Battlefield Tri-hard

[xalener]

Well, they sort of killed the BF main theme: http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3/dp/B005U8D3R4/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1318545347&sr=301-2

Solomon's theme is fucking awesome though.

[TeeKup]

I like Thunder run. Is it next week yet?

[Pooky]

Well, they sort of killed the BF main theme: http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3/dp/B005U8D3R4/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1318545347&sr=301-2

bzzzt bzzzt bzzzt bzzt

[xalener]

I actually like every track EXCEPT the two versions of the theme.

Fire in the Sky is great too.

[Amit]

New Multiplayer trailer with the first scenes of Strike at Motherfucking Karkand!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&hd=1;v=neSZVe8iYPs

[ThePlague]

Holy shit balls that was awesome.

[Amit]

Pledge your motherfucking allegiance to Battlefield 3 on Twitter (through gamespot): http://www.gamespot.com/ww3
(http://www.gamespot.com/ww3)

[Ifafudafi]

WHO IS EDITING MY THREAD GODDAMN I WAS JUST ABOUT TO POST THAT AND AM NOT SOME SORT OF CONTROL FREAK WHO INSISTS ON

oh, didn't see that MP vid there, sweet-looking stuff; I remember somebody at DICE saying something about how they're modifying weapons and such to be more accurate to BF2 for Strike at Motherfucking Karkand, wish they would've shown some of that

[cheezdue]

That's it. I'm cancelling my pre-order DICE didn't listen to my petition about fixing the minimap.

[Amit]

That's it. I'm cancelling my pre-order DICE didn't listen to my petition about fixing the minimap.

Drink this (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sXYa7Vzp20wJ:www.enterbf3.com/news/570-battlefield-3s-mini-map-greatly-enhanced/+bf3+mini-map&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca) with a heavy dose of chill the fuck out.

[Cortexian]

Yeah the mini-map in the beta should have been EXTREMELY obvious to note as incomplete. There were some very large, very obvious map features that didn't even show up on it.

[cheezdue]

I love how you guys can't take a joke <3.

Did DICE mention any improvements of the minimap from the beta other than the link Amit posted?

[Cortexian]

You need to work on emphasizing your sarcasm.

[ThePlague]

Preloading starts Friday, the 21st (http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield3/comments/li4m9/be_advised_origin_is_spreading_mails_regarding/).

[dark navi]

Good... I was just going to pre-torrent it so I wouldn't have to day-of.

[ThePlague]

Just remember to update whorigin if you haven't already.

[dark navi]

Just remember to update whorigin if you haven't already.

http://img.odinseye.org/images/ed.png

[jcap]

Hey, just a question...

How the hell hasn't the Xbox 360 version of the game been leaked yet? I mean, I'm glad it hasn't been leaked and I would never want to play this game on a console, but I'm totally shocked that there's no videos or spoilers flying around yet for this high-profile game.

[Amit]

I love how you guys can't take a joke <3.

Did DICE mention any improvements of the minimap from the beta other than the link Amit posted?

I took it as a joke, which is why I responded with swear words :D

Actually they did confirm that they redid the whole damn map to be more like a motherfucking map with shit on it. I just couldn't find the tweet or link to it so I posted the next best thing.



Hey, just a question...

How the hell hasn't the Xbox 360 version of the game been leaked yet? I mean, I'm glad it hasn't been leaked and I would never want to play this game on a console, but I'm totally shocked that there's no videos or spoilers flying around yet for this high-profile game.

This guy obviously hasn't been keeping up with BF3 news or he would have seen this (http://bf3blog.com/2011/10/battlefield-3-xbox-360-screenshots/#more-5509) twelve hours ago.

[ExAm]

I love how you guys can't take a joke <3.

Did DICE mention any improvements of the minimap from the beta other than the link Amit posted?If it's not in that link already, the map key will bring up the FULL map, instead of just expanding the minimap.

[cheezdue]

Thank goodness!:D It was a pain in the ass to read that map.

[ThePlague]

Change your Origin ID easily, with no hassle. (http://www.origin.com/us/change-id) (It's what your soldier ID is going to be.)

[jcap]

Glad they don't charge you $10 to change it like Microsoft.

[Cortexian]

Did they just add that because of the Scrabble thing?

[Amit]

We'll never know. There's a naming contest for one of the control points on gulf of oman on facebook. Check out the BattleBlog for more info.

Oh yeah, Check out BF3 Command Center (lol at the chat):

http://battlefieldo.com/entr2.png

[StankBacon]

Change your Origin ID easily, with no hassle. (http://www.origin.com/us/change-id) (It's what your soldier ID is going to be.)

sucks that the id i want to use is in use... by me :|

one of my soldier names...

[jcap]

We'll never know. There's a naming contest for one of the control points on gulf of oman on facebook. Check out the BattleBlog for more info.

Oh yeah, Check out BF3 Command Center (lol at the chat):
Zune + Steam =

[Amit]

Wow, I would never have thought that modacity.net could look so good on an iPad screen.

[ThePlague]

Wow, I would never have thought that modacity.net could look so good on an iPad screen.:gtfo:

[Amit]

FFF wrong thread.

[Amit]

Pre-loading starts today so I guess EA considers today close enough to launch

BF3 Launch Trailer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=Q7GVSx7yMaA

EDIT: HOLY FUCK I JUST FINISHED WATCHING THAT. EPIC :iamafag:

[MXC]

That half second scene on a wet urban city street.


HOLY SHIT.

[Spartan094]

:iia:

[Amit]

That half second scene on a wet urban city street.


HOLY SHIT.

NYC Muthafucka!

[Nero]

NYC just made me jizz.... HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Limited]

Theres only one way to play BF3...

nQR49JGySTM

[ThePlague]

Preloading now :D

[=sw=warlord]

Theres only one way to play BF3...


Don't you mean this? (http://www.reghardware.com/2011/08/31/sony_to_sell_3d_headset_hmz_t1_in_japan_in_novembe r/)

[Nero]

Don't you mean this? (http://www.reghardware.com/2011/08/31/sony_to_sell_3d_headset_hmz_t1_in_japan_in_novembe r/)
wow, cool!

[ExAm]

sucks that the id i want to use is in use... by me :|

one of my soldier names...Contact EA Support. http://support.ea.com/chat . If the first rep won't change it for you, try again. Crash7800 is working on making sure they know they have to do it for us, and was pretty pissed when he heard that some weren't doing it, on reddit.

[Cortexian]

That Launch Trailer, holy mother of god, it has what's-his-name in it!! Not just his voice either!

