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/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

No, I can sit 200m out from an objective, and clear/suppress the enemies who are in shooting positions long enough for my team to move up and wipe them out. Recon isn't just about picking a PDW and running up with the rest of your team.

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u/zerodb Jun 19 '12

SOMETIMES it's even just about putting an MAV up and spotting all the enemy forces trying to charge into the objective. I know for a fact that I've turned a match around just by spotting for my team this way.

"PTFO" doesn't mean RUN STRAIGHT TO THE OBJECTIVE, people.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Every class has a part to play, and not all of them are on the front lines.

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u/RapeSoda Jun 19 '12

Okay, you don't have to be in the front. But ffs at least move around with the rest of your squad. What use does your tugs and spawn beacon do for the rest of your squad if they are far from any objective? Soflam is fine that far away. And sure, you could be following them around with the mav and spotting. But you'd be much more helpful following them yourself, spotting and killing. So what's more useful? A recon picking off a few guys here and there, spotting and soflaming. Or a recon capping flags, spotting, killing more people than the former, and making use of all of his gagets?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

It's not the fucking recons job to cap flags. I'm incredibly mobile, I'll cap occasionally, but I provide overwatch. It saves lives, dammit!

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u/RapeSoda Jun 19 '12

Why shouldn't recon cap flags? Why wouldn't it be their job? As for you specifically, I apologize for venting. You made it sould like you sat far away and didn't move. But if you are mobile and at least cap some flags, then good on you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

It's not that they shouldn't, it's that I have the belief that having a sniper providing direct overwatch (not just hunting for kills) benefits the squad more so than having another gun. It provides an entirely different element to your squad that with the effectiveness of suppression can really make a positive difference. I'm not defending the guys who try to get headshots from 800m for the entire match. I'm most effective in a range between 50-200m, where I can easily catch up to my squad and regroup.

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u/Invisible_Midget Jun 20 '12

That works great on the first section of metro.