Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

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The attackers always lose because the level is very unbalanced, and it is a giant funnel. Unless you get stacked teams or a bunch of people working together the attackers have no chance. Personally I am only taking away gameplay mechanics from my time on Metro, because Caspian is so, so different.
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Metro blows right now because everyone just goes prone.

Seriously prone is the dumbest thing ever.

Also. Headshots only seem to matter to bolt action sniper rifles I guess. I'm constantly headshotting people with other guns and they take 5-7 shots to die.
 
Mr Mean said:
My only minor bitching is the people die alittle too fast. I got some great kills by using my primary and then quickly switching to my secondary.

I am already addicted to the beta. This is bad because I haven't been this badly addicted since battlefield 2 and bad company 2.


Also does anybody know howmany lumens is on the light attachment? I swear I can go blind in real life if I stare at it too long.
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I don't know but I can see it end-to-end on the map and I looooove railing shots towards people with it ;)
 
Dallows said:
Metro blows right now because everyone just goes prone.

Seriously prone is the dumbest thing ever.

Also. Headshots only seem to matter to bolt action sniper rifles I guess. I'm constantly headshotting people with other guns and they take 5-7 shots to die.
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i head shot people alot with the starting gun the attackers get ,only takes one shot, but oddly enough it take a second after i shoot them for it to kill them ,not getting lag either
 
Dallows said:
Metro blows right now because everyone just goes prone.

Seriously prone is the dumbest thing ever.

Also. Headshots only seem to matter to bolt action sniper rifles I guess. I'm constantly headshotting people with other guns and they take 5-7 shots to die.
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Metro with M249 +M145 scope +Flash Suppressor = fun. Go prone in the weeds near a MCom and rack up the kills. I wish I could turn off my squad spawning on me though. I hate being covered by their dead bodies because they spawn and think they are Rambo.
 
I just read on bf3blog.com that the rumor is caspian will be available for everyone later this week. Hope that's true.

I really need to get my fps muscle memory back. I'm still doing alright for myself but it's definitely been awhile. It might be my 30-40 fps but I'm not finding it easy to make small, precise mouse movements in this game, or really accurate fast ones for that matter. I never really could in BC2 either. I'm not sure how well I remember bf2 mouse movement but I think it was one of the few games I could be really precise in. CS was another. Are some of you guys able to make the quick and precise reaction shots, that you were in those games?
 
SV98 and x12 scope FTW! Only thing that sucks is having to rack up the kills with that awful default scope. M416 (HK416) with reflex, grip and heavy barrel FUN!
 
Crash250f said:
I just read on bf3blog.com that the rumor is caspian will be available for everyone later this week. Hope that's true.

I really need to get my fps muscle memory back. I'm still doing alright for myself but it's definitely been awhile. It might be my 30-40 fps but I'm not finding it easy to make small, precise mouse movements in this game, or really accurate fast ones for that matter. I never really could in BC2 either. I'm not sure how well I remember bf2 mouse movement but I think it was one of the few games I could be really precise in. CS was another. Are some of you guys able to make the quick and precise reaction shots, that you were in those games?
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For me its all about FPS. My KD scales according to my frame rate. 60fps is alright, I prefer to be 80+ (it's just smoother, even on a 60hz screen). Overall I'm around 2.4 so doing pretty well. :D
 
played it on the 360 just now....it sucks as much as any other shooter on a console, oh well, expected, but honestly i dont see any difference between this and the BFBC2 on my pc...new maps, few new features.....no big deal....
 
Unscoped battle rifles > automatic rifles. SKS and MK11 iron sights are my new favorite weapons.
 
Hooray for being called a hacker for shooting through that rock that doesn't have a proper collision mesh!
 
TheOneKnownAsMe said:
Hooray for being called a hacker for shooting through that rock that doesn't have a proper collision mesh!
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I am a fan of one rock out in a corner of the map that does block bullets correctly.

The attackers spawn right next to a rock that doesn't. It's pretty much the closest thing resembling cover if they spawn there... leads to good whine. You can just park behind your power rock and shoot directly through theirs.
 
Dallows said:
Seriously prone is the dumbest thing ever.
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After playing BC2, and being shot behind cover because they can still see you, prone makes BF3 even better.
If some is shooting at you and you're in the open, will you crouch or lay down flat? The latter of course.

