Battlefield 3

I mistook SPR as SPM lol.

If that's the case I must be at god level XD ROFL

EDIT:
Finally, after contacting Customer Service

another question. I saw a youtube vid that the defenders used, a tatic that I refer to in bad company 2 as "Baserape" where the defender is camping on the egde killzone of teh base of teh attacker, keeping them from getting to the first set of mcom stations. the map with teh artic harbor in bc2 was natorious for this tatic. and I was wondering how common it is in bf3?

sorry if I am asking such questions here, but I would like to know like many others what to expect in bf3 multiplayer before I get it.

Most I've seen is when the attacking team gets stopped in their tracks when the map reaches a chokepoint that the defending team has on total lockdown. It rarely happens but there are a few maps where it's quite possible. Operation Metro is probably one of the most likely of the multiplayer maps for this to occur on, though. But if you think about it, that makes sense, an area would be a lot easier to defend when there's no reason to fear being flanked, so they can focus on the enemies ahead of them.

Another example is the "Seine Bridge", the first checkpoint is the tightest chokepoint. I manage to get many sniper kills from the top floor of the building housing the B MCOM.

Lets start with the client side:
Patch notes for Nov 22 patch
Major client update for the PC version Battlefield 3 as well as a server-side update for all platforms.

The update will be made on Nov. 22nd 7:00 AM UTC / Nov. 21st 11:00 PM PST.

We’ll share release timing on the console patches as soon as we are clear on the timing, these take a bit longer due to console certification process.


---- Client-Side Changes:

-- Visuals, Stability and Performance Fixes:

†¢ General performance and loading time improvements
†¢ “Black Screen” fix for an issue occurring on some PC Configurations
†¢ Stereo and Rendering Support for Nvidia and AMD Graphics Cards
†¢ Adjusted the “stuttering” encountered on some PC configurations.
†¢ Fixed several Crashes when joining MP and Co-Op sessions
†¢ Fixed multiple problems when using multiple monitors (Eyefinity / Surround).
†¢ Fixed visual corruption issues on certain Nvidia Cards
†¢ Improved loading times for certain textures
†¢ Added console command “GameTime.MaxVariableFps” to limit max FPS
†¢ Added console command “UI.DrawEnable” to hide UI for screenshots / videos

-- Balance and Gameplay Adjustments (PC)

†¢ Fixed a problem with high speed mouse movement
†¢ Added back some missing Growlers on Kharg Island Conquest Large
†¢ Added back EOR sound for SQDM and TDM
†¢ 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(note the affect this will have on Hardcore mode!)
†¢ Spawn protection now should work in Conquest. You should no longer spawn on points too close to enemies
†¢ You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM
†¢ Combat areas on Kharg Rush tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after 1st base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun
†¢ Fixed a problem with revived players not suffering suppression
†¢ Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in COOP
†¢ Added joystick deadzone setting
†¢ Fixed sound for when climbing ladders
†¢ Fixed an issue with some weapon sounds in first person
†¢ Fixed a swim sound loop error
†¢ 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, players under attack from these weapons should no longer 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
UI Changes (PC)
†¢ Added round duration and ticket summary at EOR
†¢ Advanced squad polish – should be more intuitive
†¢ Significant changes to the Join Squad functionality (see below)
†¢ Fixed a problem regarding keybindings while playing
†¢ You should now get a better error message when being disconnected via Battlelog

---- Server Update Highlights

†¢ EOD Bot exploit fix
†¢ Several crash fixes
†¢ Anti-stat padding measures taken, disallowing ranked servers to run obscure settings
†¢ Improved team kill kick configuration
†¢ Support for unranked servers. Unranked servers do not report players' scores to Battlelog, but server administrators can freely control all settings


-- Share your profile and stats with new Battlelog functionality

†¢ Ability to share your Profile and Stats pages to Facebook, Google+, and Twitter
†¢ User Profile and Stats pages on Battlelog can now be accessed without being signed in to Battlelog if you know a user's URL
†¢ Single sign on from Battlelog to Origin. If you're not logged in to Origin and join a game server, Battlelog will automatically sign you in to Origin in the background and join the game server


-- Quick notes on Squad changes in the Nov 22 update

†¢ 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


-- A detailed look at Squad refinements

A detailed look at Squad refinements

Today's PC client patch features numerous tweaks to Squad functionality and is part of our ongoing efforts to make it easier to play with friends and Platoon mates. These changes will also be implemented for consoles when we release the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 updates shortly. Stay tuned for the exact date of the console updates.

First, we need to look at how joining with Squads and Platoons affects the balance of teams. Initially, servers are commanded to equal out each side, so joining with friends can impact that balance while joining with Platoons further hinders this. As a result we have made some adjustments to the in-game Squad management screen.

For PC, you are now able to highlight the various Squads and select which one you wish to join by selecting a Squad and then clicking the Join Squad button. Please note that the Squad Privacy option still allows 2 man Squads which, during 64 player sessions, can lead to players with no squad position –- the number of people with no Squads will be shown at the bottom of the Squad selection list.

After the patch is applied to consoles (in the near future) you will be able to join Squads by cycling through the list and selecting which Squad you wish to join.

My thoughts:

IR is not OP, so I don't care.
Flashlight will still be as bright as the sun.
Mortars.. I think I should bring an umbrella on my next match.

