I must be the worst Battlefield 3 player EVER.

I don't think that there exists a single active Battlefield 3 player that sucks more than I do. My K/D ratio must be like 0.1 at best. Every time I step into the game, I get my arse handed to me, whether it is hardcore or softcore. In small maps, there's always a guy sitting behind the corner somewhere, and since I cannot see 360 degrees around me at any given time, it is impossible to react to that guy in time before he kills me. In medium maps, I can't even poke a finger out of cover without taking an L96 round in the head. In larger maps, helicopters will own me if I try to snipe, and infantry will get me if I try anything else - the ONLY thing that SORT OF worked is playing in a tank, but the enemy team will immediately switch to all-javelin and ruin my day yet again. Hell, I think that the only place where I can actually accumulate kills is Metro or Noshahr Cannals (or w/e it's called) in TDM, but then I might aswell just play Cowadoody. Oh joy.
I have no idea why I suck this bad in Battlefield 3. It's not that I suck in FPS multiplayer games, though. I used to dominate matches in Team Fortress 2 and Bad Company 2. But here, my arse is sore from being kicked so hard.
And it's not like I try to charge in there blindly. I try to act like a real soldier would. Sometimes, I would try to find a tactically viable spot and see what I can do from there, and then some guy shoots me in the back. I guess that if you can't find three friends to join you in multiplayer games so that you could act like a real life squad which cover eachother's back, there's no point in trying a realistic approach. But then the run and gun strategy is just a matter of how many litres of Redbull you had prior to the game and how big your screen is to maximize your field of view and reaction time, which might aswell just be Cowadoody. 
And it feels like every unexpected death out of the blue, I have less motivation/skill for the next ticket, which creates a situation of inner balance where each death will add more of a chance for another death, and each death adds up to the point where I'm so dismotivated and poorly skilled that I might aswell just play with my eyes shut.

TL;DR, I really suck at Battlefield 3 and I get my arse kicked even though I've been playing ever since around Nov. 2011, is there anything I can do about it, or is it just not meant to be and I should go and sell my copy to Gamestop?

Best weapons in the game are the base ones. Iantheone

[QUOTE="Iantheone"]Best weapons in the game are the base ones. skrat_01

Are you playing on console? I've never heard of someone getting kicked on servers from being too bad (at least on PC)

I was the same,I nearly gave up on the game,But It's just practise and be patient,and team work helps,then it just "click" and you'll get better.:)

Are you playing on console? I've never heard of someone getting kicked on servers from being too bad (at least on PC)

lostrib

Time to move onto a better game, such as ARMA 3!

*Points towards the greener grass*

You were good at Bad Company 2 and you're awful at BF3? I find that hard to believe.

what's your reaciton time
is it asleep level?

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/
(there is a lot more besides rt(handeye, prediction, awareness, etc) I know, but if it's too slow...)

bf3 pubbers avg rt is probably around 260

You were good at Bad Company 2 and you're awful at BF3? I find that hard to believe.

cain006

your not the worst, the gameplay just sucks and they made it so that COD players could play this easily.

[QUOTE="cain006"]

You were good at Bad Company 2 and you're awful at BF3? I find that hard to believe.

mitu123

[QUOTE="cain006"]

You were good at Bad Company 2 and you're awful at BF3? I find that hard to believe.

mitu123

BC2 had a lot less weapon spread and less gravity for projectiles

what's your reaciton time
is it asleep level?

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/
(there is a lot more besides rt(handeye, prediction, awareness, etc) I know, but if it's too slow...)

bf3 pubbers avg rt is probably around 260

JigglyWiggly_

39th position!220 ms!

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="cain006"]

You were good at Bad Company 2 and you're awful at BF3? I find that hard to believe.

wis3boi

BC2 had a lot less weapon spread and less gravity for projectiles

what's your reaciton time
is it asleep level?

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/
(there is a lot more besides rt(handeye, prediction, awareness, etc) I know, but if it's too slow...)

bf3 pubbers avg rt is probably around 260

JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

Are you playing on console? I've never heard of someone getting kicked on servers from being too bad (at least on PC)

Burnchild_Ren

Oh, then you can't sell your copy to gamespot. So you might as well just practice

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

what's your reaciton time
is it asleep level?

