Battlefield 3 Can I use my own SOFLAM to laze for my tank?

[jayfiver]

WOOOOOOOOOOWW!!!!

[Daavid177]

How do u unlock the SOFLAM?



[flyassasin1]

@Daavid177 get enough points using your tank.....

[bighun77]

@Daavid177 SOFLAM is a Recon Unlock. CITV is the 3rd seat if you go that option. SOFLAM is a little quicker to unlock seeing as CITV is 100k points in tanks.

[Khelekheru]

I just hate that unguided shots aren't insta-kills on choppers anymore... no love for the skill-shot.

[Xarras94]

CITV and SOFLAM= the best thing they made in BF3 anti-vehicle fighting.

[mayatk1]

Nerfgasm

[IMNOTAMUSED1]

ALL BF3 GAMERS HERE IS A LITTLE TIP FOR VEHICLES

AA GUN>CHOPPER

TANK>AAGUN AND LAVS

CHOPPER>TANK AND LAVS

PLANE>HELICOPTER AND TANK

SOLDIER>BEATS EVERYTHING BUT NEED TO HAVE RIGHT CLASS

[chargerev]

DAMN! You really help us flight-challenged players! Now I can shoot down air vehicles without so much hassle!

[TheDJkarsy]

people think everything is nerfed unless they are completely dominating everyone... its just been completely balanced. only a few things need changing, those are F[r]AG rounds for the usas and the MAV kills. a few others but these are the noteables ones...

[Minidude110]

not bad

[Box545x39]

The main problem, compared to bc2, is that there are no skilled AA weapons, it's all lock on and fire. Bc2 had tracer dart, or at4, both require skill. The anti air in battlefield 3 is for kids it seems.

[daRkjames99]

FOREVER ALONE....

[jt33396]

jizz. in. my pants.

[GolFifaOnline]

Don't work D:D:

[pabloenis]

Does the CITV also laze if the 3rd spot isn't occupied?

[Minidude110]

@pabloenis no

[chukkyjr]

now people rant over how airforce are completely nerfed.. back then in BF2 you'll remember how annoying 2 circling helicopters on your spawn point and you can't do shit about it..

[GrandyRopless1]

I really think that air vehicles and their pilots (like me) don't stand a chance nowadays in bf3...

EA please nerf.

[sacriel42]

@GrandyRopless1 ECM, and line of sight are your key tools against this, all tanks should be spotted so that choppers dont get caught out of position, SOFLAM is easy to spot (from miles away) and tanks are your main objective as a chopper - its not that bad in my opinion

[GrandyRopless1]

@sacriel42 I'm talking about the jets :P

[quangluu96]

@GrandyRopless1 it does work, javelin does lock on.

[TheCirrus45]

@sacriel42 itzs EXTREMLY hard to take out a soflam in a chopper, mostly scout helis

[cr4yv3n]

@sacriel42 forever alone - join a squad so they can:

- kill you

- steal your tank

- camp like faggots out of map boundaries and end the game with 2-0 score while not covering any objectives

- will not heal / re-arm you even if you spam the Q key at them

xD

[B20C0]

@sacriel42 It's harder in the chopper though...

Jets can avoid Javelins and tank missles...

[knifeman242]

@GrandyRopless1 no if anything they should nerf it would be the damn USAS-12

[karinosai]

@knifeman242 I've been an ass for the past 3 days and decided to use it until it gets nerfed, which had better be soon. Honestly, the only balancing factor is that it goes through ammo like there's no tomorrow.

[ICantSplel]

@karinosai Ammo isnt a problem when it's an all kit weapon even if you're not support you'll find people who are.

[karinosai]

@ICantSplel Yeah... good luck finding a Support who actually does something.

[EnderFenrir]

@GrandyRopless1 as much as i would like to agree with you on the nerfing aspect, fact is i cant, i maybe have an issue with this once a week and have only been shot down 3 or 4 times by laser paint assist. Most people are playing by themselves or not orginized enough to pull it off or just flat out stupid.

