Much appreciated, thank you Aedus.
I uninstalled Origin in a bit of a rage after dealing with EA support a few weeks back but didn't think it through, as i will need it to play BF3.
I have just logged on and accepted some friend requests and shall start adding some as well.
Starting to get hyped about this(previously was more looking forward to Rage) I haven't preordered yet though. I might sort it out tonight.