Battlefield 3

[demo]

Chubz your summary should read: Rush ftw.

Not a fan of CQ at all, especially metro.. the maps are bigger/longer in rush aswell.


KAC the post process AA option under MSAA is FXAA

[Thr0tt]

When do we get the back to karkland maps? Or am I missing something?

[Ego]

Ok, so I've played it for a few hours.

What I like:
- Battlelog. The website itself is cool. Works well, detailed, easy to join matches.
- The graphics. Incredible. So incredible in fact it motivated me to finish the craptastic singleplayer campaign.
- The performance: flawless for me, with everything maxed out.
- The hit detection: unlike BC2, I've had zero issues with it.
- Some of the maps are pretty great.
- Sound effects: audio eargasm

What I don't like:
- Battlelog. No matter how good it is, it doesn't excuse the fact it's a god damn website, and having the game running isn't a persistent experience, at it should be.
- Some of the maps are pretty crap.
- The UI, which is the biggest minus for me. It's really really bad, no matter how you look at it. The chat window, the map, the lack of character customization anywhere but in game, the cramped interface for said character customization, the inability of accessing any useful stuff unless you're actually playing, etc.
- the singleplayer campaign. They had enough money to cover the sovereign debt of Greece and the best they could do was a COD clone with quicktime events. COME ON !


At this point I have to say I liked Bad Company 2 better.

[demo]

Yeh BF3 is good, but imo its a step down from BC2 in many ways and is much closer to MoH/CoD, plus I miss the jungle maps from BC2..

[Xplode]

Originally Posted by Ego

At this point I have to say I liked Bad Company 2 better.

I was with you until this part...

[Ego]

Originally Posted by Xplode

I was with you until this part...

I'll probably change my mind in a few days; I've played a lot of BC2, I knew all the maps very well, knew how to play, it was a pleasant, familiar and comforting experience. BF3 is a huge unknown for me at this point, and that's probably why I'm siding with the Bad Company.

[Xplode]

Originally Posted by Ego

I'll probably change my mind in a few days; I've played a lot of BC2, I knew all the maps very well, knew how to play, it was a pleasant, familiar and comforting experience. BF3 is a huge unknown for me at this point, and that's probably why I'm siding with the Bad Company.

Ye but the the maps in BC2 were **** also for the most part, the UI was ****** and the SP was no better than BF3. IMO Both games have flaws but the Pros of BF3 are far greater then that of BC2, granted it's a new game but still.

[nutcrackr]

Originally Posted by Chubz

SUMMARY
Overall, the top three maps that give the complete Battlefield experience are Caspian Border, Operation Firestorm, and Kharg Island. The maps that are a little too cramped for major vehicular warfare but offer fun infantry killing grounds are Grand Bazaar, Seine Crossing, and Noshahr Canals. The maps that either disappointed me greatly or that I feel flat out suck are Operation Metro, Damavand Peak, and Tehran Highway. So three large maps, three small maps, and three maps that I don't like at all at this time. I really expected better map design from DICE and Operation Metro is easily their worst Conquest map to date. Hopefully in 2012 we'll see more, better maps to play and the Karkand pack that releases later this year will give us some large maps to play in a different setting to help scratch that oldschool Battlefield "itch."

Agreed mostly but in comparison to BC2 maps it's quite a big step up. In fact that game really only had one "largish" map for conquest and that was Atacama Desert. White Pass, Laguna Alta, Panama Canal (tank sniping yay) and Laguna Presa were frequently played CQ maps but they weren't big (bout the size of tehran highway really).

In some respects the inconsistent map quality is down to the fact that they wanted everything playable in all the modes. They didn't do that in BC2 (patched it later as "new" maps).

My point is that I think the map quality and range is better than BC2, I think that firestorm and caspian are better than any of the BC2 maps and possibly better than all of them combined. Of course BF2 maps were huge and open conquest marvels, at least we get a few of those free in a few months. Have you tried rush and deathmatch on the non-conquest friendly maps? So far I've enjoyed them more than BC2.

[KAC]

BC2 is not better. Stfu.

[demo]

BF3 is the better game for sure, but its like they took 3 steps foward and 1 step back from BC2.

[PowerK]

It is my understanding that Bad Company (1 and 2) was console version of Battlefield. It was never meant to be a successor to original Battlefield (PC) franchise.

[PowerK]

A question.

I discovered that there's PnkBstrA.exe running all the time under Process tab in Windows Task Manager.

After Googling, I confirmed that it is in fact, Punk Buster.

PnkBstrA.exe is listed all the time even BF3 is not running. (checked straight after cold boot)

Why does this process listed even I'm not doing anything related to online game play nor BF3 ? I don't like it - kinda like a spyware..

[nutcrackr]

Originally Posted by PowerK

Why does this process listed even I'm not doing anything related to online game play nor BF3 ? I don't like it - kinda like a spyware..

