Battlefield 3 Clubhouse

[Wrigleyvillain]

Well I can't tell yet if disabling crossfire helps the sudden min fps tanks but I really do need it on as one 6850 isn't gonna cut it.

[1Kurgan1]

Originally Posted by ShiBDiB

Bring on the no prone servers.. or atleast make people easier to f'ing see

I don't mind prone, but I remember everyone crying about BC2 missing it. But it was fine, games of this generation have so much more cover areas compared to even BF2, I just don't feel prone is needed. and DICe obviously agrees, prone came back with Sniper lens flare, I bet if there was no prone, there would be no lens flare.

[random]

Originally Posted by 1Kurgan1

I don't mind prone, but I remember everyone crying about BC2 missing it. But it was fine, games of this generation have so much more cover areas compared to even BF2, I just don't feel prone is needed. and DICe obviously agrees, prone came back with Sniper lens flare, I bet if there was no prone, there would be no lens flare.

Agreed, sad that when they answer the fans wants about not having prone in their previous game and then when they finally implement it they naturally get complaints about it. I've personally haven't had any problems with snipers and proning, while playing as assault and moving around the map through good cover I find myself not encountering any at all unless I am fortunate enough to stumble upon their little nests . I've got a gameplay video I'll be posting up soon to show my experiences .

Thoughts on the gameplay: Jolly good gov'na
Thoughts on the Metro map: I hope the rush maps aren't similar to this one, while its a good map for testing all the guns etc. It gives me flashbacks of CoD. With that said the Conquest map Caspian Border keeps the true BF spirit from when I played it although I am starting to worry about rush.

[ShiBDiB]

Originally Posted by 1Kurgan1

I don't mind prone, but I remember everyone crying about BC2 missing it. But it was fine, games of this generation have so much more cover areas compared to even BF2, I just don't feel prone is needed. and DICe obviously agrees, prone came back with Sniper lens flare, I bet if there was no prone, there would be no lens flare.

Ya but its not just snipers who prone, and its way too hard to see someone in a bush right now even if your standing ontop of them.

The lens flare makes bad snipers easy food tho

[mastrdrver]

I must have super eyes. People laying in bushes, etc are not too hard to see. They eventually make the fatal error of moving which gives their position away.

Originally Posted by xenocide

So after about 10 hours of BF3, I have learned a few things about War and War Strategy.

1. The PP-2000 is the greatest weapon ever made. It was not actually made by man, but rather gifted to man by the gods themselves. No matter if you are running, jumping, falling, blind, deaf, dead, retarded, or otherwise susceptible to gunfire, as long as you can get (maybe) one round of this baby off you will be good to go. It also fires at roughly the speed of light and is accurate up to 1 Mile.

2. The back of the battlefield is the most strategically relevant part. I, like most, thought the front lines of the battlefield was where most of the action was to occur, but in fact, it's the back. The further you can get from the actual objective the better. Also, if you're in a squad with others foolish enough to go for the combat objectives, make sure to stay as far away from them as humanly possible, so they don't get confused and think you're being productive.

3. Despite what you may believe, when being fired upon, rounding a corner will not prevent them from killing you. Apparently the movie Wanted was less of a mediocre piece of crap and more a documentary on the mechanics of bullets and firearms. Just because there is several inches or in some cases feet of concrete between you and your enemy, YOU ARE NOT SAFE.

4. Nobody in the Military can stand. Apparently the entirety of the US and Russian military is incapable of standing, let alone running. They prefer in fact, to lie on their bellies in as dense of brush as possible (see point 2 especially). They also prefer to exact their vengeance across any "Walkers" by occupying the most strategically relevant places and making them otherwise impassable.

I have several more, but these were the most notable things I learned while playing this "Super Realistic" First Person Shooter.

Reminds me of the guy I saw complaining in the text chat saying "you can't take the mcom through your scope".

Too true though.

[1Kurgan1]

Originally Posted by mastrdrver

I must have super eyes. People laying in bushes, etc are not too hard to see. They eventually make the fatal error of moving which gives their position away.

Bush wookies aren't hard to see, if you sit and look for them. But actually moving around and trying to attack or defend crates they become hard to see. I personally can't stand just sitting in one spot. I don't mind dieing to get something done, but some people just can't stand it, so they will just sit in some stupid place far off the objective just so they can't die. and they don't even have a good position to kill, but they might get a few lucky kills and thats all they want, waste of a spot.

Originally Posted by ShiBDiB

Ya but its not just snipers who prone, and its way too hard to see someone in a bush right now even if your standing ontop of them.

The lens flare makes bad snipers easy food tho

You make a good point, most snipers I see now are using ARs with big scopes and bipods. Those are the really hard ones to spot.

[FreedomEclipse]

I cant wait until the game gets released. then modders come up with the '2 sniper per team' mod.

Every twat in BF3 beta wants to snipe. and my final game last night got sooooooooo bad. if i wasnt being spawn killed by enemy snipers, then i would be out in the open after my team managed to capture the M-coms in the park and trolling my team who were at the entrance of the metro playing 'Enemy at the gates' with the snipers on the opposing team /deepsigh

[purecain]

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

I cant wait until the game gets released. then modders come up with the '2 sniper per team' mod.

Every twat in BF3 beta wants to snipe. and my final game last night got sooooooooo bad. if i wasnt being spawn killed by enemy snipers, then i would be out in the open after my team managed to capture the M-coms in the park and trolling my team who were at the entrance of the metro playing 'Enemy at the gates' with the snipers on the opposing team /deepsigh

i feel your pain.... i came off feeling extremely frustrated....

i'll get my revenge when the retail version comes out....

