Battlefield 3

[Volw]

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/08/battlefield-3-pc-will-handle-40-more-players-than-on-consoles-new-features-revealed/

64- man multipalyer! :D

[Pegasus]

Cool, I wonder if this will be as half-arsed and shit as BF2 was.

[Fargrim]

So gonna play this !!! ;D :shinner:

[Ludicrouse]

Cool, I wonder if this will be as half-arsed and shit as BF2142 was.


Fixed for accuracy.

You should flog yourself for insulting BF2.


As for BF3, i am indeed a tad excited. The Frostbite engine is pretty good once they improved the hit detection.

[Hovis]

Fucking again with the unlocks. Pass.

Either the game stands on its merits or it doesn't. Trying to hook people with imbalanced unlocks, which they were. I mean Engineers and Medics are literally unfit for purpose in BFBC2 until you'd unlocked the items that actually define their roles.

Roll on Planetside Next. Because when I want the grind of an MMOFPS, I'll play an MMOFPS.

[Volw]

Fucking again with the unlocks. Pass.

Either the game stands on its merits or it doesn't. Trying to hook people with imbalanced unlocks, which they were. I mean Engineers and Medics are literally unfit for purpose in BFBC2 until you'd unlocked the items that actually define their roles.

Roll on Planetside Next. Because when I want the grind of an MMOFPS, I'll play an MMOFPS.

Rubbish, M249 was good enough - sure MG36 or M60 were a tiny little bit better (5%-10%?) but it was nowhere near the OPness of BF2 unlocks, or unlocks in any other game. Including PS.

[Taylor]

Fixed for accuracy.

You should flog yourself for insulting BF2.


As for BF3, i am indeed a tad excited. The Frostbite engine is pretty good once they improved the hit detection.

I quite like BFBC2 even though the maps were too small and it was heavily, heavily consolised.

I even liked 2142 for the airship battles when you could (laggily) board them and (laggily) fight on them while they were (laggily) moving.

Major thing they got wrong with BFBC2 was being able to respawn on any member of a squad rather than just the squad leader.

Hope they're going back to having more class/roles in 3 as it was fucking shit in BFBC2 as well.

Thus concudes my random BF thoughts.

[Flufball]

I miss midway.

[Gunhead]

That's graphics for you.

wi2tae2PmmU

[GuardianAnge1]

colour me impressed - those are some sweet animations and lighting effects

[Pegasus]

Looks good indeed.

[MiMaRz]

Damn, my computer just shriveled up and hid in the corner watching that... :shinner:

[Volw]

RB1yq28VAKg

fap fap.

[Hovis]

Literally nothing in that video appeals to me. Yes, the ultra-highly scripted parts looked nice, but they don't matter one fucking atom to the gameplay. And when the shooting started? Nothing. Nothing new or interesting there whatever. Just more fully automatic LOLgunning at close quarters with little or interaction with the world (I mean the guy puts plenty of rounds into that van, doesn't even leave a bullet hole). You know what all this means to me? Generic shooter on rails, controlling a camera point along a corridor and clicking on the baddies. As a single player game experience? Nothing about that interests me. The story is crap too. I don't even need to play it to know that, for the same reason I know the stories are crap on a Twilight fanfic site without reading them. There hasn't been a good story in an out and out modern combat FPS yet, I can't imagine the third game in a series predominantly focussed on MP is going to break that trend.

I'm fully prepared for the possibility that it might be a brilliant game. But for the moment all I'm seeing is a lot of polished trailers, but nothing else. They've done a good job of hiding the actual game amid these scripted sections, but what I've seen of the game itself doesn't appeal.

The world is choked with Call of Duty wannabes, and this looks like just one more of them. I bet it'll be a massive success and it's bound to be very well put together, but, meh. Not interested in the least.

[moose]

Before black ops came out I would have been amazed by that. But now I'm just a little cautious of this whole genre now. The graphics and the animations are incredible n'all but as Hovis quite rightly pointed out that you're just controlling a camera on rails.

Still, I'll probably buy it along with a grand worth of long overdue hardware and bang on about how amazing it is for a month and then realise I was duped.

[Ludicrouse]

Glad to see EA's Publicity Stunt is working in Libya!

[Hovis]

Note as well that the van in that movie gets caught in the middle of a raging firefight, but the windows aren't even broken. Le sigh. Just another tour on rails through a bulletproof world.

[Tapja]

Don't give a flying fuck about single player tbh. If it has a solid MP, i'm getting it.

[Hovis]

Don't give a flying fuck about single player tbh. If it has a solid MP, i'm getting it.

Well it'll have that, that's a given. It's a piece of piss to make decent MP these days.

[GuardianAnge1]

It's a piece of piss to make decent MP these days.

is it really? please list all of these decent MP games that you've been playing.

[Hovis]

is it really? please list all of these decent MP games that you've been playing.

Are you shitting me? I can't think of a AAA FPS game in years that hasn't had decent MP. By which I mean it's fun for long enough that it makes the game just about worth the buy. That's not to say they've been great, but by decent I mean functional and reasonably entertaining for maybe twenty hours or so.

[WiGgLr]

Literally nothing in that video appeals to me. Yes, the ultra-highly scripted parts looked nice, but they don't matter one fucking atom to the gameplay. And when the shooting started? Nothing. Nothing new or interesting there whatever. Just more fully automatic LOLgunning at close quarters with little or interaction with the world (I mean the guy puts plenty of rounds into that van, doesn't even leave a bullet hole). You know what all this means to me? Generic shooter on rails, controlling a camera point along a corridor and clicking on the baddies. As a single player game experience? Nothing about that interests me. The story is crap too. I don't even need to play it to know that, for the same reason I know the stories are crap on a Twilight fanfic site without reading them. There hasn't been a good story in an out and out modern combat FPS yet, I can't imagine the third game in a series predominantly focussed on MP is going to break that trend.

I'm fully prepared for the possibility that it might be a brilliant game. But for the moment all I'm seeing is a lot of polished trailers, but nothing else. They've done a good job of hiding the actual game amid these scripted sections, but what I've seen of the game itself doesn't appeal.

The world is choked with Call of Duty wannabes, and this looks like just one more of them. I bet it'll be a massive success and it's bound to be very well put together, but, meh. Not interested in the least.

You realise you're bashing something which states clearly that it's taken from pre-alpha software?

The battlefield games have destroyable buildings, trees, vehicles and other stuff, I see no reason why this one won't too.

The battlefield series have also been one of the better MP FPS games out there for many years.

[DestRox]

personally i enjoyed CoD4 single player alot, multi was kinda screwd with all the choppers and stuff that ppl could call in
b4 that BF2142 MP was really fun, thou battleship fights were horribly lagged

thou the only FPS that i still play time to time is CS and NS

i was gonna get black ops... but meh again all the call in stuff "camp get 5-9" kills and fly imba chopper or 25kills instan win... what a bs

anyway... BF3 does look nice, will think about getting it.

oh... and Ghost Recon single player was one of my favs back... then.. . .

[Hovis]

You realise you're bashing something which states clearly that it's taken from pre-alpha software?

The battlefield games have destroyable buildings, trees, vehicles and other stuff, I see no reason why this one won't too.

The battlefield series have also been one of the better MP FPS games out there for many years.

