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[OGC]

It's a free game, can't really complain.

Multiplayer is incredibly hard in Battlefield 3. I'm far from the best in FPS but I'm not 1 kill and 13 deaths bad.

[Matieo]

If someone handed me Call of Juarez: The Cartel for free, I'd complain. I'd complain with my fists and loud voice.

It's not everyone's cup of tea, and certainly a change of pace from most close quarter's shooters. Patience and precision, they'll say, but unless you're playing on PC the game can be terribly unforgiving for console players - especially Recon and that's not to say, oh, well if you're not good at this game then you're not good at all, far from it, Battlefield 3 tries to do alot of things, some better than others, but mostly just ends up creating flaws and unbalancing. More realism doesn't always equal more fun.

Having said that, there are reasons to play this game...I for one got a headshot from 764m the other day and well, the reaction that fortunate soul had was priceless, thus time well spent.

So, what are you then if you aren't 1:13 bad? 1:12?

[Matieo]

PS3 version of BF3 got a huge ass patch today - 753MB big from what I recall. Here's what it fixed:

Spoiler

General fixes

• Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface, full details in this earlier blog post
• 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
• Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen
• Fixed sound for when climbing ladders
• Fixed and issue with some weapons' sounds in first person view
• Fixed a swim sound loop error
• 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
• Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies
• You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
• Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone)
• Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
• Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed
• Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op
• Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV/EOD bot
• Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill
• Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server
• Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag
• Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing
• Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound
• Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot
• Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots
• Fixed a problem with flickering name tags
• Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters
• Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice
• You should now be able to spot explosives
• You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn)
• Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead
• Fixed several client crashes
• Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue
• Fixed the repair icon on the minimap
• Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles
• Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode
• Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game
• Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI
• Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border. It should now more instantly kill anyone in its falling path
• Fixed a problem where tank turrets would turn too slow
• Fixed a bug on co-op mission "Exfiltration" where you could end up outside the vehicle and not being able to enter it again, thus blocking the mission
• Fixed a problem where a user can become invulnerable after being resurrected
• Fixed a problem with the M60 reload sound
• Fixed a hang in terrain streaming, causing the user to get stuck on black screen under special circumstances in single player
• Fixed a problem where the enemy would not be able to get a road kill on a user that was using the SOFLAM
• Fixed soldiers disappearing in the mortar kill cam
• Fix for Type88 and MG36 zoom in animation offset when in supported shooting mode (using bipods)


Balance changes

• 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 so players under attack from these weapons no longer should 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

DICE also managed to bring down the total points required to unlock weapons for multiplayer via co-op. I had 90,000 some points and the M39 EMR was at around 257,000 points, but now I not only have that unlocked, but also the Raffica machine pistol. The last unlock is at 160,000 points and not the ridiculous 375-400,000 it was before. Good stuff. Also heard that IRNV scope got nerfd - not sure how bad, but people, as you'd imagine, are already complaining.

[Diegol]

Man, I haven't played in a while so i jump on and find it nearly impossible to take out heli's and jets. At one point, I battled a heli for like 5-6 minutes, the guy would set off his flares as I fired with the Stinger; I tried timing after the flares but would have the lock disappear. Only started playing well in my last 3 games too.

[Matieo]

*takesoffsunglasses*

Mother of God...

[Matieo]

The fuck? I've been doing this for FREE all along! gonna have to start charging my platoon for every motion sensor assist I get for their kills.


Here's the article on Kotaku.

[Matieo]

[LoveTheClub]

I bought this about a week back. From noob perspective, I find this game better than MW3 which I had for a month before selling to a mate. It's far more informative than MW3 and for that I love it. Gives you VISUAL directions in the campaign mode as well as Co-op. And to some extend in the multiplayer mode. The only let down though is it doesn't have split screen but I am not too fussed about it.

I just have one stupid noob question in online multiplayer, how the bloody hell do I differentiate my teams from opponents? lol. This is for the same reason I didn't enjoy the MW3. I am not bad in shooting games in general as am really good in counter strike for the simplicity of "Counter vs Terrorist" both wearing different outfits. May be these modern shooting games are not for me. I enjoy RPG games and sports like FIFA and Football manager.

Edited by Robin Van Perfect, 08 March 2012 - 12:33 PM.

[OGC]

Press select, if it comes up red then he's your enemy. If a guy pops up infront of you all of a sudden, shoot first

[LoveTheClub]

Red will show in the mini map?

[The Iceman]

I think normally when you aim at the person it'll turn orange, then he's your enemy. Blue is from your own team.

I find it hard to evolve in the fighter jet.

[OGC]

Robin Van Perfect, on 08 March 2012 - 12:41 PM, said:

Red will show in the mini map?

Yeah, all the enemies that your team has identified will come up red for a certain amount of time.

You have to personally meet the person though, you can't just press select and boom, all the enemies come up on the map.

[LoveTheClub]

Lewis Hamilton, on 08 March 2012 - 12:42 PM, said:

I think normally when you aim at the person it'll turn orange, then he's your enemy. Blue is from your own team.

I find it hard to evolve in the fighter jet.

OGC, on 08 March 2012 - 12:51 PM, said:

Yeah, all the enemies that your team has identified will come up red for a certain amount of time.

You have to personally meet the person though, you can't just press select and boom, all the enemies come up on the map.

Thanks, lads. I have finally got used to this.

I have to improve my aiming though... I am decent at it but sometimes I see opponent before he does but I end up dead because mis-firing. That and I absolutely have to learn the maps... Few I have rough idea but mastering will take me a lot of time.

[Diablotelli.]

How do you guys think of the new CQC dlc? I personally like it, a change from the regular large maps. One of the guns I like the most from the DLC probably is the AUG A3.

[LoveTheClub]

It is fun when: The whole opposing team doesn't carry shotguns (Spas-12 slug is really annoying me now) and C4 on the flags. C4 on the flag especially when he's camping near it as well is just damnnn annoying. Other than that I like it. As I usually play engineer I just love the MTAR such beast gun.