[yugiohftw456]

@EnderFenrir Agreed. CoD idiots playing this game

[impalor1979]

@GrandyRopless1 no one uses the CITV and guided shells combo...i personally shot down only 2 choppers like that and almost no one equips SOFLAM...i never been shot down by this combination...locked on, yes, but never shot down...they already nurfed the igla and stinger so much that they are totally useless, the only way to take down a chopper or a jet is the soflam combo, but i dont see people running with it at all, i think its a none issue...

[karinosai]

@impalor1979 I've used it pretty often with success... Even against at least 10 jets. I've gotten used to just taking out attack/transport helicopters with the regular shells, so it's not necessary.

[lucasB823]

@GrandyRopless1 DONT nerf. I like the SOFLAM because it supports teamwork. Besides, as a pilot, i have never really been shot down too often because someone was using the soflam. If i figure that someone is using the soflam, ill be more cautious and always make sure i have an escape route if i start to get locked on to. Something to break the LOS

[Tohob]

@GrandyRopless1 if soflam is even remotely OP why havent i seen a single vehicle get lased in at least 3 days..? and when i pull out my soflam and keep it on an enemy vehicle for a solid minute, nothing kills it. but now thanks to this video i might use my soflam again, since the MAV isnt really good for much besides being an ass and being an anti-ass weapon.

[deltasword1994]

@GrandyRopless1 I do just fine when I'm piloting a jet. I consistently rank high because of my active use of guided missiles and keeping the sky clear of enemy jets for the chopper pilots. I use only flares and my wits to escape death

[nintendo4ever123]

@GrandyRopless1 fuck off ye twat, you guys keep asking for stuff to be nerfed while its so easy to avoid the soflam, stay above 1000 feet..

[Leviskardsen]

@GrandyRopless1 You must be a terrible pilot.

[GrandyRopless1]

@Leviskardsen over 400 kills with a jet..

Yep, I am...

[chr0606]

@GrandyRopless1 Glad i am console pilot. Got 500+ kills in jets any never killed på javelin and only under 10 times by tanks that have locked on to me. The combo of laser painting and guided shells is rare on ps3 imo. I only see it when me and my mates uses it.

[brainfoodlunch]

@GrandyRopless1 Bad pilots don't stand a chance. Good pilots know how to dodge and avoid AA.

[allsportsowned]

@GrandyRopless1 That's why you designate a guy to take jeep spawns and c4suicide them into tanks :D

[TheAesalon]

@GrandyRopless1 Utter rubbish. If you are a worthwhile pilot you will take the tanks out before they have a chance, line of sight like sacriel says. Too many people want to chopper whore and not PTFO, this sorts the boys fom the men...

[HYITHO]

@GrandyRopless1 agreed. but if u are in an attack helicopter and both the pilot and the gunner has IR flares, u have more chance of survival...

[MagicXenomorph]

Nice idea!

[insanitystudio]

Question, can I put the soflam on the front of the tank? :D

[sacriel42]

@insanitystudio no and yes, no you cant put the soflam on a tank, but yes because the CITV unlock is basically a SOFLAM built into the tank (in a 3rd spot)

[insanitystudio]

@sacriel42

I see, I haven't actually unlocked that yet, but don't you need a gunner to actually fire a missile once locked on?

[GamePlayUK]

what in the name of jesus christ just happened

[Gamatech123]

@GamePlayUK SOFLAM rules- it dissapoints me that barely anyone uses it -_- it can make the javelin rocket launcher fire a rocket that launches forward, turns 90 degrees up, and then come straight down on top of a target. It can let rocket launchers and jets lock onto targets even when they can't see them. and in this case if a tank has the guided shell upgrade, it can lock onto aircraft or ground vehicles before firing. basically SOFLAMmakes weapons1000xmore effective and a hell of alot more fun

[blah012345678]

that was creative thinking of you right there lol

[GammahooX]

@sacriel42 Wtf? The CITV station can designate all things the SOFLAM can, including air vehicles.

