DICE Clarifies Battlefield 3 Beta Details

Post by Dan @ 03:13pm 26/09/11 | 155 Comments

With the Battlefield 3 beta test almost upon us, EA and DICE have published some FAQ notes to clear up some of the confusion as to who will and won't get access and how players on the various platforms will go about participating.

According to the FAQ, EA's Origin client will serve as the client downloader for PC players and those eligible for the "early access" 48 hour headstart will receive a redemption code via email. Early access Xbox 360 players can also expect a redeem code in their inbox, but eligible PlayStation 3 gamers will be able to find the client download directly in the PlayStation Store when the beta kicks off.

As for early access eligibility:

Q: Who is eligible for early access to the Battlefield 3 Open Beta on September 27th?
A: Customers who have pre-ordered the PC digital download version of Battlefield 3: Limited Edition on Origin, or registered their first-hand copy of Medal of Honor: Limited Edition/Tier 1 Edition, or purchased Medal of Honor Limited Edition from Steam prior to July 26th, 2011.

Which is sure to be a bit of a disappointment for anyone that picked up Medal of Honor with the expectation of exclusive BF3 beta access.

Following the early access period, from September 29th it appears that the beta will be open to all comers in the supported regions (North America, South America, Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand).

The FAQ also confirms that any stats/experience points earned in the beta won't carry over to the retail release, however you will retain your account "soldier name".

EA have also told us to expect a new full length trailer -- both online and on ye olde television -- this week with all new gameplay. As the teaser embedded below (click here for HD) shows, it will feature more fresh clips of gameplay and a questionable soundtrack choice.

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ravn0s
Posted 03:18pm 26/9/11

does the origin client get good download speeds?

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Ryan
Posted 03:20pm 26/9/11

If the full trailer has that song I will cry... First bit of bad pre-release media for BF3 so far

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Crakaveli
Posted 03:21pm 26/9/11

i got 99 problems and that song aint one.

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trog
Posted 03:26pm 26/9/11

does the origin client get good download speeds?

I assume it uses the EA CDN, which is pretty good. However, the EA CDN does not have local ISP representation so it'll be metered downloads for all.

I have asked DICE about this and if there's any plan to move to a system like Steam where they have regional Content Servers to work around this. I suspect it hasn't even been considered at this point.

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natslovR
Posted 03:35pm 26/9/11

Hopefully it's not so big i'll get capped and then can't play it.

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TiT
Posted 03:51pm 26/9/11

ausgamer getting any beta keys????

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DM
Posted 04:13pm 26/9/11

I have asked DICE about this and if there's any plan to move to a system like Steam where they have regional Content Servers to work around this. I suspect it hasn't even been considered at this point.

Judging from some of the decisions made with this game I somehow doubt they will care about Australians having to use part of their download limit to get the game. My guess is you will get a crypticly worded "lol australia" reply.

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Khel
Posted 04:14pm 26/9/11

Its available to everyone from the 29th, you don't need keys

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trog
Posted 04:29pm 26/9/11

However, yes, we did get keys. wat

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Newgo
Posted 05:00pm 26/9/11

song will go mad with the full clip... not a jayz fan but meh it gels haha

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Timmeh
Posted 05:52pm 26/9/11

Unlike many, I can't leave my computer on to download the 8 GB or so this Beta will be. Therefore my headstart for being a special person and buying the piece of s*** that was MoH, will be wasted.

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Shaexen
Posted 06:14pm 26/9/11

I find Origin download speeds are f***loads better than steam. Downloaded crysis 2 at 1.7MB/sec all way through. However I would expect it to be a little slower considering every c*** is gonna be dling the beta.

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TufNuT
Posted 06:16pm 26/9/11

I assume it uses the EA CDN, which is pretty good. However, the EA CDN does not have local ISP representation so it'll be metered downloads for all.

does that mean Ausgamers or game arena will not be hosting a beta version of the game? im not concerned about my cap, only reason i ask is cause i got 100MB connection which means sweet f#$k all outside Aus..

