Mar 17, 2012

“Why does no-one capture flags on conquest in Battlefield 3?” It’s the perpetual battle lament of the objective player. You join a server to find half your team jumping up and down at the vehicle spawn points and the other half sitting just inside the Out Of Bounds (OOB) area with 12x scopes while the other team holds all the flags. Then...

Dec 25, 2011

SOFLAM, MAV, TUGS, WTF and many more have all been included in the most recent installment of DICE and EA’s Battlefield franchise. Months of decision making, heated discussions and alleged crossing offs from Christmas card lists resulted in the final cast of weapons in the completed game. Old faithfuls such as the AN-94 and M60 were destined to be there...

Nov 14, 2011

Now we’re looking at the game mode in Battlefield 3 that you’ve all been waiting for. Oh, you’ve not been waiting for this one? Me neither. Well here’s the Rush Guide, or if you prefer, the Conquest Guide. However, if your only interest is in killing other players and you want to play a game type that is designed for that very purpose...

Nov 13, 2011

In part 1 of the Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Survival Guide we looked at the Rush game mode. If you’d like to read that, then please click here. In this part we’ll be looking at the Conquest game mode. How to play it and how to organise your squad. The range of maps available in Conquest on Battlefield 3 is quite vast. From huge open areas such as...

Nov 12, 2011

Battlefield 3 is here, with myriad unlocks, tech and combinations to use it can be overwhelming for newer players. Add in the extra dimension on Jets and it can become a system overload if you end up spending your time looking at the killer cam. Although DICE aim to provide more realism in their games than other titles they also have to balance that with the...

Oct 7, 2011

The Battlefield 3 (BF3) beta is in full swing but is having a mixed reception due to the choice of map. Operation Metro was the map used for the Alpha testing a couple of months previously and despite numerous changes from the Alpha build to the Beta build there are still issues that concern many sections of the community, new and old. Although some PC beta...