Post by trog @ 04:04pm 28/09/11 | 762 Comments
The beta is only open for eligible pre-order customers at present, but if you want to get a head start for when it goes open for all (reportedly tomorrow night at 10pm AEST), grab it now. Check it all out over on our Battlefield 3 beta client download page. We've also got a 7zip-compressed version which is heaps smaller.
The beta looks like it is kicking off strong and there's a bunch of local servers to play on. I'm sure everyone without a beta key is holding on tight until it opens up completely, so stay cool!
Please also note that this download is an unsupported package of the Beta Installer files that are intended to be obtained via the EA Origin client so a bit of manual fiddling is required to get them playing nice with your local Origin install.
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Posted 04:17pm 28/9/11
Posted 04:23pm 28/9/11
NM: http://www.gamearena.com.au/downloads/details.php/battlefield-3-beta-client
Shame the GA mirror won't work with FlashGet, guess I'll just burn some data from AGN :P
Posted 04:22pm 28/9/11
Tomorrow sometime.
Posted 04:26pm 28/9/11
Thanks. Was hoping someone had a specific time.
Posted 04:41pm 28/9/11
No vehicles though. So it's kind of smallish map played is the same way as UT 2003's assault mode where you have to complete 2 objectives to move on to the next point... kinda like BC2 :P... some might say exactly like BC2. Meh, back to playing it
Posted 04:45pm 28/9/11
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Maybe you have to start downloading it for it to create the required directory
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the one that you linked. it's going at 65kb/s
edit: restarted browser. now it's around 500kb/s. i usually get way over 1mb/s :/
edit2: now it's dropped to 200kb/s
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http://www.gamearena.com.au/downloads/DownloadFile.php?hmac=9fca7ab66b0a4ab555325b7cae38cb6118d85aff&id=61043&ts=1317193567
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>"EA Origin: This product is active on the Origin. Click to find out how active you will. "
>"Click to find out how active you will. "
>"find out how active you will. "
These guys seem legit.
Posted 06:45pm 28/9/11
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Edit: spelling.
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Having followed your steps exactly I am not seeing this.
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Not seeing this either. Extracted BF3 dir renamed, Origin configured to look at install dir & I also see nothing. Nada. Zip.
Posted 09:22pm 28/9/11
Posted 09:23pm 28/9/11
http://games.on.net/file/45430/Battlefield_3_Beta_Client_-_Updated_September_28092011
* Fixed Folder Names
* Improved File Size
Posted 09:27pm 28/9/11
Posted 10:03pm 28/9/11
then it got error when i went into it and i told it to download it again and it started to install....
Posted 10:26pm 28/9/11
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Posted 10:47pm 28/9/11
Close / log out of Origin.
Go to the folder that you extracted the archive into, for example C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games and rename the Battlefield 3 Beta directory to something else ("archivebackup" or something).
Start / log in to Origin.
BF3 Beta will be 'ready to download' or something like that. Start the download, it'll be 'preparing' then actually start downloading some files. Once it starts grabbing files, stop/pause the download and check the folder that you found in step 3 of the instructions (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games) and see what folders Origin has created. Check the folder it has created: you should be able to move the extracted files from "archivebackup" to whatever folder Origin has created. Once you do that, fire up Origin again, and it should now find the files and be 'ready to install'. I'll normally take a little while to startup because its reading the directory and finding all these new files it didn't know it had before.
Posted 11:33pm 28/9/11
I think we will have to wait to tomorrow maybe.
Anyone else have dramas with Origin and not being able to click button and tabs?
Posted 11:40pm 28/9/11
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No, I purchased BFBC2 and Crysis 2 from those guys. It's legit as far as i know.
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I have tried everything I can think of to the get downloaded beta client to be recognised in Origin. I have followed all the instructions. Can someone else post any other thoughts?
Posted 09:53am 29/9/11
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Mate I have tried that, and that didn't work sorry
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http://www.bf3timer.com/
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Was there any ever official info released on the time it would be available?
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Posted 02:28pm 29/9/11
It's kinda funny reading comments from people who are trying to speak english..
"I got main battlefield 3 beta it' s a cool but it's does have alot of error in game like when you go to capture A there is a big hole no A that suck u can not capture A bull shut it man"
>"capture A there is a big hole no A that suck u can not capture A bull shut it man"
WHAT?
http://www.facebook.com/battlefield
Posted 04:19pm 29/9/11
Oh I'm sure plenty will like it if it's like BC2, but I was hoping for a game much more like BF2. This is how much I enjoyed BC2.
But after watching the Caspian border vid arkter posted, I'm interested again, much more like true BF. Maybe I'll just avoid the metro map...
Posted 04:47pm 29/9/11
Metro map is currently the only one available... apparently they are releasing caspian later in the beta though
Posted 04:52pm 29/9/11
Posted 04:59pm 29/9/11
I work in IT too, and I've had an awesome day of things just working, I was actually commenting on how something suspicious is going on because nothing catastrophic has happened. Hopefully it continues... hopefully we can just copy and paste the 3.8 gig file and it will work.
The next 5 hours of waiting are going to be torture >_<
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I also hope MW3 is successful enough to keep the 12 year-olds out of BF3.
Posted 05:15pm 29/9/11
It looks like someone fubar'ed with UInt32.MaxValue, but if that's not the case then beta access looks like it'll set you back slightly under 54 million US dollars.
Posted 05:15pm 29/9/11
Posted 05:29pm 29/9/11
included in purchase: ownership of the battlefield franchise.
I still can't see it anywhere in origin or on their official beta download page.
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sounds like its only out for people with 56 million bucks spare
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this:
Maybe 10pm, I don't trust people to calculate Australian time properly. Yanks on the forum are still counting down the hours, which works out to 10pm QLD time. I doubt we would get it an hour early.
Posted 06:45pm 29/9/11
Caspian is available - though it is passworded.
the password is 'Appletini' on the EU/UK 64 player servers. You can play one round, then get booted - one would presume this is so that more people get a bash at Conquest mode.
I've no idea what the US password is now - it seems it changes every 12 hours.
Posted 06:50pm 29/9/11
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Taken From http://www.3fl.net.au/
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Nuoh my god!
Posted 07:12pm 29/9/11
I hope so! Don't know if I can handle another let down like the bf3timer.com thing.
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I am bouncing between home > my games > free games lol
Posted 07:39pm 29/9/11
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I'm tossing up between recon/assault first... I'm thinking I might go recon.
BC2 I went:
Assault > Recon > Medic > Eng
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You have to have the game active in your origin account first. So you have to wait for the beta to actually begins before going through with the instructions.
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They are in WA, so... it's still another 1 hour 10 minutes, if it launches on time.
Guess I'll just get s***faced for the next hour.
Posted 09:05pm 29/9/11
lol at the vid ^^^^ getting mad at beta glitches. #entitlement
Posted 09:09pm 29/9/11
Perth and the rest of WA is 2hrs behind eastern states.
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Did anyone?
Posted 09:12pm 29/9/11
Was there a glitch in the map and you fell through a hole? :D
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haha... waiting for impending s****torm and origin servers crashing.
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Australia (AEST): 11 PM – 13 PM
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How?! Where are you clicking?
Posted 10:01pm 29/9/11
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Go to origin, and "free games"
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GW EA.
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*spams install button*
Posted 10:18pm 29/9/11
Add me, froodlemaster
Posted 10:17pm 29/9/11
Steam most notably gets hammered during the steam sales such that sometimes installing is impossible at ~10kb/s.
Or launching/syncing to the cloud or just logging in takes half an hour :(
Posted 10:17pm 29/9/11
Downloading from Origin at 240KB per second. 4 1/2 hours to go.
Posted 10:18pm 29/9/11
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(damn it)
Posted 10:20pm 29/9/11
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Logged in no issue.
Battelog had no page load errors when checking my soldier stats or friends stats etc.
Could it possibly be anything to do with people not having installed and ghosting their folders?
Posted 10:30pm 29/9/11
http://store.origin.com/store/eaapac/en_AU/html/originweb/play4free/pbPage.play-free-games-en_AU
Posted 10:30pm 29/9/11
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I've got the pre-install but just thought I'd chew up some bandwidth
Edit: Update:
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Able to browse the internet while waiting for a slot/queue etc.
I thought the same thing a few days ago but after getting used to it, it's actually a good thing.
There are certainly bigger issues with the game (such as the map being pointless and no "overview" style map) and the huge game breaking clipping issues.
Posted 10:41pm 29/9/11
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Too tired to play so just trying to help with some ideas. :)
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Posted 11:17pm 29/9/11
Save your quota.
As an early start beta (and loaded through origin) even if I do the update it tries to download the whole client again. (I can play no problems).
It's something broken with that update thing. Warning to everyone not to hit 'check for updates'. It's a known problem on the forums I believe as I noticed other people reporting the same thing.
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doesnt matter try again tomoro i guess, off to work now for half an hr (get paid for 9hrs so i guess its kind of worth it)
Posted 11:28pm 29/9/11
Took me like 20 restarts of origin to get the store to work though, so expect some pain...
