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RavenXXX2 said:
Anyone got a theory on why they have gone with 32 rush on PC?
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It’s all they have ready I would imagine, can’t see any reason why they wouldn't use a conquest map as well. Not only good for us, but would also benefit them as well, in aiding them to release a finished game.

I can see the final game being released as a Beta. Like BF2 was a BETA and wasn't fixed until after numerous patches, and conquest in BC2 was awful at the beginning, but they have to get it out before MW3.
 
gettothechopper said:
jesus some people do moan - its a free beta you dont even have to buy the game to play it

they are hardly going to give away everything before release are they?
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Ever played the BF2 demo? That had the majority of Assets for people to try out. How the hell they expect "beta feedback" with 99% of all vehicle assets missing is quite the head scratcher... All we're really doing is seeing what changes they made to the game since the Alpha. :(
 
Utter Disappointment!!

1) Beta date delayed till 27-29 Septemeber
2) Operation Metro again
3) Sli/Xfire required for playing on ultra settings


So much for caspian border. That's the one map which would have stress tested our rigs plus enabling us to test vehicles motion, etc.

Some people were under the impression that beta may last longer, but seems it is not to be. Still plenty of days for metro lol

I say bring on Nvidia 6** and AMD 7*** series cards. These cards will eat Battlefield 3 and put Dice pride to shame, rightly so.

All these trolling from EA/Dice have really put a bitter taste in gamers mouth. First building up all the hype and then shattering it lol.

Dice need to stop trolling gamers and be straight up with facts in future. Deserve to have eggs thrown at them tbh.

I am actually starting to feel sympathy for activision who were told by arrogant EA that 'hope their cod series rot to core'.

Just wish Activision develop brand new cod with new engine etc and also provide a class product in future.
 
gettothechopper said:
jesus some people do moan - its a free beta you dont even have to buy the game to play it

they are hardly going to give away everything before release are they?
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It's a MP demo, not a single player campaign. So even if they released the best MP action ever, people wouldn't suddenly stop wanting to play it after 12 days.

And the beta is meant to improve the end product, so people are entirely justified in complaining, when the developers are not interested in testing the game fully.
 
Gerard said:
Ever played the BF2 demo? That had the majority of Assets for people to try out. How the hell they expect "beta feedback" with 99% of all vehicle assets missing is quite the head scratcher... All we're really doing is seeing what changes they made to the game since the Alpha. :(
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look at the competition - they dont let you play a minute before release day
we are lucky they even including us with this at all compared with the rest of the industry

BF2 came out six years ago, a lot has changed with the way things are developed and marketed since then

and yeah neil you do get early access for spending money, but you dont have to!
 
No one seems to have mentioned that they might release Caspian Border a few days into the Beta? (Sorry if someone has!)

I know it sucks just one map and one mode, but I know other Betas, Halo, Gears etc have trickled the content out for the Betas over the course of it instead of all at once.
 
No happy guys. Perhaps they were worried about performance for Caspian Border given that it is a much larger map, and with a public beta, the servers will be stressed at insane levels?

I guess they have to weigh up the risk of this failing on it's arse and what that will do to sales?
 
Most betas i have played lately give more modes and features out as the week goes on, im not saying this will happen but would be nice if they gave a conquest map towards the end too :) i just want to play any bf3 possible :)
 
Thing is CQ 64 is available on metro, why not play that? It's going around on the EA forums that the reason for 32 rush on PC is becuase Dice do not want to not make the consoles look real bad with a full on 64 CQ vehicle map on PC putting the console version with 24 players in the shade, all so 24 players on Caspain might just suck on console so that's why they have gone for a small infantry based map as to not risk potential sales and please the COD crowd.

Think about it, it makes no sense to not play 64 CQ on PC when beta testing.
 
gettothechopper said:
look at the competition - they dont let you play a minute before release day
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lets face it, the competitions fanbase would buy a dog turd if it had "call of duty" etched onto it. Their games are essentially reskinned rehashes with some things juggled around. Not a bit of wonder they don't let anyone play it before money changes hands, but it wouldn't matter if they did, the masses would still buy it because of the name.
 
There's more weapons and (apparently) repositioned MCOM sites compared to the alpha too.

Hell, I didn't get to play the alpha so 2 weeks of BF3, I'll take any map I can :D

I can see me getting very little sleep for the beta period :cool:
 
Lol at all this rage at people not being able to benchmark their rigs on a beta... If you're worried about performance wait a day or so after release (most time even earlier) to see what the benchmarks come out like, then you can decide if you want to buy it or not.
 
TallPaul_S said:
There's more weapons and (apparently) repositioned MCOM sites compared to the alpha too.

Hell, I didn't get to play the alpha so 2 weeks of BF3, I'll take any map I can :D

I can see me getting very little sleep for the beta period :cool:
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The alpha had pretty much all the weapons available, just had to unlock them.
 
WingZero30 said:
1) Beta date delayed till 27-29 Septemeber
2) Operation Metro again
3) Sli/Xfire required for playing on ultra settings
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Delayed?

1) They said September, it will be September... no delay there?
2) Admittedly not great, but I'm looking forward to seeing what has changed since Alpha
3) And what? What exactly did you expect? I take it you were listening to the crap about "If you can play BC2 on high you can max out BF3" Dude, its 2011, to play on ultra you are going to need a beast!!! And rightly so!
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Thing is CQ 64 is available on metro, why not play that? It's going around on the EA forums that the reason for 32 rush on PC is becuase Dice do not want to not make the consoles look real bad with a full on 64 CQ vehicle map on PC putting the console version with 24 players in the shade, all so 24 players on Caspain might just suck on console so that's why they have gone for a small infantry based map as to not risk potential sales and please the COD crowd.

Think about it, it makes no sense to not play 64 CQ on PC when beta testing.
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Well, if that is their attitude now, BF3 should have been pc exclusive or they shouldn't have bothered with the whole damn thing.

Because ultimately it will be be us pc gamers that get the dead end of the deal. The metro map is an example.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Thing is CQ 64 is available on metro, why not play that? It's going around on the EA forums that the reason for 32 rush on PC is becuase Dice do not want to not make the consoles look real bad with a full on 64 CQ vehicle map on PC putting the console version with 24 players in the shade, all so 24 players on Caspain might just suck on console so that's why they have gone for a small infantry based map as to not risk potential sales and please the COD crowd.

Think about it, it makes no sense to not play 64 CQ on PC when beta testing.
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The beta isn't just for the PC version y'know ;)

All the feedback from all platforms will affect changes for the whole game (all platforms) - so there would in fact be NO sense in having a PC beta on one map/game mode and consoles on a completely different map and gamemode.
 
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