Also lol @ that virtual reality simulator thing.

[BobtheGreatII]

Pre-loading starts today so I guess EA considers today close enough to launch

BF3 Launch Trailer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=Q7GVSx7yMaA

EDIT: HOLY FUCK I JUST FINISHED WATCHING THAT. EPIC :iamafag:

I just nerded all over the floor. It was messy.

[Cortexian]

So the speeds that EA/DICE were pumping out the pre-load amazed me. My ISP offers a free "turbo-boost" on all downloads for the first few seconds and I was getting 10-11MB/s (not Mbit, MB/s), that's twice my advertised constant speed.

After that, it went down to about 4.8-5.0 MB/s the entire time... Wow!

[StankBacon]

origin has always maxed out my interwebs speed.

preload done. :)

[Guardian]

Guna be picking this up straight after my Intro to Paramedic Practise exam and I hope to destroy the entire singleplayer in one run.

Ohhh that trailer :D

[Warsaw]

After seeing that trailer, I'm willing to bet even the campaign will be better than Call of Duty's.

[Guardian]

Yeah, I always liked the feel to CoD's campaigns as they where all cinematic and generally had a good story. But to often got pissed off with the gameplay, by the looks of it BF3 has targeted that cinematic perspective and chucked in all the epicness of BF.

IM SO EXCITED!

[jcap]

It's not hard to beat a campaign about nothing~

[Amit]

It's not hard to beat a campaign about nothing~

Lol, be fair now. MW1's campaign actually had a proper story that went smoothly and didn't leave people confounded as to what happened like MW2 did. MW2 was a lot of jumping around too. I'd still say I enjoyed MW2's campaign more than BC2's.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVAsxkFfCB4

[dark navi]

They must playing LAN because even on a nice low-ping server the game lagged a little bit for me.

[ThePlague]

ThePlague: were you playing in the bf3 video?
Pyong - HD6870: ye
Pyong - HD6870: fucking consoles tho
Pyong - HD6870: hate controls
ThePlague: oh so xbox is leaked
Pyong - HD6870: yea
ThePlague: and live
Pyong - HD6870: yea
ThePlague: nice
It's not LAN.

[dark navi]

It's not LAN.

Oh, I guess that makes sense. For some reason I have always experienced a tad of lag on my computer, not so much on the Xbox. I'm sure that's on my end.

[ThePlague]

Never lagged once for me in the Beta. Only happened when I went on a server with REALLY high ping.

e:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLB9TEy58ho

Now that's marketing.

[=sw=warlord]

Grab it whilst it's hot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NbQFIlI370

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UrV50OEAM

[Spartan094]

Downloaded both of them in 720p for later use if anybody wants to view it if they never saw it.

E: But the second video really doesn't differ from the first.

[Guardian]

Looks sooo good,even on Xbox.

[{XG}Gijs007]

I'm not watching them, don't want to spoil it for my self:p

[Amit]

The vids didn't really show anything.

[Warsaw]

I will say that they are totally trolling MW3 with that section, though. One-hundred percent certain that they are.

[xalener]

What the hell was the guy in the second vid doing?

The player AND the AI that was shooting at him I mean.

[Amit]

I think he was demonstrating how easy the first level is. You can stand there for a while not getting hit because the AI's aim was set to be shit, but once the game notices that you're idle for too long it tells the AI to hit you a couple times to see if you're still there and make you react.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Sf_hby7ZM

[Guardian]

I thought Xbox didnt get jets? or have they managed to crack open the leaked version?

[Amit]

Consoles get everything except player counts over 24 in Conquest and Rush.

[ThePlague]

Who's going to try and use a korean VPN tomorrow? :)

[jcap]

Once again consoles show their superiority.........











in piracy.

[TVTyrant]

Who else is being unfortunately forced to get the SexBawks version of this? I don't have the cash for a nice pc at the moment.

[TeeKup]

*raises hand*

[TeeKup]

I'll be working tonight's midnight launch at my Gamestop. Manager is bringing out an 80" TV for us to play on, as well as Donatos pizza and we're looking on getting some music entertainment. Also the army is showing up. It's going to be a blast.

The only thing ruining this is my necessity to be back up there at 9:00 A.M.

If any of you for whatever the fuck reason are in the general area/region you should head to the Fort Mill Gamestop at midnight.

[MXC]

I'll be heading down to the Weatherford Gamestop to pick up the PC version tonight. Why? Because I hate giant downloads that take a damn week.

[Amit]

If you can't download 10GB within 7 hours, you shouldn't be playing BF3 multiplayer. You'll lag us.

[dark navi]

Does the game auto-activate in our time zone @ midnight? *changes Origin account location to Japan*

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Deploying in 1hr40m.

[MXC]

If you can't download 10GB within 7 hours, you shouldn't be playing BF3 multiplayer. You'll lag us.

Playing online isn't a problem, strangely. I don't really lag when online. The problem is the time it takes to download the game. Namely I don't like leaving my laptop on unoccupied for more than 2 hours.

[Limited]

If you can't download 10GB within 7 hours, you shouldn't be playing BF3 multiplayer. You'll lag us.
So you feel everyone should have 3.2mbps connection constantly for 7 hours?

[=sw=warlord]

If you can't download 10GB within 7 hours, you shouldn't be playing BF3 multiplayer. You'll lag us.
And what is your thoughts on people who have download limits?

[Cortexian]

So you feel everyone should have 3.2mbps connection constantly for 7 hours?
Mine's 50mbps constantly for 24 hours.

It's an average offering from my ISP.

So yeah the rest of the world should catch up.

[StankBacon]

i downloaded the game in like 2.5 hours, and my internet is slow in my mind.

[=sw=warlord]

Mine's 50mbps constantly for 24 hours.

It's an average offering from my ISP.

So yeah the rest of the world should catch up.
And how much do you pay for your internet connection per month?
$10? $20? $80?

[Limited]

Mine's 50mbps constantly for 24 hours.

It's an average offering from my ISP.

So yeah the rest of the world should catch up.
We even have ASDL here in UK, so that just shows how shitty our overall connection, when we have to drop the up speed just to get 2MB or 3MB.

I can get 1MB~ 2MB download top speed during the day which is peak hours. It bumps up to 6MB after like 11pm.

Rest of the world should catch up, hah. Sorry we have more pressing responsibilities, for example taking out Gaddaffis vehicle. Although UK is spending 9 billion on improvements for Internet connection. Our goal here is to give 99% of the country access to broadband - not provide a low amount of people with super ultra fast internet.