I can't see why you rather crab walk in the open so everyone can shoot at you.
Just take your time when running through the map, Like any battlefield, people are always waiting the bushes to gain an advantage on you.
 
Any suggestion on a good keyboard for this? I play left handed and remapping keys is a fucking pain :mad:
 
Dallows said:
Metro blows right now because everyone just goes prone.

Seriously prone is the dumbest thing ever.

Also. Headshots only seem to matter to bolt action sniper rifles I guess. I'm constantly headshotting people with other guns and they take 5-7 shots to die.
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I really hate it too (prone), I wanted so much to like this game, and arguably built the pc I have for it, but damn this is just not fun as is, even for the brief moments it worked properly. Maybe some new maps will change my mind along with optimizations, but as is I don't see how anyone enjoys this right now.
 
Feels like MW3, looks great but not BF feel.
already tired of the beta map.

can hope for a new one since this blows.
 
Flopper said:
Feels like MW3, looks great but not BF feel.
already tired of the beta map.

can hope for a new one since this blows.
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It does feel more like MW then BF to me as well. Or maybe more like Medal of Honor. Either way. No pre-order from me after playing it.
 
I really wished/hope they open up another map during the beta. Kind of hard to get a feel for what the game is really like with just the one map and game mode.
 
CaptNumbNutz said:
That's odd... I use the same name here "CaptNumbNutz" as I do in Origin and other Battlefield games. They have never had a problem with it, and it too has "nut" in it. If it is the name filter, then it could be that some other flagged word is created when you spell out your entire nickname.

You might try to log into your EA account and locate your other soldier names from previous battlefield games and set that soldier name as your default profile.
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How do you do that? I see my BC2 name on my EA account under "Other Identities" but I can't click on it or see how to switch it to the default profile.

Thanks.


Snowknight26 said:
https://profile.ea.com/myprofile.do
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Thanks a million guys!
 
Finally managed to get several hours in, and despite the annoying bugs, I did enjoy myself. I don't know if its in any way COD-esque as I've never played any recent COD title since MW1, but I don't think I'd care or mind either way. I've managed to have fun despite being thrown in public servers with everyone running around doing their stuff, or some who hardly move anyway. I just go on and do what I can in defending or attacking the objectives, trying to get as many kills in the process.

I've always been fine with the prone position in BF2, don't get whats the big deal with it. Diving and hiding in prone position alone isn't going to get the objective done. I'm sure in real life we would dive into prone position to save our ass too. So its not like its an artificial move or something.

Don't really like the Battlelog thing though. But its just a minor annoyance, just like Origin. They are not going to stop me from enjoying the game.
 
Neat little web-viewer *just* for Battlelog (i.e., no URL bar, etc, double-clicking shortcut immediately launches battlelog), minimizes to tray and only uses 60-70mb RAM. Trying to get every last bit of performance I can, hehe :cool:
 
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I wasn't a fan of the map selection in alpha, and I guess it's because we never got past the first set of M-Coms. I really enjoy playing the 2nd and 3rd sections, and I rarely even try to diffuse or kill any offense on the M-Com just to try and help us get to the subway section, lol.

I'm really digging the UMP when we get to the subway. I had one round of 40-10 a couple days ago, and I've been going numbers like 25-5 many, many times. On one game as offense we had already blown A in subway and D left that whole side deserted. I went hard left, and flanked their whole team who was posted up behind B. I think I killed about 8 of them in a matter of 15 seconds that run, haha. I'm having a pure blast and can't wait for release.
 
does anyone have an issue arming the mcomms? even though i never let off E, the damn thing keeps restarting at random. same goes with disarming.
 
I was just about ready to preorder this after watching many of the extended videos on YouTube showing actual gameplay. Then I tried the beta and the aggravation from Origin and their decision to use a browser-based launcher blew that right out of the water. The map choice probably didn't help either. I am more interested in the Conquest game mode. Metro felt too much like a spaz fest.
 
