Battlefield 3

[Wu Zi Mu]

Ska vi köra då?!

Jag spelar för fullt

[Mark]

Vi ska inte köra en Team Deathmatch med de få som är med ikväll då? Joina en tom server, Forum-Showdown!

[Kebab]

Hehe, såg allt att ni var med förut! Har spelat i squad med tre bekanta hela eftermiddagen, så nu känner jag mig helt mosig. Ifall ni undrar varför det gick så dåligt för mitt lag på den här rundan så var det för att hela min squad höll på och fjantade runt uppe på motorvägen hela rundan.

På Seine Crossing fick jag förresten 20 kills innan jag blev dödad första gången, och då spelade jag ganska aggressivt. M240B

[Mark]

Hehe, såg allt att ni var med förut! Har spelat i squad med tre bekanta hela eftermiddagen, så nu känner jag mig helt mosig. Ifall ni undrar varför det gick så dåligt för mitt lag på den här rundan så var det för att hela min squad höll på och fjantade runt uppe på motorvägen hela rundan.

Lackade ur som fan! Första gången på länge som jag faktiskt slagit ner näven i tangentbordet och skrikit: "Nej, fasiken!"

..fast det gör jag i och för sig hela tiden när jag spelar på Hardcore-servrar. Hata!

EDIT: 80,000 poäng behövs från 44 till 45..blir en tung kväll/natt

Redigerad 20 november, 2011 av Mark

[kobbe]

BF3 någon?!?

Lade till alla utom Ylex som jag inte hittade!

Redigerad 20 november, 2011 av kobbe

[Wu Zi Mu]

Battlefield 3 PC:

Wu Zi Mu: Whylex

SilentViper: Gurkan02

Kobbe: Kobbe_gve

Adrian G: Creppekrullig

Sniper: Bearzerk

Mark: MarkyPV

Felshoe: Felshoe

MrNoNja: Nonanin

ZcruweN: McGg

StellHell: StellHell

Eudoros: Tendens725

ExploSive: Tumadree

Kebab: Antehoff

Siana: NymNi

Plaisir: SavedCarpet

Ante_Freeman: KungBagarN

Battlefield 3 PS3:

Karatemorfar: ChristianMattson

RavenE: RavvenE

Comfy: Comfaj

StellHell: StellHell

Battlefield 3 Xbox 360:

Sniper: Sniper

Simonracer: Sgt Elochai

OBS! Jag har bytt namn i Origin o Battlelog!

[Adrian G]

Så störigt att jag var borta hela dagen idag såklart.

[SilentViper]

Wu zi: Fixar det imorgon ska äta nå sen sova så blir efter när jag kommer hem från skolan om ingen mod gör det.

[Mark]

Såja! Nu kommer det bli segt att ranka upp!

[Kebab]

Såja! Nu kommer det bli segt att ranka upp!

Bra jobbat! Själv är jag mer inne på att samla dogtags/ribbons än att ranka upp i det här tidiga skedet av spelet, faktiskt. Tur att jag aldrig spelade Pokemon, för jag fastnar rätt hårt i "Gotta catch 'em all"-tänket... Någon som har lyckats få suppression assist ribbon eller m-com defender ribbon? Har läst på flera forum att de är sjukt svåra att få. Jag har då inte lyckats än.

Vill för övrigt passa på att nämna att ni inte ska känna er dissade för att jag (nästan) aldrig spelar med forumiter, det är bara så att jag i 90% av fallen spelar tillsammans med ett gäng vänner. Varje gång jag försöker spela ensam så tröttnar jag efter bara ett par rundor.

[Mark]

Bra jobbat! Själv är jag mer inne på att samla dogtags/ribbons än att ranka upp i det här tidiga skedet av spelet, faktiskt. Tur att jag aldrig spelade Pokemon, för jag fastnar rätt hårt i "Gotta catch 'em all"-tänket... Någon som har lyckats få suppression assist ribbon eller m-com defender ribbon? Har läst på flera forum att de är sjukt svåra att få. Jag har då inte lyckats än.

Vill för övrigt passa på att nämna att ni inte ska känna er dissade för att jag (nästan) aldrig spelar med forumiter, det är bara så att jag i 90% av fallen spelar tillsammans med ett gäng vänner. Varje gång jag försöker spela ensam så tröttnar jag efter bara ett par rundor.

