Battlefield Tri-hard

[Higuy]

Always beat the campaign before doing anything. That's like oldfag law or something.

Lol, this ^. I've never seen how doing it the other way is possible :gonk:

[Amit]

With BC2 there wasn't much of a connect to the MP so you could get away with playing MP first, but BF3 looks too epic to jump straight into MP action. I want some awesome story driven shit before I go into the serious zone of MP.

[StankBacon]

perhaps we should start a thread for origin usernames so we can all be friends? :o

[dark navi]

perhaps we should start a thread for origin usernames so we can all be friends? :o

What are you, some sort of faggot? (http://gayfaggotmusic.ytmnd.com/)

Also, I bought this through Origin... what's my username?

[StankBacon]

says in the top right corner or origin.

[Amit]

perhaps we should start a thread for origin usernames so we can all be friends? :o

The Plague made one way back in July and nobody gave a shit.

[Amit]

Battlefield 3 Open Beta starts Sep 29th! (http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/09/19/battlefield-3-open-beta-dates-announced.aspx)




We are happy to announce that the eagerly awaited Battlefield 3 (http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3) Open Beta starts Thursday, September 29th!

Running until October 10th, the Battlefield 3 Open Beta (http://www.battlefield.com/beta) is your chance to play the game early, try out our free social platformBattlelog (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/), and help us make the game even better by sending us your valuable feedback.

If you pre-order Battlefield 3 (PC digital download version) on Origin (http://www.origin.com/) before September 25th, or if you have bought Medal of Honor: Limited Edition/Tier 1 Edition, you will get 48 hours early access to the Beta, meaning you can start playing Tuesday, September 27th. The full details on how you will be granted early acess is available on our new Beta section (http://www.battlefield.com/beta).

For Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, the Open Beta will be visible on the consoles' digital marketplaces under Battlefield 3. For PC, you need to install Origin and download the Open Beta from within the Origin application.

For all your Open Beta questions and answers, head to our new Beta section (http://www.battlefield.com/beta) at the official Battlefield 3 site. Enjoy the Beta, and let us know what you think!

Minimum System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ALTHON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE
Recommended System Requirements
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

[seanthelawn]

Hell yes 48 hour early access, best birthday present ever

[Amit]

Minimum specs now in my previous post!

[Ifafudafi]

you must stay up all morning watching for this stuff; I get up, go to work, get 30 mins off to check some internet while it's still 9 in the morning, and uuugh you guys are scary

Anyway I'll make it a big title in a second. 13/11 days isn't much of a beta but shit man it's BF3, I'll take what I can get

[Amit]

Na, I'm bored in Calculus so I decided to check the BattleBlog. Lo and behold, it was posted just two minutes before I checked.

BTW, I have some VERY disturbing news about this "so-called" beta. It will be on Operation Metro and using the RUSH gametype. Seriously, DICE? This same bullshit again (albeit with improvements and bug fixes)? Where the fuck is our 64-player Caspian Border action you motherfuckers?

Confirmation: http://battlefieldo.com/beta-live/
(http://battlefieldo.com/beta-live/)

I'm no longer bummed that I pre-ordering through a source other than Origin and don't have the early beta access. It's the gametype on the same map. What the hell? Oh well, it's less effort for DICE now since they can roll out almost the same thing on consoles and PC simultaneously except consoles have 8 less player slots. Hopefully there are moderators on the Battlelog forums for the beta this time.

This quote from the Battlefieldo comments section expresses my views EXACTLY except for the part about keeping the CB trailer from the public:



RUSH map with smaller rooms for the PC. (NO Conquest?)
Only 1 vehicle to test. This really was a great opportunity dumbly wasted by DICE to show the COD tools what vehicles (jets, flyable helis) in a game really look like. Now we just get another Rush map that will be universal across all platforms? I understand pushing Metro on the consoles, but on the PC they could have shown off the huge maps.

And we have to wait 9 days? For something we already played? You should have kept the Caspian Border trailer to yourselves if this was the original plan. Swapping my preorder from Origin to one of the other options. The 2 day early entry lost is value when the PC beta became a rush map.

Still looks like a sweet game, but this was an awful PR move.

[Ifafudafi]

Alright, OP's updated with all the pertinent information underlined.

As for the map choice, keep in mind that while you alpha-goers might have already had a spin, some of us (namely, a shitload of people) weren't graced with an invite, and are incredibly excited to play BF3 for the first time, potentially for free. While the beta certainly aims to test shit out and to get people excited, starting off with a smaller map is probably designed to ease and entice all the CoD kiddies into the game so that they'll buy it, instead of warding them off with the complexity of a 64-player Conquest map.

[nuttyyayap]

CoD kiddies are gonna be CoD kiddies iffy, they won't buy this, it's too colourful/actually fun ect.

[Amit]

CoD kiddies have their heads too far up Activision's ass to buy a shooter that doesn't have the Call of Duty brand.

[Mr Buckshot]

CoD fanboys will quit the beta after finding out that they don't get some delicious reward for having the best killstreak.

Also, I bought MoH standard edition off steam because Steam's page on MoH said it came with early beta access, but now all websites are saying only MoH Limited/Tier 1 owners get early beta access. Just checked my Steam CD key for MoH, doesn't show a BF3 beta key.

can anyone confirm?

e: many google searches later, I can confirm that my $10 purchase this summer didn't get me a BF3 early beta. Not really a loss, since MoH was still a decent game and I still get the open beta anyways, but I'm just disappointed that Steam placed misleading info on their MoH store page.

[Amit]

Yeah, that was Steam's bad. A lot of people got refunds do to it. Idiots. They paid for a game because they thought they would get 2 day early access to another game. Ha. I laugh even more at the people who pre-ordered MoH because it guaranteed them BF3 beta access. I said from day one that BF3 beta would be public because EA and DICE have too much to lose not to have one. I was right.

[ejburke]

Shit, I don't think I technically meet the min requirements. My CPU is the precise minimum (C2D 2.4GHz), but my video card is an 8800 GTS 640MB, which is not as good as the 8800 GT. Oh well, I'll check out the beta for myself before canceling my pre-order. I am perfectly willing to turn every graphical feature down for multiplayer. Not so willing to do that for the campaign, but the campaign doesn't interest me.

[Mr Buckshot]

Yeah, that was Steam's bad. A lot of people got refunds do to it. Idiots. They paid for a game because they thought they would get 2 day early access to another game. Ha. I laugh even more at the people who pre-ordered MoH because it guaranteed them BF3 beta access. I said from day one that BF3 beta would be public because EA and DICE have too much to lose not to have one. I was right.

hilariously, Steam still has the message on their MoH page saying that all MoH owners who bought before July 26 2011 get early beta access. And do they really give refunds?

Can't deny that my decision to buy MoH was influenced by the prospect of the BF3 beta, but you could do a lot worse than MoH for $10.

[Cortexian]

You can enter to win a free copy of the game, as well as show your support for Battlefield 3 (instead of MW3) by going here:
http://www.playfire.com/bf3-vs-mw3/vote

Just choose your "side" then enter a unique email to prevent multiple signups.

[Guardian]

Im only 0.1 Ghz out on my processor! Yus I may just be able to run it :D

[ODX]

This computer is still running Windows XP because my brother's been too lazy to buy W7 and won't come back from college for a while.

:[

[Amit]

This computer is still running Windows XP because my brother's been too lazy to buy W7 and won't come back from college for a while.

:[

But your hardware is up to snuff? If it is, then solving your W7 problem shouldn't be too hard.

[Mr Buckshot]

Im only 0.1 Ghz out on my processor! Yus I may just be able to run it :D

don't get too confused about clock speed especially with modern CPUs. My friend's Alienware M11x uses a 1.2 Ghz ultra low voltage Core i5 and it still plays games very well at native resolution.

A 3.00 Ghz Pentium 4, for example, will be completely trashed by even a relatively old 1.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo.


This computer is still running Windows XP because my brother's been too lazy to buy W7 and won't come back from college for a while.

:[

there are... other ways. (and you can still easily validate and receive updates with the right steps). Won't go into too much detail here, but it's easy enough. And windows 7 is a huge improvement over windows XP, I'd recommend upgrading in whatever way possible if your hardware is up to it.

[Guardian]

Ah sweet, well Ill just have to wait and see.

