Underage b&

Reported.

>>119962980

Sorry bro, been playing since 2003 and 1942

>>119963092
Sorry bro, been playing since 1942.

>>119963159
Sorry bro, been playing since 1861

It's not BF2142.

When I'm in a party with friends over 50% of the time we are split up into different teams, if it's 3 or more NEVER are we on the same team. The match making in this case is broken there is no excuse.

>>119963257

Why is the parachute so goddamn worthless in this game compared to previous Battlefield games.
I've died countless times from jumping down a rock since my parachute won't open.

>>119963421

There's a minimum distance you have to fall before you can use the parachute.

The minimap is terrible.

Bf3 is the funnest FPS i've played since CoD4 (dat feel when the first time you played CoD4).
BF3 has the best sound, graphics, physics engine, vehicles and guns out of all the Battlefields, but the maps (besides karg/casp/canals) are shit.

Anyone who disagrees either hasn't played it or is a cawadooty fanboi.

>>119963203
ugga bugga me play since cavestop. wat1861?

>>119962897
another mindless shooter...

go deal with it

>>119963562

This, why do you faggots need to argue absolutes? It doesn't matter if BF3 is "better" or not to a game that came out in 2005, it's still probably the best MP shooter to come out on PC since TF2 and the start of the CoD era.

>>119963344
What OP no answer? Can't even mention my quad dubs? Well imma get em again chem em

Jet guided missiles are shit (3+ hits sometimes for a fucking kill, assuming the person doesn't repair or run away), the jet cannon is only good against other flying things (which means shit cunt points if the enemy is not flying much), jet rocket pods are fucking awkward to use (to land a kill one must kamakaze Japanese style by vertically flying toward the ground) and the ECM jammer is the worst unlock despite the fact it's the last unlock.
Discuss.

I really don't have the time to argue with an EA marketer so I'll just leave this here.

Enjoy, your average BF3 player.

Game mechanics are fantastic, but it has suck ass maps. Karkand will be its salvation.

>>119963863

>game mechanics are fantastic

I don't know what the fuck kind of game you're playing, but it sure isn't BF3.

>>119963744
Gonna keep Rollin doubles until you answer me

The destruction is absent?

>>119963344
It's not broken, the servers just have auto-balance on so there aren't servers with room for 3+ people to join on the same team.

If it didn't split your group up, you'd imbalance the teams until more people join, which can't be controlled.

>awful minimap
>dumbed down movement
>customization went way too far (vehicle upgrades, or lack of these --> no flares/no smoke as a starting upgrade for vehicles?) --> balancing issues
>gameplay that promotes lone-wolfing

don't get me wrong, it's not a bad game, but it's nowhere near as much fun as Battlefield 2 was. Overall it seems they tried too hard to make the game appeal all the CoD kiddies, which is a valid move for someone who wants to make money, but it just smacks old fans in the face.
It lacks the depth and versatility of gameplay that BF2 and 2142 delivered, it feels more casual and consolofied.

>>119964393

And since the COD kids are getting tired of MW3 already and coming back to BF3, guess what? They're putting in one hit kill quickscoping snipers!

It's already been horrible since the last patch. So many obvious MW3 players on PC, to say nothing of the continued vehicle fucking.

>>119964393

Vehicle upgrades are brilliant because of the effect they had on the players. In the previous games being on foot was a handicap compared to being in a vehicle, hence you had people camping vehicle spawns, now you have people looking for instant gratification playing infantry and those willing to put some effort and grinding into vehicle play getting the vehicles. I can now spawn at base, walk up to a jet, get in and take off without having to see half my team waiting for the same jet. Similarly I haven't seen a single chopper crash since pretty much a week after game release, everyone using them seems to be competent to great at them.

Aside from vanilla maps being awful, my biggest complaint is aircraft having regenerating health and infinite ammo.

In BF2 you had to fly back to the airfield to repair and re-arm. It created a nice balance and gave the infantry a rest from air attacks now and then.

Furthermore, in BF3 you can disable the regen HP, which is fantastic, but it leaves jets with virtually no way to repair.
Many of the airstrips even have trees or other obstructions at one end, and the jets cannot reverse, so in most cases you can't even land and repair.

When I start playing I am vastly inferior to people that have been playing for months.

>>119963562

I was just about to say this.

It's a pity the maps are fucking cramped and awful. let's hope the new map pack is good.

>>119964648

Hey, EA: I'm going to be nice and give you a little heads up. Have you seen ONE SINGLE BF3 THREAD ON THIS BOARD SINCE OCTOBER 25TH?

No? That's right. No one wants to play it. No one likes it. The hype machine died October 10th and everyone's seen through your lies. Go back to pushing Medal of Duty 11: Halo Warfare or whatever you're making now.

Tribes Ascend is better in every way.

whenever i read BF3 threads it makes me want to play BF3. odd seeing as how its on /v/ and they hate the vidya...

>>119964847

that feel when bc2 and even bf2 get more threads than bf3
babby game indeed

It has potential, but DICE needs to get their head out their asses and listen to the community. We want proper BF2-tier squad integration and a better UI. Right now it feels more like BC than BF.

>>119964870
>pay2win games

ahahhahaha. no.

>>119964968
>hasn't played TA
Don't worry, beta keys are given out all the time.

>>119964847

>hurr popularity = good

Battlefield 3 is a hardcore tactical game, as such, it has niche appeal compared to casual games like Skyrim and Zelda so that explains why you don't see much threads about it.

Remove Oirigin, remove or seriously fix BL and rebalance the game and we'll talk. It can be good, if they want it to.

Recon is broken and only good on very long distances until he gets spotted and than gets faceraped by mortar/heli/jet.
Also the only way to kill someone with sniper rifle is to make a headshot while in RL it would blast away bodyparts

>>119964941

Except they're:

>putting in one hit kill close range snipers and quickscoping
>buffing the F2000
>rebuffing the IRNV
>buffing Javelins (lolwat)
>buffing laser guided Javelins (LOLWAT)
>buffing the high damage guns at close range (because the M240, M60 and G3 need buffs alright)
>making Stingers do 50% damage again
>making tank shells instantly kill aircraft so we can have BC2 all over again where tanks can snipe helicopters from half the map away

>>119964847

I've seen plenty of threads on BF3, what are you talking about?

vehicles repairing themselves is dumb. BC2 had better maps

>No VOIP
>Shitty UI
>Shitty maps
>Shitty squads
>No horns

>>119965053
>battlefield 3
>hardcore tactical

>>119964968
It's a purely skill based shooter, brother. Whenever you die it's your fault and your fault only.