Posted 11:29pm 29/9/11
Game is sexy. It's fun, it's brutal and it's quick paced. Customisation is amazing, I can pull the scope off my SV9 Sniper, and use it as an Assault basically. Menus are slick and easy to use. Load times are fast. Spawn times are fast. Squads are easy to get into, easy to spawn on. Prone is beautiful. Strafing is awesome while sprinting now. Knifing takes me back to CSS days, sept the insta kill animation is awesome.
Overall. Damn good beta.
Posted 11:33pm 29/9/11
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i'm reserving judgement until I play a conquest map though - you know, real battlefield. not this 'rush' bulls***, because right now it's a clone of medal of honor (the new one of course)
Posted 11:40pm 29/9/11
Seems like a few people are getting the same problem in 9*** cards
Arrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Posted 11:50pm 29/9/11
I just downloaded the client file thingy (took for ever), I followed the instructions of extracting all the files to my origin games directory and what not, but now the beta doesn't show up on my games list in origin! WTF!!!!!! someone help me please!
Posted 12:10am 30/9/11
It's cool, I got it working (and I don't have a quota, so I don't really care).
I have to say, it's really different to BC2. I'm pretty terrible at it, my K/D ratio was always bad. Continuously getting killed out of nowhere, even when I think I'm in complete cover.
Runs okay on my system, but I was hoping for more. I sit around 35 fps at max settings. Feels a bit crap, I'm used to having everything run at 60, might have to turn it down.
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the store page is also failing to load for me, but i seen a post on here that it took about 20 restarts of origin so guss what i get to try???
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Edit: Getting origin at 50kb/sec........
Posted 12:43am 30/9/11
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I love the mobile spawn point, I plonk that thing down right up close to the action, and if I can sneak past the enemy I'll plant in a secret squirrel spot near their spawn.
The infantry feel is so much better then previous battlefields (including bad companies), they really nailed it.
The inability to change settings unless your alive is really inappropriate I feel, hopefully a beta thing. Also, you should be able to tweak your loadout during the end mission screen where you get all your pistols awards ;)
The server browser I found at first to be horrible, however it quickly grew on me when I found I could alt-tab very easily and search for new servers.
edit: O I really like how flashlights pointed right at you blind your eyes and you cant see squat.
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Posted 02:16am 30/9/11
Not working for me, I've pointed to origin to X:\Origin\Games, in there is the Battlefield 3 Beta folder as extracted. Relaunched origin and says no games detected still. What did I stuff up or does origin just fail?I worked it out, I have to goto the free games tab in origin and choose the BF3 open beta before it will shot in the list, seems logical now but step 8 as quoted above could be improved to include that detail.
Posted 01:58am 30/9/11
plus get this msg when trying to get into battlelog
"Your account is not allowed to login"
Posted 01:59am 30/9/11
I'm talking like diving to the ground, then getting pulled back up into a standing position and riddled with holes or dodging behind a corner and getting pulled back out and shot to death yet again...
Or shooting someone only to die first and they live with 3 rounds off a sniper in their chest...
And the SV98 is a fkn joke rifle, I think.
Posted 01:59am 30/9/11
Posted 02:02am 30/9/11
http://store.origin.com/store/eaapac/en_AU/html/originweb/play4free/pbPage.play-free-games-en_AU
Posted 02:12am 30/9/11
Being pulled back every now and then is the exact same issue I get in Red Orchestra 2, it's caused by that useless f*****g PB, BF3 sadly uses PB. Dunno if that's the cause here but it might be.
Posted 02:50am 30/9/11
yay its finally up there for me
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Posted 03:08am 30/9/11
Havn't noticed it in RE2 myself, been pretty smooth sailing and as far as I'm aware, all the BF3 servers have PB set as off in the server list?
It just seems to be REAL S*** netcode *shrug*
Bet the marketing / Publisher guys had something to do with it.
It's f*****g retarded and slow imo. So much pointless stuff for the average person who just wants to play a goddamn game...
Posted 03:14am 30/9/11
I did get some visual bugs but not much so meh beta. i did how ever see some serious issues with animations, massive clipping through the ground and ppl walking while leaning on a 45 degree angle.
Posted 06:18am 30/9/11
http://www.gamearena.com.au/downloads/details.php/battlefield-3-beta-client-7z
I wanted a good game which would actually handle dual video cards propperly, I want to see what a 4.7ghz cpu and SLix2 GTX 470 will do (or not do!) to a game like BF3.
:3
30mins till download completes..
Posted 06:31am 30/9/11
I'm gonna fly that underground plane one day... and then you'll see.... underground plane will pwn s*** up ha ha....
Posted 07:33am 30/9/11
I didn't fall through the ground once and I was all over the map cappen those m-coms and climbing rocks.
I had no problems shooting people or warping around at all.
Is your CPU good enough Marlinblade? What are your specs?
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http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2826551518946379241/2/
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It will slowly grow on you. I don't really like the whole launch through browser as well, but it has some neat features, like a platoon for my clan, parties, actual VOIP in the browser, and some nice customisation the browser. I don't really like the Facebook feel, but it's ok for now.
Posted 08:23am 30/9/11
Yeah yeah all good there man, it's just the odd server mate... and it was server side cause everyone on there had the same dramas
Posted 08:26am 30/9/11
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yeah I get this on some GA servers :/
I can only guess 10 people all jumped into that last slot the same as I did.
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So far fairly impressed, the game looks a bit blanned on this metro map but its very smooth with ulttra settings turned on on my budged PC :)
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Before playing the beta.
After the beta.
I like the fact the server browser page automatically opens for you when you start, and brings up search filters. That is a good thing. Also that it loads the game entirely beforethe game screen pops up so no menu screen really, that is also a great thing. Game runs like butter (perhaps as it should) with a 6990 with 1920x1080 ultra everything. Now if I can just find something like a GMG key for $40ish i'll be great.
All this was made even better when, during gameplay (and unfortunatly I had JUST turned fraps off) I was hiding in the metro tunnels and 7 enemies ran right past my hiding spot. I jumped out, shot 6 of them and knifed the other right in the arse. Aw man that was cool. Looking forward to this now.
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Posted 10:23am 30/9/11
i've tried using both ff and chrome to join.
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cant find anything on google on how to fix it.
Posted 11:00am 30/9/11
restarted.. now got different error...
Posted 11:05am 30/9/11
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'cannot join server as its now full'
'cannot join server as map is changing'
f*** u stupid c**** ea
Posted 11:50am 30/9/11
Join server, spawn, then change settings. Can't find any other way at the moment sadly.
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Posted 12:04pm 30/9/11
retry after retry and same msg :/
arg this is makin me rage so hard, why make a game thats so f***** hard to get into and has so many points at which something can f*** up
Posted 12:04pm 30/9/11
I'd say the minimum spec isn't good enough, I have
Core 2 Duo @ 2.66GHz
4gb mem
9600gtx
Windows Vista (I know, I know)
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Try pressing Alt + Enter.
Posted 12:39pm 30/9/11
BAD
-why is there a prone?
-why does f knife and not mousewheel click in?
-guns feel light and toy like
-animations of jumping over things were buggy as
-see medi packs/ammo packs teleport
-rego is horrible
-getting kicked from server due to browser logging u out of battlelog for no apparent reason
-hope the graphics aren't optimized yet, no where near as fancy as the videos on the highest settings)
- not knowing were to go in maps and getting bum raped
- really really really bad move not having ingame menu-server-options etc, this browser server is horrible/ having to waste 100-200mb of ram on having a browser open.
- server browser really needs looking into, currently its f***** pathetic
Good
-maps look pretty sweet
- blowing up buildings and explosions
hoping for a significant improvement before release.
Posted 12:48pm 30/9/11
- Prone is good. Gives a diversity to cover, and allows you to sneak around instead of being buttscrewed. And it was in BF2 and older games, don't see a problem
- Change it. Go into keybinds and make it mousewheel click
- Guns do feel somewhat light, but do have good pow to them
- Animations seem to be fine for me when jumping over
- No teleporting med/ammo packs yet
- Rego is fine for me, I shoot, they get hit and die or I die cause I didn't hit em hard enough
- What browser you using? Chrome hasn't kicked me out of Battlelog yet :S
- Graphics can only go to High at the moment. Ultra is just High. Beta has them locked
- Learn the map, easy to do when you play a bit more
- If having a browser lags your computer, then you have other problems. It's a browser, it should be doing nothing to your FPS. Get 8GB cheap and be happy
- Server browser is fine for what it does. Sure it needs improvements, but it's not that bad once you get use to it. And I like the info it gives you, there is quite a lot of information on weapons, unlocks, progression, joining platoons, after round battle logs etc.
Everything is working well for me, haven't had any crashes, just servers timing out after a couple rounds. I'm rank 5 now, and enjoying every bit of it. Just try not to be a sour pussy, and enjoy a nice looking game for once.
Posted 01:23pm 30/9/11
Ok. This is how to bind keys and mouse buttons if you are having problems in game.