[Amit]

Battlefield 3 Veterans get M1911 Pistol (http://bf3blog.com/2011/09/battlefield-3-veterans-get-m1911-pistol/)



For Bad Company 2, DICE introduced a new concept for Battlefield Veterans, who had played previous Battlefield games: they’d get a unique weapon to use, which was the WW2 rifle M1 Garand. Battlefield 3 will be getting a Veteran weapon as well, and it’ll be the M1911, the famous .45 caliber pistol that has been used for over 100 years.
But you don’t have to be a Battlefield Veteran to get the M1911, you can get one by becoming a member of EA Gun Club — you can sign up here for free. The Gun Club page mentions to sign up and “unlock” the M1911, which indicates that the gun might be available as an unlock to everyone, while Gun Club members will get it much earlier.

Rubbish. I hope they have something better for us REAL BF veterans than a pistol. I want a proper M1 Garand or M1 Carbine.


BattlefieldO: We’ve got more Beta news!

A Q&A with BF3 Global Community Manager Daniel Matros (zh1nt0) on a public teamspeak with the German community, and details of the discussion from the EAUK Forums (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-3/1426723-know-german-join-zh1nt0-ts-right-now.html#post19912394) have exposed some new unconfirmed details regarding Battlefield 3 and the release of the BF3 Beta next week on September 29th. We’ve broken down the list from the conversations below into bullets to keep it as short and sweet as possible.


Q&A


General Beta Info

Beta will not start at 00:00.
Between 2-3 gig beta client.
You can not UPDATE alpha client you need to re-download the new Beta Client.
Netcode is totally rewritten and new.
No level limit @ beta.
Cant join as a Squad if the Team is full so battlelog groups won’t get split.
Gameplay Info

Autoheal on all vehicle’s after 10-15sec.
Vehicles autoregeneration ONLY under 75% Health.
Unlocks are for WEAPONS not for the classes you can not unlock red dot sight on gun1 and use it on gun 2.
Operation Metro got changed and has a new Layout, thats why they want to test balance again.
You have more then 1 knife animation, from behind, on the ground and you can NOT counter the knife attack.
You can still throw grenades to hear enemys yell.
You can not cook grenades.
You can join with friends on a server.
Friendly fire is On as the default setting.
Misc. Info

You can use 3 screens if you have enough graphic power.
Next 1-3 weeks will be talking about new maps.
Caspian Border IS NOT THE BIGGEST MAP.
No Bombs on Jets.
When you get kicked you can see the reason in Battlelog.
Ranked Servers can be changed to unranked Servers.
Battlelog application for iPhone.
Battlelog can be updated without patching the game so we can get new stuff faster.
No weather or time changing in game.
No comment on the Battlerecorder.

[Amit]

XBOX 360 achievements list leaked:


We’d like to warn you here in advance that this could be a spoiler for some players, so if you like surprises, DON’T LOOK!
We have all the Battlefield 3 Achievements thanks to Majin Martin93. These have been taken from the Xbox 360 and contain all the single player achievements, including their names and the Mission they take place. At this point we do not know what version of the game these are from, but it’s speculated that this is from a developer version of the game. The screenshots we’re leaked early this morning on Majin Martin93′s Imgur Gallery (http://imgur.com/a/LCHD1#hAUDp). We’ve broken them down and posted the Achievements below.

***SPOILER ALERT***



Singleplayer
RoadkillKick the car to kill the soldiers in Uprising
Involuntary EuthanasiaKill the 2 soldiers before the building falls on them in Uprising
Scrap MetalDestroy 6 enemy tanks before reaching the fort in Thunder Run
Not on my watchProtect Chaffin from the soldiers in the street in Operation Swordbreaker
Army of DarknessShoot out the 4 lights with 4 bullets in Night Shift
TwoforTake down 2 enemies with 1 bullet in Night Shift
Practice makes perfectHeadshot each of the targets in the gun range in Kaffarov
What the hell *are* you?Take a russian Dog Tag in the forest ambush in Rock And A Hard Place
Float like a butterfly…Take down the jet in one attempt in Rock And A Hard Place
You can be my wingman anytimeComplete Going Hunting in a perfect run
Between a rock and a hard placeBeat Soloman, flawlessly, in The Great Destroyer
Push OnReach the garage without going into man-down state in Hit and Run
Car LoverComplete the mission without losing a humvee in Operation Exodus
In the nick of timeDisarm the bomb in under 20 seconds in The Eleventh Hour
UntouchableComplete the mission without using the fire extinguisher in Fire From The Sky
BullseyeReach and save the hostages without alerting any enemies in Drop ‘em Like Liquid
Ooh-rah!Complete the campaign story
Semper FidelisComplete the campaign story on Hard
Coop
NinjasReach the VIP without setting off the alarm in Exfiltration
Two-rah!Complete all co-op missions
Army of TwoComplete all co-op missions on Hard
Lock ‘n’ LoadUnlock all unique co-op weapons
MultiplayerM.I.AObtain your first enemy Dog Tag
Most Valuable PlayerFinish as MVP in a ranked match
1st LoserFinish as 2nd MVP in a ranked match
It’s better then nothing!Finish as 3rd MVP in a ranked match
Vehicle WarfareObtain all 3 vehicle warfare ribbons
Infantry EfficiencyObtain all 4 weapon efficiency ribbons
DecoratedObtain one of each ribbon in the game
Support EfficiencyObtain all 4 support efficiency ribbons
ColonelAchieve rank 45
Secret Achievements
This is the end
This is a secret achievement. Unlock it to find out more about it.
Secret
This is a secret achievement. Unlock it to find out more about it.

[ODX]

there are... other ways. (and you can still easily validate and receive updates with the right steps). Won't go into too much detail here, but it's easy enough. And windows 7 is a huge improvement over windows XP, I'd recommend upgrading in whatever way possible if your hardware is up to it.It's his computer, and it's beefy enough. I know it's a huge step above and all that, but I can't mess with it until he comes back and decides to.

[ThePlague]

Why not just toss another HDD in or something?

[Mr Buckshot]

Just googled the situation about the MoH standard edition on steam and the BF3 beta:

http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25243047&postcount=43

Hmm, seems like there is hope!

[Guardian]

From what those achievements say, the campaign sounds like its going to be pretty damn epic.

[Amit]

Gamers, rejoice! It has been revealed today that we will be able to create more than one soldier for our Origin accounts!


BattlefieldO is spot on, as usual, with their coverage of BF3 news:


http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/battleblog_soldiers-600x525.jpg

Good news, everyone. Recently there was some speculation on how much soldiers you can create in Battlelog on your Battlefield 3 / EA Origin Account. In the early Alpha Trial you could only create one Soldier per Battlelog Account. We now have proof from a User who sneak peeked into Battlelog, yes it _was_ possible. He managed to create multiple Soldiers on his profile and confirmed that it’s possible to create more than one. Check out the Screenshots below to get a peek on Battlelog.

http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/soldiers-600x337.jpg

[Amit]

Man, new shit just keeps rolling out. EA's PR machine is fucking on full swing with a teaser for a trailer that is to be released on Monday:

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[Pyong Kawaguchi]

jesus that looks awesome.

[Ifafudafi]

I wonder how many different pitches they have that BZZT BZZT, BZZT, BZZT BZZT, BZZT theme on; there was one for the announcement, several for other gameplay trailers, and now this one

you could probably make a full song out of them

oh and the game looks pretty sweet too, but I don't think we need another trailer to convince us of that

[Amit]

Tell that to EA PR. And I'm sort of hating the whole "BZZT BZZT, BZZT, BZZT BZZT, BZZT" thing. I want to hear a real BF theme and with the way things are going, I don't think we're going to get one.

[Cortexian]

The more trailers the better, the more saturation it gets the more people talk about it and show their friends. Meaning the more people who mindlessly play Call of Duty because they don't think there's a good alternative will see BF3 and convert.

[Amit]

OR they get scared and grab on even tighter to CoD. Heh, they don't stand a chance.

[ExAm]

Tell that to EA PR. And I'm sort of hating the whole "BZZT BZZT, BZZT, BZZT BZZT, BZZT" thing. I want to hear a real BF theme and with the way things are going, I don't think we're going to get one.Seriously, I want a fucking battlefield theme dammit.

[StankBacon]

i love the bzzt bzzt sound tbh.

[Lateksi]

They're stupid if they won't go for a TV commercial with that shit. Pointless teaser otherwise.

[Amit]

They're stupid if they won't go for a TV commercial with that shit. Pointless teaser otherwise.

The teaser is for the TV spot that comes out tomorrow. Really bad choice of song.

[BobtheGreatII]

i love the bzzt bzzt sound tbh.

Yeah I think it's pretty cool too. And I love the old theme. Would be happy either way.

[Caboos001]

Yeah I think it's pretty cool too. And I love the old theme. Would be happy either way.

Is it me, or is that BZZT theme becoming more clear with every trailer/teaser?