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BladeRunner
Posted 06:18pm 26/9/11

So you have keys, Trog? DO tell.

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Infidel
Posted 06:22pm 26/9/11

I've also experience Origin to be much faster than steam, steam downloads really vary depending on peaktimes I am guessing whereas Origin downloads at 10Mb/s for me so full speed whatever connection I have.

As others have mentioned though I hope they allow installation of games to different directories since now I understand what people have complained about now that I have an ssd.

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trog
Posted 06:27pm 26/9/11

does that mean Ausgamers or game arena will not be hosting a beta version of the game? im not concerned about my cap, only reason i ask is cause i got 100MB connection which means sweet f#$k all outside Aus..

well it's Origin and I've heard nothing about hosting Origin game files/content server info. So I have to assume the only way to get it will be from Origin through the EA network.

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Crakaveli
Posted 06:34pm 26/9/11

Tuesday, September 27th
10pm AEST
5am PDT
7am CDT
8am EDT
2pm CEST

Guess i'll be playing battlefield 3 tomorrow ;)

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Eorl
Posted 06:38pm 26/9/11

Keys pluz trog

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59fifty
Posted 06:50pm 26/9/11

wonder if they are going to pre-load the beta or full release when it comes out - similar to what steam does with some new releases.

Not sure whether to get the boxed copy or origin version. At least with the boxed copy I will not have a massive download ahead of me...

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casa
Posted 06:54pm 26/9/11

does the origin client get good download speeds?

Not too bad considering my max downstream is 2.1mb/s.

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Though let's see what it's like once everyone tries to download Battlefield 3 at once.

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arkter
Posted 06:57pm 26/9/11

I have 99 problems and 4 of them are snipers.

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BladeRunner
Posted 08:11pm 26/9/11

http://www.ghilliesuitclothing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ghilliesuitnms.jpg

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Everlong
Posted 08:43pm 26/9/11

To add further lols to the MoH debacle, apparently if you havn't played MoH online then you don't get eligibility for the early access.

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natslovR
Posted 09:14pm 26/9/11

f*** you casa. I read this thread on my phone (so couldn't really see) and bolted in to my office to see if my BF3Beta was downloading on origin :-(

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Eorl
Posted 09:53am 27/9/11

Awwwwwwww shiiiiit

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trog
Posted 10:59am 27/9/11

Open beta is ~3.9GB in size

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MARLINBLADE
Posted 12:04pm 27/9/11

Lol love that "Above and Beyond the Call".... wonder what they mean by that? ha ha ha

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boba
Posted 12:36pm 27/9/11

haha yeah replace b**** with call of duty

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Fixah
Posted 12:45pm 27/9/11

Awwwwwwww shiiiiit

I just felt more honoured to be the one getting this game for you all, even if it's at a loss.

Woooooooo

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Eorl
Posted 12:47pm 27/9/11

Yay Fixahhhh! I've got 99 problems and Fixah getting a BF copy ain't one.

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natslovR
Posted 02:46pm 27/9/11

EA Australia's twitter says that keys will be sent to Australian and NZ users at 7PM AEST. The codes will only work "once the servers open at approx 10pm AEST so you will still have them in time"

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Timmeh
Posted 06:24pm 27/9/11

who is excite?!

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copuis
Posted 06:37pm 27/9/11

aren't they an old email provider from the 90's?

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Mephz
Posted 07:15pm 27/9/11

No email yet :(
However I am strangely unsurprised

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natslovR
Posted 07:20pm 27/9/11

Twitter says emails going out but i don't have anything yet, and no word on twitter

I'm pretty sure anyone that gets a key has better things to do than tweet

http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23BF3beta

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boba
Posted 07:33pm 27/9/11

yeah no key here yet

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Timmeh
Posted 07:37pm 27/9/11

we dont have to have moH installed right?

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Mephz
Posted 07:44pm 27/9/11

I doubt that very much Timmeh.
I pre-ordered from Origin and I don't have an email or anything yet, so don't worry on that front just yet.

