BF3 Beta Feedback 27 SEP - 10 OCT 2011

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[ghstrdr060]

I haven't even downloaded it yet!!!!!! Looking forward to 29 Sep.

[swfwebmaster]

From a PS3 player:

When me and my friends got into a squad and were finally lucky enough to get Voice Chat working, we have tried to join games for about half an hour, and EVERY TIME we all got in a different squad, or even in a different team.

Apart from that, we can't manage invites/join friends when you're in-game like we could in BF:BC2 anymore (which would resolve a lot of my issues already).

The quality of Voice Chat sucks in this Beta.

Another EA UK Forum user:

Squads, where are they?

Games out in a month and still I see no ability in game to create a squad or even join a squad you want to be in, you know this stuff is essential for playing battlefield instead of being randomly placed in some derp squad, all this should be in game and not in some browser where you have to leave the game, that's is so stupid and inconvenient. So will this simple yet essential squad functionality be in the retail game, if it's not I can't see me playing BF3 for long. BF3 seems to be going backwards in gameplay terms and not progressing on what BF2 brought to the table.

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S1ngular1ty
EA UK Forum
29 SEP 2011

Omg it was terrible

1. Flickering textures everywhere
2. Horrible jet handling
3. Even worse helicopter handling
4. Every time I got in a jet the game would crash in 2 minutes
5. Game is very laggy and choppy with a lot of players and a big map. It was so horrible.
6. And the map was not that big.
7. In jets you get shot at by tons of AA all the time since map is so small

BF3 keeps getting worse and worse the more I see of it.

I really hope the final game is better than what I've seen so far.

[Spartan0536]

IMPORTANT NOTE: REMEMBER THIS IS A BETA, AND MOST ARE ALSO USING AMD/NVIDIA BETA DRIVERS, WEIRD STUFF IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THIS WILL BE FIXED!

Now on to my perspective of the BETA, its buggier than the Alpha which is a little worrisome however as stated above, lets continue...the action is brutal even more brutal than in BC2 and that says A LOT. I did manage to find out the locked server passwords before they changed the password, it used to be Rumncoke but now I don't know what it is. The vehicles in Caspian Border HAVE PHYSICS, its almost like Need For Speed, so expect rich results from vehicles, they are also seeming somewhat fragile, 3 RPG's killed my Abrams and I died FAST, remember again this is NOT final and expect differences in Release and subsequent patches down the road, as for vehicle regen, well lets just say NONE of the vehicles I saw in my 3 hours of messing around on Caspian Border were able to retreat to regen their armor, its BRUTAL. The Map is DEFINITELY bigger than Heavy Metal in BC2 by a factor of 2x, its 2x longer and 2x wider at least, and NO Caspian Border is NOT the largest map, its actually considered a STANDARD sized 64 player map, so get ready to use vehicles or play this game on a treadmill, because by the time you get into the fight by running in from base, you could have done a good workout (obvious exaggeration).

There are CRITICAL bugs in both maps however Heavy Metal seemed better until I started getting random shooting black rays everywhere, however DICE has withheld any information on what version the BETA is running on, the rumors are that its just after ALPHA with new Battlelog Net Code, this could easily explain A LOT.

For once I can say this really does feel like a BETA/ALPHA and seems like they are gonna get some interesting feedback about their game from this, I really am looking forward to the new Graphics Drivers that NVIDIA is going to be officially releasing just prior to BF3 Launch using all available info from the BETA and we NVIDIA consumers can expect a sizable performance increase from the new drivers, DICE is really pulling in as much as they can about making sure people can run this game smoothly and quality settings.

[swfwebmaster]

Thanks for the feedback, Spartan.

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Ping5000
EA UK Forum
28 SEP 2011

All Caspian Border flag placement worries should no longer be a worry. If you've played the map, like I have, you know what I'm talking about. Seriously, people, don't worry. This map is massive. It's overwhelming just how much bigger than I thought it would be.

The videos and the map overviews don't really do the map any justice until you actually play it. The flags look bunched up until you actually get in there yourself. There's so much foliage, so many angles of attack and so much varied terrain. They flags are spread much further apart than I thought and with the way the map is designed in that central space, these are capture points you have to earn.

The pacing of the battles too. It's not constant fighting, with a good ebb and flow between each capture point. And you have those moments when battles just seem to break out spontaneously, like when an enemy car suddenly cuts you off and you start firing at it. Or when you're taking sniper fire in an open field as you desperately start sprinting to some cover.

After Metro left me curious and worried about the final product, Caspian, even with all the glitches and bugs I experienced, got me completely psyched for the game.