[Amit]

I think that's just you. It sounds the same to me.

[Donut]

oh man. this game looks ridiculous. i kind of want to get it, but i kind of have very limited funds :saddowns:

[ODX]

You can at least play the beta!

unlike me!

...(seriously, why would they not have DX9 support on PC when they do for PS3/360? Explanation please?)

[Amit]

Frostbite 2 is supposed to be the engine that pushes us into the post-DX9 era. I'm sure they could have done it perfectly for DX9 too, but didn't want to take the extra time to optimize it. I don't care. I'm glad because hopefully this will make other developers push their own limits.

Also, nVidia and ATi are releasing specialized driver profiles for the BF3 beta tomorrow. Also, many will be pleased to know that artillery strikes will be available to call in by squad leaders. There aren't any details yet on which squad leader can call it in, when it can be called in, or how it is called in. I expect other features like supply drops may be trickle down to the squad level in BF3, as well.

[ODX]

Suggest you mute your speakers unless you want to have your ears raped by shit rap...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOHjF4_apI&feature=feedu

[seanthelawn]

99 Problems is certainly not shit rap, but it just sounds retarded in this.

[TeeKup]

"Above and Beyond The Call"

I see what you did there...

[Amit]

Trailer was shit. Fuck off EA PR. Show me something new and exciting...beta tomorrow! Owait, it's the same thing as the Alpha.

BattlefieldO has a IRC chat thing going on right now. Some person posted this:

http://www.abload.de/img/96fb92e2582640ab8864177o2t.png

FoV locked at 70? DO NOT WANT.

MOAR:

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6720/340a90fe9a45429fa392806.png
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3778/4bef51a88f5c493e961ba6b.png
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/111/973ed4fd67fe464d9757a4f.png
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/2958/81cf43995edb457b87516fa.png
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7792/4f44e22f6ad4436d9f0f99a.png

[TeeKup]

*dusts off Medal of Honor*

:D

[ExAm]

It's probably only locked for consistent beta testing. I could be wrong.

[ODX]

I would think it's just locked for the time being, or else they wouldn't have even bothered to have put the option in there.

[Amit]

I would think it's just locked for the time being, or else they wouldn't have even bothered to have put the option in there.

This.

Also:

ARE YOU GUYS READY TO FUCKING RUMBLEEEEEE?

I'm not. No early beta access and shit PCs to play on :(

[Cortexian]

I didn't get another invite yet, but I did get my re-invite to the new SW:TOR beta build test.

[ThePlague]

Still haven't gotten anything :(

[Caboos001]

Honestly, I have very little faith I'll get my early access code. Every time I've preordered a game from EA with some kind of promotion like this they never follow through. But hey I've got my fingers crossed, and it's not the end of the world if they don't; just gotta wait two more days.

[dark navi]

Where's my fucking beta key EA.

[Amit]

They only started sending them out an hour ago. Be patient. Also, enjoy. I'll be playing the Rise of Isengard expansion for lotro for the next two days :D

[Mr Buckshot]

Hey guys,

Valve wasn't lying, MoH standard edition owners on Steam do get early access if they bought before July 26 2011.

Early beta keys were scheduled to go live at 5 am Pacific/8 am Eastern, and I got my key about 16 minutes late, but that's fine. Just right click MoH Single Player on Steam, view CD key, and presto (note that the SP game must be installed, or at least 1% downloaded first, to view the CD key).

Download speed wasn't as good as steam, but never fell below 400 kb/s. Total size was like 3.9 GB or something,

Cya, gonna enjoy some BF3 beta goodness now :D

I'll test on both my desktop (Radeon HD 6870) and laptop (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850, comparable to a desktop 5770). Also my mates' laptops (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and Nvidia Geforce GT335M), to give lower-powered users an idea of what they can expect.

Also, for preorder guys, you need to have done so directly off Origin for early access, so if you took advantage of a 3rd party sale off D2D or something, you have to wait your turn.

[seanthelawn]

DOWNLOADING NOW AW YEAHHHHH

E: 41%

Also Avira antivirus picks up the exe as a virus, just like with the Alpha

[Mr Buckshot]

Double post, but gaaahhh

been sitting at my computer for over an hour unable to join a single server.

when I do move to the top of the queue, it says "joining game" shortly after.

an origin window opens, saying "launching BF3 open beta."

then nothing.

at least let me launch the damn game to customize controls/graphics if you won't let me join a server argh.

[hobojoe]

I got ma e-mail :D

[ThePlague]

Still haven't gotten shit.

inb4 rage comic, because imad.

[StankBacon]

so i got my key and am downloading now... everyone head here (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?23641-Origin-who-s-on-it) and post your fucking origin usernames.

[Amit]

People on reddit are buying early access keys. Dumbasses, don't they know the beta is available for everyone on thursday? What are they buying? A key to a buggy beta build. heh.

[Cortexian]

Got my key, downloading at 2.6MB/s.

[ThePlague]

:C

[cheezdue]

Thursday needs to get here. :c

[TeeKup]

I haven't gotten the email yet. :<

[dark navi]

imdumb

[hobojoe]

Hey bro the " Click Here " Part at the top still works, and will show you the page with your actual key. You might wanna take that down.

[ODX]

I bought MoH on May 2nd...

I have the early access CD-Key when I went to look at my Single Player...but I can't fucking play it because stupid no DX9 DDDD:::::

Who wants my key?

[jcap]

Who wants my key?
:-3

[cheezdue]

I'll return the favor for that key. :3

[ExAm]

New battlelog, new avatar
http://i.imgur.com/UrkN9.png

Fucking origin servers are too damn slow.

[ODX]

I'll return the favor for that key. :3I'm not really looking for favors or money or anything, just to be able to give it to someone who will enjoy the early access and actually play it/tell people about it.

[dark navi]

Ok, I know I am dumb, but which one of you fuckers used my code. Asshole.

I would really appreciate a code from someone :(

[Amit]

Jesus, how did someone get your code? I know you say you lost yours navi, but ODX could I have the key, pretty please :D

[Mr Buckshot]

so far I've only gotten into TWO matches, both nearing the end, and neither in North America.

Console players are also reporting similar issues with lack of server space.

If the CLOSED beta has totally insufficient infrastructure, I'm worried about the open beta.

what's the bloody point of releasing a beta when half of us can't even play it =.=

[ODX]

Right now I'm actually waiting for ICEE to respond to me on Steam but if he doesn't by the next hour or so, then I'll give it to whomever I choose and keep it just to PMs so I don't accidentally "piss" someone off because they have to wait another day.

[dark navi]

Jesus, how did someone get your code? I know you say you lost yours navi, but ODX could I have the key, pretty please :D

Was dumb, posted key.

Feel free to send it my way if you. ;)

[Amit]

Holy fuck, I just got a key off of Geoff Keighley's twitter page and it worked. My hours of vigilance on twitter have paid off! I suggest you guys check out his page just in case he hands out more keys. http://twitter.com/#!/geoffkeighley

[Mr Buckshot]

trust me you aren't missing out on anything right now.

I have closed beta access and I have yet to form a proper opinion about gameplay or performance because I can't play.

[Amit]

I dun give a fuck. I don't have time to play till tomorrow anyways.

[ExAm]

Beta's great so far, except the servers are shitting the bed. I've been disconnected from every game i've played after about 20 minutes. haven't finished one yet.

[Amit]

The beta runs smoother than the Alpha Trial, but I get disconnected from servers 2 mins after joining. This annoying glitch reminds me of crysis 2's kick glitch.

[ejburke]

I read that the only way to access settings in-game is when you're in a match and only while you're alive. That can't be true, can it?

[Amit]

It is. Just like the Alpha. I wonder why they haven't fixed this yet.

Btw, the BF3 Battlefield Modacity Platoon is now up and running: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2826550451854621814/

And for those of you who don't have beta access:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/amit9821/BF3Beta.png

For some reason the tank must have stuck to my mouse and moved itself up into the skull when I clicked save. I'm trying to fix it but the emblem editor is bugged to fuck. I can't enter back into it.

[Cortexian]

I've noticed a distinct lack of LAV on Metro... What the hell? They remove the one vehicle in the map and don't give us access to Caspian Border? Are they trying to shoot themselves in the foot? Without vehicles Battlefield doesn't really have a whole lot to set itself apart from CoD.

I'm level 10+ already with my M416 unlocked heh.

[ExAm]

LAV was OP. Cry more.

[Amit]

lawl:

jR7XTxpIv8k&hd=1

[TeeKup]

LOL!

[Mr Buckshot]

I read that the only way to access settings in-game is when you're in a match and only while you're alive. That can't be true, can it?