If they are happy to put it out there in that state I am happy to slap it's face off. Just one more hyper-scripted Clone Of Duty title to sit alongside the other AAA franchises churning out the exact same game. I mean maybe I'm just getting old and picky, but I could sit down in front of the most recent Medal of Honour, Call of Duty and Battlefield games in single player and literally not know which one I was playing. Fuck them all.

If there is anything notable in Battlefield 3 it'll have to be in the multiplayer because the single player, as evidenced by that video, is just one more generic shooter. And sure, those sort of games are decent, hell I rated Bad Company 2 very highly, but I'm bored of that shit now. These franchises are just geese laying golden eggs for the developers but for me, as a player, I'm fucking bored of golden eggs. I want something new.

Hell I just played through Bulletstorm the other day, same principle as Clone of Duty, you run through a corridor shooting everything, but they got a little crazy, they gave it a cool story, they let you kick people into spikes, and I'd take that as a single player game* over any number of these Modern Warfare carbon copies.

*Once anyway. As a change of pace.

[Pegasus]

BF2 was plagued by griefers, 12 year olds and retards don't forget.

[Tapja]

BF2 was plagued by griefers, 12 year olds and retards don't forget.

These are everywhere, just less noticeable in more run'n'gun games.

[Hovis]

I think if BF2 hadn't had the Karkand map it would have been forgotten by now.

[Flufball]

I enjoyed the early days of BF2, where you could drive around with a jeep strapped full of C4 with inpunity, stingers actually worked, blowing things up in helicopters was fun, and generally everyone was just enjoying themselves getting to grips with the game.

I tried going back to it a while ago and got my head shot off by ultra ninja people (fair enough I suppose, with the time people have dedicated to the game) and then got moaned at for dropping a box on someones head, despite the fact that I remember they made this a selling point of the commander mode. It seems that after a while a load of unwritten rules creep in that tend to get less fun and more irritating the longer they're kept.

I'll enjoy BF3's Multiplayer for a similar period of time I imgaine, and after a while people will start saying things like "Run me over and I'll kick you!" and so on. Also, I'm not too sold on the whole destructable terrain bit, sure it's a nice feature but I don't know, sometimes I think it's nice to know that a wall is something you can hide behind.

[Tapja]

http://kotaku.com/#!5777182/unofficial-paparazzi-footage-reveals-battlefield-3s-a-stunner

[Gunhead]

12 minutes of HD SP gameplay vid. Enjoy.

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[Volw]

Slightly underwhelmed. If I didn't know the title I'd think it's CoD:MW3 :(

[Hovis]

They used to call shit like that an interactive movie. Except that they'd generally give you something a little more taxing to do than click on anything that moves on the screen.

[Khammar]

Anyone else in the Alpha?

[adee]

NDDfPxF3EFE

[Volw]

can't wait!

[Ludicrouse]

Win.


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/Omians/Robot.gif

[GuardianAnge1]

even porn couldn't make me that hard

[OniKiy]

That's just fucking awesome.

[Hovis]

Nice graphics, I look forward to many hours of snipe and tank.

[Nyana]

And hours of Origin (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-12-origin-required-to-play-battlefield-3) frustration. The one reason I'm skipping this title, unless Origin broadens it's catalog, or Steam gets this title as well.

[adee]

What's wrong with origin, seems ok to me.
You will be missing all the fun on what looks Like the best FPS shooter I've seen in quite awhile

[Ludicrouse]

And hours of Origin (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-12-origin-required-to-play-battlefield-3) frustration. The one reason I'm skipping this title, unless Origin broadens it's catalog, or Steam gets this title as well.

Your loss. My Origin setup was quicker than a Steam installation, which is pretty bloody quick.

I seem to recall HL2/TF2/CSS requiring Steam to play when Steam first come about, did you feel the same then or is it just tears because it is "Big Bad Electronic Arts"?

Personally i look forward to some competition to Steam, it tends to drive innovation up and prices down.

[MiMaRz]

Personally i look forward to some competition to Steam, it tends to drive innovation up and prices down.

[Nyana]

Having only games from one publisher in your catalog isn't exactly competition is it. It's more retarded that one company demands you use their portal and have an internet connection on all the time. Ubi did that before, and got raped the community about it and now they've seen the light.

I'm not defending Steam here at all. The whole Steam price system (convert dollar directly to euro/gbp as 1:1 is just as retarded as the whole Origin thing.

There are some other download services as well like Good Old Games and Direct2Drive. I love to use those as well to get my games, just because they don't stick to one publisher only. Origin would be fine if it wasn't shoving EA's demands in my face all the time.

[Ludicrouse]

Having only games from one publisher in your catalog isn't exactly competition is it.

How many third party games did Steam contain within its first 6 months of life? Almost none.

It's more retarded that one company demands you use their portal and have an internet connection on all the time. Ubi did that before, and got raped the community about it and now they've seen the light.

Yeah, community uproar, lot of good that did. From Dust should release any minute now and that still has that Uplay rubbish all over it that requires an active connection. Dont forget though, Steam is just another form of DRM.



I'm not defending Steam here at all. The whole Steam price system (convert dollar directly to euro/gbp as 1:1 is just as retarded as the whole Origin thing.

Do you mean EA charging top dollar for their games on Origin? They did the same with Steam.


There are some other download services as well like Good Old Games and Direct2Drive. I love to use those as well to get my games, just because they don't stick to one publisher only. Origin would be fine if it wasn't shoving EA's demands in my face all the time.

They had the advantage that they were not Publishers themselves. They signed agreements to sell games before the service went online.

[Vadam]

i agree with ludi i can only see having to buy my games from origin at very high price then having another piece of offensive drm on my computer as a good thing

[James24]

personally i don't care too much i just find it inconvenient to have numerous different game providers.

If each company has their own digital delivery system its gonna become a bit of a headache + its another account name and password to remember each time.

[OniKiy]

I was going to go into a rant of publisher vs customer service. But I'll just state I prefer steam, I don't like Origin and never have. Not even when it was EA Store or EA Digital.

I have pre-ordered BF3 from GAME and look foward to playing it. :D

[Ludicrouse]

Fact sheet with all the unlocks listed. Thanks to dl*Lexx for finding it.



http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/images/news3/fact_sheet1.jpg
http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/images/news3/fact_sheet2.jpg
http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/images/news3/fact_sheet3.jpg

[Coub]

its gonna be awesome i was in alpha :p

[OniKiy]

Very nice list.

[Kratoz]

Gief gief gief!

[Endangerment]

Anybody getting it on xbox360?

[Ludicrouse]

Anybody getting it on xbox360?

Only twats.

[OniKiy]

Only twats.

And weekend warriors.

[Ludicrouse]

And weekend warriors.

...but mostly twats.

[Endangerment]

Only twats.

So you have preordered then?

[Ludicrouse]

Not on the 360, i have taste. :shinner:

[OniKiy]

I used to be a Console player, but now view it as a retirement community. It's not my thing, but at a time when I'll no longer want or have the need to continue on PC it's nice to know I can go there and still be active.

[Endangerment]

I can't really afford to upgrade my pc, hence why I'll get it on xbox. Plus it's ok to pick up for 30 mins on console, I'd want it on pc if I was going to session it and take it seriously.

[Flufball]

I dislike EADLM or whatever it's new name is. I disliked STEAM on release (it was useless), I still largely dislike a lot of things about STEAM (it still remains somewhat useless). I'll still play the bloody games though. Take that how you will...

Also - Mortars! Ho, ho, ho.

