Battlefield 3 General Discussion Thread

tehslippery said:
This is my general complaint about BF3. Every new DLC has new game modes, modes that get completely isolated to those maps.

I like Gunmaster. I'd like it more if you could play it on every single map in the game using the TDM areas.

They just split things up too much and then wonder why everyone feels like no one is playing.
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Yeah. At the very least they should allow premium servers to enable all game mods on all maps. Poor decision making.
 
Recently started playing again. Overall KDR is around 2.07, after coming back I've noticed that I'm consistently averaging 3:1 or higher KDR in matches. Typically Assault with the UMP and just running and gunning. These new maps seem really solid for an active play style. I haven't really noticed many snipers.

I find that having a good squad of brosefs really increases your effectiveness.
 
USMCGrunt said:
Im not debating who came first, its just that most games today utilize more of a capture the point game mode instead of capture the flag...kind of an evolution of the original play mode.
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I think the current capture the flag used to be 'king of the hill'.

So how are they going to 'capture the flag'? Briefcase? Soccer ball?


On another note. I hope they don't nerf the MP5K! M5K + Extended Mag + Laser Dot + Squad speed boost + TUGS. Awesome combo. I'm not using the 870MCS slugs anymore.:D
 
I wonder what kind of distance the flag and the return point it, because if it's too far people will camp, and if it's too close people will collapse down in front of the flag.
 
TwistedAegis said:
BF3...CTF? YES! I love it! However I hope they expand it to prior maps and not just have it on a few End Game maps.
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Doubtful.

Ironchef Chris Wok said:
I wonder what kind of distance the flag and the return point it, because if it's too far people will camp, and if it's too close people will collapse down in front of the flag.
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The original game had the flags at the main bases. It was a blast doing Stukka pickups at full speed. You had to time it perfect. Sneak in, wait for the plane to be on approach, charge the flag and get open so the pilot could grab you. Timing was everything.

It won't work like that in BF3 though, too much sensor information. 3d spotting may ruin the tactics needed for CTF to be fun.
 
CTF? should be fun!

75ms ping is higher than average, but I wouldn't call it "high" - 75ms itself isn't that much time, the (shitty) netcode in this game magnify's the problem.

"high" ping to me is 200-300ms -- you can probably deduce my age based on that statement - I clearly remember the days of 28.8 modems :)
 
collegeboy69us said:
CTF? should be fun!

75ms ping is higher than average, but I wouldn't call it "high" - 75ms itself isn't that much time, the (shitty) netcode in this game magnify's the problem.

"high" ping to me is 200-300ms -- you can probably deduce my age based on that statement - I clearly remember the days of 28.8 modems :)
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my first was a 2400 baud... on my 286.
 
3 Gigabyte Update for BF3 LE??? Is anybody else getting patched too:eek:
 
WhyYouLoveMe said:
I got the patch but it was 32mb. :confused: Apparently it's just a SP patch. Come to think of it, I never did try the SP campaign in BF3.
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Im currently downloading a 3GB patch as well...but EA and Charter seem to have some sort of agreement going on cause my download is "screaming" at 6.2MB/sec....im only paying for a 3MB connection....not that im complaining :D
 
TwistedAegis said:
BF3...CTF? YES!s
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I love FLAGS!!!

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Man I hope they will include CTF on the Close Quarters maps. So many different routes to take and hide it would be EPIC!!!!!

BTW - how do change the X Bow to High Explosive?
 
Glad I'm not the only one suprised by 75ms classified as "HPB". Guess that's a good thing for standards to go up. :)

Surprisingly though in FPSs it seems like pings have been going backwards for some time; around 2001 I could ping in the sub-10ms range to some CS servers. Now almost any new FPS, regardless of where the server is or where I'm living at the time, pings 75ms+. :(
 
F.E.A.R. said:
Man I hope they will include CTF on the Close Quarters maps. So many different routes to take and hide it would be EPIC!!!!!

BTW - how do change the X Bow to High Explosive?
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You have to unlock the various bolt types through Assignments. Then when you have the bolts unlocked, you equip it as an entire weapon.
X-Bow
Scoped X-Bow
Explosive X-Bow
Balanced X-Bow
Spotting X-Bow
 
TwistedAegis said:
Glad I'm not the only one suprised by 75ms classified as "HPB". Guess that's a good thing for standards to go up. :)

Surprisingly though in FPSs it seems like pings have been going backwards for some time; around 2001 I could ping in the sub-10ms range to some CS servers. Now almost any new FPS, regardless of where the server is or where I'm living at the time, pings 75ms+. :(
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I could have sworn that communication overhead creates a 14ms delay....regardless, I have a few servers that I ping sub 30s...maybe infastructure changes have screwed you, lol.
 