I was pissed off about this too.

I'm not too mad about Battlelog - it does have some positives. But even if I'm forced to alt-tab to Battlelog, I should at least be allowed to launch the game, go to the main menu, and set up my graphics and controls before I actually start playing. Being forced to wait until you spawn in a match before you can set up anything is just plain retarded. Also, if you're killed while changing your settings, you get kicked out of the settings menu and back into the game.

I can forgive the graphics and controls feeling buggy and incomplete - this is a beta after all (though tbh the Crysis 2 leak ran way better than this). But I kind of want to PLAY my beta, you know? And even though this is a beta, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the technical side of things to be more complete than this, so that I can actually focus on critiquing the gameplay. After all, the betas for MoH, BC2, Crysis 2, even the leaked alpha build, were pretty close to the final product on the technical side.

[ejburke]

You know, I was going to ask, "What happens if you die while messing with settings.", but after typing it, it looked like a stupid question. Surely, they wouldn't kick you out of the menu, I thought.

Dang.

[Amit]

I love how we're playing Alpha trial 1.5 while random BF3 news sites and BF3 devs play on Caspian Border 64-player servers. *Jubal Early* Does that seem right to you? *Jubal Early*

[Cortexian]

Caspian Border is rumored to be opening tomorrow to us.

[TeeKup]

Fucking do want. I don't understand. I got MoH LE and everything. Why do I not have access. FUU.

[Caboos001]

Fucking do want. I don't understand. I got MoH LE and everything. Why do I not have access. FUU.
Welcome to the club, I have to play it on the console. Apparently the beta key that came with my first hand copy of MoH was already somehow registered before I could use it, so now I have to wait...WTF?

[ThePlague]

I never got my early access key from my preorder on Origin. Luckily Hypernia is awesome (our BC2 server host), and they were giving keys away, and I managed to snag one. If I do get another though, i'll give it to you dark navi :)

Also, fuck the stupid falling through the ground glitch. Happened to me 3 times while I was trying to camp an armed M-COMM.

[Amit]

Caspian Border is rumored to be opening tomorrow to us.

Zh1nt0 hypes stuff up big but delivers crap. It's probably just the enabling of the search bar for the Battlelog forums. After all, he did say that it was for the PC forum community. If it was Caspian Border he would have just said PC community.

[ThePlague]

I'll be streaming gameplay when I can. (http://www.livestream.com/tearshade)Hopefully be up all night because i'm bored as tits and have nothing else to do.

[ExAm]

FUCKING BUGGER. I BSOD'd and had to do a system restore, which DELETED THE WHOLE GODDAMN BETA COMPLETELY. Now I have to redownload this bullshit thing.

[Guardian]

Heres the files?

http://www.ausgamers.com/files/details/html/61043

[ThePlague]

Wow livestream overlay just eats the shit out of my FPS. Sorry for those of you who tried watching. I'll figure this shit out though. Seems to work best when I just use it in window'd mode and don't deal with the overlay.

[StankBacon]

aside from obvious beta bugs (cant bind keys to mouse AHHHH) and the need for battlelog instead of a ingame menu/server browser, this game is pretty damn fun (hate being the defenders though lol) , and runs decent on my aging rig.

however as with other bf games i fear that when i take a break, which i always end up doing every few months, everyone will be much higher rank and better weapons and ill just get dominated... oh well we shall see what happens.

cant wait for final so i can get into some sp action.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

sexyelevator = caspian border :D

[Cortexian]

That the password to the Caspian Border servers? Hopefully they don't change it before I get home and try :)

[Amit]

the change it every 24 hours.

[Cortexian]

what dicks

[Amit]

Well, I'm sure it'll get leaked out again, but you can't get into an of the servers, they're all full. I got into an empty one. When I loaded the map was almost full. Then I had 30 seconds of pure awesome orgasm watching an F-18 take off and all that other cool shit. Then I crashed with no error msg. WTFFFFF

EDIT: Emblem fix was applied today so I can start improving it again.

[jcap]

Why the hell don't they have an in-game browser yet D:

[hobojoe]

^ This

[ExAm]

New Caspian password is apparently Appletini

[Amit]

Get it while it's hot:

JXw2nXsTnKs&hd=1


Why the hell don't they have an in-game browser yet D:

BF3 won't have an in-game browser. Battlelog is all we get.

[StankBacon]

^ i don't believe that they can bee that stupid.

[Guardian]

They will need some sort of menu for the single player on the release, maybe they will add one then, unless they do what CoD did and make them 2 separate exe's.

anyone know the time today the non early access people will be getting their share of the fun?

[Amit]

anyone know the time today the non early access people will be getting their share of the fun?

Today is the 28th. The Open Access starts on the 29th, tomorrow.

[TeeKup]

Ballsy pilot. Whats the aircraft control scheme? Is it that horribly awkward scheme from 1943 or did they adopt something similar to Ace Combat. I prefer my rudder controls on my bumpers not the right stick...

[Guardian]

Today is the 29th here :[ I just want to know how long I have to wait :S

Edit: Never mind, found out NZ doesn't get it till the 30th. Lame :S http://www.nextgenupdate.com/forums/battlefield-3-discussion/464706-bf3-beta-release-times.html

(http://www.nextgenupdate.com/forums/battlefield-3-discussion/464706-bf3-beta-release-times.html)

[Amit]

Ballsy pilot. Whats the aircraft control scheme? Is it that horribly awkward scheme from 1943 or did they adopt something similar to Ace Combat. I prefer my rudder controls on my bumpers not the right stick...

You can't get into Caspian border on consoles. The passwords for the PC servers got leaked so those are being overloaded. I think it's good that they password got leaked and the public got to test the map. That way they get some proper stress of the servers and gametype. I did hear rumors of it being opened up to us later, though.

Anyone know what Zh1nt0's "big announcement" was?

EDIT: I think the announcement was that Russian language was added to the Battlelog forums. That's even worse than getting a search function.

[ThePlague]

Got like 5 games in of Caspian Border. It's fucking amazing. Recorded all the times I played :3

[ExAm]

I fucking love caspian border. FUCK operation metro.

http://i.imgur.com/u7Zh0.jpg

[TeeKup]

WHY ISN'T IT HAPPENING MODACITY. WHY DON'T I HAVE BETA!?!

ExAm I WILL have your blood. >__>

[ejburke]

I've been watching some footage and am worried about how much of a pixel hunt this game is going to be. I liked Battlefield when you could walk around feeling pretty safe and had the choice of whether to engage or disengage from most fights. You weren't getting dropped by unseen snipers when you took a half step into the open.

I guess I'll just have to try the beta and see how it goes.

[StankBacon]

caspian is buggy as fuck and just crashed for me :(

[Amit]

I've been watching some footage and am worried about how much of a pixel hunt this game is going to be. I liked Battlefield when you could walk around feeling pretty safe and had the choice of whether to engage or disengage from most fights. You weren't getting dropped by unseen snipers when you took a half step into the open.

I guess I'll just have to try the beta and see how it goes.

Where have you been? It's been like that since BF2.

[Cortexian]

I found Caspian Border really laggy/glitchy. You know when you get in a passenger/gunner seat in a jeep on BFBC2? It's like that, except just when you're running around. The terrain collision really needs work, I don't feel smooth when running around at all.

[ejburke]

Where have you been? It's been like that since BF2.I guess it's a modern-era BF thing, because I felt safe in '43. Maybe that was because I was in a tank half the time and already familiar with the maps.

BF2 didn't really click with me, but I don't remember feeling too pinned down. If I was repeatedly getting mowed down, I'd make sure to secure a vehicle. Which is an option unavailable on some BF3 maps, it frustratingly seems.

[neuro]

nub question: is whorigin required to play this shit?

[Guardian]

Just got a few games in, I'm playing on all low on a AMD 2.3 ghz dual core and its running smoother than BC2 on all low yet still looks amazing, it "Timed out" after like 4 rounds but was so much fun, did not seem to glitchy except for the odd screen flicker.

Battlelog loaded me up almost instantly. Faster than it takes me to join a game in BC2 because the load times are ridiculously short. Think I will preorder this now I know my computer runs it.

[Amit]

Yeah, it's not so bad on all low. All you need is a decent resolution so you can see what the fuck you're aiming at and you're good to go.

[Nero]

Download link on there page won't load for me. :((((((
Edit: Just got in finally!

[Amit]

WOW. I just managed to stay playing on a Caspian Border map for a good 20 minutes and I've had a HUGE realization. It runs WAYYY smoother than Operation Metro. It's probably because everything was spaced out and stuff, but at 1280x800 on Operation Metro gets me 20-25 FPS and Caspian Border Gets me 35-40FPS. Either too much shit is missing from the map, or Operation Metro just sucks. I'm sure it's the latter.