>>119965100
>buffing Javelins (lolwat)
>buffing laser guided Javelins (LOLWAT)
They need a buff. Right now there is no point taking the Javelin.
>rebuffing the IRNV
It needs to be fixed, they made it worse than useless. That's not balance.
>buffing the F2000
Not sure why they'd do that since its already pretty damn good.

>no horns

WHY DICE WHY

Bad Company 2 was better.

>>119965100
anything about buffing jets?

also; source?

>Name something in the game you think is bad
Needs Origin to install, your move OP.

>>119962897
To be honest, they improved the game with the last patches dramatically but one major point remains critical:
The maps are the worst in the whole BF series.

They have no real structure or balance, they are simply horrible. Caspian boarder is by far the best map in BF3 and it´s mediocre at best compared even to BC2 maps.

I mean, holy shit, what were they thinking. Metro ffs is the most unbalanced map ever in FPS history.

I have a feeling the people that hate this game suck at it.

I love it i'm constantly mvp

>>119965277

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654624783579995/

Keep in mind these read exactly like already finished patch notes, and since they concern things that no one but PS3 players can access (B2K map adjustments) it's obvious most if not all of these things are already finished.

>>119962897
What vehicles have horns?
I don't know of any

wheres my mod support?
why cant i host my own games?
why must I have origin to play it?
why do the maps suck ass?

>>119965100
>making tank shells instantly kill aircraft so we can have BC2 all over again where tanks can snipe helicopters from half the map away

actually that's a good thing, if by aircraft they mean jets.
because as a tanker it makes me rage everytime i fucking shoot a jet out of the sky, only to read "Vehicle Disabled" and see that fucktard bailing out.

The minimap: It looks awful, it is clutered with blue shit, pressing M no longer expands it into the fully unzoomed map.

The squad system: It was fine in BF2 yet they fucked it up in BF3 for no apparent reason. Caps lock no longer opens the squad page for easy access.

The maps: Infantry maps in BF2 were 2-3 times as big as the ones we have right now, none of them had choke points that forced both teams to face each other with no flanking routes. Karkand had multiple flanking routes for the US team, Sharqui has 3 uncaps for the attacking team, Wake island you could start on the carrier and drop off anywhere on the island, Mashtuur had the helicopter and multiple paths out of the mountain bases. Damavand Peak is a huge tunnel clusterfuck with helicopters that die going over the hill because of a glitch that insta kills everyone inside it. Bazaar is too small, Metro is just absolute shit with no flanking routes, Tehran is too small with no flanking routes out of main base.

I'll think of more.

>soflam tanks leaving their spawn from half a map away
>2 javelin bros and a support bro with me
>tanks die in 2 jav hits every time, helecopters die to 1
>our tanks rampage around the map unopposed.

>>119965516

Jets and helicopters. It would be fine if it were only jets, but DICE haet helicopters.

>>119965368

>148+ hours played
>479 SPM
>every single piece of info that's come out since late November makes me rage

>>119965529

Use N to zoom out. But it kind of sucks because you can't have zoomed in on the minimap and zoomed out on the expanded map.

>>119965495
>wheres my mod support?
Only shitty games need mods to be fun
>why cant i host my own games?
With the 1000's of servers, you really need your own special snowflake one?
>why must I have origin to play it?
You don't HAVE to, but you can get banned for that hack.
>why do the maps suck ass?
They don't, you suck AT them

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>>119965237
They already buffed the javs.

2 or 3 soflams cover the entire map. They are 1 hit kill to everything but a tnak

3 of the BF3 maps are good, another 4 good ones are coming, isn't that enough?

>>119965529

The spawn screen: Choosing which squad member you want to spawn on is very confusing because there is a glitch that highlights and flashes the wrong teammate on the minimap. The minimap in the spawn screen should have clickable bases just like in BF2(they even had it in BC2!) The customization screen should have the same weapon menu as the main spawn screen instead of scrolling through a list.

>>119965664
>Only shitty games need mods to be fun
only shitty games dont let you mod them
>With the 1000's of servers, you really need your own special snowflake one?
Rather be able to host my own, than have to pay some cocksuckers 100 bucks a month so i can rent one
>You don't HAVE to, but you can get banned for that hack.
So its required
>They don't, you suck AT them
tiny linear maps

>BF3
>Best Battlefield

>>119965664

>Only shitty games need mods to be fun

confirmed for having shitty opinions,regardless of what he says afterwards

This past week was great. The developers hinted at a lot of UI changes and the possibility of a VoiP implementation. No promises of course.

The latest patch really brought the gameplay back towards BF2. It's not 100% there yet, but it's much closer.

>>119965724

Not to mention two non-guided shots will bring a tank to 20% health and leave it on fire.

Seriously, I went from 3 kills with it pre-patch to 102 kills with it in a week.

Pic related

>>119965664
I am not that guy but you have to be an underage COD fag for liking the BF3 maps. They are the worst maps in recent FPS history, you´ve probably never played any good FPS with nicely build and balanced maps before. There are recent COD games with better maps which is a shame.

>>119965632
>>119965632

I know but in BF2 M would give you the full map which was convenient and I have no idea why they changed that for BF3.

>>119965237
They aren't re-buffing the IRNV so to say, they are just making it useless in low-light situations again. Right now it's useless even in the dark.

>>119965879

Caspian is fine, Firestorm is fine, Kharg is fine.

The others are for Rush, which believe it or not is actually pretty fun

>>119965664
>Only shitty games need mods to be fun

>>119965664

right, because Fallout, Dragon Age, The Elder Scrolls, Witcher, Gmod, Counter Strike, ALLLLL shitty games.

I was going to respond to the rest of what you said there, but after this, I realized your opinion is silly, childish, lacking greatly and thus should not be taken seriously any further.

