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Biffy
Some true things, made a good point
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However, DICE (or EA) did, shortly after Premium was announced, advertise that Aftermath and End War would have 'new weapons', not just one. Plural. I kind of expected from the start that AM and EW would have fewer new weapons than B2K and CQ, but if it's just one then that's disappointing! Especially given the scope for what they could do with makeshift weapons. IEDs, machetes made out of shrapnel with a rag for a grip, Molotov cocktails... That sort of thing. The issue is that they said we'd get something then went back on it, but it was advertised AFTER the Premium launch so I don't feel like it was false advertising, especially as we are getting something, it's just not as much as was implied ('weapons' = more than one weapon = crossbow?). Then again maybe they have more up their sleeve, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Also let's not forget the weapon camos being limited to certain weapons and the bonus 'content' drop which was supposed to make Premium a little more enticing; what we got was a PDF which was all over the internet in minutes. All in all, Premium has been disappointing for me. All it needed to make it great, in my opinion, was camos for all weapons (I only use one of the ones which got a camo skin), some sort of exclusive weapon (doesn't even need to be especially good, just different) and the ability to change back to the normal knife. I mean I don't really care about that, but it seems odd that they took away the choice. Oh and maybe vehicle liveries, that would have been awesome.
 
Here are some photos with the color gradient (blue filter) disabled using Realmware.

56K WARNING! (lol)

I don't like the green on the palm trees on some of the maps, but thankfully I can edit their levels ;)

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Ok, I'll let your connection breathe lol.

Linky: http://bf3.realmware.co.uk/
 
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Biffy
No, because, as Dragonistic has pointed out, they never promised any new weapons for this DLC pack, so there is nothing really to complain about on that front. The main thing you're paying for are the maps - that has been the basis of every expansion in this game, and they've always come with a small selection of new features, such as new modes or vehicles or weapons, and it's the same story here. It may not seem like much new content, but it's only just been properly announced, so no point passing such negative judgement until you've actually played the DLC, otherwise it just seems trivial. EA haven't stuck to their word on other parts of Premium (which is very irritating), but the one thing they have been truthful about is the expansion packs, they are what makes Premium worth the money.
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Actually new weapons were advertised.
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And then suddenly not advertised.
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This was just one of the latest things DICE/EA have changed from what they originally offered for premium buyers.

Anyone remember what was originally promised for AK?
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Specifically, 'Bring back 5 new vehicle unlocks to the base game."

That also didn't happen and has been removed.
http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/armored-kill

And let's not forget the whole Content Drop fiasco back in August where we received an E-artbook and an exclusive video that showed up on Youtube within 2 minutes.

It has been one thing after another with this Premium thing and DICE/EA has looked worse after each release.
 
Well, at least one new weapon has been confirmed so I don't know why the complaining persists.

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EDIT: Make that two weapons, machete...




So, enough complaining, there is your "weapons."

Also, survival mode sounds awesome.
 
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That sounds awesome, is it multiplayer?

Oh, and do any of you guys plan on buying Medal of Honor Warfighter?
 
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I'll probably get it for Christmas, I've spent most of my money on preordering Black Ops II :lol:
 
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Here are some photos with the color gradient (blue filter) disabled using Realmware.

56K WARNING! (lol)

I don't like the green on the palm trees on some of the maps, but thankfully I can edit their levels ;)

Ok, I'll let your connection breathe lol.

Linky: http://bf3.realmware.co.uk/
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After seeing that, I don't see why it's enabled at all!
 
ilikewaffles11
That sounds awesome, is it multiplayer?

Oh, and do any of you guys plan on buying Medal of Honor Warfighter?
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From what I understand it is multiplayer. I would assume typical server sizes... which means I am staying away from 64 player servers.

I pre-ordered the Military/Limited Edition for PC. I am excited about this one. I was a little let down by the graphics on the xbox beta; granted it wasn't the best map to showcase fb2, bf3 looks waaaay better on console, but the aliasing was just ridiculous and the textures just look odd. I also don't know what to think about... (from their beta faq)...

"Q. Why does my character keep sliding forward when I am prone?
A. This is a new system to prevent collision between the player and environment. No more shooting players feet through walls!"

So, every time you prone against a wall it will slide you forward until you're not clipping through the wall. This was a little odd at first and got me into some sticky situations, but it will definitely cut down on corner camping, at least the kids who prone in corners anyway. It's a hard life for a corner terrorist :P




Give me a tank on Seine....

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/battlereport/show/46663965/1/514454512/

Bad day for you.
 
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I think I fixed it!