[Nero]

Anyone know the new pass for Caspian?
I tried:
Appletinivideokilledtheradiostarbut they both don't work anymore...

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I'm still in them ;)

[Amit]

If I wasn't a fool and tried to change my resolution, i wouldn't have gotten kicked and I'd still be in.

EDIT: Just a reminder to all you people to join up on the Battlefield Modacity Platoon since the Open Beta is now live for everyone:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/amit9821/BF3Beta-1.png (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2826550451854621814)

New password: shoppingcartsareagoodride

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I still got access despite the fact that I left the match.

[Guardian]

All the caspian matchs are over 200 ping for me :S

Also I take back what I said before about Battlelog. Iv been trying to join a game for the past 20 min -_-

Edit. Nvm my external HDD was half unplugged which stopped it.

[Nero]

Best Game Ever.!

[Ifafudafi]

okay, I'm officially in this thing

fuck battlelog for being mandatory

Metro is fun but somewhat underwhelming, and I'm itching to get into a Caspian Border server next to see if that's the BF I remember. I'll keep each day's password in the thread title for easy access

[jcap]

I like how I can't log into Origin.

e: finally it only took like 10 minutes of login attempts

[dark navi]

Applied. ^__________^

[ExAm]

Anyone know the new pass for Caspian?
I tried:
Appletini

videokilledtheradiostar

but they both don't work anymore...New pass is shoppingcartsareagoodride

[jcap]

Has anyone been disconnected from servers for what appears to be no reason? I got like 5 kills with the AK47 in like a 5 second window and Origin said I had been disconnected from the server. I don't think the game crashed...it seemed like I was kicked.

Total buzzkill.

[TeeKup]

I can't Join BFM for some reason, it won't let me.

Had my first two matches. It was fucking exhilarating. First game was defense, went 17 - 9, primarily used the 870 Combat from the AK-74M, also got a lot of great sniper kills. Second match was fun, was attacking. I used the M27IAR a lot in that round. I also died from LMG's most that game. They're still irritating but hey, at least they can't revive people.

Beta is fun so far.

[Ifafudafi]

so how exactly am I supposed to get in one of the caspian border servers

Every one is full, so I just spam and spam and spam. I got in once, because the round just ended, and saw the score screen; then it kicked me out and said my connection to the server had timed out.

I got in a second time in another server, spawned without any HUD (I clicked where "DEPLOY" usually is) and got shot; then the game ended again and I got kicked out again for the same reason

WHAT DO I HAVE TO DOOOOOO

[Amit]

I can't Join BFM for some reason, it won't let me.

Platoons are by platform. You console scrubs can't join our PC exclusive platoon :P


so how exactly am I supposed to get in one of the caspian border servers

Every one is full, so I just spam and spam and spam. I got in once, because the round just ended, and saw the score screen; then it kicked me out and said my connection to the server had timed out.

I got in a second time in another server, spawned without any HUD (I clicked where "DEPLOY" usually is) and got shot; then the game ended again and I got kicked out again for the same reason

WHAT DO I HAVE TO DOOOOOO

Keep trying. It's what we all did...mostly.

[Caboos001]

Well, just downloaded both the Xbox and PC beta. I've got to say, I was never really expecting anything to great for the console version; but after playing it on the 360 I felt very under impressed. So then I hopped onto the PC beta, and my god, do I love it. So glad my PC can run it on higher settings without a problem. Though, I do have to keep a box fan next to my tower to keep it from melting >_>.



Has anyone been disconnected from servers for what appears to be no reason? I got like 5 kills with the AK47 in like a 5 second window and Origin said I had been disconnected from the server. I don't think the game crashed...it seemed like I was kicked.

Total buzzkill.


Yeah, this actually just happened to me on my last match. I was in the subway rocking the MK11, when what had to be an entire squad crammed themselves into one subway car, with all their heads only a couple inches away from each other. It had to be about the same as you, 5 kills in a 5 second window, and then Origin just disconnected. Shit sucked.

[Champ]

I can't even establish a connection on the 360 beta apparently.
Edit: Nevermind, servers are down.

[Ifafudafi]

so I finally get into a caspian server

and there's no UI whatsoever

I can't go into a menu or type anything in chat, just stare and shoot blindly without any idea of who's on my team and who's not

fuck this shit, I just want to play some 64-player Battlefield

[Guardian]

I dont even get caspian servers on my browser atm :(

[ThePlague]

3rd time in a row I was disconnected right before the end of the match on fucking Metro. YAY FOR HAVING TO GET EVERYTHING AGAIN

[Zeph]

3rd time in a row I was disconnected right before the end of the match on fucking Metro. YAY FOR HAVING TO GET EVERYTHING AGAIN

You know, at this point I'd be willing to wager they're running scripts to kick people and clear stats after they get them to test and make sure they have enough people making sure things are working right.

[Limited]

Just downloaded it, installing right now. Wonder how it well it will run on my setup.

[Nero]

I looked under the settings and I can't seem to find what the talk button is set too. (Like the team and global chat)
E/ Found out: "J" is team chat" and "K" is All chat. Atleast based off of my bindings.

[Limited]

Right off the bat, hold to zoom doesnt work for me, only click to zoom, oh well.

Graphics are pretty decent for the settings I use and get 30fps constant.

Limited55 is my Origin name, add me!

[ThePlague]

Okay seriously Beta...I can't fucking level up. EVERY GOD DAMN TIME YOU KICK ME! I'm done for now.

[dark navi]

I want to play some 64v64. Dammit.

[Ifafudafi]

got into a caspian border server for about 10 mins before game ends and I got kicked for server timeout

oh

my

fucking

god

any reservations I had about this game are gone and I want it now and not then and now would be nice and oh no there goes another pair of pants

metro's got nothing on this shit

(I'll do my best to keep the thread updated with passwords so you guys can try and get in as well; with luck, EA will just suck it up and add Caspian to the unlocked servers in a couple of days)

[Amit]

I want to play some 64v64. Dammit.

ROFL, you're not going to find any 64v64 FPS games on the PC.

I've had another revelation. After applying the BF3 specific ATi drivers to my iMac, I have seen a 10FPS improvement for my framerate. I consistently get into the top 5 players at the end of the round now.

[Donut]

so i just played this for a little while, and i cant say im incredibly thrilled with it. before i even start listing this shit, im completely aware that this is a beta.

mouse control. first thing i tried to do was set up my controls. i have a 5 button mouse, and i like to use my buttons for crouching and grenade throwing. when prompted to assign a keybinding for these things, not only did my mouse not respond at all, the cursor was gone completely when i pressed esc. seems like custom mouse controls are impossible right now

collision detection. is it just me or does shit sink into the floor everywhere? the first thing i did was fall through the map, and after that i was bouncing all over the place, making aiming impossible. a few minutes later i watched a guy blow up and sink into the ground.

weapon damage. the first thing i noticed was that shit dies a LOT faster in this game than it does in bc2. i need to shoot people a lot to kill them in bc2. here they die almost instantly. at first i thought this was improved hit detection (and better latency overall), but then i realized bullets do a fuckton more damage. i got hit once and my health went from 100 to around 33. idk what hit me. the sniper rifle was a complete joke. i was shooting people in the gut and killing them with one shot every time. on that same note, the m9 took 7 or 8 shots to kill this one guy i walked up to who was standing completely still. it just seems really inconsistent. and if im not mistaken, the sv98 is just an instant kill. this one guy 1sked me with it 5 times at full health.

optimization (?). im not entirely sure on this one, but im running this game on all ultra settings at 16x AF and 4x AA, vsync on, all at 1080P. indoors it seems like my framerate is smooth and constant, but outdoors it looks like my framerate is dropping to around 20 - 30. when i look down, it goes right back up. without dropping a bunch of specs, this computer should be well enough equipped to run 2 instances of something like metro2033 maxed out completely. it runs bad company 2 at close to 130 fps if i dont lock it with vsync. it may just be that this game's graphics are REALLY good, but it seems like its kind of shittily optimized at this point.

all in all, this feels like an alpha 2 more than a beta. i like what iv seen so far (aside from prone. prone has never been a good thing), but i feel like they should fix this shit into a state where its actually playable (so like, mw2 quality of glitchiness :v:) and then do another play test to really iron the rest of the problems out. right now i just cannot see all of the big issues being resolved in one swoop with this build.

E: and the internet browser integration. no. do not want this.

