MAG (PS3)

[Eggroll]

can u explain this more? i want mass amounts of xp!

SVER can disarm bombs through doors in domination because their doors are bent out of shape. If you're on the offense, once you unlock AB/CD/EF/GH you can just go to where the FRAGO is set and just find a gate, and keep disarming it. More often than not someone will disarm it, and if they catch on they'll disarm it as soon as you plant it. You can just plant the bomb every 10s and get 10 exp really easily. Would work as SVER on defense too I'd imagine, since you get the same amount of exp for disarming as you do for planting.

[Dylon]

ok ill try that next time i get on. i can only play when my friends and bro arent playing MW2 lol, maybe i can start getting 600+ every match XD

[Mellema]

SVER can disarm bombs through doors in domination because their doors are bent out of shape. If you're on the offense, once you unlock AB/CD/EF/GH you can just go to where the FRAGO is set and just find a gate, and keep disarming it. More often than not someone will disarm it, and if they catch on they'll disarm it as soon as you plant it. You can just plant the bomb every 10s and get 10 exp really easily. Would work as SVER on defense too I'd imagine, since you get the same amount of exp for disarming as you do for planting.

What I do is after arming the charge on the door, back up a bit and zoom in on the bottom of the door. As they start disarming, I shoot them in the feet.

[Dmitry]

Right, but you just get all of your skill points back to reallocate and lose your skills instead of having enough skill points to set up two builds at the same time, right? (Not sure if it is possible to have enough skill points for two builds at the same time, if not would rather max one and slightly bump the other then respec when I want to change things up if that makes sense.)

I'm not sure if they changed this in the beta, but you could respec, and your loadouts wouldn't change.

For example, I had the last sniper rifle, and respec'd and went a different path, but i could still use the sniper rifle since I hadn't changed my loadout. I didn't want to test it just in case I'd lose it, but I also didn't think at the time of trying to set that rifle on a fresh loadout. In that case you would just have to get the abilities you want again, but could save some points on weapons to put elsewhere.

[dejet]

I'm not sure if they changed this in the beta, but you could respec, and your loadouts wouldn't change.

For example, I had the last sniper rifle, and respec'd and went a different path, but i could still use the sniper rifle since I hadn't changed my loadout. I didn't want to test it just in case I'd lose it, but I also didn't think at the time of trying to set that rifle on a fresh loadout. In that case you would just have to get the abilities you want again, but could save some points on weapons to put elsewhere.

your loadouts get reset to the 1st three when you do respec.

[Ziero]

I ended up vetting to Valor, and they are even worse than they're made out to be. Between 5 aquisition games, not a single squad leader moved the FRAGO from the target vehicle to bunkers/gates. Not looking forward to domination.

I can't remember the last time Valor won an Acquisition. I can remember all the loses...the painful painful losses...but not the last time we won. The bunkers and gates tend to be fairly useless when you can't even get to the other side of the gates (we have one that's literally right on the border) and you have walls behind your bunker that APCs can park behind and be protected against turret fire.

I've been trying to find birdseye view maps online, but have only found 2, of the same map. It's the valor sabotage map.

EDIT: I added some stuff to the valor sabo map to show what usually happens from my experience

Red lines = Paths SVER usually take, from my experience.
Green circles = Where (I think?) Valor spawns are, not 100% sure though.
Blue circle = Enemy snipers will usually camp here and try and shoot you as you parachute in.

First off, it's kind of ironic that the one detailed map of the game we actually have is one of the hardest places to defend as is. Secondly, my only issue with your map is that the blue "sniper circles" are way too small. In reality, the circle should go from one end of the map to the other, encompassing the whole of Valor's two spawn points as well as their C objective building. There's also a tower to the left of A that people love to pop into and of course the church in the center, which will frequently have 2-3 guys from either team all sniping at the same time. And I'm completely serious about that too, one time I was passing through the church and saw two Valor guys sniping from the ground floor windows while two SVER guys were shooting from the tower. I guess they all spent so much time scoped in, that none of them noticed the others on radar.

I found the SMG to be largely useless, and that was using the Vipera-2 which is the best SMG. It just took so much longer compared to AR or LMG to kill someone, and AR can use the silencer attachment and a better scope.