Download "Autohotkey" and run it. You will get a default script in place. In its place I have this so that I can have right mouse button for move foward and "S" for zoom. I'm lost if I dont have the same settings in every FPS game :)
Posted 01:29pm 30/9/11
erol has frothed at the mouth for this game for months
he will be this game Dark Knight, anyone that says anything negative about it
BEWARE
Posted 01:38pm 30/9/11
Edit* - and lulz at Eorl, he flip flops more than Vash :P
Posted 01:39pm 30/9/11
Posted 01:49pm 30/9/11
I shot you this-morning at about 8:00am on a gamearena server lol
Posted 01:57pm 30/9/11
Posted 01:59pm 30/9/11
lol I've not played today, my name in game is Trauma_au. I played last night and you may have pwnt me then.
Posted 02:08pm 30/9/11
Posted 02:13pm 30/9/11
Posted 02:16pm 30/9/11
Posted 02:49pm 30/9/11
Posted 02:52pm 30/9/11
Posted 02:55pm 30/9/11
leave your squad then.
Posted 03:19pm 30/9/11
Posted 03:25pm 30/9/11
Posted 04:55pm 30/9/11
Yer I've commented on the bf3 feedback forums that the gun seems overpowered. I use the Mk11 and SVB (or whatever it is called), the starter recon weapons, with 4x scope because anything greater gives glint. I find 1-2 shots to upper chest kills most times it is highly accurate, coupled with the pistols of slaw there is seemingly no reason to go an assault rifle.
The next recon weapon is a bolt action rifle and is incredibly slow between shots and on metro at least the starter weapons are vastly superior.
Did I mention that pistols are awesome!!!
p.s. pistols = awesome.
Posted 05:03pm 30/9/11
Also I'm seeing plenty of s*** like in DM's vid, this beta has a ways to get before it's ready for release.
Posted 05:13pm 30/9/11
I hope this is a one time thing because the after a while I liked the web browser :(
Posted 05:14pm 30/9/11
Posted 05:16pm 30/9/11
Posted 05:19pm 30/9/11
Just a heads up to anyone using Trend Micro Titanium, if you have issues with Battlelog not loading properly it's due to Trend Micro blocking the browser plug-in. You'll need to hop in to Trend Micro's settings and add battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3 to the exception list.
Posted 05:23pm 30/9/11
I was in the metro tunnels and was in a rather good spot covering some subway tracks. Had no backup and had one of my rare epic moments where I held off like 7 people on my own. However only 3 kills were with my rifle. That ran out rather soon since I was low on ammo already, whipped out my pistol and got another 4 kills. Was even getting long shot bonuses with it. They are indeed awesome and very underrated.
Oh and I like the idea of the flash light blinding you if you are too close. It makes having it on actually useful rather than just a "oh s*** I forgot I had this on" button. Downside obviously is it totally gives you away. I see too many snipers hiding way off in the distance in a bush only to see this giant white thing in the middle.
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Posted 05:25pm 30/9/11
Posted 05:31pm 30/9/11
- GFX must be locked? I set to Ultra but no diff from High - very pretty visuals, lurv the character animations & map textures
- Sound seems good - couldn't crank it up 'cause everyone was alseep, but BF series have a history of very cool sound FX
- I couldn't hit s*** with most of the guns - dunno if I'm still getting used to the feel of the game or hit reg is bad - others were getting kills though so probably the former
- Beta map really sux - doesn't promote open world style game play, lots of places for campers to pitch tents - doesn't have the wide open feel of BF2 or BC2 maps
- Saw people running & proning at very unnatural angles
- Tags dissappear & appear again for friendlies for short periods very frequently
- Every few seconds the whole screen lit up with a faint light green\gray blast of light (not a torch! My card is 6950 with latest drivers on Win7 64-bit)
- Don't mind the server browser, seems fast enough & filters work OK
- The "feel" & "flow" of the game were nice - will improve further with better maps - did I mention Beta map sux??
- Characters blend too well into the background so much so that I found prone = invisible
I'll give it another bash tonight...as soona s Battlelog comes back up :(
Posted 05:57pm 30/9/11
Posted 05:55pm 30/9/11
Yer the pistols truly shine during the subway section of the Metro map.
They work exceedingly well for close quaters, don't expect a 2-3 shot kill though, sometimes it can take up to 5. I just spam them until I see the person fall if it is a frontal fight, otherwise it is far more controlled shots.
protip: pistol + flashlight.. Going to give that a try. I'm assuming you can combine flashlight with pistol yer?
Posted 05:59pm 30/9/11
Posted 06:04pm 30/9/11
Google - oh, right. Won't run on Windows XP. Awesome.
Posted 06:08pm 30/9/11
it opens a browser window with login fields with 'your account is not allowed to login' just above the fields
lol
Posted 06:08pm 30/9/11
Posted 06:17pm 30/9/11
Posted 06:18pm 30/9/11
Posted 06:20pm 30/9/11
Posted 06:32pm 30/9/11
This is the first thing ever that XP hasn't been able to run
[edit - don't care]
Posted 06:28pm 30/9/11
Early Adopter?
Christ, Windows 7 is over 2 years old now, trog.
They can't keep making games compatible for OS's that were launched 10 years ago...
::EDIT::
Someone should make a "Lets buy trog Windows 7" fund lol.
Posted 06:34pm 30/9/11
I just checked our stats in analytics; ~35% of people that visit the site are still using XP, which matches up to Wikipedia's estimates. It's not like I'm a fringe lunatic; there's still a bunch of people not using it.
Isn't it more weird to you that they're cutting out that percentage of the PC market by not making games that can gracefully degrade?
edit: I've just been waiting until I buy a new PC, cuz I figure the thing I need Windows 7 for is likely going to be the thing I need a new PC for. My current PC has got me buy for everything else. It's unlikely at this rate I'll be buying BF3 though - not because of the Win7 thing, but I just don't like ... anything about it yet
Posted 06:34pm 30/9/11
also, f***ed if i know just won't let me play the game
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Posted 06:32pm 30/9/11
That results in the game crashing...
Posted 06:38pm 30/9/11
You seem to be playing Paveway, keeps popping up on my screen.
Posted 06:39pm 30/9/11
I personally don't think it's weird, but people talk about "XP not being that old or out of date" but don't realise that it's as old as it is, or W7 is "this newfangled OS" like it's only just come out etc.
I personally got W7 because I wanted to use DX10/11 and more than 3.6gb of RAM amongst other reasons.
As for BF3, wait until they open up the conquest map and don't decide until you've had a go of that imo.
Totalbiscuit was fairly "meh" about it in his first vid until he played the conquest mode and he was pleased with it *shrug*
Posted 06:43pm 30/9/11
yeah i click to play it goes 'launching bf3 beta'
then goes to open the windows which i'm guessing is for the server browser and comes up with what i posted earlier
Posted 06:46pm 30/9/11
If you're a gamer and want to play the latest stuff, its not unreasonable that you would be expected to have the latest or near latest tech.
Posted 07:16pm 30/9/11
Posted 07:26pm 30/9/11
Posted 07:29pm 30/9/11
Posted 07:35pm 30/9/11
you can only do it once you are in game...
Posted 08:04pm 30/9/11
Posted 08:10pm 30/9/11
How the hell do you actually get in to an AU server?
As soon as I click on one with a free slot or 2, it's full again.
Posted 08:17pm 30/9/11
That happened to me a few times, just keep trying or set filters only show servers with 5+ slots free.
Posted 08:22pm 30/9/11
Posted 08:25pm 30/9/11
Balls.
Posted 08:45pm 30/9/11
Posted 08:52pm 30/9/11
Posted 08:57pm 30/9/11
Housemate had that issue, but restarting Origin fixed it.
It's really annoying that you can't queue for a server.
Posted 09:03pm 30/9/11
Posted 09:04pm 30/9/11
If you didn't then you passed your spot on.
Posted 09:06pm 30/9/11
awesome tip!
Posted 09:06pm 30/9/11
Posted 09:08pm 30/9/11
launcher.verifyPassword = function(game, gameServerGuid, plaintextPassword, callback) { callback(true); }
joins any server in bf3 no matter if its full or passworded.
what an awful system.
Posted 09:11pm 30/9/11
Posted 09:28pm 30/9/11
ive just got a chance to give it a crack.
downloaded origin. logged in etc.
how do i play it or where do i extract it to etc?
i started reading this thread but 300+ posts i seriously dont have that much patience.
have looked at guides and youtube vids.
where im at.
dowmloaded the 3. whatever gig.
winrar view all the files..
now what?
Posted 09:33pm 30/9/11
Posted 09:40pm 30/9/11
I got that too, I just closed my browser and ran the beta again through Origin and it was fine.
Posted 09:46pm 30/9/11
Posted 09:46pm 30/9/11
Posted 09:57pm 30/9/11
did you bother reading the directions on the download page?
Posted 10:04pm 30/9/11
Posted 10:05pm 30/9/11
i just clicked download. went to bed.
came home from work and here i am.
didnt go back to the download page cause i thought it would be simple.
it probably is but havent ventured back there as i thought there would be an install.txt file or somes***.
Posted 10:10pm 30/9/11
Alt+enter didn't work for me either, set to full screen from in game settings.
