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LukieBoy007 said:
Quick question:
I have purchased Battlefield 3 Premium Edition (base game and premium blahblahblah) from here, but I've just seen that you supposedly still have to download the game from Origin, even if you have the disks. On the other hand, I've also been told that when Origin says it is 'downloading' the game it is actually 'downloading' from the disks so it shouldn't be a worry. What is the deal with this then? I'd just not rather download 20GB+ when I could be playing it, that is all.
Any help will be appreciated :)
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Yeah when I tried to install the game it tried to download it and was taking ages. I managed to get it to install from the discs though eventually. Try googling it and you should find the answer of how to do it.
 
If I already have BTK and CQ is there any point in me buying premium?

I don't save any extra if I already have the expansions do I?
 
Sleeve88 said:
If I already have BTK and CQ is there any point in me buying premium?

I don't save any extra if I already have the expansions do I?
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Premium = ~£30
Armoured Kill, Endgame and Aftermath = ~£12 each = ~£36
Plus you get the DLC 2 weeks earlier and other things such as strategy guides (made by Prima).
If you would buy the DLC's in the end anyway, I'd say go for it.
 
Sleeve88 said:
If I already have BTK and CQ is there any point in me buying premium?

I don't save any extra if I already have the expansions do I?
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Yes you should buy it so you can get this glorious knife

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Balance wise, nope still landslide wins 8 games out of 10.

I have gone back to BC 2 recently and nearly every game I have played so far both rush/conquest and on different servers have been close matches, which makes the game sooooo much more enjoyable.

Weapons are more or less the same still, M416 is the new daddy instead of the M16A3 though :p
 
M146 was pretty near top spot 4-5 months ago too. How is the ACW-R that new weapon from close quarters?

How are the close quarter maps?
How is armoured kill?
 
Just started back playing BF3 for the first time in about 10 weeks.

Have they completely screwed up the damage some weapons deal and the range they shoot from? Every game I've been in this evening has been rife with SPAS-12 users treating it like a sniper rifle (head shot kills from 100m away) or using some new pistol thats pretty much one shot kill?!

I thought the weapon balance before was pretty much spot on, have they changed things or is the game now just completely full of hackers?
 
Shotguns have always been way too overpowered in bf3, was the same in bfbc2. Someone at dice must think theyre rifles.
 
rogueblade said:
M146 was pretty near top spot 4-5 months ago too. How is the ACW-R that new weapon from close quarters?

How are the close quarter maps?
How is armoured kill?
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Yeah it was good before, now it is just even better.

The ACW-R seems to be a bit OP as well.

Essentially the weapons that I seem to die to the most are:

- ACW-R
- AUG
- M16A3
- M416
- MTAR21

No idea about the DLC packs as I haven't got them myself, but from reading and lots of youtube videos:

CQ:

- claymore, C4, RPG, M320 spam
- COD maps
- purely infantry gameplay
- choke points
- non stop action

AK:

- purely vehicle gameplay
- beautiful big maps
- if people aren't in a vehicle, they're sniping or being a JAV/stinger whore :p
- AC130 completely ruins rush game mode, seems to be too weak in conquest
- action seems to only happen in a few areas of the map rather than all of it especially for the biggest map ever

pgi947 said:
Just started back playing BF3 for the first time in about 10 weeks.

Have they completely screwed up the damage some weapons deal and the range they shoot from? Every game I've been in this evening has been rife with SPAS-12 users treating it like a sniper rifle (head shot kills from 100m away) or using some new pistol thats pretty much one shot kill?!

