BF2S Forums Battlefield 3 - Main Thread

Might as well post the blog here

We’re more than half way through the open beta and thrilled to see so many people still enjoying the game while continuing to give us great feedback. As part of our dedication to showing you how your feedback is directly affecting and improving Battlefield 3, here are the latest Top-Ten Community Issues that we’re addressing.



1. Squad issues: Cannot play with friends within same squad, squads get split up onto opposite teams, etc.
There will be improved squad functionality in the retail game (including but not limited to): the ability to create squads prior to launching into a game, sticking with your squad when joining a game and continuing together through future games (If team balance on the server allows it), inviting friends to a squad and changing squads once in game.


2. Regarding additional Open Beta content and fixes/patches for consoles, including PlayStation 3 issues with chat and party systems
While we would like to patch the Open Beta, DICE is currently focusing its available resources on polishing the retail game.


3. Will DICE have enough time to iron out everything by release?
Please see General Manager Karl Magnus Troedsson's blog post regarding this question.


4. Can we have ability to change settings/options before deployment into match on PC?
The ability to modify your settings via the deploy screen has been added into the retail game.


5. Issues with terrain stability and “falling into the map” on Operation Métro
This has been fixed for the beta via a server side update.


6. Kill cam sometimes zooms out too far or outside the map
This has been fixed for the launch of the retail game.


7. A bug that sometimes keeps some players from being able to sprint
This has been fixed for the launch of the retail game.


8. Screen flickering/stuttering. Blue screen remains after respawn. Game locks up after deploying C4 (360)
This has been fixed for the launch of the retail game.


9. Downed bodies appear to be dead, but are not
The DICE team has been looking into this issue – which is caused by a combination of incidents in a confined area - and are working hard to address the issue for the launch of the retail game.


10. Why is the hit detection seemingly different from Battlefield: Bad Company 2?
The netcode is one of the many things that we are testing as part of the Open Beta and is not necessarily reflective of the final retail game. The DICE team appreciates and has heard the feedback you’ve provided and is further optimizing online play.

eusgen wrote:

Good news everyone,

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlef … 6-dfj.aspx

They didn't address the minimap but good news nonetheless

Roc18 wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

Roc18 wrote:

I'm just going by how often I actually see someone raping in a helicopter in BC2 and that's almost never.

In BF2 you'd see it much more often.

so wait im not sure i understand this, you're ~mad~ that something in BF3 will take skill?

I'm not mad about anything, for some reason you think I'm mad that the choppers are harder to fly in BF3. I'm happy about that since I play armor often.

Roc18 wrote:

UnkleRukus wrote:

Fin, it's a brand new game. You need to learn how to use them. A poor carpenter blames his tools.

You have to be a beast Pilot in Bad Company 2 to be successful in the choppers. It's alot harder than it was in Battlefield 2. If it's harder in Battlefield 3 thats ridiculous.

sound's pretty mad to me

Fuck that, choppers in BC2 were so awful.

Just got my 17th service star, the .44 came with a triple headshot

The A W S M F O X wrote:

Fucking aids developers. The tanks and APC were ok in BC2, but I'm really sad to hear choppers and jets are fucked. I don;t think it's "realistic" if they are flying deathtraps made by nigerian retards.

The choppers and jets aren't fucked, they are pretty damn good if you can use them on a non laggy server.

People are just complaining about them because 3/4 years ago they used to be l33t at BF2s jets/choppers and have since lost that skill, and so are blaming the tool and not themselves.

Last edited by jmsprovan (2011-10-07 10:28:35)

I've never hopped into a Jet or Heli in BF3 but they definitely aren't gonna be the 77-1 raping machines that you saw on maps like Wake Island and Sharqi Peninsula.

Oh? Well, I like the sound of that, tried HIND-D circle of death?

You can spawn directly into jets. Wtf is this shit.

jmsprovan wrote:

The A W S M F O X wrote:

Fucking aids developers. The tanks and APC were ok in BC2, but I'm really sad to hear choppers and jets are fucked. I don;t think it's "realistic" if they are flying deathtraps made by nigerian retards.

The choppers and jets aren't fucked, they are pretty damn good if you can use them on a non laggy server.

People are just complaining about them because 3/4 years ago they used to be l33t at BF2s jets/choppers and have since lost that skill, and so are blaming the tool and not themselves.

I'm still just as good in a chopper in BF2 as I ever was, was never that great in jets but I could take on most pubbers.

my only complaint about the helis is that just like in BC2, it only takes one burst of AA to literally knock them out of the sky, even if it only does 1% damage.

its a dumb idea because it means even the most incompetent AA gunner can completely shut down the sky for helis

M.O.A.B wrote:

Needs a means to look around the cockpit to track enemy jets.

I think this will be in the final product.
It was shown in a trailer, but that doesn't really confirm anything.