[sacriel42]

@GammahooX my point is that a soflam can be remotely placed, and thus offer out-of-line-of-sight locks for tanks that can fire guided shells over obstacles.

a tank gunner using its own CITV can only target things it can see anyway, a tank using a soflam can target things it cant see

[GammahooX]

@sacriel42 Just thought I'd point that out since you said "it can only laze the same ground targets that the main cannon can engage". Though the CITV station has some advantages aswell - it's mobile, a lot faster to turn and it can't be that easily destroyed (if you have a good tank driver and gunner). In the end putting all together is the real deal. Snipers with SOFLAMS, helicopters with laser painters, tanks with CITV stations etc. - I had that once with a team, it was epic. :D

[TheAdjuster1]

@sacriel42 question is.....can you plant the soflam on top of a tank, then get in it, and use the guided shells to shoot stuff that's been targeted with the laser.......(probably not, but i can dream right?)

[Khan12078]

@sacriel42 whats a citv iv unlocked it but what is it

[MegaGoldendragon]

@sacriel42 Just wondering does the soflam only look at one spot or will it follow vehicles in line of sight to try to designate them?

[GammahooX]

@insektum So sniper rifles are bugs? Besides you do get a warning when being locked onto with a laser designator like the SOFLAM.

[bc0wful]

Maybe if your still getting lock on even AFTER you deployed flares it's obviously laser designation, so start using the ECM and fly HIGHER...soflam has a certain angle it can see...

[L3N1NVEVO]

lol. where's your soflam marking bonus?

[sacriel42]

@L3N1NVEVO you only get the bonus if you are tracking with the soflam itself

[L3N1NVEVO]

@sacriel42 you mean i have to aim manually?

[bAnJ0br0]

toataly goin be recon now

[alexgatillofull]

LIKE A BOSS



[Deviouss11]

Nerf that shit fucking OP

[oldmanwithHemroids4]

@Deviouss11 nerf baby keep it up and every gun will shot air soft bbs

[Deviouss11]

@oldmanwithHemroids4 Its an exploit tactic and if too many people start doing it (which tends to happen due to these vids) it ruins the game for everyone else.

[sacriel42]

@Deviouss11 you think using a SOFLAM to laze for a tank (which has CITV anyway) is an exploit?

[Deviouss11]

@sacriel42 No, Using it against choppers and jets is unfair because it one shots it and the pilot gets no proper missile warning, you just instantly blow up out of no where and it says (killed by javelin)

[sacriel42]

@Deviouss11 lets evaluate the situation - lazed targets can be engaged without direct line of sight, this its the main bonus lazing applies (also a slight damage increase)

CITV is applies the same laze properties as the SOFLAM, but it can only laze the same ground targets that the main cannon can engage, this means it adds relatively little bonus. It is highly likely that it is designed to allow tanks to engage air targets, and also the likely cause of giving air vehicles ECM

[CropCircleArt]

@Deviouss11 if you end up in a game where the enemy TEAM is using TEAM TACTICS, and your team is not, your team deserves to lose :)

[6AltonA9]

cann i put the soflam on my tanks turret?

[PointlessVidsInc]

that was fuckin sweet im gonna start doing that if only i could unlock guided shell

[D0MEPIZZA]

Can you use CITV station to laser designate and then switch to the drivers seat and guided shell the target?

[USAFpara3]

i lov  guided shell

[nickisepicwin]

what if you managed to mount the soflam on the tanks barrel? it aims where you aim, you become chuck Norris for a few minutes.

[Fire17y]

stingers (u can survive one or two hits with the maintenance upgrade) are pretty useless, since the people started playing with soflam and javelins.(javelin = air+ground+more damage) With the "under radar" air vehicle upgrade, the AA missiles from other jets/helicopters are not that good anymore too...so ecm jammer is really good, when playing against harder enemys that use soflams, but its hard for me to hear, when a rocket is incoming and when not.

[CodyTheAddictedGamer]

ummm.....THANK YOU! I love this tank attachment and now it will make it this much better.

[LordOcelot]

Wicked nasty, m8!

[Brandontdo]

Can you use a citv for your own tank by locking on to a vehicle then switching back to driver to use guided on it (will the lock still be there)? or no?

[bigbangAT]

thats genius!

[Miniek80]

WIN

[boneygibbon]

Heres an idea put the soflam on the tank.

[Baddarnable]

@boneygibbon thats the final unlock for tank actually :)

[vitamin158]

@amhowell94 they did, just need a 3rd person in the tank, last unlock for tank, CITV. also if u lock onto your own soflam lock, u DO NOT get the soflam assist points. u need to be in the soflam vid to get the soflam assist points.