Posted 10:20pm 30/9/11
cant work it out.
this is so new to me.
guess ill get help somewhere as i suck at this.
Posted 10:23pm 30/9/11
Posted 10:30pm 30/9/11
Posted 10:53pm 30/9/11
Posted 11:02pm 30/9/11
Not really. I feel it's a step up. Has been working flawlessly for me, just been changing keybinds and now I'm all good. Rank 10, loving support, mowing down people is heaps fun. Got 5 knife kills in a row before, was to much fun. They need to make Caspian Border open to all, as it's the true BF3 map, where as Operation Metro is a more close quarters infantry map. Still heaps of fun though!
Posted 11:02pm 30/9/11
2 more awesome animations. At the beginning when I throw the ammo box, you can see it split into 2 different boxes for some reason. 1 leaves the screen and the other stays for people to use. As if that isn't strange enough, this guy shows up and many lols were had.
Posted 11:05pm 30/9/11
The map doesn't help either. Teh f***.
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Posted 11:19pm 30/9/11
Posted 11:44pm 30/9/11
Posted 11:51pm 30/9/11
Game on new rig is dreamy. Makes a big difference..
SV98 sniper with no scope and silencer is pretty cool :)
Eorl and I tested out the party system and voice chat, seemed to work quite well.
My only gripe with the game now with the beta now that the clipping issue is resolved, is the bullets navigating corners/netcode. But its not overly game breaking.
Open maps and vehicles are going to be awesome
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Posted 11:52pm 30/9/11
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/igo2war/stats/340634033/pc/
level 50 in 1 day and people are steaming on the forums haha
Posted 11:56pm 30/9/11
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/battlefield3browser/
Posted 11:57pm 30/9/11
Posted 12:00am 01/10/11
Posted 12:02am 01/10/11
Doing it on purpose I reckon, I did it once and and got a bunch of easy kills at the start of Metro.
Posted 12:36am 01/10/11
Posted 12:40am 01/10/11
I'm assuming since this profile has ass loads of kills and points etc. that this is a battle log issue.
Posted 12:39am 01/10/11
Posted 12:43am 01/10/11
No, it was happening to me too. You'd fall through and be unable to move around.
Posted 12:46am 01/10/11
lol beta?
Posted 12:51am 01/10/11
Posted 01:36am 01/10/11
Posted 03:42am 01/10/11
Posted 06:58am 01/10/11
That's just someone else's profile...
And CTD, I believe mouse binding isn't supported yet.
Posted 07:28am 01/10/11
Are you using FRAPS or another program?
Every time I've used FRAPS a 30 second clip is ~1gb+ ?
Posted 09:50am 01/10/11
Posted 10:05am 01/10/11
I swear I had a program once that would capture footage and encode it as a divx file as it recorded so each minute of footage was only about 100 - 300mb depending on size of the screen.
Posted 10:09am 01/10/11
Posted 10:39am 01/10/11
Someone may know of a decent capture software?
Posted 11:02am 01/10/11
Posted 11:03am 01/10/11
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Posted 11:23am 01/10/11
Posted 11:58am 01/10/11
Posted 12:18pm 01/10/11
I did seemingly get killed by a corpse last night. When it went to the kill-cam, it was just a corpse lying on the ground, but it was sliding all over the place is if it were still a character running around and shooting.
Posted 12:45pm 01/10/11
Posted 12:54pm 01/10/11
I get it!
Well done Eorl :)
Posted 01:01pm 01/10/11
Posted 01:09pm 01/10/11
Yeah, I got killed by a corpse too, I could have shot him, he came round the corner at me but I was too busy going "What the f***?!?" that he got me instead. Was just a corpse with the gun sticking straight up in the air, sliding around the ground at full speed.
Posted 01:18pm 01/10/11
xD sometimes I wonder what the alpha was for
Posted 01:26pm 01/10/11
Posted 01:29pm 01/10/11
Posted 01:42pm 01/10/11
Posted 02:03pm 01/10/11
Also have this problem (I dunno if its lag related) where sometimes I'll sprint up and go prone behind something, but then I'll snap a few feet to my left/right after I've gone prone and suddenly be exposed instead of being behind the thing I was aiming for.
Posted 02:13pm 01/10/11
Posted 02:17pm 01/10/11
Posted 02:36pm 01/10/11
Posted 02:42pm 01/10/11
The BatteLog system is actually really cool and I rate it quite highly at how they've implemented the system outside of the game. If anything it will allow the browser interface to be updated independently of the game so hopefully more refinements and tweaks to it.
Onto the game and my first annoyance is needing to login to setup the screen res, inverting mouse, etc. Then finding no hardcore mode in beta :( I hate normal mode as they just feel like a fire fight free for all, ie: CoD.
As for the game, well I wish I never got the beta. I was talking to hoggy yesterday and saying how I hate downloading betas because when the game turns out to be SO F*****G AWESOME IT IS THE MOST AWESOME THING EVAH! you have only a couple of days of play time before the beta closes or a long wait until release. I love the game, lots of fun and a good addition to the BF franchise.
Fixah, will you be getting CD keys in advance?? :D
Posted 02:59pm 01/10/11
I don't rate the updating independently to be a big deal; if Origin isn't completely terrible they should be able to roll out regular updates the same way Steam does to the client.
Posted 03:04pm 01/10/11
CTD, I came up against thsi as well. They havent allowed for mouse bindings in the beta so you have to use a work around as per my earlier post.
Posted 03:08pm 01/10/11
Posted 03:09pm 01/10/11
Posted 03:11pm 01/10/11
Posted 03:14pm 01/10/11
Posted 03:15pm 01/10/11
Posted 03:17pm 01/10/11
Fair enough, I guess it just takes more bullets than I was expecting.
Posted 03:20pm 01/10/11
Posted 03:47pm 01/10/11
Posted 03:51pm 01/10/11
some actual teamwork happening!:
a bit of camping/defence
god...what I wouldn't do for another map
Posted 03:58pm 01/10/11
Posted 04:33pm 01/10/11
So much fun, and thats not even with the vehicles thrown in, I'm officially pumped for this now.
Posted 04:35pm 01/10/11
Posted 04:42pm 01/10/11
Posted 04:46pm 01/10/11
When you see it in action it's quite smooth and transparent and really is just removing the server browser from inside the game. Once your game is ready to go you're logged straight into the action - no waiting for splash screens, long delays loading, etc. As good as if not better than GameSpy or COGS, etc.
Now back to trying to unlock some decent weapons..
Posted 05:02pm 01/10/11
PS: GG midda
Edit: Just double checked screenshot, i came 3rd not second haha.
Posted 05:03pm 01/10/11
Posted 05:17pm 01/10/11
Posted 05:23pm 01/10/11
Posted 05:30pm 01/10/11
They really have nailed the feel of the infantry combat, at the risk of using wanky buzzwords, it feels so visceral!
I like when people forget they have it on though and give themselves away.
Posted 05:43pm 01/10/11
QFT!
I had an epic streak with it holding the ticket booths on metro. Exact same setup with flashlight also to blind people since it was pretty close combat. Just mowed people down, completely locked down the area and stopped their advancement. Woot. I love that gun now.
Posted 05:45pm 01/10/11
yea there are soem good spots to defend from and knowing what you can see from those spots help you know how to attack.
Posted 05:47pm 01/10/11
Posted 05:53pm 01/10/11
A theory I have is just waving your crosshair over them before anyone else does, I picked up a point or two from it just coincidently while looking around.
Posted 05:59pm 01/10/11
Posted 06:06pm 01/10/11
I see a growing trend for snipers to have the flashlight addon on top of their rifles. WTF is up with that? You aren't going to blind me you tard you are just giving yourself away.
Posted 06:07pm 01/10/11
Posted 06:08pm 01/10/11
Posted 06:18pm 01/10/11
Put your crosshairs over an enemy and hit Q a few times. Even if you just suspect that there's someone there, it's good to hit Q a couple times, you might spot someone there.
Posted 06:34pm 01/10/11
I just assume everything I have an issue with is because it's beta. I love all the game play things though. Prone, squad spawning, cover fire, weapon reload times, lens glare, knifing, everything is just so right. Even origin and battlelog are, contrary to group-think expectations, not s***.
I would like to see voip working though. I don't know why it can't just voip you in with whatever squad you are in like they did with BF2. Squad can all voip each other, squad leader can voip commander (or in this case since there isn't one, other squad leaders). What's the point in allowing me to voip with people on the opposing team because they are in the same 'party'??
Posted 06:45pm 01/10/11
Posted 07:06pm 01/10/11
Lots of stuttering when I'm trying to move, resulting in falling behind my squad, missed jumps, rubber banding and position adjustments from the server, as well as arguing whether or not I really clicked prone or not resulting in stupid up-downs that end with my death @)*&^$@ Its not really fun at the moment sigh.
Its a shame cos it feels pretty good and is a lot of fun when I can f*****g move properly.
Posted 07:06pm 01/10/11
Posted 07:56pm 01/10/11
Posted 08:06pm 01/10/11
Posted 08:15pm 01/10/11
As for building destruction, I found most of the buildings in the other map to be destructible (what little I experienced). Metro map though, I am a little disappointed to the lack of destructible stuff too.