Good day, faggot.

At least DICE is actually listening to the community with all of these patches. Remember how it took them over 6 months to nerf the M60 in BC2?

Hell, remember how it took them YEARS to get BF2 netcode sorted? I have the game installed and it still rubberbands like a bitch for me.

>>119965879
mw3 has bad maps
black ops had boring maps
bf2 had a couple bad maps


But the maps in BF3 are fine

>but they aren't Arma2 sized and it doesn't take 30 minutes to walk somwhere!!! XDXDX ARROW KNEE

Thats the point

>>119965866
This is......brilliant. You get a good point there.

How is Origin an improvement?

>>119965979

>Firestorm is fine
>bunch of shit snipers can parachute on top of that you can't get onto or shoot at

>Kharg is fine
>C and D being 3 inches away from each other, B is in the most awkward fucking place, so much unused map space it's unbelievable

>>119965866
dont forget that they also need to make a facebook killer style server browser.

>>119966164

It gives me faster download speeds than EA Download Manager and even Steam.

>Name something in the game you think is bad and I'll explain how it's either an improvement or not terrible

Origin
Battle blog

>>119965761
>TF2
>Now downloading shitty sound 1 of 100000000000

>every server is like this


You'd have to rent a server either way, but guess what, just go play on the 10000 other servers dum ass

As I said, its not required, its like smartsteam, you COULD be banned, but you wont

>linear
>firestorm
>caspian
>kharg
>linear

Oh I'm sorry that the objectives aren't strewn about randomly by some weird architect and aren't built around the idea of a frontline.

>>119966242
You know what? I'd rather not be forced to use any DRM especially not one as shitty as Origin. I'm not in that much of a hurry.

Is it okay if I got this on console because lolorigin?

Origin.

>>119966370
It's your money. I tried the beta on PS3 but was disappointed with the graphics and lack of players.

>>119966171
Spot them with the Mav
Have a jet shoot them.
>>119966030
>Fallout, Dragon Age, The Elder Scrolls, Witcher, Gmod, Counter Strike

You forgot skyrim, but yes, that is a list of shitty games.

>>119966180

I already mentioned social networking in that post.

Look, the point is that everyone expected DICE to do absolutely everything for BF3, EA wanted CoD, BF players wanted BF, console players wanted something that looks groundbreaking while running on a toaster, I think DICE pulled it off pretty well in the end. Lord knows a lesser studio would have ruined everything, instead we have a genuinely great game.

Does it compare to the older games? I don't draw many comparisons, BF2 never tried to be the best looking game on PC (and it was far from it), 2142 never tried being multiplat, all I know is that I've had consistently more fun with BF3 than I remember having with the other games, reverse nostalgia goggles if you will.

>patch brings finally a numeric ping indicator.
>you can´t see your own ping

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU FUCK UP SOMETHING BASIC AS THIS? WHO THE FUCK DID PROGRAM THIS? A BUNCH OF MONKEYS?

SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR MINDS? IT BLOWS MY MIND THINKING OF THIS.

So far I played 1942, Vietnam, BF2, 2142 and BC2.
Saying that BF3 is the worst Battlefield around is really retarded. It's a solid game and a solid Battlefield game.

However, I understand the ranting about those points :
>Battlenet & Origin
>Poor balance of some weapons
>Maps that are not Caspian
>Mod tools

>>119966568

Apparently it is everyone's ping to you because of the client side hit detection. There's a thread explaining it on the EA UK forums.

>>119966568
It shows your ping, with other people.

Rather than just your ping to the server.

>>119966369

So would I, but it hardly gets in the way for me.

>Open up Battlelog in Firefox
>Click a server
>Origin opens in the background automatically

Hardly a burden.

>>119965100
>putting in quickscoping
Glad I never bought BF3.

>>119966568
Considering that the ping you see is your connection through the server to the other players, you're a complete fucking moron just like the rest of the BF3 fanbase on this issue.

with the client side hit detection, a ping from you to the server is kind of pointless.

>>119966613

>Poor balance

This I think is factually wrong, BF3 is one of the most balanced BFs I've played, compared to BC2 and BF2 at least.

>>119966690

I honestly don't see why someone would bother trying to quickscope given how the game already has hipfire OHK shotguns

>>119966487
And they finally listen to community and patch the damn thing pretty quickly this time, last patch was very good.

The maps still suck, i hope B2K will adress that and the best thing is, it´s for free.

There is less and less room for complaints.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S FUCKING BAD ABOUT?!
I'll FUCKING TELL YOU WHAT'S BAD ABOUT IT!
THE
FUCKING
SUN
NO SIR I DO NOT HAVE FUN WHEN MY FUCKING CHARACTER GETS BLINDED BY FUCKING EVERY SOURCE OF LIGHT AROUND HIM
I USED CAPS LOCK TO LOOK LIKE AN ANNOYING ASSHOLE

Squad management system and teamplay elements
commanders and squad leaders
unlocks and constant progression

>>119966487

>You forgot skyrim, but yes, that is a list of shitty games.

>Doesn't know The Edler Scrolls IS Skyrim.

Your not even worth my witty sarcastic comment, Cancer.

>Still complaining about shitty maps

Have you faggots not seen B2K gameplay videos, even on PS3 those maps look amazing

The game keeps crashing.

How is this an improvement?

>>119966671
And this is a problem. In 2000-2004 this would have been a problem. People would have been upset about this, and they were (Steam). Now we roll over and take it. "It's not so bad/It's a minor annoyance". It shouldn't be there in the first place. It's bullshit. The worst part is that there is an entire generation of gamers who will never play games without DRM (I realize CD keys etc existed before) and think this is the norm. Install DRM, install game, purchase licence/create account and play game (unless said DRM is having difficulties).

>>119966633
Seriously, it doesn´t show my ping. I asked all my "friends" i play with and we all share the same problem. I can see the ping of all players on a server except for mine.

>>119967057
No, elder scrolls has some other games, one is like morwind and the other is oblvion, same shit,.


>>119967096
Get a better PC

>>119967108

But how is this EA's fault, they just want to take Steam's monopoly away from Valve.

