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

[Nizology]

so what were you looking for?

Maybe he was expecting less?

overall yes

though I am dissappointed in one in particular:

I enjoy watching people blow the littlebird up trying to SMAW/RPG out of it.

been there done that too

same with the transport helo's....

Although I've never experienced it myself, seems like this is right up a troll's/griefer's alley.

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also:
Cat 11.a's
and some skyrim/rage/arkham city updates, mostly rage though(why bother )

Thanks dude! I wonder if this addresses the weird green flickering people have experienced sometimes.

 

[Destiny]

Crazy... I have two hours to grind with the SCAR before they nerf it ... see you guys on the battlefield!

 

[s44]

Shouldn't you be grinding G36 or A91 kills so you can actually kill stuff after the nerf?

 

[destrekor]

Crazy... I have two hours to grind with the SCAR before they nerf it ... see you guys on the battlefield!

They are nerfing the SCAR, and yet making the AA against infantry more effective. Seriously?
I don't find the SCAR to be an issue. The SCAR should be deadlier and have more stopping power than 5.56mm NATO.

I'm desperately hoping the patch tonight/this morning includes Color Blind mode.
I really need it in this game. The minimap can be difficult to read properly, along with objective overlays. I normally prefer Hardcore so I'm used to not having 3D identifiers over enemy in BFBC2, but I'm not perfect at character model recognition just yet in BF3.

I am happy they are fixing - or making an effort to fix - Surround/Eyefinity UI issues.

I'm not excited for the visual quality reduction, but I am stoked to play in 5760x1080 (6060x1080 bezel corrected).

What do y'all think I'll be able to use as graphical settings at that resolution, with my SLI GTX 560 Ti cards (2GB models), with a 2600K @ 4.8GHz?
I'm hoping I can get away with High and maybe dropping some other things (think Ultra textures for the tessellation will be playable, if dropping down to SSAO and no Deferred MSAA?)

I don't think I'm prepared for just how much I'll have to drop to play in that resolution. It looks so gorgeous in Ultra settings at 1080p.

 

[zerocool84]

Well I'm glad I maxed out the SCAR before the nerf. Time to try the G36.

 

[skipsneeky2]

If those times are correct for the patch looks like i can redownload the game now.

Was gonna wait for my new build but my only grief is stat padding and server disconnects i pray both are fixed to satisfaction for me and other users

Is the download gonna be thru origin or intergrated into the game file itself if you redownload the game or a stand alone download?

 

[skipsneeky2]

Would anyone be caring as to post before and after performance numbers before and after the patch?

Love you can limit your fps at max that can be helpful possibly with higher minimal frate rates as well i would think right?

 

[Jschmuck2]

Mine is patching right now...

 

[Destiny]

Shouldn't you be grinding G36 or A91 kills so you can actually kill stuff after the nerf?

I already got service stars for those weapons already...

But yep - the SCAR is not fair -from my experience having played all the weapons for awhile, the SCAR is the most powerful and kills quick from short to medium ranges... even when someone shoots me first I kill them first with the SCAR... 20 rounds is plenty to take out 3-4 enemies before reloading...


All my other primary weapons I normally use to play with are max or near maxed...

Mines is patching right now too...

 

[GullyFoyle]

More Tips on How to Play Battlefield 3 (some of the footage is from Back to Karkand)

 

[skipsneeky2]

Mine is patching right now...

How big is the patch and if you play let us know how it goes would you?

 

[GullyFoyle]

I think it's beyond retarded that they can't add one more squad (so there's 7 total). Why wouldn't they allow for players left out due to locked squads to have a squad to join? It makes no sense and would be such an easy fix.

Since 1 person in a squad is unlockable (public), but a squad can be locked with 2 people, they would need to create 16 squads (on each side) to make sure everyone in a 64 player server could get in a squad.

Edit: Also, there are currently 8 squads already (Alpha through Hotel).