Posted 09:19pm 01/10/11
Seriously? the amount of times i've seen a target tagged and just gone lol cya and actually just aimed at it and killed him from the most retarded positions (0 los)... and the amount of times i've been railed through stones while proning about the same.. actually made me stop playing a few times.
Posted 09:26pm 01/10/11
If they have done this it would be to prevent prone spamming.
I've died heaps when I've been shot at and gone prone behind a wall but died anyway, I just figure the guy killed me before I went prone, that slight internet delay.
Pro Tip: Go prone before being spotted.
Also, I just had another epic MG round holding the subway. I had my MG bipoded on a stack of crates and giving some great supressive fire and kills. At the start there where heaps of other boxes in front and around. By the end, my cover was a tiny sliver, just enough to crouch and use my bipod and all the other boxes and whatnot where cut down by my MG hailstorm heheh
Posted 09:27pm 01/10/11
you must be the luckiest person playing the beta right now to never encounter any of the issues mentioned in this thread, and I think you should run out and buy a lottery ticket right now imo.
Posted 09:34pm 01/10/11
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Posted 09:42pm 01/10/11
Posted 10:55pm 01/10/11
I killed a guy who was on vent with me who panic proned just before hitting the concrete blocks in the middle of the map. I snapped him before he went down on my screen & he was already proned on his for like 1.5secs.
It definitely feels a lot different to bc2.
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Posted 10:57pm 01/10/11
Haha, maybe. Only real problems I had was when I join a server and I get the please log out log back in message. Everything is smooth sailing, been able to knife 6 guys in a row, my adrenaline was pumping so high then. Also I may just stick with recon no scope at start of metro, and support throughout subway and Paris area.
Posted 11:05pm 01/10/11
I carry it on most weapons I use, except the SAW which has that other 3.4x(or whatever) scope.
I also have the laser sight attachment, I never use it to aim but it can blind/annoy people you are shooting at. Enough to throw their aim out.
I like the flashlights on the pistols, blind the crap out of anyone you are shooting at... and your team too hehe
Posted 11:10pm 01/10/11
Posted 11:34pm 01/10/11
yeah whats up with this? was pretty unimpressed when trying to blow stuff up and nothing happens.
will the xp levels that are obtained during beta will be reset for the final release ?
Posted 12:18am 02/10/11
Posted 12:22am 02/10/11
Posted 01:20am 02/10/11
Must... hold out... for... Caspian... Border.......
Posted 01:26am 02/10/11
Posted 09:23am 02/10/11
Posted 09:55am 02/10/11
I'm loving it the flash that the scopes give. Players see them will often just freeze and stare like a stunned deer. It allows you to aim up tighter and pull off an easy head shot :)
sadly I find this to be exactly like BC2 - especially when there's a 400+ pinger lagging up the BC2 server, or if I'm on a bloody Hypernia/GA server. XTG ran a high ping kick on their BC2 boxes so I'd say I'd be mostly playing on theirs or the TOG servers over the next year. TOG's 4 servers were all all Hypernia boxes though oddly server #2 didn't have any lag issues for me :/
The real bugger about this is that my brother is also on TPG just down the street @ Coorparoo and doesn't have any of these lag issues at all. Grrrr
Time to look at cable again
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Posted 10:30am 02/10/11
Posted 11:31am 02/10/11
In saying that, I'm getting absolutely raped in BF3 - I'll put a few rounds into a guy for him to just stare at me, whip out a portable BBQ, cook up some bacon and eggs, maybe make himself a freshly squeezed OJ, then he washes and packs it all away before taking out his gun and shooting me once to kill me.. not sure whether this is me, the game betaness or someone putting some hacks into play.
Posted 11:57am 02/10/11
Had this guy with a stupid 10:1 KD ratio cold while he was setting up the bomb, literally emptied am M16 clip into him from about 5 metres and he calmly turned around and one-shotted me. I'm not the best shot (about 0.3 KD at the moment, mostly cos I go all aarrghh!!!! and spray bullets when I see bad guys :) but I know he took most of those shots into the chest on my screen.
Guys in our TS were complaining about him later on the map so there could be hax or lag / rego bugs affecting certain players.
Another problem is that parties don't work properly and squads are random. We have ~10 people in our regular teams and its s*** that we can't reliably get onto the same team, let alone the same squads.
On the upside I'm really liking battlelog. Works well and has great features, and the disconnect from the game itself will make it no doubt easier to push more s*** out to it.
Posted 11:56am 02/10/11
Posted 12:00pm 02/10/11
Yes.
Yeah don't get how they work in clear daylight though. Understand in the subway... but outside in daylight is retarded.
Posted 12:01pm 02/10/11
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Posted 12:17pm 02/10/11
lol
as if every man and his dog wasn't going to want to start looking at the back end
lol - serves ya right
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Posted 12:32pm 02/10/11
Posted 01:26pm 02/10/11
Posted 01:36pm 02/10/11
What the f***? That's f*****g bulls*** right there.
Posted 02:06pm 02/10/11
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Posted 04:02pm 02/10/11
1.336 *flaunts epeen*
W/L is 1.17, kills 191, deaths 143. I love the statistics on this Battlelog. Heaps of detail.
Tonight, let's sort out a massive party join. See if we can stress a server will heaps of people joining at once.
Posted 03:57pm 02/10/11
Win/Loss at 1.6
ooorah
Posted 04:09pm 02/10/11
Deaths 448
K/D Ratio 0.998
Kill assists 55
Eh... I guess not bad. Also how the f*** do you get robots in this game? Some guy was driving around a little bot strapped with 3 bricks of C4 taking out like 4 - 5 people at a time in the train station
EDIT - Nevermind. "this bot can be unlocked by scoring 71,000 with Engineer class"
Posted 04:14pm 02/10/11
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Posted 04:26pm 02/10/11
Oh how I wish it were hardcore!
Posted 04:33pm 02/10/11
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Posted 04:56pm 02/10/11
Posted 04:57pm 02/10/11
Sadly it doesn't seem to, I really think it should.
Posted 04:59pm 02/10/11
Although other times FF has not been enabled. I thought all the server settings are the same? I guess not.
Posted 05:11pm 02/10/11
Posted 05:12pm 02/10/11
Considering applying for the dole next year + bf3
Posted 05:13pm 02/10/11
Posted 05:41pm 02/10/11
Yea that's the key, it slows it down and this game needs it, at least on Metro it does.
That's going to happen regardless of the game mode, make it easy to hide and in an open area = camping. Also it's a attack & defend map, one side is meant to be camping.
Hardcore mode does not equal camping, it makes you give a s*** about being reckless and makes you think. Also removes the frustration of having to shot ppl so much, sure sometimes you get a lucky one shot but I just as often get heaps of hit indicators just to go down to the person I'm peppering.
Posted 05:44pm 02/10/11
EDIT - Oh and prone kind of s**** me. Wish they hadn't added it back into the game. It really does f*****g suck when you get shot and the kill cam zooms into some guy hidden in a bush. It's not the camping that annoys me it's the fact EVERYONE prones and it makes it so hard to get kills at times. I had a game where I was 0 and 14. Couldn't even getting a single bloody kill.
last edited by DM at 17:44:52 02/Oct/11
Posted 05:55pm 02/10/11
I used to think this way too until I actually started putting some time into hardcore servers on BC2, now I can't go back to standard servers. People really do take too many shots to kill, imo. A shot to the chest from medium range with a sniper rifle should kill, not take a little over 60% of their health. It also encourages people to be more careful. The only thing I don't like about hardcore on BC2 is that it removes the HUD. That just seems silly.
Posted 05:59pm 02/10/11
Posted 05:59pm 02/10/11
Posted 06:00pm 02/10/11
Posted 06:34pm 02/10/11
Try going prone yourself and crawling up along cover, then bolt from cover to cover. Always assume when you are in 'dead mans ground' you have been spotted so keep your head down. If are going to camp to hold ground for whatever reason, go prone, preferably before you arrive at your destination. No point getting to where you want to set up a MG then going prone after your big head has been spotted.
If you want some easy points, and I suspect it will be the same in final release, go support and drop ammo around squads of team mates. Since almost no-one does it everyone is always low on ammo and can easily rack up 100+ poitns per ammo drop. If it is a good choke point you can just keep dropping ammo packs and you'll gain 1000 points before you know it. All the time you can also be gunning people down and big points will be had.
You also seem to gain some good bonus points the longer your kill streak goes for.
Posted 06:44pm 02/10/11
Posted 07:07pm 02/10/11
Wow, you missed out.
Posted 07:20pm 02/10/11
BF 1942 on Wake Island was so good in fact that the demo which consisted of Wake Island was all that was needed to enjoy the BF 1942 experience.
Posted 07:21pm 02/10/11
Posted 07:23pm 02/10/11
makes the game terrible, really needs caspian borders
Posted 07:42pm 02/10/11
Posted 07:57pm 02/10/11
Posted 08:32pm 02/10/11
I refresh a bit later, same server is there still can't join. Anyone else having trouble?