[Cortexian]

And how much do you pay for your internet connection per month?
$10? $20? $80?
$40.


Sorry we have more pressing responsibilities, for example taking out Gaddaffis vehicle. Although UK is spending 9 billion on improvements for Internet connection. Our goal here is to give 99% of the country access to broadband - not provide a low amount of people with super ultra fast internet.
Interfering in another countries internal affairs is more important than domestic issues? Oh okay.

What I have is "broadband", it's not "super ultra fast internet". If I wanted ultra super fast internet I'd pay $260/month for a full duplex Gigabit (1000mbps) FTTH (Fiber To The Home) connection. The normal person top-end plan is 250mbps/15mbps with no bandwidth cap for $150/month.

[=sw=warlord]

Interfering in another countries internal affairs is more important than domestic issues? Oh okay.

Hmm, faster internet connections or stopping someone who has ordered attacks on homeground in the past and literally drags an entire country to it knees by extortion, murder and other crimes against humanity?

Oh and may I point out the majority of the telephone lines used for said internet connections are owned by BT.

[Limited]

What I have is "broadband", it's not "super ultra fast internet". If I wanted ultra super fast internet I'd pay $260/month for a full duplex Gigabit (1000mbps) FTTH (Fiber To The Home) connection. The normal person top-end plan is 250mbps/15mbps with no bandwidth cap for $150/month.
Your getting 50mbps without fibre? How is that possible? Canada must have some fantastic telephone infrastructure I tell you.

Here in UK we can only get 40/50mbps using fibre optics, you have to big in a major city to have it.

[jcap]

DOCSIS 3.0

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Playing the game now, pm me if you want the unlocked exe if you wanna play.

[Guardian]

Sooo Ill be picking up the game today after my exam. buuuuuut my computers still away on repairs :(

Edit: turns out DSE doesn't sell it till 27th, hopefully my computers back by then :S.

[Nero]

Your getting 50mbps without fibre? How is that possible? Canada must have some fantastic telephone infrastructure I tell you.

Here in UK we can only get 40/50mbps using fibre optics, you have to big in a major city to have it.
It's complete crap to be honest. Rogers has slowed down almost all of Ontario after 6 p.m. to "Share" the internet with everyone that demands it. I pay 140 dollars every month and I get about 0.26mbps to 10 mbps at the nice peak hours. Its completely horrible. And when you call them up you get some bullshit Indian that tells you to disconnect everything and reconnect. (oh and they gave me a fake number to some service man that apparently doesnt exist...)

[Amit]

And what is your thoughts on people who have download limits?

I have download limits the same as everyone else. My statement was ignorant of the people who live in places where there are strict download limits, such as rented housing and school dorms. I was not thinking at the time.


So you feel everyone should have 3.2mbps connection constantly for 7 hours?

It was sort of an example for internet speed. Is the UK the only region in Europe that has slow internet? I know tons of people from the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Norway, and Germany that have holy fuck fast speeds compared to Canada. You don't have to be connected the whole time since you can just pause the download and resume later.


We even have ASDL here in UK, so that just shows how shitty our overall connection, when we have to drop the up speed just to get 2MB or 3MB.

I can get 1MB~ 2MB download top speed during the day which is peak hours. It bumps up to 6MB after like 11pm.


Damn. Well, the rest of the world should catch up. Hell, the rest of Canada should catch up with what they have over on the West Coast. Freelancer paying $40/month for 50mbps download speed? The fuck? My dad pays $60/month for 15mbps with a 95GB bandwidth cap.


Playing the game now, pm me if you want the unlocked exe if you wanna play.

Can we get banned for this?


It's complete crap to be honest. Rogers has slowed down almost all of Ontario after 6 p.m. to "Share" the internet with everyone that demands it. I pay 140 dollars every month and I get about 0.26mbps to 10 mbps at the nice peak hours. Its completely horrible. And when you call them up you get some bullshit Indian that tells you to disconnect everything and reconnect. (oh and they gave me a fake number to some service man that apparently doesnt exist...)

Holy fuck is that the case? I've been getting random disconnects from the Internet almost 7 times a day for 15 minutes at a time Since late August. Mind you, this is always at night around 7PM-1AM EST. When the internet is connected, I still get my max speed, though. I was gonna call them up and see what the fuck was happening, but I never ended doing it since the condition has improved since last Thursday. I don't know if it's because my modem is so old or because the ISP is taking a dump. The modem has worked flawlessly for the past 7 years, though.


All that off-topic bullshit aside, for everyone who hasn't played the game yet (myself included), here's a little vid on the camo customization. Camo are unlocks. I'm guessing the SPECACT ones from Best Buy are just regular camo unlocks that get unlocked for them day one:

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[Higuy]

$40.


Interfering in another countries internal affairs is more important than domestic issues? Oh okay.

What I have is "broadband", it's not "super ultra fast internet". If I wanted ultra super fast internet I'd pay $260/month for a full duplex Gigabit (1000mbps) FTTH (Fiber To The Home) connection. The normal person top-end plan is 250mbps/15mbps with no bandwidth cap for $150/month.

I'm pretty sure not everyone needs 50mbps download speeds, until last week I had been running off 100kb/s for the last 4 years and had been doing just fine in terms of receiving information!

[dark navi]

Your new game server has been created and you can now access it through your control panel. It will show the server as currently up, but it is running the default configuration -- we recommend that you edit the configuration files to your liking and then restart it (using the control panel).

The address to your server is 74.91.115.203:25200, or tespia.game.nfoservers.com:25200.


:allears: am excite

[Amit]

The release date has been pushed forward to today!

Join up on the Modacity Platoon here! (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2832655240978921611/)

[TeeKup]

3 Hours and 45 Minutes remaining.

[ExAm]

LOL KOREAN VPN

RAT BATTLE GRAWRGH

jAujBlsKQ64

[TeeKup]

lol what the fuck.

[Amit]

Rofl. That's a nice scripted event. Humor, even in death.

[Donut]

oh my, i love that :neckbeard:

[Amit]

Be advised, we're Oscar fucking Mike! Singleplayer, here I come!

[jcap]

Be advised, we're Oscar fucking Mike! Singleplayer, here I come!
Wow BF3 is literally gay??

[EX12693]

^ Lold'd so hard

[ejburke]

A reviewer who actually liked the BC2 campaign said the BF3 campaign was, shall we say, non-good. Un-good, if you will.

[BobtheGreatII]

Ughhhh. So I made the last minute choice to get it. Now it's going to take forever to download. Does anyone know possibly a good torrent with all of the original files instead of trying to wait on Origin? Not trying to pirate, but sometimes I have better luck with a torrent than I do with something like steam.