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/
(there is a lot more besides rt(handeye, prediction, awareness, etc) I know, but if it's too slow...)

bf3 pubbers avg rt is probably around 260

call_of_duty_10

39th position!220 ms!

that's for this week lel

220ms is a bit faster than average contrary to what the website says
if you look at their new data, it's 260ms  

giant post below

 [spoiler]

anything below 190 is good for my standards

but don't get carried away with this thinking this is the only thing that matters, it's not.

espylacopa is 116ms rt average

he was in the navy and is a beast. i am very slow at 180ms avg, and 171 when on energy drinks. That's like top 10%, which is ofc very slow.

inb4 quake vids, but maybe someone will care

0:30, you can see he shoots me before i even really see him when i am behind cover

yeah my rail was still reloading, but he would have hit first anyway.

this is a joke video btw, we were goofing off

 but yeah i(mostly zubin) have done a lot of research on what attributes go towards what in fps

here is a way to test your handeye

http://aim400kg.ru/train/?a=ea&ln=en

i get 73,600

average person is around 15,000-30,000

espylacopa handeye nowhere near mine though

for a game like bf3 pubs, handeye matters a lot more since bf3 pubbers RT is a joke

rt helps a lot when you are behind cover and peaking

if someone you see hits you from bheind so you can turn around quickly

you end up just walking into someone who will shoot first

 handeye is for when you need to swing and track

aim400kg is a very reliable test.

if you get a goodscore in aim400kg and have a fast rt, there is no reason you shouldn't be dominating.

if you are far below average, well then yeah

none of these tests factor in your ability for movement and prediciton aiming which is huge deal.

these matter more for arena shooters rather than say cs 1.6 which is just a point and click flash game

bf3 is  in the middle since you can take a lot of dmg before you die and there's plenty of movement involved

[/spoiler]

[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"]

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

what's your reaciton time
is it asleep level?

http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/
(there is a lot more besides rt(handeye, prediction, awareness, etc) I know, but if it's too slow...)

bf3 pubbers avg rt is probably around 260

JigglyWiggly_

39th position!220 ms!

that's for this week lel

220ms is a bit faster than average contrary to what the website says
if you look at their new data, it's 260ms  

giant post below

 [spoiler]

anything below 190 is good for my standards

but don't get carried away with this thinking this is the only thing that matters, it's not.

espylacopa is 116ms rt average

he was in the navy and is a beast. i am very slow at 180ms avg, and 171 when on energy drinks. That's like top 10%, which is ofc very slow.

inb4 quake vids, but maybe someone will care

0:30, you can see he shoots me before i even really see him when i am behind cover

yeah my rail was still reloading, but he would have hit first anyway.

this is a joke video btw, we were goofing off

 but yeah i have done a lot of research on what attributes go towards what in fps

here is a way to test your handeye

http://aim400kg.ru/train/?a=ea&ln=en

i get 73,600

average person is around 15,000-30,000

espylacopa handeye nowhere near mine though

for a game like bf3 pubs, handeye matters a lot more since bf3 pubbers RT is a joke

rt helps a lot when you are behind cover and peaking

or if someone you see hits you from bheind so you can turn around quickly

or if you end up just walking into someone who will shoot first

 handeye is for when you need to swing and track

aim400kg is a very reliable test.

if you get a goodscore in aim400kg and have a fast rt, there is no reason you shouldn't be dominating.

if you are far below average, well then yeah [/spoiler]

you are locked in terms of never approaching say scores about 50,000 on it
with some practice you should be able to get scores like 30,000

practice it, seriously it helps a lot. here's me doing it after some prac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw3zic08rxo&t=60s

zubin's first try was 66,000 or something

he didn't get higher than my score after prac even though my initial attempt was lower than his.

(he's the one who sends me all these links, he likes to think he is the boss of the gym in everything aim which is ofc true but since he is so predictible it's easy to beat him 1v1, like really predtible, 2mad)

if you get like a score of 40,000 you should be able to beat up bf3 pubs

if you get like a score of 40,000 you should be able to beat up bf3 pubs

JigglyWiggly_

The only people who really get the better of me are the 100 colonels who only use the M16, but I peg that more to how I normally play as an aggressive recon w/semiauto rifle.

I would say that in BF map awareness and positioning are more important than individual skills.

It's all about reaction speed and how well you stay on your toes and blend in with the environment when needed - knowing the map.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

if you get like a score of 40,000 you should be able to beat up bf3 pubs

Iantheone

The only people who really get the better of me are the 100 colonels who only use the M16, but I peg that more to how I normally play as an aggressive recon w/semiauto rifle.

I would say that in BF map awareness and positioning are more important than individual skills.

he probably would get 80,000+

dat aim

he is one of the few bf3 players i've seen who knows how to strafe aim

none of the pro bf3 players know how to strafe aim or use movement that well i noticed

here's raysteinerz

he probably would get 80,000+

he is one of the few bf3 players i've seen who knows how to strafe aim

none of the pro bf3 players know how to strafe aim or use movement that well i noticed

JigglyWiggly_

O.o dat aim indeed.

