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

[Phoenix86]

OK, so I reloaded the saved profile from BF3 settings program, reapplied them, and heavy brake seems to work again.

 

[immattobrien]

WoW, thats a lot of reading. Welcome! Post your nick and sign up for one of the AT platoons.

awesome! reading it one-by-one is kinda bumpy but exciting as well. trying to find someone that could help me though.

thanks man!

 

[immattobrien]

Am I the only person on this thread that thinks that it should have been left alone since day one launch (other than the falling through the maps fixes/glitches)...

From my understanding... weapons are not the same in real life... some vehicles are more powerful than others... soldiers don't complain in real life - they adjust, adapt, and find a way when odds are against them... isn't that how BF3 is suppose to play?

+1 to this one! i agree

 

[CrystalBay]

It's because people cry is why they fuck things up...much better before.,:whiste:

 

[Destiny]

It's because people cry is why they fuck things up...much better before.,:whiste:

Only reason why i say that is because everytime they fix something or change something - it gets worst or something else gets messed up...

 

[GullyFoyle]

twitter.com/Battlefield: "Server update for PC, 360, & PS 3 April 3rd from 8 AM UTC - 4 PM UTC. You may be kicked from your game, but should be able to rejoin."


twitter.com/gustavhalling: "We are rolling out a server-fix for Heat seekers and TV-missiles bugs today. Let me know your experience after the servers are updated."

 

[Anubis]

since the patch ive expirenced huge highs and massive lows in games, a few of the most intense games ive played in BF 3 happened in the past 3 days, as well as some of the most frustraiting where i swear 1/2 my team is just running around shooting at clouds,

 

[Zargon]

twitter.com/Battlefield: "Server update for PC, 360, & PS 3 April 3rd from 8 AM UTC - 4 PM UTC. You may be kicked from your game, but should be able to rejoin."


twitter.com/gustavhalling: "We are rolling out a server-fix for Heat seekers and TV-missiles bugs today. Let me know your experience after the servers are updated."

Small notice. The server side fixes today is consoles only. PC will follow shortly since they have their own update days.

atleast its getting fixed soon. TV missles wont be 1HK on vehicles anymore(guess I should whore them all week??)


I hopped in with canbacon for a few minutes

did some serious damage in the alley with the M249 on bazaar. holo/grip/flash

thanks upped suppression effects

 

[Anubis]

I hopped in with canbacon for a few minutes

did some serious damage in the alley with the M249 on bazaar. holo/grip/flash

thanks upped suppression effects

yea its insane, i did stupid things with the m240B, bipod, red dot and extended mags in the alley last night, people were just running into my bullet stream of death

 

[endlessmike]

yea its insane, i did stupid things with the m240B, bipod, red dot and extended mags in the alley last night, people were just running into my bullet stream of death

No kidding. I think I got two or three unlocks for the M249 in a single round of Metro last night. I set up on the last turnstile facing out to the right side entrance and started out something like 20-0. Unheard of for me, especially on that cluster of a map where I'm usually on the team getting ground into hamburger.

 

[Zargon]

thats how the LMG's should operate. they should OWN if you have a good place and cover, no more of this AR/SMG coming around the corner and facef(*ing you

they have to be more facreful

http://mp1st.com/2012/04/03/incoming-battlefield-3-battlelog-update-the-live-scoreboard/?utm_source

Gone are the days of joining a server at its last five tickets or last five seconds! In the coming weeks, the Battlelog will be receiving an interesting update called the Live Scoreboard.

The Live Scoreboard is exactly what it sounds like, a scoreboard that can be viewed live – at the same time as a match is being played. This means that PC players, before entering into a server, will now be able to view the progress of the match in real-time while on the Battlelog. It will detail how many tickets or kills are left before the end of the match or round, which team is winning, as well as how many points, kills and deaths each player has.

Check out some of the images below:







If you’re not yet seeing the update on your Battlelog yet, Elton Muuga, Web Software Engineer at DICE tells users not to worry: “We are rolling it out to more users every day to gather performance data and community feedback before releasing it for everyone.”

Let us know what you think of this new feature in the comments below and make sure to check out some other updates coming to Battlefield 3.

friggin badass.

 

[Anubis]

curious if that will work on the console as well

 

[destrekor]

thats how the LMG's should operate. they should OWN if you have a good place and cover, no more of this AR/SMG coming around the corner and facef(*ing you

they have to be more facreful

http://mp1st.com/2012/04/03/incoming-battlefield-3-battlelog-update-the-live-scoreboard/?utm_source




friggin badass.

live scoreboard on battlelog?
about damn time


I cannot count the number of times I've joined when a full server finally gets a slot, but get into the game and 20 tickets left and my team is losing.
I don't care much for the win/loss stat, but I'd like to at least have that stat track me - not my lack of good timing on server entry.