Jag har 3 Suppression Assist Ribbons, men ingen M-Com Defender Ribbon än. Håller med om att just den är sjukt svår att få.

[Wu Zi Mu]

Intressant läsning om BF3 vs MW3!

Spoiler

Die-Hard COD Player Tries BF3

The Call of Duty (CoD) series and the Battlefield series are both in the same genre but are both very different games. They also attract a lot of elitism and people seem to go out of their way to solely pick one or the other. Just looking at Metacritic users scores for Modern Warfare 3 the latest Call of Duty game reinforces this.

For some reflection we bribed a die-hard Call of Duty player to play Battlefield 3 for a day and noted his opinions as the hours tumbled down.

Our Call of Duty player (Player X) is well accomplished and achieved high prestige awards in previous games, so far with Modern Warfare 3 he is close to getting to this level already. After some convincing he agreed willingly as an experiment to be transplanted from CoD to BF3 and both versions were on the PS3.

So, how did it go…

Hour 1

The first hour was filled with much frustration, we got Player X to play conquest mode as this was one of the traditional play modes in Battlefield. Our player opted for the Assault class and never changed for the entire round, he also refused to take any vehicles stating:

I don’t need vehicles for kills -- they’re for noobs

We pointed our the irony and that its a good way to get to the heat of the battle but no avail. Player X was obliterated, every time he ran in without cover, tried to shoot from the hip and seeing we were playing on the Kharg Island map was often taken down by both helicopters and tanks. He also ignored squad orders and tried to take objectives rambo style.

Ten minutes into the game and:

This game is retarded, anyone with a vehicle wins and everyone is camping at the flags -- I’ve had enough of this stupid game.

His score was 1 to 13, yep one kill to 13 deaths. We convinced him to continue stating that there is a learning curve, but never explained the way he should be playing or what he should be doing -- we wanted him to learn for him self.

Player X after returning to the sofa after venting some anger has some noted improvement -- he is actually starting to use cover.

When getting shot at, his instinct has changed from just shooting back, to shooting back while moving into cover. Also, the reliance on using iron sights and cross-hairs is now apparent. This provides a slight improvement on his stats, but the first two games are lost and Player X is last and second from last.

Stupid tank campers!

Hour 2

Player X having unlocked some equipment for the assault class is showing some signs of actually enjoying his play time, his points are improving. He is now seeing the benefit of spawning on his squad mates, he is still trying to take flags solely but doing all right mostly thanks to other team members supporting him and getting him out of tough spots.

Did you see that bloke just turn to a pool of blood in front of me!

The map is operation Firestorm, he’s running from point B to point C, however a tank shell zips over his head. He runs against the concrete wall that separates him and the tank. There is a partially damaged section, Player X decides to poke his head round to try and decide what to do next.

Returning to cover, the tank completely decimates a piece of wall right in front of his eyes, walking backwards in awe the tank continues to destroy the wall piece by piece. He looks confused and turns to us:

Did you see that?

Player X seems to amazed at the realisation that nowhere is safe, he promptly dies. But, Player X then does something that he hasn’t done thus far -- he switches class to engineer.

Time to bring the pain and take that kiddy out!

With RPG in hand he returns to his death site, he managed to get a shot off and hits the ground near the aforementioned tank, luckily the area had AT mines and in an almost choreographed series of explosions the screen lights up with balls of fire and the 7.1 sound system ensures we feel the blasts. Player X is promptly showered with awards and from here on continues to switch between assault and engineer classes.

Hour 3

Player X is certainly showing signs of enjoyment now, eager for the next round to start. His score isn’t close to 1:1 yet, but its getting there. The game starts and he is told he is now the squad leader, as he asks we tell him how to issue orders.

How the hell am I suppose to hit the Select button while on the move !?

He issues the first order, but then seems to forget about issuing orders after this, its not until later in the game and his squad inadvertently meets up to try and take back a flag that he earns some orders followed points.