[MXC]

A reviewer who actually liked the BC2 campaign said the BF3 campaign was, shall we say, non-good. Un-good, if you will.

And there are people here who liked Duke Nukem Forever, despite the reviews. What's your point?

[cheezdue]

I'm jumping right into multiplayer right after the game finishes installing. <3

[Amit]

Wow BF3 is literally gay??

ROFLLLL, how the fuck did I not read that back to myself?

[MXC]

I just put the disc in, why am I downloading it?

Nevermind, it has to be from the disc, no way in hell I have a 4.3 mb download rate.

EDIT: HA!

[Amit]

OMFG. Just had the most exhilarating rush game of my life. You heard right, I said RUSH. On Kharg island.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9334/bf32011102503102241.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7906/bf32011102503101990.jpg

Postgame Carnage Report (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/12734/1/235706799/)

Playing as Russians, I took the one tank we get and shut down the US beach assault for a good while. That was where I got my 11 kill streak. This RUSH isn't like Operation Metro's small shit quick playing rush. This is more like BC2's Rush, but with better MCOM placement. They aren't usually in open areas or in weak buildings that get flattened in two seconds, which was exactly the case in BC2. This game must have lasted around 25 minutes. By the end of it, we were on what appeared to be our final set of MCOM stations, which would probably explain why they were in a relatively strong and large building. The enemy had more tanks and air vehicles than we did. I wasn't checking, but I don't think we had any aircraft still in the air. At first it was some light infantry trying to flank or run straight in. After they realized that doing that was idiotic, they sent in their tanks to blow giant holes in my precious building. While we were being bombarded, the infantry made a mass exodus from wherever the fuck they were and just came streaming in like ants. We were getting cut down left, right, and centre. Heh, it was too bad for them that they only had 4 tickets left before they even made the rush. I got raped from god knows where (I was in a sheltered area on the second level of the building, guarding the upstairs MCOM). I spawn once more on Freelancer and another team mate. Some dude came from behind and fucking massacred us with his flechette-firing, DAO-12 Shotgun. Right after that I saw him fall and the game ended. They had already armed the first MCOM in the building. I don't know if it went off a midst the chaos, but I'm pretty sure we were damned close to losing.

Mind you, I am playing on low settings everything with 75 FoV @ 1024x768 lol. Avg of 30FPS. Performance seems to have been even more optimized than from beta :D

[TeeKup]

Helicopters are insanely hard to pilot now. My first batch of games haven't exactly been amazing. Mostly just the standard team mate stupidity followed by the enemy team being complete and utter assholes. On Damavad Peak I literally had my entire team looking at an enemy jeep point blank range. Shooting at it with their small arms, because they were absolutely clueless on how to kill it. 4 of them were engineers. It didn't even occur to anyone to LOOK UP and shoot the prick in the MG position.

[Cortexian]

???

Are there Jeeps on Peak? The Humvee's are armored and the turret is remote control, you can't shoot the gunner.

[TeeKup]

I could have sworn I saw a soldiers head popping out of the MG. Well regardless, I'm blind and the 4 engineers are retards for forgetting they had RPG's.

[Amit]

So, who's up for some BC2?



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

[MXC]

Been playing the singleplayer. The main character looks like an alien BUT I DON'T CARE.

http://filesmelt.com/dl/Guys._._._.gif

[EX12693]

Lol what the fuck. Ai forgot you can't noclip?

[Amit]

Every single time I try to load up a multiplayer match I get to the loading screen, but as soon as it says "Saving" in the top right corner, the word flashs twice and then freezes. When I alt-tab out, I find that the game has crashed. This is every SINGLE time I load up a match. It's happened at least 25 times in a row. This was happening to me last night, but I managed to finally join a game on Freelancer and not crash. I had a blast in that server for almost an hour.

It just boggles me as to why it always crashed when the game is saving. Actually, why is the game saving anything while going INTO a multiplayer match? I haven't tried Singleplayer yet.

Are there no error dumps generated to troubleshoot the problem?

It's one of those "Battlefield has stopped working" messages. It gives me two options: Close and Debug. I don't know how to debug shit and I can't find any error logs for the game.

[StankBacon]

campaign crashes on the rock and a hard place level for me after the jet part :(

it goes to load but just stays at black screen forever.




-edit- nvm fixed by updating to version 3 of the ati drivers.

[Amit]

Get free Alienware Dogtags for ingame Here (http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/battlefield-3-dog-tag-item-giveaway). DO it quick though since there's only 4000 keys left.

http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/alien2.png

[Spartan094]

Saved a key until I buy Bf3. I don't have enough money to spare atm since I love having a car to pay for (gas, insurance .etc .etc). I will get BF3 eventually in a week or two.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I can get you it for 33$

[Amit]

I fixed my problem by redownloading the ENTIRE game. Yeah. Good thing I'm at school. The connection here downloaded it in an hour :D

I'm getting sporadic freezing in-game, though.

[Donut]

so anybody played enough games to see flashlights yet? they were a huge pain in the ass in the beta, and im kind of concerned that they might still be a huge pain in the ass now. any confirmations on this?

[Guardian]

I didnt see them as a huge pain in the ass, they served their purpose in the beta. If someone was foolish enough to leave theirs switched on in the wide open spaces (which most of bf3 maps are) then they stuck like a sore thumb, but when it came to close quarter they could either be a life saver or a death trap. They did an excellent job of blinding enemies but they also could light up walls letting them know you where coming, and they would also blind your teammates so you had to get very good with the on/off button.

[MXC]

I really like my N7 dogtags, but I grabbed one of the Alienware tags for the hell of it. They must've pushed the number available up to 10000 I think.

[Amit]

Goodbye exclusivity :(

Did any of you guys get SPECACT skins from your pre-orders?

[Nero]

Just finished single player. Took about 6-7 hours? It could have been refined more, but it was still awesome!

[Cortexian]

The last hand-to-hand scripted combat scene in the SP, yeah.... My game glitched out and didn't display the guy I was fighting at all, so I was just observing my character air-fight.

[Kornman00]

console supremacy~~

[Donut]

and they would also blind your teammates so you had to get very good with the on/off button.
i had no idea there was an on/off button. wow that makes me hate my team mates even more. half of my deaths were from my fucking team mates blinding me

[jcap]

I was rather disappointed at the ending of the campaign. The game was gradually picking up speed and by the beginning of the last level it was hurtling at a million miles a second. I felt so awesome at that point. Then it suffered the most horrific devastating crash of a story plot. It had so much potential at the end, and it blew it. Hell, even the final battle sequence sucked ass.

