Battlefield 3

[Timmy458]

Finally got this in the mail yesterday and spent a good chunk of the night playing it. I just wish some players would get out of the jets and helicopters and help the team capture some flags, especially when the enemy controls all 3. Other than that bit of frustration I am loving it.

[Goffs]

PATCH NOTES

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Patch incoming in 4 days. Bugfixes: Fixed a problem with spawn timer now showing blue border on startup and lost spawn point Fixed a problem where player who joined queuing on End of round got spawn screen stuck on screen, but unable to do anything with it untill next round loaded Fixed a problem where camera would change to 3rd person on killcam when killcam was turned off in server settings Fixed stat references on several dogtags Fixed for surveillance ribbon not counting TUGS Fixed a missing combat area lines on the minimap for Grand Bazaar conquest small Moved a tank spawn in US base on Caspian Border so it would not be destroyed by a falling tree Fixed a problem where placing C4 with the russians soldier was playing US faction VO Fixed a problem where TV guided missiles could be shot into its own helicopter and destroy it Fixed a problem when attempting to fire lock on weapons without a target Tweaked the chat, it should now be a bit easier to read Fixed several vehicles that did not properly shoot rockets and guns towards their predictive sights Fixed the G17 Supressed Laser not working properly Added alternate HUD colors to help colorblinds Added a network interpolation setting. This allows users with good bandwidth reduce latency, but might increase some stuttering. The user can find what works best for his connection by tweaking the slider. Increased the Spawn protection radius on TDM Fixed a problem with smoke on land vehicles, Missiles should now miss more often Fixed a problem where users could end up with IRNV scope in any vehicle Fixed a problem where player dies if vaulting over a ledge and into water while sprinting Fixed several crashes and increased general stability Fixed a problem where the user was unable to revive two players that have the bodies one over the other Fixed so you can assign an axis and use as a digital input. This makes it possible for the player (on pc) to assign one of the sticks on a gameped to be used for throttle/brake. Fixed a problem with the Kill camera acting up when suiciding from parachute Fixed air radar was showing to much. now lasertagged, heatsignature above threshold, enemy missiles and capture points are only visible on air radar Fixed a problem where the game would enter a technical hang if the user pressed pause menu and tilde at the same time Fixed a problem where you could get green flashes on screen You can now reassign cycle weapons Fixed so the weapon zooms automatically after bipod deploy is gone when using zoom toggle Fixed a problem where the parachute would stay stuck in air if the owner was killed Balance Tweaks: Fixed several weapons so they are properly suppressed and hide the player on the minimap when fired. Tweaked Tactical Light so it is not as blinding over longer ranges. Tweaked the IRNV scope so it is limited to usage only at close range. Reduced heat masking effectiveness of Spec Ops Camo. Fixed a bug where Ammo spec would give additional 40mm grenades instead of Frag spec. Increased the number of additional 40mm grenades from Frag spec. Fixed so AT mines only live for 20 seconds after a player dies to prevent infinite mines. (We want to make a different fix in the future, it's in JIRA). Increased the Time to Live on sniper caliber rounds to allow extreme distance shots. Fixed several weapon descriptions, calibers, and fire rates. The weapons themselves have not changed. Fixed so the M9 and MP443 pistol can be equipped by the opposing faction when it is unlocked at 100 kills. Fixed Laser Guided Missiles missing their targets if the target is moving too fast. Reduced the effectiveness of Stealth on Air Vehicles. Reduced the effectiveness of Beam Scanning for Jets. Reduced the damage done to Armored Vehicles and Infantry from AA guns. Increased the damage RPGs and Tank shells do to AA vehicles. Slightly decreased the accuracy for all weapons on fully automatic, burst fire is now preferable at mid to long range. Increased the effective accuracy of long bursts for LMGs when using a bipod. Slightly increased the range of the 44magnum bullets. Increased the close range damage of 4.6x30mm and 5.7x28mm bullets. Increased the reload time of the Mortar from 3.5sec to 4.8sec and increased the time it takes before a shell hits the ground. Reduced the aimed accuracy bonus given by a Suppressor for the MP7, P90, PP2000, PP-19, and UMP45. Increased the range and FOV for designating targets with the SOFLAM and vehicle Laser Designators. Decreased the effectiveness of 12g FRAG ammo when equipped on semi-automatic and automatic shotguns. Slightly Increased the power of Fighter Jet Cannons against all vehicle targets, especially Helicopters. Decreased the power of Miniguns against Jets and Helicopters. Increased the power of Stingers against Jets. Flares reload times for Jets and Helicopter Gunners have been increased. Tweaked the AN94 so its burst fire better conveys the real world advantage offered by this weapon. Added Single Shot to the AN94 as an available fire mode. Slightly increased the recoil on the M416 and removed the Burst Fire mode (this weapon incorrectly had burst fire, which was not authentic). Tweaked the spawns for TDM on Kharg Island, Grand Bazaar, Caspian Border, Seine Crossing, Operation Firestorm, Damavand Peak and Noshahar Canals Moved a tank spawn in US base on Caspian Border so it would not be destroyed by a falling tree Tweaked the Gas station Capture area on Conquest on Caspian Border Tweaked the max vehicle height on Noshahar Canals