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natslovR
Posted 08:01pm 27/9/11

while we are all waiting, add me on origin: natslovR

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Shaexen
Posted 08:09pm 27/9/11

yea no email yet, preordered on origin,

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Mephz
Posted 08:13pm 27/9/11

Sent request NatslovR

I'd be willing to take a guess we will see keys at 10pm.

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Timmeh
Posted 08:33pm 27/9/11

while we are all waiting, add me on origin: natslovR

done

anyone with origin add me

xcilon

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natslovR
Posted 08:51pm 27/9/11

It arrived just now

Downloading at 2.4MB/s

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Timmeh
Posted 08:50pm 27/9/11

GOT MA CODE

EDIT: You can DL before 10pm

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Crakaveli
Posted 08:50pm 27/9/11

Got mine, downloading now. Anyone wants to add me my origin name is Wahspz

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Zylox
Posted 08:53pm 27/9/11

got mine 8:45

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Crakaveli
Posted 08:54pm 27/9/11

Btw you can log in to battlelog as well and check it out.

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Mephz
Posted 08:54pm 27/9/11

downloading woo

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Infidel
Posted 08:54pm 27/9/11

For anyone that gives it a go can you write down here if you can fly without joysticks?

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Timmeh
Posted 09:03pm 27/9/11

Battle log is surprisingly cool its like Battlefield Facebook.

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boba
Posted 09:11pm 27/9/11

fapfapfapfapfap

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 09:18pm 27/9/11

Got my key automatically emailed to me thanks to my MOH copy.

I dont think i would be allowed to, but if i was, would anybody like to buy the key from me?

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blaze0041
Posted 09:18pm 27/9/11

Checking Battlelog... the AU servers are (very) slowly filling up...
GameArena have 40 beta servers ready. I also see two games.on.net (Internode) servers.

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Dan
Posted 09:18pm 27/9/11

For anyone that gives it a go can you write down here if you can fly without joysticks?

No vehicles in the beta, it's just the Paris Metro map in Rush mode

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koopz
Posted 09:19pm 27/9/11

http://www.gamearena.com.au/getconnected/servers/allservers/?gameid=336

nice to see the GA page connects

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Shaexen
Posted 09:27pm 27/9/11

wheres ma f***** key?
I've had limited edition preordered since august.

Sigh.

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ctd
Posted 09:31pm 27/9/11

ANyone know if we pre-order later today will we still be able to access the pre-order bonuses and beta? Still in London wont be home for an hour or two. Fullll keeen.

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Timmeh
Posted 09:31pm 27/9/11

i think its going buy Moh purchases then preorders idk, just wait.

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Timmeh
Posted 09:33pm 27/9/11

ANyone know if we pre-order later today will we still be able to access the pre-order bonuses and beta? Still in London wont be home for an hour or two. Fullll keeen.

I think the cut off was 26th of july 2011 to get early access

EDI: my mistake thats for MOH ltd ed from steam.

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Mephz
Posted 09:33pm 27/9/11

You'll definitely get the pre-order bonuses (at least EA stated it would be available up until release).
Not sure about beta head-start. But its open beta in two days irrespective of pre-ordering or not.

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ctd
Posted 09:38pm 27/9/11

I'll give it a whirl anyway since I'll be buying off origin anyway. Doubt steam is going to happen.

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koopz
Posted 09:45pm 27/9/11

I think the cut off was 26th of july 2011 to get early access

I bit the bullet and bought the game via Origin on the 28th of August.

It's dl-ing now

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natslovR
Posted 10:07pm 27/9/11

how do you configure anything. i can't get it to fo full screen!! or change my keys

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Eorl
Posted 10:08pm 27/9/11

Add me on Origin as well if anyone is interested: froodlemaster

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Totenkopf
Posted 10:08pm 27/9/11

80% ready
Add me to Battleblog:
Acid4Bl0od

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Infidel
Posted 10:10pm 27/9/11

No vehicles in the beta, it's just the Paris Metro map in Rush mode

Oh really? Didnt know, thought it would have been wake or something along those lines. Well be interesting to find out what this rush mode is like anyway.