[Mr Buckshot]

so anybody played enough games to see flashlights yet? they were a huge pain in the ass in the beta, and im kind of concerned that they might still be a huge pain in the ass now. any confirmations on this?

yes flashlights are present, and are just as annoying as in the beta.

Here's hoping that we'll see server admins take action and just ban the damned thing, similar to how many COD4 servers ban the grenade launcher. It's essentially the same as lobbing a flashbang in front of you, but with the flashbang affecting only the enemy and potentially teammates, rather than yourself.

The one good thing about the flashlights is that if you're sniping at long range, those asshats are the most obvious targets :D I racked up five kills in a row on Tehran Highway with the SVD, and all five were flashlight abusers.

Anyways, Battlelog is an improvement over the beta, and I've had pretty good stability so far. I'm hoping that they'll integrate it into the Origin in-game Steam-like internet browser eventually, as that is the only reasonable substitute for a traditional server browser.

For an EA first release, I was pretty impressed at how stable it was compared to initial releases. Running on an Athlon II X3 435 and a Radeon 6870 at 1920x1080 ultra with no problems. Laptop has a gen 1 core i5 and a Mobility Radeon 5850, and it's pushing 1680x1050 on high with no problems either.

For those with lower end parts, I've benchmarked the game on my mate's laptop ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, and it ran quite smoothly at 1366x768 on the lowest settings, with the frames never going below the mid-30s. Toning the resolution down to 1024x600 shot the frames above 60 most of the time. The game doesn't look too ugly on low either - certainly better than a lot of other games on high. So yeah, if you can run BC2 decently, then you should be able to have a playable experience with BF3, but it's still recommended to upgrade for the "full" experience.

Also, the jets are awesome, nuff said.

I haven't started the campaign yet, I've heard it's basically another COD so I'll save that for the time my internet decides to die.

e: oops, I meant a radeon 6870. But I don't think the 6850 should be any "worse" for BF3.

[Guardian]

Iv got:
AMD Turion II P520 Dual 2.3 Ghz
500 Gb Internal
4 GB DDR3
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

and in the beta I could run on all low on Metro and it definitely ran smoother than BC2 (Which ran at 60-30). I could even chuck it on High with out to much of a FPS drop. So from what I can gather BF3 really doesn't use much CPU at all. It did seem to have a lil FPS drop on Caspian but it was still definitely playable.

[Mr Buckshot]

Been a while since I've seen an AMD CPU in a full-sized laptop, lol. I've seen plenty of mobile Radeons lately, but AMD's CPU presence seems mostly confined to the netbook/sub-notebook category (those E-350 models).

Good to hear that you're getting acceptable performance. This game is definitely more accessible than I thought!

[Warsaw]

You're going to start seeing more, what with the A-series APUs and more models on the way. What's surprising is that he is running it so well on a CPU that is hardly any better than what I have in my desktop with the notable exception of having one more core than mine.

[TeeKup]

Damavand Peak might just be my favorite map. It's just about perfect for everything, from sniping to being a bastard with my DAO-12. Grand Bazaar and shotguns go together like Bacon and Eggs, rush is extremely intense here and I like it. Caspian Border is awesome all around, I prefer it on Rush due to the access of an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Had a REALLY good match on Kharg Island, the whole thing feels like it Oasis for some reason. Seine Crossing feels very good, like what Metro tries to be only better.

Tehran Highway I do not like, the hills make gameplay flow extremely awkward.

[ExAm]

Damavand fucking sucks, what the hell are you talking about. Meatgrinder on rush, tunnel chokefest on conquest.

[TeeKup]

I have yet to experience a bad game on Damavand Peak. I tend to stay away from it on Conquest though.

[Timo]

eg8Bh5iI2WY
Mother of god I want this.

[Amit]

I haven't played Operation Metro yet, but in the Alpha and Beta, my frames chugged. Caspian Border was more open so, my FPS shot right up. So far in the final release my frames don't dip below 27. That's an improvement.

And as I asked before: did anyone get SPECACT skins with their pre-order?

[seanthelawn]

Pretty sure I didn't.

E: Oh, SPECACT and the Dogtag Pack weren't included if you preordered from Origin, which I did.

[Amit]

Heh, I may have bought the Russian Extended Edition, but it came with Back to Karkand, Physical Warfare Pack, SPECACT Skins, and the game. All for $44US :D

I had to change the language to English, but that wasn't an inconvenience since it was funny to play campaign with ruskies doing voices. That was before the game went truly live, though so I have my English campaign progress uploaded to the cloud now. I sort of regret picking Hard difficulty now. It's gonna take me forever to get through the game if I die every time I get hit by 3 bullets. Oh well, not as bad as Ghost Recon.

[Donut]

that bf3 simulator is fucking amazing. i wouldnt be surprised if it had military applications.

[Mr Buckshot]

The new vehicle mechanics with "disabling" and "recharging health" are interesting. I've had to rethink my strategy now when dealing with vehicles. In BC2, I could easily deal with a light tank AND get a few kills by just popping out of cover and letting loose two rockets (reload cancel helping a lot too), but now, I get a lot of "vehicle disabled" points and sometimes "vehicle destroyed" if I'm lucky, but rarely any kills to accompany it.

I also like how the scoring system works in Conquest. The rewards for successfully capturing flags and for defending them are quite high, which encourages stat-padders to actually contribute instead of just throwing health kits at barely-injured players or reviving randomly in the least ideal locations. It was quite annoying in some BC2 games when medics would just spam their healing/revive abilities in a way that didn't actually help the team to go forward.

By the way, ACOG-equipped assault rifles in single shot mode are extremely effective sniper rifles :D

[Cortexian]

Veteran Status: 10

Heh.

[Amit]

Heh, I told you it'd work.

[TeeKup]

Managed to get a lot of action in a Frogfoot on Rush in Operation Firestorm. Very fun to fly, things should get interesting since I now have missiles and flares. Also Nashar Canals is awesome.

[Warsaw]

Veteran Status: 10

Heh.

Mine says 9 but has 10 games listed...

wat.

E: What the fuck, I don't have Battlefield Play 4 Free status even listed, despite having been playing it since the closed beta. What the fuck, EA?

[MXC]

How do I add games to the list?

[Warsaw]

You need to use the function on the Bad Company 2 website.

[Cortexian]

I had to contact support to get Play4Free listed.