The flag has a lot of enemy activity, the support member of the squad begins firing and doesn’t stop -- the area is showered with walls of lead. Players X and two other members of the team take this opportunity to move up, dropping tango’s as they move. Its true team work, but before they can relish in their coordinated pain and enemy APC rolls up. The engineer of the squad splits off and Player X tries to escape through the forecourt of the gas station, as an inadvertent distraction Player X does well and the engineer manages to firstly disabled then destroy the APC, the flag is taken and the points roll in.

Player X remarks:

Now that’s team work.

It seems a metaphorical switch has been tripped in Player X’s head, his play style is now a lot more squad based. He remembers he is the squad leader and begins issuing orders again, this provides him with many more additional points.

Player X is now getting as many kills as deaths, and is bang centre in the final score table.

Hour 4

Starting on Caspian border Player X runs directly into the driver seat of a waiting Jeep, he has occasionally dipped into vehicles before but never from the start -- then Player X makes a truly ground-breaking quip in the most casual way:

I suppose I better wait for my squad mate.

We are astounded, not only did Player X understand he will NEED a vehicle to get to the first point, he also waited for his team mates to accompany him.

Its from here that we start seeing a real polar shift in play style, Player X is now actively switching between all classes, reacting to the battlefield. He also starts reviving people and dropping ammo, his play has swapped from rambo style hip shooting to tight squad based tactics in just over 4 hours. Moreover, he seems to actually be following squad orders, with the entire squad meeting at flag points to swiftly school the sleeping opposing team.

Its at this point Player X doesn’t realise he’s not the squad leader, pointing close to a flag he spots a tank instead. This is his first spot, and I kid-you-not, within seconds of the spot a Jet hurls rockets at the clueless armour skimming its hull as it leaves scrap metal in its wake. There couldn’t have been any better example of why spotting is important, in that moment Player X seemed to realise this and suddenly all of it seemed to fall in place and we could see the gears grinding in his head.

Hour 5

What have we created, Player X now seems to be Battlefield Veteran. He regularly receives an MVP award and points are bulked by supportive activities.

Hey dude, take this ammo -- you’ll need it you haven’t hit anything yet, *laughs*

Not only is he now moving and fighting as a squad, he utilises different class abilities based on situations, uses ground and air vehicles (mainly to get to places quick) and has decent load-outs with well picked perks.

He is also positively glowing with joy at winning while being the Ace squad.

Hour 6

Things have taken a turn for the worse, Player X now seems to have fallen into a different mentality. He is exclusively playing as Recon.

We’re not sure what triggered this, but seems related to him getting owned by enemy snipers a few too many times.

Pay backs a b*tch huh.

We are bored watching him lay atop of buildings sniping people from afar but Player X seems more than happy. His KDR has improved drastically with recent scores citing figures similar to 28-2, however his points are nowhere near his former glory but ribbons roll in quick and regularly.

Things only get worse as he unlocks more powerful rifles and the aerial drone. He occasionally proclaims:

Why put in the effort as a squad when you can sit back and own noobs and get monster kill streaks!

Along with other similar exclamations.

Hour 7

Player X has received a few hate message over PSN, this seems to have no affect and even on small maps Player X doesn’t switch class. Even as the opposing team coordinate to take him out, he simply relocates and starts over. It doesn’t seem that his play style is going to change any time soon and despite his glorious matches earlier on he no longer seems to care any more for team work and is now starting matches choosing not to be in a squad as:

The squad orders are distracting and when they spawn on you its gives away your position

Our own team has started venting its anger over chat and one complaint too many causes him to scream:

They’ll obviously don’t appreciate my ‘epicness’ so f*ck’em

…and with that quits out. It has been a long day with up’s and down’s but the next day after some rest we do get Player X’s opinion on the whole affair.

Players X’s view

I’ve never played a Battlefield game before and was surprised, I always thought that Battlefield was just a cheap version of COD. It has a lot going on and the destruction was something I was surprised with its something COD could use as it makes it all more pressurised.

I really like the weapons especially the sniper rifles, I’m not sure if the vehicles are needed and they seem more used for transport, I would much prefer if it was a solider only affair.

The knife doesn’t seem right and its difficult to kill someone unless you are directly behind them. The equipment for certain classes is good, but the recon seems under-powered and doesn’t have anything against vehicles.

