Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

Does anyone else play BF3 over Wifi? I just set my new network up and it works amazingly well.......solid 30 ping last night, virtually no lag and stutter. I was impressed. Running a Netgear WNDR3400, with a dual band NIC (TP link TL-WDN4800). N band. Played with the router radio bands to get a good solid one and I get great ping and speed tests.

Not as doomsday as I was anticipating going wireless.

I live in a 100 year old house just in case anyone wants to suggest me running Cat5. :)

Will be upgrading my router soon for a high end dial band router with an even stronger signal.

Just thought I would toss this out there for anyone considering it. It works, you just need to be good and close to a strong signal. 2.4ghz did not work well at all though.

Also I used this nifty little program to find if there was any other wifi signals around me: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/
 
Finally got my 350m L96 head shot. Got it from the carrier on the first stage of Kharg Island rush. It was 580m!! I couldn't believe it when I got it lol.
 
F.E.A.R. said:
Finally got my 350m L96 head shot. Got it from the carrier on the first stage of Kharg Island rush. It was 580m!! I couldn't believe it when I got it lol.
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Nice. My longest is 584m, across Caspian Border. It took me the whole round to do.
 
zetachi said:
Be nice if there was a range finder on the scope so you would know how far the target is.
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There is, big target = near, smaller targer = far.

Nah, I totally agree. It would be nice if you had some way of viewing over distance without the awesome 1,000,000 candle power beacon. Either binos or a range finder that you could view and then switch to primary to engage.

I totally dissagree with the lense flare. I understand it is their way of balance but that that guy would not get past day one of sniper school. He probably sings on assignment when traveling behind enemy lines from one nest to another.

Speaking of lense flare, why dear lord are so many of the attacking teams looking into the sun. Isnt that command school 101, put the sun at YOUR back, not the enemies? Sure there are times when it may happen, but alawys? Balance I suppose....
 
aarcam said:
Speaking of lense flare, why dear lord are so many of the attacking teams looking into the sun. Isnt that command school 101, put the sun at YOUR back, not the enemies? Sure there are times when it may happen, but alawys? Balance I suppose....
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It definitely needs to be toned down. It's too easy when you're looking at smoke, see multiple dots of light that look like stars and then just shoot in their general direction and take them out.
 
Artistic discretion. Isn't that what they said when asked about the blue filter on everything?
 
Well, they need to tone down the artistic expression. Seriously, there are screen effects as if your playing the game from a camera's perspective and not a person's. Tone down/remove the lens flare, reduce the dark/light - light/dark adjustment time when moving in and out of buildings, and remove the rediculous "dirt spots" that are lightly rendered on the screen. That last one isn't major in terms of gameplay interference but its immersion interfering.
 
fochkoph said:
Really wish they would remove that damn blue filter that's masking all the greatness.
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I tweaked some settings in nVidia control panel and got rid of a good bit of blue filter. A buddy of mine who plays even came over and mentioned how it looked better than his at default.
 
The color grading looks like utter horse shit and I really wish they'd just have a toggle for it instead of whining about how it was meant to look that way and blah blah the art teams vision. No, it looks fucking shitty. They obviously opted for a more realistic look... only to promptly skew the shit out of it with hilariously warped colors. It doesn't make it moodier, it doesn't look good, it's so nasty overall.

http://puu.sh/LX20
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Paris_metro_-_Marcel_Sembat_-_2.JPG

The non color nuked alpha looks worlds closer to reality...
 
Lol, I remember those alpha screens. Such a shame they didn't continue forward with that look :eek:
 
socK said:
The color grading looks like utter horse shit and I really wish they'd just have a toggle for it instead of whining about how it was meant to look that way and blah blah the art teams vision. No, it looks fucking shitty. They obviously opted for a more realistic look... only to promptly skew the shit out of it with hilariously warped colors. It doesn't make it moodier, it doesn't look good, it's so nasty overall.

http://puu.sh/LX20
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Paris_metro_-_Marcel_Sembat_-_2.JPG

The non color nuked alpha looks worlds closer to reality...
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It also depends on the map. Metro tends to look more blue than most maps. Gulf of Oman doesn't seem to suffer this problem. That being said, I never noticed how much color grading/whatever they threw on it. Obviously it was noticeable but those screen shots put it into perspective.