[Ludicrouse]

http://icanhasimage.com/images/hzic84.jpg

[Tapja]

If true, this is pretty fail... http://bf3blog.com/2011/08/battlefield-3-pc-version-wont-have-in-game-server-browser/

[Ludicrouse]

It is no different from any other BF game in practice.

[OniKiy]

No other BF game you need to run an external program to launch into a server. While yes they had different server browsers. They never excluded the game from itself.

I'm afraid this is just EA trying to force people to bump their Origin use numbers. I'm saddened as BF was one of the few games that didn't jump on the bandwagon of trying to consolfy the browser. But now they are giving the consoles the one aspect that I enjoy about PC gaming, a way to easily find servers and jump in.

[Ludicrouse]

No other BF game you need to run an external program to launch into a server. While yes they had different server browsers. They never excluded the game from itself.

I'm afraid this is just EA trying to force people to bump their Origin use numbers. I'm saddened as BF was one of the few games that didn't jump on the bandwagon of trying to consolfy the browser. But now they are giving the consoles the one aspect that I enjoy about PC gaming, a way to easily find servers and jump in.

How? Battlelog Server Browsing has nowt to do with Origin?

Battlelog is Battlefield 3, it totally replaces the Main Menu of the game to allow you access to information from anywhere. It is no different in practice for joining/leaving servers. You browse Battlelog, click on a Server you then get a loading screen and you are plopped straight into battle.

If anything it is actually quicker than Bad Company 2 at getting you into the fight. You can also actually browse the server list without having to disconnect from the one you are playing on, don't see anyone moaning about that. :shinner:

Edit: The article is totally fucking misleading. You do not exit Battlefield 3 to change server unless you actually want to.

[OniKiy]

Ahh see the way the article read I had thought it was an external system. If it isn't intrusive thats cool, but I'm slightly worried all the same. But I'm still playing.

[Ludicrouse]

External, no. It just replaces the Main Menu and runs in your browser, a whole lot quicker.

[WiGgLr]

Some people are more worried about Origin's T&Cs

You agree that EA may collect, use, store and transmit technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the internet Protocol Adress, operating system, Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you, including online services. EA may also use this information combined with personal information for marketing purposes and to improve our products and services. We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a form that does not personally identify you. bla bla bla etc. all in accordance with EA's Privacy Policy bla bla.


I've pre-ordered anyway

[Hovis]

If you don't want your data mined, don't use services like Origin and Steam. Or facebook. Or google.

[OniKiy]

Or any software or phone service or any thing you provide information on. :P

People really don't read T&C until it's in bold for them. Pathetic how few know that's pretty much the norm.

[Kampf]

i hate origin.
i installed it a week ago, and i wanted to buy a game.

it turn out though that there are only a hand full of games on origin, and most of them suck.

[Vasquez]

The alpha was great so I'm really looking forward to this. Origin is literally unnoticeable, and the Battlelog system is actually quite nice - the only problem is it was buggy during the alpha. Hopefully it'll be working smoothly by the time of release.

[Flufball]

The alpha was great so I'm really looking forward to this. Origin is literally unnoticeable, and the Battlelog system is actually quite nice - the only problem is it was buggy during the alpha. Hopefully it'll be working smoothly by the time of release.

Where the hell did you spring from?!

[James24]

DICE’s Alan Kertz has confirmed that in order to switch servers, you have to exit Battlefield 3, and use Battlelog to find another server and join.


wtf. stupid.

[Ludicrouse]

Rumours about some sort of Beta announcement today. Possibly a date or some other information, possibly which Maps, Modes, Vehicles and Weapons will be available.

[Kampf]

wtf. stupid.

seriously?
that is the only reason not to buy bf3 i heard so far, but it's a bigone.

[adee]

wtf. stupid.

This is no different from any other battlefield game its just that now you use battle log as your sever browser instead of the battlefield one.

[Ludicrouse]

Beta kicks off on 29th of September (http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/beta) (27th for those with MoH Limited Edition or BF3 bought on Origin.)

[James24]

This is no different from any other battlefield game its just that now you use battle log as your sever browser instead of the battlefield one.

but why do you have to quit the game?

[Ludicrouse]

but why do you have to quit the game?

You don't, you leave the Server you are playing on. As i said before, there is lots of misleading reports in the media.

Battlelog is nothing but a replacement for the Main Menu. From Battlelog you can select a server and it puts you straight into the loading screen for the map that said server is running. There is no Intro Video gubbins, you click "Join Server" and then you are straight into battle. When you leave the server the game will close and you will be straight back into Battlelog, which is no different in execution to any previous Battlefield game.

Arguments about wasting time are utter bollocks. It is actually quicker.

[James24]

You don't, you leave the Server you are playing on. As i said before, there is lots of misleading reports in the media.

Battlelog is nothing but a replacement for the Main Menu. From Battlelog you can select a server and it puts you straight into the loading screen for the map that said server is running. There is no Intro Video gubbins, you click "Join Server" and then you are straight into battle. When you leave the server the game will close and you will be straight back into Battlelog, which is no different in execution to any previous Battlefield game.

Arguments about wasting time are utter bollocks. It is actually quicker.

i stand corrected then:o

[Kampf]

so i won't have to return to desktop, and go to the start menue?
there is a serverbrowser that stays open?

[WiGgLr]

you will have to return to the desktop, but the wait between choosing a server and entering the game is the same as if you had done it in game in any other FPS

[Kampf]

if i have to go back to the fucking start menue and work through all the folders to reopen the game it's unaceptable.

[adee]

if i have to go back to the fucking start menue and work through all the folders to reopen the game it's unaceptable.

no you dont, you just quit the game/server you are in and then you will still have battlelog open ready to pick a new server.
BF3 doesnt have a ingame menu, well not when i played anyway, its all done through battlelog which is always open in the background.

[James24]

so do you have to load the game up again and see all the shitty adverts for ea,/nvidia/intel?

[Ludicrouse]

Nope.

[WiGgLr]

so do you have to load the game up again and see all the shitty adverts for ea,/nvidia/intel?

I don't remember any shitty adverts at all.

[Kampf]

i like the concept now.

but maybe it's bad for marketing to change concepts of game loading.

the reaction from james and me proves a german saying:
"what the farmer doesn't know, he won't eat."

[Endangerment]

"what the farmer doesn't know, he won't eat."

Good job we aren't farmers then.

[James24]

I don't remember any shitty adverts at all.

there were always adverts for nvidia etc when you loaded up bf2

[WiGgLr]

I was referring to the alpha test of BF3

[James24]

I was referring to the alpha test of BF3

i didn't play it but going from past experience the final game will have adverts..

unless it only does it the first time you load a session maybe.

[Ludicrouse]

Beta starts today

[OniKiy]

Dowanloding my Beta client atm, for those with MoHLE on steam just go to the single player and check the CD Key should find your key there (assuming you made the cut off when buying it ofc).

Will see you guys out there when you get it. :D

[Flufball]

So us normal people have to wait a few days right? Can't say I'm overly upset about that. What I am upset about is that I've just seen (on that blasted origin thing) that EA are remaking Syndicate into a shooter. Gargh.

[Ludicrouse]

There is an RL Clan/Platoon setup on Battlelog - Here. (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2826550451853199245/)

Add me, Ludicrouse, or apply to the clan and ill sort you out. :shinner:

[adee]

Somehow I got the 48hr early beta access but havnt even pre ordered the game yet, not that it really matters as I don't get home till Friday dam it.
Maybe it's because I was in the alpha test.