Plus, games are a lot more multiplayer focused nowadays, everyone has broadband unlike 2004, online DRM is justified when you're playing online anyway.

>>119967166
My computer is plenty fine, the game just keeps crashing.

>>119967166

>Calls all RPGs shit because he can't bother to develop strategic or multitasking capabilites.

LOVELY.

>>119967153

No, you don't get it, the ping shown isn't the ping of other players to the server, it's the ping of other players to your computer, since the game uses client-side hitreg. That's why it doesn't show your ping, it would be 0 at all times.

>>119967153
Each ping you see next to a player is your ping to them. That's due to the client side hit detection.

nuff said

It's a console FPS.

>Great visuals
>Amazing optimization (game runs max settings on a single 470 and 4 year old Q6600 at stock 2.4GHz)
>Incredible sound
>Cool animations that manage to avoid that jittery player movement
>Best netcode in a BF to date

If trips, CoD is a better gameand MW3 > BF3

>>119966568
p2p

>>119967257
>online DRM is justified
No. No. Stop that shit. Right now. It's like people being lenient on ads. It's alright because they're not intrusive, they're to the side, they're whatever. There should be a zero-tolerance for this shit. I play games because I want to chillout and have fun. I don't want ads for coca cola, nikes or some other shit. I don't want to install 1-3 programs just to be able to play the game I paid for. I don't want three (see GTA4 Steam) accounts for one game.

I'm wondering why the use a client side hit detection.

My only guess is to take some of the processing off of the servers. The servers are already quite burdened with processing and take a lot of horsepower per server. Maybe they were trying to lessen the requirements of the server a bit.

>>119967554
one off bud

>>119967554
So close, yet so far.

>>119967612

Probably because DICE are notorious for not being able to write netcode, maybe they figured they'd try client-side shit instead.

Can't complain, it works better than their old techniques.

>>119967341
No, I like some RPG's, but those listed are either boring or use that shitty medival plot

All that needed to be said was

>Origin

That would have been the end of it.

He might've argued why it wasn't total shit rather than how it is good, but that would have been even funnier.
He won't say shit about it with all the other fuel you throw for him to ignite.

>>119967554
>554

Ill give it to you since it is true trips or not.

>Origin
>Game feature

>>119967341
Not that guy, but TES isn't hard, and Bethesda DOES tend to put out subpar games so the mod community can fix it.

That said... obviously a fanboy justification of why we can't have mod support.

>>119967686
Kind of sucks to say, but it does work better. Especially after this latest patch.

I'm just happy that everything isn't hitscan and cone of fire anymore like BF2. So many hardcore BF2 players are bitching about the infantry combat in BF3, calling it CoD and whatnot, all because they got used to the absolute shit BF2 infantry mechanics. They think that's how Battlefield 2 should play, like utter shit.

>>119967794

I'll respond by pointing out that HL2 era Steam was absolutely terrible yet you faggots still consider the game to be one of the best of all time.

>>119967586
Steam account.
GFWL account
Rockstar Social?

>Everybody hates Origin, because it´s from the evil EA corporation that tries to take over the world with satanic DRM ridden spyware although Valve has been doing this since 2004 with Steam which everybody loves for some reason.
>Buy BF3 on Origin including map pack and a shitload of extras for less than what BF2 costed back then.
>Get BC2 for free on Origin due to veteran status.
>Buy BC2 Vietnam for 6€

So i got 3 great games for 61€ in total and Origin is the same DRM shit as steam but faster and more stable. So, why the excessive hate again?

ITT: Steam fanboys

Seriously fags, just give Origin a try. It's actually pretty good.

>>119968077
>It's actually pretty good.

Except for the whole spyware thing.

>>119968052
no one considers HL2 anywhere near the best of all time. it was an engine tech demo that let them resell formerly free mods that are shittier than their originals. thats it.

>>119968196

That's just a lie propagated by Valve marketers

>play some BF2
>commander just sits in the base
>snipers everywhere
>it's always me vs tank
uninstall.exe

>>119968069

>Bought BF3 for 50% off on Black Friday from Origin
>Didn't come with the B2K DLC, but I'll just wait for EA to send me my 25% discount coupon on my upcoming birthday and use that to buy the game

Yeah, even Valve wouldn't sell their flagship title for half price less than a month after release, evil or not EA aren't stupid.

>>119968055
Yes. I made the mistake of trusting this system only to be screwed over by it. The end result was that I had to email a fourth company (Star-something IIRC) to request an entirely new CD key for my "licence".

>>119968214
Maybe in your small little neckbeard D&D group that meets in your parent's basement every week. The real world considers HL2 as one of the best FPSs ever made.

>>119968272
>Yeah, even Valve wouldn't sell their flagship title for half price less than a month after release

They did with Portal 2.

>>119968069
>Buy BF3 on Origin including map pack and a shitload of extras for less than what BF2 costed back then.
Soo what you''re saying is that BF2 cost 65euros back in the day?

Yeah no, get fucked retard. Origin is the worst fucking shit there is along with EA. Maybe you should read the articles about Origin and people getting banned and whatnot. Eat a dick.

>>119968069

I tried Origin for The BETA version of BF3. To this day I still haven't got it working and had to reinstall 6 times.

Steam and Origin aren't the same. Steam let's you opt out of Computer scan and does nothing with it. It only really scans Steam files.
Origin does not let you opt out. Reason enough to not use it.

>>119968272

>more than 95% of the games total sales were in the first week of release

thats why they don't give a fuck about the sale man, everyone who had any intention of buying bf3 already had. you would not have bought it had they not sold it for half price, just a win/win for them.

>>119968468

BC2 PC sales were spread out a lot more evenly, I imagine EA is expecting the same with BF3, hence so many promised DLCs.

Giving away 4 Dr.Pepper BF3 codes. First 4 posts with dubs and an email get sent the code. One per email. I won't send the same guy multiple codes.

>>119968268
>That's just a lie propagated by Valve marketers

And my virus protection program, apparently.

Maybe Avira and Valve are in this one together.

>>119968609

>Avira

>>119968609

Ever heard of false positives? I bet you're one of those idiots who think Chrome is spyware.

