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

[Destiny]

why the crap do i get a "Suicide" when soneone flys a jet into me to kill me when im in the heli?

this really annoys me

Funny...I experienced two of that yesterday after seeing and responding to your post... both times I was the gunner and the jet pilot rammed into me... I get a suicide death and the jet blew up... but the Chopter was still flying and the chopter pilot didn't die... WTH!!! :'(

 

[Exterous]

Maybe they should try adding; headquarters or search and destroy. :biggrin:

I always enjoyed HQ and would welcome the addition to BF3

 

[GullyFoyle]

The announcement of the announcment...

twitter.com/zh1nt0: "Hopefully I´ll be able to drop the patch date tomorrow."

 

[Sureshot324]

i actually think headquarters would be extreamly fun in BF,

It would get crazy on a 64 player server though. 64 players all converging on the same point

 

[hdeck]

picked this up on sale at amazon, and i must say as a seasoned cs, dod, and cod player i'm absolutely terrible at bf3 multiplayer how depressing.

 

[videogames101]

picked this up on sale at amazon, and i must say as a seasoned cs, dod, and cod player i'm absolutely terrible at bf3 multiplayer how depressing.

Learn the maps, learn the recoil system. Takes about a week, and then if you're decent at FPS's at all you'll be racking up the kills.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

According to the Anandtech review, the new GTX 680 raped the 7970 in BF3:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5699/nvidia-geforce-gtx-680-review/13

Hell, as far ahead as the 680 is, even the 670 might beat it whenever it comes.

 

[Exterous]

ftfy

Somehow I missed this reply but I agree - that guy is a selfish jerk

 

[coldmeat]

These are some of my favorite servers:
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...tion-Metro-1000-TICKETS-iogaming-net-NFO-CHI/
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...BF-Gut-Factory-24-7-Metro-Streams-GGC-PBbans/
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...All-Night-24-7-Karkand-1000Ticket-Fast-Spawn/

Those two metro servers are known for attracting good players and the matches usually do not end up in an annoying stalemate at the ticket booths. There is usually constant back capping and running into people all over the place.

I had high hopes for the iO server because my favorite TF2 server was run by iO back when I used to play. I just joined it and my team won 750-0 in conquest on metro.

 

[raasco]

picked this up on sale at amazon, and i must say as a seasoned cs, dod, and cod player i'm absolutely terrible at bf3 multiplayer how depressing.

Learn the maps, spot, get in a squad that will play the objective and you will be fine.

 

[coldmeat]

picked this up on sale at amazon, and i must say as a seasoned cs, dod, and cod player i'm absolutely terrible at bf3 multiplayer how depressing.

just spam rpgs like everyone else and you'll do fine.

 

[jessieqwert]

Now that they have made every weapon of equal power you don't even have to worry about leveling up!

 

[Anubis]

Now that they have made every weapon of equal power you don't even have to worry about leveling up!

wait what?

 

[Zargon]

According to the Anandtech review, the new GTX 680 raped the 7970 in BF3:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5699/nvidia-geforce-gtx-680-review/13

Hell, as far ahead as the 680 is, even the 670 might beat it whenever it comes.

I was reading that the 680 basically clocks itself based on temps, so it dynamically OC's and thats why its such a big gap

but I havent had time to read more into it.

 

[SLU Aequitas]

I was reading that the 680 basically clocks itself based on temps, so it dynamically OC's and thats why its such a big gap

but I havent had time to read more into it.

I heard it also will allow you to dynamically hand out med kits and ammo packs in game...Zargon, you should pick one up and try it out :awe:

 

[Zargon]

Somehow I missed this reply but I agree - that guy is a selfish jerk

i hate you guys ;(

 

[Termie]

I was reading that the 680 basically clocks itself based on temps, so it dynamically OC's and thats why its such a big gap

but I havent had time to read more into it.

Interestingly, HardOCP found that while BF3 is typically the most taxing game in a benchmark suite, it was among the least taxing on the 680. Something about the architecture must put the BF3 burden on the most efficient components of the card, thereby letting it stretch its turbo legs.

Here are HardOCP's findings: http://hardocp.com/article/2012/03/22/nvidia_kepler_gpu_geforce_gtx_680_video_card_review/13

One way or another, it's an absolute beast in BF3, and if it were priced like a mid-range card, as I assume it was originally intended to be, I'd buy one right now!

 

[maevinj]

Interestingly, HardOCP found that while BF3 is typically the most taxing game in a benchmark suite, it was among the least taxing on the 680. Something about the architecture must put the BF3 burden on the most efficient components of the card, thereby letting it stretch its turbo legs.

Here are HardOCP's findings: http://hardocp.com/article/2012/03/22/nvidia_kepler_gpu_geforce_gtx_680_video_card_review/13

One way or another, it's an absolute beast in BF3, and if it were priced like a mid-range card, as I assume it was originally intended to be, I'd buy one right now!

Yeah I was really hoping this card was going to come in around 300 or so. I was going to be all over it!

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

Interestingly, HardOCP found that while BF3 is typically the most taxing game in a benchmark suite, it was among the least taxing on the 680. Something about the architecture must put the BF3 burden on the most efficient components of the card, thereby letting it stretch its turbo legs.