[GuardianAnge1]

Ludi, added you on battlelog.

Also applied to RL platoon (so has my bro: Solid_Lead)

[OniKiy]

Joined up hope you don't mind. :P

[Ludicrouse]

Ludi, added you on battlelog.

Also applied to RL platoon (so has my bro: Solid_Lead)

Sorted

[Nyana]

Impressions? (Or is it NDA?)

[Kratoz]

Meh can't wait till beta:< (don't have early access:/)

[OniKiy]

Impressions? (Or is it NDA?)

Quite good as far in as I have played. The map is the one from the multiplayer trailer Rush in Op Metro and is an infantry focused map. It feels like an updated look on BFBC2, with some very smooth animations that help make it feel that little more viseral. The guns feel great and the combat can be really intense, especially with the lighting and sound effects in the underground sections. The classes all seem solid and the game is pretty stable for me, but they haven't released FOV and high graphics options of yet so no clue how they will handle.

The Battlelog is a nice idea, but really counter intuitive. You use the webpage as a the profile editor, friends/platoon and team management. Plus selecting servers. The game launched quite fast, but you will notice the wait but it is a pretty smooth transition right into a server. The only issues so far is that you can't set-up your game out of a match, so you go afk mid a game just to sort your keys and graphics settings. Plus the server filters aren't as effective as I'd like, with no decernable ping to show how the server connection is so you end up limiting servers to EU to ensure a safer connection. Plus I spent a good 20 minutes just getting a server that wasn't full, or had some realyl long queue to enter it. I found a server with one spot open but a queue of 100 people? Seemed very odd to me, but may have been how that was set-up. The webpage didn't seem to update fast enough so a lot of the servers were full until I went for ones with a minimum of 5+ empty slots.

Seems over all that the Battlelog system they have set up is worse than an in game browser to me. The only advantage is being able to access the battlelog system directly without lag that often occurs in games. So you can easily get access to all of the back end stats and so on via this page. But tbh, that doesn't matter in game as the stats are there in a more valid form of your current progression and kit set-up. I doubt there will be many cases I'd alt tab out to use it, other than switching servers of creating a squad with friends and launching into the sam game (not tested this feature). Oh I forgot, you can update your profile via that page, so you can update your dogtags and message of the day and keep up with friends and so on.

[Hovis]

Was is it with console ports having such fucking shitty systems to find servers? I mean it's been years since CSS pretty much got it spot on, is it really that rude just to learn from that?

[GuardianAnge1]

The Battlelog is a nice idea, but really counter intuitive.

I disagree with you here. Though it will take a bit of getting use to, I find the Battlelog experience really great.

Not only does it act like a BF3 Facebook page that shows all your stats, but you can also check on your friends and be part of a platoon. Plus, you can easily see which of your friends are playing and join them quite easily. I use the quick match option and never had an issue finding an open game (and none of those games were less that 12 people playing and would usually fill up).

The party joining system isnt working right now, but when it will, it will be a really easy way to invite and join games as a group.

Oh, and the gameplay rocks. Just like BFBC2 but with improved sound and lighting. Lots of great improvements to gameplay like the change of classes (making assault more useful), scope glint from snipers when they look in your direction (f-ing scary!) and a mount feature for weapons with tripods.

:shinner:

[Ludicrouse]

The Layout of the Server Browser is a little confusing to be fair.

However, im pretty much with GA on this one, i do like the Battlelog as a whole. The game is also very, very nice.

[Flufball]

Tried to join with the wrong account (ignore the Flufball1 account), but you should have an application from me now.

Edit: Also, battlelog is gash. Sorry but it is. The fact that I need to go and join a server to change settings is awful, as is the fact that I can't bloody change the keybindings without the game loosing fullscreen, freezing, loosing the mouse pointer or simply refusing to accept the input option I've selected (especailly from the mouse buttons).

[Flufball]

Torches are awful. That is all.

[Ludicrouse]

You big crybaby Fluf! Torches are fantastic and i actually prefer Battlelog to an Ingame Menu, it feels more responsive suprisingly, i love the social aspect of it. You mark my words, Activision will be ripping it off for CoD: MW4 in 6 months time.

[Ludicrouse]

James and Wig are now "Leaders" so can accept people as needed :)

[Maurgrim]

How you can like that piece of crap is beyond me Ludi. Most fucking wank piece of shit I've seen in a long time. Mind you, once you get in and get to play the game is great, the whole pile of wank that surrounds it, is absolutely retarded beyond belief.

[Ludicrouse]

How you can like that piece of crap is beyond me Ludi. Most fucking wank piece of shit I've seen in a long time. Mind you, once you get in and get to play the game is great, the whole pile of wank that surrounds it, is absolutely retarded beyond belief.

You have never played Battlefield before then? DICE have never made a decent Main Menu that works. Lag, unresponsiveness, buttons that do not work, disconnections from the Master Server and just flatout being unable to login.

When compared to all the issues of previous Battlefield games, Battlelog is stunning. Hell, not having to remove people from your friends list in order to add others is a pure winner.

[Maurgrim]

I have played Battlefield before. Not all of them, but still. Bad Company 2 was way better menu wise in my opinion. Removing the ability to switch squads as you please is a ridiculous move. Especially since the party joining never really works. At least when you try to join with 3+ players. I don't mind being split over both teams, but at least put us in the same squad. Biggest gripe with the game really. And the bolted on social features are laughable really.

[James24]

i really like the battlelog thing, i take back everything i said.

better than it being in game- i spent 20minutes yesterday browsing through stats and figures.

Game is definitely growing on me now I've got used to it. Fluf and I played together last night- would be cool to get a few more of us onto one server if possible.

[Tapja]

I guess I would enjoy it a bit more if I did not tend to fall through the ground and get stuck at least once in every match...

[Ludicrouse]

I have played Battlefield before. Not all of them, but still. Bad Company 2 was way better menu wise in my opinion. Removing the ability to switch squads as you please is a ridiculous move. Especially since the party joining never really works. At least when you try to join with 3+ players. I don't mind being split over both teams, but at least put us in the same squad. Biggest gripe with the game really. And the bolted on social features are laughable really.

I lol'ed so hard i almost put my back out.

The client we are working on is, like most other beta's, quite old. You only have to look at the Updates that DICE push out to see that this is a Stress Test on their Network Capacity.

We know for a fact that the CommRose will be in at release, we also know that there is a good chance you will be able to "Name" your Squad which indicates that the current Squad system will be changed to something more like previous Battlefield Games.

Now for the most important line. It's Beta. :shinner:

[Maurgrim]

It is one of the most horrid, if not the most horrid, beta that I have ever played. I know it put quite a few players off buying it. Some of my friends even cancelled their pre-orders because of it.



I'll still get it. :shinner:

[Endangerment]

Needs to be a way to lessen the wobble on the sniper rifle, being prone doesn't seem to affect it much. How come ppl are rank 25 already, it's crazy!

[Ludicrouse]

Needs to be a way to lessen the wobble on the sniper rifle, being prone doesn't seem to affect it much. How come ppl are rank 25 already, it's crazy!

Try holding your breath? Left Shift iirc.

[Endangerment]

Is that new?

[Flufball]

Think it's always been in there.

Ludi - the battlelog menu thing itself I like, I just dislike some of the things I loose by being in a browser, specifically the ability to fiddle with settings without having to connect to a server. If they set it up to let me change options in Battlelog before I connect and let me map input keys to my mouse then I would be able to live with it.

