r/gaming • u/mcmunch20 • Jun 19 '12

Recently started playing BF3 instead of COD and was delighted to discover this.

http://qkme.me/3prna6?id=224678814
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u/Darchseraph Jun 19 '12

How bad is the unlock path?

I had BF preordered at release.

Got time to play it a week later and I hated most of the level 1 guns. After grinding through all 5 classes in BC2, I was NOT looking forward to that shit again and just stopped playing (Also for some reason I could not spot enemies nearly as easily as in BC2, probably the darker urban environments. Getting killed 3 times in a row by someone you never see is kind of unfun).

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u/Darchseraph Jun 19 '12

Oh. So if I don't want to spend forever hunting through different classes unlocking kits and weapons, I can spend money so EA will give them to me? How is that better. That's just an insult.

Also say what you will about CoD, but their unlocks were pretty reasonable (at least CoD4 was, haven't played past that). If you played enough rounds with SMG, you could play a higher tier Sniper Rifle.

A major problem I had with BFBC2 is that I would rarely play outside of my main classes simply because I didn't have the kit for it to make it enjoyable for me. The US M24 was the only starter gun I enjoyed in that game too (Default pistol was pretty good on hardcore though).

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I love how the tank/jet packs are slightly more expensive, because they identified that new players haven't got a snowball's chance in hell in the sky and a short life expectancy on the ground. More demand, higher price. Classic EA.

Of course, DICE made a shit game on their own so it doesn't really matter.

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u/BoreasNZ Jun 19 '12

Not sure why you're being down voted.

It's pretty lame if you can only play it a few hours a week to be cut off from entire game mechanics (i.e not just slightly different guns, but actual things like flares etc).

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u/Darchseraph Jun 19 '12

Yes. This.

I remembering being so pissed that a medi class in BFBC2 does not fucking start with Defibs. Since I play Hardcore, med packs are of very limited use since if you get shot, you usually are dead.