Battlefield 3

[Bighoff]

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Never used the 320 until today, I didn't want to give up the med kit. I wish I would have used it earlier, I love this thing. During a game of Conquest I was able to take out a guy on the roof of the big building to the left of B on Operation Firestorm from quite a distance coming from C.

[Section_25]

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Message from DICE in case anyone missed it.

This has been our largest launch to date! Thank you all for turning out in record numbers at midnight launches across the globe. It’s great to know you’re all as excited to play Battlefield 3 as we are. Even so, the overwhelming response has been as humbling as it is appreciated. Battlefield 3 is the fastest selling game in EA’s history, but is not without its ups and downs.

You make the game come alive
Everyone at DICE has put their heart and soul into Battlefield 3. We take an incredible amount of pride in what we’ve built. Many of us were Battlefield players even before we became developers on Battlefield 3. So we take great pride in the positive feedback and revel in the Battlefield moments captured by the community. Here is just one of the thousands of awesome fan videos that are popping up everywhere, showing us what Battlefield is all about:
Mid-air helicopter pick-up

Key issues and how we are fixing them
Despite the fact that millions of people are online playing Battlefield 3, some of you are experiencing issues. The DICE team, as well as the many EA groups that support this historic launch, have all been working around the clock. We’ve deployed a number of server-side updates in our first week that have solved a number of the primary connectivity challenges, and have accelerated our rollout of the number of Hardcore servers. Below is an update on five key issues for us and how we are addressing them.

* Quick Match functionality
While Quick Match has been working well for PC and PS3 players, the Xbox 360 Quick Match function has not been working properly for all players. This is due to a variety of issues, and we’ve rolled out a number of fixes. The latest one is deploying as I write this, and we are hoping this will fix the issue shortly. Please continue to give us your valuable feedback. See links below for sending us your feedback.

* Joining squads and staying there
At the heart of Battlefield 3 is the ability to play in squads. So that fact that this feature is not yet working flawlessly has top priority. Without going into too much detail, we can say this is related to the Quick Match functionality. Until we have it working properly, please check out the tutorial on how to join as a squad using the Server Browser. Please continue to provide feedback so that we can continually improve this feature.

* Origin authentication
We know some of you have encountered authentication and other related issues to our new Origin platform. While the authentication issues have been fixed, we have increased our customer support services exponentially to ensure a smooth experience going forward. See below for the best way to contact customer service.

* Dealing with cheaters
If you’re like me, you take a lot of pride in your stats. So when people abuse the system it can ruin the fun. Although cheating is a fact of life for many great games, we take great efforts to ensure Battlefield remains cheat free. We have updated Punkbuster and will continue to roll out anti cheat fixes. Again, please leave feedback via the link below.

* Server maintenance
A big part of what makes Battlefield great is our dedicated server structure. We’ve spent a lot of time and effort developing this service. Despite having some of the best engineers in game development, unpredictable problems occur. This requires server maintenance from time to time, some of it unplanned, and may result in you losing connection to a game you have in progress. These issues occur more frequently during the early stage of the game launch. But the outages have been limited and very short. The Battlefield 3 service is on track to be our best ever. Thank you for your patience and feedback.

We have dedicated support staff for you
We wouldn’t be here without the support and passion provided by all of our fans. Thank you again for turning up in record numbers, for being honest with your feedback, and supportive of our efforts to deliver a multiplayer experience that we can enjoy together for years to come. We’re very excited to show you what’s around the corner and truly appreciate your being on this journey with us.

Go here to get in touch with our support staff. Or, if you are already logged into Battlelog, click the support tab on the left hand side of the screen. You can also reach support by clicking the question mark in the top right corner of the Origin application itself.

See you on the battlefield!

Karl Magnus Troedsson
General Manager, DICE

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/10/31/thanks-for-your-feedback.aspx##

[choadler]

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Picked this up for the PC on Saturday, running on high at 55 fps on average.

