**OFFICIAL** AT Battlefield 3 FAQ and News Thread

[Nizology]

Just noticed this in battlelog. Under most of the guns the first unlock listed, Ballistic (12x), is grayed out and says "You need to be a Dice employee." Haha. I'm pretty sure I unlocked that during the beta. Interesting.

Speaking of...has anyone noticed the crazy scope glint that was in the beta? I haven't but maybe nobody was using the sniper class. Curious to see if they toned that down a bit.

 

[Jaiguru]

Just noticed this in battlelog. Under most of the guns the first unlock listed, Ballistic (12x), is grayed out and says "You need to be a Dice employee." Haha. I'm pretty sure I unlocked that during the beta. Interesting.

Speaking of...has anyone noticed the crazy scope glint that was in the beta? I haven't but maybe nobody was using the sniper class. Curious to see if they toned that down a bit.

I'm pretty sure the scope glint was just idiot snipers forgetting to turn their tactical lights off.

 

[Nizology]

I'm pretty sure the scope glint was just idiot snipers forgetting to turn their tactical lights off.

No it was there and quite obvious.

 

[gonzal13]

No it was there and quite obvious.

I think they toned it down in retail. I haven't noticed any sniper scope glint at all.

But then again, I haven't been sniped that much either.

 

[Jaiguru]

No it was there and quite obvious.

You're probably right. I just always assumed that glint was just their tactical light since its always on by default unless you manually turn it off.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/lIAAIlBumbleBee/stats/348996315/

Hacks! Something about instantly killing whole teams or spawning them in front of you or something.

 

[Nizology]

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/soldier/lIAAIlBumbleBee/stats/348996315/

Hacks! Something about instantly killing whole teams or spawning them in front of you or something.

Yah, that guy is supposedly a known hacker. I read he's using some type of teleport hack that places him right in front of people. A lot of posters have reported him already.

 

[Jaiguru]

I was in a game during the beta where this asshat on our team had a hack where'd he automatically get a knife kill on the enemy team as soon as they spawned. Wouldn't be surprised if that's still floating around.

 

[96Firebird]

Speaking of...has anyone noticed the crazy scope glint that was in the beta? I haven't but maybe nobody was using the sniper class. Curious to see if they toned that down a bit.

I noticed it when I was couner-sniping snipers in the tunnel on Damavand conquest, it is not nearly as noticeable as it was in the BETA. Which I am glad about, it was a dead giveaway for all snipers...

 

[gorcorps]

I suck so bad at this game. I understand making vehicles important, but I liked it when you could take down a vehicle in 2-3 shots from an RPG. Right now the heavy enclosed trucks look like they're taking at least 5 direct hits. We had several engineers hitting it and it seemed really overpowered.

 

[s44]

I suck so bad at this game. I understand making vehicles important, but I liked it when you could take down a vehicle in 2-3 shots from an RPG. Right now the heavy enclosed trucks look like they're taking at least 5 direct hits. We had several engineers hitting it and it seemed really overpowered.

Wait till you get EXPL...

 

[The Boston Dangler]

From my post and another guys post about how many console vs pc reservations i do believe its mostly cause of the huge system requirements the game calls for.

Graphics wise is it worth dumping a pair of gtx580 for?

The game is sweet and all but is it $200 cpu/ $300 gpu sweet?

$200 cpu and $2-300 gpu is what i always go with. i find it's a sweet spot - less gets you noticeably less computer, more gets you diminishing returns.

imo, this game seems to under-perform. i didn't see anything amazing that should cripple all but the best game machines.

 

[sygyzy]

I suck so bad at this game. I understand making vehicles important, but I liked it when you could take down a vehicle in 2-3 shots from an RPG. Right now the heavy enclosed trucks look like they're taking at least 5 direct hits. We had several engineers hitting it and it seemed really overpowered.

Took me 3 direct hits from an RPG to take down an APC.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Ya personally I like the slightly fewer hits to kill vehicles. Reduce the amount of RPG ammo engis carry, more vehicle damage from infantry and other vehicles, no vehicle regen, vehicles don't disable until 35%.

 

[QuantumPion]

Game still completely unplayable for me, multi or single. Game crashes about 2-3 minutes into gameplay. Either minimizes/freezes or I get a directx error. There's a few 1000+ post threads of people with the same problem on the forum. It's not nvidia or AMD specific.

 

[gorcorps]

Anybody else wish there was a separate x/y sensitivity setting? Specifically jets... my up/down direction of the mouse seems incredibly slow making it impossible to turn very well. And it's very sensitive in the other direction, where I'm rolling around like crazy with just a slight move. Ground controls are fine.

 

[Canbacon]

It definitely depends on where you hit on the vehicle. Rear and belly is the best. Then tracks/wheels and the top side. Unless you have an engineer repairing or the vehicle is on low health go direct hits. Usually 2 hits for the belly/rear for the LAV, 3/4 for the MBTs. Aiming for the tracks/wheels will disable them faster.

 

[leeland]

Two annoying points for me so far...

I have played about 5 hours and just started to settle in with the controls and make adjustments...

Can anyone else remap the vehicle controls (seat position) away from F1..Fx?

I tried to remap to my mouse buttons 3 and 4 but it would not register...worked in BF2...

for reference I was trying to map the driving seat and the gun.

Second and I am not sure if this is just me or the game...

A round will end...go through the ending credits...then screen goes black...nothing...until I kill the game and restart...

Third thing is a question...is there a console command for FPS?

 

[queequeg99]

Where do you see how many people are ahead of you in line when you try to join a full server? I cannot see anything that provides any indication. When I click to join a full server in battlelog, a little window pops up from the left/center side of the footer telling me that I couldn't join the server because it's full (expected). Below that is a yellow box with the words "GAME MANAGER" and below that the word "Error."

Am I missing something really obvious?

 

[Ackmed]

Anybody else wish there was a separate x/y sensitivity setting? Specifically jets... my up/down direction of the mouse seems incredibly slow making it impossible to turn very well. And it's very sensitive in the other direction, where I'm rolling around like crazy with just a slight move. Ground controls are fine.

Yes, in BF2 there was. I increased my sensitivity in BF2 for tanks, because I like a fast turret. I dont understand why they would take this option out? It takes far too long to move the turret from one side to the other with the sensitivity that I use for running around. Luckily I have a G500 and can adjust on the fly. Still annoying to even have to do that though.

 

[Stuxnet]

Game is gorgeous, smooth. Bindings still a bit jacked. Loving it so far.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Game still completely unplayable for me, multi or single. Game crashes about 2-3 minutes into gameplay. Either minimizes/freezes or I get a directx error. There's a few 1000+ post threads of people with the same problem on the forum. It's not nvidia or AMD specific.

I played yesterday and a few hours today, and i just started getting the error... now I can't even play for more than a minute D:

 

[QuantumPion]

I played yesterday and a few hours today, and i just started getting the error... now I can't even play for more than a minute D:

Yeah it's actually gotten worse as the night has gone on. Earlier I could play for ~15 minutes, now it crashes almost immediately. I suspect it has something to do with battlelog, punkbuster, or origin itself.

 

[NoSoup4You]

Any tips for the jets? Air to ground.

:edit: I probably need to unlock stuff for them...

 

[Worthington]

Why does DICE insist that they know better what to do with my mouse wheel then I do? Ever since BF2 it's been a bitch to map it something different than just weapon cycle. This doesn't seem to be any different? Argh!