Sorry chief, sales tax should be charged for everyone on products like this, just because we've gotten around it for years, doesn't mean we're not supposed to pay it.
Just preordered.
I can't believe because of Origin I have to pay $7 in sales tax. Steam would have made sure that was $0. What a stupid g-d decision EA.
Sorry chief, sales tax should be charged for everyone on products like this, just because we've gotten around it for years, doesn't mean we're not supposed to pay it.
Just because you say it should be, doesnt mean it should be. If we were supposed to pay it, we would. Perhaps one day we will, that day is not today.
The fact is, there wouldnt have been tax on steam. And thats all he was saying.
Stories of assault classes offering ammo when wounded abound. Maybe they fixed that in the alpha, but the fact remains, I should NOT have to look for a medic, support, etc and aim directly at them to request things. What if there are more than one in my squad and one is busy shooting? Etc/
I didnt even try Q
all I know is, a good 1/3rd of my team had ammo markers on them indicating they could use ammo
not just my squad
you act liek commo rose was awesome, but it really wasnt all that awesome, you still had to stop doing what you were doing to use it
You had to stop shooting for long enough to hit Q and move your mouse 1 over to the right option. About a half second max, faster once you get used to to it. Whereas failed social button requires you to stop, turn and look at a medic, which you have to find first. The social button takes a lot longer and requires you to turn your back to the enemy.
And it's not just about Ammo and Medic requests. Everything the BF2 commo rose permitted to be said is important.
In CS 1.6 you could bind keys to send out radio messages. Would be a nice feature. They really need a better key binding system for this game in general. It's not very flexible. They also need a quick switch. Maybe a way to lock your gun also. There's been way too many times where I'm trying to disable a plant in rush and instead I'll just be picking up guns that are on the ground.
The scoring system for DICE's Battlefield 3 has been unveiled. The complete Battlefield 3 points system guide shows how many points players will score for a variety of kills, assists, objectives and more.
The points system for several parts of the Electronic Arts-published shooter are as follows:
Kill points:
Kill enemy: 100 points
Knife kill: 300 points
Comeback kill: 60 points
Headshot bonus: +10 points
Eliminate enemy squad: +10 points
Savior bonus: +20 points
Avenger bonus: +10 points
Destroy vehicle: 200 points
Disable vehicle: 100 points
Assist points:
Kill assist: from 10 to 60 points
Spot assist: 10 points
Squad kill assist: from 10 to 60 points
Squad spot assist: 20 points
Suppressive fire assist: +10 points
Squad spawn on you: +10 points
M-COM objective points:
M-COM arm: 200 points
M-COM disarm: 200 points
M-COM destroy: 200 points
M-COM attack bonus: +20 points
M-COM defend bonus: +20 points
Support:
Revive teammate: 100 points
Squad revive: +20 points
Squad Spawn on you: 10 points
Repair: +20 points
Squad repair: +30 points
Battlefield 3 is currently scheduled for a release on October 25th, 2011 in North American retailers. The game will release in European territories three days later, which is the 28th for those who can't count.
I didn't figure it out in alpha, so does anyone know how vehicle disable works? Do they just autodisable after they cross a certain hp threshold or do you need to do damage to particular hitboxes?
I was told it happened at a preset %. Higher than 40...but this was on EA UK forums and they wouldn't say more...perhaps someone here will. Also, they said the AT rocket was doing about 17% damage per hit to the LAV.
No points for heal and ammo? Blech.
You had to stop shooting for long enough to hit Q and move your mouse 1 over to the right option. About a half second max, faster once you get used to to it. Whereas failed social button requires you to stop, turn and look at a medic, which you have to find first. The social button takes a lot longer and requires you to turn your back to the enemy.
And it's not just about Ammo and Medic requests. Everything the BF2 commo rose permitted to be said is important.
In CS 1.6 you could bind keys to send out radio messages. Would be a nice feature. They really need a better key binding system for this game in general. It's not very flexible. They also need a quick switch. Maybe a way to lock your gun also. There's been way too many times where I'm trying to disable a plant in rush and instead I'll just be picking up guns that are on the ground.
They fixed that in the Alpha. To pick up a new kit, you now press and hold R. But you use E to defuse/plant objectives.
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/2569/article/battlefield-3-point-system-revealed/
No points for heal and ammo? Blech.
10 pts for ammo, 20 for insqual ammo, assuming same for heal
Does anyone feel like the way the classes are kind of bc2 style and not fun? i want the way bf2 was where the assault had the c4 NOT the sniper. Also why would the assault be the medic and the medic class has been taking out completely..........this game is basically bc2 with planes.
EA has claimed that Steam has added a "set of restrictive terms of service" that limits how the company can provide patches and other content. "No other download service has adopted these practices," EA explained. Reading between the lines, it sounds like EA wants to offer patches as well as for-pay content directly to gamers through the games itself. Valve seems to have rules in place that state such content must be sent through the Steam servers.
Aren't there plenty of other companies with similar games, similar patching requirements, etc including multiplayer shooters, that still use steam?
I wonder if the real problem is that they don't want DLC to be subject to steam sales, or something like that.
Steam wants part of the revenue generated by DLC. EA does not want them to have that money. Either way Steam is losing out on a huge amount of cash by not catering to EA's demands for BF3.
they are probably afraid to cave to EA and end up doing the same thing to Ubi/activision/etc and losing tons of revenue for doing not much of anything
I like steam, for the most part, but god valve tries hard to ruin it all the time
this game is basically bc2 with planes.