My only gripes

[The_Eliminator]

I have been really enjoying this game and it feels like a real entry to the BF franchise but there are just a few things that are really bugging me:

1) The weapons are highly inaccurate. I understand that spraying full auto isnt going to be the most accurate shooting in the world but i dont understand when im using an assault rifle whilst kneeling with a guy about 5 metres away and i spray full auto, after about a second of firing the bullets just seem to go crazy and fire sideways. I know its a game and not supposed to be realistic, but seriously, they dont invent guns to be inaccurate.

2) The guns are piss weak just like the original Bad Company. If i have to unleash a full 30 rounds from my LMG into an enemy before he hits the floor then something is seriously wrong. I have hit stationary enemies about 7 or 8 times with my assault rifle before they have died and even 4 or 5 times with getting a headshot. I just dont understand the direction DICE have taken in making the guns either very weak or the health system very high. I liked the idea of being able to storm a room full of enemies with their back towards me and thinking i could take them all out, now i feel im lucky to get one of them before i have to reload.


These are my only main gripes with what is otherwise a very entertaining game.

[troybob]

Re: My only gripes

agreed on both. the cone still seems present.

and yes - the game is still highly entertaining!

[Soldat]

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They should give you a semi-auto option as in BF2. Plenty of the weapons there, you can't hit anything full auto but semi and they're very deadly.

[The_Eliminator]

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I just dont like the way the guns are almost programmed to be inaccurate at full auto. Guns are designed to be accurate.

[troybob]

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I just dont like the way the guns are almost programmed to be inaccurate at full auto. Guns are designed to be accurate.

Ok gotta put something in here:

guns at full auto are only as accurate as where the barrel is facing.

[The_Eliminator]

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I agree with you but trained military personnel who cant keep a gun firing straight or straight enough at full auto, especially an SMG shouldnt be in the military.

I feel if FF was on i would be more likely endangering the team mates next to me than the enemy 5 metres infront.

[Vreki]

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Crouching doesnt seem to do much, you need to bring up the sights. Quote myself:

I did a quick pattern test with the PKM, sustained 20 round bursts.
Its not exactly a scientifc test, but based on this it looks like you should always bring up the sights

Standing, top pattern is iron sights, bottom is hip.



Crouched, top pattern is iron sights, bottom is hip.



Close range standing spray from the hip

[Minmaster]

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i think some of the accuracy issues are performance related. sometimes frames per sec and mouse movement aren't as smooth as it could be. that definitely affects your accuracy.

[BrokenMachine]

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i think some of the accuracy issues are performance related. sometimes frames per sec and mouse movement aren't as smooth as it could be. that definitely affects your accuracy.

Haven't had any accuracy problems on the PS3. The guns feel more accurate and powerful since the beta. Especially the LMG's. They definitely seem better than the original Bad Company for me anyway. Maybe try lowering your settings as Minmaster said it might be performance related as Bad Company on PC is a hungry horse from what I can gather.

[The_Eliminator]

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My PC spec wise isnt really the problem its purely the guns are just too weak. I did some testing earlier and it seems distance has a very mjor part on the damage of a weapon.

With a friend he stood directly close to me and with an LMG it took me 5 shots to take him down. He then stood about 5 metres away, not enough distance imo to warrant a drop in bullet power, however it took 7 shots to kill him, and this was from a LMG of all guns.

[Kylee!]

Re: My only gripes

My PC spec wise isnt really the problem its purely the guns are just too weak. I did some testing earlier and it seems distance has a very mjor part on the damage of a weapon.

With a friend he stood directly close to me and with an LMG it took me 5 shots to take him down. He then stood about 5 metres away, not enough distance imo to warrant a drop in bullet power, however it took 7 shots to kill him, and this was from a LMG of all guns.

The LMG is actually really good at range, especially the PKM.

[[10MD]B|CPT.Obi]

Re: My only gripes

Get on a server that is labled as "hardcore"

much diff

[Vreki]

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With the AR I can usually make two kills per mag at medium range, so that 15 rounds per kill. That may seem like a lot, but it doesn't really bother me as long as it is consistent.
Unlike FFoW I feel that the bullets actually hit, so I can adapt to different games needing more or less bullets.

[L-iNC]

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Try tapping mouse1. Takes like 5-6 shots to kill someone or less if you got for headshots. I DO however think the guns shouldn't be so inaccurate from close range while spraying without scoping. Seems to take way too many bullets to kill someone and usually I just end up being knifed in those cases.

[The_Eliminator]

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Yep thats another gripe, they took the CoD way with the knife and decided to eliminate CQC all together.