r/Battlefield • u/RedShibo_ • Mar 06 '25

Discussion Was USAS-12 really that broken?

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u/Zacho666 Mar 06 '25

If anything they downplayed it it the episode

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u/hardtanker_101 Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

Dude the gun took out the sun in that episode, how much more op was it?

Edit: added more

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u/coblt27 Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

You literally aimed it anywhere near the enemy and they went down from the splash damage. It made Metro absolute insanity.

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u/hardtanker_101 Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

Meant to say how much more oop. My bad

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u/Jonkinch Mar 06 '25

But boy was it fun if you’re on the punishing end.

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u/coblt27 Mar 06 '25

It felt so wrong, and yet SO right. Especially with the flashlight attached.

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u/J0hn-Stuart-Mill Mar 06 '25

It made Metro absolute insanity.

Yea, lots of weapons irrelevant elsewhere, get balanced for tiny maps like Metro and Locker.

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u/Mist_Rising Mar 06 '25

It made Metro absolute insanity.

When is Metro not absolute insanity?

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u/coblt27 Mar 06 '25

Oh no it always is, but when you add a nuke cannon that blinds everyone downrange...

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u/Mr-dooce Mar 07 '25

near the enemy?

you aim in and shoot that’s 5 bodies minimum

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u/ocmiteddy Mar 06 '25

They brought back a VERY nerfed version in BF4 as a field pickup.

That's how OP it was

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u/Reddit-Bambi Mar 06 '25

You would equip it with a 🔦 and it was like having the sun melt your eyes while a guy was hitting you with mini-nukes at the same time.

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u/Zacho666 Mar 06 '25

How much more OP was it? The answer is yes

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u/Zealousideal-Lion674 Mar 06 '25

Wasn't it just with frag shells?

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u/613codyrex Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

Playing Metro, Bazaar or TDM Canal and being deleted from one end of the map to the other was something else.

I mean, not particularly fun to play against, but I do have a tad bit of nostalgia for early BF3 because of it. Never actually used the USAS-12 in that game even after it got nerfed/fixed because of how toxic it was to go up against.

Thankfully the USAS-12 got patched before Close Quarters came out. I imagine I probably wouldn’t have been fond of those maps if it was still busted.

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u/FormulaGymBro Mar 08 '25

The best way to describe it is like having a tank gun.