Battlefield 3

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happycorey
Lately I've been getting old of the game. It's just not the same as BC2, it seems. In more ways than one. It's a good thing, but it's also a bad thing. I feel like the fire has died, and it might just be the lack of squad play. I don't play with friends because I can't communicate whatsoever.
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You also have a job now. The limited time you have to play.. chances are you'll have nobody to play with. It really sucks. I'm hoping the DLC will bring some magic back. Watching the Omen trailer reminded me of Bad Company. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint.
 
Quick match has been sending me into servers with maps or game modes that weren't selected, like I chose conquest on canals and I get a rush game there. :odd:
 
I tell you what would really get me playing this game more is if they brought back some maps from Modern combat. Backstab and a few others. I've been saying it ever since BC1 came out and they still haven't done it.
 
Cale
You also have a job now. The limited time you have to play.. chances are you'll have nobody to play with. It really sucks. I'm hoping the DLC will bring some magic back. Watching the Omen trailer reminded me of Bad Company. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint.
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Yeah but you have to think, I would want to play the game even more, you know? I would love to get in good games with friends and talk about whatever, and enjoy the game. Not to mention maybe win a game or two. I don't understand how so many people aren't competent enough to work together to hold bases/attack flags. It seems like every team I join are just unable to play the game right.
 
happycorey
Yeah but you have to think, I would want to play the game even more, you know? I would love to get in good games with friends and talk about whatever, and enjoy the game. Not to mention maybe win a game or two. I don't understand how so many people aren't competent enough to work together to hold bases/attack flags. It seems like every team I join are just unable to play the game right.
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I can't stand that, or not throwing ammo or health down.

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I've had pretty good luck with joining teams that work together, not all the time but enough not to make me mad lol
 
happycorey
Yeah but you have to think, I would want to play the game even more, you know? I would love to get in good games with friends and talk about whatever, and enjoy the game. Not to mention maybe win a game or two. I don't understand how so many people aren't competent enough to work together to hold bases/attack flags. It seems like every team I join are just unable to play the game right.
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In BC2 a guy changed his clan tag to his area code and i added him because we had the same area code, and he had a bunch of friends that I eventually added and we all have mics, try that maybe?
 
Blackbird.
The other issue I have on a semi regular basis is all of the sudden after dieing I get to the selection screen and cannot click anything. Nothing responds to my clicks. Now, I can esc and use arrow keys which allows me where to spawn and hit enter. But I can't do anything else unless I leave the server or switch servers. Anyone else on the PC had this issue?
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No one?
 
happycorey
Yeah but you have to think, I would want to play the game even more, you know? I would love to get in good games with friends and talk about whatever, and enjoy the game. Not to mention maybe win a game or two. I don't understand how so many people aren't competent enough to work together to hold bases/attack flags. It seems like every team I join are just unable to play the game right.
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I know what you mean. I'm usually the guy running around reviving people left and right because I like the fact of having more tickets. Give it some time though, I'll say about March or April we'll get all of the people who know how to properly play the game, as they are the only one's that truly love it. Then it will be really enjoyable as everyone works together.

Current Stats after todays play (xbl)
lvl 21
SPM 379
W/L 1.7
KDR 1.248
 
Tommi
For the second week running I can't connect properly, only managed one co-op mission before it started to disconnect again. :rolleyes: Anyone else having problems?
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Havent had any issues in the 35+ hours of playing online. Are you on WiFi or hardwired?

Dragonistic
Had absolutely zero issues all evening on my end on PS3, wasn't playing any co-op though when I have previously it's also gone smoothly bar the first day or 2 after release.

Been working primarily on Support to try to get all the basic gadgets (up to mortars in other words) and I have discovered the SAW is a monster, though I suppose all the LMGs are as good I've yet to really try any others. It's a difficult beast to tame but with 200 bullets to fire (extended mags) without interruption you can really ruin a squads day, managed to equal my best killstreak taking down 22 enemies on Caspian Border of all maps 1 knife, 21 SAW kills.