 

[Zargon]

live scoreboard on battlelog?
about damn time


I cannot count the number of times I've joined when a full server finally gets a slot, but get into the game and 20 tickets left and my team is losing.
I don't care much for the win/loss stat, but I'd like to at least have that stat track me - not my lack of good timing on server entry.

yup!

hopefully tickets and vehicle respawn will be searchable now too

they love to sneak shit in like that

 

[Canbacon]

did some serious damage in the alley with the M249 on bazaar. holo/grip/flash

thanks upped suppression effects

Yup, I love putting on squad cover then slowly moving up with a MG+Extended Mag going full auto for cover fire. This patch really emphasizes getting prepped for a rush. If the squad isn't going to rush under cover fire, it will most likely be a wipe.

 

[Childs]

I only use the LMGs on Metro, cause I feel they are somewhat cheap. Its insane that one man can hold the stairs, escalator or hallway by himself with those things. You can also take them by yourself by just prefiring and jumping in there...the suppression effect can freeze 4 or 5 guys and you just take them all out. Of course it can be countered with the noob tube *cough* Phoenix *cough*. :biggrin:

 

[Anubis]

ive actually noticed less tube guys on metro after the patch, and way less frag rounds, its a nice change


the map is still too damn linear however

 

[Canbacon]

ive actually noticed less tube guys on metro after the patch, and way less frag rounds, its a nice change


the map is still too damn linear however

I was on metro earlier today. Significantly less shotgunners, however a lot more grenade launchers and just more grenade spam in general. Everyone was a medic or support class throwing grenades.

 

[Phoenix86]

I only use the LMGs on Metro, cause I feel they are somewhat cheap. Its insane that one man can hold the stairs, escalator or hallway by himself with those things. You can also take them by yourself by just prefiring and jumping in there...the suppression effect can freeze 4 or 5 guys and you just take them all out. Of course it can be countered with the noob tube *cough* Phoenix *cough*. :biggrin:

 

[Hubb1e]

I have to say that since the patch I am using a lot more variation in the weapons I choose to use. Some of the weapons that were marginal are now useful in certain circumstances and I'm not just equipping the foregrip / suppressor on every gun anymore. I like to burst so the Hbarrel is becoming very useful to me now.

The other big change is that that I find myself equipping the Jav or RPG depending on the situation I am in. The Jav is actually effective now at longer ranges (It could actually use a range nerf now) while before it was pretty worthless because it lacked damage and missed if the armor was moving at any kind of pace. Then i switch to the RPG for CQB with tanks. It makes the game more interesting. As a tanker you can still push the battle but you must have infantry support. I'm enjoying the patch. It's taking some time to learn, and most of the time I spawn and die, but I'm getting there.

The increased effectiveness of Javs now makes dropping a Soflam down more than just a situational thing since Engineers actually carry laser guided weapons now. I've played a lot of games where I drop a Soflam and nobody has a Jav equipped. That's not the case anymore. Last night my squad dominated the battle on Caspian once we picked up B and got a Soflam up.

 

[Bobisuruncle54]

I've actually uninstalled the game since the patch. My way of playing has been penalised not by weapon changes but by what Demize99 classifies as "incidental recoil".

The game was fine before, it really didn't need changing all that much. Now the inaccuracy penalty from suppression occurs so fast and lasts so long that it's pretty silly, even Demize99 admits this in the podcast I linked to above. It's pretty game breaking in a number of situations, and yes it's hilarious to run into a group of enemies like an idiot and survive because you're spraying manically causing suppression and that gives you the time to kill them. It's easy to do but it's also kind of sad - it's moving closer to COD deathmatch gameplay and further away from the staple of BF team play IMO, but I guess people would rather make kills than play as a team and win objectives.

I also recall some comments regarding the new armour value of tanks matching that of the tanks in BF2, proclaiming that it made things more balanced, but completely forgetting how much more common anti tank weapons are in BF3 compared to BF2 because of the different class system. I guess people have short memories, but tanks were much more of a threat than they were in BF3 pre-patch, never mind post patch.

Demize99 also goes on to make a comment in the podcast above about the USAS and his puzzlement about how it was a popular weapon on PC, hardly used on PS3 and used to a level somewhere inbetween on the Xbox and he couldn't understand why that's the case. Well that's obvious, it's due to the control interface - it's much quicker and easier to use on PC. It's comments like that which make it obvious why there are issues with the patch.

They also still haven't fixed many things that needed attention before the patch, such as equipment hitboxes, sound issues, etc.

I've donned my flame-proof suit.

 

[Anubis]

The usas12 not used in the ps3?????? The hell it wasent

 

[Bobisuruncle54]

The usas12 not used in the ps3?????? The hell it wasent

According to Demize99 it wasn't.

 

[Anubis]

yea and i 100% disagree with that i have no idea who he is but its wrong. it was everywhere, especially metro sien and bazar

 

[Bobisuruncle54]

yea and i 100% disagree with that i have no idea who he is but its wrong. it was everywhere, especially metro sien and bazar

He's the lead developer for game play balance changes.