>>119968347
>one of the best FPSs
Nope.jpg
It's pretty hard to explain.
It's not the best at anything it does, it just never disappointed me in any way whatsoever like other games do.

Well one thing bothers me, and it happens to me in many games.
>Look down
>No feet
>no torso
>No shadow
>Nothing
It's like some sort of specter camera effect, how this shit is still overlooked in modern games astounds me.

It's a million times worse when the camera tries to mimic body motion, it's like a floating camera that bobs just for the fuck of it.

>>119968773
>It's not the best at anything it does,

Yes it is, or it was. In 2004 its visuals and physics were incredible

Movement feels very floaty
No commander
Maps are shit (full of choke points)
Weapons feel like they have no weight to them
Too little health/guns are too accurate (switching fire modes is useless)
Choppers/jets can be taken down way too easily
Destruction is basically non existent rite now

And the biggest problem of them all:

NO HORNS SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THIS MADNESS

>>119968214
>yfw hl2 is considered THE best SP FPS shooter ever.
and it is.
you guys are just al cynical assholes.
most of you remind me of stan in that episode where he thinks everything is shit.

>>119968268
>That's just a lie propagated by Valve marketers

Oh hi, EA. We've already verified that Origin scans the entire computer.

>>119968773
Apparently you must have played it in 2009 when the orange box came out.

In 2004 nothing touched it.

>>119968725
>
You agree that EA may collect, use, store and transmit technical and related information that identifies your computer (including the Internet Protocol Address), operating system, Application usage (including but not limited to successful installation and/or removal), software, software usage and peripheral hardware, that may be gathered periodically to facilitate the provision of software updates, dynamically served content, product support and other services to you, including online services. EA may also use this information combined with personal information for marketing purposes and to improve our products and services. We may also share that data with our third party service providers in a form that does not personally identify you. IF YOU DO NOT WANT EA TO COLLECT, USE, STORE, TRANSMIT OR DISPLAY THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THE APPLICATION.

Totally a false positive, bro.

>>119968456
Install Win 7
Install latest MS .NET software
Install latest flash version
Install latest grapics card driver
Install Origin

It should work. So unless you have some uncommon sound card it should work.

>>119968954

The rape horns made CoD kiddies feel bad about losing in play testing. Seriously. That's why they removed them.

no teamplay at all
no voice chat
no communication
4 classes
cod-bullshit things
small maps

great game tho

>>119969069

>Quoting the original version of the ToS before EA responded to backlash and specifically changed it

I just realised today that this game probably lags more for me with a 20mbit connection than Half-Life and it's mods, Quake3 and UT back in the day with 512kbit connection. How the fuck does this happen, it is probably the same quality as CS on 56k when I played it.

I get so many bullshit deaths of dying when I was already in cover, running and 2metres already around the corner. Dying in 0.3 seconds and then the damage indicator starts flashing telling me where the shots came from after you are dead.

BF2142 is probably my favorite BF and I don't recall getting this mad over lag with that game apart from when the Titans used to lag like a mother fucker when moving.

ok

EXPLAIN METRO CHOKE POINTS EVERYWHERE

jesus the maps in this game have been a fucking step down

Back to Karkand feels great to play, there are ways to move around the map that are better than Metro or Seine Crossing

also the fucking sun glare every fucking time on a goddamn jet

also Tactical Lights, they dont contribute shit to the game just annoy

>>119969108
They should feel bad about losing, fucking losers wasting my time while I do fucking EVERYTHING while topping the scoreboard constantly.

Why is it that when playing this fucking game, either I get on a team with fucking retarded sniveling idiots, or it's a complete pubstomp with pro clan faggots that just roll over the first 4 points in 20 seconds and base rape the whole game?

Honestly, it's 2011, how are people still bad at fps games?

>>119962980
You're a fucking dumbass.
This is why mods never do anything, they're flooded with useless reports from buttmad faggots like you.

>>119969253

EA did not change the TOS. They still say the same thing word for word. They added one line that says basically "We promise not to do anything bad with your data but we won't put that in legally binding writing, so just take our word for it."

>>119969443

>EULA
>Legally binding writing

You do know that shit doesn't hold up in court either way, do you? As in, searching your PC is illegal regardless and if they do it you can still sue them no matter what boxes you ticked.

>>119969292
>Client side netcode
>HL2 does it the same, but even more so with a built in 100ms for everyone.
>lol i sniep u wit 600 ping, i am de beststz!

You know what i want them to change in BF3?

The fucking AAV-7A1 AMTRAC. That thing has untold amounts of health. Its pure bullshit. And half the time its only the Americans who have access to it. How the fuck is that fair? A mobile spawn point, with near limitless ammounts of health, and one side only gets access to it? Bullshit i say.

>>119968601

No one wants Dr.P BF3 codes? You get special camo or dogtags. Or things in ME2 if you want that instead. One item per code.

>>119969573
>As in, searching your PC is illegal regardless and if they do it you can still sue them no matter what boxes you ticked.

They do search your computer and you already waved your rights to sue by accepting the EULA. At least in America. Europe has a less corrupt legal system so EULAs there don't mean anyhting.

sup losers, DICE employee here, what's all the fuss about?

>>119969637

I'll take one if it's for PC

>equip a shotgun on Norsahr Canals TDM
>run around the crates all day errday
>receive delicious rage

>>119969351
that feel man

in BC2 it was the same shit, well except heavy metal where the enemy team focused on taking out vehicles and atacama desert

but yeah, i fucking hate it when me and my 2 buds struggle and carry the whole team through the game

i fucking hate it when i see an ally tank just drive off from a flag thats taken from the enemy rather than give some cover fire while we take it

>Knifing doesn't work/works like shit
>"JUMP OVER THE FUCKING OBSTACLE! oh I'm dead already thanks a fuckton..."
>Sniper rifles don't kill from one hit when fired from 2 feet away like in BC2
>DICE logic: Every map except operation metro has vehicles, make 2 classes that have no chance against vehicles----> want to win? play engineer
>Stationary missile launchers are now completely useless, they are in useless places and do shit damage
>Spawn trapping in Operation Metro
>Want to have smoke launcher? Say goodbye to medkit

I'll be waiting
inb4"loltrolled"

>>119968954
>Movement feels very floaty
We playing the same game? Feels rock solid to me.
>No commander
It wasn't a good game mechanic. One player with control over 31 others and several automatic support features? Now the players have the control with mortars and MAVs.
>Maps are shit (full of choke points)
Don't play metro
>Weapons feel like they have no weight to them
Again are we playing the same game?
>Too little health/guns are too accurate (switching fire modes is useless)
So go back to the cone of fire of previous titles and make all of the guns worthless?
>Choppers/jets can be taken down way too easily
Not anymore. Choppers can rape with a good pilot. Stop hovering over shit for to long, you won't last.
>Destruction is basically non existent rite now
Really? Nearly every building can have massive holes in the side of it, no fence is indestructible. Sorry that each level isn't made up of the same 3 houses copied and pasted in different angles throughout the whole map.