Get that right and I'll admit that I like it to some extent.

Also - torches are gash. If there's a torch powerful enough can blind you three miles away on a sunny day, yet still be portable enough to carry on a rifle, that exists in real life then I want to see it!

[Ludicrouse]

Think it's always been in there.

Ludi - the battlelog menu thing itself I like, I just dislike some of the things I loose by being in a browser, specifically the ability to fiddle with settings without having to connect to a server. If they set it up to let me change options in Battlelog before I connect and let me map input keys to my mouse then I would be able to live with it.

Get that right and I'll admit that I like it to some extent.

Also - torches are gash. If there's a torch powerful enough can blind you three miles away on a sunny day, yet still be portable enough to carry on a rifle, that exists in real life then I want to see it!

I agree with you on the settings front.

Taclights are quite powerful in real life, especially as they are designed to blind and disorient any assailant, even outside to some extent.

The only tweaking needed is for Allies not to be blinded and for the range they work outside to be drastically dropped.

[Flufball]

I agree with you on the settings front.

Taclights are quite powerful in real life, especially as they are designed to blind and disorient any assailant, even outside to some extent.

The only tweaking needed is for Allies not to be blinded and for the range they work outside to be drastically dropped.

I could live with them if they made those changes.

[Volw]

Only installed yesterday.

In all, it's good. Certainly better than COD or BFBC2. The only thing that annoys me to no end is the shitty BC2 netcode with its laggy hitboxes. It's ridiculously annoying to die first and then see the enemy fire...

[Nyana]

If you can't join servers because it infinitely tries to connect, try the following:
- Open regedit.exe
- Find ALL Battlefield install path entries (C:\Program Files (x86) etc
- Change Bèta into Beta (without the accent on the E)

Done :)

[Adelheit]

Platoon application sent.

-> Adelhight

[void]

any one here that had problem installing the beta? clicking the installbutton that turns grey and after a few secs it turns back into orange and nothing happens.

[Nyana]

After being very skeptical and worried by Origin, I have to withdraw my earlier fears.

With such a massive title to anticipate for and the urge to try the open beta I decided to gave in to my hatred towards EA/Origin and just go with the flow. Tried it in a VM first, but my videocard could not be detected due to VM hardware restrictions, so that wasn't going to work. On a different PC I downloaded Origin and to my surprise it wasn't as half-arsed coded as I would have expected it to be. And you can disable it from launching automatically with Windows.

The downside is that after downloading and installing BF3 you get a load of other things installed as well. A browser helper/plug-in (for Battlelog), a VOIP service (Sonar) and Punkbuster (meh..). Somewhat bloatware but essential in a way to get the maximum enjoyment out of BF3 for most people. I prefer to use TeamSpeak or Skype anywho. And as I mentioned earlier some people need to tweak their Registry in order to play (or disable uPnP/Firewall/Anti Virus as some posts on the forums rage on about), but that's all part of being in a beta I guess/hope.

Nothing but praise to the game even though its only 1 level. UMK gun and the F2000 are overpowered. People should mark their damn targets more often (press Q) and disable their lasersights (T) when not aiming or running. Tactical light is king, unless your teammates point it at you for fun. Classes are fun and well thought off. Battlelog is funny, but doesn't add extra value in my opinion.

So meh.. I gave in to EA. Even though the EULA states that you can't sue EA/DICE in America. And after a quick glance through the EULA I can't seem to find what happens with your game if the service ends.

That is all.

[adee]

I wouldn't say the F2000 was OP, I got it last night and I found it to be less accurate than the previous assault weapons.

[Flufball]

It's that bastard UMP that does my nut in. I can't seem to beat anyone carrying it, it's like a personal curse designed purely for me.

[Bagpuss]

I agree with you on the settings front.

Taclights are quite powerful in real life, especially as they are designed to blind and disorient any assailant, even outside to some extent.

The only tweaking needed is for Allies not to be blinded and for the range they work outside to be drastically dropped.

Nerd attack ..... last time i checked photons didnt have a FoF ability. Leave them as is, keep the element of skill in there in as far as learning not to blind your teamates ....akin to learning how to throw flashbangs in CS.

[Tapja]

Nerd attack ..... last time i checked photons didnt have a FoF ability.

Neither did bullets. So on servers with FF off, them flashies should not blind teammates.

[Coub]

Just keep them off press T, upto now not seen an advantage having them on anyway especially on metro map, if i see an enemy with a torch on he's gonna get suppressed and killed :shinner:

[Ludicrouse]

Nerd attack ..... last time i checked photons didnt have a FoF ability. Leave them as is, keep the element of skill in there in as far as learning not to blind your teamates ....akin to learning how to throw flashbangs in CS.

Neither did bullets. So on servers with FF off, them flashies should not blind teammates.

Tapja [Logic] Bagpuss :shinner:

Just keep them off press T, upto now not seen an advantage having them on anyway especially on metro map, if i see an enemy with a torch on he's gonna get suppressed and killed :shinner:

Taclights are awesome in Metro, in the Tunnels anyway. I run with the IR Scope, Foregrip and Taclight/Suppressor on my PKP and GPMG.

[Coub]

HOW WILL SQUADS WORK IN THE RETAIL VERSION OF BATTLEFIELD 3 ON PC/XBOX 360/PLAYSTATION 3?

Since the Open BETA we’ve added more advanced functionality to manage your squad. You will be able to browse and join specific squads through the squad screen. You can see all players that are in a specific squad as well as who’s playing as lone wolf. As a squad leader you can set your squad to private as well as kick players from the squad.

On console you will also be able to choose if you want the active VoIP channel to be team or squad and invite friends to your squad. You will also be able to mute any player on your team through the scoreboard.

:D

[GuardianAnge1]

thank god.

played on the same server/team as my brother 100 times and only once was able to get in the same squad as him.. frustrating....

[Bagpuss]

i'm going to sound like a heretic here ... its shit!! end of ....

way too much of the "Boom" dead ...no idea what hit me ...

snipers with shotties ... fuck off
assault rifles that fire through rock .....hmmm right
Add on mods that make you pretty much invincible against much lower level players..... oh yeah seen this

in general it needs a balance pass and some way of fixing the disproportionate level gap..

[Tapja]

I sort of dislike that BF has turned into a heaven for prone bushcampers.

[Ludicrouse]

I sort of dislike that BF has turned into a heaven for prone bushcampers.

IR Scope.

[Flufball]

You mean the IRNVGRARHGHAMANThing scope Ludi? The one that's a Chamelon Skin on LSD? That thing gives me headaches.

[Endangerment]

Remember this is only one map, some of the others might have no bushes....

[Ludicrouse]

You mean the IRNVGRARHGHAMANThing scope Ludi? The one that's a Chamelon Skin on LSD? That thing gives me headaches.

Also just about the most useful bit of kit in the game.

Remember this is only one map, some of the others might have no bushes....

Caspian Border is fucking amazing tbh.

[Tapja]

IR Scope.

Haven't unlocked that on anything, so can't comment. So it at least partially validates what Sean said about newbies being shafted.

[Ludicrouse]

Haven't unlocked that on anything, so can't comment. So it at least partially validates what Sean said about newbies being shafted.

Sean always complains about FPS games! :shinner:

The IRNV scope is useless beyond about 25-35m. For example, on Metro it is fantastic at spotting people in Bushes and in the Tunnels, on Caspian Border it is about as useful as a Chocolate Barbeque.