Try logging into the Play4Free site with your BF3 info, wait a day and see if it shows up. If it doesn't contact support.

[Warsaw]

I actually logged in right after I discovered that, on the same hunch. It's already showing as Veteran Status 10 now. Let's see if I get that extra 1 for Vet 11 once I actually get in-game. BC2 says I'm only Veteran 8 on its website, but in-game I am Vet 10 as well.

[StankBacon]

welp, someone stole my origin account, i got 2 emails, saying my password has been changed, then the next saying my email has been changed.

ugh, if support doesn't sort this out i will be furious.

everyone check your origin passwords are very strong, because it seems there are no safety questions or anything like that to prevent such easy thievery.

[Amit]

Whoa wtf. People stole your account? Changing my password right now.

[Zeph]

What did they expect? Your login information is available through the plugin used to launch the game's executables.

[ejburke]

What? They don't send a confirmation link to your inbox to confirm it's actually you that is changing the password or e-mail?

[StankBacon]

nope, amazing isn't it.

[ThePlague]

I changed mine because someone else was using it the other day. Scared the balls out of me.

[Warsaw]

That's pretty terrible. Holy balls, this could blow up in EA's face in a big way if they don't address it quickly.

[Mr Buckshot]

Shit, changing my password now too =.=

[StankBacon]

ok i got my account back after talking with support forever, how the fuck do i change my security questions and birthday, i had the wrong bday and almost got shafted.

i cant find where to change that stuff :|



the guy who took my shit changed the name to "spongey booby" and the email to "explosionsadick@hotmail.com"
spam mailing list anyone?

[Guardian]

Subscribe him/her to dodgy websites.

[Mr Buckshot]

it's probably not a primary email, I wouldn't waste my time. I know I wouldn't register a stolen game account to an email that I use often. Hell, I don't even register my primary email(s) for my own Steam/origin accounts or any gaming website.

[BobtheGreatII]

Anyone else having issues with it lagging for a split second when you go to zoom? Really starting to frustrate me in multiplayer.

[TeeKup]

I'm having issues with hit detection I know that. Sometimes I'll go on a killing spree with my MP412 Rex and next thing I know I can't hit a damn thing with it.

[Guardian]

Had the most amazing run going as Heli gunner, made 3 heli unlocks, was MVP and bam, game crashed -_-

[TeeKup]

^ That happened twice with me on Caspian Border while I was kicking ass in a Thunderbolt.

[ExAm]

Be advised, the LAV is bugged, over

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[TeeKup]

Where is the AA LAV parked on Caspian and Firestorm, I swear I'm blind.


E: Also I lol'd.

[neuro]

lol that vid.

[BobtheGreatII]

Holy cow. That thing hauls.

Also. I switched through a few servers. Seems better now. Must have just been a crappy connection. Now that it's 4 in the morning. I should be going to bed.

[Guardian]

Does anyone have the problem of their chat taking up almost half their screen?

[Caboos001]

Does anyone have the problem of their chat taking up almost half their screen?
yes, just about everyone does, and there still is no option to downsize it or just turn it off completely. Bugs the hell out of me when I can't see a damn thing on my right side because whatever is happening in chat is apparently more important than the game...

[Amit]

Why the hell didn't they use the BC2 Chat console? That shit ruled. And the Commo Rose looks like a half-assed piece of shit modded into the game at the last second. They need to make it come up quicker and and selection to be more distinct.

[Cortexian]

That's cause it was added last-minute...

[Amit]

It was added last minute since it was included in the day 1 patch, but it definitely wasn't created last minute. DICE stated that they were testing the commo rose way back in the Alpha, but it was disabled for that and the Beta. My guess is that they worked on it for a while and then stopped for an even longer while and then decided to throw it in as a bonus.

[dark navi]

So, I have a 32-man server for at least this month. Anyone have any suggestions? Game night maybe?

[StankBacon]

:o


im in.

[dark navi]

Someone give me a list of maps / gametypes to add. The server is literally empty all of the time right now.

[BobtheGreatII]

Heck yes.

[Ifafudafi]

Just put all maps except Metro in both Conquest and Rush (screw TDM)

Only one I'd be worried about is Grand Bazaar; I know it's a choked off grenade-spamfest on 64p Conquest but it might be better with 32 people or less

[dark navi]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/show/c8508301-eb72-44a1-a3f9-066e4c27a671/Tespia-Tespia-Warefare/

Pretty sure that is every map on both conquest and large. Oh yeah, no Metro.

[MXC]

Took me a little longer than I'd preferred to get through the singleplayer, but it wasn't near as bad as the reviewers tote it as. Sure, it stubbed its toe at the end and hobbles around on one foot before rolling the credits, but everything leading up to it was great!


Can't wait to try the multiplayer later today.

[Guardian]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/388657/1/327411167/

10338 :D (Hopefully the link works.)

[TeeKup]

Servers drop for maintenance near the end of a long Conquest on Kharg Island. I just lost a SHIT TON of points for my Jets. I'm slightly pissed.

[Guardian]

Had the same thing earlier but it was just as the round ended so I was lucky enough to get everything.

On another note while playing conquest on Metro, I found out there is a cool down timer on reviving people points wise. After a while it stops telling you its giving you the 100 points, didnt check if I was still getting them or not. Did like 10 revives in less than a minute, metro is a death trap.

[Cortexian]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/388657/1/327411167/

10338 :D (Hopefully the link works.)
Nice, I had a 15000 point game yesterday hehe.

[seanthelawn]

New Dr Pepper promotion for BF3:

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/316034_10150344324062672_308775617671_8244948_1632 472866_n.jpg

http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/

Dogtags and a multiplayer skin, thankfully nothing that changes gameplay.

[RedBaron]

Looks like the same type of promo they did for Mass Effect 2 release. Codes are probably reusable...

[seanthelawn]

Codes are not reusable, I just checked

[Limited]

Okay so I wanted to wait a while before it get the game, to make sure all the issues were fixed...and I'm dying to play it already, and game was only officially released (retail) today!

So guys, should I buy it online, and download it which could take a while. Or should I order it online and wait a few days for it to get here? Or should I stop being lazy and go into town and buy it IRL!

[ThePlague]

I think you're going to have to download it either way, so i'd just buy it digitally.

[StankBacon]

wat?

when you have the disc it "downloads" from the disc.

[=sw=warlord]

As much as it pains me, I'm avoiding this game, What happens if I decide to get a new XBL gamertag?
From what I hear, The game uses EA's online pass system, something I simply cannot support.

[Limited]

Who would get it for Xbox anyways?

