Is there actually a BC3 coming out? I hadn't heard anything about it, but I'd also be doubtful about it's quality, DICE seem to be getting worse and worse, coincidentally since they've teamed up with EA. Bad Company 2 was ace, Medal of Honor was absolutely terrible due to some bizarre balancing issues that totally ruined any semblance of decent gameplay, and then this came out. It's as if DICE have lost all sense of being able to balance gameplay mechanics.
There's a reason why everyone uses either the FAMAS, USAS12 or RPG rockets 99% of the time. And the MAV, well, there's actually nothing you can do with it except spotting and trying to run people over, cartoon style. Given that nobody in this game likes to spot, well, what did DICE think it was realistically going to be used for?
It's not just the game's fault though, I mean the amount of assholes not playing properly is crazy. I don't understand really what happened compared to the people who played BC2. They used to drop ammo and health, now no-one does it, ever. I again got myself holed up in a firefight with some enemy players and was hiding behind a wall, being shot at, with not a single bit of ammo for any of my guns. Standing next to me was a support player on my team, and I spent about a minute repeatedly pressing select to ask for ammo, then swinging my knife at the guy to get his attention, and he just never dropped ammo. We ended up getting shot, and had the guy just dropped some ammo we'd both possibly have avoided being shot and he'd have gained a shit load of points for resupplying me.
Then there's Rush. I loved Rush on BC2, I played that game mode almost exclusively. You could have some epic matches where you'd have your backs to the wall trying to defend the objectives, and levels like Arica Harbour could last anywhere up to 45 minutes. Last night I played about ten Rush matches on BF3 and none lasted longer than 6-7 minutes each. No-one defends, they just run off in all directions trying to treat the mode like team deathmatch or piss about in vehicles, then when an objective is set, they don't bother disarming it. I ran over to one as soon as I could but got there just as the MCOM was about to blow up, and we had four players crouched, looking through their gun sights about ten yards from it. Not one person even considered defusing it. This is really stupid behaviour, I mean if you don't defuse the charge then the game will end. And what's the point of playing it if you'd rather sit there and let the game end early?
Oh well. I'm probably less forgiving towards the game because it's automatically replaced BC2, everyone's stopped playing that to play BF3 now, which is a bummer really because BC2 was my favourite MP I've ever played.