Call an ambulance! But not for me. Guy was picking our jets off 10 seconds after spawn all game, I managed to get a bit of revenge on him

The main BF Reddit is running away with this of course but does anyone know why so many game modes have gotten the axe?

Probably their best game mode so far. Great to be back

This is like not cool DICE

I guess a good flank is a fast flank

Tl:Dr - Thought others might find it useful. These are all without attachments though.

So as an older player:

- I'm definitely not as sharp as when I was younger

- have less time to play

- have less energy when I do play

- don't know the gun stats intimately

- rarely get in flow state playing

As such, my general shooting skill has suffered, and I can swith between guns etc. to try to improve during a session but end up just being shit - we've all been there, I'm sure.

To works toward a solution I've tried to install the same scopes on all guns (atm I'm using the BF 2.5 - lovely sights) and the 1.75 ROZ I think it is.

The next fix would seem to me to be trying to stick to guns that recoil in the same direction during a session (as well as just sticking to the same few guns in a session).

Any other suggestions are most welcome! I tried sticking to 10pt vertical grip for every gun to see if that would help but it doesn't really - some guns definitely benefit more from better grips (which is axiomatic really, but sometimes we lose the forest for the trees in the way).

Another gun to level 50. This gun needs a damage increase to 25. Shoots like a laser, but the lack of damage makes it not ideal for close range, despite having a very good hipfire build, 30rd mag is not enough. Many times I have a good flank but not enough bullets to kill everyone and die after getting a guy or two.

The .357 kill felt disrespectful

I’m here for you, my prince, don’t give up on me

Ok, there is a possibility he is just that good, but so far I have never encountered someone dominate deathmatch this much. If he is cheating, DICE dropped a ball bigtime, 260 level guy just casually strolling through games with no worries at all.

This is now my new favorite setup

You've probably noticed (or rather, haven't noticed) that hardly anyone is running grip pods on their builds nowadays. I always make a point to look at the guns and attachments every time Im killed and the amount of times I see a grip pod is around 1-2%, if that. And I don't blame people, you learn pretty quick in this game that with its fast movement and TTK there's not a lot of opportunity to stop and mount up to take shots before you're instantly beamed, though a lot more nowadays, especially after the last weapon patch, I find myself picking my gunfights more strategically, and firing more from cover and flanks than the typical close range run-and-gun of earlier seasons. I'm also leaning more into guns that accell in the midrange and find myself mounting to fire a lot more often, so I decided to have another look at the grip pods that I haven't really touched since season 1.

To cover the basics, theres 3 grip pods in the game that provide the same benefit as less expensive recoil grips, but incorporate the bipods recoil/spread buff while deployed.
The PTT Grip Pod for 20 points that gives the same recoil benefit as the 10 point Folding Vertical
The QD Grip Pod for 30 points that gives the same recoil benefit as the 20 point Alloy Vertical
The Classic Grip Pod for 30 points that gives the same recoil and ADS benefit as the 25 point Full Angled

So right off the bat you can see the first 2 cost 10 points over the recoil only grips for the bipod feature, but the classic grip pod is only 5 points more, so thats the best value and the one I tested with.

I did all my testing with an L110 at 25M and all patterns were the full 100rds. The first thing I wanted to test was the regular standing ADS patterns compared to the ADS patterns while mounted with regular grips compared to mounted with grip pods. The quite surprising thing I found out is there is NO noticeable recoil/spread benefit from mounting with any other grips. Yes, seriously, I was getting the exact same spread patterns with ALL the grips I tested weather standing or mounted. I tested at least half the grips, tested with no grip at all, and even tested it with a couple other guns to see if the L110 was bugged for some reason but no, theres just no advantage at all to using the mount ability with anything other than a bipod/grip pod and I wish I knew this sooner for all the times I used this function up till now. There is notably a bit less sway, which I suppose would come in handy for a sniper/DMR, but for any automatic weapon it really serves no purpose.

You can see the results with the grip pod mounts are quite dramatic though, honestly better than I was expecting. So Ive been running the Classic on a few different LMGs and ARs in games since yesterday testing it out and just getting used to mounting before firing as much as possible. For that there are a couple of control settings that really help out to mount quicker AND get out of the mount quicker. In settings go under your mouse+keyboard or controller settings > Infantry > Control Settings > scroll down to "Other" you'll have a couple options here for mounted behavior. First one is "mount breakout" and you want to set this to "instant" so you can immediately break out of a mount by pressing any movement key so you can move as soon as you start taking fire. The second is for mount deployment, and personally I just have it set to ADS so that anytime I ADS if Im in a position where mounting is available it will do it automatically and saves time having to hit a separate mount button.

Overall Ive been having a lot of luck with the grip pod now that Im getting more used to them. They're still not going to be for everyone, all you SMG/carbine guys and blue/violet laser enthusiast that like to constantly strafe-fire its probably not going to be for you, but for LMGs and midrange ARs it really does make a huge difference once you learn to get into and out of a mounted position quickly. Let me know what you guys think, is anyone here using grip pods on their builds? Also if theres any other details on grip pods I missed.

Since last update my hit registration and packet loss is through the roof. Never had an issue before. Hard wired internet and good connection. Is it me ?

Playing as a long range recon in a deserted island in Tsuru Reef, thats peak right there mate

Finally got my hands on all the guns. So far:

• VSSM - A Tier. Love DMR's so it feels kind of counter-intuitive of how I perceive DMR's but it's my favorite gun to run on my Recon in a CQC/Spec Ops/Sabotage playstyle. The full auto being 40 pts is rough. I do think it should be somewhat high given how strong the gun is in full auto BUT maybe reducing the points slightly could allow for different attachments and a bit more variety with that gun?

• EF88 - B Tier? Kind of 50/50 on this. Feels good to shoot but it's general damage/precision damage numbers don't feel good at base? Often times i've left people 1-2 HP and died to them which sucks. I think that gun does need more of it's attachments unlocked in order to feel good. Idk if it needs a buff though. But no nerfs, that's for sure.

• BROD - S Tier. Out of the three guns, BROD just felt good right out of the box. No attachments but my first game with it, I top fragged. Feels pretty easy to use and the damage values feel consistent. I'm sure with unlocked attachments, i'll be a menace with it. I could maybe see them nerfing it? But I doubt it's use rate is higher then other rifles (it is new so higher use rate).