As Frac pointed out, it's affecting a lot of people
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2826564925951292687/6/
Posted 08:41pm 02/10/11
Posted 09:00pm 02/10/11
Posted 09:02pm 02/10/11
Posted 09:05pm 02/10/11
Posted 09:19pm 02/10/11
Posted 09:30pm 02/10/11
xD
beta of the year
Posted 09:59pm 02/10/11
Disable it? I added Origin as a non-Steam game and use the Steam overlay in Battlefield 3.
Posted 11:01pm 02/10/11
Posted 10:31pm 02/10/11
Posted 10:43pm 02/10/11
WHY CANT YOU EXIT OR GET INTO THE MENU WHILE UR F*****G DEAD
Posted 10:45pm 02/10/11
Posted 11:04pm 02/10/11
Posted 11:15pm 02/10/11
I'm sure it's intentional. They seem to be trying to minimise rage-quitting. They probably found that if they don't give people a way to quit before they're respawned, people are more likely to just have "one more go" because they're already spawned and they may as well. I'm also pretty sure that you lose any progress if you quit before the end of a match.
Oh, and that video Reality posted was hilarious.
Posted 11:30pm 02/10/11
Posted 11:31pm 02/10/11
Posted 11:36pm 02/10/11
I too think the lack of exit when you're dead is to reduce rage-quits.
I've now almost racked up as much time with MG's as recon. Sad Panda that my next unlock, Mortar, is unavailable in beta :(
I find it is a little lame when both sides manage to lock down the first set of M-Coms so that the game doesn't progress. That being said, it is great to be on the team that is locking it down.
Posted 12:15am 03/10/11
Posted 12:28am 03/10/11
Posted 12:29am 03/10/11
Posted 12:53am 03/10/11
Posted 08:00am 03/10/11
OH YOU GOT SHOT WITH A M4 8 TIMES AND JUST FLINCHED, TURNED AROUND AND SHOT ME. DATS COOL.
Posted 08:41am 03/10/11
Posted 09:04am 03/10/11
Posted 10:07am 03/10/11
Posted 10:53am 03/10/11
Posted 11:05am 03/10/11
I'm done with this :[
I feel that COD does infantry warfare much better than BF.
Posted 11:07am 03/10/11
Posted 11:28am 03/10/11
Posted 11:30am 03/10/11
Posted 11:32am 03/10/11
Posted 11:39am 03/10/11
Posted 12:00pm 03/10/11
Yet another bug I caught in action.
Posted 12:42pm 03/10/11
Posted 12:54pm 03/10/11
Actually I'm of the opinion that pre-order/open betas are today's demo's, the only benefit they really get is a massive stress test. Who here is submitting useful bug reports? I know I'm not. I am judging this game on it's design choices though. I guess it will depend on how many of the many bugs make it to retail, when ever that is.
Posted 12:57pm 03/10/11
Posted 01:46pm 03/10/11
Where dos it say that there will be no Caspian border in open beta? And yea I agree COD does arcade infantry better.
Posted 01:48pm 03/10/11
I find the assault class to be almost redundant, each other class has better equipment and/or weapons. I feel they need to beef up the damage of the assault rifles a tad and maybe give that class 2 grenades as stock.
Posted 02:00pm 03/10/11
Posted 01:52pm 03/10/11
I disagree completely. Assault is probably the most useful, with the medikit and defibs. The design choice to make Assault the medics is a very good one in my opinion. They are now closer to the battle, and are able to get in and revive people and pull them back into action.
Posted 01:58pm 03/10/11
I just learned how f*****g OP the UMP is first hand, I alt-F4 lol, I just don't enjoy this game.
Posted 02:15pm 03/10/11
Posted 02:18pm 03/10/11
-why do the guns handle like CoD? counteract the recoil, and you'll find all the weapons will be spot-on up to medium range - even the shotgun is nuts (put flechettes and extended mag on it...)
-why are the flashlights and laser sights so stupid? they get in your eyes even if they are aiming at your crotch
-go through 3 different menus to modify my gun. i can't do it on the spawn screen?
-can't quit game while dead (have to alt+f4)
what about communication?? isn't this a team game? how am I supposed to ask for ammo? this is an integral part of the game. if it's not in the beta then communication options either don't exist or the devs are stupid.
it's also funny how the game treats you like a CoD idiot. points and ribbons for having the squad spawn on you? hahaha
these problems are not on account of its beta status... don't be so naive, half of these 'problems' will make it into the final game.
there are threads on the forums (countless ones) talking about how the helicopters have been dumbed down - they are tilt locked and don't have full 360 rotation like DC and BF2. the one part i was looking forward to the most - had my joystick ready and everything.
imo bf3 = game for casuals. not a worthy successor to BF. will not buy at all, or will buy from a cdkey website ending in .ru
Posted 02:26pm 03/10/11
Posted 02:30pm 03/10/11
He means you can't do loop-the-loops in choppers. You know, because that is useful...
Posted 02:31pm 03/10/11
Posted 02:31pm 03/10/11
Posted 02:31pm 03/10/11
Will be in full game. A bit stupid not to have it for beta I agree but it'll be there.
Also friendlies blinding you is so griefable. Sucks when some tard won't stop shining it in your eyes so you die.
Doesn't bother me much. I just wish the respawn menu would pop up sooner so I had more time to modify my outfit. While spending 10 seconds looking at the guy who killed you, why can't I open the menu during this time and fiddle with my kit?
When you get into a situation where you NEED ammo because you are all out in both guns you start to panic. I had this happen and 3 support guys ignored me when I kept asking in chat for ammo. F*** heads wouldn't drop it. There needs to be a key where you can target someone and it'll ask for their specific group bonus. Like recon's it tells to drop moveable spawn, assault's it tells to drop med kits and so on.
Posted 02:32pm 03/10/11
Posted 02:33pm 03/10/11
Posted 02:48pm 03/10/11
I'm seeing ppl who have prestige already.
Posted 02:51pm 03/10/11
It sucks because I don't understand why they would go backward like that. I also hate getting stuck with a bad, bad squad, I'd rather be in no squad. Actually I'd rather swap into another squad but I can't!
Posted 02:54pm 03/10/11
Posted 03:15pm 03/10/11
EDIT - Or i'm totally wrong
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Posted 03:14pm 03/10/11
Posted 03:22pm 03/10/11
Got some bad news for ya buddy...
"Voice chat and squadding will be on the battlelog side of things"
http://twitter.com/#!/zh1nt0/status/120072134226751488
Posted 03:16pm 03/10/11
Posted 03:25pm 03/10/11
Posted 03:27pm 03/10/11
Hahaha epic fail. Cuz I just love alt tabbing to do simple tasks! Ok lets be fair, have the said that this battle log thing will get an overlay a la Steam?
Posted 03:32pm 03/10/11
here is what real helicopters can do:
this is what you can do in bf2:
BF2 Helicopter's rich gameplay by ZAGOR - WATCH IN HD
you will not be able to do any of this. another example of how they have lowered the skill ceiling for casuals.
Posted 03:45pm 03/10/11
Anyways I didn't see anyone doing loops in what i actually watched of it, I don't do loops in Arma, which is more realistic than both but still arcade like for choppers. Loops are meh.
Haha as I'm typing this I'm seeing the rotors of the choppers in that vid clipping through so much s***, skill my ass.
Posted 03:47pm 03/10/11
Posted 03:54pm 03/10/11
not that it helps, the people i've come across are absolutely awful and don't know what 'team' means. maybe i expect too much from pub ?
..
Posted 04:02pm 03/10/11
Posted 04:22pm 03/10/11
I installed the beta nvidia drivers and its worked perfectly for me. Tried doing a clean install of the drivers? Maybe its something else on your system conflicting.
Posted 04:29pm 03/10/11
Posted 05:04pm 03/10/11
However I just unlocked the M40A5 bolt action... Again pulled the scope off it, but I don't think I could use any other gun, the sound this thing makes every time you fire it is unbelievable. Haven't heard a gun sound so good in an FPS to date.
Posted 05:20pm 03/10/11
Its not supposed to be a helicopter simulator though. Makes sense to me to make the game more accessible, not only does it mean it will appeal to more people, but it means you've got more chance of having a good game on a public server if people can actually fly the planes/helicopters/whatever semi-properly. I mean how many times in BF2 do you see people run and jump in a helicopter, take off, and then immediately crash when they try and turn? Thats not fun for anyone.
I'm all for more making games more accessible and easier to pick up, the whole elitist "this isn't cool because its not difficult to figure out" mentality is just dumb. Just because its easier for people to get into, doesn't put them on the same footing as people who are really good at the game, it just gives them a fighting chance. There'll still be a chance for the awesome players to shine I'm sure, and we'll still see plenty of videos of people doing amazing things that I could never hope to do.
I didn't watch that whole BF2 chopper video, just the first few minutes, but I didn't see anything that couldn't be done with BF3 choppers? It might turn into a stunts video later on with loops and stuff, but all the combat bits I watched just looked like he was good at flying it and aiming, which should translate over to BF3 as well I would imagine.