[Crap Daddy]

Big suprise! Ran the game on my other rig, GTS450 512MB and E8400 on an LCD TV 81cm with 1366x768 res. Let detected settings apply, a combination of medium with some low, SSAO and it looks absolutely gorgeous and plays very well! I might be crazy but it kinda looks better than all max out settings I used with the GTX570 SC.
So you don't have to have a monster rig to enjoy the game.

[1Kurgan1]

Yeah turning the res down should allow almost anyone to play it, the game seems decently optimized.

[HammerON]

Wow!!! What a fun game

Not the best scores, but I will get better.

[Lionheart]

About 70% of my deaths have been from snipers

I now have a grudge against snipers

[Millennium]

I'm getting like 45+ fps with an 5870 on medium settings. I'm pretty happy with that at 1080p res. Don't want to turn the res down incase I miss stuff on screen like enemies and head shots.

Don't like having to keep the browser open to play the game though, I must say. Which browser is best for mem use for this game?

[brandonwh64]

Facebook is full of Beta complaints that Dice had to make a post about the meaning of beta. Its not that bad and is what to expect of a game that is not fully finished. People dont get this nor do they get that dice is STILL working on a lot of things they will implement in final version.

[1Kurgan1]

People don't understand beta like you said. People now days think beta means Demo, and they get so angry and judge a game based on balance they dont like, or a bug like falling through the ground. Consoles have pulled in a massive gaming group that didn't exist before, and some of them have seen how great the game looks on PC and will be migrating over. Expect these people to be impatient and want instant gratification from everything.

[brandonwh64]

I will try to play some today, Ive been too involved with my WII

[hv43082]

Originally Posted by xenocide

So after about 10 hours of BF3, I have learned a few things about War and War Strategy.

1. The PP-2000 is the greatest weapon ever made. It was not actually made by man, but rather gifted to man by the gods themselves. No matter if you are running, jumping, falling, blind, deaf, dead, retarded, or otherwise susceptible to gunfire, as long as you can get (maybe) one round of this baby off you will be good to go. It also fires at roughly the speed of light and is accurate up to 1 Mile.

2. The back of the battlefield is the most strategically relevant part. I, like most, thought the front lines of the battlefield was where most of the action was to occur, but in fact, it's the back. The further you can get from the actual objective the better. Also, if you're in a squad with others foolish enough to go for the combat objectives, make sure to stay as far away from them as humanly possible, so they don't get confused and think you're being productive.

3. Despite what you may believe, when being fired upon, rounding a corner will not prevent them from killing you. Apparently the movie Wanted was less of a mediocre piece of crap and more a documentary on the mechanics of bullets and firearms. Just because there is several inches or in some cases feet of concrete between you and your enemy, YOU ARE NOT SAFE.

4. Nobody in the Military can stand. Apparently the entirety of the US and Russian military is incapable of standing, let alone running. They prefer in fact, to lie on their bellies in as dense of brush as possible (see point 2 especially). They also prefer to exact their vengeance across any "Walkers" by occupying the most strategically relevant places and making them otherwise impassable.

I have several more, but these were the most notable things I learned while playing this "Super Realistic" First Person Shooter.

Hahahah so true so true.

[Horrux]

Originally Posted by Millennium

I'm getting like 45+ fps with an 5870 on medium settings. I'm pretty happy with that at 1080p res. Don't want to turn the res down incase I miss stuff on screen like enemies and head shots.

Don't like having to keep the browser open to play the game though, I must say. Which browser is best for mem use for this game?

I think you will find that playing on the 64-player maps will crush your FPS pretty significantly. At least that was my experience. The 5870 is a very good card, yet do not be surprised if you see FPS in the 20's in Caspian Border. At least, my frames were pretty much halved going from Operation Métro to Caspian Border.

On another note, I just applied for the TPU platoon.

[1Kurgan1]

Yeah Caspian got pretty harsh, even for my 6950. But we'll see what it's like at release.

And added you to the platoon just now Horrux.

[Horrux]

Originally Posted by 1Kurgan1

Yeah Caspian got pretty harsh, even for my 6950. But we'll see what it's like at release.

And added you to the platoon just now Horrux.

Thanks! I look forward to playing with you guys!

And yeah, on a single GTX 570, I got framerates in the low 30's at times, although that also probably has something to do with my CPU being memory bandwidth starved. I'm changing the mobo & ram a bit later today, we'll see if SLI works OK or if that makes a big difference in framerates... If/when caspian comes back...

[TheLaughingMan]

They fixed the glitching through the ground on Metro it seems.

[brandonwh64]

I play on medium with my 5850 and I am not ashamed to admit it

[1Kurgan1]

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

I play on medium with my 5850 and I am not ashamed to admit it

Nothing wrong with that, as long as you don't say you are playing on low to try and find some stupid advantage like less foliage. Hate those noobs.

[brandonwh64]

Nope I just wanted to play at a good smooth FPS so when I do hit those large out door areas, Im not effected

[Live OR Die]

Originally Posted by TheLaughingMan

They fixed the glitching through the ground on Metro it seems.

No what people dont understand about the glitching floor is it caused by high ping if people used the server filters they wouldn't get this problem the beta has no auto filter so you could be placed in a server with bad ping.