Battlefield 3 thread - Server details in opening post -

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

BF2 was even worse, it had blatant racial stereotyping. Look at the USMC side for example:

Special skills classes (medics, spec-ops, engineers and snipers) were all white.

Grunt classes (assault and AT) were all black.

baaahahahahah never noticed that!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

I played it most nights for 2h plus from 2005 to 2008, some weekends I'd be on for 6 hours plus a day. My pace slowed down in 2008 till when I barely played it at all. I think I've been on it once this year and less than 10 times last year.

I quit it in the end due to the number of hackers and stats padders, plus I couldn't find any decent clans or servers to play on any more.

I clocked up 550hours+ I think….. I started playing it in 07 but tbh I’d have done the same, almost cost me my marriage haha (was defo worth it tho)

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

I dunno, the alpha was stunning. Once in a while a game comes along and pushes all the buttons. The only problem with it is the lack of server side client, it will cost a small fortune to run a 64 man server especially with the certified hosting partners being useless as there is no competition for them.

80p a slot I recon. My clan will be getting a 64 man server.

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Welll Anyways guys.... I'm off to go play BF3 @ i43!!!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Niceeeeeee SDQM EPIC!!! And we're won... well i carried the team with 20-5 haha, got my self a nice DICE LAN yard!!!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Did you play caspian border?

How is it and did you get to fly jets/helis etc?

Sadly no it was metro again

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

No caspian boarder, just the SQDM mode of the game, dont think anywhere has played caspian board in booths

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Enjoy, keep us updated with pic and vids, go covert

No video's or camera's allowed

I will say tho they run the game on rubbish machines.... FPS could have been better, pretty much exactly the same as Alpha

On a good note, origin has gone back on the end user agreement:

http://bf3blog.com/2011/08/ea-updates-origin-eula-after-criticism/

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Well Battlefield 3 was on show Sunday at i43...I queued but unfortunately did not hang around to get a go due to the TF2 finals.

I did manage to stand behind some people and watch the game play. Without first hand experience of actually playing it appears to be another FPS but it seemed very detailed in graphics. To be honest it reminded me of COD...just a little bit more detailed and realistic it seemed.

I got no confirmation on Beta dates or actual game features...so I guess we will have to wait and see

I can tell you first hand having played, all the COD's, all the BF's and Alpha from day1 + SQDM at i43...

Its honestly nothing like COD and if it is then its only taken the best bits, its very much stayed loyal to the BF series and has that whole build up to a kill feeling, unlike COD where you throw a nade in the air and chances are it will kill some one.

If you were impressed with the graphics at iseries then you were deceived wahaha... believe it or not they were actually rubbish in comparison, as the demo they showed SQDM was played on under-spec'd PC either that or didn't optimize the game prior to sending it as the FPS was rubbish so was the level of detail they set it at.

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Interesting… One of the DICE dev’s (Gustav Halling) just posted his new #BF3 rig…..

I7-2600k
8GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair vengeance
MSI z68a GD80(Gen 3)
2x ATI 6870’s

Pretty obvious tho.... Battlefield Dev's seem to prefer ATI!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Is that your system?

I'm thinking of getting a second 6870 but my motherboards 2nd pci-e slot is only 4x.

I've heard that the performance difference isn't too bad if using 1 on 16x and 1 on 4x.

No its one of the DICE dev's Gustav Hallings

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

What settings do you reckon I'll get?

i7 920 d0 @ 4ghz
6 gb 1600mhz ram
Gts 250 800mb

Please.

Naaa not low.. medium i recon. BC2 was all about the CPU, this time round it does seem a little more GPU based... so who knows, either way i nice simple £120 upgrade will allow you to no doubt play on quite high settings.

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

Ok quick question for those who's played some BF3, do the capture points have actual real names like in BF2, i.e "Hotel" on Karkand or is it like the console port BC2, i.e dumb downed with A, B, C?

It was rush, not conquest! Hold fire for 1 - 2 weeks and you'll be able to see for your self!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

He post it on twitter or the EA uk forum?

Twitter

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

So the bigger question is.... is this thread gona beat the screenshot high rez thread haha!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

I can tell you right now... "self healing tanks" setting will be turned right off on our server!!!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

SO is this BF3 good, noticeably different/better than BFBC2? i have played a lot of BC2 and it seems quite good. Apart from new skins etc what else can they do to makee it play better i dont know.?

You've no idea... Gona are the days of "get sum reg mate". It was stupidly polished in Alpha, roll on the final game!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

It's basically MoH 2, nobody will buy it at all, will be a massive flop; avoid.

??? Oh its a joke ha ha....

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

100 hours needed to unlock everything on BF3!!! NICEEEEEEEEEe old school BF2 unlock system ***!

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

I have a BF3 question. I am about to pre order and would like to join a clan but I will only be casual. Would this stop me from joining a clan?

Also how do you guys find clans?

Yeah as Wes' said.

We're a casual 18+ clan with hardcore aspects. Tbh as it stands now we have too many people signed up to play in matches etc so the casual aspect is something we can definately offer. We look for quality not quantity mind you, we dont care about how good some1 can play we prefer the easy going gamer.

I run the clan along with 3 others, i wont have a lot of time to play due to a 17month old daughter and wife ..however few of our guys can dedicate a lot more time than me, so we have best of both worlds.