Now if Sony could just get on sending me my own disc back so I don't have to keep borrowing it off my house-mate I would be sorted.
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With SAW you mean the M249 or not? That thing is a beast for real. I've racked up a bucket load of kills with that thing in no time. Usually use Grip/Holo/Extended Mag and use it as a street sweeper on the smaller urban maps.. :p

happycorey
Yeah but you have to think, I would want to play the game even more, you know? I would love to get in good games with friends and talk about whatever, and enjoy the game. Not to mention maybe win a game or two. I don't understand how so many people aren't competent enough to work together to hold bases/attack flags. It seems like every team I join are just unable to play the game right.
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This is strange? Could it be the US servers (No offense meant by that :p)? I join a lot of quick matches for Conquest because most of the time when I try to join friends online the server is full. So instead of pulling them out of their games to squad up I just go to quick match and about 90% of the time Im on a server where the teams are good and work together... My W/L ratio is proof of that... On my last stint of playing this game I went 13-0 in Conquest rounds and that was all playing with randoms through quick match.
 
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happycorey
Yeah but you have to think, I would want to play the game even more, you know? I would love to get in good games with friends and talk about whatever, and enjoy the game. Not to mention maybe win a game or two. I don't understand how so many people aren't competent enough to work together to hold bases/attack flags. It seems like every team I join are just unable to play the game right.
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I don't seem to be having as many problems as you thankfully. 2 big things to remember:

-Black Friday/Cyber Monday just happened and BF3 was only $30 meaning a ton of new players or now tired COD players making the conversion. It's like launch day for a ton of players and a lot are pretty much clueless at this point.

-Patch is coming soon (in certification right now so should be this week) that will allow you to select the specific squad you want to join instead of the "Find Me A Squad" button. This way you can get out of your crappy squad for sure and join better squads with 3 people that it never wants to put you in.
 
Cale
You also have a job now. The limited time you have to play.. chances are you'll have nobody to play with. It really sucks. I'm hoping the DLC will bring some magic back. Watching the Omen trailer reminded me of Bad Company. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint.
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I had a look at the weapons coming in in the DLC.

I was a bit disappointed I have to say. :(

EDIT: Just logged in now on PS3 and got slugged with a v1.02, 787mb patch download!
 
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Yep - 767MB. I stand corrected :D.

I am guessing the DLC might be in there? Ala GT5 where you don't download it, you 'access' it?
 
Well, all done. Yes, you can now switch squads 👍

Total bust though. Not a single soul online in either Rush or Conquest at the moment :(
 
Here is the update list from Battlelog for the PS3 client update:

Starting November 30th at 09:00 CET (that's 00:00 PST), we will do a scheduled maintenance of our database. We estimate that this maintenance will take approximately three hours, and it will affect all formats.

During this time, we will also roll out the client update for Battlefield 3 on PlayStation 3 (Xbox 360 will follow shortly). When you start the game, you will be notified of the update, and we strongly advise you to download it, since it contains a number of fixes, updates, and some new features. Full change list below. For reference, this is a very similar update to what the PC version received recently:

BATTLEFIELD 3 PLAYSTATION 3 CLIENT UPDATE NOV 30TH

General fixes

• Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface, full details in this earlier blog post
• Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option
• Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members
• Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM
• Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad
• Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player
• All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen
• Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the "Not in a Squad” line
• Squads that are currently empty will display as white -- if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text
• Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen
• Fixed sound for when climbing ladders
• Fixed and issue with some weapons' sounds in first person view
• Fixed a swim sound loop error
• You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position
• Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it
• Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies
• You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
• Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone)
• Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
• Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed
• Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op
• Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV/EOD bot
• Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill
• Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server
• Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag
• Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing
• Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound
• Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot
• Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots
• Fixed a problem with flickering name tags
• Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters
• Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice
• You should now be able to spot explosives
• You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn)
• Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead
• Fixed several client crashes
• Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue
• Fixed the repair icon on the minimap
• Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles
• Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode
• Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game
• Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI
• Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border. It should now more instantly kill anyone in its falling path
• Fixed a problem where tank turrets would turn too slow
• Fixed a bug on co-op mission "Exfiltration" where you could end up outside the vehicle and not being able to enter it again, thus blocking the mission
• Fixed a problem where a user can become invulnerable after being resurrected
• Fixed a problem with the M60 reload sound
• Fixed a hang in terrain streaming, causing the user to get stuck on black screen under special circumstances in single player
• Fixed a problem where the enemy would not be able to get a road kill on a user that was using the SOFLAM
• Fixed soldiers disappearing in the mortar kill cam
• Fix for Type88 and MG36 zoom in animation offset when in supported shooting mode (using bipods)


