Official Battlefield 3 MP Thread

[Taha Ahmed]

Dude open the link I have given *facepalm* to find out about the details of the patch. There are ALOT of fixes made.

 

[TrueCoolGuy]

^I hate signing in to battlelog and no matter how many tweaks they do, the size of the file cant be so big. Its just change in codes afterall. its not like there adding new maps

Proxy method not working
Cant download the big patches or demos

What method are u trying?

 

[Billo]

you guys play on asian servers? do you guys notice any lag on european servers?

 

[Taha Ahmed]

I use to play on European servers only. Asian servers are laggy.

Here is the update list:

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

Now as you can see there are a lot of fixes.

 

[TrueCoolGuy]

I use to play on European servers only. Asian servers are laggy.

Here is the update list:



Now as you can see there are a lot of fixes.

It doesnt matter, all that shouldn't sum up too 800MB. I am currently studying codes and stuff like this barley takes an MB let alone 800MB. Most of this is just changes in the games Coding. Changing codes shouldn't and cant result to such a big file. I say its some preperation patch for the new map pack coming out.

 

[Taha Ahmed]

Well if you're the expert here, me can't say anything.

But I really want to play this game but the update is holding me back. Effing don't want to download 800MB Back to Karkand hitting PS3 first this Tuesday. I'll probably put the update on download today, and get into this game. The transition from MW3 makes it hard to adjust to this game. Takes about 2-3 games.

 

[bobama]

bobama - mirr6684

downloaded the update yesterday. took me around 2 hours. new to the game (as in first ever battlefield) i play on european servers mostly, and play only conquest. i need some semi - permanent squad members. do ps3 PG players have a platoon or something i can join?

 

[TrueCoolGuy]

Well if you're the expert here, me can't say anything.

But I really want to play this game but the update is holding me back. Effing don't want to download 800MB Back to Karkand hitting PS3 first this Tuesday. I'll probably put the update on download today, and get into this game. The transition from MW3 makes it hard to adjust to this game. Takes about 2-3 games.

T_T I didn't get the Limited Edition, no map packs for me well atleast not for a while. The patch brings up some noticeable changes. I can finally kill Jets with the gun instead of relying on the damn Heat Seekers and this is a good change for me cuz I can tail a Jet like a curse

 

[Taha Ahmed]

Lol we only have a few players, let alone a platoon.

I been playing this a lot now, going to try and reach that level 45 and unlock all the guns. I was playing with the SKS and it is awesome, single shot weapon but awesome.

Progress so far, level 37, assault and engineer fully unlocked. On my way to unlock the recon. Almost half way through.

 

[zainnaeem]

started to play it now
psn id:zain-hamza

 

[Taha Ahmed]

Okay, so I went into the leader boards today, I usually don't do that, but I see people with 1day10hours game time and they are still level 20. I mean what the fuck? And there aren't just a few almost all the people in my friend list have a very slow leveling up rate.

I am on level 39 with a game time of 1day12hours. I have a 560 score per minute. I don't want to brag, but that's a huge difference in the leveling up rate of some of the people. I'll tell you what I do to level up, I play with a lot of different weapons, because of which I gain different rewards for all the weapons. Secondly, I don't snipe. Lol, I know how people here like to snipe a lot but I don't slows down your game. Thirdly, I don't use vehicles, specially jets, using vehicles is like wasting you time. Just use them to reach one place to another, but don't actually sit in them and wait for enemies to come to you. Jets are the biggest waste of time ever, you can fly around in one and end up zero kills and zero deaths in the game.

 

[TrueCoolGuy]

Not to be negative but that sounds like the worst way on Earth to play a game. I'm sorry but I play it kinda differently. I try to have as much fun as possible, you make gaming sound like work.

Those ppl on the leaderboards boost. They go in SQ DM and just kill/revive each other for points

 

[Taha Ahmed]

I'm not sure how you can enjoy a game, by flying jets the whole game and getting no kills. Quite frankly, I consider vehicles to be a waste of time, to me using my gun is fun. I see people going 0-0 so many times, they are flying in their jets getting no kills, just fucking flying. I see people in tanks shooting mindlessly down alleyways and getting no kills. I see people on the turrets on the jeeps just standing there and waiting for someone to pass by. I'm sorry but that is not fun. If like the PC, it was 32v32 then it would have been fun using those vehicles. Consider the example of Caspian border, 2 people in jet and 1 in Helicopter. That leaves just 9 on the ground, how fun is it playing against 9 people on that huge ass map.

And don't me started on snipers. Flanking snipers is so much fun in this game. They are literally standing in one place, I mean just standing, fuck that, I might as well get my assault rifle and run around and get some kills.

And I don't even understand how and why people can only use one weapon their entire time playing the game. I get bored of a weapon pretty soon. Having fun is having versatility in your play style. Giving yourself a challenge.