Actually, I found the SMG with Heavy Armor to be my best heavy combat set-up. Any time I'm fighting at or near a heavily fought over target, that set up usually helps me the most. As of now I have one build with Claymores and another with grenades, for defending and attacking things like pump stations. Though I'm going to eventually (one of these days) grab the shotgun and PDW for my attacking build. Nothing clears a room quite like a good ole' boom stick.

[Insanecyclone]

What I do is after arming the charge on the door, back up a bit and zoom in on the bottom of the door. As they start disarming, I shoot them in the feet.

Yeah I hate that so I make sure someone else is disarming it and run outside and shoot that guy shooting the bottom of the door.

[zoobernut]

I just had a thought. They should add a pilot class to the game and allow players to dog fight over the battle field and fly planes and helicopters in a more strategic way. Kinda like in Battlefield 1943. It would be really interesting to be on the ground with a heat seeking surface to air missile and it would also be interesting to have fighters in the air that can fly around and drop bombs.

[dejet]

I just had a thought. They should add a pilot class to the game and allow players to dog fight over the battle field and fly planes and helicopters in a more strategic way. Kinda like in Battlefield 1943. It would be really interesting to be on the ground with a heat seeking surface to air missile and it would also be interesting to have fighters in the air that can fly around and drop bombs.

thing is the game cant hold that much stuff going on. What would happen to the servers with say 256 players in the air ~_~;

I guess they could make it where each sides OIC/PL's could be the only ones that can do this. Still I dont see it happening.

[zoobernut]

You would limit it just like in other games. Only x number of planes exist at a time, if one is shot down it takes y amount of time to spawn. Anyone can fly if they want but they would have to wait for a plane to be available. It wouldn't be hard for the game to handle since there are already so many vehicles.

Also another gripe. I wish you could plant c4 on parked vehicles. So many times I see an enemy vehicle parked in the road with no one around and I want to blow it up but I can't.

[Eggroll]

You would limit it just like in other games. Only x number of planes exist at a time, if one is shot down it takes y amount of time to spawn. Anyone can fly if they want but they would have to wait for a plane to be available. It wouldn't be hard for the game to handle since there are already so many vehicles.

Also another gripe. I wish you could plant c4 on parked vehicles. So many times I see an enemy vehicle parked in the road with no one around and I want to blow it up but I can't.

That really bugs me too, should be able to hijack it or something.

[zoobernut]

http://blog.mag.com/blog/2010/02/patch-alert-mag-v1-02/

Another small patch coming tomorrow. Looks like some really good fixes for medics. I am looking forward to it. I don't have any loadouts that do not have medic kit in them.

I can't wait to see what they have in store for the "HUGE" patch that they are talking about doing next.

[Hushigoshi]

Added distance indicator for incapacitated teammates (meters).

Sweet, this will be nice for trying to find the closest person to raise.

[Biddinger]

Sweet, this will be nice for trying to find the closest person to raise.

This is actually a funny thing I noticed. When I try to say "raise" instead of "revive" in MAG, they get confused.

[zoobernut]

This is actually a funny thing I noticed. When I try to say "raise" instead of "revive" in MAG, they get confused.

Most people I have played with say rez. I don't know why.

[Insanecyclone]

AGVX good? Is the ammo capacity to a good amount or just a skip?

[Eggroll]

AGVX good? Is the ammo capacity to a good amount or just a skip?

It's pretty nice. You get 25 ammo with 5 round magazines, and it has a built in bipod so you don't need to invest 2 points into the bipod attachment. It will 1 shot people with light / medium armor, but takes 2 shots to bring someone down who is using heavy armor or the +20 hp skill. The only real drawback is you can't use a silencer and it's a pretty loud weapon, so unless you're pretty far back people will catch your location fairly easily.

[Shojin]

Most people I have played with say rez. I don't know why.

Short for resuscitate

[zoobernut]

Short for resuscitate

Good to know. It is what I have taken to saying now too since it is so common.

[Insanecyclone]

It's pretty nice. You get 25 ammo with 5 round magazines, and it has a built in bipod so you don't need to invest 2 points into the bipod attachment. It will 1 shot people with light / medium armor, but takes 2 shots to bring someone down who is using heavy armor or the +20 hp skill. The only real drawback is you can't use a silencer and it's a pretty loud weapon, so unless you're pretty far back people will catch your location fairly easily.

High or Variable for the scope? I'm going to get it next time I can respec.