Balance changes

• Increased the damage of helicopter miniguns, AA guns, and jet cannons against infantry
• Increased the damage of helicopter miniguns against jeeps
• Reduced the physics impact of AA guns and jet cannons so players under attack from these weapons no longer should lose control
• Increased the damage of the 44 Magnum slightly
• Increased the range and minimum damage of the .357 Round from the MP412 Rex
• Increased the range of all .45cal and 9mm weapons
• Slightly increased the range of the P90 and MP7 and PDW-R
• Slightly increased the range of the 5.56mm PDW-R and decreased the minimum damage at long range
• Slightly increased the minimum range of the Mk11, SVD, and M39 EMR 7.62mm rifles
• Decreased the maximum damage and maximum range of the G3 and SCAR-H 7.62mm weapons
• Reduced the damage from FIM-92 and SA-18 IGLA missiles against aircraft
• Increased the damage and range of the 40mm BUCK rounds
• Reduced the damage .50cal weapons do against helicopters
• Updated T90 canister shell tweaks to match Abrams canister shells
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Quite a lot of things being fixed. Good strategy in my opinion. I'd rather see things get fixed than new things be added.

I wonder how much longer "shortly after" is for XBL haha
 
They should have released the DLC for Xbox on December 8th, that way I could get a nice free present from DICE! :lol:
 
Dragonistic
Been working primarily on Support to try to get all the basic gadgets (up to mortars in other words) and I have discovered the SAW is a monster, though I suppose all the LMGs are as good I've yet to really try any others. It's a difficult beast to tame but with 200 bullets to fire (extended mags) without interruption you can really ruin a squads day, managed to equal my best killstreak taking down 22 enemies on Caspian Border of all maps 1 knife, 21 SAW kills.
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The M249 is a very good weapon; the M249 has my highest number of kills by a pretty significant margin (though that has more to do with very few weapons being unlocked in Support early). The recoil is manageable on the weapon and the weapon can be used on the move. The other small caliber LMGs--M27 IAR, RPK-74M, and Type 88 LMG--also have manageable recoil and can be used on the move. The larger caliber LMGs--M240B, PKP Pecheneg, and M60E4 (not sure on the M60E4 though, as I have not unlocked the weapon just yet)--have much less manageable recoil and are difficult to use on the move. Put the M240B or PKP Pecheneg down stationary with a Bipod and either becomes a killing machine; I have yet to try either with a Grip and that may be enough to tone down the recoil on the move.

Time_Attack
I wish I had more time to devote to video games. :(
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Don't we all . . . don't we all.
 
Blitz187
Havent had any issues in the 35+ hours of playing online. Are you on WiFi or hardwired?
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WiFi. The connection was a lot better in the first few weeks after release.

Some nice changes in the update. 👍
 
360 version
I put this on my christmas list but my major fear is that none of my friends will be playing this.
 
Kamuifanboy
My psn is below. I'm about to go to sleep as it is almost 2am here. But when i'm on i'll probably be playing.

psn: shiny48
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Will do mate are you a race car driver thats awssome 👍👍

I think I will choose the support class to help you out with the ammo is that cool when you are online we will create Squad don't know who will be Squad leader tho try and get a few more soldiers so we can have a good a good team :tup and also forgot a good level Rekon class so we know were the enemy is....
 
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