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Mephz
Posted 10:12pm 27/9/11

It's alive.
Added Eorl - Let's get something happening

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Eorl
Posted 10:15pm 27/9/11

Just gotta wait for Thursday sadly :(

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Mephz
Posted 10:16pm 27/9/11

the server browser filters are fail :(
In short, they don't work!

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dproc
Posted 10:25pm 27/9/11

Pre-ordered on origin 17th August and still no key. (10:20pm) Also didnt get free Dead Space 2 game others did. Paid more for it on origin then I could have from my own work place. Checked my email address on the order confirmation. Anyone else still waiting?

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Mephz
Posted 10:35pm 27/9/11

I dunno what the go is...
Game on Auto was set to medium for everything (GTX 275) 1920x1080 resolution.
Seems to frame rate wise run fine.
Got into the tunnel and frame rate still seems ok but the way other players move just seems...... jerky, almost more like there's no client side prediction of movement and its lag.

Tried putting everything on low incase its my system, makes no difference. Same sorta thing with what feels like mouse input not being smooth.

Can't rebind things like sprint to thumb mouse button, bit annoying :/

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natslovR
Posted 10:39pm 27/9/11

i worked it out. you have to press escape in-game to get to settings

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Sc00bs
Posted 10:43pm 27/9/11

did u read what the op said dproc?

prior to July 26th, 2011.

had to have bought before then it seems.

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Eorl
Posted 10:43pm 27/9/11

Mephz, it's the netcode. Most likely.

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Mephz
Posted 10:47pm 27/9/11

ended up 5/2... being a bit campy with the recon rifle...
What's the go.. half the time there is no "hit" icon flash thing over the crosshair, other times there is... It's inconsistent :/
Definitely getting hits since I was killing people, it's just weird. Seems like close range you get the hit indicator and at long range you get nothing.

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natslovR
Posted 10:52pm 27/9/11

I just typed in arena and it filtered fine for me

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Sc00bs
Posted 10:53pm 27/9/11

hows it play on every1's computer?

graphics card : setting : smoothness?

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koopz
Posted 10:54pm 27/9/11

Got mine, downloading now. Anyone wants to add me my origin name is Wahspz

added..

plz don't accept if you're just another Quake / CS fanboi who's incapable of teamwork

COD is that way ---->

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infi
Posted 10:56pm 27/9/11

I got my key in the mail!! YAY

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DeadlyDav0
Posted 10:59pm 27/9/11

I so should get involved with a few of you guys who value teamwork. Thats why i gave up on BFBC2 in the first place - i got sick of being on teams and squads that played solo.

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dproc
Posted 10:59pm 27/9/11

did u read what the op said dproc?

had to have bought before then it seems.

Ive read all over that pre-ordering through origin prior to 25h Sept gave you early access. Anyone confirm?

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evıs
Posted 11:06pm 27/9/11

gave it a bash just now, pretty sweet

origin name is spetee if ppl wanna add

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infi
Posted 11:11pm 27/9/11

my origin name is infi_xD, should have it running shortly.

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koopz
Posted 11:34pm 27/9/11

apparently the key-glitch posted on OCAU doesn't work now - grats to those who got in

my origin name is infi_xD, should have it running shortly.

adding ya champ

*edit*

nah not found

last edited by koopz at 23:34:39 27/Sep/11

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Mephz
Posted 12:19am 28/9/11

5 knives in a row then got disconnected from server :(

Have to say, apart from really annoying bind bugs and white flashes across the screen its pretty good so far.