Here are HardOCP's findings: http://hardocp.com/article/2012/03/22/nvidia_kepler_gpu_geforce_gtx_680_video_card_review/13

One way or another, it's an absolute beast in BF3, and if it were priced like a mid-range card, as I assume it was originally intended to be, I'd buy one right now!

I don't follow this much and I stay away from the Video card forum mostly, as it's nearly a subforum of P&N lol, but I rather assumed that the 680 would be the equivalent of 580 and that the next card up would be their dual-GPU like the 590.

But rumors I found by googling say that there will actually probably be something like a GTX 685 that is the next step up?

Either way, as handily as the 680 destroyed the 7970, I'm actually waiting to see what the next card down is...ie GTX 670, if such a thing will exist.

 

[Childs]

One way or another, it's an absolute beast in BF3, and if it were priced like a mid-range card, as I assume it was originally intended to be, I'd buy one right now!

Its too much of a monster to be priced at $300, and you cant consider it mid range when its the best card on the market. They are pretty much sold out on launch...at $300 they would have been sold out before people could finish reading the reviews. Imagine when the next "true" high end part comes out...

 

[Termie]

Its too much of a monster to be priced at $300, and you cant consider it mid range when its the best card on the market. They are pretty much sold out on launch...at $300 they would have been sold out before people could finish reading the reviews. Imagine when the next "true" high end part comes out...

One can always dream...

...and when that true high end part comes out, maybe dreams will come true!

BTW, I hadn't played in a while but put in a couple hours earlier this week. I only saw one other ATOTer playing. Have people already moved on? Waiting for Close Quarters, perhaps?

 

[destrekor]

Its too much of a monster to be priced at $300, and you cant consider it mid range when its the best card on the market. They are pretty much sold out on launch...at $300 they would have been sold out before people could finish reading the reviews. Imagine when the next "true" high end part comes out...

To be fair, it is STRICTLY a mid-range product from Nvidia.

That it can be easily positioned as a high-end part, and that they have done so (and priced accordingly) is simply a move to jump on the opportunity. It's priced competitively, and Nvidia (and partners) stand to perform quite well financially due to such a decision.

Hopefully AMD can push prices down (it's their move to make - Nvidia has no need to do it considering they have basically the top card on the market now) and, more importantly, push out better performing parts.

I have no desire to see a $700+ single-GPU card, which is likely the route Nvidia will go if they decide to push out their top-end GPU and AMD hasn't changed the pricing game at that point.

Hopefully they don't hold onto that part until the 700-series. That's the card I want to replace my 560 Ti Sli (2GB models) setup with (single-GPU would be great), but dammit, AMD screwed the pooch and I can't blame Nvidia for simply falling inline with what's out there now. They have a part destined to crush the competition, but no need to take on lower profit margins if they can compete with their otherwise mid-range part.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Battlefieldo - Zh1nt0 Confirms Patch Fixes/Apologetic for Delays

Discussion in 'News & Updates' started by PR3SIDENT

In a Skype conversation today with Daniel Matros, I discussed with him why the patch date might be postponed and why the patch notes haven't been released. Daniel asked me to share this with the Battlefield community.

[12:27:31 PM] zh1nt0: "The upcoming patch will include commo-rose improvements for PC as well as minimap improvements for PC"
[12:27:46 PM] zh1nt0: "we´re working on getting out a date right now but things got halted in the last second"

[12:29:23 PM] PR3SIDENT: what does that mean though daniel ? no patch for consoles yet?
[12:30:29 PM] PR3SIDENT: people will ask if USAS and MAV are in there too?

[12:30:45 PM] zh1nt0: Yea, USAS + frag rounds fix is in, MAV riding is fixed in that too...
We have a set date for PS3. We are working on getting a set date for Xbox 360 and PC. Sorry about all the confusion but things got pulled back in the last second. Terribly sorry for all of the mix ups with the dates. Sometimes things get pulled back.

[12:29:23 PM] PR3SIDENT: anything else you want to add into this details wise? What else can you share with us at this time?

[12:33:18 PM] zh1nt0: adjusting level of details on the minimap... three new mini map modes
[12:33:23 PM] zh1nt0: Satellite, hybrid and detailed
[12:33:28 PM] zh1nt0: Waiting for screenshots

That's all I have for now, I'll share more as Daniel allows me to, as soon as we know some date we will release them to the community. Seems like DICE is trying to fix a few issues last minute that popped up. They send their apologies and express a great since of urgency.

 

[Childs]

To be fair, it is STRICTLY a mid-range product from Nvidia.

Don't really want to argue semantics on this, but for it to be a mid range product you need something above it, and Nvidia doesn't have anything above it at this time. The competition doesn't have anything above it. GK104 is the current high end product. If/when Big Kepler is released, that will be high end. Otherwise, AMD can claim the 7970 is their low end part because they will have something in the future thats better! If the 7970 is the best AMD can do, Nvidia could just cripple the 680 to various price points to cover the market, and Big Kepler considered next gen. Or consumers may never see Big Kepler, as it could simply be the new Quadro and Tesla.

BTW, I hadn't played in a while but put in a couple hours earlier this week. I only saw one other ATOTer playing. Have people already moved on? Waiting for Close Quarters, perhaps?

I'm at least waiting for the patch.

 

[QuantumPion]

Nice. All they need to add now is squad-level VOIP for pubs and it will be perfect.