Few things. Game is beautiful, beautiful, and shall I say beautiful. Ultra settings looked amazing, but only running at around 25 fps; however, I don't feel bad about the high settings at all. The sound in this game is unbeleivable and actually has me more in awe than how the game looks. Mortars crashing down on you, track vehicles rumbling towards you, bullets snapping and cracking around you, gets you scrambling for your virtual life. Very immersive game.

Played alot of engineer in BFBC2, leaning toward that class to start with. Support seems really interesting as well. May have to check that out as well.

Matdal9293 is my username on orgin. Anyone on a PC that wants to add me please feel free.

[mikenoob]

Everyones friend list is full. I tried a lot of them. The only hope I have of playing in OS games is you, war eagle, and jval.


Sent from my iPod

Awkward... Found out it's MY list that is full.


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[Candyman5]

The shotty is BEAST Candy! I love to use it but I hate sacrificing certain items to carry two weapons. I am for sure not rocking just a shotgun because I would be out ranged most of the time with how open most maps are. Only 1 or 2 maps could rock just the shotty.

Yeah I do use the shotgun exclusively though. Read a page or 2 back and you'll see what I say about using it. I just flank and go out of my way to stay in cover while moving.




Sent from me, duh.

[Chizzypoof]

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It's nice to see DICE on top of things and telling us about it. There are not too many things this large that starts off flawlessly. Even in my own career when something goes live and users start clicking away, something will happen as you have no way to test the massive amount of usage before hand. Not to mention all the things a user can and will do. All you can hope for is keeping damage to a minimum, no down time across the board and the majority of users unaware of the problems. Then keep tweaking until it is running smooth and wait for something else to pop up.

Edit: I hope they add changing vehicle loadouts mid game.

[Candyman5]

I've been mostly using Medic b/c I can heal myself, but Engineer has been a blast. Not to mention, I picked up another guy's A-91 and loved it so much I've been using the Engineer class just so I could unlock that specific gun

Lol I just unlocked it and used it a couple of matched and I must say it is very beast. I just can't leave my shotgun.


Sent from me, duh.

[Chizzypoof]

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I was looking at the leaderboards for PS3. How do you clock 90 hours in a week?

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/xDI76xPiXeLxHDK/stats/351680481/ps3/

[Millennium]

Anyone know the PC command to get your FPS? I know it's render.draw something

[WildFan22]

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Is it just me or is the Tactical flashlight a little overpowered? I think it should work like it does in the dark or in buildings but in daylight it's a little too strong.

[garnettrules21]

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Here is a little live-action PSA video some guys that work within my division made. I was pretty surprised, they did a really good job IMO. I told them when they do another one, I wanted to be in it lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAohYJPrzcY

[Phobia]

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Is it just me or is the Tactical flashlight a little overpowered? I think it should work like it does in the dark or in buildings but in daylight it's a little too strong.

I disagree, I think it is one of those rare "gaming" elements that need to stay. Who would waste a spot on a tact light if all it did was light a little more in dark areas. At least this makes it worth using because you get some function out of it.

I am fully in favor of it staying as is.

[Phobia]

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Here is a little live-action PSA video some guys that work within my division made. I was pretty surprised, they did a really good job IMO. I told them when they do another one, I wanted to be in it lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAohYJPrzcY

LMAO really funny!

[Gotmadskillzson]

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That was the funniest thing I ever seen. Would have been even more funny if he Tebowed over his friend at the end instead of doing that weird looking dance.

[WildFan22]

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I disagree, I think it is one of those rare "gaming" elements that need to stay. Who would waste a spot on a tact light if all it did was light a little more in dark areas. At least this makes it worth using because you get some function out of it.

I am fully in favor of it staying as is.

Just seems a little bit overpowered in the daytime. It's still very useful in buildings, alleys, and at night like it's intended to be in real life. Out in the daylight it's a bit much IMO.