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boba
Posted 08:24am 28/9/11

really wish I could bind mouse buttons. that's my only gripe really

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Mephz
Posted 08:37am 28/9/11

I was playing with you last night I think boba.
I assume you are bobajor? I was the one who hit you with the SV98 a few times ;)

I really like how you can pull the scopes off the sniper rifles, in the open areas you can put the scope on your rifle and when you go into the subway or the town area afterwards, you can pull it off and it reminds me of the K98 in DoD :)

Knife animation is exceptionally cool, and you aren't safe from being killed while knifing which is good. The animation is quite long.
To get a 1 hit knife you need to actually take the knife out first (6) as a weapon. Just doing a quick melee slash COD/BC2 style won't net you a guaranteed kill unless they are low on hitpoints.

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BOOST
Posted 08:41am 28/9/11

I pre-ordered on Origin yesterday and still no email :(

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Vash
Posted 08:55am 28/9/11

cut off was 25h september to get into beta

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ctd
Posted 09:07am 28/9/11

I know I am too late to get in early but I am trying to pre-order anyway and when I click checkout nothing happens it just loads back to the shop page in origin. wtfz.

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natslovR
Posted 09:09am 28/9/11

You have to add people separately in to battlelog, even if you have them in origin

Mephz, are you talking about pulling the scope off in game, or before next respawn.

I am very impressed by the beta. None of the issues anticipated with poor download speeds or hard to find servers and friends. Battlelog works really well. Origin delivered. I'm impressed.

Game wise it's a lot of fun too.

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boba
Posted 09:17am 28/9/11

I was playing with you last night I think boba.
I assume you are bobajor? I was the one who hit you with the SV98 a few times ;)

ahh yes I think I called you a c*** a few times

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BOOST
Posted 09:29am 28/9/11

cut off was 25h september to get into beta

Source?

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cJay
Posted 09:29am 28/9/11

Downloading now!!!! fap fap fap

add me Nix386

:D

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ctd
Posted 09:30am 28/9/11

Source?

Origin client on the bf3 page.

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BOOST
Posted 09:39am 28/9/11

Ahh. F*****!

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TiT
Posted 09:39am 28/9/11

Add me
Bushy_Squirrel

cant use TiT as its bad word, dam u ea!

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TiT
Posted 09:41am 28/9/11

if origin is too slow or dont wanna waste your download limit and with Internode.... can download it here

http://games.on.net/file/45410/Battlefield_3_Open_Beta_Client

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BladeRunner
Posted 10:05am 28/9/11

So I have to wait till the 29th to play the beta? If so thats good, Ill download the client from the link above.

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Mephz
Posted 10:09am 28/9/11

ahh yes I think I called you a c*** a few times

Hahah, if you mean in chat I have a hard time noticing that chat window on the right hand side.
If out loud, you got me good a few times too :) Especially in the subway!

What's your origin ID?

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ravn0s
Posted 10:20am 28/9/11

if origin is too slow or dont wanna waste your download limit and with Internode.... can download it here

if internode is hosting it then i hope ga will.

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evıs
Posted 10:57am 28/9/11

This is going to be great with decent servers!

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Crakaveli
Posted 11:31am 28/9/11

Had a bit of a go at it now and it's awesome. I'm rank 12 or so and got a decent amount of unlocks. It's really enjoyable to play with a squad that's working together, hate seeing the lone wolf types.

870 shotgun, flachete rounds, extra mags and holo sight is awesome. Got 3 guys with 1 shot before :P

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Enska
Posted 12:00pm 28/9/11

Gah f*** bring on the 29th already, I hate missing out :P

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Tollaz0r!
Posted 12:11pm 28/9/11

If we download the beta client now, do you think it will be the same for the 29th? So we can download now during off peak?

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Tollaz0r!
Posted 12:16pm 28/9/11

Also, is the current map a 64 player map or 32 player?

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TiT
Posted 12:54pm 28/9/11

cant wait to play it!

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Mephz
Posted 01:07pm 28/9/11

Mephz, are you talking about pulling the scope off in game, or before next respawn.

sorry I should have clarified, taking off the scope before the next spawn.
I only wish you could adjust settings and such when you are dead!
Recon and the moveable squad spawn is awesome, I haven't played since last night but running through the subway with shotgun and dropping the beacon in a good spawn location really helps the advance!