[Guardian]

Just updated my ATi drivers coz the ground on caspian was black. I can run this on all high on my 1gb graphics 4 gb ram and 2.3 ghz dual cpu with atleast 30 fps. Its running smoother on High than BC2 runs on low for me, so not very CPU demanding tbh.

[TeeKup]

Server maintenance right now. I can't say I've experienced anything in what Donut just said. There was an instance where I was rushing over a piece, of cover and an enemy was right behind the wall there and I instantly died. I assumed he headshot me. I sorta like the increased damage although like I said before LMG's are obnoxious, of course this is probably a personal problem on my part so whatever.

I REALLY like the M27 IAR. It just feels good to shoot.

[ExAm]

Oh yes, yes I like that.
http://i.imgur.com/EvfNs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TUKQC.png

Got my hands on the Stinger and IGLA, too. So boss for taking out air.

[Amit]

No weapon in this game is a 1 shot kill to the body so Donut is obviously exaggerating. However, he got the description of the collision exactly right. It's just a mess when you go prone on Operation Metro. However, I did not run into this problem on Caspian Border. I always get less FPS in the indoor areas and a higher FPS when outdoors.

And is it just me or is the holographic sight really blurry?

[ExAm]

If you're on a laggy server it can feel like you're getting one-shotted sometimes. If you one-shot somebody else, they're already taken a couple bullets.

[ThePlague]

I think the biggest thing people need to learn is to burst fire, and to never EVER run out into the open, unless you expect to jump into prone or get into immediate cover. Once you're whole body is out of cover, you're fucked. End of story, have a good night.

I've run into the collision glitch plenty of times. Just don't jump prone into a hole or ontop of a rock. Prone really comes in handy though, unless you're against someone that knows how to shoot correctly (heh, not a lot of people).

Also, this is way better than the Alpha. No LAV on Operation Metro right now is fine, because it's a shitfest anyway on the first two objectives.

Caspian Border is amazing though, it feels like a true BF game. Tanks seem pretty shitty though, unless it was lagging terribly and hit detection wasn't working. I mostly got my kills in the tank off of infantry, because people are idiots and don't know who is friendly and who is foe. Stinger is hit and miss for me, I can only take out helis with it. Jets seem too fast and run away from my missile. My biggest gripe was half of the goddamn team waiting at the jet spawns, and not going for the points. I know everyone wants to try out the jets and whatnot, but jesus christ people if there's even two people waiting on them just jump in a jeep or some shit and wait that way.

All in all, beta should've been for Caspian. Metro is balls now.

[Amit]

Metro feels less finished than Caspian Border. Shame on you DICE.

Also, I found this in an emblem thread and I literally fell on the floor laughing:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2826550451850868259/

[TeeKup]

Last couple of games I've played have been lagtastic. Seriously, the servers are terrible.

[ThePlague]

Nvm, was a page switch error :p

[Ifafudafi]

Okay now that I've had a good go it's time for words

(note that this is my first time playing BF3; I've been holding off on preordering until I get my paycheck and I wasn't graced with an Alpha invite)

BF3 is fun. I like it. I want to play more when I'm done writing this, and I guess that's a positive. I've spent most of my time playing Operation Metro for reasons I'm sure you're all well aware of, and my overall takeway was, basically, "okay, cool." Obvious bugs aside (I'm assuming the glaring ones will be fixed), it runs smoothly on medium and looks great, feels great, and probably has the best audio design yet in a war shooter (or any shooter, really); but the underlying gameplay feels like a somewhat faster version of BC2, with various embellishments. This is not necessarily a bad thing - BC2 was fun as shit, but prone capabilities, fire modes, and more unlocks don't comprise the kind of massive leap I was (perhaps erroneously) expecting. I'd rather not comment on the map itself until I've played more rounds with competent teammates; on one hand, I'll have my attacking squad move through the tunnels, checking each others' backs, healing up, setting spawn points, and cutting our way through to the objective, which makes the map feel great; the next time, my squad will consist of wookies who sit and do nothing while the MCOM ticks away, and I'd rather not attribute the quick loss to the map when it could be due to imbeciles.

Caspian Border, however (at least all 40 minutes I played of it), kicks ass. So much ass. I haven't had this much fun with a military shooter since the first Modern Warfare. When you stick in all the vehicles, force the classes to make use of all their little specialties, and do it in a huge map with 64 players, BF3 is really something special - those 40 minutes have single-handedly sold me on this game. It feels bigger than CoD, bigger than BC2, and, despite being techincally smaller, it feels bigger than BF2. There are only so many ways I can say I love this game so I'll stop now, but most of the misgivings and "eh" things I felt about Metro simply left town once I stepped into the big leagues. I feel sorry for those console kids.

Another notable plus is the presentation; there's a coherence and consistency in the techno-blue motif they have going throughout the UI and music, and it all fades and slides with a slick and unique feel that gives the game an immediately recognizable character apart from its brethren, both in the series and the genre. I miss the full-blown orchestral theme, of course, but I love a game that puts the extra effort into a cohesive style.

My concerns are pretty much limited to the speed at which people die (a little too close to CoD imo), disorganization in a large team via the removal of a Commander role, and any bugs that might not be fixed by the time this thing ships, but that's a pretty small list amongst all the pluses. Maybe I'll think less of it after the new smell has worn off, maybe I'll like it even better with time, but at the moment, I can't think of a good reason not to throw down the cash for this as soon as I have it.

[Donut]

No weapon in this game is a 1 shot kill to the body so Donut is obviously exaggerating
no, im not. either everyone i shot had low health, or idfk. but i was getting one shot kills with that default sniper rifle, and i counted how many times the guy with the sv98 killed me. it was 5 times, and i never saw a headshot icon.

[dark navi]

How do you guys manage to get onto Caspian?

[Amit]

no, im not. either everyone i shot had low health, or idfk. but i was getting one shot kills with that default sniper rifle, and i counted how many times the guy with the sv98 killed me. it was 5 times, and i never saw a headshot icon.

You were definitely hitting people who were already shot. The SV98 has also been confirmed as a non-1-shot-kill weapon (except for the head of course), so you had to have taken damage before he shot you every time.


How do you guys manage to get onto Caspian?

Using the password that is sort of leaked every time it's changed. I've read that it is posted by Zh1nt0 in public places so I dunno. Just search for it on google using the last 24 hours. Ifafudafi posts the password in the thread title every time it's been updated.

[dark navi]

Wow, can't loggin. Keeps disconnecting from login servers.

[TeeKup]

Yeah I'm having log in issues as well. The servers are still unstable.

[leorimolo]

I cant pleh :? Anyways how the fuck do I get vehicles or kills for the matter

Edit I made it in the caspian map twice, took me like 5 mins of clicking random servers

[Amit]

Jesus Christ, people. If any of you actually read the news section on the Battlelog, you'd get a heads up on when the Battlelog is under maintenance. It's not that the servers are unstable. The system came back online 22 minutes ago.

[TeeKup]

^ I'm more or so referring to in-game where I talk a step forward and suddenly I'm half-way across the map.

I think CoD players started recently because the level of incompetent team mates sky-rocketed faster than the goddamn space shuttle.

[Limited]

Hoping to get a few games in today, does any one here play on full ultra settings, if so post a screenshot??

[Amit]

Ha, no wonder. I read some VERY troubling news today, though:






Thank you for testing Caspian Border


By: zh1nt0 Posted: 3 hours ago 1111 Comments


It´s been 3 days full of win!
Thank you everyone who participated in testing Caspian Border with us during the Open Beta. We of course cherish and appreciate the time you have put into supplying is with good feedback. We will of course read it through and discuss it internally.


Testing has now been completed and we are shutting down the Caspian Border servers.





That's so bullshit. They know nobody wants to test Operation Metro. Caspian Border was the light in the rough for us real BF fans. Currently, there is only 1 of about 20 Caspian Border servers left and I have the feeling DICE is watching that one carefully.

[Limited]

WTF? Didnt the open beta only come out like yesterday? I didnt even see a server running...

[seanthelawn]

I unlocked the EOD Bot (http://www.gigabuster.com/wp-content/gallery/dice-4-pages-of-documents/eod-bot.jpg) last night and was really excited to use it. As soon as I deployed it it spazzed out and started rolling around (I don't mean rolling on its treads, I mean tumbling over itself) and got stuck in the ground. Fucking lame. Was funny though.

[Nero]

Can you pick if you are a white or a black soldier? Because I noticed when I go to other peoples stats page they have a white soldier, but mine is black....

[seanthelawn]

I don't think that's relevant to your in-game soldier, it's just one of the default soldier profiles on BattleLog. You can change it by going to Profile -> Edit Profile -> Click your current picture, and then you can choose from like 8 different soldiers.

