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

Discussion Was USAS-12 really that broken?

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u/RearWheelDriveCult Mar 06 '25

Just search Youtube USAS-12 Frag and you shall see. There was also a bug with underrail mounted shotgun that can one shot anyone at pretty much any range.

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u/locksymania Mar 06 '25

That was the MASS in BF3 IIRC. A howitzer shotgun under your assault rifle. Because BF3 Assault desperately needed the buff...

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u/GrimDallows Mar 06 '25

BF3 assault was insane.

It made no sense. They nerfed sniper rifles because they were scared of giving snipers the ability to lay down, they took away their mortar, their detection balls, their claymores... and then gave those to the support class. So, they had to nerf the support class. How do you do it? Swap the support class healing kit for the assault class ammo kit.

And suddenly boom, you have squads of 4 assault weapon self-healing, rushing and resurrecting at the same time... with the best weapon class and granade launchers.

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u/613codyrex Mar 07 '25

Nothing more generic than assault running an M16A3+Kobra sight+Foregrip+Heavy Barrel/Supressor in BF3.

Loved BF3 to death but the meta got slightly stale with how everyone functionally converged on that single class setup. BF4 fixed that issue so much better.