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boba
Posted 01:37pm 28/9/11

What's your origin ID?

bobaj0r

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arkter
Posted 02:09pm 28/9/11

So for the rest of us regular a*******, can we start downloading the beta yet or do we have to wait until the 29th?

Can anyone with an origin account get the beta or just people who have pre-ordered the game?

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TiT
Posted 02:11pm 28/9/11

yeah download the beta off internode, that is what i did

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Hogfather
Posted 02:23pm 28/9/11

yeah download the beta off internode, that is what i did

What the s*** its on Internode but not gamearena?

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Tollaz0r!
Posted 02:33pm 28/9/11

Or 3fl?

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boba
Posted 02:33pm 28/9/11

it's just the download from origin zip/rar'd it's not official or anything and that's why it's not anywhere else

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Tollaz0r!
Posted 02:36pm 28/9/11

It is elsewhere, unofficial and is said to work as a pre load for when it goes fully open, it should patch if any patches are released too.

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Crakaveli
Posted 05:04pm 28/9/11

managed to get into a caspian border server with 64 players. it was amazing, had a quick go of a jet and crashed it (f*****g inverted controls). then i sat around taking out jets and choppers with my stingers.

So excited for full game release now!

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Timmeh
Posted 05:19pm 28/9/11

its pretty polished i love it so far.

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Mephz
Posted 05:26pm 28/9/11

There are some people that are rank 30+ already.
I'm not sure they're likely to have slept since its release?

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cJay
Posted 05:31pm 28/9/11

TWITTER FEED

"Battlelog daily maintenance slot is 8am GMT/9am CEST/3am EDT/12am PDT which is why it is down at the moment. #BF3BETA" @Battlefield (Battlefield)
4 minutes ago

:(

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Trauma
Posted 06:59pm 28/9/11

What's the go with pre-ordering to get the beta and then canceling?, I remember doing this via the EA store for MoH and it was a nightmare to cancel.

Edit: Ignore that, I read a bit further and saw that there will be an open beta on the 29th.

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Mephz
Posted 06:00pm 28/9/11

managed to get into a caspian border server with 64 players

How did you do this? I can only see metro servers?

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Zylox
Posted 06:14pm 28/9/11

hows it play on every1's computer?

I got 280's sli'd. Got latest drivers (280.26) and it told me i needed at least version 285.27. Still got to play the game with no dramas. So I guess directX 10 is fine for the beta at least.

Side buttons on Micrsoft Intellimouse Explored aren't recognised either.

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Crakaveli
Posted 06:24pm 28/9/11

How did you do this? I can only see metro servers?

Password for the servers got leaked. They seem to have changed them now though!

If you filter Caspian border it will show all the servers running it.

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Mephz
Posted 08:25pm 28/9/11

When I try that Crak I just get "no servers found"
edit: aha, I see. Had to remove the oceania filter.

Found a password to one of the caspian servers. They're not local but also hot damn, 50+ people in the queues for them! Only 42 more to go!

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Crakaveli
Posted 08:54pm 28/9/11

Looks like they may be releasing Caspian border to be played by all players shortly...

chris666uk1 said: just noticed Caspian Border in map list but ea server password protected ??

DICE said: If things go the way they are intended today, I have a surprise for my pc forum family tomorrow

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maRtz
Posted 09:20pm 28/9/11

umm I can't bind move forward to mouse2 for some reason.. does f***en nothing.. also can't press esc to access menu whilst killed. wtf...

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Pirroh
Posted 09:39pm 28/9/11

What the s*** its on Internode but not gamearena?

It's up on Gamearena now too.

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TiT
Posted 10:38pm 28/9/11

game is awesome that is all!