I enjoyed my time once I unlocked some better equipment and can see myself specialising as a recon, I don’t know if I would buy the game though as I still prefer CoD and like the way kill streaks work and perks merge.

Our view

We were initially amused trying to see Player X run and gun Ramdo style and try to knife people from the front. As time went on however Player X seemed to really understand the team mechanic but this seemed more like exploration and a way to get quick points. It was all over once he discovered he didn’t have to work as a team to get high kills and high scores and although we agree Snipers are sometimes needed they are not needed through-out the whole match for every match.

We were pleased to see that Player X was able to reform and understood the mechanics and actually tried all the different styles of play on offer, finishing the experiment at this point would have been a success but sometimes you just can’t change a person and their natural traits will always shine through -- even if belated. Player X just seems to be hard-coded to aim for a good KDR and long kill streaks, something that saddens us to the core.

Källa: http://ipconflict.co.uk/2011/11/20/die-hard-cod-player-tries-bf3/

[eXotic]

Har aningen svårt att tro att han verkligen var så pass bra på COD som de fick det att låta som. Men i övrigt var det intressant läsning!

Redigerad 21 november, 2011 av eXotic

[SilentViper]

Squad DM var det sämsta jag någonsin körd som mode!

[Kebab]

Squad DM var det sämsta jag någonsin körd som mode!

Jaså? Själv tycker jag att det är riktigt kul när man är på köttarhumör. Enda nackdelen är att några av banorna är lite för stora. Vad är det du ogillar?

[SilentViper]

Jaså? Själv tycker jag att det är riktigt kul när man är på köttarhumör. Enda nackdelen är att några av banorna är lite för stora. Vad är det du ogillar?

Försökte ge det en chans eller två men aja till problemet då.

Körde först på en server inget teamwork i det laget samt så är det ju en Armor vehicle och det störande var att dem tog den sen kampar dem vid ena gruppens spawnpoint eller åker fram och tillbaka hela tiden så man har ju ingen chans att slå ut den.

Så jag rage quitade och gick till nästa server för att testa samma sak där inge teamwork överhuvudtaget kollade hela tiden efter en lucka för att gå över till Bravo då man såg att dem samarbetade. Men ja samma sak där också med Armor vehicle dem spawn campade med den också.

Varför kan dem inte till dela två styckna för? Märkt att den har spawnat vid fienden 4 gånger. Så ah där är problemet med det hela.

Redigerad 21 november, 2011 av SilentViper

[ZcruweN]

Sedär ja, nu äger jag BF3

[kobbe]

Försökte ge det en chans eller två men aja till problemet då.

Körde först på en server inget teamwork i det laget samt så är det ju en Armor vehicle och det störande var att dem tog den sen kampar dem vid ena gruppens spawnpoint eller åker fram och tillbaka hela tiden så man har ju ingen chans att slå ut den.

Så jag rage quitade och gick till nästa server för att testa samma sak där inge teamwork överhuvudtaget kollade hela tiden efter en lucka för att gå över till Bravo då man såg att dem samarbetade. Men ja samma sak där också med Armor vehicle dem spawn campade med den också.

Varför kan dem inte till dela två styckna för? Märkt att den har spawnat vid fienden 4 gånger. Så ah där är problemet med det hela.

Spela med gtasajten, problem löst!

[Kebab]

Här snackar vi underhållning!

[Kebab]

Patchen är här!

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654624754374621/

Major client update for the PC version Battlefield 3 as well as a server-side update for all platforms.

The update will be made on Nov. 22nd 7:00 AM UTC / Nov. 21st 11:00 PM PST.

We’ll share release timing on the console patches as soon as we are clear on the timing, these take a bit longer due to console certification process.

---- Client-Side Changes:

-- Visuals, Stability and Performance Fixes:

• General performance and loading time improvements

• “Black Screen” fix for an issue occurring on some PC Configurations

• Stereo and Rendering Support for Nvidia and AMD Graphics Cards

• Adjusted the “stuttering” encountered on some PC configurations.

• Fixed several Crashes when joining MP and Co-Op sessions

• Fixed multiple problems when using multiple monitors (Eyefinity / Surround).