And I'm not talking about the global leader boards, I'm talking about my friend leader boards. I'm a core gamer, not someone who slaps on a game for just a hour a day to fly jets. I like leveling up and unlocking things, playing with new guns and giving myself a challenge. I wouldn't mind playing with a different play style to level up. To me leveling up and giving myself a challenge = fun.

 

[Rflame]

@Taha I agree about the conquest on caspian border part. That, kharg island and firestorm are simply large maps and it is not fun to play with 24 players conquest on those maps as half the ppl would simply be flying and and the other half would be spread around the map. But I disagree about the jets being useless. I have a lot of fly time and have quite a few kills with them. With jets you don't get many kills but you can get help out your team a lot with the rocket pods equipped and taking out enemy tanks. In Rush, I used to take out the opposing tanks with my jet on Rush modes. Attack and scout helicopters can be very effective too if you have a good co pilot. With my exams being over, now I can't wait to get back into the game.

 

[Salvation]

Flying jets, choppers, riding vehicles or tanks is waste of time IF you don't know how to use them. There are people out there who can get 30+ kills easily with the jets only in a single Conquest match (please refer to youtube for such videos). 32vs32 on PC is actually not that much fun, it becomes a total chaos especially on maps like Metro, Grand Bazaar etc. Rush mode is the most fun part and in fact is the only game mode where people are trying a little bit to play as a team while in other game modes especially when there are 64 players on a single map; it is the "every man for himself" thing.
Sniping in BF3 is different and difficult, especially for a COD player like myself. But soon one gets used to it.

 

[Taha Ahmed]

Well you guys are the experts. This is my first BF game, so yeah. But the fact remains the same, no matter how boring my play style is, I'm leveling faster than anyone else, no bragging, but that says something.

Even if you get a good game play with the jet, that will be probably only be the case 9/10. But enjoy your jet flying and helicopter madness, while me is going to reach level 45 and unlock everything (evil) (well not everything but every level unlock, which is what I am essentially aiming for).

 

[Orakzai]

Better than COD


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[Taha Ahmed]

Better then COD


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Well if you're going to be a douche with such comments, then I'll be a bigger douche.

Your use of the word 'then' in your sentence is wrong. It should be be 'than'. You need to improve your grammar.

 

[TrueCoolGuy]

I'm not sure how you can enjoy a game, by flying jets the whole game and getting no kills. Quite frankly, I consider vehicles to be a waste of time, to me using my gun is fun. I see people going 0-0 so many times, they are flying in their jets getting no kills, just fucking flying. I see people in tanks shooting mindlessly down alleyways and getting no kills. I see people on the turrets on the jeeps just standing there and waiting for someone to pass by. I'm sorry but that is not fun. If like the PC, it was 32v32 then it would have been fun using those vehicles. Consider the example of Caspian border, 2 people in jet and 1 in Helicopter. That leaves just 9 on the ground, how fun is it playing against 9 people on that huge ass map.

And don't me started on snipers. Flanking snipers is so much fun in this game. They are literally standing in one place, I mean just standing, fuck that, I might as well get my assault rifle and run around and get some kills.

And I don't even understand how and why people can only use one weapon their entire time playing the game. I get bored of a weapon pretty soon. Having fun is having versatility in your play style. Giving yourself a challenge.

And I'm not talking about the global leader boards, I'm talking about my friend leader boards. I'm a core gamer, not someone who slaps on a game for just a hour a day to fly jets. I like leveling up and unlocking things, playing with new guns and giving myself a challenge. I wouldn't mind playing with a different play style to level up. To me leveling up and giving myself a challenge = fun.

Who says I get no kills in Jets? I get a few kills but that doesnt mean I dont have any fun. To me fun doesnt equal to how may kills I get, it equals to how I play the game. I'm a big team player and I play with friends of such as well. Me and my buddy sat in one tank for a whole game and got 20+ kills in Rush mode, He was driving while I was manning the turret. Every time we got damaged, once we got in the the tank. We didnt leave it. We took out 4 tanks, 1 chooper, damaged a chopper and a jet and killed a bunch of guys. We even stayed in the tank after losing 2 bases. Thats how I have fun with vehicles

And yes, some of us are kind of experts at the game. And I can tell u that if u just try with the vehicles and learn how to use them, you'll get a lot of kills. Currently the way your playing is unbattlefield-ish. Your basically playing this like Cod, I cant stop you from playing the way you play but try a different style once in a while. Like you said, who can just play a game one way the entire time playing the game? I'm paraphrasing

 

[Orakzai]

Well if you're going to be a douche with such comments, then I'll be a bigger douche.

Your use of the word 'then' in your sentence is wrong. It should be be 'than'. You need to improve your grammar.

Troubled in word shortcuts on iOS5 , corrected it anyway. Thanks for reminding .
Grammar hmmmmm, way better than.................... Mashallah.
Got A's and 8.5 in ILETS
Anyway
Peace


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