gunthergloop

Argh! I forgot about the Back To Karkand update on BF3 today. I could've
downloaded it by now. (2.07GB!)
Instead I'll likely now not get a game all night. Oh sweet unjust god of
first world dilemmas why dost thou persecute me so!!

-Kevin.

gunthergloop

On 13/12/2011 19:23, gunthergloop wrote:
> Argh! I forgot about the Back To Karkand update on BF3 today. I could've
> downloaded it by now. (2.07GB!)
> Instead I'll likely now not get a game all night. Oh sweet unjust god of
> first world dilemmas why dost thou persecute me so!!
>

....I should acknowledge of course those who have it on PS3 have had it
available for the past week.

-Kevin.

Trooper

gunthergloop <news1@keviSPAMNOnforde.com> wrote:

> On 13/12/2011 19:23, gunthergloop wrote:
> > Argh! I forgot about the Back To Karkand update on BF3 today. I could've
> > downloaded it by now. (2.07GB!)
> > Instead I'll likely now not get a game all night. Oh sweet unjust god of
> > first world dilemmas why dost thou persecute me so!!
> >
>
> ...I should acknowledge of course those who have it on PS3 have had it
> available for the past week.
>

Lots of minor changes in the patch too, it's not just Karkand. A lot of
gun nerfs and buffs, but the tow main changes I saw from the list are:

No more spawning back at base if the person you are spawning on dies as
you click
A tooltip that tells you how to open your parachute!

T.

gunthergloop

On 14/12/2011 10:05, Trooper wrote:
> gunthergloop<news1@keviSPAMNOnforde.com> wrote:
>
>> On 13/12/2011 19:23, gunthergloop wrote:
>>> Argh! I forgot about the Back To Karkand update on BF3 today. I could've
>>> downloaded it by now. (2.07GB!)
>>> Instead I'll likely now not get a game all night. Oh sweet unjust god of
>>> first world dilemmas why dost thou persecute me so!!
>>>
>>
>> ...I should acknowledge of course those who have it on PS3 have had it
>> available for the past week.
>>
>
> Lots of minor changes in the patch too, it's not just Karkand. A lot of
> gun nerfs and buffs, but the tow main changes I saw from the list are:
>
> No more spawning back at base if the person you are spawning on dies as
> you click
> A tooltip that tells you how to open your parachute!
>

I had a very frustrating time on it a while ago. Didn't help that 9 of
the 12 on the other side were all 'Eagle rank' (whatever that equates to?)

Wake Island is covered in airships, it seems. It felt like possibly 4
helicopters, 2 jets, 2 or 4 tanks + buggies zooming all over the shop. I
didn't stand a chance with that opposition.

Hopefully it'll be better when it's not swamped by l33t players throwing
their weight around.

-Kevin.

gunthergloop

Had a good session on this with Trooper tonight. We didn't make it to
any of the new maps I think though (?)

We were fairly pelted for the most part, but once other half-decent
players joined our team/squad things started to gel somewhat.

As for the new 'score bars', Trooper, the only thing I've found about it
is here
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...pressions.aspx

- - - - -
To spice up the action, Back to Karkand includes 10 weapons and three
vehicles from Battlefield 2. The vehicles are open season as usual, but
players must complete class-based assignments to gain access to the
arsenal. Unlocking the first tier of weapons for each class is simple.
For instance, if you want the FAMAS assault rifle, all you need to do is
heal and revive 10 people. It takes a while longer to receive the second
tier of weapons. To unlock the L85A2 for the assault class, you need to
rack up 100 assault rifle kills, 20 kills with a noob tube, and win five
squad deathmatch rounds. The only annoying part of the assignments is
you can’t check your progress between matches. A small progress bar
appears between matches, but to break down what you need to do
specifically to receive a weapon you need to back out to the main menu.
- - - - -

....basically, I guess we need to use each class in their specialised
ways in order to get some weapon unlocks.

Hm.

-Kevin.

Trooper

gunthergloop <news1@keviSPAMNOnforde.com> wrote:

> Had a good session on this with Trooper tonight. We didn't make it to
> any of the new maps I think though (?)
>
> We were fairly pelted for the most part, but once other half-decent
> players joined our team/squad things started to gel somewhat.
>
> As for the new 'score bars', Trooper, the only thing I've found about it
> is here
> http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featur...ttlefield-3-ba
> ck-to-karkand-impressions.aspx
>
> - - - - -
> To spice up the action, Back to Karkand includes 10 weapons and three
> vehicles from Battlefield 2. The vehicles are open season as usual, but
> players must complete class-based assignments to gain access to the
> arsenal. Unlocking the first tier of weapons for each class is simple.
> For instance, if you want the FAMAS assault rifle, all you need to do is
> heal and revive 10 people. It takes a while longer to receive the second
> tier of weapons. To unlock the L85A2 for the assault class, you need to
> rack up 100 assault rifle kills, 20 kills with a noob tube, and win five
> squad deathmatch rounds. The only annoying part of the assignments is
> you can't check your progress between matches. A small progress bar
> appears between matches, but to break down what you need to do
> specifically to receive a weapon you need to back out to the main menu.
> - - - - -
>
> ...basically, I guess we need to use each class in their specialised
> ways in order to get some weapon unlocks.
>
> Hm.
>
> -Kevin.

Yeah, I had a look last night too. Full list is below.
So for your fixing it assignment, it has gone to halfway, but you need
to kill someone with the blowtorch to finish it off.

Good fun last night, even if our tank was constantly beeping all the
level! Bloody helipcopters. I'm going to try some rush in hardcore
next, I think.


T.





The Back To Karkand DLC brings something new to Battlefield 3 (in
addition to new maps, weapons etc.): Assignments, which is a new way of
unlocking the new weapons found in Back To Karkand. Here's the full list
of Battlefield 3 Assignments that you need to complete in order to
unlock all ten Back to Karkand weapons:

FAMAS ("Best Friend Forever" assignment)
10 heals
10 revives

L85A2 ("Professional Russian")
100 kills with assault rifles
20 kills with grenade launcher
Win 5 rounds of Squad Deathmatch

MP5 / HK53 ("Fixing it")
10 repairs
1 kill with repair torch

QBZ-95B ("It Goes Boom")
50 anti-tank rocket kills
5 conquest round wins
Destroy 1 enemy vehicle with repair torch

QBB-95 ("Let It Rain")
20 kills with light machine guns
2 mortar kills

QBU-88 ("Specops")
20 sniper rifle kills
5 laser designator assists

MG36 ("Keep Your Head Down")
100 kills with light machine guns
50 suppression kill assists
50 ammo resupplies

L96 ("Creeping Death")
50 headshots
50 spot assists
5 knife kills

PP-19 ("Familiar Territory")
Capture 10 flags
Arm 10 MCOM stations
Play 2 hours on Strike At Karkand

Jackhammer / MK3A3 ("Scarred Veteran")
10 kills with PP-19
10 kills with BTR-90
5 kills with DPV jeep
Play 2 hours on Gulf of Oman
Play 2 hours on Sharqi Peninsula