[Megathread] Battlefield 3

[teebo]

My interest kinda fell off the boat for bf3 last year. Ended up getting swtor instead. Im thinking of getting bf3 now, as bfbc2 is getting slightly old. Should I go for the premium edition?

[Treeskee]

My interest kinda fell off the boat for bf3 last year. Ended up getting swtor instead. Im thinking of getting bf3 now, as bfbc2 is getting slightly old. Should I go for the premium edition?

Yes! all the extra maps, guns, assignments and future DLC for free is a really good deal IMO.

[teebo]

And I have to download Origin? Its not self launched like bc2?

[Nerraw]

And I have to download Origin? Its not self launched like bc2?

Origin is to BF3 what Steam is Counter-Strike. You can't get around it if you want to play multiplayer.

[Deleted]

Origin is to BF3 what Steam is Counter-Strike. You can't get around it if you want to play multiplayer.

You can't get around it even if you want to install it. Except pirating.

[philefluxx]

And I have to download Origin? Its not self launched like bc2?

Heh Origin is the least of your worries. Battlelog is where the fun is at and the actual reason I stopped playing the game. Gone are the days of launching the actual BF game, its all handled in your browser now...

[Finear]

Heh Origin is the least of your worries. Battlelog is where the fun is at and the actual reason I stopped playing the game. Gone are the days of launching the actual BF game, its all handled in your browser now...

imo battlelog is amazing
tons of stats <3
yeah server browser should be build in game but i doubt it would work as fast as now

[Sting]

Anybody else getting crazy frame drops? My game randomly locks up for about 2-3 seconds, it worked fine before.

[Finear]

did you updated your nvidia drivers to beta release? ?

[Sting]

Don't think so, should I?

[Finear]

i heard that latest beta drivers caused some problems in bf3
download new WHQL release then
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/art...ivers-released
(ofc only if you have geforce gpu ;p)

[Harnace]

Just bought this game (I know i'm late )

Any beginner tips for an FPS-newbie? Not playing FPS games that much.

[Deleted]

Just bought this game (I know i'm late )

Any beginner tips for an FPS-newbie? Not playing FPS games that much.

Play TDM, deathmatch. Its a good place to practice for both aiming and awareness of what is going on since there is so much action going on in a tight area. Conquest is a more fun game mode tbh but if you need to learn how to shoot properly, get good awareness etc TDM is the place to go.

[Harnace]

Play TDM, deathmatch. Its a good place to practice for both aiming and awareness of what is going on since there is so much action going on in a tight area. Conquest is a more fun game mode tbh but if you need to learn how to shoot properly, get good awareness etc TDM is the place to go.

Been doing TDM for a few hours now, I feel a lot better already.

Thanks for the advice!

[BHD]

Been doing TDM for a few hours now, I feel a lot better already.

Thanks for the advice!

Whenever I get a new game that is mostly played in multiplayer, I tend to play through the campaign first. It has helped me a lot with shooter games, I suggest you try it! Even if the story is pretty meh, it makes wonders for getting more used to the game.

[Harnace]

Been playing BF3 a lot lately, really enjoying it.

Anyway, anyone noticed a bug with the ammo where sometimes you spawn with less ammo? For example I usually spawn with 6 rounds in a stinger, but sometimes I only get 3? Same thing happends with M15 mines, where I only spawn with 3 instead of 6.

[Treeskee]

Been playing BF3 a lot lately, really enjoying it.

Anyway, anyone noticed a bug with the ammo where sometimes you spawn with less ammo? For example I usually spawn with 6 rounds in a stinger, but sometimes I only get 3? Same thing happends with M15 mines, where I only spawn with 3 instead of 6.

Probably the difference between spawning with someone in your squad using the squad ammo perk and other times not.... or whichever perk deals with m15 mines and stingers, etc.

[Harnace]

Probably the difference between spawning with someone in your squad using the squad ammo perk and other times not.... or whichever perk deals with m15 mines and stingers, etc.

That's what I thought first, but a friend of mine and me tried this, we both used squad ammo perk and we still had 3 rounds instead of 6. We also tried with one of us using squad ammo only we still didn't get more ammo. Seems a bit buggy?

[MrDeadcruel]

Use squad explosives perk ^^

[Harnace]

Use squad explosives perk ^^

Oh I feel stupid now Didn't read through the specializations correctly, thought the ammo one was for all weapons and equipment.

Thanks a lot for that answer!