 

[sigurros81]

How do you patch the freaking game. I open battlelog, it says for me to update the game, I click on that and all it does is take me to Origin's store page to buy BF3.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

How do you patch the freaking game. I open battlelog, it says for me to update the game, I click on that and all it does is take me to Origin's store page to buy BF3.

Restart origin

 

[Destiny]

How do you patch the freaking game. I open battlelog, it says for me to update the game, I click on that and all it does is take me to Origin's store page to buy BF3.

Log out of origin and log back in via origin... it should auto update,download, and install... if it does not do it automatically, in origin scroll over BF3 game and right click then scroll to check for updates...

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Oh man I love the new scout helos now. I cant actually kill ground units!

 

[Destiny]

They nerfed the flashlights during the daylight finally!

 

[skipsneeky2]

They nerfed the flashlights during the daylight finally!

Nice any server issues?

I hated that flashlight too which was brighter then the freaking xmas star in the middle of broad daylight .

I would get actual physical headaches from them i am not lying if some idiot waves it in my face long enough and only tking would make them knock it off...

 

[Destiny]

Nice any server issues?

I hated that flashlight too which was brighter then the freaking xmas star in the middle of broad daylight .

I would get actual physical headaches from them i am not lying if some idiot waves it in my face long enough and only tking would make them knock it off...

They moved the Join button for joining squads so for awhile people was wondering wtf they couldn't join squads... second when ADMINs start their servers after the patch they must set it to rank or unranked - they cannot change it once it us up - also rank servers minimum start is 4 players to prevent stat padding... haven't been botted or anything... but I noticed some weapons improved - like the P90.... heehehehe

No server issues so far... except battlelog lost some of my favorites... other people reporting issues though I see on the forums...

 

[skipsneeky2]

Well on a good note my first server experience with this new patch made gameplay pretty much close to smooth but maybe the servers need to update cause still got those connection issues.

On a weird note my cpu usage was in the 88-97% range on a e8200 vs when it never dipped below below 95% and was often pinging at 100% in the pre patch version.

Minimum framerate improved drastically and average improved as well but my gpu usage despite lower cpu usage still stayed in the 85-99% range on a 6750.

They did deliver performance as promised in this patch.

 

[Worthington]

so what were you looking for?

No mention of IRNV (I don't find it as OP as most people, but general consensus is "fix it")
No mention of Tactical lights, even though they released screenshoots of it toned down.
AA is *more* effective vs infantry? Really, is that necessary?
No mention of the AN-94, which is universally considered a shiat gun.
No mention of fixing mouse bindings despite a huge request thread on the EA forums, unless "Fixed a problem regarding keybindings while playing" covers it.
No mention of the Auto-Shotties and Frag rounds (guess I'll keep abusing mine).

I'm pretty happy with the patch overall, and some of the things I was expecting are just pet peeves for me (the AN-94 for example).. but other things are issues for the majority of the playerbase that DICE has acknowledged needs work.. and yet they are not mentioned here.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Judging from past performance on Bad Company 2, DICE generally does a poor job of documenting their changes. There are probably 2 or 3 times the numbers of changes compared to the ones they announce.

 

[Anubis]

ive gotta be the only person who doesnt like the IRNV, ive unlocked it for many guns and would much rather use the Holo or red dot

 

[maevinj]

ive gotta be the only person who doesnt like the IRNV, ive unlocked it for many guns and would much rather use the Holo or red dot

I don't like the irnv either, but if you don't use it, you're at a disadvantage versus everybody else who has it equipped.

Also I really hope they threw the color blind option on there. I've never tked so many people before.

 

[JTsyo]

Since 1 person in a squad is unlockable (public), but a squad can be locked with 2 people, they would need to create 16 squads (on each side) to make sure everyone in a 64 player server could get in a squad.

Edit: Also, there are currently 8 squads already (Alpha through Hotel).

They should just have one extra squad always available. Joined a 64 man server with 2 friends. The squad we got into had an idiot for a squad leader (he would try to knife us, shoot at us, didn't give objectives). We could get into another squad since all had at least 2 in them and no empty squads. Had we joined with a full squad we wouldn't have been able to play as a squad since all were taken.