[ThePlague]

Can you pick if you are a white or a black soldier? Because I noticed when I go to other peoples stats page they have a white soldier, but mine is black....Stop being racist you racist.

People complaining about BF3 Open Beta and canceling preorders:
http://i.imgur.com/6T2EN.png

[leorimolo]

Why do I suck at this game? Its awesome but im terrible :(

[Amit]

Why do I suck at this game? Its awesome but im terrible :(

You're trying to play BC2. This is BF3.

[Boba]

whiney post of the day

I seriously cannot stand Metro in both the alpha and beta forms. I just hate everything about the map, and it really makes me dislike the game thus far. I wasn't able to test Caspian Border, so I won't even bother playing the beta anymore.

I'm sure the game is all good and great when you're playing the bigger bf2/bc1-eqsue conquest maps, but I am not going to pretend to enjoy playing this meat grinder.

[seanthelawn]

I dunno if anyone posted this yet:

nC7EHaJZtMQ

Nothing amazing in the video really. I'm pretty pissed about how they seem to think using a browser as a main menu is a good idea. My internet is only on between 6AM and midnight (long story), so if I want to play single-player late at night I won't be able to. Lame.

E: Fuck I never remember how to use Youtube tags.

[Zeph]

I dunno if anyone posted this yet:

nC7EHaJZtMQ

Nothing amazing in the video really. I'm pretty pissed about how they seem to think using a browser as a main menu is a good idea. My internet is only on between 6AM and midnight (long story), so if I want to play single-player late at night I won't be able to. Lame.

E: Fuck I never remember how to use Youtube tags.

LOL PARENTAL CONTROLS

[ODX]

Great, I'm piss worried for this game now.

It sounds like the beta is going absolutely terrible. Heck, even two or so people on my Facebook claim the game sucks now and won't buy it.
Aka, 2 more buys for MW3. (They aren't exactly idiots either or "missing out," they are just being logical: BF3 is giving a terrible first-impression)

[Nero]

ODX, you should play it before listening to what other people say. I don't even see how someone can say the beta is terrible apart of the odd some glitches. But again, its a BETA......
Can't wait for the game to come out!

[PenGuin1362]

Despite the beta's many bugs, it's been fun as fuck and I will hands down buy it. It's more of a combat/squad simulator. It focuses on intense team work. It's not an arcade style "get as many kills as you can and not hurt your KDR" shooter. I feel like the people who are most disappointed are those who assumed it was going to be more like call of duty where you just run around on your own ignoring the rest of your team (generalization, but most people I've talked to this was their complaint). The biggest issue so far has been EA's servers...cause ya know...EA sucks >.>

And people also don't seem to understand that this is a BETA. Not a demo, a beta. The beta milestone in ANY production cycle is almost never bug free. And the point is for testing and feedback, not to give the players a bugless 2 weeks of free play -_-

[Zeph]

Got in three games on Metro. Hard as fuck to find any players and it's even harder to tell whether they're friendly or not. I absolutely despise the browser based menu system. I don't care if it's social. Not caring much about how easy it is to die. My first game, I spent more time respawning than actually playing. My second game I kept dying to grenades no matter where I was. Last game, enemies were attacking from infront and behind my spawn so I quit. I know it's beta, but gameplay doesn't change that much moving to gold. I'm losing interest in BF3.

[Nero]

So I was going 19-2 and I get kicked out of the server??? WTF!!!

[RedBaron]

I hope they work more on the graphics stability. I keep getting random flashes of green and red on my screen plus performance is noticeably poorer on the Russian's spawn side despite both the American's and Russian's are outside. Also, the vsync setting seems to be broken. Even with it on, I get obnoxious vertical tearing.

Other than that, the gameplay is fun as hell for me. It's been relatively easy getting kills, though not so much support points due to the limited loadouts.

[PenGuin1362]

Got in three games on Metro. Hard as fuck to find any players and it's even harder to tell whether they're friendly or not. I absolutely despise the browser based menu system. I don't care if it's social. Not caring much about how easy it is to die. My first game, I spent more time respawning than actually playing. My second game I kept dying to grenades no matter where I was. Last game, enemies were attacking from infront and behind my spawn so I quit. I know it's beta, but gameplay doesn't change that much moving to gold. I'm losing interest in BF3.

All of which are legitimate reasons to not like a game. It's not for everybody, I don't understand why people get all pissy when they hear someone doesn't want to play it -_- I just don't like people who are ill-informed and refuse to recognize it >_<. Personally I'm excited for the release

[Nero]

I keep getting kicked out when I have high scores. This is really pissing me off.........

[TeeKup]

Slight graphic issues, I've seen tearing and stretching occasionally. Some hit boxes confuse me. MCOM stations are actually well placed on Metro (at least I think so). The only thing I myself am getting pissy at is player behavior, and that's normal.

EDIT: I forgot to mention I get caught on geometry A LOT, it's really weird and needs to stop.

[Champ]

Is there seriously not a way to leave the match after the game is over?

[TeeKup]

Pretty much. It's been that way for a while.

[Nero]

Alt + F4
:)

[Champ]

I'm on the 360, so that's Guide + Y lol. I know it was like that for BF:BC2, but you would think they would have added something by now.

[leorimolo]

You're trying to play BC2. This is BF3.
First BF ive played ever.

[dark navi]

If you ALT+Enter and then go into BattleLog, you can hit exit game.

[Amit]

WTF? Didnt the open beta only come out like yesterday? I didnt even see a server running...

They shut them down at 9AM GMT-5 today. The Caspian Border servers were never meant to be played by the general public. They were only for internal testing and select community members (people DICE picked and chose privately and not really by if they were good community members).


First BF ive played ever.

You're trying to play CoD.

And once again the average BF player is shafted:

http://battlefieldo.com/battlefieldos-bf3-community-weekend-event/

It’s our pleasure to announce our first Battlefield 3 Community Event! This weekend we’d like to invite you to join us along with the Battlefield community, Pixel Enemy (http://www.youtube.com/user/pixelenemy), Don’t Revive Me Bro (http://www.dontrevivemebro.com/) and DCRU (http://www.dcru.net/)to a weekend full of Battlefield 3. From Friday to Sunday we will be running Battlefield 3 public servers courtesy of our good friends over at i3d.net (http://i3d.net/). The event will be a great chance for you to meet and greet with the community and get to experience Battlefield 3 at its fullest. As we get closer to Friday, we will release information about the game servers and stream. So what will the weekend look like?Open Beta BF3 Lobby
6:00AM EST / 11:00AM GMT Saturday, October 1st - 11:30PM EST / 4:30AM GMT Sunday, October 2nd
Thanks to i3d.net, we will be running a series of BF3 Open Beta servers and a Teamspeak server for the community to join in on. DICE’s very own, Daniel “zh1nt0″ Matros will be pulling a 24hr game session with us+ other DICE developers!
Event Live StreamJoin Pixel Enemy, DRMB and DCRU for a weekend live stream of the event. Expect to see lots of gameplay with commentary, interviews and discussion.
Community Match
on Sunday October 2nd, starting at 2:00PM EST (GMT-5)
Representatives from EA/DICE will duke it out against community figures from Battlefieldo, Don’t Revive Me Bro, DCRU, and other Battlefield community members from around the world in a fierce few matches of the BF3 Beta.
Event will be streamed
Teamspeak 3
We will be hosting a Teamspeak chat for everyone wanting to play. Hang around in TS for a chance to get in on the few free slots for the Sunday community match!
Connect via IP: 213.133.97.214
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/pixelenemy
Server List:
Info coming soon

We get to watch other people play what we want to play for us. 32v32 definitely means a 64 player conquest game. Since Caspian Border is the only conquest map included in the beta, that's what they'll be playing. Doesn't DICE get the message? After we hammered their servers to get glorious gameplay from CB, they think what we want is to sit back and watch other people play it?

[TeeKup]

Just unlocked the SV-88, it's very very fun to use. That is when my teammates aren't incompetent fucks and letting people get behind us so I can invariably get shot in the ass.

[BobtheGreatII]

EDIT: I forgot to mention I get caught on geometry A LOT, it's really weird and needs to stop.

I actually crawled through the geometry at one point. That was interesting. I also noticed in some places if I crouched too quick/layed down I clipped through my own stretched out crazy legs.

[dark navi]

I always get the weird respawn screen under the map, showing the Game Over screen down there. :)

[Kornman00]

Angry 'Call of Duty' dad attacks teen who 'shot' him (http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/30/8067727-angry-call-of-duty-dad-attacks-teen-who-shot-him)

A 46-year old, father of three, attacked a 13 year old...because he 'shot' him on COD and called him a name. What an idiot.