While i agree that the game is rather brutal on Rank 1 players at the moment you have to concede that it is inevitable in any FPS with an Unlock system, especially one as complex as this.

If, again for example, Sean had started playing when everyone else was Rank 1 he would not feel so frustrated i think.


It is one map, running on a several months old Beta Client, it was never going to be perfect was it?

[GuardianAnge1]

If you start rank 1, go support - just give people ammo and lay down cover fire and you'll rank up quickly.. plus the weapon has like 150 rounds ^^

[Nyana]

200 with extended clip, which is godlike :D

[Volw]

Started playing this weekend and didn't have any problems achieving positive K/D ratio... sure it's a problem with the game?

UMP is op, but that's another matter. Happens in every game.

Camping isn't even close to what's going on in BC2 or in CoD. There's a very few snipers and it's relatively easy to break through any bottleneck with a bit of teamwork involved.

Sure, some things could be better, but it's certainly the best fps since BF2.

[Ludicrouse]

UMP45, F2000 and all of the Sniper Rifles are OP tbh :shinner:

[Bagpuss]

I rage because no fucking developer actually caters for those of us that dont devote fucking hour and hours of time to get that extra unlock. but seeing as they all want to just follow each other rather than innovate, or even stick with what was simple and worked, the current POS unlock system is here to stay. Why put them in at all? whatever happened to the "cash" system used in CS ....it worked everyone had a fair chance at the lewtz and it was arguably nice and simple.

Some smartass will chip in with how thing have moved forward etc .. well bollocks to that, if moving forward makes a convoluted, clearly broken, system that promotes imbalance and not competition then fuck it .. I DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD!!

As this piece of crap stands the unlocks make certain combination of weapons brutally OP with an unlock system that doesnt work to the benefit of the game itself. If shit like this doesnt get batted in closed beta then theres something seriously wrong with the development cyle of the game. It also makes the game totally casual player adverse.

In fact i'd go as far to say that graphics aside BFBC2 was a far superior game.

[Kratoz]

It's not so much the unlock system that annoys me. Things like squadmanagement and client side bullet registration that annoys the f*ck out of me...

[DestRox]

Frag moves
KAbKQWV_aMc
& new jet model
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bP8_Dmfbe0&feature=player_embedded

i really doubt it could be compared in any degree to for example Tankz, "unlocks" where you got out of your first newb friendly zone are worthless and you are basically walkin duck to be distraction and hopefully let your team score a kill...
back then i decided i wont be playing Tanks as when i drove behind other tank.. unloaded 5+ shots in his rear and notice "shot bounced off.." did couple more with same effect, then he slowly turn around and blew me up with one shot..... well fuck off to that kind of games

[Hovis]

Fuck games that force unlocks. It's wrong to have that sort of gameplay mechanic in any competitive multiplayer game, particularly a shooter. Unless you go the way of APB and actually compensate for lower ranked players in the match making system (which is notoriously hard to do) then it's balls.

Oh look, I've played the game more hours than you, now I win, is bad enough in MMOs, but kind of necessary. In an FPS it just renders the whole game asinine.

But of course, when has being totally fucking stupid ever hindered a game in the FPS marketplace?

[adee]

Just been told caspian Border is active for the weekend on pc, havnt checked yet though

[Ludicrouse]

Fuck games that force unlocks. It's wrong to have that sort of gameplay mechanic in any competitive multiplayer game, particularly a shooter. Unless you go the way of APB and actually compensate for lower ranked players in the match making system (which is notoriously hard to do) then it's balls.

Oh look, I've played the game more hours than you, now I win, is bad enough in MMOs, but kind of necessary. In an FPS it just renders the whole game asinine.

But of course, when has being totally fucking stupid ever hindered a game in the FPS marketplace?

You have not actually played BF3 yet have you?

If you had then you would know that Weapon Specific Mod's are unlocked by reaching certain amount of kills, not time, with that weapon.

The AK74M (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Ludicrouse/iteminfo/arAK74/AK74M/331808786/pc/) and the M16A4 (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Ludicrouse/iteminfo/arM16/M16A4/331808786/pc/) (The Bog-Standard AR's for Medic's) both unlock a 4x Scope after a whopping great TEN kills. Heavy Barrel at 20 and a Foregrip at 30 kills. These are not exactly challenging targets.

This game is not Anti-Noob by any stretch. I don't want to offend Sean in any way but he is not brilliant at FPS's, i seem to recall him saying BC2 was total wank and the unlock system was unfair. :shinner:

As a comparison, one of the DL lads just started playing the Beta last night here are his Kills (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/Danikar/) and his Time Played (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Danikar/stats/352328780/). 118 Kills in 2h 53m at the time of writing.

Seans Kills (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/s1an1de/) and Time Played (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/s1an1de/stats/352322415/) are there, 12 Kills in 1h 29m at time of writing.

Danikar has almost 10 times the Kills of Sean in less than twice the amount of playing time. Again, im trying not to offend anyone at all but i think even though some of the arguments do have merit, some weapons overpowered, Squad Management not in and such, we have to take some points with a pinch of salt.



However...

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFgLfEp5mP33NwZAHlJ046BVl-Y-M00N7z7iCBgqPqyTwI_JnRA6t2zN9AoQ

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!

Caspian Border (64 Player) is back for the last few days of beta!!! Battlefields back baby!

After analyzing the data from our first round of closed Caspian Border tests, we have great news for participants in the Battlefield 3 PC Open Beta: the DICE team has decided to bring back Caspian Border for the beta’s final weekend and conduct an open large scale test of the 64 player Caspian Border map.

*****Please keep in mind that as this is beta we will be stress testing our servers***** As such, users may experience crashes, network instability and outages as we roll out and configure servers and network utilities. Understand that such potential issues and the testing environment are not reflective or indicative of the final product and that, through your participation, you will be helping to ensure future stability and functionality.

As we are again specifically testing 64-player server configurations, this test will be for PC only. The Caspian Border servers will be available for all PC players to join. Caspian Border will be available starting Friday, October 7th, in the afternoon (CET).

[Ludicrouse]

Just been told caspian Border is active for the weekend on pc, havnt checked yet though

Its up now :shinner:

[Ludicrouse]

Further on from my point, which i only just discovered -

Nokerri (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Nokerri/stats/249537282/) has played 37h 16m compared to my (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Ludicrouse/stats/331808786/) 19h 11m.

I have 2 Weapons more unlocked than he has. :shinner:

[Flufball]

Ludi you bastard, stop driving out of map!

[Ludicrouse]

Lol, i intended to get behind that Tank, however the Puddle i drove in disagreed.

[Flufball]

Lol, i intended to get behind that Tank, however the Puddle i drove in disagreed.

You almost drowned me and then had me killed by the out of map timer thing!

[Hovis]

You have not actually played BF3 yet have you?

If you had then you would know that Weapon Specific Mod's are unlocked by reaching certain amount of kills, not time, with that weapon.

The AK74M (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Ludicrouse/iteminfo/arAK74/AK74M/331808786/pc/) and the M16A4 (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Ludicrouse/iteminfo/arM16/M16A4/331808786/pc/) (The Bog-Standard AR's for Medic's) both unlock a 4x Scope after a whopping great TEN kills. Heavy Barrel at 20 and a Foregrip at 30 kills. These are not exactly challenging targets.