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K3LT
EA UK Forum
29 SEP 2011

Caspian Border made me change my mind completely about this game, the map is thousand times better than Operation Metro. Less bugs and it really feels like Battlefield when you play it. It will be great when all the bugs are gone.

Caspian is the map they should have introduced it with, not Operation Metro, its a CoD style map and made a lot of Battlefield fans horrified.

So, before you whine, play Caspian Border.

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SlushB
EA UK Forum
29 SEP 2011

How to change squad to your friends!

Ive seen alot of people on this forum that rage at DICE cuz they can't change squad to your friends. Here is the solution: If you are on one squad, and your friend is on the other, meet up some random place on the map, go on your menu and go to: "Squad", then "leave squad" and last "find new squad". Then you will automaticly join the squad to the person closest to you.

[mcguirk2]

Posted on behalf of McBrag...

Hey Steve, tried joining a beta server last nite to no avail. I see only 100 servers available for the whole world. At 32 slots a server, that's 3200 folks playing. Pretty lame beta if you ask me. I hope its better by the time I get home from new mexico. Play a couple rounds for me.....--later, Fred

[madviper101]

Downloading now, cant wait to give it a go. The Alpa was good but my laptop really struggled and was only getting 10-15 fps so was not really playable. Have now just completed my first system build mainly due to this (fingers crossed it wont fall apart) and hopefully my i5 and GTX 580 will give me good performance.

[wobblyone]

After a few brief forays on the beta, I have found nothing so far to complain about !!! (I know)
It looks beautiful, and sounds amazing for starters.
If anyone is worried about their PC's running this, I am getting 80 fps inside the subway and 60 fps outside (phew)!
This is with a GTX560Ti alongside the i5 2500K
Being a Beta I seem to be thrown into a squad (BC2 style-4 man) so at the moment I'm not sure how the Squad system will work.
After trying out all the kits, the weapons seem good. Weapon selection is like BF2 ie. cycle through them all with the mouse wheel (inc. knife and grenade)
The return of 'prone' is great as it suits my gameplay, ambush etc. (camp)
So far it seems BF3 is going to sit in between BF2 and BC2. For me, this is more than I expected. I genuinly thought this was going to be BC3, but it does look to be more.

[swfwebmaster]

Did anyone get any Caspian Border gameplay?

[wobblyone]

No Caspian Border so far. I have heard talk of the map being added to the Beta at some stage. I hope so.

[Spartan0536]

As I said I played Caspian Border and its massive, funny thing its not even the biggest map in the game and DICE is keeping that map a closely guarded secret, Rumors are that the Back To Karkand EP Wake Island 2011 will be 4x the Size of Heavy Metal in BFBC2. Operation Metro in Conquest 64 for PC has some maps out, I will try to link them below and remember RUSH is not a BF2 game mode it is a BFBC game mode, however ALL yes ALL maps that will be released by DICE will have support for ALL GAMEMODES INCLUDING 64 Player CONQUEST!

Another good thing that I recently tested was all the different "specializations", these do grant a bonus but ABSOLUTELY NOTHING GAME BREAKING, the Suppression effect gets 25% worse with the Suppression Marksman training, Ammo gives you the maximum amount of ammo, grenades is the same but with hand grenades and GL nades, Sprint makes you run 25% faster, Flack lets you take concussion and frag shrapnel better however a direct hit is an insta-kill still, Explosive gives you more C-4 and rockets and mortars, & Cover lets you take less of a suppressive effect when getting shot at. As you can see none of these break the game and give an unfair advantage, coordinating with teammates about what specials you have will let you get the most our of your squad, its all about teamwork, and that's one thing that in this game if your team has YOU WILL WIN. NONE OF THE SPECIALS STACK SO IF ONE PERSON HAS SQUAD SPRINT AND YOU HAVE IT YOU DO NOT GET ANOTHER 25% BOOST.

So for despite the bugs which DICE has managed to fix most in 2 days so far, which for their track record of patching is IMPECCABLE, the BETA is almost becoming a DEMO in its time, DICE has clearly shown that they are listening to the community and are willing to make appropriate changes. Even mod tools down the road have been discussed, and they are planning to make a PROFESSIONAL set of them after all DLC is released for BF3. Commander mode will NOT be in BF3 and if you have played BF3 in Conquest like I have you will understand why the commander is NOT needed.

Possible Map of Operation Metro 64 Player Conquest
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The highlighted areas are for 32 player RUSH which is available in the BETA, the areas out side of that are the FULL SIZED 64 Player MAP ZONE, even the small little Metro Map in 64 Conquest is BIG, this map is still bigger in Conquest than Heavy Metal!