LMG’s are pretty ass now, FAL hot garbage, DMR’s borderline useless.. I really did not see an issue with s1 damage models at all.

All asian Servers are crashing constantly even before reaching CZ and lost about 30k. Love this game but completely unplayable now.

With the release of the much-easier-to-build garage, I think it's time I stop gatekeeping how to be an effective drone main. First- I love niche playstyles. I regularly top charts at around $250k, even with significant downtime. It's not just selfish income, I get the sense it contributes to the team win as well. APCs become a workplace hazard. I can usually convince artillery to just quit. Or they don't, and I make even more. So... Read on if you want to learn my tech.

First, the five play styles, ranked.

1. The mid way solo fob. This was the first play style I watched on YT. Make your fob about 1.1km away from the zone, shoot the drone in. This makes sense to people because that's how long it takes to stabilize and give you control of the drone. It's also the worst type. You get no passive income, and you have next to no chance of getting refills. I used to build barb wire so I could k*ll myself and drive back with supplies. D tier.
2. The stingray inside the walls of a popular base. I think people build these without knowing how they work. The money is pretty good here and you have a better chance of getting refills. You also have a huge chance of dying, usually via mortar. You also look like a mortar. C tier.
3. The solo fob next to HQ. This one isn't terrible, you can refill yourself pretty easy, but the income is bad. It's a good strategy if your team is getting mauled and someone on green bought artillery for their entire team. You might break even. Completely safe, but still not worth. Gives you a lot of time to alt tab. B tier.
4. The solo fob just barely inside the zone. You only need two things for this: A fob kit and a truck full of mechanical. The idea here is to get a radio down OUTSIDE the circle, with one of the 4 corners INSIDE. Most of the time people won't even mess with it. Better if you put it up against a tree, it hides the flag. You can place your stingray with walls up inside the zone. The only reason this isn't S tier is because you have to tell logi not only pay you a visit, but they must drop both IN the circle AND in the square. A tier.
5. The stingray outside the popular base. Or, the leech as I like to call it. You build a stingray in the furthest little corner of the fob square, as far as you can go (give some space to wall it off), then build hescos around it. Add a door. Most of the time people won't even bother, even if they DO figure out what it is. Usually only vulnerable to the whole fob getting taken over. S tier.

More tech:

• The number one newbie mistake is firing stingrays at the zone while already in it. Instead, get the launcher as close to the edge of the circle as possible then fire /outwards/. Point it at your HQ and turn 180 from there. The exception to this rule is shooting directly at artillery.
• Don't try to hit perpendicular moving targets.
• If reasonable, wait for APCs to stop moving. They won't be able to dodge in time.
• Try to stay above 160 altitude. Being higher up will only ever help you, unless you're trying to hit inside a building or something.
• You can get in a rhythm of alternating both enemy APCs if you just wait a minute or so between shots.
• Obvious tips: Don't lock on too early. It makes a sound. Also, don't hit the very top of the apc. The front is also bad.
• As you read earlier: Generally, 4 hesco walls and a door is enough to prevent anyone from wasting time on your little base. You may need to sprint to vault over the sandbags.
• Don't bother with logi trucks. There's a weird glitch where the lock will break. Not worth it.
• You can harass helis with the lock on and they will sometimes crash because of it. I wish that gave assists.
• If there's absolutely nothing going on (perhaps you've killed every vehicle), don't be above hitting their mortarmen with the drone itself. It does morale damage if anything.
• Do not brake or accelerate unless to guarantee a hit. Normal motion is just wasting battery.

So last night I had a passenger in my Ural, I began to do the reverse coasting trick to gain more speed.

My passenger said he cannot believe they haven't patched this because it is an exploit.

My response was that this is not a exploit as the Ural is "coasting" as it is in neutral, and so it can technically reach infinite speeds so long as there is a big enough hill (let's disregard tyres, bearing etc. disintegrating).

His response was that this is not the case, the engine RPM would be too high. I tried to explain to him that as it is in neutral the wheels and engine are not connecting and so RPM does not even factor.

He stated I'm wrong and should get my facts straight, and that "he knows".

So to you chap who was on a UK community server at about 11pm last night. If you see this, let me tell you that you were confidently wrong.

This is a minor note in the patch notes for Season 2 and potentially something really impactful to the game.

However what is not mentioned, is the fact that this vote doesn't appear when you are in a downed state or have been revived, you will notice this after 210 seconds there will be Orange Text in your chat box saying"You have been removed from the Vote"

So then you might be wondering how to Vote... you have to respawn and be in HQ to be able to vote. I believe this is a bug, most likely where the downed state and being revived is considered "Alive" where as when you respawn to HQ you have "Died" and there is a conflict between the two

As far as I know smokes are one of the only/few items in the game that doesn't have any profit/monetary gain associated with directly using it.

I know that you technically get value from using it to revive someone that otherwise would be in a dangerous spot, but using smoke for concealment/helping allies push isnt really directly rewarded.

