BF3 - I wonder if... I can cap quicker ... if

[paceman]

I wonder if I stand closer to the flag it will cap quicker?

Nope.
Standing on top of the flag - 39.6 secs
Standing 20 feet from the flag - 39.6 secs


So hide all you can, getting closer to the flag doesn't speed up the cap.

[paceman]

I wonder if I fire 3 rounds, jump out of the LAV and then get back in if the rounds will have been reloaded.


Nope - fire 3 rounds, jump out, get back in, only 3 rounds remain.

[K PhaNTOM]

Paceman should be on Mythbusters.

[Cain]

Thx, I was actually wondering about capping speed vs distance.

[goldenfooler]

ok how bout speed to volume(number of people) ratio.

[SighKoPath]

It does speed up with more people on the flag... but I think there is a limit to how fast it goes (or at least diminishing returns). It would be interesting to know the number of people to get the maximum speed.

[juneau]

I wonder if I stand closer to the flag it will cap quicker?

Nope.
Standing on top of the flag - 39.6 secs
Standing 20 feet from the flag - 39.6 secs


So hide all you can, getting closer to the flag doesn't speed up the cap.

Somebody was bored lol.

[Rand{CLR}]

I don't like the reduced/non-existent cap radii with the B2K maps while in vehicles. The Hotel on karkand cannot be capped while in a tank, and I have to park within about 2 feet of the flag at 2 other points for caps to start working.

Lame.

-Rand

[paceman]

Somebody was bored lol.

Yeah, when your the only one on for about an hour, you have to do things to occupy the time.

Anyone have any other, solo, questions I can test?

[Rand{CLR}]

Head to construction site on Oman. Grab APC when spawned. Hit reverse.

Then, see if you can even MOVE on the rock you end up on, let alone get the APC back off the thing.

I drove (another) APC onto that area while getting ready to head back to the beach, something BF2 allowed easily. I got so stuck on that bloody rock I couldn't even turn left or right.

-Rand

[Apache Warrior]

I think it was D & G who ran up on a car that then exploded. This was on Karkand and he had all of the wheels off the ground. The only thing to do was destroy it so it would respawn.
Apache

[Devilguns]

Head to construction site on Oman. Grab APC when spawned. Hit reverse.

Then, see if you can even MOVE on the rock you end up on, let alone get the APC back off the thing.

I drove (another) APC onto that area while getting ready to head back to the beach, something BF2 allowed easily. I got so stuck on that bloody rock I couldn't even turn left or right.

-Rand

Its really ridiculous what the APC gets stuck on, yet the Jeep seems to go over and through anything.

[paceman]

Yeah the APC just spins it's wheels in almost all situations.

[K PhaNTOM]

What I want to know, and could be amazing to try and succeed at, is can you knife someone while you are both parachuting? That would be the most awesome kill in a video game since Kratos gouged a cyclops' eye out and beat him with it.

[goldenfooler]

Ok phantom you jump out and I will knife you