[Lieutenant Dan]

Thank you, Goffs

Here's my short list of tweaks that most interest me from that post:

Balance Tweaks:

Tweaked Tactical Light so it is not as blinding over longer ranges.

Tweaked the IRNV scope so it is limited to usage only at close range. -I agree with that...snipers perching at deployment bases is bad enough.

Slightly decreased the accuracy for all weapons on fully automatic, burst fire is now preferable at mid to long range. -Cool, that's how it should be if we're going for realism, as long as it's not so jittery as to stop being a game. Be interested to see this in action.

Increased the effective accuracy of long bursts for LMGs when using a bipod. --Hmm...might have to take the grip off and put the bipod back on the ol' M249. Maybe. That grip helps in closer encounters than just laying down suppressing fire.

Increased the reload time of the Mortar from 3.5sec to 4.8sec and increased the time it takes before a shell hits the ground. -I'd be lying if I said this didn't bum me out a little; going to be harder to drop one on a tank. But it sounds like a fair tweak to ease mortar spamming.

Increased the power of Stingers against Jets.
Flares reload times for Jets and Helicopter Gunners have been increased. -That will make the engineers on the board happy

Tweaked the spawns for TDM on Kharg Island, Grand Bazaar, Caspian Border, Seine Crossing, Operation Firestorm, Damavand Peak and Noshahar Canals -Amen...TDM spawning needed work.

[Phobia]

Increased the power of Stingers against Jets.
Flares reload times for Jets and Helicopter Gunners have been increased.
With the increase to damage for Jets and choppers they should be able to get more kills. But with the increase to danger like this it should give plenty of others the chance to fly. I know now I can easily stay in a jet all round. Not real fair for everyone when you got couple skilled pilots who don't get shot down.

Decreased the effectiveness of 12g FRAG ammo when equipped on semi-automatic and automatic shotguns.
Thanks YOU!

Increased the reload time of the Mortar from 3.5sec to 4.8sec and increased the time it takes before a shell hits the ground.
Yes less mortar spam!

Fixed so AT mines only live for 20 seconds after a player dies to prevent infinite mines. (We want to make a different fix in the future, it's in JIRA).
I think this is a nice tweak!

Tweaked Tactical Light so it is not as blinding over longer ranges.
Need to see it in action

Tweaked the IRNV scope so it is limited to usage only at close range.
Reduced heat masking effectiveness of Spec Ops Camo.
IRNV needs nerf badly, I know I abuse it. Because everyone else is.