On the plus side, at least now we can join the squad of our choice. :D

Now the server side:
Today (Tue Nov 22nd, 2011) we have updated most components of BF3 PC:

* We have released an update to the BF3 PC game client via Origin. It is ~500MB large. Everyone will be prompted to install the update.
* We have updated the master servers - mainly stability fixes.
* We have updated Battlelog - see the blog post for details.
* We have sent out a new game server build to all PC RSPs.

The new server is R9, build ID 886605.
Manual here: http://static.cdn.ea.com/dice/u/f/bfbc2/tmp/BF3_PC_Server_R9_886605_Docs_ServerAdministrator_v2.zip [static.cdn.ea.com]

Battlelog will only show Server R9 or newer. This is because the new game client is no longer compatible with the older game servers. The RSPs are gradually updating their servers. As they complete the update you will see more and more servers in the browser.

Here is a near-complete changelist for the game servers:

* Support for unranked servers (vars.ranked)
* Ranked servers have a few settings as read-only (see documentation)
* Unranked servers allow changing of all settings
* Reintroduced vars.allUnlocksUnlocked for unranked servers
* The game server will parse all of Startup.txt even if an error is encountered
* vars.roundStartPlayerCount / vars.roundRestartPlayerCount handling rewritten to be more natural
* vars.maxPlayers cannot be used to go past the server's max number of slots any more
* Security updates to the game server
* Fixed several server crashes, hangs, and a 10-second stall - all of which which would make the server drop every player
* vars.gamePassword can only be invoked during server startup, not while the server is already running
* vars.teamKillCountForKick 0 will disable team kicking instead of kicking people frivolously
* banList.add would sometimes crash; fixed now
* EOD bot scoring exploit fix

If you are a server administrator that run ranked servers, then you should take note that a few settings are no longer changeable for ranked servers.
The most notable example here is that you are no longer able to set the min # of players to start a round to less than 4. This is to prevent statspadding.
Secondly, the idle timeout mechanism is always on, and set at 300 seconds on ranked servers. This is to prevent people idling for long swathes of time on ranked servers. Having idle kick at 5 minutes is harsh, and we will revisit the max timeout for Server R10 - however, we do not plan to allow for turning of the idle kick altogether.

If you are a server administrator that run unranked servers, notice that you should set the server to unranked by having a 'vars.ranked false' at the top of your Startup.txt. You must set it to unranked during the server startup; once the server is present on Battlelog, it can no longer be switched between ranked and unranked status. Once it is set to unranked, all other settings can be controlled. And yes, the setting for unlocking all weapons & gadgets (vars.allUnlocksUnlocked) is back.

My thoughts:

To prevent stat padding, Ranked matches can only start if there are 4 players..

Makes me sad panda.

That video is pure lol, my ribs still ache.

I am getting sick of some people using Mortars all the way back in there Deployment zone, i can't even get far in to kill them before the timer runs out.

nother question. I saw a vid on youtube again with a guy who had thermal and secondary mg for the tank. in bc2, you can only use 1 vehicle unlock, but in this vid for bf3 he seems to be using 2. how is this possible? and does this apply to all vehicles other then the tank?

The server side patch is officially pissing me off.

I stay in my clan's server to seed, and the it kicks me out for being idle for 5 minutes.

I wouldn't be idle if THEY DID ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO STUFF PRE-MATCH, like in BC2.

@GamingNerd:

You can have 3 unlocks on a single vehicle.

I'll post up a picture sometime in the future and explain it in detail.

Shit! You are definitely love to play BC3 with. Especially when I am using the mortars or sniping or in a jet or helicopter. Also I hate those that play as support and dont give ammo

Can someone explain "why sometimes an enemy only needs to shoot me once to kill me, While I need to spray bullets to kill one?"

Is it the weapon, the aiming or just plain luck?

I say it is all three.

I've experienced this a lot in the Operation Metro beta. Some random guy would go prone and camp it around a corner and like fire his weapon once and kill me.

Then I'd respawn, go back to where I died, but this time trying to kill the guy who was camping it, but the moment I would get to the doorway, I'd just die almost instantly from getting shot by the same guy.

It could just be a case of him actually unloading his gun on you, but the game just not giving you any visual cues or sounds beyond that of a single gunshot. Similarly, I believe I've had some problems regarding player health in multiplayer as well. I recall a match where I suddenly dropped dead only seconds after entering a buiding. The killcam would later show that I was shot in the back by a M92 Raffica, a gun which can't kill a damn thing without emptying it's entire clip into the target. Not only did I not hear a single gunshot coming from behind me, but I didn't even know I was loosing health until I suddenly keeled over.

yep you can now upgrade your tanks with up to 3 items under the catagories upgrade (armor, optics, etc), gadets (ir smoke, etc), and weapons (lmg/hmg, canister rounds, etc), my hubby abslouletly loves this feature in bf3, and yes, it applie sto all vehicles sept them fast moving jeeps/atvs. and if you didn't know, you can customize what yrou guy wears into battle, and the weapons he goes in with too.

Man, I hate it when I'm having those "losing streaks days".

why is it sometimes when i try to knife a guy from behind it doesn't do it and i just stand there holding my knife when i should of stabbed the enemy by now.

yeah I feel you there until I get a full party and carry our fail ass team to victory for about 10 games :D then go play skyrim :P

this trailer for the upcoming dlc looks so badass. when I get the money, I am getting 1600 ms points to get it.

I just bought this for my computer yesterday and im loving it, its the first Battlefield game ive owned.