Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

Stayfr0sty said:
Does HardOCP have a BF3 server? Id love to pwn you guys :D
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so after I saw this video I decided to try Squad DM (never played it before). first few rounds were great but then I found that this mode can be called the tank whoring mode, maybe I was having a bad day but most servers I joined had an annoying tank ruining the game
after a little googling and found that there is no tanks in Team DM so I tried it but it had no squad teamplay and the spawn>die>spawn>die in it is worse than Counter Strike DM
anyone know how to find SDM servers with no vehicles? (maybe certain maps doesn’t include them?)


anyway here is a couple of nice videos I found
Battlefield 3: Operation Red Alert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzyXcjqzEw8
lots of funny vids in the same channel (most of his videos end with “hahaha Cempin Fegget” :D )
 
firas said:
Official Hard|Gaming Servers


so after I saw this video I decided to try Squad DM (never played it before). first few rounds were great but then I found that this mode can be called the tank whoring mode, maybe I was having a bad day but most servers I joined had an annoying tank ruining the game
after a little googling and found that there is no tanks in Team DM so I tried it but it had no squad teamplay and the spawn>die>spawn>die in it is worse than Counter Strike DM
anyone know how to find SDM servers with no vehicles? (maybe certain maps doesn’t include them?)


anyway here is a couple of nice videos I found
Battlefield 3: Operation Red Alert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzyXcjqzEw8
lots of funny vids in the same channel (most of his videos end with “hahaha Cempin Fegget” :D )
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Thx!!! Ill be adding the 64 player ones to my favs.

64 is the only way to play if ya ask me.
 
PS3 is the only patch today. Surprisingly I got the patch quickly, but redownloading B2K is taking forever. I've done the port forwarding and everything but it only seems to help occasionally
 
lol hats will be coming soon and next week players will start asking for a patch to fix the patch
 
If I still played this game I would MAYBE consider those unlock packs, just as a time saving method more than anything. However my guess is they will be unreasonably priced, so fuck it. Fuck the whole idea of it too, for that matter.
 
The only thing that would be worthwhile to me is being able to unlock all of the weapon-specific optics automatically. That shit gets tedious really fast having to unlock the same set of sights for EVERY SINGLE WEAPON.
 
cukoodukoo said:
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/in-game-shortcut-purchases-come-to-battlefield-3/#tab_row

U know what DICE... you should let players have an option to pay cash to win each round... like an official hack ...nice way to make more money....u bastards... Fix the fucking game first.
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Is this their fix for hacking/cheaters? "Guys, they're cheating to get all the unlocks quicker. They're also paying $20 a month for their hacks, we should just sell them the unlocks and cut out the middle man. Brilliant! ... Nailed it ..."


I also don't buy the certification excuse. If the PS3 is capable of receiving a patch early, then why the hell is the PC being tied to the Xbox360 certification process?
 
cukoodukoo said:
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/in-game-shortcut-purchases-come-to-battlefield-3/#tab_row

U know what DICE... you should let players have an option to pay cash to win each round... like an official hack ...nice way to make more money....u bastards... Fix the fucking game first.
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DeathPrincess said:
Thats going to make lots of things very unbalanced for people who don't buy it...
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Wut? How does this make things unbalanced? You can just as easily unlock these things by playing the game. If you don't want to pay money for them, just unlock them on your own. If this was included with the game from the get-go, I could see it creating an unfair advantage against those who wan't to earn their unlocks. As it is though, it's no different from joining a game in which someone has unlocked something that you haven't, so who cares how they earned it? Seems like a good way to help new players get on their feet. The default weapons can't always hold their own, especially when you are limited to ironsights when everyone else has scopes.
 
I have to agree with others, what is the fucking point of that? What is the point of playing the game if you're just going to have everything unlocked off the bat?
 
SolidSnakeUS said:
What is the point of playing the game if you're just going to have everything unlocked off the bat?
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Is unlocking things the point of the game then?

I don't get the oppostion to this. I buy the game, and I can spend hours grinding out the guns on Metro to get the scopes and add-ons unlocked, or I can pay $5 to unlock all the accessories for the gun I like. How are those any different for anyone other than me? If I'm willing to pay $5 to not have to grind 20 kills with the terrible FAMAS iron sights, why does that matter to anyone else?

I'd be more upset if you could pay to get things that others can't get just by playing the game - if there were more powerful guns, or additional unlocks that were only available through DLC. That has the possibility of distorting the game, but paying to shorten the process? Not so much.
 
The only guns that are annoying to unlock are those with BAD iron sights. I really dont care if that rank 5 has all unlocks. Does not mean they will be good still.
 
I can say that the unlocks seem like a good idea to those like me who have full time career, wife, children, and get an occasinal hour or 2 to play once or twice a week... at the rate of gameplay I just described, the likelyhood of actually unlocking all of the weapons is VERY VERY low.

I dont plan on buying the unlocks until I at least see the pricing, but some of us like to play the game for the actual combat, and not the unlocking of guns, just like many people like to play MMOs for the end content and DESPISE the actual level grinding aspect of the game... and then again, some love leveling and hate rading.

If anyone here who is already a high rank, who has played enough to unlock the best wepons in the game is actually complaining about someone like me who has a WHOPPNIG 15 hours played in the past 5 MONTHS getting a chance to check out some other weapons and have some fun in MY spare time, you can eat me. Id bet that a level 40 with an ironsighted M16 can waste any noob with a maxed out kit...
 
merlin704 said:
They did this with Bad Company 2. You could buy the unlock kits for each class. Not seeing why this is an issue now....
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really? wasn't aware. anyhow, i'm kimda torn here anyway. for one, grinding on 64p metro servers to unlock suppressors etc. is kinda tedious, but it's become a guilty pleasure for me recently...
 
Forceman said:
Is unlocking things the point of the game then?

I don't get the oppostion to this. I buy the game, and I can spend hours grinding out the guns on Metro to get the scopes and add-ons unlocked, or I can pay $5 to unlock all the accessories for the gun I like. How are those any different for anyone other than me? If I'm willing to pay $5 to not have to grind 20 kills with the terrible FAMAS iron sights, why does that matter to anyone else?

I'd be more upset if you could pay to get things that others can't get just by playing the game - if there were more powerful guns, or additional unlocks that were only available through DLC. That has the possibility of distorting the game, but paying to shorten the process? Not so much.
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I agree with you, but there are additional unlocks only available through DLC, I'm pretty sure. Apparently both the CQ and ARMOURED ARMOUR BATTLEARMOUR ARMOURFIELD DLC or whatever it's called both come with some new firearms. And obviously the stuff from B2K.

EDITTO: In fact I just saw the Close Quarters trailer now, and they've got a few in there. I guess it might not be finalised as they have stuff with retarded names, so either placeholders while they wait for licencing or whatever.
 
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haunter said:
yeah...its 'annoying' but geez I dont really care. make it expensive so we can LOL at the suckers who arent good enough to unlock it themselves
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Or the people who dont want to put in 30 hours to get a certain weapon. I personally hate all the unlocks, and add-ons. Its grinding away like a rpg, to get better weapons. Some people play a certain way, or map just because you get more points. Metro comes to mind. Not because it helps their team win, or because its fun.
 
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