Just flew a jet in battlefield 3... omg.
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Think that might have been his way of being enthusiastic without 'yelling' at everyoneDumbfish1 said:
.OT: Glad they nailed the experience. I haven't played it myself, might rent the game, but I'm not much of an online person. Ever played Freespace 2? That is the feeling I ha dafter the first dog fighting level in the nebula. That is the level that sold me on Freespace 2, and why it is still on my Hard Drive to this day.
I liked it, but they're hard to control. would've been nice if I could practice somewhere without screwing over my score. If only they had a mode where you can play by yourself, then I could practice flying a jet without the pressure of knowing that if someone else was controlling it, we'd get far more points. but ah well, me and my daydreams...
Didn't play BF2. This is actually my first battlefield game. Ive been missing out!Vanguard_Ex said:
Also wondering; am i the only person that sucks with the chopper. Im either face-first into the ground or face-first into the chopper i ditched in hopes of saving myself before i go face-first into the ground.
I'm glad to see the jets are still fun...I have more hours racked up in the jets from BF2 than I do actual flight hours in real life being a private pilot. Despite wanting to wait until I've finished Skyrim before getting anything else, I think I'm going to break down and buy this and Ace Combat later today.saucecode said:
Nah, I've been playing battlefield games since the start and I still can't fly helicopters :/saucecode said:
And don't forget to press the Caps Lock key again once you are down.Dumbfish1 said:
Vitally important that.
On a related note, does anyone else think it's a bad idea for games to use that key? Keep forgetting until I type something later...and on my current computer, Assault Trooper doesn't have you throw a grenade when you you press Caps, it has you throw grenades when Caps is on...not the same thing, and makes the game very hard to play.
...Were you using a gamepad/joystick or where you trying to fly with the mouse and keyboard, because if it's the later you will NEVER get good with them. I buried the nose into the ground the first few times I took Cobra up in BF2 but picked it up within half an hour.Toasty Virus said:
Aye, it's good fun.
I'm a little irritated that you have to unlock missiles though. You can do very little without them, and you get owned by people who already have them, and they take 3 kills to unlock, which may not sound like much, but it took me the past 2 hours to do so.
I'm a little irritated that you have to unlock missiles though. You can do very little without them, and you get owned by people who already have them, and they take 3 kills to unlock, which may not sound like much, but it took me the past 2 hours to do so.
I don't suppose you're an xbox/ps3 player, and are trying to use the left analog stick to control it?saucecode said:
I was doing this for ages xD you actually use the right stick, I found it quite easy once I worked that out
Not at all. I didn't learn how to fly it until I went into the co-op mission where you fly one.saucecode said:
A little hint? If you have the defualt controls on, the right thumb stick tilts the chopper and it will stay at that tilt until corrected. The left thumb stick turns the chopper. Also, be sure to feather the right trigger (the button that elevates you) otherwise, you will drop to the ground like a rock.
OT: Yes, flying the jet was a blast, but it wasn't really an effective battle tool.
I find the jets in BF3 are actually easier to fly with a keyboard than a joystick.
I still can't get anywhere with the choppers as the stingers take me out. I need kills to get flares to stop stingers but I can't get kills because of the stingers because I don't have flares. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH. I also suck as a gunner. Can't hit anything.
I still can't get anywhere with the choppers as the stingers take me out. I need kills to get flares to stop stingers but I can't get kills because of the stingers because I don't have flares. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH. I also suck as a gunner. Can't hit anything.
Jets are like literally the only reason I would have for trying out Battlefield 3. I'm glad it might be worth it if I end up getting it in the end.