Turns out retail version costs 1/3 more than the download version...fucking EA and their anti-eco friendly prices.

How bigs the download?

[=sw=warlord]

Who would get it for Xbox anyways?
People who want to play it with their friends on XBL maybe?

Turns out retail version costs 1/3 more than the download version...fucking EA and their anti-eco friendly prices.

How bigs the download?

Last check BF3 was around 13Gigs.

[Guardian]

Has anyone been hitting up the CO-Op to try get the M39 EMR?

[Limited]

Bought it online, downloading now.

Freelancers already level 19.

[Amit]

Has anyone been hitting up the CO-Op to try get the M39 EMR?

I tried it out on an all unlocks server. Just like most sniper rifles in this game, it's nothing special :(

Fire rate is slow, and damage/bullet isn't much more than the Mk11. It's still 2-shot to the body to kill and 3 for really far away. You can put any scope on it, though, and a handgrip and silencer. So if you're close quarters marksman, you're good with that. I REALLY wish games would give the M14 variants full-auto even if it isn't realistic. The M39 has a bipod, which would lower a lot of recoil on full-auto. Th FP view looks more like a traditional M14, sort of like the one in COD4 with rails. I liked BC2's M14 EBR look better, though.

[seanthelawn]

Wow awesome, I got Knife service star, Engineer service star, Flag attacker dog tags and level 16 all in one round and none of it got recorded. Cool.

[=sw=warlord]

Wow awesome, I got Knife service star, Engineer service star, Flag attacker dog tags and level 16 all in one round and none of it got recorded. Cool.
:like:

[seanthelawn]

Might be a sign that I should go outside. I'm gonna ignore it.

[Cortexian]

Bought it online, downloading now.

Freelancers already level 19.
21 now.

[ExAm]

SO I FLY CHOPPERS YEAH

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[ThePlague]

I'm only rank 17 :C

[Donut]

wow jesus fucking christ and you do that with a keyboard and mouse? :aaaaa:

[StankBacon]

very nice flying!

[Cortexian]

I need to practice my helo more, but I've been raping face with the scout choppas.

Jets get so pissed off when you out missile them.

[TeeKup]

It's impossible to be that good on the consoles. D:

[Amit]

My Saitek Cyborg 3D Gold USB actually registers fully in the game, but the deadzones are pretty crap. For choppers I use the joystick and jets I still use the mouse because it's more responsive.

[Guardian]

:O Nice flying.

[Warsaw]

It's impossible to be that good on the consoles. D:

Nope.avi. I see it done all the time.

That said, I'm gald we're going to be on the same side when we roll. I hate being the only man on the team who has the sense to try and take out helos.

Also, about full-auto M14: did we not learn from BC2's VSS bullshit that full automatic-capable SNIPER RIFLES is a terrible idea?

[TeeKup]

Warsaw I haven't seen shit in BF3. My teammates never know how to pilot shit and the enemy team isn't much better.

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/1409770/2/226074122/

Also that game.

[Amit]

Nope.avi. I see it done all the time.

That said, I'm gald we're going to be on the same side when we roll. I hate being the only man on the team who has the sense to try and take out helos.

Also, about full-auto M14: did we not learn from BC2's VSS bullshit that full automatic-capable SNIPER RIFLES is a terrible idea?

Have you seen the recoil on an M14?

[Warsaw]

Yes. Have you seen how realistically Battlefield portrays recoil? I mean, shit, the VSS should have had recoil out the ass (9x39mm rifle round and all that), but it didn't. No, frankly, I wouldn't trust DICE to do that properly.

Besides, if it has recoil like that, what use would full auto be?

@TeeKup: Maybe my brother is just unlucky, then, because he's always on the receiving end of it.

[TeeKup]

I blame the incredible amount of team mate stupidity. Seriously, more than half of the people don't know what the fuck to do. The other half are more skittish than new born kittens so they don't do anything at all. I will be buying this for the PC sometime in the future, I don't care about the level drop, I can't stand these people.

[Guardian]

Been playing a bit of Co-op its actually pretty fun if you get a good team mate. The missions are cool, and quick, and its very easy to rack up the points. Iv only just finished all the missions on normal and I'm already half way to the M39.

[Cortexian]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/681945/1/210912874/

14416 point game heh.

[Limited]

So I jumped straight into a game with ExAm and his level 25something buddies, first game we owned and then his team was auto switched and we got rocked.

Whats the good jet maps, the aircraft carrier one is in the DLC when it gets released?

[Cortexian]

IOBriCkGPE0

Haha

[TeeKup]

ME AND MATT ARE TOTALLY DOING THAT.

[Cortexian]

ME AND MATT ARE TOTALLY DOING THAT.
I need to improve on it and jump out first. Since the driver doesn't die and the vehicle stays in tact if Friendly Fire is off.

[MXC]

I'd play this game alot more often if my laptop didn't get so hot when I play it.

[dark navi]

Holy crap, I am a team killing fucktard.

[Mr Buckshot]

I love my new Stinger missile. No more need for crappy tracer darts. Even took down a few jets with it.

Only problem is that it's unable to lock on to ground vehicles on infantry, but on the bright side, a lot less rocket spamming than in BC2.

[TeeKup]

Whenever Jet's are present I'm normally in them for the duration of the match. The assholes with the fixation of shooting you down, even at the cost of the game, need to fuck right off.

I'll use stingers on attack jets or fighters if they start to harass our helicopters. I mainly use the stinger on said helicopters.

[Cortexian]

The Javelin is the equivalent of the Tracer-Dart-BC2-Launchers. You can laser any target (even aircraft) and it will track them down.

Me trying to fly like Exam:
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[Mr Buckshot]

Ok, epic fail by EA regarding console piracy:


You are now ready to chat with Akshun.
you:
hi
you:
I got a problem with Battlefield 3
you:
can you help me?
Akshun:
Hello.
Akshun:
How may I assist you today with ?
you:
The online pass code I got is not working for my game
you:
I ordered it from amazon
you:
I contacted them and they told me to contect ea for support
Akshun:
May I know the code , Please ?
you:
sure wait 1 sec
you:
PC2PQ-PPD9J-RRJ97-9KFX3-VD34Z
you:
I got the recipt too if you need proof
Akshun:
Thank you for providing me the information.
Akshun:
Please allow me a moment while I check it for you.
you:
sure
you:
also I got the recipt ready if you need it
Akshun:
May I know the email address associated with EA account ?
you:
xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com
Akshun:
Here is your new online pass code:
Akshun:
*****************************************
you:
ok let me try that
Akshun:
Okay.
you:
It works !
you:
thank a lot
you:
is there a way to give some positive feed back to you ?
Akshun:
Is there anything else I can assist you with ?
you:
nah thats all
Akshun:
Akshun:
appreciated if you could fill it out, send it back, and let EA know
how I helped you out today.
you:
sure will do!
you:
thanks again for everything!
Akshun:
Thank you for contacting Origin and chatting with me. I do appreciate
your time and have a great day!
you:
you too!
Chat session has ended.

this chat log was from my mate who has a modded Xbox 360. So he obviously pirated the game, and then he used a photograph of someone else's receipt as "proof" of purchase when asking EA's Origin Support for help. He gave them a completely bogus key when they asked for the non-working one. And believe it or not EA support freaking gave him a free online pass.

