there is a gunner position to equip unlocks on the in-game menu now.
I had stealth, thermal optics and my newly unlocks guided missiles there, but still required to switch to guided missiles on the pilot slot.

Last edited by globefish23 (2012-09-11 13:41:19)

Definitely enjoying AK. The fucking immense blue tint of Death Valley hurts my eyes, but maybe it's just the colour settings on my monitor or something. The AC-130 is pretty weak, but it can dish out a fair bit of damage and if you've got a couple of good jet pilots that can keep jets and heli's off you then it can work.

Alborz Mountains is definitely my favourite map so far though.

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2012-09-11 14:53:23)

I'm just going to wait till all the extra maps are free

Found a rush round on AK.  Admins had instant vehicle spawn on so the ac130 never went down and it was constantly raining enemies on the objectives.
edit*  I found a gnome on the snow map

Last edited by Scratch[USA] (2012-09-11 17:19:24)

Oh so if I buy the game later I get more stuff?

Great business tactics. Next time we should all wait 6+ months before buying.

Don't listen to shifty.

He plays on an Xbox. They don't even have 64 player servers!

FatherTed wrote:

like the rockets seem to land wherever they want, and normally quite off to the right of what you're aiming at.

Arty truck needs to be level or rockets will sway to one side or other.  Can't test my memory right now, but IIRC...... If truck is tipping left, rockets hit to right.  Opposite is also true.

Take some time to get used to the range finder reticle.  It is affected by the relative difference in elevation between your truck and the target.  For example, on Alborz, common place for Arty deployment is along high elevation road on the ridge to the left of B spawn location.  Distance to A is approximately 260 to 300m.  Fully lowered arty reticle will hit A.  On level ground, fully lowered arty reticle is more like 100 to 150m.

I could be wrong about this, but rockets seem to auto-detect as they approach the ground.  Almost like getting in the general area gets hit indicators.

Here is the biggest tip: rocket impacts are shown on minimap and/or pause menu map.  Fire, review, and readjust.

I'm fully unlocked for mobile arty.  Grinded through it to complete the unlocks.  Sometimes boring, sometimes fun.  ATV jihads tend to find their way to you; can be annoying.  It was always a poor sap that got hosed by your rockets out to hunt you.  The Proximity Defense is supposed to help but ends up taking you down to 1% health and can only be fired from driver slot.

FatherTed wrote:

apparently it totally ruins rush mode though

Kinda/sorta, seems to depend on the strength of the teams.