Fixed a problem where the parachute would stay stuck in air if the owner was killed
This was ugly, glad to see it gone

Fixed a problem where the user was unable to revive two players that have the bodies one over the other
Really glad this is fixed, I have had this happen a lot. Just last night happened couple times.

Fixed a problem with smoke on land vehicles, Missiles should now miss more often
I always wondered why I kept getting hit by missiles even after I deployed smoke.

Fixed for surveillance ribbon not counting TUGS
Never knew it didn't work but glad it does not lol

Slightly decreased the accuracy for all weapons on fully automatic, burst fire is now preferable at mid to long range.
This is debatable. It felt great before, need to see it in action.

[Koolie G]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phobia

On 360 we got a group of buddies that play almost every night. We get in party chat and make up a squad or squads depending how many we got.

I play about every night as well, but have recently had to play with more randoms because of people playing Skyrim and MW3. I don't have MW3 so I'm up to a 45 level. LOL.

Anyway, I will send you and illosophy a friend request tonight. Gamertag is Koolie G.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Koolie G

I play about every night as well, but have recently had to play with more randoms because of people playing Skyrim and MW3. I don't have MW3 so I'm up to a 45 level. LOL. Anyway, I will send you and illosophy a friend request tonight. Gamertag is Koolie G.

Koolie is a good squadmate

[jwilphl]

Quote: Originally Posted by mKoz26

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Funny coincidence. I usually don't get into firefights with guys with shotguns, because by the time I see them they have already put a round into me and I'm dead. That original snippet was mainly referring to other gun usage. My only guesses are it is my lag (which I don't think BF3 displays at all), or I get head-shot all the time for whatever reason.

Does anyone have tips for getting head-shots? Is the hit detection in this game fairly poor? I know when guys are prone and all I can see is their face, I still don't get head-shot kills. It seems similar when I purposefully aim for their head--it is almost like all my headshot kills occur at random.

I still can't really figure out why my game has degraded so badly, though. I do fine in terms of points / team play, but my K/D and W/L ratios have suddenly dropped off by a good bit. I don't think I've changed my style at all. I wish friends weren't so enamored with MW3 so I could get a decent squad every once in a while. I should probably add more OS guys to my list.

Quote: Originally Posted by mikenoob

Am I the only one who literally gets 3-5 suicides a game? . . .

No, but I'd say my average isn't quite that high. I think most of my dumb deaths can be attributed to getting stuck outside the "boundary" for that 10 second limit and not getting back in time. I also tend to goof on grenade throws because I keep thinking I can cook them, but whoops.

Quote: Originally Posted by TMagic

When I die, my three usual responses are "How did I not kill him?", "Where the hell did he come from?", and "Was he really able to aim (with perfect precision) that quickly? I mean really? There's no way" So I think a replay system will be helpful in that regard.

I can agree with that. I find myself confused on a definite majority of my deaths and a replay from their perspective would help clear it up. Although in just my last game I don't know how I lived--I think someone came up behind me and punched me or something, but I managed to get rounds off with 3% health left.

As to your other comment, I'm not sure who gets called idiots because I hardly ever even hear guys chatting online (AFAIK it is broken on the PS3). Maybe three games total I've heard someone using a mic successfully.

That said, my only pet peeve is teammates who don't help. In a recent round of rush I felt like the only one on my entire team going for the M-COMs, and without support I got killed quite easily. The most fun I've had in this game is when I get on a squad that knows what they're doing and sticks together. I have no problem with guys who are good / not good, as long as they attempt to further the team effort. I know myself am probably average at the game at best so I would have no room to criticize, anyway.

[Phobia]

Quote: Originally Posted by Koolie G

I play about every night as well, but have recently had to play with more randoms because of people playing Skyrim and MW3. I don't have MW3 so I'm up to a 45 level. LOL. Anyway, I will send you and illosophy a friend request tonight. Gamertag is Koolie G.

Sounds good Koolie!