With the latest patch guns no longer fire like lasers when full auto is held either.

>>119969717

>Be in Europe
>Don't give a fuck

Sorry I made the assumption that the US gave its citizens proper legal protection, my bad.

In that case yeah, avoid EA games.

>>119969307
The small Urban maps in BF3 aren't designed for 64 player large conquest and are at least somewhat broken and Metro is totally fucked. They are meant for 32 player and should be off large conquest rotation be default.

That being said a lot of people like to play Metro 64 and don't give a shit about winning and losing because you can make so many points due to the high kill count, ammo consumption and the amount of healing and ressing needed.

Since this sort of a BF3 thread, I need some jet tips.

Name, how to get a jet off my fucking tail. No matter what I do, I just can't shake the fuckers. I usually end up crashing into a pole or a mountain trying to outmaneuver them.

Help

>>119969292
I realized that while being an basically amazing engine, i got somehow the feeling that Frostbite´s weak point is the netcode and especially the hit detection, probably for some technical reasons i don´t understand. But on the other hand, all recent FPS have poor hit detection. Just have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AstT60h7Mc&list=FLDGkHpsO_vIY-khzJ-tEPDA&feature=mh_lolz

It feels like modern FPS have sacrificed clean netcode for fancy extras like destruction.

>>Name something in the game you think is bad and I'll explain how it's either an improvement or not terrible.
Commo rose.

>>119970019
Well, unlike CSS and previous Battlefield titles (which had shitty netcode to begin with) the weapons aren't hitscan. That alone really changes how the guns feel.

>>119969898

Fly low to the ground, you're incredibly easy to spot against the sky, but if you're close to the ground enemy jets may not see you
You can try to get behind the jet by doing a loop, drop speed as you begin your turn and then hit the afterburners as you're just leaving the loop, this may disorientate the attacker just enough for him to lose you.
As a last resort fly back to base and hope that someone is manning the AA.

>>119969933
Well you just look at all those doubles.

>>119969717
Does anyone know if this stuff is also covered under the 1998 Data Protection Act? Which itself is quite close to the European data laws.

Because i know we've given consent for them to use the information. But there are also laws in it for allowing us to access all the data they've collected ourselves. I'm interested if anyone has tried to get the data they've collected and analysed it themselves.

>>119970144
Getting patched very soon. Developer tweeted about it this week. Possibly coming next week,.

Developer was also taking a big look at the user made UIs to see what kind of improvements they can make. They also said they are re-looking into VoiP support and trying to find the best method to implement it. No promises of course.

Ban this gun from the game.

Guns are too easy to use full-auto.
Semi was king in BF2.

Prone sucks nigger dick. Who wants to play a game where a bunch of faggots lay in bushes.

>>119970144

>Commo rose

DICE have confirmed they're working on an entirely new version of it.

also

>ENEMY BOAT SPOTTED
>ENEMY BOAT SPOTTED
>ENEMY BOAT SPOTTED
>ENEMY BOAT SPOTTED
>ENEMY BOAT SPOTTED
>ENEMY BOAT SPOTTED

As annoying as you may find it when soldiers tell you to be advised it's still nothing compared to the ear-rape that spot spamming was in BF2.

I quit the game for like a month now because i kept getting mad at losing. No matter how well i played, we would still lose because nobody played for objectives. Its my own fault for not playing with friends.

My game keeps crashing during map change since the latest patch

How do you justify these things OP?:

>http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-3/1452154-what-battlefield-3-shouldnt-look-like-p
art-two-extended.html

>http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-3/1438468-what-battlefield-3-should-look-like-yes
-thread-about-graphics.html

pic related

>>119970356
Not anymore. Last patch makes full auto at anything that isn't 10 feet away practically useless without a bipod.

>>119970192
what is so different about hitscan compared to earlier titles without hitscan?

>>119970514

Art direction, purely personal preference. I for one like positioning myself so enemies have to fight with the sun in their eyes.

Those whining about commo rose, the problem with it was, the game was too fast paced for any accurate information. It's not really arma paced where this is kinda required.

>>119970547
Hitscan takes very little processing power and is much more accurate.

Without hitscan you have to track every single bullet in addition to the hitboxes. You lose accuracy naturally when you do this, especially when you add in bullet drop and speed. Add in network interpolation and it's a mess.

BF3's netcode is still the best of the series even with these mechanics.

>>119970547

Only the fact that bullets have travel time rather than hit the target instantly.

You hate snipers in BF3, just imagine it without bullet travel time and drop-off

I find assault rifles don't hit where I aim after the last patch. My machine guns first few shots tend to always hit even at ranged compared to my assault rifles. It is really annoying because any kills a mid to long range just feel like they are based on luck. The F2000 was total bullshit pre patch, it just seemed to be deadly accurate all of the time even on full auto now it doesn't seem to hit shit for me even single shot.

>>119970770
In BF2 they had to make the hitboxes on characters for the sniper rifles just tiny as well as make the sniper rifles really weak. Bf3 snipers would hate this system.

Is there a way to turn off the exploding sun in the skies?
Because every time I look up it's like my eyes are set on fire

>>119970530
Really?
I remember shooting and killing people with a G36C in BF2 at at least 100 meters, is that still possible?