This game is not Anti-Noob by any stretch. I don't want to offend Sean in any way but he is not brilliant at FPS's, i seem to recall him saying BC2 was total wank and the unlock system was unfair. :shinner:

As a comparison, one of the DL lads just started playing the Beta last night here are his Kills (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/Danikar/) and his Time Played (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/Danikar/stats/352328780/). 118 Kills in 2h 53m at the time of writing.

Seans Kills (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/user/s1an1de/) and Time Played (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/s1an1de/stats/352322415/) are there, 12 Kills in 1h 29m at time of writing.

Danikar has almost 10 times the Kills of Sean in less than twice the amount of playing time. Again, im trying not to offend anyone at all but i think even though some of the arguments do have merit, some weapons overpowered, Squad Management not in and such, we have to take some points with a pinch of salt.



However...

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFgLfEp5mP33NwZAHlJ046BVl-Y-M00N7z7iCBgqPqyTwI_JnRA6t2zN9AoQ

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!

Caspian Border (64 Player) is back for the last few days of beta!!! Battlefields back baby!

Fair dos. Can't argue with Farnsworth. :D

[Flufball]

Vehicle unlocks are a bad idea...

[Ludicrouse]

I agree there. Also the Personal AA needs to do more damage against Aircraft, especially the Attack Choppers.

[Endangerment]

Yeah the choppers were seriously op in bc2. A good pilot could just hot get shot down. Did manage to snipe a pilot out once which I was quite proud of!

[Volw]

Cheaters are out there :/

As in proper cheaters, seen a guy instantly kill everyone in the opposite team.

Saddest part is, the only way to quit a game like that is to ctrl+alt+del.

[Ludicrouse]

Cheaters are out there :/

As in proper cheaters, seen a guy instantly kill everyone in the opposite team.

Saddest part is, the only way to quit a game like that is to ctrl+alt+del.

No Punkbuster meant cheaters appeared after a couple of hours.

[DestRox]

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[Coub]

usXReC3BWo8

Thats why I love been support :shinner:

[Flufball]

C4 Jeeps aren't anything new though...

[Ludicrouse]

C4 Jeeps aren't anything new though...

Nope, and with Vehical Disables are even easier to deal with.

[Kratoz]

Well, there are enough people that aren't paying attention to a jeep : P

[OniKiy]

From my experiance most people in jeeps don't see infantry. It's quite fun picking off people inside with a rifle or pistol. Especially when they drive around marked thinking they can hide.

[Endangerment]

Is hardcore mode going in? That's all I tend to play on bc2

[DestRox]

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[Vasquez]

Are you guys getting a server at all?

[DestRox]

mV-gnh1En6E

[OniKiy]

Freddie Wong is a god. I knew it was his work the first few seconds. He has an awesome style of creating action scenes. Ty for sharing. :D

[Ludicrouse]

Renegade Legion (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2832655391300713039/) is now created on Battlelog.

Login using your Origin details, the game does not have to be unlocked to login.


Like a boss.

[adee]

Just had a quick go on a mp game before I had to go out, adeeone is my name add me

[adee]

how to get active and be able to play both MP and SP

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20387641&postcount=28851

[adee]

also don't forget to switch the proxy of after you are activated

[Flufball]

Just had a quick go on a mp game before I had to go out, adeeone is my name add me

Have I missed something? I thought it wasn't out till friday?

P.S. Ludi, can't log in, it says my account isn't allowed to yet...

[Nyana]

Change your IP to Korea or some country of the yellow man and you can play. How fair it is.

[Ludicrouse]

Have I missed something? I thought it wasn't out till friday?

P.S. Ludi, can't log in, it says my account isn't allowed to yet...

I take it you have not got your key yet?

[Maurgrim]

Here's hoping y'all get banned. :shinner:

[Flufball]

I take it you have not got your key yet?

Er, no. I've a boxed retail copy waiting for me, so I've got to wait till friday...

[Ludicrouse]

If you have not applied your Key in Origin you cannot get on Battlelog.

[Flufball]

If you have not applied your Key in Origin you cannot get on Battlelog.

I see. Well, I won't have a key till the bastards send me my boxed copy!

I can wait though, I'm finding it increasingly hard to have anything in the way of anticipation for games in my old age. I have other things to do.

[Ludicrouse]

I have set Wig up so he can invite anyone who applies :)

[Endangerment]

Take it I can't join on my xbox?

[Ludicrouse]

No, and to be honest, we would only take the piss out of your Small maps. :shinner:

[Jega]

Bought it, wont be able to play for a while. Moving house 1st of November. You guys on Ts I take it.

[Maurgrim]

Anybody else got the problem that partyjoins don't work properly still? With 2 people it's fine, anything above that the partyjoin just doesn't happen for nearly half of the guys (2 out of 5 in our case).
Otherwise I'm really enjoying myself even though I'm pretty crap. :shinner:

[Ludicrouse]

Yeah, it does seem buggy, however now that the Squad Management is in there is not so much of a need for Party Joins tbh.

[Maurgrim]

Yeah thank fuck they put that in. :)

[Taylor]

Squad management in game seems quite unresponsive and slow to actually do anything, and it doesn't seem like you can invite people to your squad?

At least you can kick people from squad. That's good enough...(for when Fish joins)

[Ludicrouse]

It is a bit odd in places. For example, to join an empty Squad you need to have atleast two people requesting to join it.

Until that second person applies you are stuck in "Requesting to Join Squad" status. Royal pain that!

[Taylor]

Mostly got that sorted now the not-so-obvious "join" button hidden a couple of feet below the actual squad menu has been sussed out...

Still having problems joining as a party of more than 2 though, at least one person definitely gets cockblocked and has to join manually, but it's usually Fish so NP.

*edit*

Know anything about any decent weapons for any of the classes? Found the starting Engi weapon to be pretty sweet, and one of the early Assault unlocks something like the M416 (I think) is also pretty good.

[Ludicrouse]

M249 is about the best Support Weapon tbh

[Coub]

Mostly got that sorted now the not-so-obvious "join" button hidden a couple of feet below the actual squad menu has been sussed out...

Still having problems joining as a party of more than 2 though, at least one person definitely gets cockblocked and has to join manually, but it's usually Fish so NP.

This should be fixed now in todays update not tried it myself yet, what I used to do was decline when joining as a party and then get in game solo then leave squad and join with teammates but should be fixed as of today

[Scurlock]

I just applied to our Platoon. my ID is FelixZeCat :)

Will try to get BF3 working tonight, had a "BF3.exe has stoped working" crash, but think i can solve it by updating drivers.

[Flufball]

I'm installing now. It's actually been sat in my house since this morning when the postman came, but I've been stuck in bed rather ill, which has been quite frustrating...

[DestRox]

it usually runs multi smooth on low details...
can play single on medium... and even look around on ultra..Slowly xP
cool game i like it, unlocks can be op thou

[Flufball]

Why the fuck are flares an unlock for planes?

[Maurgrim]

Isn't it only 300 points though?

[Flufball]

Isn't it only 300 points though?

Yeah but every time I take off in a plane, when I get a plane, as soon as my wheels leave the runway I get a brace of missiles up the arse before I can even work out what to shoot at.

[Maurgrim]

Eh it's not so bad imo. Can be quite annoying though, I agree.

Also, me and some friends got a server. Search for Helmsdeep (custom preset).
400 tickets during Conquest so far, probably tuning that to 300 though as 400 can last quite a while during stalemates (as in really really long).