Too bad there is no way to turn it off as I would prefer a more realistic look.
 
Brules said:
Does anyone else play BF3 over Wifi? I just set my new network up and it works amazingly well.......solid 30 ping last night, virtually no lag and stutter. I was impressed. Running a Netgear WNDR3400, with a dual band NIC (TP link TL-WDN4800). N band. Played with the router radio bands to get a good solid one and I get great ping and speed tests.

Not as doomsday as I was anticipating going wireless.

I live in a 100 year old house just in case anyone wants to suggest me running Cat5. :)

Will be upgrading my router soon for a high end dial band router with an even stronger signal.

Just thought I would toss this out there for anyone considering it. It works, you just need to be good and close to a strong signal. 2.4ghz did not work well at all though.

Also I used this nifty little program to find if there was any other wifi signals around me: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/
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My secondary gaming PC is connected with a wire to a Wireless N Bridge. My N router isn't far so I'm able to connect at the highest possible link speed (5ghz/40mhz wide) and I don't see a difference in connection between it and my main computer hardwired directly to the router.
 
Done with this game unless a miracle happens. Wtf. No balance to it. No comp play. Pubs are LOLOLOLOL tastic for an old lone wolf especially. None of my old teammates play anymore. I guess I am just stubborn. Sigh. I miss BF42 and Nam. Good times.
 
spaceman said:
Done with this game unless a miracle happens. Wtf. No balance to it. No comp play. Pubs are LOLOLOLOL tastic for an old lone wolf especially. None of my old teammates play anymore. I guess I am just stubborn. Sigh. I miss BF42 and Nam. Good times.
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I miss BF2 when I went on a server and joined a squad of 6(in total) and we all ran to get that random point at the edge of the map in conquest to kill the enemies from behind...*sigh*, teamwork, that is what I really miss.
 
teamwork is certainly what i miss most. nothing like it. Since my ass is too old and gimped to fight or play ball anymore...i gots nothing left!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

actually i can still fight but if I get another concussion I might not get my brain back.
 
Flogger23m said:
It also depends on the map. Metro tends to look more blue than most maps. Gulf of Oman doesn't seem to suffer this problem. That being said, I never noticed how much color grading/whatever they threw on it. Obviously it was noticeable but those screen shots put it into perspective.

Too bad there is no way to turn it off as I would prefer a more realistic look.
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Holy crap .. never realized it was that bad.
 
You guys are only realizing now that the art direction sucks? I have hated it since day 1, along with the lack of teamwork and shitty map design.
 
Wish there was a hud dpi setting for those of us that run at high rez. I could hardly see text or minimap.
 
screen shots are nice and all if you want to bitch about the art/color scheme -- but consistency counts for something too you know. Had the screen shots been taken in the same part of the map the argument would have carried loads more weight.

If I go take a picture of my bathroom, and then a picture of my kitchen -- it would be pretty stupid for me to complain I don't have a toilet in my kitchen right?

The colors on the game could use some tweaking yes -- which is why I've been running a popular BF3 shader mod that 1) gets rid of the flat ass colors 2) sharpens things up quite a bit.
 
Read on the Steam forums that now you can change your loadout through Battlelog???? (even vehicles)

Can anyone confirm this please? If so, about time DICE!
 
I HATED the idea of battlelog when I first read about it. In practice it's actually very useful and I don't believe it hinders my experience at all.
 
LOLz just got myself perma-banned on 4 different servers all in one day after not playing for months. I guess the community is filled with pussy admins running servers these days.

Gone are the BF2 days of servers like Robert Reed's House Of Aids Road To Jalalabad 24/7 where you could say or do anything without some power tripping pussy getting butthurt and needing to flex his ego.

Anyone got any recommendation for a lawless server where anything goes chatwise or gameplay wise (except cheating or hacking).
 
defiant007 said:
You guys are only realizing now that the art direction sucks? I have hated it since day 1, along with the lack of teamwork and shitty map design.
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I've been saying this for months and initially was chastised as an "elitist",I guess the blue tint, "dirt" specks, and supersolar lens flare is finally having it's effect on people?

I really wish this game would allow mods, it has such potential if PR got a hold of it! Well, kinda...they'd have to change a lot of shit which would take a lot of work.