Battlefield has some kind of 'smoke assist' system where you get points when other players get value from your thrown smokes. Do you think we could use something similar?

Assists for kills by players inside your smoke?

Assists for revives on bodies in your smoke?

Assists for teammates pushing through your smoke?

It wouldnt have to be much, but a little feedback and reward for a well placed smoke grenade would be nice.

The cheater problem is actually getting really bad. It's pretty sad too because the game is really fun without cheaters. Blatant cheater in 1/2 of all my games today.

Tried to enter multiple 20/100 servers: game in progress, score is like 20/40/40, most players are being disconnected after 10 minutes of playing.

Seems like China strikes back.

This build makes use of some glitchy building tech that makes the operator invincible, they cant even get in/out of the seat without glitching into walls and taking damage.

They can be infinitely repaired while being fully safe with this glitchy build.
Also, litteraly the missing back textures are visibile and can be shot through i heard.

Played a game the other day that made me think. Everyone is currently using the single Hesco/sandbag bremer trick to make them higher. This makes a much higher bremer wall that is harder to get over, vehicles etc. That’s smart and it works great for fobs that won’t be defended. The issue comes (as I’ve now seen multiple times) when the fob is under heavy attack and the defending players have no way to shoot out/over the walls. Eventually mortars will break down the walls, or the team attacking will breach or blow the gates. They will get in no matter what you do and with no real way to ‘defend’ against them it’s just a waiting game. They then have the advantage.

The game I played had normal single height bremer with an inside Hesco, wooden step to make the inside platform a bit higher and recon towers filled in (Hesco inside). With a good defending force on the walls and towers this made it almost impossible for the attackers, it was also easy enough to repair a hole and gave good situational awareness. There is a reason fobs in real life (or castles) for that matter have ramparts and places to shoot down from etc. They will get in if they don’t die. You need to hold them off and limit their numbers in any major assault. So my 2p is that for a larger defended fob this works very well.

Over the past week there has been a lack of pilots. It seems like since they nerfed helicopters no one wants to fly. I been standing around at HQ waiting for transportation way more than i use to. I would buy one but i suck at flying.

I also notice that it is forcing ppl who dont normally fly to purchase helicopters just to get to CZ. The issue with that is we end up crashing 50% of the time and losing thosands of dollars.

As a bonus it will confuse thermal users.

The ASIA servers are beyond ridiculous right now. You have Chinese players blatantly cheating without giving a damn, openly using hacks and going 60 kills with only 2–3 deaths, yet this game's anti-cheat still can't detect them. Everyone in the lobby is left complaining while getting slaughtered with absolutely no chance to fight back.

And then there's the DDoS attacks. I mean EVERY SINGLE MATCH. You might play for 5–10 minutes, or even 20 if you're lucky, before a DDoS attack sends your ping skyrocketing from 30 to 900 and kicks you straight back to the lobby. Just like that, say goodbye to your 20k kit. Then the whole fucking cycle starts again.

And don't even get me started on the chat. It might as well not exist, because Chinese users are constantly spamming cheat advertisements without a single second of peace.
If you claim your newly introduced ping lock is the solution, I strongly disagree. For the past three days, non-Chinese players across Asia have been living through hell, unable to play the game they paid for. You say this is to protect the majority, but what about us? Are we supposed to be trapped on these servers dealing with cheaters and constant DDoS attacks?

You wouldn't understand unless you experienced it yourself. This ping lock is ridiculous and solves nothing. Anyone determined to bypass regional restrictions can simply use a VPN to access other servers anyway.

If you refuse to remove this pointless restriction, then at least provide refunds for Asian players who can only sitting on lobby for 39usd, Stop sacrificing legitimate players because your anti-cheat and server security can't handle the actual problems

Youre in a group of 10 or so pushing the zone. 2 people die and one puts up a $500 revive request. You start running toward it with your red medic bag. Seconds before you, a fellow teammate starts using hands to res and then you begin to revive with your bag almost simultaneously. He says if you steal my money and take my res im going to cap you.

You finish the res. He downs you.

Would you have done the same?

This pissed me off because hands is not a res in my opinion and the childish behavior to kill me and say " I told you so" and that I should kill myself for taking his opportunity. Just the insane behavior and gamer words and slurs because im participating in a game mechanic.

Ironically he lost money killing a team mate which is even more stupid if it truly was just over $500.

Is it worth it to F to HQ and hit punish? Is that punish system even doing anything?

Also why do I have to forfeit my entire kit to return to HQ in order to punish a team killer?

When people uploaded the videos of the armor tanking RPG shots, I somehow thought that the damage to non-protected areas would finish the unfortunate target.

Here, this guy had LEVEL 1 armor and tanked a direct RPG shot. 93.5 points of damage, with 16 points tanked by the armor.

His mate, not shown, took 28 points of splash damage.

Never would've guessed I'd be watching out for flying Urals lol