• Fixed visual corruption issues on certain Nvidia Cards

• Improved loading times for certain textures

• Added console command “GameTime.MaxVariableFps” to limit max FPS

• Added console command “UI.DrawEnable” to hide UI for screenshots / videos

-- Balance and Gameplay Adjustments (PC)

• Fixed a problem with high speed mouse movement

• Added back some missing Growlers on Kharg Island Conquest Large

• Added back EOR sound for SQDM and TDM

• You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position

• Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it(note the affect this will have on Hardcore mode!)

• Spawn protection now should work in Conquest. You should no longer spawn on points too close to enemies

• You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM

• Combat areas on Kharg Rush tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after 1st base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun

• Fixed a problem with revived players not suffering suppression

• Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in COOP

• Added joystick deadzone setting

• Fixed sound for when climbing ladders

• Fixed an issue with some weapon sounds in first person

• Fixed a swim sound loop error

• Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns, AA guns, and Jet Cannons against infantry

• Increased the damage of Helicopter Miniguns against jeeps.

• Reduced the physics impact of AA guns and Jet Cannons, players under attack from these weapons should no longer lose control.

• Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly.

• Increased the range and minimum damage of the .357 Round from the MP412 Rex.

• Increased the range of all .45cal and 9mm weapons.

• Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW-R.

• Slightly increased the range of the 5.56mm PDW-R and decreased the minimum damage at long range.

• Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62mm rifles.

• Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR-H 7.62mm weapons.

• Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft.

• Increased the damage and range of the 40mm BUCK rounds.

• Reduced the damage .50cal weapons do against Helicopters.

• Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells

UI Changes (PC)

• Added round duration and ticket summary at EOR

• Advanced squad polish – should be more intuitive

• Significant changes to the Join Squad functionality (see below)

• Fixed a problem regarding keybindings while playing

• You should now get a better error message when being disconnected via Battlelog

---- Server Update Highlights

• EOD Bot exploit fix

• Several crash fixes

• Anti-stat padding measures taken, disallowing ranked servers to run obscure settings

• Improved team kill kick configuration

• Support for unranked servers. Unranked servers do not report players' scores to Battlelog, but server administrators can freely control all settings

-- Share your profile and stats with new Battlelog functionality

• Ability to share your Profile and Stats pages to Facebook, Google+, and Twitter

• User Profile and Stats pages on Battlelog can now be accessed without being signed in to Battlelog if you know a user's URL

• Single sign on from Battlelog to Origin. If you're not logged in to Origin and join a game server, Battlelog will automatically sign you in to Origin in the background and join the game server

-- Quick notes on Squad changes in the Nov 22 update

• Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option

• Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 squad members

• Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM

• Disable Privacy flag when 1 man squad

• Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when squad drops to 1 player

• All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad Selection screen

• Players who choose not to join squads will also show up as Blue in the "Not in a Squad” line

• Squads that are currently empty will display as white -- if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text

-- A detailed look at Squad refinements

A detailed look at Squad refinements

Today's PC client patch features numerous tweaks to Squad functionality and is part of our ongoing efforts to make it easier to play with friends and Platoon mates. These changes will also be implemented for consoles when we release the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 updates shortly. Stay tuned for the exact date of the console updates.

First, we need to look at how joining with Squads and Platoons affects the balance of teams. Initially, servers are commanded to equal out each side, so joining with friends can impact that balance while joining with Platoons further hinders this. As a result we have made some adjustments to the in-game Squad management screen.

For PC, you are now able to highlight the various Squads and select which one you wish to join by selecting a Squad and then clicking the Join Squad button. Please note that the Squad Privacy option still allows 2 man Squads which, during 64 player sessions, can lead to players with no squad position –- the number of people with no Squads will be shown at the bottom of the Squad selection list.

After the patch is applied to consoles (in the near future) you will be able to join Squads by cycling through the list and selecting which Squad you wish to join.

Tycker det verkar kanon och jag längtar efter att få testa ikväll! Det enda som stör mig är att de har nerfat G3:an innan jag lyckades låsa upp den... Trodde det var meningen att den skulle vara en best, precis som i BC2.

Edit: "•Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft"

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU, nu kommer det ju bli omöjligt för gemene man att ta ner en helikopter... Det var svårt nog innan.

Redigerad 22 november, 2011 av Kebab