Downloaded msi afterburner and tuned the clocks down to 800mhz from the factory overclock 970hmz and played for a few hours in a 64 player server with no freezes.

Cheers for the help zOoLoGy
 
Speedy Samurai
So aftermath...

Now with crossbow.
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Crysis 3, FarCry 3, BF3, Tomb Raider: #YEAROFTHEBOW
Black Ops (2 whole years ago) had crossbows.
On the other hand, so did BF2.

In other news, we might be kissing the ACB goodbye as it once again might be replaced with a machete this time (the one from Campaign when Dima, you, cut off the power cables at the entrance to the parking lot.
Why can't we just get a toggle switch, I really miss the knife. Don't even remember how it looks anymore. :(
 
TP1
In other news, we might be kissing the ACB goodbye as it once again might be replaced with a machete this time (the one from Campaign when Dima, you, cut off the power cables at the entrance to the parking lot.
Why can't we just get a toggle switch, I really miss the knife. Don't even remember how it looks anymore. :(
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Agreed! You can see yhe knife/machete in the poster of Aftermath.
 
Tzun
Levelcap said that Scavenger is 4v4.
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Wow that's disappointing.


TiZzla
I think I fixed it!

Downloaded msi afterburner and tuned the clocks down to 800mhz from the factory overclock 970hmz and played for a few hours in a 64 player server with no freezes.

Cheers for the help zOoLoGy
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No problem. Your card was most likely over-heating or you just need to increase the voltage to the card to be stable at that frequency. Typically a card that is factory overclocked is not voltage modified; every card is going to need a different voltage to be stable at a certain clock speed, if it can even hit them. As the hardware ages more voltage is required. That's all if you are wanting to have that overclock speed. Use Google for tutorials.
 
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Double Post, take me to court.

More good news for PC players... DICE/EA are listening!

"Originally Posted by MikaelKalms (DICE Senior Programmer)
There will be a console command for disabling the color grading entirely in the game included with the next PC game client update.
We believe that turning it off gives no major competitive advantage/disadvantage.
IRNV scope and a few others which turn the image into greyscale or greenscale don't work properly without color grading and will look real ugly.
There will be no in-game UI for turning it on/off.
We are unlikely to handle support questions and bug reports regarding stuff that happens when color grading is disabled."

I have been using the realmware colortweaker to remove the gradient, there is no difference with thermals as far as I have been able to tell (tanks, choppers, etc.), however I have not used the IRNV. The world doesn't look nice through a thermal scope anyway.

But, I will probably continue using it just because some of the foliage looks oddly colored and I like being able to modify their color levels.
 
Had an interesting night tonight. Did a few rounds of Scrapmetal and Ziba Tower, in which I absolutely dominated. Had some fun switching between the Aug A3 and various belt-fed LMGs.

Then I run into a CQ hardcore server. I pull out my suppressed F2K and start to decimate again, including a few cheeky kills with my MP412. I put up the scoreboard, and notice there's only 4 guys on my team. Then, screen goes blank...I got kicked.

Go into another server. Ziba Tower Once again, start to dominate (even though I'm missing every shot :lol:), including wiping out a squad camped on the top platform. Screen goes blank...I got kicked, again.

2 kicks within 10 minutes of each other. Decided it was best to call it quits for the night. 👎
 
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Caz
Good couple rounds gatrs.
I may be on when you get back on later.
Ps: change up your clan tag.
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Ditto.
They have a problem with my GTP tag? :D
Will switch next time I'm on battlelog.

Think smuffy was in a tank with me for a while at Seine. Nice run we had once you took over the driving. :lol:
 
No but.if.ya start playing on a regular basis with us they would.like it done. Nothing was said tho.
Ya smuffy was in there for a while and i think booo is a gtp member to.

I keep forgetting to switch back to thermals in tank. A couple weeks ago somenclan was real good with jav/soflam so i switched to smoke and keep forgetting to go back. Oops :)
 
I had a good couple of rounds with Caz and gogatrs. Tank was setup wrong and the update stopped me from quickly firing the canister shell after the main shell.
 
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gundalini, that certainly qualifies as one of those nights. Next time we not are the ones getting stomped on remorselessly, and rather the ones doing the stomping, lets not feel so bad about doing it ;).
 
So true, at least we stuck it out though or we're just gluttons for punishment. :lol:
A lot of guys came and went on our team, a bit dissapointing that some just quit mid round. No matter the punishment I'm taking I like too at least see the round out.

I did find the Metro rounds enjoyable though just for trying to hold them back. I think they never got all our flags there?

Anyway until next time, thanks for the rounds as usual. 👍

Cheers Shaun.
 

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