>>119970211
Thanks bro

>>119970861

No and there never will be. DICE claims this is "realistic", because apparently DICE are mole people who have never left their underground lairs and seen a real sun. It's also stupid because total realism isn't even desirable in a game.

>BF3 is quite possibly the best BF game
No

>flashlights
>supernova in the sky
>smoke and dust
>UNLOCKS UNLOCKS UNLOCKS
>mortars
>literally the worst maps ever created
>no commander
>no way to properly communicate
>no strategy
>campaign
>BE ADVISED
>implying this isn't the worst BF ever

>>119970662
Art direction isn't an argument. They did an incredibly bad job with the art direction. Sure, most of these effects don't get in the way of game-play directly, apart from the pitch-black shadows, lens effects and sun glare. The colors might be a personal preference but can you honestly say you prefer step 18 in that picture I linked? On the long term, it really makes the game less fun to play, the high contrast, low saturation 'art' makes my eyes hurt. Especially in a multiplayer game.

>>119971049
>Realistic
I live in Florida.
Shit's bright, but not THAT bright. Especially considering how much further north most of BF3 is.

>>119970835

I remember that, shit sucked.

hard aim + high damage > easy aim + low damage
I'd rather people learn to aim and be lethal with sniper rifles than be constantly popping away.

>>119970767
And it fucking sucks emptying nearly a full clip into someone at mid range before it registers their death. I have had a lot of kills where I have shot so much I automatically thought they must be dead and switched to pads to get someone up only to realise, oh shit they didn't die, then they suddenly die. Get the same thing of killing people while you are mid reload, it takes so long for your shots to register.

>>119969834
Forgot this
>Trying to spawn at a teammate/flag
>Spawn
>Teammate was killed or flag capped
>Spawn at deployment
How about not force spawn me to the deployment and let me choose again? Can't be that hard, because that shit is fucking annoying

>>119971253

Supposedly high contrast means you can pull a Naked Snake and become near invisible with proper camo use. Given how camouflage is now part of loadout I think it's a good idea.

Regarding colour everying in BF3 IS pure preference. I found BF2 maps to be extremely dull and dreary and gray and colourless, I'd rather DICE injected a colour filter into their game (and one that's opposite of brown at that) than leave it.

>>119971010
If you burst the fire now yeah it's possible. but you can't just hold full auto anymore.

All of the BC2 kids have been bitching about it. The spray and pray of BC2 is gone and none of them know how to play anymore.

>>119971623
>How about not force spawn me to the deployment and let me choose again?

That's how it worked in BF2 and BC2
One of the many steps back they have taken from previous BF titles

>>119971662

Also, bipods are now useful for long range, I hated seeing support running around and treating their LMG like an assault rifle with a larger magazine just because they slapped a foregrip onto it.

>you can see the ping of everyone else but your own

I lack words for how stupid this is, I lost vision for a couple of seconds when i saw it.

>shotgun + rifle/ACOG scope + slugs
Why would you even use regular sniper rifles at all?

>>119972037

It's actually your ping relative to everyone else's.

BF2 is better in every way omaginable besides graphics.

>2011
>multiplayer
>No VOIP

That right there is enough to boycott this game. Even without Origin spyware and EA banning innocent people.

>>119972084

>using slugs over frag

Even with the nerfs they are still good and the enjoyment of watching people fly around like a ragdoll when killing people is priceless.

>>119972387
>dat Famas

>not being able to mute individual players
>not being able to leave and look for another game between games
>FUCKING FLASHLIGHTS

I think those are the only things that bug me about the game. I like how they added the guns that came with Karkand, encourages people to play classes they don't normally. Like Support. I never fucking play support.

I have to play on PS3 'cause my compooter aint powerful enough for BF3

>>119972387

The spread of the shotguns now increases with firing rate, does that mean the full auto shotguns with frags end up becoming total rape machines?

>>119968069
How can you NOT think EA is the worst video game company in existance?

Do you have any idea how they treat their customers?

Or for that matter their employees?

Conquest mode:

Caspian Border: Meh, people vehicle whore too often and sit around at base, action is unfocused

Damavand Peak: Worst map ever, general non-directional clusterfuck

Grand Bazaar: Good, but needs more flanking routes, far too easy to camp chokepoints

Kharg Island: Good map

Noshahr Canals: Good map

Operation Firestorm: Shit, run around and get blown up, action is unfocused

Operation Métro: Suprisingly good as long as the fight stays in the station/tunnels

Seine Crossing: God-tier, perfect blend of infantry and vehicle combat

Tehran Highway: No problems, good map

opinions

>>119972520

USAS 12 with frag is still a rape machine even with the nerf to frag splash damage and size, I almost feel dirty using it but then i remember i am cleansing xeno filth for the emperor.

>>119972557

The kids defending EA don't even know what EA did to deserve the hate of gamers everywhere. They aren't old enough to remember all the amazing innovative studios EA bought out and shut down. Or how EA ruined old franchises. The kids don't know.

>>119971240
>>119971240
>>119971240
>>119971240
THIS

>>119972728
And even most gamers don't know half the shit EA pulls in order to get more advertisment for their games.

For Dead Space 1 they claimed the developers sued them for studying corpses in order to make better looking enemies.

Turns out neither of those 2 had any programming background.

Dantes Inferno had protester outside the EA headquarters saying "Hell is not a video game" ect.
And they turned out to be hired actors.

EA does so much bullshitting it annoys me that a company like that can actually run.

Also the fact that they destroyed my precious Bullfrog and Westwood studios.

So, for back to Karkand; how are the new lmgs ? Do they have singlefire mode?

Everybody says the standard maps are shit and B2K wil be the salvation, but it's more the support class that needs improvement. I mean better guns, lightweight, accurate, smaller caliber, less recoil. The high end support unlocks are all heavy clunky high recoil pieces of shit designed to work only with the bipod. The starters are way better at 1 on 1, and work great with the foregrip. We need something like that for the unlocks again. Hopefully B2K fixes that or support will forever be forgotten.

