Soflam

[Jerran]

People know this exists right? I swear people prefer to be bombed all match instead of cooperating. People don't even talk in chat

[Alpha ∞ Omega]

If you keep spotting eventually someone will join/switch classes etc. and start actively taking down your painted targets. It works best when there are bots because they will actively target the targeted enemies near them.

Also there are LOS and distance factors that mean you might be spotting a tank that is just unable to be targeted by any of the active AT at the time.

If you can paint 2 or 3 squads that are engaged with your team, they will typically drop like flies.

And you can press Q on target to get bonus spot experience.

[Jerran]

Originally posted by Alpha ∞ Omega:

If you keep spotting eventually someone will join/switch classes etc. and start actively taking down your painted targets. It works best when there are bots because they will actively target the targeted enemies near them.

Also there are LOS and distance factors that mean you might be spotting a tank that is just unable to be targeted by any of the active AT at the time.

If you can paint 2 or 3 squads that are engaged with your team, they will typically drop like flies.

And you can press Q on target to get bonus spot experience.

What I mean is that I don't see people using soflams and it feels like the team ignores the enemy air units. Tried using javelin for around 4 or 5 rounds and didn't see one soflam

[shotgunharry]

that's because soflam sucks. when you mark a vehicle with it and then switch to your weapon the marker disappers. you have to hold the soflma in your hands all the time. nobody wants to spend a game crouching in a corner holding soflam in their hands and hoping that eventually someone has a javelin. if the markers would stay for let's say 30 seconds i would play soflam all day.

[Alpha ∞ Omega]

Originally posted by shotgunharry:

that's because soflam sucks. when you mark a vehicle with it and then switch to your weapon the marker disappers. you have to hold the soflma in your hands all the time. nobody wants to spend a game crouching in a corner holding soflam in their hands and hoping that eventually someone has a javelin. if the markers would stay for let's say 30 seconds i would play soflam all day.

If you hit Q on target it will stay for longer.
But there are skill issues with most players, and sometimes no one picks up on your targets.

[Maj. Crimes]

Unless you have a decent squad, ideally with mic communication, soflam is mostly pointless. You can maybe try and tell you team in chat, but dont get your hopes up.

[Henlooo]

ALL chat gets permanently turned off somehow by EA/ DICE i have to manually acitivate it each start up....

[FireGryph]

Originally posted by Jerran:

What I mean is that I don't see people using soflams and it feels like the team ignores the enemy air units. Tried using javelin for around 4 or 5 rounds and didn't see one soflam

You're welcome to pull out the soflam yourself and light up the heli for other people with javelins. See where that gets you.

[Shaken_Widow]

i don't need the laser targeting.

i blow helos out of the sky moving full speed at 400+m without it being painted all the time, first kill of today was actually a double on a helo and it was literally the first round i fired.

it's just a bonus when someone does decide to pull out the laser, and most of the time they only do it because it's been bugging them that no one has shot down that heli yet.

[Jerran]

Originally posted by FireGryph:

Originally posted by Jerran:

What I mean is that I don't see people using soflams and it feels like the team ignores the enemy air units. Tried using javelin for around 4 or 5 rounds and didn't see one soflam

You're welcome to pull out the soflam yourself and light up the heli for other people with javelins. See where that gets you.

I intend to when I unlock it

[Kälävätys]

I used to have Soflam equipped on me all the time, until I finally got frustrated enough to stop using it completely. After you spend a month using it with 99% of the players on your teams ignoring it you'll realize it does not work on this game. It's just there to take the slot from something actually useful.

I used it daily for a month and only found 2 people who realized how you use it on your advantage.. Never had issues when using it on bf4 and bc2 but on this title people just don't give a ♥♥♥♥

[Jerran]

Originally posted by Visukinttu:

I used to have Soflam equipped on me all the time, until I finally got frustrated enough to stop using it completely. After you spend a month using it with 99% of the players on your teams ignoring it you'll realize it does not work on this game. It's just there to take the slot from something actually useful.

I used it daily for a month and only found 2 people who realized how you use it on your advantage.. Never had issues when using it on bf4 and bc2 but on this title people just don't give a ♥♥♥♥

Shame cuz on bf3 and bf4 it was amazing to use

[Ilyusha09]

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[Alpha ∞ Omega]

Originally posted by Visukinttu:

I used to have Soflam equipped on me all the time, until I finally got frustrated enough to stop using it completely. After you spend a month using it with 99% of the players on your teams ignoring it you'll realize it does not work on this game. It's just there to take the slot from something actually useful.

It took me about 2 - 3 weeks using the Soflam until I hit mastery.

I am not sure you are using it correctly. It's very possible to have a few games where almost no one picks up on your spots, but generally if I am running a Soflam it's an easy 50 spot assist per game. And if I perched up some where all game, I could easily hit 100+ on a 128 server.

Almost every target I hit with Soflam I also hit with Q to increase their visibility time.
There are some really good spots on a few maps where you have a good view of the majority of the map and can spot out any flankers/snipers.

I also hit mastery in Biasco shortly after and then Rao using the Soflam about 25% of the matches. Infantry spotting ends in a lot of assists the majority of the time.