*****************I miss 1942's unlimited ceiling.
 
BlitzPuppet said:
I've been saying this for months and initially was chastised as an "elitist",I guess the blue tint, "dirt" specks, and supersolar lens flare is finally having it's effect on people?

I really wish this game would allow mods, it has such potential if PR got a hold of it! Well, kinda...they'd have to change a lot of shit which would take a lot of work.

*****************I miss 1942's unlimited ceiling.
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WW2 game + frostbite please
 
Dethred said:
No offense, but its kind of silly to expect that from a console port.
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You're still here and still throwing out that tired old meme?

TheMadHatterXxX said:
LOLz just got myself perma-banned on 4 different servers all in one day after not playing for months. I guess the community is filled with pussy admins running servers these days.

Gone are the BF2 days of servers like Robert Reed's House Of Aids Road To Jalalabad 24/7 where you could say or do anything without some power tripping pussy getting butthurt and needing to flex his ego.

Anyone got any recommendation for a lawless server where anything goes chatwise or gameplay wise (except cheating or hacking).
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Do a text search for "Veteran" "no stupid rules". Good vanilla 64 man server, with...no stupid rules. :D
 
OFaceSIG said:
I HATED the idea of battlelog when I first read about it. In practice it's actually very useful and I don't believe it hinders my experience at all.
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Yeah I have to fess up to that too. Thought it was the worst thing ever, now I sorta like it.
 
BlitzPuppet said:
I've been saying this for months and initially was chastised as an "elitist",I guess the blue tint, "dirt" specks, and supersolar lens flare is finally having it's effect on people?

I really wish this game would allow mods, it has such potential if PR got a hold of it! Well, kinda...they'd have to change a lot of shit which would take a lot of work.

*****************I miss 1942's unlimited ceiling.
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Yes, yes and yes. Unfortunately I dont think we will see the ability for mods from a major player ever again. Mods are potential $ that said major player could make. Without the ability for mods it also allows their engine to be refreshed less frequently, again more $. The PoE community and PR community was so much more evolved than the original BFV/BF2 community IMHO. Something lacking in the BF3 world for me.

John1701 said:
Yeah I have to fess up to that too. Thought it was the worst thing ever, now I sorta like it.
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I will also admit that my ire has waned, however they have also fixed A LOT of issues that made my first experiences with it pure rage. Nice to see them continually make the effort.

My only hope is that the also keep some effort on BF3. Yes they are adding content, some of which is/look to be rather cool, but there are still a handful of things I would like to see improved.
 
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Brules said:
Does anyone else play BF3 over Wifi? I just set my new network up and it works amazingly well.......solid 30 ping last night, virtually no lag and stutter. I was impressed. Running a Netgear WNDR3400, with a dual band NIC (TP link TL-WDN4800). N band. Played with the router radio bands to get a good solid one and I get great ping and speed tests.

Not as doomsday as I was anticipating going wireless.

I live in a 100 year old house just in case anyone wants to suggest me running Cat5. :)
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You try ethernet over power line?


OnTopic:
There is a popular fxaa shader mod that was linked to in one of these [H] threads. Definitely something cool to check out.

While the battlelog updates are cool and all, I'm still annoyed that they haven't fixed the rather simple problem with the history tab on the server list. Right now History is rather useless. They don't have any time/date-stamps and you can't clear it. WTF DICE?
 
AHAHA! I defended the use of battlelog and my opponents are starting to turn....I WIN I WIN!!! lol, j/k.
 
TheMadHatterXxX said:
LOLz just got myself perma-banned on 4 different servers all in one day after not playing for months. I guess the community is filled with pussy admins running servers these days.

Gone are the BF2 days of servers like Robert Reed's House Of Aids Road To Jalalabad 24/7 where you could say or do anything without some power tripping pussy getting butthurt and needing to flex his ego.

Anyone got any recommendation for a lawless server where anything goes chatwise or gameplay wise (except cheating or hacking).
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NCIX #3 (Seattle) is a great server/community. It's vanilla 64 player Conquest (vehicle maps) and actively admined by non-morons. Only cheaters/hackers are banned after significant review (no knee jerk kick/ban, and you can appeal). There are lots of regulars including extremely skilled pilots. Only rules are no cheating and no racism/bigotry in chat. Just search NCIX in Battlelog.

darrpara: I agree, footsteps are much too quiet, you can hear them, but not well enough to anticipate other player/enemy movement.
 
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