Now someone's on BF3's legit xbox 360 servers without paying a cent for the game.

Meanwhile, us PC gamers may have our game torrented like crazy, but not a single cracked server is up yet...

[Warsaw]

I find the lack of Hardcore servers most disturbing...

[Amit]

Ok, epic fail by EA regarding console piracy:



this chat log was from my mate who has a modded Xbox 360. So he obviously pirated the game, and then he used a photograph of someone else's receipt as "proof" of purchase when asking EA's Origin Support for help. He gave them a completely bogus key when they asked for the non-working one. And believe it or not EA support freaking gave him a free online pass.

Now someone's on BF3's legit xbox 360 servers without paying a cent for the game.

Meanwhile, us PC gamers may have our game torrented like crazy, but not a single cracked server is up yet...


This is a massive success if you ask me. Yeah, people are playing free, but online passes are bullshit anyways and the more people playing BF3 instead of MW3, the better. Still, I would only encourage doing this is you buy a used copy of the game.

[Guardian]

This is so much fun! Love jets, just starting to get the hang of them, same with helis but helis get shot down fast 4 me. Finally reached me goal of unlocking the F2000 :D

[MXC]

Holy crap, I am a team killing fucktard.

If it's because you're having a hard time distinguishing your guys from the other team, I'm in the same boat. I'm not used to seeing the opposing team wear nearly the exact same gear as me with a very small color difference.

[Warsaw]

So, because all the try-hards are now playing BF3, I just had the most glorious day of playing Bad Company 2 I've ever had.

[TeeKup]

This is so much fun! Love jets, just starting to get the hang of them, same with helis but helis get shot down fast 4 me. Finally reached me goal of unlocking the F2000 :D

I'm about to unlock Guided Missiles. :D

Let's see you try using flares now bitch...better break out the Fire Extinguisher like I have.

In terms of firearms, my Goals are the M1014. Maybe its best I don't have this on PC, I would piss a lot of you off with shotguns.

[Cortexian]

In terms of firearms, my Goals are the M1014. Maybe its best I don't have this on PC, I would piss a lot of you off with shotguns.
Not if you're using the M1014 you wouldn't! 870 supremacy.

[Limited]

Damn I love helicopters. Spent majority of yesterday in them, I've nearly unlocked heatseekrs for the gunner. I've noticed if you want to be good, you really need to throw the aircraft around, whilst maintaining speed.

Anyone who wants to improve piloting I strongly suggest you play the co-op mission.

[TeeKup]

Once I get slugs for the 870 I will relegate it to a sniper. My M1014 Will be my obnoxious yet glorious spray weapon.

[dark navi]

Is it bad to just run around as a medic? I was 1-5 but got second place on our 32-man team...

[Limited]

Ballistic (12x)
You need to be a DICE employee
The Ballistic Scope’s 12x magnification allows for the greatest accuracy for extremely long range engagements. Ballistic Scope reflections can reveal your position when aimed at enemies.

Uh wtf DICE?

[Guardian]

Medics/Assault is the best, especially on the smaller maps like Siene Crossing and Metro, Metro is a Medics dream, you can literally get no kills and be in 1st.

Edit: Dammit Limited you beat me to posting now it just breaks the flow D:

Also, if you check, all the weapons 12x scopes are in the same predicament. I don't know why, seems stupid.

[BobtheGreatII]

In case you guys hadn't heard.

They're burning mass amounts of copies of BF3 in Germany for it having Origin or something crazy. Read for yourself:

http://www.overclock.net/video-game-news/1155275-various-battlefield-3-outrage-germany.html

[Nero]

Wow, wtf EA? Glad I didn't buy this yet.

[MXC]

To think this all could have been avoided if the game wasn't connected to Origin.


Wait, are they snooping on our stuff, too?

[Cortexian]

Origin IS pretty terrible in that regard. It's there as an "anti-piracy, anti-cheating, and support/feedback gathering tool" according to the ToS.

I'm not happy with it, but so long as you're not doing anything else while Origin is running you're pretty safe.

Origin can and does scan anything running on your system. The same with EA/BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic, it scans all running processes and if it detects anything that could be considered cheating (including recording software like Fraps for beta testers) it will report you to EA (testers can/will/have lost their testing abilities). SW: TOR will also be on Origin. :suicide:

[ExAm]

oh hey did i post this here yet

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[Cortexian]

PART TWO!!
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[seanthelawn]

Do any of you guys use a joystick for piloting planes/helicopters? If so, do you know if Logitech's Extreme 3D Pro (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/gaming/joysticks/devices/291) is a good one?

[Cortexian]

I don't use one, don't think ExAm does either.

[{XG}Gijs007]

Ah so I'm not the only one who has retarded movement(lag) with jets and choppers.
EA should definitely fix this.

Btw: is it possible to use a 360 controller for jets and heli's?

[StankBacon]

what the fuck are yets?

[dark navi]

what the fuck are yets?

yets English Noun yets


Plural form of yet (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yet#English).

[Mr Buckshot]

So, because all the try-hards are now playing BF3, I just had the most glorious day of playing Bad Company 2 I've ever had.

LOL same here, I just went back to BC2 for a while and ended up scoring much better than I normally do.

The aircraft in BF3 are still easier to pilot, though. Just spend some time on an empty Caspian Border server and get a feel of the controls, then start a real game. I died 14 times in the FA-18 while practicing on an empty server, but afterwards I was able to swoop close to the ground and pull up again without crashing.

I wish they'd give us back the old BF2 single player which was literally just 16 player MP with 15 AI bots. That was really good for practicing with the vehicles.

also tried out a bit of the co-op for once, and it feels a lot like MW2 spec ops.

[BobtheGreatII]

Ha ha. A minute in I almost hit Freelancer with a jet. Silly bad internet.