I'm [HELM]Sepphelm, so holla if you see me. :D

[Kampf]

is anyone here not getting the game because of origin spying on you?

[DestRox]

guess they dont spy enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hG8uaMWNoU
kind of funny... teleport enemy team right to your scope

[moose]

you were saying about no hackers on battlefield? :)

[Kampf]

guess they dont spy enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hG8uaMWNoU
kind of funny... teleport enemy team right to your scope

i bet they know what kind of porn the hacker watches.

[DestRox]

on other hand... :eek:
ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=citzRjwk-sQ

[Ludicrouse]

you were saying about no hackers on battlefield? :)

Must be a Modern Warfare player...


...bored because nothing has changed in 3 years. :shinner:

[Kampf]

as to your acta, don't worry we all have enouth money to pay for every single item on that list. Also i don't think those companys are evil i rather think, that they like money as much as i do.


ludi alot is changing this time with mw3 actually.
but i can't list you those things since i consider modern warfare to be to fast paste and stressfull so i will not buy it.

i hate the singleplayer because enemy infinitly respawn until you cross an invisible line, and then they all disapear.
multiplayer just sucks because the spawnlocations make no sence.
even if you are in a room that has only one door an you are looking at that door, someone will just spawn behind you and kill you by spamming double smgs.

but maybe i am used to that spawningtube concept, and all the other 99% of people who didn't play planetside love this crazy spawnsysthem?

i also hate the bf3 spawnsysthem.
i hate it to shoot someone, and habe two of his teammates magicly apear next to him killing me.
they should atleast prevent the spawning on people that are taking damage.

[Volw]

Loading times seem to be much longer than during beta for me ... any ideas?

[Adelheit]

Application sent: Adelhight

[moose]

so is it any good? still debating to buy it or not

[DestRox]

maybe in a week or two when patch comes out moose >.<
otherwise i do luv the game..

and you were right Kampf..
i hope the EU is sueing Ea for Origin.

http://s1.directupload.net/file/d/2691/fglehhsj_jpg.htm [s1.directupload.net]

the programm is reading data of a tax declaration programm on this screenshot. there are also others where origin is reading picture folders and others things on the PC.

[Bagpuss]

Loading times seem to be much longer than during beta for me ... any ideas?

loading times appear shockingly bad for me to volw, we're talking 5-10mins for the campain levels to load ...

[DestRox]

i also hate the bf3 spawnsysthem.
i hate it to shoot someone, and habe two of his teammates magicly apear next to him killing me.
they should atleast prevent the spawning on people that are taking damage.
tbh i prefer not to spawn on ppl that are in combat or very close to it..
it usually results in death..
thou i do not like spawns at base points, already encounter camped ones just like in PS >.> it shouldnt spawn you at given point if enemy is in too close proximity

still i do enjoy the game, even with occasional crashes..

[Flufball]

Yeah, load times are bad for me as well. In beta it was three or four seconds, now it's almost as many minutes.

[Kratoz]

Don't really have problems with loading times or anything. However a friend of mine idd has long loading times. The only big difference between our pc's are the CPU's I guess.

I love the recon MAV btw: D killing people with a toy : D

[Endangerment]

Looks like I can join the platoon despite being on 360 - sent application, should show as either endangerment or mighty Bouff.

[Volw]

Looks like I can join the platoon despite being on 360 - sent application, should show as either endangerment or mighty Bouff.

do you have it on PC? Need a gunner to rape and plunder yet again ;-)

[Flufball]

do you have it on PC? Need a gunner to rape and plunder yet again ;-)

That sounds fun, count me in!

[Endangerment]

do you have it on PC? Need a gunner to rape and plunder yet again ;-)

Afraid not. Pc isn't really up to it and I can't afford to replace / upgrade at the moment so I'm on 360. Plus side is a lot of people can't aim for shit on the 360!

[SneakRocker]

Applied RL platoon as jeanpaulie

[Hincey]

Applied as well. Anyone got any idea of how i can practice flying on a map without having to fight over planes? Seems like there is no option to set up a local game like in BF 1942 (ain't really played the BF series since that) and there is no single player map for the planes =/

[DestRox]

um... look for server with no players on map that has planes..

oh ya and applied as well... dPdamon

[Hincey]

You need more than one to start a round on a empty server

[OniKiy]

There are servers set up to start on 1 player. But it's going to be hard to find one not already being used. The best bet would be to go in as a group on a low number server and just ask. Chances being you'll be told no, but more often than not the low pop servers are there will good people.

But I haven't tried on BF3 so I can't gaurentee that. :P

[Gunhead]

Applied as well. Anyone got any idea of how i can practice flying on a map without having to fight over planes? Seems like there is no option to set up a local game like in BF 1942 (ain't really played the BF series since that) and there is no single player map for the planes =/

You can practise helos at least in a co-op mission, i'm up for those anytime i'm on.

[Volw]

You can practise helos at least in a co-op mission, i'm up for those anytime i'm on.

+1

[Nyana]

+1

That.

[Guy]

+1

+2

[Ironman]

Fuck you all. It seems like I actually have to buy that game. As if I got any kind of time and money for it. Sigh...

For my birthday I "got": a broken dishwasher that desperately needs to be replaced (and as I am a single man I can not be arsed to wash all my dishes and such by hand), a floorheating that needs fixing or it will cost me about 1800€ a year if I don't fix it and the price to fix it is 1500€ (don't have the money so I am fucked).
Add to that my kids have birthdays around this time and we have x-mas coming up. Bloody fuck I wish I was made of gold.
/rant off.

I'll go sell my kidney and by the game later if all you guys are playing it and are using TS at the same time. <3

[Maurgrim]

Yes, yes, you go ahead and see the foolishness of co-oping with Ramboy McRambopants from Finland over there... :shinner:

[Gunhead]

Yes, yes, you go ahead and see the foolishness of co-oping with Ramboy McRambopants from Finland over there... :shinner:

I stand by my tactical decisions on that mission, sniping is for cowards and *****. :shinner:

[Maurgrim]

And I wholeheartedly agree, it's just that the mission doesn't give you much choice, does it? :P

[Flufball]

If anyone fancies the coop and I'm on grab me. Enjoying most of it bar the first "stand and shoot bad people" one.

[Grillkohle]

Yes, yes, you go ahead and see the foolishness of co-oping with Ramboy McRambopants from Finland over there... :shinner:
:< now I want this game, too.

[Guy]

I need a few co-ops primarily to practise flying choppers. I've dug out my old Sidewinder Forcefeedback 2 joystick and it works fine, but I'm sure the flight model is going to be a little different than previous games I've played with it. I'd rather practise in private games than public ones :)

[Echor]

Does this game come with the ability to set up a dedicated server?

[Ludicrouse]

Yep

[Endangerment]

Epeen competition time!

Longest headshot.

I've got 403m but my mate hit 633 last night.

Not bad considering I'm on xbox rather than pc.

[MiMaRz]

Any feedback if this is worth looking into: http://www.gamefront.com/crack-lets-you-play-battlefield-3-without-origin/ ?

[Ludicrouse]

Epeen competition time!

Longest headshot.

I've got 403m but my mate hit 633 last night.

Not bad considering I'm on xbox rather than pc.

Console Aim-Assist does not count. :shinner:

[GuardianAnge1]

Console Aim-Assist does not count. :shinner:

Correct me if i'm wrong, but at that distance, there is no aim assist on consoles. It's only effective in close to medium ranged combat

[Ludicrouse]

Le Sigh.