Yeah, but they have made dying a lot more frequent, and more towards the twitch. I liked the arcade style feel of the combat in BC2 more than this one.... DD
Not really? I have the utmost respect for you dude. Just an innocent question, asking where the video you referenced is.
I only played hardcore mode in BC2 so the change in damage was a pleasant surprise. With low time to kill, and especially for the first set of MCOMs, it forces you to stick with your squad, or get immediately gunned down in the open. It also forces you to think and move strategically, as opposed to running around without a care in the world. This in the end highly rewards flanking and out smarting your opponents. If you can get around them, you can literally take out an entire enemy squad with a clip of 20 in your smg due to the high damage. Where as in BC2 normal, you shoot one, and all the other 3 have to do is turn around as you are reloading, flanking becomes pointless. With that said there is a damage bug in the game currently, where it is even higher if your target is moving. That is where some of the one hit kills with pistols from a mile away come from. This will be fixed.
The "fall-down" areas seem to be centred around the first set of objectives. Be aware of foes hiding underground when going there lol.
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I'm not that impressed with the beta so far. sure the graphics and environments are nice, but I don't like the feel of the game.
You bring up interesting points, and the fact that you can now go prone and completely conceal yourself in bushes also makes the damage more effective. But why not do both like they did in BC2? Hardcore and regular, just let the player choose what they want to do....??? DD
This game had me getting pissed like I was playing COD again. When I played BFBC2, even if I was having a bad game, I would not spawn + die 5 or 6 times in a row. Someone mentioned that damage glitch above^ and I hope that fixes the problem, because otherwise this game has been geared to the COD twitch shooting. If it's still like that when I get it (i have it preordered) I plan on returning it.
Just wait for the real maps. 64 man servers, HUGE maps with jets, helicopters, tanks, cars etc. If you didn't get a chance to play Caspian Border map, it was amazing. Most impressive thing I have ever played.
Was starting to get a little frustrated with the game, but I had a good session last night. Played 5 games. Went 26-13, 31-30 , 40-16, 39-28, and 45-18 while still playing the objectives. My two highest death games were from trying to plant the bomb when I was on the attack. We won 4 out of the 5 matches. There was a guy on the other team racking up kills like crazy. He had a game where he went like 73-28, but they still lost. He obviously wasn't playing the objectives at all. He had over 50 kills every match and they only won one time.
http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=29&game=15 Confirms that the newest build being showed off looks significantly more polished than beta with most bugs fixed, still not final build. Also something many of us have speculated, the beta was in fact a month and a half old build at the time of its release, making it really a pre-alpha version, due to the lengthy certification process for consoles. Also reveals two new maps, Operation Firestorm and Grand Bazaar. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/geTOvrUVPTE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oDIwNcAF7s4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Have to say those are some sweet graphics and weather effects on console multiplayer(Grand Bazaar). EDIT: Also confirmed that they've nerfed the bullet damage a bit for you noobs. Back to hardcore servers for me.
DICE on the Beta issues: 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. Don’t forget to keep submitting your ideas and issues to the Battlelog forums. Thanks to your help and participation we’re on track to make Battlefield 3 our greatest game to date! http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/10/06/246-dfj-246-dfj.aspx
I will miss you BF3 Beta. At least I went out with a bang last night with a 75-31 beauty. My brother in law had 71 kills in the same match. We were defending. That match took forever. Both teams were evenly matched. A ton of plants and defuses resulted in the high kill numbers. On the flip side, a few matches later, we were on the attack and we won with the highest person only garnering 16 kills. The other team didn't hardly guard the m-coms at all and we just ran through it in under 14 minutes. He is strictly a COD player and didn't like this Beta at first, but after I explained to him how to play it, he got it and went from definitely not going to buy BF3 to going to reserve a copy of it this week. We played Black Ops for about 30 minutes and he begged to go back to playing the Beta. Definitely looking forward to October 25th.
