BF Tooie

I appear to be hopelessly addicted to this game. I haven't played a game this much since... well probably Smash Bros and Perfect Dark on the N64. Used to do 10-hour multiplayer sessions on those... ah good times...

Anyway, joined a sort of unofficial clan, TUS or The Usual Suspects. Shout out to Snake, Revan, Doodle, BigMick and the rest. It's a lot of fun; we do stuff like one us nabs a plane at the start and parachutes into the enemy uncap base, then we spawn on them and proceed to wreak baseraping havoc. We snipe them out of their chopper on the helipad or while they're waiting for a plane, c4 the assets, lay claymore traps and try and nab the chopper or tank. A lot of the time the people we kill get really pissed off and come and get us in force, while the commander is wasting UAVs and artillery on us- but most of the time we survive through hotswapping the squadleader so we can always spawn. It's so funny having like 5 or 6 guys coming back time and time again to try and get us, but they can't stand up to 4 sniper rifles from hidden hillsides... :D

Patch 1.2... ugh. Basically choppers are fucked; their armour is super-weak now and AA missiles are massively improved in terms of accuracy and lock-on time. Also the attack chopper's rockets payload is reduced to 8x4 from 14x4 and TV-Guided Missile range is reduced. Planes are also subject to weaker armour, dogfights are now just whoever gets behind and a missile lock. Blackhawks and Cows are next to useless as they're the slowest aerial vehicle and the guns are crap now as well. It's just ridiculous that noobs can hop in an AA and take down pilots so easily who had to spend hours getting good. AA needed to be improved, but not that much. Really annoying, as I was just getting good at the attack chopper, I mean it's still ok, you just die a lot more, and I can't play Super Blackhawk Midair Repair Man anymore, it's too weak now. :(

Good bits about the patch are that mines don't activate from teammates, and there is a great new sniper rifle I want to get. Still love the G36C and E.
Played Special Forces a bit more and i'm finding it better now that i've learned the maps and found some decent snipe holes and where enemies will be coming from etc. I like defending the back stairs on Devils Perch, you have like 30 seconds to kill people trying to get up them (easy) and if they get past then they can taste some c4! Also I found a good sniping spot on Ghost Town; on a bank overlooking a couple of flags, you can get some good shots and it's far enough away so they don't often know where you are.

Okay that's it for now.
See you!