Let's hear it for BF3!

[StankBacon]

haha what a fucking moron

[Amit]

So how did he get into the house? How did he find out where this kid lived? The 13-year old was a moron too.

[Limited]

Just unlocked the SV-88, it's very very fun to use. That is when my teammates aren't incompetent fucks and letting people get behind us so I can invariably get shot in the ass.
Assume you mean the SV-98?
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/TeeKup/weapons/226074122/xbox/

I (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/TeeKup/weapons/226074122/xbox/)f its the one shot then you gotta reload, its damn annoying :)

I still love the M4A1 with ACOG sight, managed to the get M4 up to Service Star 1, whatever the heck that means.

[jcap]

So um I noticed a server on Battlelog that has a max of 200 players...what is this wizardry????

http://i.imgur.com/sH1x5.png

[PenGuin1362]

I've been running around with the SV-98 using just iron sights and trying to cap objectives. It's hilariously fun.

[Kornman00]

BF3: MMO

[ThePlague]

Server files were leaked guys. Lets hope we can see some Caspian Border servers up :)

[leorimolo]

Server files were leaked guys. Lets hope we can see some Caspian Border servers up :)
This x10000000

[Zeph]

All of which are legitimate reasons to not like a game. It's not for everybody, I don't understand why people get all pissy when they hear someone doesn't want to play it -_- I just don't like people who are ill-informed and refuse to recognize it >_<. Personally I'm excited for the release

I loved 2142. At least if you got sniped in that game you could have fun trying to figure out where it came from. Here, it's kinda impossible. Maybe it'll grow on me though.

[Nero]

So um I noticed a server on Battlelog that has a max of 200 players...what is this wizardry????

http://i.imgur.com/sH1x5.png
Oh wow, Awesome!! haha

[leorimolo]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/?filtered=1&expand=1&gameexpansions=&q=BattleDerp&gamemodes=&regions=&slots=&gamepresets=&ranked=&punkbuster=&maps=
b (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/?filtered=1&expand=1&gameexpansions=&q=BattleDerp&gamemodes=&regions=&slots=&gamepresets=&ranked=&punkbuster=&maps=)attle derps modashitty run :D

[jcap]

DICE has commented by saying "o noes don't play on the leaked servers or u risk ur account getting haxed frownyface"

[Limited]

Wheres that, Twitter?

http://i56.tinypic.com/2ent65z.jpg

[dark navi]

Removed :(

Ran off of my local server, but still a server I suppose.

[Nero]

hmm, says "Sorry, that page doesn't exist"

[dark navi]

Whoever is hosting the servers, you should set up a Squad Deathmatch. That sounds fun :)

e:
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/show/119ec1e0-dc8d-4605-b9c9-f3eedd4a1d07/BFM-Battlefield-Modacity-3/ (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/show/119ec1e0-dc8d-4605-b9c9-f3eedd4a1d07/Tespia/)

Lets test out SDM!

Removed :(

Why you change link BF3.

EDIT: My connection is being nurffed so bad, I can't log into my own server. :(

I shut it down after 64 people instantly joined the conquest game... iof anyone wants the server files and has a suitable server, I'll send em if you want.

[jcap]

Wheres that, Twitter?
Yep

http://twitter.com/#!/zh1nt0/status/120182322803900416


Please use 32 player max only servers. We cannot guarantee your account security otherwise.

lmfao idiots

[ExAm]

no, im not. either everyone i shot had low health, or idfk. but i was getting one shot kills with that default sniper rifle, and i counted how many times the guy with the sv98 killed me. it was 5 times, and i never saw a headshot icon.They've said there's a bug with guns doing too much damage to moving targets. They've fixed it for release.

[dark navi]

Holy shit, squad DM has a tank on Metro O_____O

Set up TDM... more people I hope:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/show/119ec1e0-dc8d-4605-b9c9-f3eedd4a1d07/Tespia/

[Nero]

Join up people!
Heh, gtg, sorry Navi. Will play later if you still have a server up! :)

[jcap]

I love how the game has a full server list now.

So fuck DICE for being total cunts by refusing to release public dedicated server files for this game.

[jcap]

https://twitter.com/#!/zh1nt0/status/120072134226751488


Voice chat and squadding will be on the battlelog side of things

AHHHHHHHHHH

OH GOD

OH GOD

IT HURTSSSSSSSS

Well that does it for me cya in Battlefield 4

[Limited]

How exactly will consoles do it? (Don't worry, if I get the game, it will be for PC).

[jcap]

Consoles have the normal in-game server browser, etc. So consoles are getting a PC game, while the PC is getting a hacked up botched up fucked up piece of shit

[Lateksi]

People refuse to tell me how to voice chat or revive... Can't access menus because of some stupid killcam or other shit. I want to RTFM!

Ye I like the game.

[ejburke]

I can't even run it at my native res, with a decent FOV, so that makes my decision to cancel the pre-order easy. That, and all my worst fears for the game have come to pass.

I know this is a Beta, but I don't see how they get everything corrected in time. It seems like there have been weapon switching/aiming bugs since the dawn of the franchise. That glitch where you get locked out of aiming mode until you switch weapons I fully expect to still be present at launch.

[Limited]

I can't even run it at my native res, with a decent FOV, so that makes my decision to cancel the pre-order easy. That, and all my worst fears for the game have come to pass.

I know this is a Beta, but I don't see how they get everything corrected in time. It seems like there have been weapon switching/aiming bugs since the dawn of the franchise. That glitch where you get locked out of aiming mode until you switch weapons I fully expect to still be present at launch.
FOV is locked in beta, available in full release.

[Spartan094]

I like when I deploy my M249 SAW with the bipod, it swings back up to rest but act's like it's down ha

Also I love trolling with my sniper class using iron sights underground, so much win

[Limited]

77A58B71 68 00A59B77 PUSH ntdll.779BA500 ; ASCII "If this bug ends up in the shipping product, it could be a severe security hole.
"


:D

[ejburke]

Looks like a pretty typical debug message for a stack overflow. The thing about the security hole was not written by anyone at DICE. It's a part of the development libraries.

[ExAm]

Holy shit, squad DM has a tank on Metro O_____O

Set up TDM... more people I hope:

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/show/119ec1e0-dc8d-4605-b9c9-f3eedd4a1d07/Tespia/Did you set that server to some absurd XP level? I got a ridiculous number of "kills" added to my SMAW score while i was waiting for a match to start. I could get banned for this according to EA's recent posts about joining altered servers. Fuck you.

[neuro]

i cant ecen play.

i'm running a GTX295 overclocked, and i can run crysis maxed out with no problem.
however battleshit refuses to even START.
it just sais oh your drivers are this number, and you need at least THIS number.
go update your driver. (which is bullshit because i always get the lastest driver whenever it's released)

[ejburke]

It's not bullshit. You have the latest release driver, but not the latest beta driver. BF3 requires the latest (or next to latest) beta drivers.

http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Beta

[Guardian]

Theres no caspian border servers what so ever >:(

Also yeah when I went onto caspian all the ground textures where black so I updated the drivers and it fixed it. Now it looks pruuty.

[dark navi]

Did you set that server to some absurd XP level? I got a ridiculous number of "kills" added to my SMAW score while i was waiting for a match to start. I could get banned for this according to EA's recent posts about joining altered servers. Fuck you.

No, and it doesn't work if the game isn't started. Sounds like a personal issue.

[Pooky]

Did you set that server to some absurd XP level? I got a ridiculous number of "kills" added to my SMAW score while i was waiting for a match to start. I could get banned for this according to EA's recent posts about joining altered servers. Fuck you.

Wait wait wait wait wait

Banning people?

From a BETA?

That's the single dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life! It's a BETA! You should be fixing the exploit, not banning people for it!

[Amit]

No, and it doesn't work if the game isn't started. Sounds like a personal issue.

It's not a personal issue. If to go to the leader boards and check the top 25 ranking players in every category you'll see fake stats. I was looking at the person with the highest recon score and they don't have more than 2 recon unlocks, yet their score is off the charts. At first I was thinking that somebody modded the server files. And there are videos on youtube where I saw a guy firing like 15 RPG rounds one after the other with unlimited ammo.


Wait wait wait wait wait

Banning people?

From a BETA?

That's the single dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life! It's a BETA! You should be fixing the exploit, not banning people for it!

They aren't just banning people from the beta. It's your Origin account that gets banned, along with any games tied to it. DICE seems to have cleared out all the servers tho since I don't see any left in the browser.