Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

Is it just me or are most of the maps designed to be in dark environments. I prefer maps to be set in bright sunny daylight. Most of the maps seem to be set in cloudy/dull days or evenings.Whats up with that.
 
cukoodukoo said:
Is it just me or are most of the maps designed to be in dark environments. I prefer maps to be set in bright sunny daylight. Most of the maps seem to be set in cloudy/dull days or evenings.Whats up with that.
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I think they did that just to piss you off! Are you going to cancel your preorder too?
 
This...

Daniel Matros has confirmed that “destruction was downscaled and rigid in the beta. Full on for retail.” This should make many RPG-wielding Battlefield fans extremely happy.
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...made me squeal like a school girl, ha ha.

I had a feeling, and damn...! Karkand looks fantastic!

I recognized it immediately, but at the same time, it looks so wholly incredible it actually took me a second, followed by a "Holy shit!" reaction.

Looks like the visuals in the BETA were also very much not representative of the final game's visuals, because they look fucking outstanding!
 
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Xathlien said:
This...



...made me squeal like a school girl, ha ha.

I had a feeling, and damn...! Karkand looks fantastic!

I recognized it immediately, but at the same time, it looks so wholly incredible it actually took me a second, followed by a "Holy shit!" reaction.

Looks like the visuals in the BETA were also very much not representative of the final game's visuals, because they look fucking outstanding!
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......:p
 
Question:

When forming a party in Battlelog and everyone is using the mic to speak, was the mic feature functional in-game? Or did the launcher cut the mic when the game started?
 
So is amazon the best place to preorder now? ($50 and preload if you get the digital version)
 
yeah that was an awesome video.... But, come on get it on Steam dammit!
 
xIronCrossx said:
So is amazon the best place to preorder now? ($50 and preload if you get the digital version)
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That's what it's looking like. I snagged it off Amazon last week when it was 30% off ($42). Had been holding out to get my 25% off bday coupon for Origin. If you haven't preordered already, and don't mind going through Origin, shoot me a pm and I'll give you the coupon code.
 
WorldExclusive said:
Great, so I can use that to somewhat replace in-game VOIP/TS.
I really can careless what strangers are saying, that's what the text box is for. So long as I can hear the people in my party.

Thanks.
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There is no in-game VOIP. The plugin you install from the battlelog site is basically a TS client. It connects to the BL site via that plugin, so thats how you chat.
 
Did anyone else notice the heli pilot get shot and killed through the glass in the most recent trailer?
 
SilverSliver said:
Did anyone else notice the heli pilot get shot and killed through the glass in the most recent trailer?
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yeah, i'm wondering if the fast-moving choppers like the little bird have reduced armor so you can kill the pilot with assault rifles etc.
 
cukoodukoo said:
Is it just me or are most of the maps designed to be in dark environments. I prefer maps to be set in bright sunny daylight. Most of the maps seem to be set in cloudy/dull days or evenings.Whats up with that.
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What are you talking about? Did you even play the beta? Both of those maps (other than the underground part of Metro) were extremely bright. I'd even go as far as to say they were TOO bright...
 
boredreflux said:
That's what it's looking like. I snagged it off Amazon last week when it was 30% off ($42). Had been holding out to get my 25% off bday coupon for Origin. If you haven't preordered already, and don't mind going through Origin, shoot me a pm and I'll give you the coupon code.
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I've been hearing talk that those birthday codes don't work on pre-orders anymore.

Also, my birthday was a couple weeks ago and I never even got any sort of code... F-U, EA. I preordered from Amazon, anyway. :p
 
v6maro said:
There is no in-game VOIP. The plugin you install from the battlelog site is basically a TS client. It connects to the BL site via that plugin, so thats how you chat.
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Ok. Can't speak to the whole team(I can via text), but if I have 10+ people in my party it's enough to have some kind of coordination across the map.
I think many people overlooked this feature in Battlelog. Now if they can just enable friend exporting from Origin.
 
WorldExclusive said:
Ok. Can't speak to the whole team(I can via text), but if I have 10+ people in my party it's enough to have some kind of coordination across the map.
I think many people overlooked this feature in Battlelog. Now if they can just enable friend exporting from Origin.
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im sure the friend importing works on the retail release, after all the dev video mentioned face book importing of friends too
 
Enough said :D
Multiplayer Trailer Analysis: The Return of Battlefield – BATTLEFIELDO | Your source for Battlefield 3

Building collapses. Destruction 2.0 baby!
From the Alpha and Beta builds of Battlefield 3, many had doubts about the destruction engine in battlefield 3. In the ending half of the multiplayer trailer, you can clearly see a building collapsing from the Tank shell. We feel bad for whoever was caught in the rubble.
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http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/gallery/mptrailer/vlcsnap-2011-10-19-15h35m36s175.png
 
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MavericK96 said:
Both of those maps (other than the underground part of Metro) were extremely bright. I'd even go as far as to say they were TOO bright...
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Absolutely, that guy prolly has some crappy TN with black crush/contrast shift issues.
 
psyside said:
Absolutely, that guy prolly has some crappy TN with black crush/contrast shift issues.
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I have a TN(LED backlit though maybe that affects it :D) and I thought everything was wayyyy too bright. Oh and it seems like this monitor has much better colors than other TN's(Samsung 23" XL2370) so maybe that affected it as well.
 
MavericK96 said:
I've been hearing talk that those birthday codes don't work on pre-orders anymore.
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Seems to be you're right, that shit is kind of weak. Gave IronCross my code, didn't work for him, tried it for myself to make sure it wasn't linked to just my Origin account and it didn't work for me either. Booooo.
 
I hope turning destruction on doesn't also turn back on the "help, I've fallen into the center of the world" problem.
 
xIronCrossx said:
I have a TN(LED backlit though maybe that affects it :D) and I thought everything was wayyyy too bright. Oh and it seems like this monitor has much better colors than other TN's(Samsung 23" XL2370) so maybe that affected it as well.
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Yea, for sure :D

And about the colors, if you mean over-saturated/cartoonish colors instead of good your spot on :D
 
MavericK96 said:
What are you talking about? Did you even play the beta? Both of those maps (other than the underground part of Metro) were extremely bright. I'd even go as far as to say they were TOO bright...
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They weren't bright, in fact they had excellent contrast and rather realistic color saturations, I thought... then again, I'm not on a crappy TN, I have an S-IPS 30" panel :).
 
psyside said:
Yea, for sure :D

And about the colors, if you mean over-saturated/cartoonish colors instead of good your spot on :D
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Dunno looked pretty realistic to me. Not sure what you are talking about with over-saturation. Then again I have never seen an IPS monitors picture so I won't argue :D
 
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