I thought the weapon balance before was pretty much spot on, have they changed things or is the game now just completely full of hackers?
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It is DICE, they change/tweak everything with every patch even when there is no need for it :p and well yeah the game is full of hackers as well, but for a lot it is too hard to tell :o

Have actually noticed that myself as well, a lot more SPAS-12 users even on big open maps! Must have done something I guess. As long as it doesn't turn into BC 2 with regards to the shotguns where every man and his dog use it and get kills from across the map :p



As said above been playing BC 2 lately and it really does make me realise just how poor BF 3 is IMO when it comes to just having pure fun and a more enjoyable experience overall. Also the maps are sooooo much better designed than BF 3 maps IMO, with BF 3 they all feel/look more or less the same to me where as with BC 2 they all feel/look different (apart from a few jungle ones and snow maps). The destruction/explosions and being able to play like Rambo/John Matrix is great as well :p, no way I could pull of half the stuff I do on BC 2 on BF 3.

My only complaints with BC 2 after coming back from BF 3 is that the movement feels much slower and more clunky feeling to it and the shotgun issue. The sounds aren't as good either in terms of tank fire/machine gun, explosions.

I love having the AT4 and mini gun again :D :p
 
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Nexus18 said:
Yeah it was good before, now it is just even better.

The ACW-R seems to be a bit OP as well.

Essentially the weapons that I seem to die to the most are:

- ACW-R
- AUG
- M16A3
- M416
- MTAR21

No idea about the DLC packs as I haven't got them myself, but from reading and lots of youtube videos:

CQ:

- claymore, C4, RPG, M320 spam
- COD maps
- purely infantry gameplay
- choke points
- non stop action

AK:

- purely vehicle gameplay
- beautiful big maps
- if people aren't in a vehicle, they're sniping or being a JAV/stinger whore :p
- AC130 completely ruins rush game mode, seems to be too weak in conquest
- action seems to only happen in a few areas of the map rather than all of it especially for the biggest map ever



It is DICE, they change/tweak everything with every patch even when there is no need for it :p and well yeah the game is full of hackers as well, but for a lot it is too hard to tell :o

Have actually noticed that myself as well, a lot more SPAS-12 users even on big open maps! Must have done something I guess. As long as it doesn't turn into BC 2 with regards to the shotguns where every man and his dog use it and get kills from across the map :p



As said above been playing BC 2 lately and it really does make me realise just how poor BF 3 is IMO when it comes to just having pure fun and a more enjoyable experience overall. Also the maps are sooooo much better designed than BF 3 maps IMO, with BF 3 they all feel/look more or less the same to me where as with BC 2 they all feel/look different (apart from a few jungle ones and snow maps). The destruction/explosions and being able to play like Rambo/John Matrix is great as well :p, no way I could pull half the stuff I do on BC 2 on BF 3.

My only complaints with BC 2 after coming back from BF 3 is that the movement feels much slower and more clunky feeling to it and the shotgun issue. The sounds aren't as good either in terms of tank fire/machine gun, explosions.

I love having the AT4 and mini gun again :D :p
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Cool, nice feedback. Yea it's funny how BFBC2 somehow just did it right from a pure fun factor point of view. Especially since it wasn't even a game primarily designed for us PC players.

I wonder how the dev team differentiated with the Bad Company series. I agree, destruction in BC2 still feels bigger & better than BF3 which is ridiculous. FrostBite2 was way too over hyped from a destruction point of view.
One thing I loved in the BF3 beta was the massive holes you could put in the terrain with explosives and that isn't even in the game any more because everyone kept falling through the map.

Would like to get back into some BF3 but tbh your post makes me kinda not want to bother! (playing GW2 and PS2 atm now anyway)!
 
Gerard said:
Is it just me or do uk based AK servers seem to be dwindling already? Not seeing too many at all.
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I can't really say as I tend to stick to the same servers and out of 11 that I have marked as a favourite, 7 of them are full and running AK. Time will tell if they flip them back.
 
TehBluebear said:
You'll find that a LOT of people use the slugs with the SPAS-12; with a sight you effectively have a sniper, yes.

And is the pistol the .44 Magnum?
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Some were the .44 Magnum, majority were using the MP412.

That sucks about the SPAS-12 slugs, its genuinely ruining games.
 
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