[NocLi3]

Forever Alone Soflam :```( Poor soflam :(

[matchstick800]

*sniff* so beautiful.....

[PrivatePag3]

you my friend are the biggest fucking genius i eva met :D now i dont have to deal with retardedd team mates doing there own thing ...... wait >___>

[andsi95]

Forever alone...

[62Lofu62]

Genius!

[amhowell94]

too bad you can't mount it on the tank

[bertomanalich]

damn it, why didnt i think of this lol

[flyguy1953]

forever_alone.jpg

[6c685]

flares will only stop incoming heatseeker, but wont provide immunity from lock at all.

ECM (electronic counter measures) jammer will spoof incoming laser desg. missiles, and provide short immunity from laser designation, and heat lock. if youre in an attack helicopter, cooperate. change you gunner gadget to flares, and pilot gadget to ECM jammer (if you have it unlocked.

[minivuvu]

dam that's awesome.

[likenem]

Now will it blend

If it can it is the most over powered thing in the game

Thanks for the vid

[soimeffinnuts]

I have the missiles for the tank but cant lock onto helicopters/ jets what am I doing wrong? 

[dogwarrior54]

@soimeffinnuts you need some one to laser designate with either the laser designator from the SOFLAM, CITV on the tank, or the LD on the attack chopper or scout helis

[soimeffinnuts]

@dogwarrior54 Thanks alot brother!

[soimeffinnuts]

@dogwarrior54 Thanks brother!

[mosszaphod]

Which is better ECM Jammer or Flares? Which last longer? What is the upside / downside of each? Thanks for the great vids mate! Cheers.

[sacriel42]

@mosszaphod ecm lasts 3 seconds, cooldown of 7, upside is that it breaks soflam/citv lazer locks as well as heat locks - downside is that it wont stop an incoming heatseeker, flare has no duration, breaks locks but also stops incoming heatseekers but doesnt effect lazed locks

[adad2757]

@sacriel42 ecm jammer lasts 4 seconds with 6 secinds to coooldown

[insektum]

@sacriel42 u can loose heatseaker with ecm, not always but it is possible.

but bullshit is when u r in chopper f.e after u r locked by soflam u dont even hear rocket signal from jevelin.

dice should fix it.

[antho3001]

@insektum thats not a bug or anything else because the helicopter lock warning only tracks the laser and the missile is locked to the laser not the helicopter, thats why it doesnt warn you because the missile was never fired at the aircraft, it was fired to the laser, in the AA missiles they lock on the aircraft and thats why the warning start beeping

[insektum]

@antho3001 its game not real life, and everything that can oneshoot u without warning is bug in my opinion

[ViperAirsoftSquadron]

@sacriel42 Incoming stingers? Occasionally stingers will hit the chaff cloud and explode. I've tried it and I won't get hit sometimes.

[kaiyan246]

@mosszaphod ecm jammer of course. flares last for 2 seconds and then your jet is disabled after someone shoots you down

[Phire9]

Good thing i found this hard to find anybody to work together with soflams

[faqverification]

fuck yea. u got ur self a new sub

[Shnellawillis]

Improvised AA, a tank and a SOFLAM

[jeppewie1206]

can you place the soflam ON the tank? :D would be frickin sweet

[sacriel42]

@jeppewie1206 kind of, you can get a CITV which is literally just a soflam on a tank

[mazack00]

That's just damn sexy.

[ReWinDzOfficial]

Woah , thats amazing ( :

[Ty921]

wow this is going to be so overpowered

[PunksterNY1]

@Ty921 it's fucking ridiculous everything has a heat seeking missile attached to it... tanks, AA, Jets, Helis.

[lilneoman1]

@PunksterNY1 Yeah, I know. Flying in a heli/plane can be hard enough, but there's no point to it if you get locked on to a couple seconds after take-off. Hate that...

[RealPsycoMagic]

@lilneoman1

thats wrong, heat seeking not same as laser designated. learn the game :D

[lilneoman1]

@RealPsycoMagic I'm not sure how that makes me wrong. Both lock on to vehicles. I never said one or the other. Are you thinking of the wire guided missiles that can be used from things such as the IFV?