I dont generally compete against other snipers, most of them are absolutely terrible and the good ones just head glitch all day while still hitting very little. When I use a bolt action as an aggressive recon I only get around a 2KDR unless Im actually sniping. Otherwise I get 4+.

As far as I can tell there isnt actually that much skill involved in competitive BF3. Silly things like client side hit detection, suppression, unkillable while vaulting kinda ruin it as a competitive game.

BF3 is all about tactics and not that much about awesome aiming. Try learning from your mistakes and never go where you went last time, always see the alternative route and take it instead of the more populated one, most of the time that particullar route will make perfect for an ambush on your enemy. Flanking and ambushing is the best way of getting high scores in shooters. But not everyone can be the one who flanks the enemy, sometimes you have to go upfront and supress for your team, but if you have a hard time enjoying the game, you shouldn't have to worry too much about it.

i recently bought bf3 for pc and have been owning ever since

i recently bought bf3 for pc and have been owning ever since

razorMDshooter

Well there's legit good BF3 players like Raysteinerz and then there are posers like ADR-swifty. You'll never know who you play against.

p90 in cq... done! It won't be great kdr but easy good kdr.

p90 in cq... done! It won't be great kdr but easy good kdr.

Bikouchu35

MP7 extended mags, laser sight, hipfire

Well there's legit good BF3 players like Raysteinerz and then there are posers like ADR-swifty. You'll never know who you play against.

Elann2008

Supposedly there are more people who passively hack just enough to get an advantage (basically wall hacks) so they know where people are or when someone is targeting them.  Although that was at the beginning of BF3, idk if they've cracked down on those

[QUOTE="Bikouchu35"]

p90 in cq... done! It won't be great kdr but easy good kdr.

lostrib

MP7 extended mags, laser sight, hipfire

Attracts too much attention for my taste.

p90 silencer, 50 ammo clip. Le flank!

OP , sounds to me like you got some deep psychological problems dude. just take a break from gaming for a week and see how you play then, get some exercise too

[QUOTE="Iantheone"]

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

if you get like a score of 40,000 you should be able to beat up bf3 pubs

JigglyWiggly_

The only people who really get the better of me are the 100 colonels who only use the M16, but I peg that more to how I normally play as an aggressive recon w/semiauto rifle.

I would say that in BF map awareness and positioning are more important than individual skills.

he probably would get 80,000+

dat aim

he is one of the few bf3 players i've seen who knows how to strafe aim

none of the pro bf3 players know how to strafe aim or use movement that well i noticed

looks pretty accurate to me
i played very little bf3 though

I don't think you're the worst. I'm that bad at multiplayer games that i've given up on them or perhaps they've given up on me :lol: I just play campaign these days and leave the mutiplayer behind. Maybe one day i'll get back into competitive multiplayer games.

OP , sounds to me like you got some deep psychological problems dude. just take a break from gaming for a week and see how you play then, get some exercise too

ciorlandenis

Welp, I think this is about it. No matter how hard I try, I get squished before I even get a chance to pull the trigger. If I go for the tanks, every airplane, assault chopper and AT engineer will be on my back. If I go for the jet, their enemy jets will instantly lock on to me or gun me down with the MG, and it's an inescapable situation since this game is not familiar with airbrakes. If I try the assault chopper, once again - every enemy jet and assault chopper, aswel as soflam and AA engineer are going to do their best to take me down. I'll get lucky if I even get to the shore alive. If I try plain infantry work, their snipers will effortlessly pick me off, because apparently all of them mastered shooting in advance by now. It's IMPOSSIBLE to learn anything. The learning curve is infinite because I die before I even get to adapt. Trying to learn how to play this game seems so frustrating to the point where I'd rather go do my taxes than torture myself like this.
Did I mention that I always get thrown in to the losing team? and by losing, I don't mean just being a few dozens of tickets short on conquest. I mean GETTING DOMINATED. 
Since I can't trade my copy of BF3 in to Gamestop, it being a PC version, and I'm too lazy to sell it on some second hand site, I think I'll uninstall BF3 and Origin (who needs that orange junk anyway?), snap my copy of BF3 in two and reduce the CD-Key to ash, and hope that DICE will use at least some of the money I paid for BF3 and Premium in the development of Mirror's Edge 2.

"Practise makes perfect" is seriously one of the best quotes I've heard, just familiarise yourself with anything and you'll be good at it, helped me in life so far :) 

As for selling the game ... no.