>>119973032

>Dantes Inferno had protester outside the EA headquarters saying "Hell is not a video game" ect.
And they turned out to be hired actors.

that sounds pretty clever

>>119973197

>He wants LMGs to work well without being deployed first

http://youtu.be/XzXk1wzZzZA
>Implying BF3 won't be amazing with B2K maps

>>119972646
Caspian Border: Drive around with a tank and fix it all the time if you want to win. Can be fun, but more often just driving around with the tank capping flags

Damavand Peak: Crappy map, general non-directional clusterfuck

Grand Bazaar: Great map for some CQB

Kharg Island: Better version of Caspian Border

Noshahr Canals: Nothing much, derping around the containers can be fun. Good map for hunting dog tags

Operation Firestorm: Worse version of Caspian Border

Operation Métro: Fun if not spawn fuck all over the mission. Russians being spawn trapped, we've all been there.

Seine Crossing: Great map, you can actually play as assault or recon in this due to only one tank in map.

Tehran Highway: My personal favorite, offers vehicle and infantry combat, good for dog tag hunting, it's not a straight pipe so you can be more creative with flanking(compare to Grand Bazaar)

Opinions everywhere

PS3 player here, the conquest assault gamemode isn't as fun as I thought it would be.

I like the maps, I just wish there was more capture points.

You don't spawn on the Aircraft carriers like in BF2 either.

Over all I am pretty disappointed.

If they put regular old conquest on those maps they would have been much better.

I can't image how frustrating being on the attacking team will be for PC players, considering how fucking aggarvating it is to assault the meager amount of bases on PS3.

TL;DR: I like the maps, but conquest assault feels uninspired.

>>119973409
Yeah, like the starters. They're essentially assault rifles with heavy barrel + more ammo. They are far more flexible than most of the unlocks and are useful for rushing. No wonder nobody plays support when you never win any confrontations with the unlockable guns.

The RU starter is fucking great. If mg36 and that chinese lmg are in any way like it, then support will be saved.

>>119973197

That's the whole fucking ppint of having a powerful LMG.

If you're not using the Bipod you're fucking cancer, get the fuck out.

M240 is the true support man's weapon, recoil is just insane without bipod

200-round extended belt dosen't hurt either

>>119974581

>Ex. Mag
>Bipod
>Holosight.

My nigga.

>Operation Firestorm

Worst map ever or worst map ever?

Also

Can anyone explain me why do I have to sit for 30 seconds every map change without being able to chat?

Why can't I chat? Do I really have to stare at my status?

>Rebuffing irnv.

>>119974985

>MFW suppression perk

Oh god, I just spray randomly everywhere and the suppression assist points keep rolling in.

Recon have no means to directly damage vehicles and it makes me rage hard.
I liked the way it was in BC2, where Recon was perfect for flanking, while your squad distracts enemy, you blow up everything, but now Support have C4 and it is retarded as hell. Why support who needs to be among teammates to provide anti-infantry lmg fire and distribute ammo and grenades, must run suicidal attacks to enemy tank.
I was in numerous situations when i had perfect opportunity to blow up enemy tank when i was sneaking around placing TUGS and spawn beacon (useless shit but still), and only one or two times when i was Support.

>>119976730

Recon has a SOFLAM, recon has a MAV, he's supposed to flank the enemy and spot targets for others to destroy. Yeah, it sucks that support has C4 now but recon is still far from useless. Get on mic/chat and ask someone to go mortar if you want to destroy targets that bad.

>>119977181

That's pretty cool

>>119977181
Wow, almost tested up for some reason
Thanks dice,BF3 may not live up tonics predecessors, but they do know how to say thanks

>>119979967
>they do know how to say thanks

By hiding their thanks on a tiny hidden slab no one will ever see.

>>119977181
Where's that located?

>includes dog tags for BF Heroes and BF P4F
>not one for BF 1942

>>119980229
Well?

>>119976762
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YAlaWUHEs&feature=related

>>119977181
>>119980663
>>119980229
here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChacNnrqfMg


also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c3kwUoegqE

>>119981558
>start video
>child starts speaking

>>119982236
that was the point

>>119962897
OP I'm loving the game but you clearly came to the wrong place. /v/ is a place full of meme spouting kids, and as such should not be a place to start a real conversation. Unless you came here to troll in which case you apparently succed.

>>119982236

Who do you think the BF3 audience is? It's mostly kids from ages 10-14.

>>119977060
Because looking at blurry black and white screen all round long is really cool.
And spawn beacons are just horrible, too big and noisy to hide, gets blown up every time you spawn on it, and MUST be placed idoors because noone would ever want to waste 10 precious seconds slowly hovering to ground with big SHOOT ME, I'M AN IDIOT sign. In beta at least I could sneak near dug in enemy, place beacon and then my squad could constantly press on this area. And TUGS is just a joke compared to motion mine in BC2, not only it is bugged as hell and have low radius, but I can't even place it in strategic points on hills and rocks.

>>119981558

Love the radio in the bunker playing the 1942 theme.

>>119962897
2142 was still the best one.

I WANT TITAN MODE BACK!

Brown & Bloom
Terrible Interface
Terrible Art Design

>>119983329
>Blue & Bloom

FTFY.

>>119983329

>BF3
>Brown

1/10

>>119983329
>terrible interface
Speaking as a UX/UI student currently going for my masters, I just want you to know that you have no idea what you're talking about.

>>119983903

Go to a better school. BF3's UI is one of the worst in any game. It's so bad you can't even access it offline, or adjust graphics settings without spawning first, or access the escape menu during killcams. IT's fucking horrible. You can not make a worse UI.

>>119984163
You're not talking about UI. You're talking about UX.

Commander?

That cannot be positive in any way, bro

1942 was mind numbingly fun
this isn't

>>119984163
Wow, I thought you were dumb to begin with, but this is just hilarious.

I WILL SAVE THIS THREAD!

>>119963484

Are you OP?

If so, you're retarded and I'll explain how you are either retarded or not smart in any way what-so-ever.

If there is a minimum distance at which you can pull the parachute, that distance should be less than the distance it takes for you to fall and die.

>>119984589

Those are all problems with BF3's menu system.

>>119984391

Commander was redundant on clan servers where people worked as a team and it was never used properly on public servers. I'd rather be able to fire artillery and use the MAV myself than have the highest-ranked person on my team be given exclusive access to those abilities and use them like his own personal killstreaks.