[TIme2BelieveInMe]

Awesome idear, this is the stuff that puts bf3 above all other fps's , coming with cool ways & ideas to take out enemies, luv it.

[paddymanchris]

Haha such an awesome game! I tried to do this earlier but didn't have that good of luck. It worked for a little bit though before somebody shot my soflam with their tank...

[Coolguy38000]

you earn a subscriber my friend

[damnYakuza1]

i did this yesterday.

[TheChozenOne]

Man that was quite the explosion, those guided missiles are beefy.

[tctt1000x]

brilliant

[junkillectrix]

subbed, awesome vids, awesome tips :p

[androidarnold]

LOL. Nice man.

[androidarnold]

LOL. Awesome man.

[MPfreeze10]

NICE. I NEVER GET A LOCK ON TARGET W TANK AN SAY TO HELL WITH THE ROCKET AN JUST MAN MY TANK W ENGINEER

[reddog418]

Forever alone.

[mystrdat]

*Woody voice* "You've got a sub in me..."

[dealerovski82]

Would an ECM Jammer do any good against the SOFLAM lock ?

[sacriel42]

@dealerovski82 yes, 3 seconds of immunity

[Dexxter011S]

@dealerovski82 no need for ECM, just go out of SOFLAM's range, it can only lock em if they're really close.

[JohnnyHoot1]

2 questions:

1. Does the SOFLAM tracker keep a missile locked on even when an enemy deploys flares?

2. What was the missile on the tank called that you used?

[MajorAddiction]

@JohnnyHoot1 1. Yes. you can even see it in this video. Heli deployed flares but SOFLAM was like. LOOL nice try. BOOM

[TheNfstuner]

@JohnnyHoot1 2. the guided shell but its bassicly a guided rocket

[RangerBandit77]

SICK NASTY! awesome!

[VoltageRC]

hax

[bragg2012]

Can you put iy ON the tank?

[Paullugg]

There is another way to use you own soflam to take out targets. Not just dropping it and jumping into a tank etc. I will make a response video to this one showing this. Paul Lugg

[Turn180deg]

Great vids you have!

[sacriel42]

@Turn180deg thanks yoda

[Ksharp1fan]

the engineer class is overpowered

I know this is fucking recon but i just had to let out my rage against engineers

[jmrwacko]

Nice! Although then you lose the ability to repair your tank :(

[xXBUSHMONSTERXx]

ty

[MrFlappyjohn]

That is amazing!!!

[Specopleader]

Xbox 360 version. :P

[tronto89]

@Specopleader its pc idiot lol

[Specopleader]

@tronto89 No, PC has 5 control points in conquest on this map, Xbox has 3.

[tronto89]

@Specopleader cant u see when he is realoding it says "S" lol calm down u dumbass

[Specopleader]

@tronto89 You need to calm down. There are several videos with Xbox 360 having 3 on conquest. and PC one's having 4. Whether I'm wrong or not, grow up.

[mic7reaper]

i think i underestimated that lil'thing. ahah xD

[Krazy7mx]

You got he best vids out, you answer so many good questions, how about m4a1 vs scar

[sacriel42]

@Krazy7mx scar all the way, m4 only beats scar at point blank range

[VirusVescichetta]

@sacriel42 Scratch that. I was thinking of the M416

[TheJason434]

@sacriel42 Actually the SCAR can kill enemies a lot faster than many weapons at close range including the M4

[dealerovski82]

@sacriel42 how about the G36C

[KRAJISNIK21]

@sacriel42

maybe you change tought teh have tweakt all 7.6 weapons

[shugnst]

that is baddddd assssss

[thenextghens]

LOL guided shells it reminds me of a movie.... like battle LA :DDD

[banyah87]

Could you do a video confirming whether one soldier can set up a Soflam to Javelin an aerial vehicle?

[thelister4910]

@banyah87 Simply looking at the fact that you have to be recon to use soflam and an engineer to use a javelin rules this out...

[banyah87]

@thelister4910 I realize that. I'm wondering if a respawn/kit switch would allow this.