PanzerBoxb said:
I was just about ready to preorder this after watching many of the extended videos on YouTube showing actual gameplay. Then I tried the beta and the aggravation from Origin and their decision to use a browser-based launcher blew that right out of the water. The map choice probably didn't help either. I am more interested in the Conquest game mode. Metro felt too much like a spaz fest.
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Of course it's a spaz fest right now, any dumb fuck and their brother can play the game. I for one absolutely love the server browser, and my games loading in 5 seconds. I love being able to drag and drop my friends into my games as I'm loading. I do hate not being able to get int he same squad without random luck though, but hey it is beta. I just don't understand the big deal over the browser based system at all really.

There are a few minor things I dislike such as having to load a map and deploy before I can leave a game, but I'm sure stuff like that will be handled when the full release is out.
 
Liqq said:
Of course it's a spaz fest right now, any dumb fuck and their brother can play the game. I for one absolutely love the server browser, and my games loading in 5 seconds. I love being able to drag and drop my friends into my games as I'm loading. I do hate not being able to get int he same squad without random luck though, but hey it is beta. I just don't understand the big deal over the browser based system at all really.

There are a few minor things I dislike such as having to load a map and deploy before I can leave a game, but I'm sure stuff like that will be handled when the full release is out.
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Well someone already exploited the browser to get into Caspian without a password. I can only imagine what they will think of in the future. To me using a browser is like EA begging the browser makers for enhanced security. And as many hacks there are for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome (which had the pw hack) I pray for them.
 
Well damn! Finally earn a bipod AND get my first dogtags, and the game crashes out.

That sucks.

*edit* Actually, it looks like it kept the stats from that game, even though it dropped me; nice.
 
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Anyone have problems to make diference in reagrd of recognizing enemys? its really hard to tell if its alies or enemys.. :(
 
I just came here to say I think it's retarded you can't change options unless your in-game. Also you can't quit the game while the server is changing maps. This should change in the final cuz it's annoying as hell.
 
Wildwhippy said:
PKP + IRNV + Foregrip/Bipod + Extended mag = Subway massacre :D
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IRNV in the subway on any gun is FTW...it really is excellent. Defending outside with it isn't too bad, but attackers are fucked, it's all washed out from that direction mostly.

I've gotten up to rank 32 (almost exclusively with engineer role) so far and really, take out those major bugs (especially texture flicker) and this is a good hybrid of bc2 and bf2. I think rush modes will definately feel like BC2 due to that being the time it was introduced but the short time I've had on Caspian feels like a true battlefield game. Cant wait to try out more levels at the end of the month.
 
The game to me is a bit clunky and submitted some bug issues as well. This thing feels like CODMW with bigger maps. Not a bad thing, but BF2042 is my fav series.. My own opinion only.
 
Cancel your pre-orders. Battlelog is the only method of squad management. You will use "Find squad" and "leave squad" as the only in game options.

DICE really fucked us hard on this one. No commander, no teamwork integration, no squad leader importance, no in game squad management.
 
Dethred said:
Cancel your pre-orders. Battlelog is the only method of squad management. You will use "Find squad" and "leave squad" as the only in game options.

DICE really fucked us hard on this one. No commander, no teamwork integration, no squad leader importance, no in game squad management.
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This MUST be temporary... Hard to believe they will go live without the ability to squad-up with friends.

Tip for everyone: Lower your graphics settings, turn off HBAO, turn off motion blur and you should be able to run high quality textures. My kill counts went through the roof when my frame-rate passed 50. Cross-fire or SLI is a must right now for the hard cores if you want to run max settings.

Edit: Wow, zh1nt0 (DICE Support Team) better be wrong. If you are required to do squad management through the battle log I'm going to cancel my preorder. I don't understand why Dice has ALWAYS done such a shitty job with everything related to server management and game menus. Since BF1942 they've gone from decent to horrible!
https://twitter.com/#!/zh1nt0/status/120072134226751488
 
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I tried loading this up on my friend's PC (uses a GTX 280 and an i7 920) and the mouse movement is extremely jittery. I tried another mouse and it still was jittery. That made it really hard to play. Framerate doesn't dip below 30fps. It's really aggravating!
 
Bop said:
I tried loading this up on my friend's PC (uses a GTX 280 and an i7 920) and the mouse movement is extremely jittery. I tried another mouse and it still was jittery. That made it really hard to play. Framerate doesn't dip below 30fps. It's really aggravating!
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try lowering the graphics settings and getting your framerate to 60+. i play on medium settings because things feel more fluid.
 
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