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I think there is a need in these persistent levelling games for sever tools that allow for locking to a specific level range as well as stringent rank based autobalancing. I've played on noob servers for bfbc2 that had several level 30+ guys on one team and the highest being 15 on the other. The same thing is happening here and unless you buy in the first fortnight it's just too much hassle to level when your getting sniped across the map by a colonel.
 
Mattyjw said:
I think there is a need in these persistent levelling games for sever tools that allow for locking to a specific level range as well as stringent rank based autobalancing. I've played on noob servers for bfbc2 that had several level 30+ guys on one team and the highest being 15 on the other. The same thing is happening here and unless you buy in the first fortnight it's just too much hassle to level when your getting sniped across the map by a colonel.
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Pointless as we even have members here who have created another account and even purchased another copy to pretend they are new players.
 
I wish the game would stop me from sliding when im against an object, was crouched next to a tree then next thing i know im slowly moving away from it. Also just came across that no name tag bug, damn annoying.
 
Rroff said:
I've watched people playing the game and I'd say it was a lot more than minor annoyances, at one point the guy was running around with his gun unable to fire and unable to die, whilest 2-3 people on screen were running around as corpses on the ground with their guns sticking in the air continously firing. I've seen dozen of texturing issues, people falling through the map and not just in the odd spot/situation (this is something that should have been addressed a long time before the game became beta)
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LOL you do realise this is a BETA TEST right ?

Normally EA would pay a rooms and romms full of guys to grind away at this for days to find this stuff.

Instead, they get the community to do it for them, for free. Heck if you want to know what people have found beta testing just trawl the BF3 vdeos on youtube and see for yourself. Its not hard to get a definitive list of the biggest problems with the game just by watching youtube.

Thats the age we're in now. Where a games company puts the beta test out to the wide world, and sits back and watches what appears on youtube.

Normally beta testing is crap work. You have to play an unfinished game, put up with the bugs, the problems, the glitches and grind away for hours at it.

Yet people were buying Medal of Honour specifically to do this earlier than everybody else. And for free instead of being paid.

You're off your rocker if you were expecting to be beta testing an almost finished game.
 
Mattyjw said:
I think there is a need in these persistent levelling games for sever tools that allow for locking to a specific level range as well as stringent rank based autobalancing. I've played on noob servers for bfbc2 that had several level 30+ guys on one team and the highest being 15 on the other. The same thing is happening here and unless you buy in the first fortnight it's just too much hassle to level when your getting sniped across the map by a colonel.
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Thats basically solved like in MW2 where you have a limited number of locked (in that you can't customise them) pre-set classes that have medium level abilities that you can use to level up if you wish/feel your outclassed, tho anyone with even mediocre skills can easily level up from a basic custom class without too much hassle.
 
Mattyjw said:
I think there is a need in these persistent levelling games for sever tools that allow for locking to a specific level range as well as stringent rank based autobalancing. I've played on noob servers for bfbc2 that had several level 30+ guys on one team and the highest being 15 on the other. The same thing is happening here and unless you buy in the first fortnight it's just too much hassle to level when your getting sniped across the map by a colonel.
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I dont think being a low level is that bad. For one its not as bad as BC2 as if you didnt have magnum ammo. well getting kills was a serious challenge!
 
MrLOL said:
LOL you do realise this is a BETA TEST right ?

Normally EA would pay a rooms and romms full of guys to grind away at this for days to find this stuff.

Instead, they get the community to do it for them, for free. Heck if you want to know what people have found beta testing just trawl the BF3 vdeos on youtube and see for yourself. Its not hard to get a definitive list of the biggest problems with the game just by watching youtube.

Thats the age we're in now. Where a games company puts the beta test out to the wide world, and sits back and watches what appears on youtube.

Normally beta testing is crap work. You have to play an unfinished game, put up with the bugs, the problems, the glitches and grind away for hours at it.

Yet people were buying Medal of Honour specifically to do this earlier than everybody else. And for free instead of being paid.

You're off your rocker if you were expecting to be beta testing an almost finished game.
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Did you read the rest of my post(s)? I'm quite well aware its a beta test - my point was the nature of some of the bugs we are seeing should absolutely not be in a beta this late in the game (proximity to launch)... they are indicative of much more serious underlying engine issues that should have been addressed in much much earlier betas.

Paid game testing with rooms and rooms of people is rarely if ever done btw, most of the time only about 6-7 guys max will be paid internal testers and the rest will be 20-30 people hand selected out of the community and working unpaid under NDA.

A public beta within a couple of months of lauch should very much be an almost finished game, there may be some bugs some of them quite serious, but not bugs that indicate sloppy work in the underlying game engine mechanics.
 
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Calgar117 said:
Guys is this EA rep correct? i am confused as to why this simple request wouldnt be available til after release?..

Nikhil: Hi, my name is Nikhil. How may I help you?
2301340289: Hi, is it possible to have my name changed from Sorny115 to Calgar117 please? :)
2301340289: Hello? :)
Nikhil: May I know that do you want to change the origin name?
2301340289: yes please currently my display name in game specifically battlefield 3 beta is Sorny115 but i would like this changed to Calgar117 :)
Nikhil: I am sorry to inform you that this feature is not available now.
Nikhil: We can change it after release of BF3
2301340289: i see, so your unable to change my name on origin at all?
Nikhil: we can change it after release of BF3.
2301340289: Can you explain why other people i know have been requesting their name to be changed and was done with no problems?
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Lol!
I've changed mine twice, going for a third but got turned away and told to email the request in. Haven't had a reply back and it;s been 3 days..
 
jmc007 said:
I like rolling with the Lamb, sorry Ram. :p
Your one of the best players I have had the pleasure to play with. (Don't want to set you up for a fall.:p)
How you finding the game so far, minus the bugs of course?

*Edit.I was StevenSeagull in BC2, if you don't remember.
Ah I see you have 3.103 KD, guess your finding it ok.
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SEAGULL <3 , Yeah the games alright. Boring at the moment but once a it comes out and I find a server with a decent map rotation it'll be good.

What's your in-game name on this now?
 
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