Welp, I think this is about it. No matter how hard I try, I get squished before I even get a chance to pull the trigger. If I go for the tanks, every airplane, assault chopper and AT engineer will be on my back. If I go for the jet, their enemy jets will instantly lock on to me or gun me down with the MG, and it's an inescapable situation since this game is not familiar with airbrakes. If I try the assault chopper, once again - every enemy jet and assault chopper, aswel as soflam and AA engineer are going to do their best to take me down. I'll get lucky if I even get to the shore alive. If I try plain infantry work, their snipers will effortlessly pick me off, because apparently all of them mastered shooting in advance by now. It's IMPOSSIBLE to learn anything. The learning curve is infinite because I die before I even get to adapt. Trying to learn how to play this game seems so frustrating to the point where I'd rather go do my taxes than torture myself like this.
Did I mention that I always get thrown in to the losing team? and by losing, I don't mean just being a few dozens of tickets short on conquest. I mean GETTING DOMINATED. 
Since I can't trade my copy of BF3 in to Gamestop, it being a PC version, and I'm too lazy to sell it on some second hand site, I think I'll uninstall BF3 and Origin (who needs that orange junk anyway?), snap my copy of BF3 in two and reduce the CD-Key to ash, and hope that DICE will use at least some of the money I paid for BF3 and Premium in the development of Mirror's Edge 2.

Burnchild_Ren

Welp, I think this is about it. No matter how hard I try, I get squished before I even get a chance to pull the trigger. If I go for the tanks, every airplane, assault chopper and AT engineer will be on my back. If I go for the jet, their enemy jets will instantly lock on to me or gun me down with the MG, and it's an inescapable situation since this game is not familiar with airbrakes. If I try the assault chopper, once again - every enemy jet and assault chopper, aswel as soflam and AA engineer are going to do their best to take me down. I'll get lucky if I even get to the shore alive. If I try plain infantry work, their snipers will effortlessly pick me off, because apparently all of them mastered shooting in advance by now. It's IMPOSSIBLE to learn anything. The learning curve is infinite because I die before I even get to adapt. Trying to learn how to play this game seems so frustrating to the point where I'd rather go do my taxes than torture myself like this.
Did I mention that I always get thrown in to the losing team? and by losing, I don't mean just being a few dozens of tickets short on conquest. I mean GETTING DOMINATED. 
Since I can't trade my copy of BF3 in to Gamestop, it being a PC version, and I'm too lazy to sell it on some second hand site, I think I'll uninstall BF3 and Origin (who needs that orange junk anyway?), snap my copy of BF3 in two and reduce the CD-Key to ash, and hope that DICE will use at least some of the money I paid for BF3 and Premium in the development of Mirror's Edge 2.

Burnchild_Ren

[QUOTE="Burnchild_Ren"]

Welp, I think this is about it. No matter how hard I try, I get squished before I even get a chance to pull the trigger. If I go for the tanks, every airplane, assault chopper and AT engineer will be on my back. If I go for the jet, their enemy jets will instantly lock on to me or gun me down with the MG, and it's an inescapable situation since this game is not familiar with airbrakes. If I try the assault chopper, once again - every enemy jet and assault chopper, aswel as soflam and AA engineer are going to do their best to take me down. I'll get lucky if I even get to the shore alive. If I try plain infantry work, their snipers will effortlessly pick me off, because apparently all of them mastered shooting in advance by now. It's IMPOSSIBLE to learn anything. The learning curve is infinite because I die before I even get to adapt. Trying to learn how to play this game seems so frustrating to the point where I'd rather go do my taxes than torture myself like this.
Did I mention that I always get thrown in to the losing team? and by losing, I don't mean just being a few dozens of tickets short on conquest. I mean GETTING DOMINATED. 
Since I can't trade my copy of BF3 in to Gamestop, it being a PC version, and I'm too lazy to sell it on some second hand site, I think I'll uninstall BF3 and Origin (who needs that orange junk anyway?), snap my copy of BF3 in two and reduce the CD-Key to ash, and hope that DICE will use at least some of the money I paid for BF3 and Premium in the development of Mirror's Edge 2.

kraken2109

I'm no good at BF 3 either if all I care about is my K/D ratio. Good thing that doesn't matter much in conquest. Really what helps me is that I don't dwell on K/D. Have the mindset of a Japanese soldier. Have little regard for your own safety and keep moving pushing those flags. And if you die, respawn and do it again. It's not like there is a limit to how many times you can die. You are technically immortal so take advantage of that. The enemy may be able to kill me 10 times in a row but I'll at least take one of them with me.