Posted 05:25pm 03/10/11
Posted 05:29pm 03/10/11
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Posted 05:34pm 03/10/11
RAGE!
Posted 05:37pm 03/10/11
I think this is everyone's experience for the first 10 or so times when attempting to fly one. That s*** is hard as hell top pick up when you are new
Posted 05:38pm 03/10/11
I thought headshots were one hit kills?
Posted 05:39pm 03/10/11
or are there still enough complete BF noobs
Posted 06:09pm 03/10/11
Posted 07:37pm 03/10/11
Not in my experience, I had a guy take 4 hits in the head from my M16 (all I could see was his head).
Also I've just tried the M320 grenade launcher... it's f*****g terribad, two hits are needed for a kill and it's velocity is way too high and as a result it has almost no arc at all. Also you have to give up slot 3 (medpack) & weapon mod slot 2 to use it (attached). I guess DICE don't like noobtubes... yet there is endless RPG spam.
Edit: Actually the M320 grenade launcher has no arc at all, the aim point is the impact point regardless of range.
Posted 06:25pm 03/10/11
Posted 06:26pm 03/10/11
Yea, it's bound to space by default, I've not seen it in Metro for obvious reasons though.
Posted 06:27pm 03/10/11
Posted 06:52pm 03/10/11
The ausgamers download mirror is not working for me It keeps dropping the connection during the download.
Posted 06:56pm 03/10/11
Posted 07:00pm 03/10/11
Posted 07:29pm 03/10/11
Posted 08:04pm 03/10/11
Posted 08:09pm 03/10/11
His first case: Instantly dying for 100% health to 0% (It's not head shots with the lack of head shot crosshair icon)
Second Case: Being hit after running behind cover. Just after halfway there is one there I have experienced before where you can run halfway down a hall and a guy who was in he open has supposedly killed you?
Third case: Bullets that do no damage despite shooting first. Only experienced this one a couple of times.
Seems to be client side prediction issues?
Makes me wonder how many times the kills I get is this sort of stuff happening to other people.
Posted 08:18pm 03/10/11
Every now than then in BC2 you would get a chopper guy who knew what he was doing......it was terrible to be on the opposing side, wheather it be on foot or in a tank, those flyboys would scrap you easily and there is not a whole lot you could do about it.
Posted 08:25pm 03/10/11
I get heaps of this, I come under fire but clearly get behind cover to just die there, I sometimes die and my body gets pulled back sometimes as much as 10m. I also get a lot of the shoot first die first crap, I mainly put it down to others having better weapons (for example the F2000 seems to do twice the damage of the M16 even though the fire the same round), I also assume once the server tags you as dead your shots are 'removed' so even though you were getting ass loads of hit indicators you are out of play so no kill after the fact.
My method of testing lag in BC2 is still valid here, get your knife out and stab something destructible, note the delay between impact and destruction, that's your lag. I'd put it at about 150ish. No wonder they chose to hide ping in game this time around.
Posted 09:38pm 03/10/11
This was meant to be in my original post about the lag etc. that I was referring to. I found this on the BF3 forums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGaP5wTYLtQ
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Posted 10:02pm 03/10/11
Posted 10:59pm 03/10/11
Posted 11:02pm 03/10/11
Posted 11:10pm 03/10/11
Posted 12:05am 04/10/11
But what about those 60 fpssssss
Posted 12:23am 04/10/11
That vid shows exactly what I've been experiencing.
The M249 seems pretty powerful, also I've noticed there is no mobility penalty for using it, you can wield it like an SMG. Speaking of SMG's I just unlocked the UMP.... enjoying the game a lot more now, that thing makes me feel like I'm playing on hardcore, the way it should be.
Posted 12:26am 04/10/11
Posted 12:40am 04/10/11
Posted 01:03am 04/10/11
No no I don't mean on the move, I mean when your sprinting along you can very quickly go from full sprint to accurate fire. One would think it would be a bit slower given it's size and weight.
Posted 06:12am 04/10/11
Posted 07:29am 04/10/11
My weapon of choice currently:
M40A5 with just iron sights + Tact Light.
Statistics
kills
187
headshots
97
shotsFired
613
accuracy%
45.4
It has it's down sides, 75% max damage per shot except head and even then sometimes it seems to leave them on 0% ???
I was disappointed it sounds more blunted in the tunnels which is the opposite of what I'd expect in such a closed in area?
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Posted 08:02am 04/10/11
Posted 08:11am 04/10/11
My last match. Pretty good for me, I am usually in the middle but some times I pull crazy s***. I got 4 pistol ribbons that round too, I hope they don't change pistols in the final retail version.
Posted 08:17am 04/10/11
Posted 08:42am 04/10/11
Apaches can go underwater, crash into s***, skim along the ground with their tail rotor totally underground and walk away scratch free!
I think not.
You will still be able to perform most of the air to air combat you saw in that BF2 video, as said above, who gives a s*** about loops.
Posted 08:52am 04/10/11
I really, really hope that Dice listen to the people about in-game squad management. Easily the most wanted, most missed and most useful feature they could add that isn't currently available. Much, Much more then upside down flying choppers... and dinosaurs.
edit: Although dinosaurs do rate a close second.
Posted 09:19am 04/10/11
Posted 10:25am 04/10/11
Also, earlier, about 5 of us created a platoon and tried to join an almost empty server (about 12 slots out of 32) and only 2 of us were placed in while the others sat there, bugged out, and then couldn't join!
This s*** needs to get fixed ASAP, it's pretty basic to be honest, and I don't see why you wouldn't want to allow it.
Posted 10:26am 04/10/11
Posted 10:40am 04/10/11
Posted 11:14am 04/10/11
Posted 11:19am 04/10/11
Posted 11:20am 04/10/11
Oh it worked.
Unfortunately youtube compressed my already compressed video, didn't know it was going to do that :( bit hard to see what's going on now.
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Posted 11:22am 04/10/11
Posted 11:30am 04/10/11
It ended 25/3 - bah screenshot all low res. I fail at uploading of things :)
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Posted 11:30am 04/10/11
Posted 11:37am 04/10/11
Actually that makes me think, I'd prefer to see a replay of the last few seconds of your death from your enemies perspective. I can't remember which game did this.
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Posted 11:42am 04/10/11
Posted 11:42am 04/10/11
On defence I like to take the big tree down by the lake. You can really rack em up. Will put a vid up later. What are you using to record?
Posted 11:43am 04/10/11
Posted 11:46am 04/10/11
Someone may have to point out the best way with sizes, resolution etc. before uploading as I'd be interested too since mine was butchered by youtube :(
Posted 11:53am 04/10/11
Posted 11:59am 04/10/11
Going to be fun using it to set us up the bomb.
Posted 12:04pm 04/10/11
Posted 12:23pm 04/10/11
You can poke the enemy, just go up to them and fire, you kill them using the repair tool.
Posted 01:39pm 04/10/11
Oh and I'm fully expecting the UMP to get a nerf as it really needs it, but I also would never play retail on normal mode, so it should be similar on hardcore. I'm seeing a glimpse of hardcore with it.
Posted 01:47pm 04/10/11
Although he did ignore my hello's in game, a******.
Chat system could be better in game as well :O
Posted 02:04pm 04/10/11
The number of times i had to yell SUPPORT: SPAWN, DROP AMMO, THEN MOVE ON. It was frustrating.
I'm not an a****** I just play one in BF3.
Posted 02:17pm 04/10/11
Posted 02:18pm 04/10/11
Posted 02:21pm 04/10/11
Posted 02:27pm 04/10/11
Posted 02:29pm 04/10/11
Posted 02:55pm 04/10/11
And BC2.
Posted 03:14pm 04/10/11
Posted 05:05pm 04/10/11
Really? I find it washes out way too much even in the subway, also if anyone has a flash light or a scope that give a lens flare it washes it out even further, also the illogically placed fires in the subway wash it out a lot. Seems like a night only thing to me but maybe a wide open space would be more suited.
Posted 06:42pm 04/10/11
Posted 06:47pm 04/10/11
Posted 07:28pm 04/10/11
Posted 07:32pm 04/10/11
Cool thanks
Posted 08:19pm 04/10/11
Posted 08:22pm 04/10/11
Every single server is full and filling up instantly!
Posted 08:42pm 04/10/11
Posted 08:45pm 04/10/11
Doesn't seem legit tho
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Posted 08:46pm 04/10/11
ill play it, f***, i mean even if they dont fix everything by release it will be in the near future i would say.
Posted 08:51pm 04/10/11
Posted 08:57pm 04/10/11
I don't think it is, I don't see it anywhere on the battlefield twitter on the 30th of September.
Posted 09:18pm 04/10/11
Posted 09:22pm 04/10/11
Posted 09:30pm 04/10/11
Posted 09:38pm 04/10/11
Posted 09:59pm 04/10/11
I'd been raging at why its been so hard to connect but there it is. Apparently I am not alone.
Posted 09:58pm 04/10/11
Posted 10:19pm 04/10/11
Posted 10:23pm 04/10/11
But the only servers I CANT connect to are GA, I can conect to node, NZ, f*****g 500 ping servers in DE are fine.