Starting with Windows Vista, there is a greater focus on security (which is a good thing). Unfortunately, however, with this focus comes a bit of complexity. In order for games having PunkBuster integrated to be more secure, the part of PunkBuster that needs full access to the computer for scanning purposes now must run all the time at the system level. This is necessary due to new Microsoft requirements for gaming under Windows.

http://evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsvcfaq.php

[Xplode]

Does anyone know which scope has the very thin lines that form a cross for the assault, I can't find it it's pissing me off.

[shoman24v]

Ok, I can't figure this out.

How the hell do I use the scopes and grips that I've unlocked? I don't see an option to equip your weapon with any features?

[KAC]

Originally Posted by shoman24v

Ok, I can't figure this out.

How the hell do I use the scopes and grips that I've unlocked? I don't see an option to equip your weapon with any features?

Go to customize, in the loadout there is option to change guns etc for each class. Select loadout. Once there, and you are on a gun, it will show accessories. Accessorize the shiz and pump some bitches.

[spindoctor]

Originally Posted by shoman24v

Ok, I can't figure this out.

How the hell do I use the scopes and grips that I've unlocked? I don't see an option to equip your weapon with any features?

when you are choosing the weapon, there is a button on the bottom right which lets you choose the attachments.

[Syl66]

The latest CAP seems to have fixed all stuttering I was having. Game is running smooth as butter now.

[pax]

LOL luv the scoring... I came in second in my second game almost only from taking flags hhhe...

[Fuku2]

Kind of ticked off finding a low ping server. I set the filter to 1-5 slots open all maps, all game modes and most of them are almost full and some that aren't I click on to join become full at that instant.

Does this game need more servers up or what?

[Scart]

Originally Posted by pax

LOL luv the scoring... I came in second in my second game almost only from taking flags hhhe...

I love it, actually. It's cool to be in the top 3 by simply playing smart and clever. In BC2, you had to killwhore the entire match to even come close.

[PowerK]

Originally Posted by nutcrackr

http://evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsvcfaq.php

Thanks.

[nutcrackr]

Originally Posted by Scart

I love it, actually. It's cool to be in the top 3 by simply playing smart and clever. In BC2, you had to killwhore the entire match to even come close.

Best part is points for flag neutralize which they didn't even award points for in BC2.

[S.Nixx]

Any ideas how to fix an issue where changing any setting seems to knock out the resolution? I get borders around my max resolution for some reason. Its like it knocks out the scaling or something (latest drivers) so I have a 1920x1080 bordered and blurry instead of max and sharp. Ive tried adding custom resolutions etc but nothing worked, (ati)

[poohbear]

i just started playing co-op and its currently my favorite mode with the 1 map, but get this....

DICE didnt include a chat feature in a co-op match!!!! i mean seriously, WTF??? how could they forget to include something this simple???? really sucks that this is obviously still BETA, i mean there's no excuse for this. massive fail for them. i can't communicate with my partner and tell him where to go or where im going. its such a rudimentary feature, how could they overlook this?

[VVanks]

Originally Posted by Phrygian

I agree about metro, it's an absolutely terrible conquest map. It should, quite frankly, simply be removed from the queue list as a conquest map.

One of the best rush maps IMO.

[Ust]

Anyone else experiencing an issue with not being ableto change "Terrain Quality" to anything higher than Medium in the Video options?

I've seen this issue on two other fora - both with Nvidia cards.


I can set everything else up to High or even Ultra but not Terrain Quality. This option only have low and medium available ( Though I don't plan on having everything on ultra with my current card)

I've tried setting Overall graphics setting to Auto but it still does not go any higher than medium.

Restarted game several times and it does not help either.

I have only tried the Campaign.

My setup:

[email protected]

4870X2 with Catalyst 11.10 Preview and latest Application Profiles.

Windows 7 64bit

Is there a way to alter the settings manually in a ini file or something?

[Litennörd]

The terrain uses tessellation and a DX11 card is required for that

No "fix" possible unless Dice suddenly implements support for the HD3000/HD4000's tessellator unit

[{0}Salamander{0}]

I think you can safely lay the blame for a lot of the shortcomings at the fact that its a multiplatform release.

As soon as the consoles were getting it, thats when I knew sacrifices were going to be made.

I never believed all their BS about the PC getting 30% bigger maps either. From what I gather, consoles and PC have the exact same maps.

The only thing which can really save that is if a miracle happens, and EA grants permission to allow release of mod tools, so then the PC guys can create their own maps. If that ever does happen, it will be after we have swallowed 2-3 map packs first.

[KAC]

Originally Posted by nutcrackr

Best part is points for flag neutralize which they didn't even award points for in BC2.

Yeah I am doing the same because I can't kill worth crap because of extremely bad pings in a 64 playa server.