BF2S Forums Let's talk infantry

gurdeep wrote:

so many hackers in this game

Yes, yes there are.

Haven't seen any I would suspect on PS3 yet. Lots with suspcious dog tags though. People with nemisis medal dog tags with a couple thousand nemisis kills, def padding there.

That's not hacking at all.

Someone killing you with RPGs from across the map without a line of sight, or hitting you with the mortar through several layers of ceiling of an indestructible building, getting kills with an insane frequency that the top-right board is filled up with them - now that is hacking.

m3thod wrote:

the soflam works semi autonomously once deployed

I have never tried, but does the SOFLAM keep the zoom level once you exit it?

1927 wrote:

I spent all of my gaming time last Chavelining but how do I know if anyone is using a SOFLAM.  Do they have to be in my squad for me to use it with the Jav?

No, anyone on your team.

I think, you'll see a 3D icon for deployed friendly tools. Probably a minimap icon too.

1927 wrote:

globefish23 wrote:

1927 wrote:

I spent all of my gaming time last Chavelining but how do I know if anyone is using a SOFLAM.  Do they have to be in my squad for me to use it with the Jav?

No, anyone on your team.

I think, you'll see a 3D icon for deployed friendly tools. Probably a minimap icon too.

Oh, I dont think anyone had one out then in that case

Yeah, because if only one competent SOFLAM user is out there, there would be designated targets (red rhombus with a dot) all around, and continuous beeping for the enemies.

m3thod wrote:

globefish23 wrote:

I have never tried, but does the SOFLAM keep the zoom level once you exit it?

It will pick up targets across the whole map (espically air targets) so zoom level doesnt matter.

Oh, I didn't know that.
So it's actually better to leave it unattended in an out of view location, where it can cover as much of the map as possible?

I'm pretty sure it still has the limited range when you're not using it. If not, lol that's OP.

1927 wrote:

Yeah but the disadvantage is it has Red Laser hanging out of its arse which will give its posistion away, possibly

Really?
No red laser when using it manually?

globefish23 wrote:

m3thod wrote:

globefish23 wrote:

I have never tried, but does the SOFLAM keep the zoom level once you exit it?

It will pick up targets across the whole map (espically air targets) so zoom level doesnt matter.

Oh, I didn't know that.
So it's actually better to leave it unattended in an out of view location, where it can cover as much of the map as possible?

Correct.  But it shines a big read beacon that can be seen for miles away anyway, so deploy high as you can, away from most eyes.

I never got it, does the soflam work even if you are not manually lasing targets?

If you leave the SOFLAM unattended it will still designate targets. But I believe the range will be slightly less, and obviously it will only be in the direction/FOV you left it. The best way to use it is to set it up move away from it and then use it manually if you see something that "needs" designating i.e. the chopper. Otherwise just leave it to do it manually and if there people using Jav/guided shells you'll still get a few points.

globefish23 wrote:

I also noticed that the SOFLAM automatically spots enemy soldiers and puts the red triangle above their heads when manually using it.
Am I right to assume that those targeted soldiers appear for your team too?

In the same way they would if you had actually "spotted" them.

-Sh1fty- wrote:

SOFLAM will manually laser-designate targets. You can do it manually if you want. Range seems random. Sometimes I can lock really far, other times it won't lock onto something really close.

I think it might be due to the Line of sight for the SOFLAM? When I've used it manually, I noticed that I could only laser paint vehicles that I could actually see. Once they went behind a hill or something, I lost them.

Someone else might want to confirm if they saw something similar.