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TiT
Posted 10:53pm 28/9/11

Runs fine on my GTX 260 on medium settings 1900x1200. Find it runs faster and smoother then BF:BC2. I guess I'm losing alot out with directs 11.
Running Quad core with 8th ddr3 ram

Was playing on game areana no tanks, 64ppl or anything so not sure how the full version will go

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Eorl
Posted 08:01am 29/9/11

Bah, had to change origin accounts, realised I had an old one ages ago with a few games on it! Add Froodleme if anyone wants to play.

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casa
Posted 08:15am 29/9/11

The only thing I hate is having to use the website to join etc. Not sure why they didn't just do it through Origin or something like that.

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TiT
Posted 08:54am 29/9/11

is anyone having problems with the website at the moment, it keeps coming up saying my web browswer in not supported... runing IE9 and Firefox 7

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TiT
Posted 10:44am 29/9/11

found out it was trend micro for some reason... even though i dont have firewall on... so if ya having issues disable Trend

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maRtz
Posted 12:45pm 29/9/11

took me 1/2 an hour to join a server last night.. this web based browser is bollocks.

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arkter
Posted 02:23pm 29/9/11

took me 1/2 an hour to join a server last night.. this web based browser is bollocks.

The battlefield 2 demo was the same, even with the clunky/s***** ingame server browser it took ages... they sort of fixed it... I guess.

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Crakaveli
Posted 02:30pm 29/9/11

Password for Caspian border servers is Appletini

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arkter
Posted 02:40pm 29/9/11

lol @ bf3blog forums... people are getting ancy waiting for beta

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TiT
Posted 02:50pm 29/9/11

I havent had any issues getting into server. had to download some new drivers etc... bit laggy on my XPS15 laptop with Geforce 540 running 1920x1200

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Timmeh
Posted 05:06pm 29/9/11

Ausgamers platoon?

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arkter
Posted 05:57pm 29/9/11

Ausgamers platoon?

keen as, looks like a heavily squad based thing...

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Mephz
Posted 06:01pm 29/9/11

keen as, looks like a heavily squad based thing...

can't choose squads in beta.
My only tip, stay away from any hill outdoors or the back side of any rocks. Otherwise you can prepare yourself for an extreme amount of falling through the ground fun. Or bouncing around on crack so you can't aim at anything.
(this is a major issue everyone experiences).
Oh also only approach the first MCOMM A from the East (if you're attacking facing defenders). approaching it from a western angle will result in you falling through the ground and getting permanently stuck there :)

(Yep, the beta map is honestly that flawed). Once you get past the outside area the clipping issues seem to go away. and from what I've seen of Caspian Borders, it does not have the same issue.

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Timmeh
Posted 06:01pm 29/9/11

the game is definitely squad based, suppression is more valuable then kills in some areas

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DM
Posted 06:01pm 29/9/11

That photo is made even funnier by the chicken ad in the corner.

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Raider
Posted 06:17pm 29/9/11

looks like i gotta be blowing some cash on my vid card again to play this D:

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natslovR
Posted 07:12pm 29/9/11

That caspian password isn't working for me

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koopz
Posted 07:20pm 29/9/11

the US/Amsterdam caspian server password is currently:

videokilledtheradiostar

last edited by koopz at 19:20:23 29/Sep/11

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natslovR
Posted 07:39pm 29/9/11

thanks. That's awesome. Runs so smoothly.

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koopz
Posted 07:40pm 29/9/11

yeah it does eh!

I'll be holding onto this old GF 460 for a while yet eh

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natslovR
Posted 07:57pm 29/9/11

anyone got the voice stuff working? I'm keen to start talking.

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TiT
Posted 09:26pm 29/9/11

add me ppl
Bushy_Squirrel

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Pirroh
Posted 09:31pm 29/9/11

Sent one, i think.

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natslovR
Posted 09:56pm 29/9/11

i started an ausgamers platoon

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Deviouz
Posted 10:02pm 29/9/11

ITS UP

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infi
Posted 10:07pm 29/9/11

ideas...?

last edited by infi at 22:07:25 29/Sep/11

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natslovR
Posted 10:15pm 29/9/11

Works fine for me in chrome with java

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