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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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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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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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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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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10pm AEST
5am PDT
7am CDT
8am EDT
2pm CEST
Guess i'll be playing battlefield 3 tomorrow ;)
Posted 06:38pm 26/9/11
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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...
Posted 06:54pm 26/9/11
Not too bad considering my max downstream is 2.1mb/s.
Though let's see what it's like once everyone tries to download Battlefield 3 at once.
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Woooooooo
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However I am strangely unsurprised
Posted 07:20pm 27/9/11
I'm pretty sure anyone that gets a key has better things to do than tweet
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23BF3beta
Posted 07:33pm 27/9/11
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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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I'd be willing to take a guess we will see keys at 10pm.
Posted 08:33pm 27/9/11
done
anyone with origin add me
xcilon
Posted 08:51pm 27/9/11
Downloading at 2.4MB/s
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EDIT: You can DL before 10pm
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I dont think i would be allowed to, but if i was, would anybody like to buy the key from me?
Posted 09:18pm 27/9/11
GameArena have 40 beta servers ready. I also see two games.on.net (Internode) servers.
Posted 09:18pm 27/9/11
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nice to see the GA page connects
Posted 09:27pm 27/9/11
I've had limited edition preordered since august.
Sigh.
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I think the cut off was 26th of july 2011 to get early access
EDI: my mistake thats for MOH ltd ed from steam.
Posted 09:33pm 27/9/11
Not sure about beta head-start. But its open beta in two days irrespective of pre-ordering or not.
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I bit the bullet and bought the game via Origin on the 28th of August.
It's dl-ing now
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Add me to Battleblog:
Acid4Bl0od
Posted 10:10pm 27/9/11
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Added Eorl - Let's get something happening
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In short, they don't work!
Posted 10:25pm 27/9/11
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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 :/
Posted 10:39pm 27/9/11
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had to have bought before then it seems.
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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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graphics card : setting : smoothness?
Posted 10:54pm 27/9/11
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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Ive read all over that pre-ordering through origin prior to 25h Sept gave you early access. Anyone confirm?
Posted 11:06pm 27/9/11
origin name is spetee if ppl wanna add
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adding ya champ
*edit*
nah not found
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Posted 12:19am 28/9/11
Have to say, apart from really annoying bind bugs and white flashes across the screen its pretty good so far.
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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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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.
Posted 09:17am 28/9/11
ahh yes I think I called you a c*** a few times
Posted 09:29am 28/9/11
Source?
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add me Nix386
:D
Posted 09:30am 28/9/11
Origin client on the bf3 page.
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Bushy_Squirrel
cant use TiT as its bad word, dam u ea!
Posted 09:41am 28/9/11
http://games.on.net/file/45410/Battlefield_3_Open_Beta_Client
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If out loud, you got me good a few times too :) Especially in the subway!
What's your origin ID?
Posted 10:20am 28/9/11
if internode is hosting it then i hope ga will.
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870 shotgun, flachete rounds, extra mags and holo sight is awesome. Got 3 guys with 1 shot before :P
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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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Can anyone with an origin account get the beta or just people who have pre-ordered the game?
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What the s*** its on Internode but not gamearena?
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So excited for full game release now!
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I'm not sure they're likely to have slept since its release?
Posted 05:31pm 28/9/11
"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
:(
Posted 06:59pm 28/9/11
Edit: Ignore that, I read a bit further and saw that there will be an open beta on the 29th.
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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.
Posted 06:24pm 28/9/11
If you filter Caspian border it will show all the servers running it.
Posted 08:25pm 28/9/11
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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It's up on Gamearena now too.
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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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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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keen as, looks like a heavily squad based thing...
Posted 06:01pm 29/9/11
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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I'll be holding onto this old GF 460 for a while yet eh
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