What's the deal with origin, it no longer shows patch size and download speed? Or is there another way to see this info? NM: I see, you right click the progress bar for anyone who doesn't know. Yea I'm getting a 3GB patch at about 2MB/s, glad I upgraded to uverse, old DSL was stuck at 700KB/s.
 
There are a few servers in the North Texas area that are very popular and I can get an avg ping of 5 to 6ms to them. Pretty nice actually to be the LPB in the entire server.

I really don't notice any difference though - I have a ping of 5, that's nice, but the guy with the 120ms ping is getting away with all sorts of crap because of the crappy netcode.

12Mbit AT&T internet here.
 
Whoever thought the iron sight on the FAMAS was a good idea needs to be shot with one...or at least get smacked in the face with the butt of the gun.
 
Knifers are still as annoying as ever. Having them on the other team is cool. He basically lets me kill atleast two of his teammates just so he can get behind me and knife me. I've gotten quite a few squad wipes this way.

But a knifer on your team makes you want to reach into the monitor and strangle him. You know there's a teammate with you so you think you've got your back covered. So you go in, run into an enemy and try to lead him away to give your teammate a good angle. You wonder what's taking him so long and when you finally get killed, you see him knifing the enemy. HE COULD HAVE JUST SHOT HIM!!!
 
I played for like 3 or 4 hours the other night. I forgot how nice it was to have just a single other guy on your squad who you can just ball with. The two of us just completely dominated for like 6 rounds straight on a mixed mode Close Quarters server. We didn't even have to always run together, we just held thins down. So nice when usually it feels like I'm riding solo

I have to say though, Scrapyard is the worst map ever. The spawns are just so completely god awful. Especially at the start of the map where one guy spawns with 3-4 enemies in front of him facing the other direction and can generally wipe them out np.
 
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Anybody know the cheapest way to get the dlc packs? I bought vanilla bf3 from a forum member and it appears this version is the only available from the origin store. I'm interested in the expansions because there are hardly any servers left it seems.

Thanks
 
yeah go to origin and pay the $40.00 for the premium. it is on the first page of the website. you can buy them in pieces though. the latest is called aftermath and is about $15
 
How much is it locally over there? Launch price for BF3 was $30 over here, same with Premium expansion. When i bought premium from the store i got an empty DVD case with a download code inside. So i got the same as everyone else, only cheaper.
 
So I haven't played BF3 since the first expansion came out. Can someone give me cliffnotes on what has changed?
 
More guns, more maps. New character models look like they've been put through the meat grinder.

The new game mode "Gunmaster" is retarded, and that's not a figure of speech, that *is* how the game works. You start with a pistol, then as you rack up kills, your weapon changes to better guns, and halfway through the totem it gets worse, machineguns (Not something you run around with), sniper rifles (really???), grenade launcher (How do you kill with a grenade in CQB???), until finally you spend the rest of the game holding a knife.

"Scavenger" has you spawning with a pistol and there are guns spread around the map. Just your classic Quake style deathmatch.

Crossbows are now in the game, and just like Rambo, you get different arrowheads. Everyone now has a miniature TUGS. Shoot it at a building, and it will tell you if there's someone inside. Other than that, not really useful. The explosive bolts are more on stun effect, the range is only a fraction of the M320.
 
Sly said:
More guns, more maps. New character models look like they've been put through the meat grinder.

The new game mode "Gunmaster" is retarded, and that's not a figure of speech, that *is* how the game works. You start with a pistol, then as you rack up kills, your weapon changes to better guns, and halfway through the totem it gets worse, machineguns (Not something you run around with), sniper rifles (really???), grenade launcher (How do you kill with a grenade in CQB???), until finally you spend the rest of the game holding a knife.

"Scavenger" has you spawning with a pistol and there are guns spread around the map. Just your classic Quake style deathmatch.

Crossbows are now in the game, and just like Rambo, you get different arrowheads. Everyone now has a miniature TUGS. Shoot it at a building, and it will tell you if there's someone inside. Other than that, not really useful. The explosive bolts are more on stun effect, the range is only a fraction of the M320.
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Hm...so "Gunmaster" is like Gun Game from Counterstrike? Gun game was so fun on CS, I wonder how it'll be on BF3,
 
There are also different modes for it now. All Pistols, US Arms race RU Arms Race, Heavy Weapons (Magnums > Shotguns > Light Machine Guns > C4), Assault Rifles.

I personally enjoy it. It can be frustrating at times though.
 
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