It only happens when they are in a vehicle. It flashes all different colors. Sometimes I am able to join the vehicle. What does this flashing indicate?
What does it mean when the icon next to teammate in spawn menu is flashing
battlefield-3
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You have to own more than half the points for bleeding to occur. There are usually (always?) an odd number of points, so 2/3 or 3/5 is required for bleeding of tickets.
At max "bleed" -- when the enemy owns all capture points -- based on my testing, you lose about 1 ticket every 3 or 4 seconds. It definitely hurts and frequently causes us to lose matches where the ticket count is close. It's also why I get frustrated with teams where they're more interested in fighting than making sure we don't lose all the damn capture points, but I digress..
I can't say exactly how many tickets you bleed when the enemy owns more than half but not quite all the capture points. It's less rapid, but I'll have to do a bit more testing.
The bar represents your progress towards the next unlock in that weapon group. The more you use a certain weapon class, vehicle, etc, the more you points you will earn toward an additional unlock in that category. You can see a more detailed view of this progression in your battlelog profile:
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Best Answer
The icon flashes when the vehicle is under fire/in combat - this is to provide a pre-emptive measure for poor souls who would spawn into a vehicle that is near its end.