Every time I try to connect to GA it fails - Malthius acknowledged its broken for some Telstra customers in the thread.
Posted 10:47pm 04/10/11
Posted 11:03pm 04/10/11
The server GameOp can easily help you out here with a simple console command.
Stop playing pubs dude.. look around for a clan.
Posted 11:10pm 04/10/11
Posted 11:20pm 04/10/11
i've got bigpond cable and since beta started i haven't be able to connect to any ga servers. other servers are fine.
Posted 11:27pm 04/10/11
Posted 11:26pm 04/10/11
Posted 11:27pm 04/10/11
Posted 11:48pm 04/10/11
Posted 11:54pm 04/10/11
On a more humerus note I think i just got booted for saying "yea no s***" to some genius that said take B... then after we got it he says take A......
Posted 11:58pm 04/10/11
Posted 12:02am 05/10/11
Posted 12:05am 05/10/11
Hardcore is disabled atm but I agree the models are far too similar, also you can always see the squad name tags I've had a few moments where I had an enemy align with a distant squad members name tag and ignored them just to get owned.
Posted 12:06am 05/10/11
Posted 12:23am 05/10/11
Posted 12:33am 05/10/11
Yea it's pretty damn obvious that the lens flare is a failure when most people just take the scope off right away.
I was using them tonight as well, though I was using them to blow away cover around the objectives while on defence.
Posted 12:33am 05/10/11
Posted 01:19am 05/10/11
Posted 08:29am 05/10/11
Posted 08:40am 05/10/11
Still so few support drop ammo.
I can't get VoIP working.
Posted 12:05pm 05/10/11
Posted 01:40pm 05/10/11
holy f*** this annoying!
im always scattering ammo around when im support, its like ppl forget about it.
the amount of times ive been kicking ass only to run out of ammo and have no ammo boxes around ><
+1 for over the cheaters, all this effort to get into the game and people are still hacking :/
Posted 01:46pm 05/10/11
have been using the ACOG on MK11 for recon and really enjoying that. love setting up a sweet mobile spawn point also, get some good points through that.
Posted 01:52pm 05/10/11
engi + shotgun is one of my favourites
Posted 02:12pm 05/10/11
Posted 02:40pm 05/10/11
Posted 03:17pm 05/10/11
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Posted 03:37pm 05/10/11
Posted 03:44pm 05/10/11
This man speaks the truth
Posted 04:30pm 05/10/11
Nah, but I do get a really annoying bug where sometimes after I throw a medpack, and it swaps back to my primary weapon, I can't zoom or look down the sights anymore. Have to swap to my pistol then back to my weapon before it works.
Posted 04:34pm 05/10/11
Posted 04:59pm 05/10/11
Posted 05:04pm 05/10/11
Posted 05:06pm 05/10/11
Yea I get that too, I find going prone seems to do the trick.
Posted 05:15pm 05/10/11
It needs to be on flat ground, it's a pain in the ass. And by flat, I mean pretty much dead level.
It will destroy itself when the gameplay moves up to next MCOMMS. It can be replenished with ammo box.
You can also pick it up by pressing R when near it, but then its weird and bugs out and you have to "reload" by pressing r again to plant it back down, as though it were a rifle O.o
The mobile spawn point is probably the whole reason I play recon, it's awesome :)
Posted 05:52pm 05/10/11
Posted 06:30pm 05/10/11
It makes sense they putting metro through it's paces because they need to iron out the general fps bugs before introducing vehicle issues.
Posted 06:39pm 05/10/11
Sometimes I really seriously regret getting another ATI card. May just sell this one or bin it, and buy a 590.
Posted 07:06pm 05/10/11
Posted 07:08pm 05/10/11
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Posted 07:11pm 05/10/11
Posted 07:38pm 05/10/11
Posted 07:38pm 05/10/11
Posted 07:40pm 05/10/11
With the mobile spawns - I put one down in the bushes in the circular gazebo thingy at the first stage as defenders. When the attackers take the first mcom, I spawn at the mobile respawn with the shotty and take em out from behind. Works a treat ;) Especially in the dark subway tunnels.
I think it lasts until the 3rd mcom stage... or until you stop spawning on it... not sure..
Posted 09:32pm 05/10/11
Saw something funny yesterday as well that I didnt record, a teammate shot an attacker on Metro and when he died his body just flew really fast towards us and hit some wall, could have been a grenade that got him but the way the body flew just looked impossible.
Posted 10:13pm 05/10/11
They can be destroyed by the other team too, I've killed a few when I've seen them
Had a weird thing going on with Battlelog when I was just playing, I made a party with my brother, found a server with a few open slots and clicked "Join as Party", but then me and him ended up in completely different servers.
Posted 10:18pm 05/10/11
http://postimage.org/image/23fz00w6c/
Posted 10:19pm 05/10/11
Posted 11:12pm 05/10/11
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Posted 12:13am 06/10/11
Posted 12:24am 06/10/11
Actually, one thing I'd really like to see (but I dunno if this level of integration is possible), is the ability to play with and setup loadouts on the Battlelog website, and then have it reflected ingame when you play.
Edit: Actually, never mind, just realised if I go to my profile I can see the stats on all the stuff I've unlocked, which is good enough
Posted 12:27am 06/10/11
Posted 12:48am 06/10/11
Posted 12:49am 06/10/11
Posted 12:52am 06/10/11
Posted 02:08am 06/10/11
Posted 12:08pm 06/10/11
Hit rego is aweful. constant disconnects due to "disconnection from login server".
avoiding like plague until fixed.
Posted 03:04pm 06/10/11
Its awesome
Posted 03:06pm 06/10/11
Posted 03:23pm 06/10/11
I lol'd:
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Posted 03:23pm 06/10/11
I had disconnect problems the first time i played it, but now seems to be pretty smooth on the games arena servers.
Posted 03:42pm 06/10/11
Posted 03:44pm 06/10/11
Posted 08:56am 07/10/11
the score is usually a give away, though I notice that these guys don't appear to 'twitch' like they do in BC2.
I'm a little over the beta for the moment. The lack of admins to keep the servers clean really has gotten too much.
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Posted 12:49pm 07/10/11
Posted 01:04pm 07/10/11
Yeh four sets of m-com:
bush (sniper c**** in bush)
subway (sniper c**** in trains)
upstairs (sniper c**** at top of escalators)
city (sniper c**** in houses)
I'm not sure of the timing, but I gather that if it takes a long enough time (or enough deaths maybe?) to take the first two m-coms that it opens up the third one rather than just declaring the match? I think I've seen attackers win at subway anyway...
Posted 01:01pm 07/10/11
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http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2826564925967583255/
Posted 09:08pm 07/10/11
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Posted 09:38pm 07/10/11
edit: Videos on 2 other maps are out:
http://au.ign.com/videos/2011/10/07/battlefield-3-grand-bazaar-developer-commentary
http://au.ign.com/videos/2011/10/07/battlefield-3-operation-firestorm-developer-commentary
last edited by FraktuRe at 21:38:47 07/Oct/11
Posted 09:44pm 07/10/11
Posted 09:49pm 07/10/11
Posted 10:05pm 07/10/11
Why is every other country well catered for with plenty of 64 slot servers but here we get s*** all... and only 48.
Posted 10:17pm 07/10/11
Posted 10:23pm 07/10/11
those 2 maps looks so much better than metro.
Posted 10:28pm 07/10/11
Posted 11:15pm 07/10/11
Posted 11:19pm 07/10/11
http://blog.greenmangaming.com/2011/10/ea-regional-restrictions-update/
Posted 11:27pm 07/10/11
Posted 11:37pm 07/10/11
Yeah, was just playing on a random US server and natslovr shows up and kills me! So random :P
I Pulled off an awesome shoot the helicopter out of the sky with my tank kill too
Posted 11:43pm 07/10/11
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Posted 11:58pm 07/10/11
Also, the GA server I was just on was laggier than the american server earlier.
Posted 11:59pm 07/10/11
Posted 01:20am 08/10/11
Posted 01:52am 08/10/11
Blog has 404'ed. According to their Facebook, they are going to be addressing the issue soon, hopefully it gets sorted quickly. I mean, why convert the UK Pound to US Dollar and then say it's UK restrictive?
Posted 02:05am 08/10/11
Posted 05:03am 08/10/11
besides that I quit after about 5 minutes of playing cause of horrendous molasses type lag that plagues the frostbite engine, hopefully its ironed out sooner than later on the release versions
Posted 09:23am 08/10/11
Posted 09:25am 08/10/11
that not necessarily part seems a bit gay =(
Posted 01:20pm 08/10/11
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Posted 02:24pm 08/10/11
Yeah seems to be, cause I just finished playing 4 rounds on a 64 GameArena server, but it had PB off.
Posted 02:44pm 08/10/11
Seriously lame if the admins are just kicking people to make room.
Posted 03:15pm 08/10/11
Posted 09:01pm 08/10/11
Look at Deviouz's post here... http://www.ausgamers.com/forums/general/thread.php/3121937?post=30#post3122104
Posted 03:53pm 09/10/11